Editorial Board Voice and Galbraith Quote
The Aiken Standard presents an editorial board list with Ellen Priest as Publisher Tim O Briant as Audience Development Director Melissa Hanna as Executive Editor and Michael Ulmer as Editorial Page Editor. A Galbraith quote accompanies the page reflecting on pessimism and clear thinking.
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Tim O’briant
Melissa Hanna
Michael Ulmer
Protect Wildlife: Don’t Feed Manatees or Alligators
Officials urge visitors to avoid feeding manatees and alligators to prevent behavioral changes and danger. As hunters prepare for the seventh annual alligator season, and loggerhead turtle nesting peaks May to August, residents should darken beaches after 10 p.m., pick up litter, fill holes, and keep nests undisturbed to safeguard habitats.
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S.C. Department of Natural Resources
Hilton Head Island
Common Core myths exposed by South Carolina official
Dillon Jones of the South Carolina Policy Council argues that common standards swayed by federal funding shape curricula, dismissing five myths. He claims the federal government pushed adoption via Race to the Top and NCLB waivers, and that standards drive curriculum. He asserts adoption lacked transparency and questions the link to college readiness, urging a move away from Common Core.
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South Carolina
Smarter Balanced
Partnership For
Smarter Balanced Consortium
Obama
Washington
National Governor’s Association
Council of Chief State School Officers
Common Core
NCLB
State Board of Education
Education Oversight Committee
Harvard
Brookings Institute
First Lady's Lets Move faces mixed reviews on school lunches
Kathleen Parker weighs in on the Let's Move program, praising aims to curb childhood obesity while noting funding gaps and taste challenges in schools. She suggests local adjustments and even parental meal prep as options, arguing nutritious food starts at home and can be affordable. Parker cites 1000 nutrition association members and Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.
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Michelle Obama
America
Obama
National School Nutrition Association
Association
Women’s Liberation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Helping Hands Funds Summer Trips For Local Youth
Local businesses and donors funded three summer trips for Helping Hands children and teens. Ashley Padgett led the Summer Blast Campaign with social posts and a mail appeal, supporting June July and August trips to James Island County Park Carowinds and WonderWorks.
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Helping Hands
Ashley Padgett
Melanie Hutto
James Island County Park
Carowinds
WonderWorks
Rocky and
Jane Barton
Carl and
Kathy Brown
Cold Creek Nurseries
David and
Marion Crotty
Hutson-Etherredge Companies
Siobhan Maley
Andrew C. Marine
Sand River Woman’s Club
Ambrose Schwalbe
Security Federal Bank
Melvis Holloway
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