United Way names Clark top volunteer of the year
Tom Clark, senior vice president at Security Federal Bank and former United Way of Aiken County board chair, was named Volunteer of the Year at the annual recognition banquet. He began service in 1988 and praises the unselfish rewards of volunteering while pledging continued community work.
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Tri Development Center
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Lambach takes Allendale reins
Allendale County schools face long standing troubles prompting state intervention. Al Lambach, former Leavelle McCampbell Middle principal, will lead Allendale-Fairfax High School after leaving East Aiken Elementary. The district hopes his experience aids recovery and raises student achievement.
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Allendale County
Inez Tenenbaum
Allendale-Fairfax High School
State Department of Education
Aiken County
Allendale-Fairfax High
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Allendale
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Allen Standard Publisher Names Senior Staff Officials
Allen Standard publishes Scott B. Hunter as publisher and Jeffrey B. Wallace as editor with Timothy E. O Briant listed as pressroom supervisor and James R. Bennett Jr. and J. David Boyd named among key staff in the company roster.
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Timothy E. O'Briant
James R. Bennett Jr
Love and Death in Faith The Hope Beyond Death
A reflective sermon argues that God’s love awaits us after death, citing C S Lewis and biblical imagery. It features questions about heaven, eternal life, and the consoling example of a hospital chaplain’s dialogue with a bereaved child. The piece emphasizes love as the meaning of life and death and ends with a hopeful call to embrace that promise daily.
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Shadow Lands
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Merilee
Fair tax cut proposal targets all income groups
A syndicated piece by Mark Wisbrot criticizes a Letters to the Editor tax cut plan. It highlights that 43 percent of proposed cuts would go to the richest 1 percent, with high earners like those at $915,000 gaining about $46,000 yearly, while 60 percent earning under $39,000 would see only about $227. It notes estate tax eliminations would largely affect few, leaving most people unaffected, and proposes a fairer, broadly distributed relief with guidance for letters to the editor submissions from Aiken Standard.
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Mark Wisbrot
Center For Economics and Policy Research
Washington
Aiken ARMC Silver Anniversary Highlights Local Growth
Aiken Regional Medical Centers marks 25 years since patients first moved in 2001. The community recalls public versus private hospital battles, the shift to private care, and ARMC’s role in expanding healthcare, employment, and regional services on a growing health campus.
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Augusta’s
University Hospital
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Salley
Columbia
Darby
Aiken
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Aurora Center
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
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