Jaycees Bring Fair to Aiken With Food Fun and Fun
The Western Carolina State Fair sponsored by the Aiken Jaycees runs Thursday through Saturday at the U S 1 fairgrounds. Notables Joe Nichols The Tams and Darryl Worley will perform. Proceeds fund Camp Hope and a Christmas shopping tour for low income children. The event draws tens of thousands from South Carolina and Georgia and supports community aid.
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Western Carolina
Aiken Jaycees
U.S. 1 North
Jaycees
Joe Nichols
the Tams
Darryl Worley
South Carolina
Georgia
Tiger attack deemed inevitable in Siegfried and Roy incident
The Las Vegas Mirage show faced a tragic 600 pound tiger attack on Roy Horn. The event halted the act as experts note wild animals remain inherently unpredictable despite training. The authors argue such accidents are inevitable when humans seek to control wild beasts.
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Roy Horn
Siegfried
Roy
America
Mirage Hotel
Las Vegas
Man
Beast
Aiken Standard Names Studio Leadership and Staff
The document lists key personnel at the Aiken Standard including Publisher Scott B. Hunter, Jeffrey B. Wallace, Arthur T. Zappa, Business Manager Ellen C. Priest, Circulation Director Timothy E. O’Brian, Phillip Yates, Newcom Systems Manager J. David Boyd, and Letitia Jefferson.
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Arthur T. Zappa
Ellen C., Priest
Should Congress Open ANWR to Drilling
Opinion urging Congress to remove political barriers and allow oil and gas exploration in Alaska's Coastal Plain. Argues ANWR could supply billions of barrels, reducing imports for years, with technology minimizing environmental impact and a history of support from lawmakers and agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge
America
ANWR
Energy Information Agency
ANWA
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Carter
Alaska
Coastal Plain
Prudhoe Bay
Clinton
Department of Energy
Drilling in Arctic Refuge Seen as Precedent Setting Detour
Opinion piece argues Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling would set a dangerous precedent, threaten the 1.5 million acre coastal plain, harm wildlife and native communities, and distract from sustainable renewables and energy security. Authors include H. Sterling Burnett and Brooks Yeager.
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Prudhoe Bay
Tom DeLay
Texas
Refuge
GOP
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic Refuge
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Arctic
United States
Arctic Wildlife Refuge
H. Sterling Burnett
National Center For Policy Analysis
Brooks Yeager
Leaking secrets and the politics of truth in Washington
The piece critiques the Bush administration for secrecy and the Valerie Plame outing, arguing leaks are vital to democracy. It cites Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers warning, laments media complicity, and warns that eroding leaks risks governance and checks and balances.
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Richard Nixon
Valerie Plame
CIA
Joseph Wilson
Oval Office
George W. Bush
U.S
Cheney
Energy Task Force
Camp X-ray
Plame’s
Washington
Wilson
Daniel Elisberg
Bush
Iraq
Elisberg
Pentagon
Congress
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Aiken
Scott B. Hunter
Timothy E. O’brian
Phillip Yates
Directcor
Newcom
J. David Boyd
Letitia Jefferson
Alaskan Wildlife
White House
U.S. Geological Survey
Art
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