A season of generosity editorial urges holiday giving
The Aiken Standard editorial highlights Christmas as peak charitable time and previews upcoming lists of contributors to Valley Empty Stocking Fund Aiken Jaycees shopping Tour Salvation Army and Secret Santa. It urges support for faith-based charities Area Churches Together Serving and local church missions throughout the year.
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Aiken Jaycees
Salvation Army
Secret Santa
Aiken County
The Aiken Standard seeks brief Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit letters with signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited. Send letters to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or via email.
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Aiken Standard Personnel Notes Include Several Staff Roles
The Aiken Standard lists staff positions and names including Publisher Scott B. Hunter, Managing Editor Tim O Briant, Advertising Director Art Zap, Business Manager Ellen C. Priest, Pressroom Supervisor James R. Bennett Jr, and other personnel: Sailor Jeffrey B. Wallace and J. David Boyd listed in sale notes.
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Sailor Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zap
Ellen C. Priest
Timothy E. O'Briant
James R. Bennett Jr
Red Cross pledges aid for 9/11 survivors in CSRA region
A South Carolina Red Cross statement thanks citizens for donations after Sept 11 and outlines funds use, policy changes, and services. It cites cash assistance of 137 million to 25 000 families, more than 11 million meals served, 144 000 mental health contacts, and 46 000 disaster workers. The piece credits Aiken residents Grace Kassebaum and Ralph Abreu and notes relief continues locally through the Aiken and Augusta chapters.
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CSRA
American Red Cross
South Carolina
Red Cross
Ground Zero
New York City
Pentagon
Pennsylvania
New York
Aiken
Grace Kassebaum
Ralph Abreu
America
Liberty Fund
Augusta
Religion and extremism collide in a global crisis
The piece argues that religious abuse stems from certainty, not unique to the Taliban or Islam, and traces how pious arrogance fuels violence from Russia to Ireland. It notes anti-Semitism in Russia, interfaith efforts, and internal church discord, warning that shared roots of arrogance threaten pluralism and provoke brutality.
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Islam
Afghanistan
Mullah Mohammed Omar
Middle East
Ireland
Russia
India
Sudan
Noath
Berel Lazar
Washington
Putin
Europe
Presbyterian Church (USA
Critics oppose Chukker Creek Road bypass plan in Aiken
A letter to the editor argues against routing a bypass via Chukker Creek Road. The writer cites daily traffic near Chukker Creek Elementary, near misses along peak hours, and calls for a civil engineering approach rather than politically driven decisions. The piece notes rising taxes and questions the need to widen and blacktop the route.
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Jim Wetzel
Aiken
Chukker Creek Elementary
Whiskey Road
Hunters Glenn Road
Savannah River
Chukker Creek
Century Lane
Plantation South
Woodside Cut
Woodside
Former rector defends Still Magnolias calendar effort
The former St Thaddeus Church rector in Aiken comments on criticism of the Still Magnolias fundraiser. He praises two women who took a risk to support the Aiken Area Council on Aging, arguing the calendar offers daring generosity rather than offense. He notes multiple viewpoints and says some see nudity while others see support for a good cause. He adds he bought three calendars.
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St .Thaddeus Church
Aiken
Still Magnolias
Robert Reed Shahan Episcopal
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