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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 2004
Page
15
The Spartanburg Herald-Journal argues South Carolina should increase African American representation on the bench. Of 136 state judges only eight are black, raising concerns about bias and public confidence. Lawmakers should reform screening and election processes to attract qualified black candidates.
Coastal Carolina University’s Clay Brittian Jr. Center for Resort Tourism received 9700 to survey 6000 randomly chosen parents on preferred public school start dates. The results aim to inform both sides and reveal parental views on delaying start dates and economic impacts on tourism and tax revenue in South Carolina.
The Aiken Standard lists key staff including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Arthur T. Zappa and various department heads. Also shown are circulation, IT, and editorial contacts with email hints and general newsroom roles.
A letter praises the quick, wide ranging help after an ice storm in Aiken County. It highlights shelter operations by DHEC DSS and Aiken Regional Medical Center, shelters opened by local agencies, Salvation Army meals, hotel and restaurant accommodations, road and debris work by public works, and tireless efforts of utility crews and emergency services staff.
Nina Broughton Jordon from Charleston notes that equestrian statues in Aiken, a city known for horses and polo, will be auctioned in March to support the Aiken Art Center. She suggests merchants and the city buy and display them to attract tourists and boost the local economy.
A personal narrative recalls a mother's death after an 18 year cancer battle on December 28 at 6 40 am, the family's hospice support, and the impact on husband Richard Lord wife Tammy and son Alec. The piece honors faith, courage, pallbearers role, and breast cancer awareness with pink ribbons.
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