Aiken’s Friends Back Hopelands Rye Patch Legacy
Editorial looks at Aiken's unique mix of private estates and public treasures. Celebrates Hopelands Gardens Rye Patch and related sites like the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Christmas at Hopelands. Praises the Friends of Hopelands and Rye Patch for decades of service and vision guiding the parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Joye Cottage
The
of Kings
Newberry Street
Hitchcock Woods
County Um
Aiken Institute
Banksia
Hopelands Gardens
Rye Patch
Hopelands
Iselin
Roland Windham
Friends of
Hopelands and
Aiken Standard Masthead and Editorial Staff Credits
The Aiken Standard lists Scott B. Hunter as editor and Trey B. Wall as business manager with Ellen C. Priest overseeing circulation. Also named are Rarth Groshans editor at large, Timothy E. O Briant pressroom supervisor, Ames R. Bennett Jr. as systems manager and J David Boyd in a senior role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trey B. Wall
Ellen C. Priest
Seno Community Mourns Teacher Nancy Wertz
The Seno community expresses deep sorrow after the sudden death of second grade teacher Nancy Wertz at St. Mary’s Help of Christians. Administrators and staff acknowledge immense support from parish clergy, ministers, friends, and local businesses who offered cards, meals, flowers, and words of comfort.
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Jast Ween Vue Seno
Ommunity
Nancy Wertz
Nancy
Public duty in a new century calls for action
The piece argues that advancing technology and mega mergers reshape family life and work. It cites Putnam and Reich on balanced values, notes 1901 reforms that tempered industrial excess, and urges public policy to protect privacy, secure workers’ shares, and expand affordable health care and drugs. The author, a former Speaker, urges active civic stewardship.
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Daniel Webster
Harvard
Robert D. Putnam
Labor
Robert B. Reich
Reich
Putnam
Adlai Stevenson
America
Texas
Ours
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
YMCA
YWCA
Red Cross
Ptas
Hadassah
NAACP
Knights of Columbus
Urban League
Kosovo Guerrillas Challenge NATO as U S Pullback Risks Escalation
Trudy Rubin argues ambivalence in Kosovo risks fueling violence as Albanian guerrillas smuggle arms across the border. She cites US policy restraint, calls for bold NATO actions, and urges support for moderate Kosovo leaders and imminent Kosovo elections to curb extremists.
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Bush
Balkans
NATO
Bosnia
Kosovo
Serbia
Macedonia
Albania
Somalia
U.S
Bill Clinton
Slobodan Milosevic
Europe
Balkan
Arben Xhafferi
Tetovo
Chafferi
Kosovar Liberation Army
KLA
Presovo
Milosevic
Belgrade
Presevo Valley
Bia
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Scott B. Hunter
J. David Boyd
Tech K
Munity
B. Keith Darremake
St. Mary’s Help of Christians
Scho
House of Representatives
Wright
Trudy Rubin
Ladelphia Inquirer
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