Ruling Expected On Aiken School Tax Authority
Circuit Judge James E. Moore said a ruling will come within a week or two on whether the Aiken County School Board or the county legislative delegation has constitutional authority to levy school taxes. The case rests on separation of powers and includes a referendum provision added in 1974 to distinguish it from Cherokee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Moore
Aiken County
William H. Burkhalter Jr
Cherokee County
Gunter
Blanton
State Supreme Court
Burkhalter
James Holley
State Attorney General's Office
Holley
Saluda County
Have You Heard Have You Heard Teens and Phones Create Embarrassing Moment
A hobbyist tone describes teenage phone use urgent calendar notes and a football coach Eddie Buck at Aiken High booster meeting. Buck introduces players when a halfback cramps in pain revealing the day’s hot workout effects and a wife wakes to find her husband on the floor with a mysterious light on the carpet caused by a buried lightning bug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken High
Eddie Buck
Buck
Unfair Weather Forecast Promises Warm Humid Weekend
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow with a 50 percent precipitation chance. Highs reach the upper 80s Friday, with overnight lows around 70. Widely scattered thunderstorms expected Saturday and Sunday. Monday remains partly cloudy with low 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funay
Pilots To Gather For Aiken SC Breakfast Club Meeting
Pilots from across South Carolina descend on Aiken Municipal Airport Sunday for the annual South Carolina Breakfast Club meet. An estimated 50 to 60 planes and over 125 attendees are expected, with a Dutch treat breakfast at 9 to 9:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn on I-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
South Carolina
Holiday Inn
Jimmy Nash
Aiken Aviation
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Peggy Jo Lambert
Virginia Dunkelbarger
Food Prices Dip for First Time in Ten Months
Jim Lambright leads FMC Advance Gifts Division of United Way campaign with Tom Maurice and Wayne Poole assisting. They will solicit donations under company names. The division targets 10 percent of the $525000 overall goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lambright
Center
FMC
Advance Gifts
United Way Campaign
Tom Maurice
Southeastern Clay
Wayne Poole
Amoco Plastics
United Way
Lynne Katonak
Government sees July wholesale price dip for food
Washington AP reports July wholesale prices fell 0.3 percent for food the first drop in 10 months while overall wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent the smallest gain in five months Beef prices eased as cattle supplies increased poultry rose but slower rice coffee and vegetable oil dropped Fruits vegetables fish flour mixes and eggs rose in price Nonfood items increased 0.8 percent Crude goods fell 0.6 percent led by farm product declines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
ASPCA Faces Backlash Over Aiken Expansion Plan
The Aiken Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seeks a zoning variance to add a 256 square foot clinic for spaying and neutering, prompting a neighborhood petition and complaints of noise odor and traffic. ASPCA director James M. Geddes argues the clinic will reduce county animal overpopulation with funded building and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Society For the Prevention of
Banks Mill Road
Nottingham Drive
ASPCA
James M. Geddes
Aiken County
Salley Election Questioned Over Missing Pledges
Mayor-elect Jack Able and challenger Plina Sharpe faced a challenge after a hand delivered notice claimed they failed to file pledges and affidavits. Able won the Salley mayoral race by about a two to one margin over Bob Salley, with councilmen Sharpe and Stillinger re-elected. The attorney general in Columbia must decide the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Salley
Sharp
Billy Stillinger
Able
Salley
Sharpe
Stillinger
Election Commission
Stilinger
Aiken
Columbia
Aikens A Long Way From Colorado
Article notes Aikens detour from Colorado journey with references to travel route and distant destinations, mentioning page 5 as continuation for reader follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruth Walker
Aiken’s
Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!