Public Opinion Letters on Clinton Bush Radio and Local Safety
Readers echo political views on Clinton and Bush moral leadership while lamenting lack of variety in radio formats. Aiken residents discuss police patrols, speeding tickets near churches, park safety, and protest musical choices. Concerns about bankruptcy impacts on workers and executive pay appear with calls for govt solutions.
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Odell Weeks Park
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Joy 102 Listener Challenge Prompts Tapes or CDs
The Aiken Standard notes readers can stop listening to Joy 102.7 and instead buy tapes or CDs. Call the Talkback hotline at (803) 648-2508 or email editorial at ai kenstandard dot com with brief comments. Names may be omitted and comments may be edited for space.
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Students to compete in LEGO tournament at USC
Schofield Middle School and partner schools will field 11 students in the FIRST LEGO League at the University of South Carolina Blatt PE Center on Saturday. Volunteers Paul Simpson Calin Coroban and Charlie Brown help design a Mission Mars LEGO robot as teams learn programming and engineering skills.
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James Buckner
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University of South Carolinas
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Calin Coroban
Charlie Brown
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Kimberly Goff
Jay Gill
Wesley Drinkwater
Amanda Williams
Isaiah Smith
Ledrey Cummings
Aaron Santiago
Spencer Breland
Brenda Lee Clark
Toni Phillips
Jay
Paul
Elizabeth
Rob Novit
Columbia
Reading First grants Support Local Elementary Schools
North Aiken Elementary and Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary will share 614,081 in year one of a three year Reading First grant to boost K through 3 reading. Literacy coaches will train teachers, focusing on phonics fluency comprehension and vocabulary with grade level books for media centers.
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Ridge Spring- Monetta
Michele Conner
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State Department of Education
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Inez Tenenbaum
Rob Novit
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Arrest after drugs found in car in Aiken County
Aiken County deputy stopped a speeding car early Thursday and, with consent to search, uncovered Ecstasy marijuana two handguns and nearly $5000. Johnny L. Frazier, 25, of 828 Brant Court, faces charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance possession of marijuana and two counts of unlawful possession of a pistol. The driver and a passenger were released. Frazier is jailed at the Aiken County Detention Center with no bond set.
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Johnny L. Frazier
Brant Court
Trolley Line Road
Robert Bell Parkway
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Frazier
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Aiken County Detention Center
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