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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2004
Page
11
The 10th Annual Aiken Relay for Life gathers cancer survivors and families at Hagood Stadium, Aiken High School, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The event features luminaries, music, games, foods, raffles, and fundraisers to honor those touched by cancer and support research.
Palmetto Health Greenville Hospital System MUSC and the University of South Carolina form the South Carolina Health Sciences Collaborative. They will invest 80 million dollars over 10 years to attract top scientists, foster research, create jobs, and develop new treatments to improve public health and economic development.
The Aiken Standard local staff includes Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace and Managing Editor Timothy E. O Briant with reporters Arthur T. Zappa Ellen C. Priest Phillip Yates and Letitia Jefferson. Operations show circulation contact Di Scot Newcom and J David Boyd among the listed team.
Readers praise Senator Lindsey Graham for courage and truth amid Iraq torture revelations and criticize editorial practices in Talk Back reporting. They urge policy changes, discuss seat belt law filibusters, suggest political reforms, and advocate traditional marriage.
A reader notes in strong terms that Phil Clarke outshines Bill Cole and Carlton in the first Republican coroner forum held last Thursday. The writer criticizes Carlton for touting Sue Townsend’s past work and urges broader forums and candidate disclosure to help voters assess experience and qualifications.
The piece claims Bush and Kerry were Yale Skull and Bones members with 15 seniors tapped yearly into the secret society and a windowless crypt on campus. It suggests the club links to Bilderbergers CFR and Trilateral Commission and criticizes bipartisan government expansion and taxation.
Aiken City Council weighs new yard trash placement restrictions. The letter warns rules could burden residents and questions enforcement, timelines, and funding. It cites missed pickups, curb disputes, misplaced trash, and road maintenance, urging careful policy to avoid creating more problems.
Letter argues Iraq prison abuses were sexual torture by a few, condemns leaders, cites cultural decay, and questions Clinton era scandals. Decries removal of religion from public life and growing access to explicit material. Compares national moral decline to a boiling frog.
The Aiken Standard requests brief viewpoints for Letters to the Editor. Include signature, mailing address, and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Letters may be edited. Address to Letters to the Editor P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Email swallace at aikenstandard.com.
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