Editorial salutes Dr. Gerald Oliver as Physician of the Year
The Aiken Rotary Club honored Dr Gerald Oliver of Synergic Health Center as the 2000 Physician of the Year for the Lower Savannah Health District. Since 1996 he has provided care to over 3,000 adults and children, most on Medicare or Medicaid, reducing ER use and boosting community health.
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Aiken
Gerald Oliver
Oliver
Synergic
Morris Govan
United States
Dr. Oliver
Supreme Court rules student led prayer at games banned
Court upholds a Texas district policy banning student led prayers before high school football games while allowing sex education and gay rights instruction in public schools. Chief Justice Rehnquist dissented noting ongoing religious liberty tensions and continued lawsuits.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
William Rehnquist
Internet saint sought by church poll shifts to cyberspace
The Telegraph notes the Roman Catholic Church backs a patron saint for the internet. St Isidore is seen as head of the poll but Saint Antony of Padua, whose feast is today, is urged as finder of lost objects. His relics of lost items could guide online searches.
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Isidore of
Seville
St. Antony of Padua
Telegraph
London
Letters on school spending and headlines
Will Tinney reflects on a June edition error in the Aiken Standard. He argues that school funding has not declined, noting that funding has doubled while new programs grow faster and total government spending rises. He critiques the use of marketing style headlines.
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Aiken Standard
Washington, D.C
New Match
Will Tinney Aiken
Remembering Jacob Lawrence the artist
Akilah Monifa reflects on Jacob Armstead Lawrence a landmark African American artist who died June 9. The piece notes his role in breaking racial barriers in galleries and his famed The Migration of the American Negro series. It covers his Harlem roots his teaching career at the University of Washington and his impact on art and history.
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Progressive Media Project
Jacob Armstead Lawrence
Lawrence
New York Museum of Modern Art
Virginia
South Carolina
New Jersey
Toussaint L’ouverture
Times Square
New York
Harlem
Nigeria
University of Washington
Seattle
West Coast
NAACP
Healthy minded religion tests for personal and social well being
The author argues for four tests to judge religion by its effects on freedom and self acceptance, love, tolerance, and active care for others. Healthy religion should foster self worth, love, open understanding, and shared life, moving individuals toward community involvement rather than guilt, fear, or division.
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George Gallup
America
William James
Jesus Christ
God
Jesus
Martin Luther
Jonathan Edwards
New England
Hell
Voltaire
Isva
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