Avondale water system sale advances to VPSA purchase
The Public Service Commission approved the sale of Avondale’s water and sewer system to Valley Public Service Authority. VPSA screens the system during a 120 day due diligence period and would seek grants and loans to upgrade water service while sewer duties move to Aiken County for stimulus funded improvements. Graniteville residents face relief after years of bills up to 400 percent higher.
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Thankful Community Responds To Fire Loss In Aiken
A letter from a local resident thanks the Red Cross Salvation Army and numerous groups for support after a devastating weekend fire that damaged Linda Martens and Erika Applegate. The two are recovering while searching for a new home amid several offers.
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Aiken Standard Editorial Staff and Contacts
The Aiken Standard lists key staff including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace News Director Timothy E. O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates Circulation Director Scot Newcom Business Manager Terri Cheek Managing Editor Michael W. Gibbons Classified Advertising Manager Letitia Jefferson with contact emails. The roster reflects the paper structure and leadership for newsroom, production, and advertising operations.
Obama Report Card: From A to F for His Early Year
The letter writer grades President Obama on terrorism, transparency, stimulus, earmarks, and bipartisan efforts. It assigns F for secrecy in health reform, unemployment near 10 percent, pork in bills, and foreign policy missteps, with an A for promised health reform costs to aid Louisiana and Nebraska. Overall, a strong er assessment is implied.
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Hitchcock Woods Rules Remind Visitors Of Safe Shared Use
Hitchcock Woods is privately owned and managed by the Hitchcock Woods Foundation. Rules emphasize sharing the trails among pedestrians runners equestrians and dogs during defined hours for hound hunts. Pedestrians must yield to horses and riders should walk single file when meeting walkers.
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Prisoners from Bush era face confinement and habeas corpus clash
Victor Reilly Aiken argues that Guantanamo detainees are held as prisoners since 2001 under barbaric conditions. He contends many are likely innocent and faces a choice between indefinite detention or releasing them, which could spark constitutional and political backlash.
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Readers urged to send letters to the editor
The Aiken Standard invites opinions on issues of concern. Readers may mail letters to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, Box 456, Aiken SC 29802 or email letters aikenstandard.com or send a fax to 648-6052.
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Hume Guidance over Woods Sparks Faith Debate
Brit Hume suggested Tiger Woods turn to Christianity for forgiveness, drawing ire from secularists and Buddhists alike. The column weighs religious conviction, free speech, and public guidance, noting Buddhism lacks a sin concept and Christianity’s forgiveness. Bill O'Reilly is cited as context.
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