Prayer group donations aid World Day of Prayer efforts
A group reported ongoing community service projects with Salvation Army Children’s Place Helping Hands and support for migrant workers and abused women and children. Members offered a donation to the World Day of Prayer USA Committee and closed with the Lord’s Prayer recited together. Contact April Bailey at abailey aikenstandard.com.
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Salvation Army
Children’s Place
Helping Hands
World Day of Prayer USA Committee
April Bailey
abailey@aikenstandard.com
Jackson Town Council to Hold March Work Session
The Town of Jackson will host a regular work session on Thursday March 8 at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 106 Main St. Jackson. The First Baptist Church of North Augusta will offer a free memory screening and consultation on Friday March 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church administration building. Dr Suzanne Smith of the Medical College of Georgia will conduct the screenings with confidentiality assured. For more information call 803 279 6370.
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Jackson
Jackson Municipal Complex
Main St
First Baptist Church of
North Augusta
Augusta
The
Alzheimer’s Association
Georgia
Suzanne Smith
Medical College of Georgia
Women of Woodside Sponsor Busy Trash and Treasure Sale
The Women of Woodside sponsor a Woodside Residents Trash and Treasure Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 10 at H Odell Weeks Activities Center. Proceeds fund local charities in Aiken County.
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Women of
Woodside
Woodside Residents
H. Odell Weeks
Aiken County
Tax gap debate focuses on underpayment and reforms
Skeptics dismiss a pot of gold in taxes as long as the system stays complex. An IRS study shows a 2001 tax gap of 345 billion, with underreporting and nonpayment making up most of the shortfall. Enforcement gains reduced the gap to 290 billion, yet Treasury still collected only about 86 percent of the 2 trillion owed.
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IRS
National Taxpayer Advocate
House Budget Committee
Nina E. Olson
John Spratt
D-S.c
Mark Everson
Everson
Bush
IRS Tax Gap Debate Sees Pressure for Simpler Laws
lawmakers and experts discuss the 2001 IRS tax gap of 345 billion dollars with 197 billion from underreporting individual income. Critics claim simplification is needed while small steps aim to boost collections through private agencies tip reporting and third party information.
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Treasury Department
Inspector General For Tax Administration
IRS
Congress
Olson
Sharpton Ties Revealed to Strom Thurmond Ancestry
Genealogists say Al Sharpton’s family line links to Strom Thurmond, uncovered by Ancestry.com researchers using census and vital records. Sharpton expressed shock at the connection while noting Thurmond’s 1948 segregationist run. The Daily News reported broader records about Sharpton’s great grandfather Coleman Sharpton.
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Julia Thurmond
Ancestry.com
Strom Thurmond
Daily News
Sharpton
Thurmond
Edgefield
South Carolina
California
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Wanda Terry
James Brown
Washington, D.C
Megan Smolenyak
Red Oak Grove Baptist Church
Smolenyak
The
Coleman Sharpton
Thurmonds
Sharptons
America
Rob Novit
Uikenstandara
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Budget Uke. Gov
Health News
Thomas D. Holley
R.ph
Boards of Pharmacy
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Sharonne Hayes
Mayo Clinic
University
Aiken
LAW
Gary H. Smith
William Ray Massey
Brad A. Brodie
North CarOlina
J. Strom Thurmond, JR
Mary O. Guynn
David W. Miller
Park Avenue
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Washington- Williams
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