Thanking Teachers Across Aiken County During Week of May 7
Community message honors teachers for their dedication amid Teacher of the Year recognition Lisa Raiford from Pinecrest Center for Innovative Learning. The week highlights student clubs, service projects, theatre performances and grants supporting classroom activities.
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USCA
Lisa Raiford
Center For Innovative Learning
Pinecrest
Garcia Theatre Project
Savanna River Remediation Solutions
Postal Service keeps rural post offices open with reduced hours
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced that after considering customer input from rural areas the USPS backed off plans to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15. The service will keep the offices open but with shorter operating hours as part of a path toward long term financial stability.
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America
Postal Service
Patrick Donahoe
U.S. Postal Service
Aiken Standard Staff Contact List
Publisher and editor credits appear for Scott B. Hunter and Timothy E. O Briant and others. The page lists executives and managers including Phillip Yates Dee Taylor Terri Cheek and Laura Tiedman with email handles or affiliations to aikenstandard.com.
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Scott B. Huntershunter
Aikenstandard.com
Timothy E. O'Briant Tobriant
Finding Your Roots a compelling portrait of lineage and identity
Cal Thomas praises Gates new PBS series Finding Your Roots as a rich exploration of genealogical and genetic history. The article highlights interviews with Condoleezza Rice and others, noting poignant records like Rice’s great grandmother Julia Head sold for 450 dollars. It urges viewers to explore their own family trees and check PBS listings.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr
PBS
Gates
Harry Connick Jr
Rick Warren
Condoleezza Rice
Brown University
Ruth Simmons
Oprah Winfrey
Chris Rock
Republican Party
Ralph Edwards
Edwards
Julia Head
Rice
Head
Greene County
Ala
Woolworths
United States
Professor Gates
Pbs. Org
Obama declares bin Laden mission accomplished May 1 2011
Letter argues Obama ordered Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan as the Afghanistan war began winding down. The author notes the exit deal with Hamid Karzai aims to withdraw combat forces by 2014 with possible residual troops, and contrasts reactions from Republicans to Bush’s 2003 mission accomplished banner.
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United States
Afghanistan
Barack Obama
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
Obama
Hamid Karzai
U.S
George W. Bush
Iraq
Bush
Moses Mims Aiken
Focus on Students Drives Aiken Budget Debate Over Coaches
In two Aiken Standard articles the Aiken County School District faces tighter funds and must decide how to spend scarce dollars. Dr Kevin O Gorman pushes doubling core curriculum coaches, while teachers favor interventionists who directly assist students in class to boost struggling learners.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Kevin O’gorman
Sandra Herrick
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Dee Taylor
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Michael W. Gibbons
Gibbons
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Tiedman
Aikenstandard. Com
WWE
PIR Security
Condoleezza
Mr. Head
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Westridge Drive
Irving
Tribune.com
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