Aiken Standard Motto and Staff Listing
The Aiken Standard publication notes its founding year 1867 and lists staff 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 Letitia Jefferson, and Production Director Ronnie Butler. The page props a quote from Thomas Fuller.
Editorial urges responsibility in pet ownership and spaying
The piece warns of dog and cat overpopulation with per birth rates and shelter strain. It cites SPCA Albrecht Center and Aiken County Shelter kitten counts and promotes spaying and neutering with health, behavioral, and cost benefits. It lists low cost vouchers and local locations for residents.
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Aiken Standard
Spca Albrecht Center For Animal Welfare
Aiken County Animal Shelter
SPCA
Animal Shelter
City of
Aiken
Aiken County
Liberty compromised in state and nation column
Column argues IRS targeting of patriot groups mirrors Nixon era misuse and raises impeachment questions for Obama. It notes Benghazi criticism, clarifies embassy legal status, cites Fitzpatrick and Gohmert on raids, Libya aid, and calls for Vienna Convention compliant embassies. Dr Mike Vasovski chairs the Aiken County Tea Party.
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Jane Page Thompson
Liberty
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IRS
Obama
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Benghazi
Louie Gohmert
Texas
Muammar Gadafi
John McCain
al- Qaida
U.S
Gohmert
Rand Paul
Libya
Lindsey Graham
Graham
CIA
David Petraeus
Paul
Mike Vasovski
Aiken County
Tea Party
South Carolina ethics reform gains momentum in the Senate
Governor Nikki Haley says ethics reform should pass this week as momentum grows in the General Assembly. She notes decades without major updates and cites a poor corruption score while urging lawmakers to disclose who pays them and reveal conflicts of interest.
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South Carolina
General Assembly
Center For Public Integrity
Senate
House
Henry McMaster
Travis Medlock
Aiken readers praise ruling on Kitchings Mill Library dispute
A letter applauds the unanimous decision by the City of Aiken Board of Zoning Appeals to deny a variance for the Kitchings Mill Library relocation. The writer criticizes city officials and praises neighboring Wagener for offering land to preserve the historic library, noting the move will place the library on county property east of the city. The note also commends the Aiken Community Playhouse for its latest production The Drowsy Chaperone and its cast and crew.
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City of
Aiken County
Aiken
Wagener
Kitchings Mill
Kathy Rawls
Aiken County Council
Wagoner
Bravo
Aiken Community Playhouse
Newberry Street
Jamie Turner
Betsy Wilson-Mahoney
Sallye Rich
Tom Nance
Lisa Tharp-Bernard
Billy Bernard
Tim McFall
John Gillespie
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Melissa Hanna
Dee Taylor
Terri Cheek
Laura Tiedman
Letitia Jefferson
Ronnie Butler
Thomas Fuller
Editorial
Amy Banton
State Department
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United States of America
Mike Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Vasovski
The
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Nikki Haley
Haley
Playhouse