Aiken County approves 1986 87 school calendar
The Aiken County Board of Education selects a calendar ending the school year earlier among three options. Students start August 25 with final day June 2 and observe Labor Day September 1. Nine week terms, parent conferences, holidays, and make up days are outlined. final report cards arrive June 9. A Clemson Extension Service class on private applicator licenses is set for April 22 at the Agricultural Services Center.
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Aiken
Clemson Extension Service
Aiken County
Rabies Clinics Set In Aiken County
Anti rabies clinics to vaccinate pets will be held in April May by area veterinarians with the Aiken County Health Department. Locations include Dr Proctor’s Vet Hospital Hadon’s Vet Hospital and Wa gner Police Station with a $3 vaccination fee. State law requires annual vaccination by a licensed vet and warns of misdemeanor fines up to 200 dollars for unvaccinated pets over four months old. Rabies cases statewide and in Aiken County are noted, and owners are urged to vaccinate yearly.
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Sheila Hughes
Aiken County
Thomas Proctor
Proctor’s Vet
John Haddon Haddon
Ms. Hughes
S.C
Post Office Works To Address Survey Woes In Aiken
The Aiken Post Office responds to a Greater Aiken Chamber survey identifying four main issues including parking shortage, late arriving mail, long lines at service windows, and misboxed mail. Manager Ferrall Rodgers outlines local actions such as redesigning employee parking, adding window clerks, and monitoring misdelivery while awaiting higher level solutions for land and larger parking options.
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Aiken
Greater Aiken
Chamber
Larry Weathers
Farrell Rodgers
Weathers
Rodgers
Edgefield Avenue
Augusta
Fire Kills Aiken Motel Broker In West End House Blaze
Aiken public safety reports say A. Webster Cason president of Southern Motel Brokers Inc died in a 2:26 a.m. house fire at 3416 Meadow Drive. His son Webster and two friends escaped uninjured as the kitchen blaze heavily damaged the home. Cason had lived in Aiken since 1978.
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West Aiken
Meadow Dr
A. Webster Cason
Southern Motel Brokers Inc
Meadow Drive
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Carrol Busbee
Public Safety
HCA
Aiken
Cason
Webster
Shirley
Kelley
Hilton Head
Jackson Downtown Post Office Favored Over S.C. 125 Site
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments backs the U S Postal Service downtown Main Street site for the Jackson post office, countering a Town Council vote favoring S C 125. About 70 people attended an A 95 conference, a 500 name petition supported downtown, and officials say speed limits and funding will shape next steps.
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Denmark
Jackson
Main Street
Lower Savannah
S.C. 125
COG Board
Eric P. Thompson
LSCOG
Linda Holmes
William Good
Good
Thompson
COG
Windsor
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. 78
Joe W. Dunkin
Aiken
Dunkin
Low Country Council of Governments
Buddy Thompson
Low Country Cog
Les Tindal
Sharpe Pushes Bills to Reform Drug and Alcohol Care
Rep. Charles Sharpe of Wagener promotes a package of bills to ease hospital commitment for addiction treatment and reduce reliance on jail. The measures seek non emergency hospitalization for months, empower self and involuntary commitments, and propose a Columbia area security hospital for combative patients.
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Sharpe
Columbia
Windsor Mayor Mizell Not Seeking Reelection
Windsor announces that Mayor Frank Mizell will not seek another term as deadline for mayor and council filings passes. Mizell, first elected in 1978, will step down June 1 when a new mayor is sworn in. Potential candidates remain unclear after 5 p.m. today.
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Windsor
Frank Mizell
Mizell
South Carolina Senate Panel Approves Amended Smoking Bill
The Senate Medical Affairs Committee voted 7 to 2 for a modified bill banning smoking in state government buildings. The measure removes penalties and public meeting rules, allows smoking in most state offices except designated areas, and lets counties and cities draft local ordinances.
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Columbia
Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Senate
Warren Giese
Alexander Macaulay
D-Oconee
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Clemson
Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service
Extension Service
South Carolina
Post Office
Nana Farris
Laurens Street
Ginny Southworth
Busbee
A. Webster
George Burgess
Charles Sharpe
R-Wagener
General Assembly
House
S.C. Senate
Joe Wilson
Lexington
David Thomas
Greenville
Giese
Richland
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