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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1979
Page
8
Columbia report notes the 1979 legislative session produced few immediate results. Major items included a 5 percent state revenue reserve fund, a teacher certification program with a basic skills test, a judicial adjustment package, and a merit based Public Service Commission selection plan.
Aiken County lawmakers reviewed the General Assembly’s 1980 session. Sen. Nikki Setzler praised PSC reform and teacher certification while criticizing the gasoline tax and Coastal Carolina dorm funding. Rep. Thomas Huff warned of budget impacts from a 5 percent reserve fund and praised PSC reform and a basic skills test. Rep. Marshall Cain urged reform limits, urged caution on bonds for higher education, and called for earlier budget dates.
James R. Metts, Lexington County sheriff, 32, is the first SC sheriff to earn a Ph.D. He rose from rent-a-cop beginnings in Columbia to become a noted leader, author, and leadership consultant. He enjoys investigations, writing, cooking, hypnotism studies, piloting, and skydiving while raising two daughters.
Aiken County Jackson council meets at 8 p.m. in the town hall to approve the fiscal year 1979 80 budget and hear regular commissioner reports. Election of Democratic officers is set for tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. at H Odell Weeks Center on Whiskey Road. Robert M Bell of Bath leads the party with precinct meetings planned next week and a Community Action Forum Thursday night. A four member Columbia religious group demonstrates at the Savannah River Plant gate on the Hiroshima bomb anniversary.
George Preister was shot three times after he attacked Aiken County Deputy Leroy Chapman inside his home. Chapman fired three times, hitting Preister in the stomach, and took the deputy’s night stick during the confrontation.
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