Snakebite Victim Improves After Rattler Bite Near Aiken
William Bryant, bitten on the hand by a four foot rattlesnake while moving wood on Old Camp Road, arrived at the hospital quickly and showed improvement. His wife Marcia notes the bite was in a major artery near the thumb. The Bryants, from Pittsburgh, live on Trafalgar Street. Meanwhile Aiken County faces decisions on paying $7,311.15 in resale fees after terminating a jail contract with Southeastern Midway.
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William Bryant
Marcia Bryant
Bryant
Trafalgar Street
Pittsburgh
Aiken
Aiken County
Robert Bell
Bell
Southeastern
Aiken Considered For Feature Film Under South Carolina Push
South Carolina film office works with 14 production companies to lure projects to the state. Aiken is among possible locations for the feature At Close Range, joining Moncks Corner Walterboro McClellanville Greenville and Beaufort. Weather outlook predicts mostly fair tonight with low 70s and tomorrow partly cloudy with a 30 percent rain chance and a 90 degree high.
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Columbia
Aiken
South Carolina
Moncks Corner
Walterboro
McClellanville
Greenville
Beaufort
Aiken Student Michael Rideout to Appear on WIS-TV
USC Aiken computer science major Michael Rideout, winner of the 1984 Atari Fireworld Contest in San Francisco, will be featured on WIS-TV Friday night in the Carolina Traveler segment at 7 p.m. Rideout won a $25,000 jewel studded chalice.
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Wis-Tv
Michael Rideout
Rideout
Usc-Aiken
San Francisco
WIS
Channel 10
Filing Opens for S C Senate Seats with Two-Week Window
Two weeks of filing for South Carolina Senate seats began at noon today, replacing a prior two-day window. Primaries are set for Oct. 2, with the general election on Nov. 6. Republican Fred Christensen says he plans to file for the district 24 seat covering the Aiken and New Ellenton area.
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S.C. Senate
Fred Christensen
District 24
Aiken
New Ellenton
South Carolina Senate Race Sees Filing Window Tighten
Incumbents Sen Tommy Moore and Sen Nikki Setzler plan filings in Districts 25 and 26 covering Belvedere Augusta Windsor Wagener and Salley regions amid a federal panel schedule. Filing closes Aug 28 with primary Oct 2 and runoff Oct 11. NAACP says districts lack black majority opportunities and seeks nine.
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I-20
Ryan Shealy
Irene Rudnick
D-Aiken
Tommy Moore
Belvedere
North Augusta
Graniteville
Clearwater
Beech Island
Nikki Setzler
Windsor/Wagener/Salley
U.S. Justice Department
NAACP
Senate
New Truck Given OK By Council
The Aiken City Council approved an emergency purchase of a 48 458 cab and chassis plus up to 2 800 for adapting the body, bypassing bidding. A 28 000 repair estimate justified replacing a 1979 Mack with a Ford CT 8000, funds from the equipment depreciation account.
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Aiken
Steve Thompson
Roland H. Windham
Windham
Pulliam Motors of
Columbia
Whiskey Road
Packie E. Crown
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Film on teaching children to say no to touching shown in Aiken schools
A 14 minute film Better Safe Than Sorry will be shown to grades one through six in Aiken County public schools this fall to teach children to say no get away and tell someone when adults or trusted helpers touch them inappropriately. The program headed by Coalition to Assist Abused Persons and school staff follows reports of doubled sexual abuse cases at the county social services agency.
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Aiken County
Department of Social Services
Margaret Key
G.001
Derrick Asks For Another River Test
Rep. Butler Derrick requests Augusta officials simulate how reduced Savannah River flow from a proposed hydroelectric plant would affect the river. He asks South Carolina and Georgia to extend the public comment period while the federal Energy Regulatory Commission considers objections. A prior eight hour flow study was conducted to show potential impacts.
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North Augusta
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Augusta
Savannah River
Derrick
Charles A. DeVaney
South Carolina
Georgia
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Barbara Gaines
Unequaled Quality Possible At Woodside
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan proposes a 2300 acre Woodside Planation development off Silver Bluff Road near Aiken as the largest tract of this type in South Carolina in a decade. Officials say the project is preliminary and will include land planning, engineering studies, and an optioned inventory before deciding on development. The plan also links to a North Augusta project and aims to attract a national audience.
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Silver Bluff Road
South Carolina
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan
Charles Eason
Palmetto Federal
Aiken
Augusta
Aiken County
Eason
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Bill Youngblood
State Democratic Party
Gene Lockhart
Usc-Aiken Partnership
Harry Shealy
John Granaghan
Usc-A
Etherredge
Ginny Southworth
Woodside
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