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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1985
Page
4
The Aiken County Board of Education argues against North Augusta plans to form a separate district. It warns of higher taxes, duplicated central services, and the loss of countywide educational cooperation, urging residents to consider the heavy fiscal impact and broader educational consequences.
Aiken County faces two extremes in travel money. County officials are capped at 15 per diem, while council members need only file an itemized receipt to be reimbursed, creating an honor system. Councilman Mike Toole notably spent 757 for a four day Hilton Head trip. We urge a firm policy restricting travel occasions and setting clear spend limits to ease taxpayer burden.
Pickets at Food Lion stores in Aiken end with little observable impact on business. The United Food and Commercial Workers shifts focus to 10 Columbia area stores in a campaign to push higher wages and better benefits, citing foreign ownership. Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N C, is 45 percent Belgian owned and employs 17,000 Americans in 300 stores. The chain recently opened a $15 million distribution center in Florida that will eventually hire 400 people.
Reagan’s three year remaining term may shape future courts as he appointed many district court judges from his party. Both Bruce Fein and Herman Schwartz weigh in on constitutional checks and balances, while 14 public interest groups and watchdogs monitor appointments.
New York opinion outlines a rethinking of age stages from childhood shrinking due to TV and computers to redefining midlife. It divides life into youth 17 to 30, early middle age 30s to 50s, later middle age 60s, and cycles of senior years, ending with the "we happy few" older old. It emphasizes generativity, ambition, and creativity across eras.
The piece explores how the word pupil traces to Latin pupilla and connects its two meanings in education and eye anatomy. It notes the etymology, contrasts classroom usage with ocular reference, and includes a student encounter and attribution to Dr. Lorch of the University of South Carolina Aiken.
Mildred W. McNair urges local citizens to care for lonely nursing home residents. The piece shares personal observations of neglect and warmth in care, urging families, staff, and doctors to offer visits and gentle attention to uplift elderly patients who otherwise feel forgotten.
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