Beaver Creek Tribe Gains South Carolina State Recognition
Editorial notes the Beaver Creek Tribe along with the Santee and Pee Dee tribes earning state minority recognition after six years of effort. It highlights roots, community benefit, and pride in heritage, stressing the nonfinancial aim of official acknowledgment and potential access to minority programs.
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Tax credits for schooling spark voucher debate
A discussion on a new targeted school choice proposal contrasts it with last year’s Put Parents in Charge plan. Proponents argue vouchers help students in failing schools by redirecting some funds to families. Critics question funding impact and long term effects.
Aiken Standard Staff Directory Listing
The Aiken Standard provides contact details and roles for editors, advertisers, managers, and department heads including Scott B. Hunter editor Jeffrey B. Wallace and Arthur T. Zappa advertising director. The roster lists production circulation systems and customer service staff across multiple positions.
Remembering Coach David Jones at Ridge Spring Monetta High
Harvey G. Key recalls Coach David Jones who led Ridge Spring Monetta High teams from 1973 to 1977. He notes Jones’s intense discipline and motivational style shaped players into better athletes and people, calling him a great coach, teacher, husband and father.
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Recycling plutonium into safe fuel at SRS
A letter argues for recycling and MOX plants to dispose of global plutonium by burning it as nuclear fuel. The author praises editorial support for recycling at SRS and promotes using plutonium to generate power and reduce dependence, warning of terrorism risks and long-term toxicity.
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SRP
Fred Christensen Aiken
Who Will Pay Price for Animals In Aiken County
The Aiken County Animal Control Advisory Committee was created to address vicious animals in the county. SPCA is pressing additional issues beyond the committee's scope and questions arise about city agency involvement and potential conflicts of interest. Residents urge enforcement of current laws before new legislation, stressing responsibility and consequences for violators.
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Aiken
Aiken County
DNA test backers say Coleman case confirms guilt
DNA testing reaffirmed the 1981 rape and murder guilt of Virginia inmate Roger Keith Coleman, who was executed 14 years earlier. The result challenges the anti death penalty narrative by showing technology can reinforce guilt as well as innocence.
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Virginia
Roger Keith Coleman
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Wanda McCoy
New Ellenton police contracts raise tax concerns
Letter to the editor accuses Police Chief Bay of forming a no charge service contract with Cedar Creek subdivision outside town limits. critic says it bypasses the town's mutual aid rules and diverts patrols away from within New Ellenton while residents fund local services.
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Chief Bay
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Jim Bouknight
Aiken
Unitarian Church Observes King Birthday With Program
Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church held a program honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reverend Harrison commented on underrepresentation of white pastors observing King’s birthday. The event emphasized King's legacy within the Unitarian community.
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Aiken
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Local innkeepers earn praise in Aiken Sleep Inn visit
Guest praises Sleep Inn on Whiskey Road in Aiken for Dennis and Judy, noting the housekeepers front desk staff and breakfast team as exemplary. The writer, recalling hospitality since the 1960s, calls the inn a lucky local business and credits its carers for quality service.
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Southeast
Iraq reporters injured by roadside bomb attack
ABC News co anchors Elizabeth Vargas describes Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt who were seriously injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq while reporting up close on the conflict. The team faced significant risks and dangers in the lines of duty.
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