Editorial calls for shared blood drives in Aiken
The Aiken area faces a national blood shortage and editors urge the Red Cross and Shepeard Community Blood Centers to maintain joint school drives. They argue for continued rotation and expanded presence to boost awareness and donations, noting both organizations meet local needs and a single source is not sufficient.
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Aiken Standard Opens Letters to the Editor Policy
The Aiken Standard invites brief Letters to the Editor with signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited or condensed. Send to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard BO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or by email swallace at aikenstandard com fax 803 648 6052.
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Aiken Standard Staff Roles Page Identified
The excerpt lists newsroom and publishing personnel including Publisher Scott B Hunter Editor Jeffrey B Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Ellen C Priest Production Director Phillip Yates Circulation Director Deborah Dyches Systems Manager David Boyd Letitia Jefferson, reflecting the newspaper’s leadership roster.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priesta
Timothy E. O'Briant
Phillip Yates
Deborah Dyches
David Boyd
Letitia Jefferson
Death of Stanley Quaries Revered Aiken Community Figure
In a personal tribute from 1996, the writer recalls Project Graduation in Aiken beginning with Amber and Stanley Quaries. Amber led decorations with zeal while Stanley, known for his infectious smile, uplifted others. The speaker laments his loss and honors his memory.
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Caves
Project Graduation
Aiken
Amber
Stanley
Stanley Quarles
Heaven
Building a Better Education Lottery for South Carolina
Chief executive of Scientific Games International argues the SC Education Lottery startup was rapid and successful. He cites 135 million in eight weeks, 100 plus staff, 3,500 terminals, and VPN tech enabling online play and secure, scalable transactions for education funding.
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South Carolina
America
New Mexico
Georgia
S.C
Commission
Main Street
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Blythewood
Columbia
Commissions
Palmetto
Florida
Kentucky
Virginia
Telecommunicasons
Scientific Games International
Cuba's classless squeeze and the upside down economy
A reporter travels Cuba to measure the revolution in everyday life. In Havana and Granma locals explain a system promising jobs and wages but delivering scarce pesos. Foreign firms pay in dollars, while workers get esos, highlighting unequal access and limits on mobility as state schools push algebra and English to compensate for an entrenched wage gap.
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Fulgencio Batista
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Granma
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