Editorial: Solve road problems before they get started
Aiken plans to add turn lanes at Silver Bluff and Dougherty, build connectors between Silver Bluff Whiskey and Whiskey Powderhouse, to ease Whiskey Road congestion. A Walmart on Richland Ave has cut Whiskey traffic by 2,000 cars daily, shifting cars to Richland Ave. Growth on western and northern Aiken may require road expansion soon to prevent future bottlenecks.
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Aiken
Silver Bluff
Dougherty Roads
Whiskey Roads
Whiskey
Powderhouse
Whiskey Road
Wal-Mart
Richland Avenue
Pulpit exchange bridges faith across downtown churches
An editor notes a Sunday pulpit exchange between Rev. Doug Slaughter of St John United Methodist and Dr. George Howle of Second Baptist. The service, timed with Dr. King Day, highlighted faith over color, urging unity through faith, love, hope, and compassion.
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Doug Slaughter
St. John’s United Methodist Church
George Howle
Second Baptist Church
Aiken
South
St. John
Slaughter
Martin Luther King Jr
Aiken Standard Staff Roles Listed in Byline
Aiken Standard announces editorial and business leadership roles with Scott B. Hunter as publisher Jeffrey B. Wallace as editor Scot Newcon regulatory director Stephen A. Bailey business manager Michael W. Gibbons managing editor and others named in byline lines reflecting staff assignments.
Bonds of Love Survive Alzheimer's and Death in 2007
A personal column recalls the joint end of two longtime spouses, Ruby and Pal, whose love endured Alzheimer's and cancer. The narrator details their meeting, marriage in College Place United Methodist Church, caregiving years, and the final moments when Pal died first and Ruby followed two months later, forming a shared, peaceful end.
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Daddy
Columbia
College Place United Methodist Church
Florida
Ruby
Jewel
Is Chai
Charleston
Lunder
Pal
Everitt brings new hope to Aiken public schools
Jon Samuel writes that Dr. Everitt, new superintendent of Aiken County Schools, inspires officials, teachers, and students. He praises her Albuquerque achievements, the Schofield Middle School Strings program, and the Midland Valley High School laptop initiative led by Principal Doris Hickson, noting integrated digital curricula and community support as vital to local economic development.
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Aiken County
Everitt
Albuquerque
Schofield Middle School
Midland Valley High School
Senate
Jim Ritchie
South Carolina
Doris Hickson
Dr. Everit
Midland ‘Valley High School
Jon Samuel
King speech cited as symbol of dream by urban planning professor
Henry Louis Jr of the University of Buffalo notes MLK's most famous moment is the I Have a Dream speech. He says few understand the concrete content of that dream and veelly remarks on public memory of the phrase.
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Martin Luther King
Can Sy
Henry Louis Jr
University of Buffalo
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