Public hearing on CSRA Cablevision rates in Aiken County
The Aiken County Council schedules a 7 p.m. public hearing at Belvedere Elementary School cafetorium to hear residents on CSRA Cablevision rate increases and services. Burnet town polls stay open until 7 for mayor and four council seats, with incumbents Ferguson Beard Dubose Garvin and V. listed. A Sotheby's sale in New York will auction a rare black opal necklace from Claudia Lea Phelps's estate, valued at 30000, featuring sapphires and diamonds. AREKA volunteer fire department plans a barbecued chicken fundraiser to finish the new fire station, with May elections as plumbing work nears completion.
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Csra Cablevision
Belvedere
Burnettown
Ralph H. Sampson
Marion B. Ferguson
Brad Beard
Harold Dubose
Frank E. Garvin
Robert V
Burnettown Town Hall
Third Street
Claudia Lea Phelps
Sotheby’s
New York
Miss Phelps
Margaret Carmen
Trust Department
South Carolina National Bank
Columbia
Claudia Wright Lea Phelps
Areka
Art Freedman
Freedman
Nesmith
A.L. Middle Corbett School
Aiken Electric Co-Op
Park and Recreation Fund
Wagener council seeks photo date amid City Hall delays
Wagener town officials struggled to pick a date for a mayor and council photo to feature in the Wagons to Wagoner brochure. A nearby school event and a large group gathering at Halley’s comet sightings highlighted local activity amid fog and parking lot frustrations.
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Wagener
Churches Organizing to Help Needy in Aiken Area
Representatives from 14 area churches met at Aiken Presbyterian Church to discuss forming Church Cooperative Ministries a cooperative food bank and clothes closet for needy people. The group aims to pool resources, qualify for Augusta Food Bank aid and possibly FEMA money, and run a clearing house for local aid agencies.
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Churches Cooperative Ministries
Fellowship Hall of
Peter H. Bisschop
Aiken
Valley Ministerial Alliance
Tual
Johnston
Augusta Food Bank
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Son
MA Food Bank
New Ellenton Elects Randy Shaw as Young Mayor Seeks Growth
Randy Shaw, 31, becomes New Ellenton’s youngest mayor amid growth pressures. He aims to annex land west of town to relieve crowding, improve water and sewer systems with federal help, and attract housing and industry. Shaw credits his father’s legacy but says he chose public service to shape the town’s future.
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Randy Shaw
New New Ellenton
New Ellenton
Odell Weeks
Shaw
Butler C
Derrick
D-S.c
Dry Branch
Ellenton
Savannah River
A.H. and
Gail Shaw
CH. Shaw
Daddy
Peggy Whitman
Whitman
Wagener Prepares Computer System To Speed Water Billing
Wagener officials consider buying a computer system to speed water bill processing. McCall-Thomas Computer Services presented equipment details and training plans. system cost listed at 6696 dollars. Council postponed decision pending a live demonstration for clerks and officials.
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Wagener
Russell Baerreis
McCall-Thomas Computer Services
Orangeburg
Blackville
Denmark
Baerreis
Carletha Nesmith
Lower Savannah
Ridge Spring Chief to Return to Duty After Sick Leave
Ridge Spring Police Chief Farbin B Rikard will resume duties tomorrow after a council vote following a three hour executive session. The mayor cited council and chief discussions and referenced Edgefield County Ridge Spring waterline project funding priorities. The council considered a leash law referendum during the April special election to gauge public opinion onanimal control and deterrence.
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Ridge Spring
Farbin B. Rikard
Rikard
C. David Sawyer
Edgefield County
Jimmy Gillian
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