Aiken City Council Republican primary urged for voters
Editorial urges all eligible voters to participate in the Aiken Republican primary for two at large council seats. Four candidates Kay Brohl Rocky Napier Jane Vaughters and Don Wells seek the seats with winners facing no Democrat opposition. Voters are reminded of the importance and responsibility of voting in local government.
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Aiken
Aikien
Kay Brohl
Rocky Napier
Jane Vaughters
Don Wells
South Carolina SAT Scores Rise Yet Rank Lag Persists
Statewide SAT scores rose seven points this year, sending 27-point gains since 2000, triple the national average, though SC remains 49th tied with Georgia. Dorchester District 4 posted a 110-point surge, with Charleston, Dorchester 2 and Colleton outpacing the state gain as educators push ongoing improvements under Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum.
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Georgia
Washington, D.C
Dent Inez Tenenbaum
Dorchester
Charleston
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Colleton
Women in polo rising players in USPA
A columnist notes women now comprise about one third of US Polo Association players, up from under 100 in the 1970s. The rise coincides with more women advancing in work and management, creating financial means to play polo, which offers competition on equal terms with men.
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Look for higher ground in New Orleans reflection on Katrina
A columnist recalls Blanche DuBois wisdom about kindness of strangers and argues for escaping flood risk with high ground and wealth. The piece praises New Orleans culture, its jazz legacy from Storyville, and laments federal failure during Katrina while urging prudent, self reliant shelter upriver.
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Irma Thomas
Saenger
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Rampart Streets
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Red-Light District
Storyville
Madames
Minnie White
Lulu White
Jessie Brown
Martha Clarke
Jelly Roll Morton
Buddy Bolden
King Oliver
Bunk Johnson
Sidney Bechet
Louis Armstrong
Papa
North
Topeka
Muncie
St. Paul
Flannery O’connor
Bourbon Street
Big
George Bush
Mr. Bush
America
New Orleans Mayor Proposes Vegas Trip to Save Police
In a contentious proposal New Orleans Mayor C Ray Nagin offers a free Las Vegas vacation incentive to keep police from fleeing the city after Katrina. Federal officials say taxpayers cannot fund the plan and the city must rely on scarce local funds for flights hotel rooms and meals in Vegas.
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C. Ray Nagin
Nagin
Las Vegas
Federal Emergency Agency
Vegas
Carl Langley Aiken
Learn lessons from Katrina and evacuations
The piece criticizes Corps recommendations and federal response to Katrina highlighting delayed FEMA action, inadequate evacuation support for the poor, and uneven disaster readiness. It argues for faster federal mobilization, proper evacuation facilitation, and lessons to prevent future failures.
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