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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 2007
Page
9
Aiken County Council reviews a 2008 budget with a long wish list including Sheriff personnel and funding for Aiken Technical College. The editorial urges prioritizing to avoid a tax increase, noting recent school tax shifts and the impact on homeowners and renters. Some requests may be deferred or scaled back to protect taxpayers.
Aiken mourns Jan Bacot, longtime educator and beloved friend of East Aiken and Millbrook Elementary. She taught second grade, served as assistant principal, and raised three children with husband Dan, with grandchildren who will remember her warmth and resilience. Funeral held today.
A pastor urges slowing life’s pace amid clocks and noise. He cites Mumford, Browning, Gide, Fox, Luther and preaches that true knowing of God comes only when one stops, quiets the mind, and rests in God’s presence. The piece ends urging summertime practice of stillness.
President Bush defends planned U S missile shield bases in the Czech Republic saying Czechs can be friends with both the United States and Russia. He rejects a zero sum world view amid Moscow’s opposition to the plan.
Tomorrow letters urge focus on the immigration bill before the U S Senate. The pieces center on the positions of Senators DeMint and Graham shaping the debate.
Letters urge open review of the Savannah River Site including nuclear materials storage and monitoring. Criticism targets DOE, the Washington Group sale, and NRDC requests while stressing public access to data and regional and national impact.
A resident named Mrs. Sherry Bryant Salley blasts Congress for oil company campaign donations and calls for action on rising gas costs impacting individuals and businesses. She criticizes a recent hearing with oil executives and urges lawmakers to serve constituents over special interests.
Aiken community member Julia Prisco Alken thanks organizers of Project Graduation for providing a special safe evening for high school students and offers to volunteer next year. She reflects on growing up and retiring in Aiken and seeks a contact to participate.
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