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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 2002
Page
11
The Greenville News argues against more budget cuts to the Mental Health Department urging state leaders to restore services for vulnerable residents. It cites overwhelmed caseloads of mental health counselors and reductions in staff at community health centers, urging a compassionate January push to rebuild the system.
The State argues for a full-time Commerce secretary to lead the Department of Commerce amid budget strains and past issues. It criticizes appointing high-profile businessmen to run the agency in spare time and urges accountability for outcomes.
The State Board of Education overrides 85 districts setting a statewide start window of ten days around Labor Day. Coastal districts pushed later openings to avoid earlier starts. upstate districts sought longer instructional time before standardized tests and to finish courses by Christmas. Spartanburg Herald Journal reports.
A list of staff names and titles appears in disjoint fragments including roles such as Publisher Advertising Director Managing Editor Production Director and Systems Manager. The line up includes Scott B. Hunter Easter Jeffrey B. Wallace Art Zappa Ellen Priest Timothy E. O Briant Phillip Yates Scot Newcom David Boyd Letitia Jefferson.
The article traces racial policy in the GOP and Democrats from Wilson to Bush, highlighting shifts in Southern support, party realignments, and key figures like Byrd Lott Cochran Thurmond Helms and Reagan. It notes Lott’s switch, Bush family civil rights links, and efforts to broaden the party to minority voters amid lingering tensions from past segregationist ties.
A reader from North Augusta scolds the North Augusta omission in the book Your Portraits of the Past, arguing the town is part of Aiken County and taxpayers there deserve inclusion. The letter cites local pride, memories of Hampton Inn, graduation in 1953, and requests broader coverage in future pictorial histories.
A reader letter recalls the grief of losing a pet after a neighbor poisoned the couple’s dog. The writer backs Captain Hall’s remarks and defends a husband in uniform, noting the family bears the cost of public actions. Names: Jane Wilson, Jeffery Wilson, Ephanie Wilson, Patrick Wi.
Mail letters to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802 Email swallace aikenstandard.com Fax 803-648-6052
A Circulation Director Scott Newcom recounts shopping for a DVD player and the TV hookup woes. After buying a new television, a store employee suggested a $25 AV converter box to adapt the DVD player to the existing set. The fix let the film play smoothly, and the moral warns against overreliance on older advice.
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