Community voices steer church project and city programs
Stakeholders from First Baptist Church Aiken and Habitat for Humanity discuss a church driven playhouse project for neighborhood youth. City program Neighborhood University aims to connect residents with city services and contacts for problem solving.
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Vicky McCullough
Aiken’s
First Baptist Church
Habitat For Humanity
Leasa Segura
City of Aiken
Neighborhood University
Standardized graduation rates urged for accuracy
The Charleston Post and Courier notes that South Carolina's reported 78 percent graduation rate is questioned by The Education Trust which estimates only 51 percent. The piece urges federal standardization of measurement to reflect true educational outcomes and the broader economic impact.
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South Carolina
S.C
The
Education Trust
Federal
Department of Education
Aiken Standard Staff Contact Details
Publisher Scott B Hunter editor Jeffrey B Wallace advertising director Arthur T Zappa business manager Ellen C Priest production director Phillip Yates Circulation Director Scot Newcom systems manager J David Boyd customer service manager Letitia Jefferson listed for the newspaper.
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Letitia Jefferson Jefferson
Aikenstandard.com
Fourth fireworks for Aiken spark public debate
Aiken residents discuss using taxpayer dollars for a Fourth of July display while some favor restraint and others cite Richmond County practices. One reader plans a swimming party then Riverwalk fireworks to celebrate.
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Richmond County
Fantasizing About Time Travel Column
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology panel on time travel stirs questions about why the past is remembered and the future not. Dr J Richard Gott notes no known physical law forbids time travel while Dennis Overbye and Lawrence Krauss weigh paradoxes and self duplication, amid coffee musings and social security concerns.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. Richard Gott
Princeton
Dennis Overbye
New York Times
Lawrence Krauss
Time travel musings and misgivings on progress
Reader Gene Owens muses on changing history from 1845 California to 1912 Titanic and 1941 Pearl Harbor, imagining outcomes and warning against ethics sidelined by technology. He notes scientists discuss wormholes while society struggles with waste, pollution, and resource use. Readers may write to Anderson, South Carolina address or via email.
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Southampton
England
Cancun
New York
Tokyo
U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Antarctica
Pacific
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Fukuoka
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Giacomo
Overbye
Gott
Krauss
Volunteers and the 4th of July memories at Mayport
The author recalls two weeks of Navy Reserve boot camp in Orlando and a Fourth of July liberty turn at Mayport. He describes riding to the ship U S S Waldron DD 699, end-of-weekend washups, and the larger message of volunteer service and liberty in a nation built by patriots.
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Naval Training Center
Orlando
Fla
Mayport
Navy Reserve
Navy
Liberty
Florida
Jacksonville
Naval Base
U.S. Navy
U.S.S. Waldron
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Michael Hunt
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Post and Courier
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Arthur T. Zappa
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Ellen C. Priestpriest
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California
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