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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2008
Page
3
The piece argues that etiquette prescribes yielding to funeral processions. It notes that the majority on both sides of the road consistently pulls over out of respect for the deceased and their families.
The text argues against banning books for anti family or offensive content while defending Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. It claims parents should not blame books for youth violence and links violence to media and individual parenting rather than literature.
A proposal claims retirees without children should be exempt from school taxes while those who ever had children would pay regardless of whether children are grown or living elsewhere. The plan hinges on evidence of parental status to determine tax liability.
Officials pledge to enforce headlight use strictly, targeting motorists who drive without proper illumination. Police plan stepped up patrols and penalties to improve road safety.
A garbled notice discusses privacy concerns and publication of names and comments. It mentions a call to leave messages, a contact number, and a promise not to publish certain names. The fragment references a newspaper policy on comments and editorial pace.
An editorial in the Friday edition corrects a misstatement that placed the Kentucky Derby in Louisville. The paper notes the Derby is in Louisville and invites readers to report errors by phone or email to the listed contacts.
City officials and Relay For Life members proclaimed May as Paint the Town Purple to support cancer awareness. The event at Aiken High School on May 16 aims to raise 175000 dollars for the American Cancer Society with 100000 already raised.
Wil Edwins and Jonny Brunson of Silver Bluff High School earned about 31 000 scholarships to Wyotech Blairsville Pa after finishing third at the Ford AAA auto skills state finals. Edwins also qualifies for up to 16 000 more at Wyotech and both earned 8 000 and 4 000 respectively to Nashville Auto Diesel College.
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Aiken’s Steeplechase is highlighted in Garden & Gun magazine’s May/June Spring Style Guide with models in high end labels and a Cameron McCleod riding gear appearance. The feature, shot March 16–17 at the track, is directed by Robert Bryan with photographer Matthew Albion and includes writer Winston Groom and humorist Roy Blount Jr.
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