Teachers honored at Aiken banquet recognize 41 educators
The Aiken County School District and Public Education Partners hosted a Teacher of the Year banquet at USC Aiken Convocation Center with 41 educators recognized representing 1,800 district teachers. Lisa Raiford headlined the Honor Court alongside four peers, as discussions began for a Teacher Forum to promote professional development and share best practices.
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Pinecrest
Local Education Foundation
Usc Aiken Convocation Center
Michelle Dove
Paul Knox Middle School
Jennifer Coffey
Aiken Middle School
Linda Strojan
Aiken High School
Amanda Berg
Mossy Creek
Aiken mother praises teachers who shaped her twins’ education
Beth Johnson thanks Aiken County teachers for the positive impact on her children's high school years. She credits Mother's Daycare, St John’s United Methodist Church Kindergarten, Aiken Elementary, Kennedy Middle, and South Aiken High School for shaping two daughters who will attend state colleges. Education seen as essential, with personal classroom touch emphasized.
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St. John’s United Methodist Church
Aiken
Kennedy
South Aiken
Beth Johnson
Aiken Standard Staff Directory Details Contact Roles
Publisher Scott B Hunter Executive Editor Timothy O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates Byates Advertising Director Dee Taylor Business Manager Terri Cheek Managing Editor Michael W Gibbons Classified Advertising Manager Letitia Jefferson Delivery Manager Laura Tiedman Tiedman listed with email handles in a standard publisher directory.
Message to Mitt Give 'em L for Limited Government
A column urges Mitt Romney to champion spending cuts and privatization to shrink government. It cites A-76 and Thatcher as models, promotes a spring cleaning of agencies, and references the Pig Book and GAO reports showing waste and duplication.
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Charles Grodin
Congress
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Grace Commission
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Margaret Thatcher
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Citizens Against Government Waste
Cagw.org
Government Accountability Office
Obama
Grover Norquist
Americans For Tax Reform
Atr.org
Obama vows to destroy al Qaeda in Afghanistan war zone speech
President Obama declares the goal of destroying al Qaeda during a secret Afghan war zone visit marking Osama bin Laden's death anniversary. Romney warns he would have ordered the bin Laden strike as president.
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Barack Obama
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
Mitt Romney
Don Wells for Columbia City Council
A supporter urges voters to back Don Wells on June 12 in Columbia. The note praises his two terms on the city council for backing small businesses and citizens, and criticizes a tax hike tied to water and sewer repairs.
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Don Wells
Columbia
Wells
Retirees Blast DOE Over Elimination of Promised Benefits
A Savannah River Site retiree group criticizes the DOE and Congress for removing medical insurance promised as a reward for past performance. They note Savannah River Nuclear Solutions earned most 2011 performance fees while retirees lose benefits, urging funding legislation and political accountability.
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Augusta Chronicle
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South Carolina
Georgia
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