Honoring a special 'third' mother and more
Carol Freiday of Aiken reflects on three mothers she calls extraordinary. She honors biological mother Martha Wilder Shirley, stepmother Marjorie Freiday, and Eleanor Henne Emslie as a valued third mother. She thanks Judy Emslie and the community for supporting the 21st Very Special Arts Festival with Special Olympics at Midland Valley High School.
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Martha Eleanor Wilder Shirley
Marjorie Anna Grover Freiday
Tom
Eleanor Henne Emslie
Judy Emslie
Eleanor
Carol Freiday ‘Aiken
Aiken Woman's Club
Midland Valley High School
Aiken Area
Aiken
Festival honors Joan Marine amid huge volunteer turnout
Letters to the editor thank the County Association for Special Citizens Knights of Columbus and several clubs for the Very Special Arts Festival honoring Joan Marine former USA chair and Aiken Woman's Club member. Over 250 helpers from schools clubs and local groups contributed to the event.
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County Association For Special Citizens
Knights of Columbus
Aiken Woman's Club
Sand River Woman’s Club
Aiken Junior Woman’s Club
Grants of Hope
Joan Marine
USA
Midland Valley High School
The
Special Olympics Committee
Jones Bowen
Aiken County Board of Disabilities
Midland Valley Art Honor Society
Pilot Club
South Aiken High
Saluda High School
St. Mary's
Sand River
Aiken
Tom Brandner
ACCTC
MacBeth Thompson
Commie Peebles
MeeMee the Clown
Debbie Johns
Barb Rollins
AAA
Hunter the Foxhounds
Aiken Mall
Women of Woodside Plantation and
Howell Printing
Gail Ebner
Goodwill CSRA Thanks Donors and Volunteers in May Message
Meredith Vasquez executive director praises CSRA donors volunteers and businesses for supporting Goodwill Industries of Middle GA and the CSRA. The program helps people achieve self sufficiency by donating clothing and household goods to fund job training and placement. Over five years 44 440 people secured jobs and more than 96 million in payroll buying power was created. A job is placed every 57 seconds of every business day.
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Goodwill
CSRA
Goodwill Industries
Meredith Vasquez
Middle GA
Aiken City weighs smoking ban delay decision
The Legislature is unlikely to pass statewide smoking ban clarifications, while Aiken County has pushed the ban’s effective date to June 1 to give Aiken City time to decide its approach. No further city developments are noted in the provided text.
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Aiken County
Aiken City
Clear cutting on hillside questioned as progress
Nathanael J Beach from Aiken argues against hillside clear cutting in Horse Creek Valley, noting erosion and loss of old longleaf pines and orchids. He links habitat destruction to broader environmental harm and urges support for scientists addressing Colony Collapse Disorder and honeybee preservation.
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Horse Creek Valley
Maxine Dexter Aiken
Aiken Beekeeper’s Association
Albert Einstein
United States
Nathanael J. Beach Aiken
Local Beekeeper Voices On Colony Collapse Disorder
A Honeybee keeper and secretary addresses readers about Colony Collapse Disorder amid a wave of Letters to the Editor and TalkBacks. The piece frames bees as essential to humans and urges awareness of the issue.
Contact legislators over SREL controversy urges action
A letter urges Rep Gresham Barrett, Rep Joe Wilson, Sen Jim DeMint and Sen Lindsey Graham to oppose DOE meddling at Savannah River Ecology Lab. The writer claims UGA abandoned SREL prioritizing money, harming education, ecology research, and regional benefits to South Carolina residents.
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Savannah River Ecology Lab
University of Georgia
SREL
Gresham Barrett
Joe Wilson
Jim DeMint
Lindsey Graham
DOE
Beltway
Debate over evolution and faith in the 2008 GOP field
Column weighs how John McCain, and rivals Huckabee Tancredo and Brownback, navigated the evolution vs God question at the GOP debate. It notes McCain’s acceptance of both science and faith, while others faced ridicule and pressure from evangelical voters and secular critics alike.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Jim Vanderer
John McCain
McCain
VanderHei
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Mike Huckabee
Arkansas
Tom ‘Tancredo
Colorado
Oval
Grand Canyon
God
George Tenet
Huckabee
Tanc Redo
Brownback
Darwin
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