Public invited to Savannah River Site tours this fall
The Department of Energy will offer a new round of SRS tours starting in September after pilot tours in March that sold out. The program gives visitors a view of facilities tied to Cold War work and ongoing cleanup, plus sites of old towns displaced by construction.
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Readers share top travel spots from around the world
An editor collects reader lists of favorite places. Mary Lou Wingard recalls seeing the midnight sun near Kiruna Sweden in July 1961. Don and Jean Orth offer a long roster of 16 destinations including Iguazu Falls Grand Canyon Great Barrier Reef Niagara Falls and Table Mountain among others.
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Milford Sound
New Zealand
the Amazon Rainforest
Grand Canyon
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Black Forest
Germany
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Switzerland
Glacier National Park
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Sequoia National Park
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Aiken Standard Staff and Contacts List
Directory of key staff at the Aiken Standard with roles including publisher editor and department heads such as News Director Production Director Circulation Director and Advertising Director. Contains names emails and job titles for leadership and operations.
Letter to the editor questions health care plan impact
The writer argues the Democratic health care plan will not lower costs and criticizes Medicare policy shifts. She cites Obama statements, a Blue Cross letter, NPR commentary, and concerns about government control, linking the Medicare Act of 1967 to high costs and urging action while praising Don Wells as a sounding board and ally for four years.
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Transparency in government sparks letters from readers
Aiken Standard readers push for openness with quotes from Bobby Harrell and Anne W Smith criticizing press coverage and health care plans. John W Greenwood Jr. argues for single payer reform while Batesburg voices reform abroad.
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Readers are invited to send opinions on issues to the Aiken Standard. Methods include mail to Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802 email to letters aikenstandard.com or fax to 648-6052. The paper welcomes community views for publication.
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Voters urged to re elect Don Wells to Aiken City Council
A letter from Stephanie Poole endorses Don Wells for at large council seats citing his church leadership and small business empathy while Mona Martin voices broader health care reform concerns and urges Congressional action for equitable solutions.
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Support Cubbage for City Council
Kent Cubbage, a young Aikenite and environmental scientist, seeks an at large seat on the City Council. He would televise council meetings and tackle traffic, storm water, and Hitchcock Woods issues with a moderate, outside the box approach.
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