Triple Crown Opens This Weekend In Aiken
The Aiken Trials start Saturday at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road with six Thoroughbred races. On March 23 the Aiken Steeplechase runs at Ford Conger Field on Audubon Drive, featuring turf and jumps. March 30 brings the Aiken Harness Race at McGhee’s Mile Track on Banks Mill Road, with pacers and trotters on a mile course. Thousands are expected as visitors tailgate and enjoy the season debut.
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Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites brief Letters to the Editor with the writer’s signature mailing address and daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited and condensed. Submit to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29802. Email swallace@aikenstandard.com or fax 803-648-6052.
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Allen Standard Staff Directory Snapped by OCR
Readable names appear as staff roles: publisher Scott B. Hunter editor Jeffrey B. Wallace advertising director Art Zappa business manager Ellen Priest managing editor Timothy E O Brien Phillip Yates circulation director Deborah Dyches systems manager J David Boyd customer service manager Letitia Jefferson.
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen €. Priest
Timothy E. O'Brian
Phillip Yates
Deborah Dyches
J. David Boyd
It's time for NAACP to drop flag crusade
The columnist argues the NAACP should end its boycott pressure over the Confederate flag in South Carolina. He supports displaying the flag in historical context rather than on public property and urges moving on to other issues while noting Serena Williams will play the Family Circle Cup in Hilton Head Island.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
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Civil Rights Organization
Charles White Jr
Serena Williams
Hilton Head Island
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Letters Urge Playhouse Funding By Engaging Loyal Donors
A reader pleads for a broader fund raising effort for the downtown Playhouse. He urges including longtime supporters, retirees and widows who built the theater’s history and could raise substantial funds if given a chance. The letter emphasizes community loyalty and calls for informed, ground level involvement.
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Southside
Don Quixote
Helen Keller
Thomas Jefferson
Molly Brown
Aiken Community Playhouse
Playhouse
Rotary Club
Parker Deans
Will Cole
NPR risks undermining U S security with new nuclear stance
Ambassadors Thomas Graham and Damien LaVera warn that the Nuclear Posture Review’s push for offensive strike systems and reduced nonproliferation thresholds could lower the barrier to use of nuclear weapons. They argue restraint and continued NPT and related treaties are essential to deter undeterrable leaders and curb proliferation.
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America
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United States
Iran
Iraq
Libya
North Korea
Syria
Washington
Bush
U.S
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