Citizens urged to know salaries of Aiken County staff
A reader insists the public deserves access to salary data for every teacher administrator and employee in Aiken County. The message counters claims about patient records ownership under HIPAA noting provider ownership and fees for copies. It cites HIPAA coverage of all medical information and advises readers to review privacy notices and local notices in papers.
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Aiken County
HIPAA
Board members forgo pay to help budget
A reader urges the Aiken County School Board to quit accepting pay for each meeting. Nine members at $100 for two meetings monthly would save $21,600 yearly. The community is asked to support voluntary service and share thoughts via Talkback hotline or email.
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Aiken County School Board
Police hunt for Graniteville murder suspect Raymond Stevens Jr
Police continue the search for Raymond Stevens Jr. 33 of 1995 Whaley Pond Road in Graniteville, charged with murder and related firearms counts in the shooting death of his former girlfriend Gloria McKie. Witnesses saw a man fire on Heyward Hill and McKie as they returned to McKie’s home. Hill survived and was rushed to a hospital. McKie died at the scene. Investigators believe Stevens fled in a gold 2002 Dodge Stratus with South Carolina plate 626 NLM. Tips may be given anonymously with rewards up to 1000 dollars.
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Graniteville
Raymond Stevens Jr
Whaley Pond Road
San Sapt
Michael Frank
Aiken County
Frank
Hill
McKie
Waffle House
Interstate
Hughway 1
Medical College of Georgia Hospital
Stevens
South Carolina
ACTS Receives Book Donation From Aiken First Steps
ACTS Areas Churches Together Serving in Aiken County receives a donation of children’s books from the Aiken County First Steps Board. Executive director Vicki Bukovitz notes the books will support families facing hardships while ACTS continues food, clothing, and utility aid with help from 760 member churches and volunteers.
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Aiken County
ACTS
First Steps Board
First Steps
Vicki Bukovitz
Acts Areas Churches Together
Peggy Wertz
Milly Ann Epps
Bukovitz
Operation
Robin Kulp
Rob Nov
Let
Center
Vicki Bukoviz
Millbrook Baptist seeks zoning approval to build taller sanctuary
Millbrook Baptist Church asks the City of Aiken Board of Zoning Appeals for permission to exceed the 50 foot height limit to erect a 52 foot 7 inch main sanctuary with a 7 inch roof, noting steeple height would be exempt. The ZBA meeting at 5 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Aiken Municipal Complex will also review tennis signs at Virginia Acres Park and discuss design with neighbors.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Millbrook Baptist
Churc
City of
Millbrook
BIA
Pine Log
Wiauerine
ZBA
City of Aiken Parks and Recreation
Virginia Acres Park
Aiken Municipal Complex
Park Ave
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Memorial honors SCDOT workers killed in work zones
Aiken residents viewed the National Work Zone Memorial at USC Aiken, part of a traveling exhibit honoring road crew casualties. It lists SCDOT employees Bill Murray and Ted C. Yandle Jr, killed in 1998 and 2001, with Yandle’s interchange dedication in 2002. The memorial travels SC with sponsors and safety advocates noting about 900 annual roadway work zone deaths nationwide.
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Aiken
USC Aiken
South Carolina
Rock Hill
American Traffic Safety Services Association
SCDOT
Federal Highway ‘Administration
Associated General Contractors of
the Carolinas
S.C
ATSSA
Mike Gilchrist
America
Gilchrist
William E
Bill” Murray
Cherokee County
Murray
Ted C. Yandle Jr
Columbia
District 1
Interstate 26
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