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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1986
Page
13
The City of Aiken will accept proposals Friday at 430 PM for a comprehensive plan costing about 80 000 to 90 000 with three sections land use management and regulatory systems. The city may select one portion from a consultant and stage the plan with council review after Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations.
Rich detail recalls Jan Plunkett and Billy Rutland wedding at First Baptist Church Ridge Spring. Guy Rutland flies a helicopter to shuttle the newlyweds to their car in a dramatic exit. Aiken Standard staffer who married in Tennessee had a door break in and burglar alarm triggered earlier.
Windsor town council accepts state election commission guidance to proceed with May 13 elections as no candidate registered. The most write-in votes will determine Windsor mayor, with Mayor Mizell noting no clear frontrunner. Frances Nunn resigns from election commission to run for council. Alice Smith named acting chair.
Aiken County School District balances a $42.6 million budget for 1986-87 amid edits by the Board of Education. Motions by Chris Verenes approved cutting a $10,500 copier and eliminating a $29,000 internal auditor position. The board also restored $30,000 for an alternative school and adjusted ADM figures to trim expenses, with 18.53 positions at risk. A debate over EIA requirements and millage implications remains unresolved as the board plans a May 13 meeting.
The dedication of North Augusta Elementary School drew about 150 attendees including Dr. Charlie G Williams state superintendent of education and the North Augusta High School Band. Board Chairman Robert H Slay lauded early childhood and elementary education while noting a Belvedere Elementary School wing in this year’s five year plan. The regular meeting followed with policy adoption and funding actions including a 40000 Job Training and Partnership Act grant for Midland Valley High at risk youth and a 1986 87 textbook list plus roofing and office space modifications at area schools.
Greyhound Bus Lines will transfer management of 43 terminals including 23 slated for closure to independent agents by July 1. In Aiken the terminal is now run by Southeastern Stages of Atlanta since April 9, with 21 buses daily. Layoffs already reached at least 268 workers nationwide. severance pay is offered under varied company agreements.
Joseph Croft, 17, of Jackson died from motorcycle crash injuries and his heart was transplanted into Wayne Waller of Washington after five months on the 24-ALERT network. Waller remained in critical care, relocated to the coronary unit, as Croft’s family publicly shared his donor identity.
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