Aiken County Pushes Nursing Home Plan at DHEC Appeal
Aiken County Council moves to pursue a 132 bed nursing home with a certificate of need and a general obligation bond to finance the project. Cecil Inc. had a $1.4 million contract and options on 25 acres behind Aiken Community Hospital with seven acres priced at $10 000 an acre. site price discussions are pending.
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Aiken County
Columbia
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Carrol H. Warner
Cecil Inc
Spartanburg
Cecil
Aiken Community Hospital
Department of Social Services
C.W
Chip) Cecil
Byline Mixup in Georgia Alumni Record Sparks Local Scrutiny
A Georgia Alumni Record features a byline error misattributing an SRP Ecology Laboratory piece to Walt Gibbons, a bartender at Houndslake Country Club. Local chatter questions how such a mixup occurred and notes surrounding references to Aiken residents, Volkswagen Rabbit cars, and a student preparing for seventh grade with a biology specimen.
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Wait Gibbons
SRP Ecology Laboratory
Georgia
Walt Gibbons
Walt
Houndslake Country Club
Aiken
Inside Today Aiken Comn Classified Comics Community
Aiken’s daily pages highlight classified ads community notices and local features. Debuts include puzzles, comics, Dear Abby style guidance, editorials, obituaries and science and sports briefs alongside TV listings and weather forecasts.
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Aiken Comn
Dear Abby
Erma Bom
Science Co
County Deletes All Committees
Aiken County Council chairman Carrol H. Warner abolished all standing committees during a four hour meeting to curb individual department head access. He proposed dropping pre meetings and vowed abstention from entering department offices to remove political influence from daily operations.
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Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
Marvin E. Dunbar
Windsor Seeks Town Water System
Windsor Mayor Frank Mizell Jr leads a town council push to establish a dispersed area water system. Residents at a joint Windsor meeting favor pursuing a system, contingent on federal aid and avoiding a governing-water-commission structure.
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Windsor
Frank M. Mizell, Jr
Danny C. Gantt
Jackson fights phone isolation as PSC demands further studies
The South Carolina Public Service Commission denied requests by Southern Bell and Continental Telephone to skip demand and cost studies on linking Jackson to other lines. Residents push for reconnecting to the Savannah River Plant and widening long distance access, with hearings requested and a chairman's signature pending.
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Jackson
South Carolina Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone
Continental Telephone
PSC
Oscie O. Brown III
Walter Beddingfield
Beddingfield
Savannah River
Barnwell
SRP
du Pont
William McIver
Lofty Sign Placed in Court Fight Over Roof Sign
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan faces the City of Aiken in masters of equities court tomorrow seeking to keep a 302 square foot roof sign banned by a central business district ordinance. Palmetto alleges no notice and cites hardship and a preexisting variance as defenses. The 1962 sign had cost $6 000 and removal would be costly. The zoning board postponed ruling, sending the case to court.
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Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan
City of
Aiken
Masters of Equities
The
Savings and Loan
Holley
Indigent Health Director Resigns Over Pay Dispute
Robert T. Funk, indigent health care director for Aiken County, resigns after a salary row. He says the county council refused a raise from 13 910 to 16 250, while Dr. Robert L. Worrell calls Funk a good director and expresses unhappiness at the resignation. The council had a special work session but reportedly took no action on the raise.
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Robert T. Funk
Aiken
Funk
Sheriff's Department
Robert L. Worrell
Indigent Health Care Commission
Worrell
Wagener
Commission
Turnipseed Urges Riley to Halt SCE&G Rate Hike
Sen Tom Turnipseed and Steven Bates call on Gov Richard Riley and the Public Service Commission to oppose SCE&G 10.66 percent rate increase. They demand gubernatorial action and public pressure ahead of PSC hearing planned for October on reforms including night rates and fair cutoffs.
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Tom Turnipseed
Lexington
Richard Riley
South Carolina
Turnipseed
Sce&g
Kershaw Street
Steven Bates
South Carolina Utility Reform Coalition
Bates
Public Service Commission
PSC
Aiken Council approves one way streets and dates for 1980 races
Aiken City Council voted to make Staubes Lane and East Boundary Street one way due to limited right of way in three streets. Election dates for nominating petitions and primaries were approved. The city awarded a $28,000 contract to Wiedeman and Singleton for community development engineering and a $10,750 audit to George C. Baird Company. Six ordinances updating building codes were approved on first reading. Annexations and zoning actions were authorized for Security Federal Savings property, South Airien Presbyterian Church property, and 104 Taylor Street neighborhood business.
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Aiken
Roland H. Windham
Laurens Street
Hastings Wyman
Windham
State Highway Department
Staubes
Charleston Street
Park Avenue
Colleton Avenue
Union Street
Wiedeman and Singleton Engineers
George C. Baird Company
CPA
Rutland Drive
McNair Estates
Security
Whiskey Road
South Airien Presbyterian Church
Taylor Street
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Alexander and
Beulah Johnson
Riley
Aiken Council
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