City tackles renovation of houses on Barnwell Avenue
Aiken City Council approves spending 150000 to purchase and renovate two Barnwell Avenue houses slated for demolition. The plan aims to save older structures outside the Historic District, then sell them to new homeowners, potentially preserving local architectural variety and spurring further Northside renovations.
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Hodges Proposes Education Lottery with Limited K to 12 Funds
Gov Hodges proposes spending 210 million from a South Carolina Education Lottery plan but earmarks only 22 million for K 12 teacher specialists under the Education Accountability Act. Critics say the measure diverts most funds to postsecondary education and question the lottery’s purpose. The General Assembly will review how the funds are allocated.
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Jim Hodges
South Carolina
Hodges
General Assembly
Aiken Standard Staff Mirthful Credit List
Acknowledgment of staff roles appears in a dense byline style noting publisher editor advertising director and production team. The item reads like a newsroom masthead with names including Scott B. Hunter Jeffrey B. Wallace Art Zappa Ellen C. Priest Ennis Timothy E. O Briant Phillip Yates J David Boyd and Letitia Jefferson.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Ennis
Timothy E. O'Briant
Phillip Yates
J. David Boyd
Hunters warned to watch for dogs on others land
Letter from Linda Boatwright in Ridge Spring urges hunters to consider other people’s dogs on nearby property before firing. She cautions that hunting dogs traverse others’ land and asks hunters to treat dogs as they would want theirs treated.
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Linda Boatwright
Ridge Spring
Letters to the Editor guidelines at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard explains letters to the editor are subject to editing and condensing. Address letters to Letters to the Editor at the paper’s PO Box 456 in Aiken South Carolina 29802. Email iwallace at aikenstandard.com or fax 803 648 6062.
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Enron fallout stirs debate over Bush action and pension risk
Discussion centers on whether Bush officials should have intervened as Enron collapsed. The piece weighs potential counts of inaction against saving Creditors and employees, notes Rubin and Whalley appeals, and questions the use of company stock in pension plans.
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Enron Corporation
Enron
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Bush
Treasury Department
Clinton Treasury
Robert Rubin
Citigroup
Rubin
Peter Fisher
Greg Whalley
Fisher
Whalley
Bush Administration
Aiken Planning Commission Chairman Defends City Growth Efforts
The planning leader publishes a broad defense of growth policies, denounces rumor and insinuations, highlights historic ordinances like preservation and tree work, and calls for constructive input. He notes ethics rules on conflicts, urges support for the Whiskey Road Corridor Study Overlay District, and asks media to cover entire stories.
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City of Aiken
Planning Commission
Commission
Sacred Horse
Rosebank
All America
Voluntee
Whiskey Road
Aiken
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