Aiken Standard Leadership and Staff Directory
Aiken Standard lists key personnel including Publisher Scott B. Hunter, Executive Editor Melissa Hanna, Advertising Director Dee Taylor, and other department heads Terri Cheek, Laura Tiedman, Letitia Jefferson, Ronnie Butler. Founding year 1867 is noted.
Sam firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.
Katharine Whitehorn writes with sharp wit about stubbornness and opinionated personalities. The columnist sketches a vivid scene contrasting firmness and folly in everyday speech.
Hitchcock Whitney Award honored for Palmetto Golf Club stalwart
Joe Spencer, longtime Palmetto Golf Club communications head and Aiken golf advocate, received the Hitchcock Whitney Award from the Palmetto Amateur Committee and Club Board. He founded the Aiken Hook a Kid on Golf program, guiding 2000 plus youth since 2002 and earning national and state recognition for his civic and sports leadership in Aiken.
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Joe Spencer
Hitchcock- Whitney
Palmetto
Palmetto Golf Club
Aiken
Spencer
Aiken Hook
Aiken Sertoma Club
Friends of Hopelands and
Rye Patch
Police Athletic League
Green Boundary Club
South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation
Southern Cross
Palmetto Amateur
South Carolina Recreational and Parks Association
Hospice funding could cut Medicare debt through end of life care
Dr. David Powell, CEO of Hospice Care of South Carolina, argues increased hospice enrollment lowers Medicare costs and debt. He cites Duke and Mount Sinai studies showing cost savings with hospice use and urges lawmakers to protect hospice funding while reforming Medicare.
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Congress
Hospice Care of
South Carolina
Duke University
Medicare
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai
David Powell
Republican decline overstated in political commentary
Gary Bunker argues that claims of the GOP’s collapse after recent losses are exaggerated. He notes party strength in governors, senators, and state seats, warns against blueprints for reform, and urges resilience and strategic competition to regain influence.
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Republican Party
GOP
Kaput
Finis
Mark Twain
U.S
House of Representatives
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
White House
Senate
House
South
Aiken County
Lincoln
Sun Belt
America
Quotes mix fear power and tragedy from political legal and sports figures
A compilation features Sen Graham on NSA surveillance and a Philadelphia roof collapse victim’s comments. It also includes a reproductive rights advocate on morning-after pill access, Manu Ginobili on a Spurs win, and Army Sgt Bales’s guilty plea.
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Julie Rickelman
Center For Reproductive Rights
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott B. Hunter
Melissa Hanna
Dee Taylor
Terri Cheek
Laura Tiedman
Letitia Jefferson
Ronnie Butler
Katharine Whitehorn
Editorial
Jeremy Timmerman
Bill Townsend
Left
Thomas Hitchcock and
William C. Whitney
Powell
Gary Bunker
Sen
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
National Security Agency
Patrick Glynn
Philadelphia
Tony
San Antonio
Manu Ginobili
Tony Parker
Spurs
Miami Heat
Army
Robert Bales