Racing world mourns Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker
The racing world mourns Bill Shoemaker a Hall of Fame jockey who won 8833 races including four Kentucky Derbies He rode in 40350 races with a 20 percent win rate and held the career record for victories from 1970 until 1999 He died Sunday at age 72 after a life marked by triumph and tragedy including a 1991 car crash that left him quadriplegic.
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Bill Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Laffit Pincay Jr
Santa Anita
North America
Aitken Standard Names Publisher and Staff in Notice
The Aitken Standard lists Scott B. Hunter as Publisher and Advertising Director along with Jeffrey B. Wallace Arthur T. Zappa Ellen C. Priest Timothy E. O Briant Production Di Phillip Yates Circulation Di Scot Newcom J. David Boyd Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson in a staff roster notice.
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Jeffrey B. B. Wallace
Arthur T. Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Phillip Yates
Scot Newcom
Books as culture's building blocks and moral guide
Pat Conroy speaks at the National Book Festival and Anne Frank exhibition, arguing books transmit love and values, empower the masses, and aid democratic ideals. He notes reading with family shapes identity and stresses books as neutral carriers whose use can enlighten or mislead.
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Washington
Pat Conroy
Conroy
Anne Frank
Holocaust Museum
Johannes Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Laura Bush
Caring Parents Oppose Pushing Away Educators in Aiken
Janel Poe of Aiken writes about the value of involved parents in schools from preschool onward. She urges teachers to welcome caring parents who walk children to class and pick them up after school.
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Aiken County
Janel Poe
Aiken
Legislators urged to know what they vote on TERI debate questioned
A critic cites Sen Greg Ryberg and the TERI program to argue budget bills lacked study and debate. The letter urges informed decisions for South Carolina’s representatives, noting hours of consideration should not excuse responsibility.
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Sen
Greg Ryberg
South Carolina
Ryberg
Aiken County
Letters to the Editor contact details
The notice provides mailing and electronic contact information for Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard. It lists the address P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina and an email swallace aikenstandard.com plus a fax number 803 648 6052.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken, S.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard
Biodefense and the U S role in long term terrorism battle
The author argues Americans must expand homeland security beyond an agency and money. He urges renewed biodefense focus including smallpox vaccinations, stockpiling Cipro and potassium iodide, and training to think like terrorists to prevent bioweapons threats globally and at home.
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United States
Iraq
U.S
Washington
William Bicknell
Public Health
Massachusetts
Kenneth Bloom
Stanford University Hospital
Georgetown University Medical Center
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