Treatment of Monsignor Evatt unfair and hurtful rant
A reader railing against the Aiken Standard for its treatment of Monsignor Evatt and commenting on Midland Valley Preparatory teachers dress and local infrastructure. The letter mentions 1,600 families Evatt served, fashion concerns, and drainage on Hampton Avenue during heavy rain.
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Monsignor
Evatt
Midland Valley Preparatory
Neighborhood watch and public safety concerns voiced by readers
Letters urge stronger neighborhood crime watch in Schofield area and call for city and county action. Readers praise non smoking eateries like Hardee’s, debate teen versus senior driver risks, critique U S Iraq policy, and share frustration with public works for water leak reporting.
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Schofield
Aiken
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Trial to begin in kidnapping rape case in Aiken
Testimony starts today in the trial of Joseph Walker, an Aiken man accused of kidnapping and raping an Orangeburg woman in his home on March 2 2002. A motion to suppress identifying Walker was denied as jury selection proceeds and witnesses begin testimony.
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Joseph Walker
James Barber
Walker
Barber
Kelley Perkins Brown
Brisbin
Kathy Jefcoats
Kjefcoats
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Music lovers enjoy Hopelands Swingsation finale under rain
Blue skies and rain greeted a Hopelands Gardens Monday concert led by Alex Henderson. Betsy Wilson Mahoney and Rebecca Henderson performed jazz standards while veterans stood for American Patrol. Cumberland Village sponsored the event with free lemonade and public support from local families.
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Swingsation
Betsy Wilson-Mahoney
Mother Nature
Blue Skies
Hopelands Gardens
Alex Henderson
Cumberland Village
Betty Ashley
Garcia
Hendersons
Hoover
Karen Garcia
Aiken
Krich
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Witnesses in murder case plead guilty to drug charges
Three men who testified for the state in a May murder trial pleaded guilty in separate drug cases in Circuit Court Monday. Shawn Hicks, his brother Raymond Hicks, and Calvin Patten received probated sentences with heavy fines, pending terms, and potential prison if they violate probation.
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James Barber
Shawn Hicks
Raymond Jermaine Hicks
Calvin Patten
Christopher Davis
Paul Williams
Williams
Davis
Gregory Hill
Patten
Hicks Brothers
Elmer Hatcher
Barber
Narcotics Anonymous
Ike
David Mauldin
Greenville
Hicks
Weeks
Hill
Woman seeks early release in father's murder case
Susan Finiak, a 41 year old Gloverville woman serving 20 years for beating her elderly father to death in 2001, seeks post conviction relief and possible parole after arguing sexual abuse and ineffective counsel in Aiken Circuit Court. She alleges the abuse qualifies her for criminal domestic violence parole after one fourth of the sentence.
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Gloverville
Aiken
Susan Finiak
Finiak
Camille-Graham Correctional Institute
Columbia
South Carolina
William Keelsey
Rudolph Edward Hydrick
Langley
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