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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2008
Page
9
Readers urged to contact legislators as Aiken County faces a $2 million next year shortfall forcing program cuts and staff reductions. The piece argues state funding shifts created unfunded mandates and calls for legislative action and voter pressure ahead of November elections.
Editor urges taking shelter away from vehicles during tornadoes after noting Alabama Mississippi outbreak. Describes funnel clouds near Tupelo and a deadly season with dozens killed, while Aiken County escapes major injuries. Recommends finding a ditch or low spot if indoors is not possible.
The text lists the publisher Scott B. Hunter the editor Jeffrey B. Wallace and advertising and circulation staff including Arthur T. Zappa and Scot Newcom with email-like domain hints for aikenstandard.com. It appears to be a footer or masthead fragment from the Aiken Standard newspaper.
Aiken City Council member Dick Dewar reflects on the May 9 column by Kevin Kisner advocating managed growth. He argues for shared costs with developers, cites LOST funding for sewer expansion, praises collaboration with developers, notes Walgreens cost splits, and calls for improved developer city relations while defending current procedures and transparency.
A witness recalls that no one assisted during the collapse in Hanwang as two rangers dug through rubble and found a woman an hour later. He says he could not bear to look when they pulled her out.
Readers are invited to submit opinions on issues that concern them. Letters should be around 200 words and may be edited. Send to Letters to the Editor, Alken Standard, Box 456, Alken SC 29802. Email, fax and further details appear in the notice.
Kim An Aiken describes pride in becoming the first African American woman attorney in her area with 19 years practice. A May 9 dean’s letter followed an April 18 award, found through the Georgia law school clip service that scans newspapers for graduates. She notes the recognition on a level playing field with Caucasian peers.
A woman recounts an accident last weekend in downtown where a young man was critically injured. She thanks strangers who offered help, prayed, fetched water, and stayed calm while traffic blocked streets. The Rev Dr George Howle and a church friend prayed with the family, and witnesses assisted without complaint.
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