Public Safety Picnic Acknowledgment and Tax Opposition Letter
A citizen thanks volunteers from Aiken Co EMS and Rescue Squad for a Public Safety Picnic at H.0 Weeks Center with displays teaching fire escape and safety. The letter opposes proposed taxes on health and life insurance and pensions, arguing higher costs for workers and employers and urging readers to contact Washington lawmakers. Mary Anne Jackson, 518 Gilbert St SE, signs the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety Services
H.0. Weeks Center
Eas of Public Safety
Aiken Co. Ems
Aiken Rescue Squad
Washington
Congress
Mary Anne Jackson
Gilbert St
S.E
Letters to the Editor Guidance and Farewell Note
The notice outlines letters to the editor for the Aiken Standard requiring signatures and addresses, with preference for brief submissions. It includes a farewell from a departing reader thanking civic leaders, praising Aiken and citing health reasons for relocation, ending with a quoted blessing about God’s love.
Public outcry urged on new developments in Aiken
Readers urge delay and study of Centre South projects near Heritage Square amid traffic, lighting, and noise concerns. Letters advocate preserving wooded areas and request action from City Council, County Council, and Planning Commission to avoid loss of community character.
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Centre South
Aiken
Heritage Square
Rich Plaza
Mitchell Shopping Center
Whiskey Road
Suver Bluff Road
Pine Log Fork
Aiken Standard
County Council
Planning Commission
Barbara Cole
Alpine Drive
Reader Praises LaWana McKenzie
A reader extols LaWana McKenzie for kindness and helpfulness and condemns false accusations. The writer cites biblical guidance against bearing false witness and urges compassionate conduct toward others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader
LaWana McKenzie
How Tree Ordinance Preserves Landscape
Commentary notes two local developments in Houndslake showing the Landscaping and Tree Ordinance impact. Parkway South near Warden Bypass, planned for 35 units, now half built but would fail today due to tree removal violations. Fairway Ridge on Warden, about 200 apartments, started a year ago, respects site planning and preserves existing trees.
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Warden
Ogether
Houndslake
Parkway South
Bypass
Planning and Zoning Commission
Fairway Ridge
Black parents challenge board over teacher racial balance.
Mary Suber notes during a July 23 Board of Education meeting that concerns about the declining number of Black teachers and administrators were reported as an angry crowd by an Augusta TV station. She argues for fair, non bias coverage and urges improved egalitarian reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Augusta
Athough
Gem Lake
Karen Papouchado
Justi
Mary S. Suber
Deerwood Drive
Community voices clash over school prayer debate
The Aiken Standard survey from late May mirrors a national divide on prayer in public schools. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling sparked resentment, prompting reflection on the intent of the First Amendment and the balance between religion and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Francis Gosnell Montmorenci
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Delirious Defined From Ground Up in Language History
The article traces delirious from its agricultural roots in Latin lira meaning furrow to its current senses of mental wandering and extreme emotion. It cites sources and quotes Dr Farewell and Dr Loren on usage and teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Felicity
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P. O. Box
Aiken, S. C
LaWana
Wullmeiers
Robert Schuller
Sue Lorch
Loren
University of South Carolina-Aiken
Walton’s Corner
Edgefield
The
American Diabetes Association
South Carolina
Brooke-Allison Lundy
Clarence Jolly
Ard Marti Costantino
Molly, Gray
Paul Parks
Millbrook Baptist Church
Aes
Arta
Thomas Meehan
Charles Strouse
Urpran Annie
Perse
Annie
Wth Music Theat International NY
Robert E. Bowen
Nours Py
Laurens St
Abby
C.H. Hewitt, M.D
Emergency & General Medicine
Szymowski, M.D
Gary Fischbach
M.D
Eye & General Medicine
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