World AIDS Day events featured art posters and vigil
The Aiken Area Task Force on AIDS hosted a poster contest for area high school students with the theme AIDS I care Do you and displayed winning posters at the Aiken Center for the Arts. A candlelight vigil at the Aiken County Museum followed amid calls for prevention education and awareness.
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Aiken County
Aiken Area
Lynn Pope
Lynn
Aiken
Aiken Center For the Arts
Banksia
South Carolina
Kofi Annan
United Nations
Parker named to top Rec re department in Aiken
Glenn Parker was named head of the Aiken Parks and Recreation Department, bringing 17 years of service including assistant director and superintendent roles. The city notes his statewide leadership and suggests Lisa Hall as a potential successor. City Manager Roger LeDuc is praised for the appointment as the department continues to grow.
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Aiken
Glenn Parker
Parks and Recreation Department
Parker
South Carolina Parks and Recreation Association
Southern Leisure Management and Trends Institute
Gaffney
Clemson University
Parks and Recreation
Lisa Hall
Roger LeDuc
Local Officials Named in Aitken Standard Ledger
The Aitken Standard lists a slate of named officials including Scott B. Hunter Jeffrey B. Wallace Vi i Art Zappa and Ellen C. Priest with Timothy E. O Briant Phillip Yates S J. David Boyd Orner S Letitia Jefferson in a business manager roster.
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Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Aiken City Council to revisit commission appointments
The December 11 letter set off a lively debate as Jane Vaughters and Dick Smith urged overhauling the commission appointment system. Vaughters and Smith had campaigned on planning concerns and both gained votes, signaling strong civic interest. A special work session is slated for January 22 at 6 p.m. to continue the discussion.
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Jane Vaughters
Dick Smith
Commission
Aiken
Planning Commission
Smith
Vaughters
Pat Cunning
Cunning
Aiken Standard Seeks Brief Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit letters to the editor. Include the writer’s signature, mailing address, and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited or condensed. Send to Letters to the Editor, P O Box 456, Aiken SC 29802. Email swallace at aikenstandard dot com. Fax 803-648-6052.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard.com
Advent Good News and Ambiguity in Marys Moment
The author contrasts good news and bad news within Advent, exploring Mary's surprise and fear. He notes fear as a universal foe, cites the angelic message to Mary and Herod, and parallels Mozart and Amadeus to show how greatness provokes envy and mixed reception. Advent offers a divine gift amid human resistance, culminating in the quiet, lasting light of the Christ birth.
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Mary
Advent
Bethlehem
Herod
David
Jacob
Amadeus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph II
Vienna
Salieri
Mozart
Joseph
Christ
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North Augusta
Bush
Bill Clinton
Georgetown University
America
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al Gore
George W. Bush
Aitken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Timothy E. O’briant
Phillip Yates
J. David Boyd
Orner S
Letitia Jefferson
Buddy
Fred Andrea
First Baptist Church
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