Sheriff launches Project HomeSafe gun lock program
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office promotes gun safety with Project HomeSafe offering up to three free gun locks and a kit featuring a home safety curriculum. Sheriff Howard Sellers notes gun ownership carries responsibilities as residents pick up kits at 420 Hampton Ave. NE, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with photo ID. The effort is sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade group of more than 1,600 industry members.
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GOP Upset Five Years Ago Reordered Power in House
Five years after the 1994 election the Republicans lost cohesion and faced defections. Newt Gingrich departed amid intra party antipathy while Dennis Hastert struggled to establish authority. The party’s majority has shrunk though some governance signs emerge.
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Decatur Bleacher Fight Triggers National Debate On Discipline
The Decatur high school bleacher brawl involving seven black students and white officials sparked national attention with Rev. Jesse Jackson debating zero tolerance. The seven received one year in an alternative school after protests. Jackson urged better parent–teacher engagement to prevent future incidents.
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Season of near misses and hype ends without a big blow
The piece reviews the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season noting more tropical cyclones than normal but no monster storm. It contrasts media hype and forecasts with sober outcomes, cites Hurricane Floyd and Irene, and previews that a genuine big one remains elusive for another year.
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South Carolina Bar defends judicial evaluation survey
D Michael Kelly of Columbia writes to correct reader misconceptions about the Bar's annual survey. It invites every in state Bar member with recent experience to assess sitting judges on legal skill impartiality and temperament. Results are tabulated only for judges with at least 50 evaluations and shared with judges, the chief justice, the Bar, and the Judicial Merit Selection Commission.
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Reader laments lack of gospel singers coverage in papers
A reader questions why newspapers prominently cover sensational deaths and celebrity scandals while neglecting to honor deceased gospel singers like Wendy Bagwell and The Sunlighters, J D Summer, and Glenn Payne of the Cathedrals who served through song and worship.
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Depot replica project questioned at Union and Park
Resident Madeleine Duryea Aiken asks if the proposed replica of the old railroad depot at Union and Park Avenue is worth the expenditure, weighing community value against cost.
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