Editorial Questioning Trust in the Postal Service
A reader questions the USPS after a mail carrier reportedly dumped mail into a dumpster in Aiken. Officials investigate with no updates yet, while residents seek accountability and reassurance amid rising stamp prices.
Retirement of Aiken orthodontist Dr Paul Simons
Editor recalls Dr Paul Simons who served as the orthodontist for multiple local families in Aiken. The piece notes years of patient visits for braces and adjustments and celebrates the positive outcomes seen in patients’ smiles. It wishes the doctor and his family well in retirement and notes he will remain in Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Simons
Doc
Dr. Simons
Paul
Aiken
Aiken Standard Staff Notice
A listing shows staff roles for the Aiken Standard with names and titles for publisher editor advertising director business manager production director circulation director systems manager and customer service manager. Contact details accompany several names and departments.
Staying in the ruts guides youths toward adulthood in Reagan HS program
In Austin columnist Leonard Pitts profiles XY Zone at John H. Reagan High School, led by case manager Wilton Harris, where male students receive tutoring, conflict mediation, field trips, and life skills to avoid drugs and crime. An independent audit reports 84 percent improvement in grades attendance or behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Wilton Harris
John H. Reagan
Texas
Reagan
Ronald Falkquay
Fire Department
State Supreme Court
State College
Falkquay
VITA tax help faces possible end warns Aiken letter
Victor Reilly of Aiken warns that IRS paper shortages and potential disincentives threaten the VITA volunteer tax program serving seniors and low income residents. He notes volunteers have prepared over a thousand returns annually for 25 years and urges Rep Barrett and Sen Graham to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
VITA
IRS
Gresham Barrett
Lindsey Graham
Nuclear energy, recycling, and nonproliferation stance
Mark Hogue argues in favor of GNEP and nuclear fuel recycling, contending commercial reactor fuel is not a proliferation risk, recycling extends fuel supply and reduces long term waste, and urges nonproliferation efforts to address real problems while promoting a nuclear power friendly path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gurr
Save
America
GNEP
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Gurr
Greenpeace
United States
Middle East
Israel
NPT
Community Letters to Editor Guidelines
Aiken Standard invites public letters under 200 words. Letters may be edited and should address issues of local concern. Include contact details for verification and send via mail at Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or email letters aikenstandard com or fax 648-6052.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Aikenstandard
Aiken Women’s Heart Board Keeps the Beat
Randy Page of South Carolinians for Responsible Government rebuts a recent editorial on school choice in the Palmetto State. A writer flames proposals to raise the state cigarette tax. The editorial corner urges men to get a yearly prostate check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Women's Heart Board
Randy Page
South Carolinians For Responsible Government
Palmetto State
Also Mentioned on This Page
Editorial
Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service
York Street
Editor’s Corner
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Scott B. Huntershunter
Aikenstandard. Com
Aikenstandard.com
Arthur T. Zappa
Azappa
Ellen C. Priestpriest
Timothy E. O’briant Tobriant
Phillip Yates Byates
Scot Newcomsnewcom
J. David Boydsboyd
Letitia Jefferson Jefferson
James Brown
Vrites
Gouer
Vate Farm
Austin
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Leonard Pitts JR
Tax Service
Mark Hogue
Randy