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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 2013
Page
15
The page lists key figures for the Aiken Standard including Publisher Scott B. Hunter and Executive Editor Melissa Hanna. It also names Advertising Director Dee Taylor, Business Manager Terri Cheek, Circulation Manager Laura Tiedman, Classified Advertising Manager Ronnie Butler, and Production Director Letitia Jefferson. A quote by Norman Cousins appears about lunar voyage and Earth.
The City of Aiken reopens the Arboretum Trail along Colleton Avenue with new interpretive plaques a brochure box and an interactive tour. More than 100 trees are labeled with common and scientific names and local volunteers led by Bob McCartney are celebrated with Bob McCartney Day.
Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. surveys a California prison sterilization program that coerced women including Christina Cordero into tubal ligations from 1997 to 2010. He links the policy to historic American eugenics and cites a 1927 Supreme Court ruling endorsing forced sterilization, arguing the pattern endangers the vulnerable even today.
Kathleen Parker argues Republicans overreached with a farm bill lacking food stamps and warns they risk alienating voters. She critiques selective immigration reform, warns of partisan traps, and cautions against condescending rhetoric from conservative media figures.
A letter criticizes public safety after two masked men robbed a downtown Aiken bank at midday on a Saturday. The writer questions the presence of armed guards, police response, and bank greeter procedures, urging the Chamber of Commerce and city leaders to act to restore residents' confidence and curb safety erosion.
The paper outlines submission rules for letters including signed authors with address and daytime phone, under 300 words, subject to editing for length clarity and libel. Anonymous or pen name letters are not allowed and publication is discretionary.
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