Breast Cancer Awareness Month Editorial
A call to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month urging early detection through self exams mammograms and annual physician visits. It notes the need for funding research to improve treatments and ensure access to surgery chemotherapy or radiation for all women affected.
Aiken County Council Charts Salary Increases for Staff
The Aiken County Council moves to update the county employee pay plan after years of stagnant salaries. Aiming to align many leading positions with industry and government peers, the proposal prioritizes retaining talent despite higher short term costs.
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Aiken County Council
Aiken County
County Council
Aiken Standard Publisher and Editor Credits
A listing identifies Scott B. Hunter as Publisher and Jeffrey B. Wallace as Editor for the Aiken Standard with staff roles including Advertising Director Art Zappa and Production Director Phillip Yates. Other names appear for management and circulation tasks.
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen ©. Priest
Himothy E. O’briant
Phillip Yates
Scot Newcom
Teacher of the Year praised for passion and impact
A letter defends Jason Fulmer as Teacher of the Year, praising his love for education and positive influence on students and colleagues. The writer, Rachel Cooper of Aiken, urges critics to focus on improvement rather than politics.
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Jason Fulmer
Jason
Rachel Cooper
Aiken
Controversy Surrounds Amiri Baraka and Public Funds
A historical critique highlights Amiri Baraka's 1960s funding via federal anti-poverty programs and NEA grants, noting offenses against white, Christian, and Jewish groups. The piece traces accolades and teaching posts Baraka gained through taxpayer support, and reports renewed scrutiny after his 2002 poet laureate appointment in New Jersey.
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Amiri Baraka
America
Baraka
LeRoi Jones
Harlem
New Republic
Sargent Shriver
Lyndon Johnson
U.S. News and World Report
Jack Kerouac School of Dis
New School For Social Research
New York
University of Buffalo
San Francisco State University
Yale University
George Washington University
State University of New York
Stony Brook
Guggenheim Foundation
PEN
Faulkner
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Rockefeller
American Academy of Arts and Letters
New Jersey
James McGreevey
Dodge Foundation
Puerto Rico
Fidel
Castro
McGreevey
Now Generation urged to act now for meaning and progress
A discussion urges decisive action for the Now Generation urging immediate life changes. A Newsweek note on youth as passive spectators prompts calls to collect questions worries debts and faith to live by, with examples from Jenner and a parable about doing what one can now.
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Newsweek Magazine
Honegger
Jesus
Jenner
England
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NEA
Divinity Inc
Naropa University
Boulder
Colo
World Trade Center
Twin Towers
Sharon
Michelle Malkin
New England
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