Aiken Standard Publisher and Staff Roles Listed
The Aiken Standard publishes its historic leadership roster with Scott B. Hunter as Publisher Timothy E. O Briant as Executive Editor Dee Taylor as Advertising Director Melanie Smith as Internet Sales Director Terri Cheek as Business Manager Laura Tiedman as Delivery Manager Letitia Jefferson as Classified Advertising Manager Ronnie Butler as Production Director.
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Timothy E. O'Briant
Dee Taylor
Melanie Smith
Elinor Wylie Quote Reveals Stoic Outlook
A fragment from Elinor Wylie, American author born 1885, reflects on fear and time. The lines describe implacable defiance toward fear and a constant, ironic smile as years pass.
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Elinor Wylie
Bass Pro Shops plans shift public woes and NRA replies
Letter writers discuss Bass Pro Shops shelving Augusta plans in favor of Emerson Georgia and St Johns Florida with options to lure Cabela's. Aiken residents urge letters to sway decision. Kenneth Holley and Gil Mullins weigh GOP free enterprise and NRA funding questions as Jerry Sundt asks about campaign contributions and Second Amendment trust.
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Emerson
St Johns
Fla
Aiken
Cabela's
Nera
Kenneth Holley Bath
Jerry Sundt
Nation Rifle Association
State House
NRA
United States
Governor Haley pushes IT fixes for state agencies
Gov. Nikki Haley argues for a new Department of Administration to control the central IT network, urging cabinet agencies to adopt stronger cyber security. She warns boards she can replace directors who fail to carry out policies, a power debated since Sanford era.
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Nikki Haley
Budget and Control Board
Department of Administration
Governors
Gov
Haley
Meneth
Mark Sanford
Ports ‘Authority
Santee Cooper
Sanford
Uac
Things Better Left Unsaid In Public Discourse
Kathleen Parker ponders trends in phrasing and politeness in modern dialogue. She notes discomfort with terms like hotness and man up and questions the meaning of no problem as a courtesy. The column reflects on how rhetoric shapes public perception and personal interactions.
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Washington
Jerewith
Sam
Ike
Aftermath Echoes of School Shooting Mass Public Safety Item Mentioned
A passage references a military style 223 caliber semiautomatic Bushmaster device used in a elementary school mass casualty event in Newtown Connecticut. It quotes a line about beginning Christmas and notes Aiken Standard letters to editor policy including signatures, word limit, and submission methods.
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Aiken
Aikenstandard
Jennifer Miller
jmiller@aiken
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