Editorial calls for break in Aiken magistrate appointment impasse
The piece criticizes Senators Nikki Setzler Tommy Moore and Greg Ryberg for clashing over Aiken County magistrate nominees. It argues the delay harms detention operations and taxpayers, advocates county council choice, supports higher education standards, condemns an online diploma mill using Americus University, and urges a united candidate acceptable to all three senators.
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Nikki Setzler
Tommy Moore
Jim Hodges
Danny Lynn
Greg Ryberg
Slivan
Jackson
Ryberg
Lynn
Americus University
Aiken County
Sen. Ryberg
Aiken
Americas University
Aiken Standard Masthead Details Publisher Editor and Staff
The Aiken Standard lists staff including Publisher Scott B Hunter Editor Jeffrey B Wallace Director Zappa Business Manager Ellen C Priest Production Director Phillip Yates and others such as Timothy B O Briant Deora tos ystems manager J David Boyd Custor mace and Letitia Jefferson in the masthead lineup.
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Scott B, Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace Vey
Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Timothy B. O'Briant
Phillip Yates
Catholic Church Faces Deepening Clergy Sex Scandal Crisis
An analysis argues the Catholic Church confronts a grave crisis surpassing earlier schisms. It links widespread clerical corruption to homosexual subculture in seminaries, critiques media framing, and urges a Vatican led reform rather than lax tolerance or celibacy concessions.
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Martin Luther
Wittenberg
Donald Cozzens
Michael S. Rose
National Review Magazine
Rod Dreher
Rose
Dreher
Andrew Greeley
Vatican
Boston
United States
McGhees Mile Track Sought for Historic Register in Aiken
Aiken residents urge protecting McGhees Mile as a city landmark amid plans for a restaurant with alcohol, amid debates on preserving historic character in the horse district. An appeal to stop the project is filed, while Historic Preservation Commission will discuss landmark designation on April 2. The piece argues for honoring Aiken’s historic essence and resisting modernizing changes.
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McGhees
City
Aiken
Challen
McGhees' Mile
Aiken Mile
Board of Zoning Appeals
Aiken County Civil Court
Historic Preservation Commission
McGhees’ Mile
Remembering Stanley Quarles Saintly Father and City Leader
A heartfelt tribute to Stanley A. Quarles human resource director for the City of Aiken who died after gastric bypass surgery on Feb 28 2002 at Aiken Regional Hospital. The letter expresses grief questions Why God and thanks for prayers and support from family Steffany Beau Christina Amber Joanna and many in Aiken including city and school officials.
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Steffany
Beau
St. Mary's Help of Christians’ Catholic Church
City of
Sill
Alleluia Music Ministry
Stanley
Joanna
Christina
Tom Evatt
Calvary Cemetery
Sue Townsend
Treatt
Mom
Amber
Christina Quarles
Aiken
Aiken Standard Seeks Letters to the Editor Submissions
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor with signatures, mailing address, and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Letters may be edited or condensed and should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29802, or emailed to swallace aikenstandard.com.
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