District shuns outside help in school reform plan
Aiken County School District dissolves the Education and Economic Development Act committee under Dr. Linda Eldridge. The move narrows focus to a 2011 pilot while cutting ties with community educators, higher learning partners, and school advocates who previously helped draft a five-year strategy.
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Antiques in the Heart of Aiken marks seventh show
The Antiques in the Heart of Aiken event runs Thursday to Sunday at the Aiken Center for the Arts drawing buyers from a three state area. Preview Party lectures and the 22 dealers highlight the showcase with proceeds supporting the center's operations and outreach.
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Production and staff credits at Aiken Standard
Aiken Standard lists staff roles including Production Director Phillip Yates Byates Circulation Director Scot Newcom Systems Manager J David Boyd and Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson with their contact handles for internal operations and circulation management.
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Dream assassins threaten childhood ambitions and destiny
A column argues dreams fail due to seven inhibitors from environment to perception and urges confrontation through faith perseverance and action. A USC Aiken nontraditional student reflects on rekindling abandoned aspirations and embracing change to realize potential.
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Gabriel Heymans
George Bernard Shaw
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Educational value and challenges of New Ellenton Middle School
A small school offers personal relationships with students and families and broader access to academic and extracurricular support. Critics note limited programs such as International Baccalaureate and foreign language, and staff may juggle multiple roles. The interviewee supports keeping the school as a middle school and urges board consideration of options like re zoning.
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New Ellenton Middle School
Letters Reflect on Traffic Bill and Delivery Truck Incident
A reader supports a bill allowing sensor light rules for motorcycles amid stalled intersections. A second letter recounts a fatal dog incident caused by a speeding delivery truck and poor driver accountability, urging safer driving and corporate responsibility.
Live Healthy Lives Through Exercise and Diet
University of South Carolina at Aiken exercise science majors urge healthier living. They cite benefits of activity and proper dieting for preventing heart disease cancer and hypertension while noting smoking drinking motivation and knowledge influence health choices.
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Bush remarks on Jill Carroll case seen in Al Jazeera video
President Bush spoke during a Washington photo opportunity about the Jill Carroll kidnapping case, urging unity to help the American people while noting distress over the treatment of the journalist after Al Jazeera aired a new video.
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