Aiken County Citizens Honored By Local Chambers
The two major Aiken County chambers honored outstanding locals on the same night. John W. Cunningham of Palmetto Federal Savings Bank was named Man of the Year by the Greater Aiken Chamber, with notes of his broad community service and recent statewide recognition. Pat Bisshop earned Woman of the Year for leading ACTS and other civic roles, plus music involvement. Youth of the Year went to Tripp Jeffers III of Midland Valley High, for student leadership and charity efforts. North Augusta’s Citizen of the Year was Pat Carpenter for church, school, and athletic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Commerce
Aiken County
Greater Aiken
Commission On the Future of
South Carolina Council On Economic Education
Carroll Campbell
Aiken Development Corp
Citizens For
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Aiken
William Franklin
Tripp) Jeffers III
Graniteville
Jeffers
Midland Valley High School
Midland Valley High
Valley
North Augusta
Kenneth
Pat) Carpenter
Kenneth Carpenter
Fran
Frank
Greater Chamber of Commerce
Gasper L
Ren) Toole III
Gregg Foundation
Southern
Letters on horse care and scholarships spur community dialogue
A reader disputes a correction about a horse on Rhone Drive and forwards a summary from the Aiken SPCA praising Mrs. Linda Seward for keeping her mare in excellent condition with shelter added after a suggestion. The second letter from Ed Hatcher of Hatcher Funeral Home urges local business support for scholarships to aid Midland Valley High School students and notes his own fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhone Drive
Aiken Spca
SPCA
Linda Seward
Polly Sears
Paul N. Seward
Rhone St
Ed Hatcher
Writing letters to the editor encouraged by Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters to the editor with a readable mailing address. Brief, direct letters are preferred and all submissions may be edited or condensed. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 for publication consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Aiken
Aiken, S.C
McMartin Trial Highlights Confrontation Clause Debate
The piece reviews the McMartin child abuse case and upcoming Supreme Court reviews of child witness protection. It notes the long trial, questions of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and how confrontation rights affect young witnesses. It cites Idaho and Maryland cases using closed circuit testimony and the 1988 Iowa Coy ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Raymond Buckey
Peggy McMartin Buckey
Los Angeles
U.S. Supreme Court
California
McMartin
High Court
Paul
Festus
Caesarea
Howard County
Sandra Ann Craig
Craig
Associated Counsel
Idaho
Laura Lee Wright
Robert L. Giles
Supreme Court of Idaho
Iowa
John Avery Coy
Coy
Supreme Court
O’connor
White
Scalia
Maryland
Budget Politics On Capitol Hill Again
Democratic leaders confront a Bush Darman budget opening as politics, not policy, dominates the 1991 debate. The piece argues Gramm Rudman Hollings drives minimal cuts and raises questions on defense, taxes, and the peace dividend amid shifting world conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Congress
Bush
Dick Darman
Darman
Gramm-Rudman
White House
Bagpipes Prove a Wooster Recruiting Rarity
At the College of Wooster in Ohio the band seeks pipers as a new recruiting tool. A standout is Colleen McFarland a 19 year old sophomore from Milwaukee on a bagpipe scholarship amid a push for five or six players and a full time teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheide Music Center
College of Wooster
Ohio
Jeff Hanna
Jeff
Marching Scots
Nancy Ditmer
Colleen McFarland
Milwaukee
Colleen
Wooster
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Peter
Pat) Bisshop
Together Serving
ACTS
Ilies
Bell
Cecil & Virginia Etherredge
Midland Valley
Scott B. Hunter
John F. Boyette II
Melanie L. Arney
Sue S. Brown
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Defense
Dick Cheney
Cheney
Defense Department
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