Editorial Quartet shares Sweet music in Aiken County
The Yolanda String Quartet of the Juilliard School performed for local students as part of a collaboration with the Aiken Performing Arts Group. The visit highlighted the arts as vital to a well rounded education and inspired youth to consider music careers, underscoring community dedication to bringing quality performances to young audiences.
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Yolanda String Quartet
Juilliard School
Aiken
Juilliard
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Aiken Performing Arts Group
Teaching kids money sense through a real world lesson
The Chamber of Commerce boards discuss a summer program Choices for eighth graders that teaches money value using play pay and taxes. Students learn about federal and state income tax Social Security Medicare housing insurance transportation food clothing and the reality of little money left for extras. The editor argues home and school must provide real world money management education beyond algebra and Shakespeare.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Choices
Pat Patton
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Aiken Standard Publisher and Staff Directory Note
The snippet lists Scott B. Hunter as publisher and notes staff roles including Ellen C. Priest Business Manager Scot Newcom Circulation Director J David Boyd Systems Manager and Letitia Jefferson Customer Service Manager at the Aiken Standard with email placeholders.
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Letitia Jefferson Yiefferson
Aikenstandard. Com
Aiken Tech Basketball Faces National Junior College Tournament Journey
The column praises Aiken Tech Knights as they clinch a trip to the National Junior College Tournament in Hutcheson Kan on March 20. It notes disciplined play, leadership from Bernard Fields, and coaches Capers and Donquell Sims, with emphasis on academics, composure, and fans.
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Aiken Technical College
Aiken Tech
Carolinas
Georgia
Capers
Cumberland
New York City
Aiken
West Chester Community College
West Chester
Allegany
Kansas
Donquell Sims
Knights
Bernard Fields
Tech
Letter to the Editor Urges Medicare Drug Price Negotiation in Senate
A letter cites an AARP survey showing 89 percent of voting age South Carolinians support Medicare negotiating drug prices. The writer criticizes Senate inaction, urges Senators Graham and DeMint to back legislation to empower Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical firms, and notes gaps in Medicare drug plan coverage.
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Senate
Graham and DeMint
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DeMint
Praise for Aiken County Mapping and Recording Offices
Jane Page G Thompson credits Aiken County for advanced online GIS maps deed access and printed map services. She contrasts with Virginia counties praising the AMC Office and its deeds access, noting county funds press and user friendly technology.
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Aiken County
AMC
Virginia
Jane Page G. Thompson
Carolina
Aiken
Residents urge GVW incorporation over funding gaps
A New Hope area reader criticizes the GVW incorporation plan and argues that county and other municipalities have used local option sales tax and fees without funding local road repairs or sidewalks. The letter asserts missed money and unsafe walking conditions in the community.
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GVW
New Hope
Tomorrow Writers Tackle Immigration Pine Log Road Property
The upcoming column set covers illegal immigration, Pine Log Road property issues, organ transplant legislation, and debates on the nature of Islam, presenting diverse public policy topics in a single feature.
Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh Delivers State of the City
Sunday Mayor Fred Cavanaugh outlines major concerns for Aiken in his State of the City address highlighting local issues, budgets, growth, and public safety. The remarks focus on infrastructure, economic development, education, and community well being.
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Fred Cavanaugh
Aiken
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