Aiken County Planning Commission Approves Northbrook Subdivision
The Planning Commission approved final plat for Northbrook subdivision on U.S. 1, four miles north of Aiken. Developers are Thomas J. Biddle and Ronald B. Bolton. The panel also granted a 60 day extension to the buyer seeking the remaining 20 Lynn's Ranchettes lots, with county attorney review if no proposal arises. Public hearings were held on renaming Beaver Dam Road to Coleman Bridge Road and Dianne Street to Willingham Drive.
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Aiken County
Beaver Dam Road
Coleman Bridge
Dianne Street
Willingham Drive
Aiken Technical College to hold 14th commencement
Aiken Technical College will stage its 14th commencement Sunday at 3 p.m. in the USC Aiken gym. Neil Taylor, newly appointed chair of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, will deliver the keynote. About 230 students will receive associate degrees diplomas or certificates. Family friends and the public may attend.
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Aiken Technical College
Neil Taylor
S.C. Commission On Higher Education
USC Aiken
ATC
Students named for National Governor's Conference concert
Three Aiken County students Laur ie A Newton Brandon H Brooks and Kevin D Grogan were selected to perform in the brass ensemble at the National Governor's Conference in Hilton Head They are seniors and juniors from Aiken High School South Aiken High and North Augusta High and will rehearse Saturday then perform Sunday evening The group formed at the Governor's School for the Arts last June and July.
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Aiken County
Hilton Head
Laurie A. Newton
Brandon H. Brooks
Kevin D. Grogan
Iss Newton
Aiken High School
Brooks
South Aiken High
Grogan
North Augusta High School
Governor’s School For the Arts
North Augusta Area 2 Council hears Belvedere upgrades plan
At a special Area 2 Advisory Council meeting in the old Summerfield building, three teachers were moved from North Augusta High to North Augusta Middle. Residents pressed for Belvedere Elementary School repairs as part of a $1 million two year facilities plan, with $600,000 in 1986 87. The project adds eight new classrooms and admin space, followed by an art room music room and multipurpose room in year two, with a groundbreaking date to be announced at the Board of Education’s first September meeting.
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North Augusta
Belvedere
Area 2 Advisory Council
North Augusta High School
North Augusta Middle School
Nald Grogan
Area 2
Belvedere Elementary
Board of Education
Safecracker Foiled by Safe and Cabinet at Rhodes Furniture
A would be safecracker broke in through a window at Rhodes Furniture in Aiken. A lamp was moved to view the safe, and both the safe and a file cabinet showed forced entry. A $600 television set was taken. Investigators continue the probe.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Rhodes Furniture
Moonshine bust nets truck sugar and gear in Aiken County
Four men were arrested after federal agents destroyed two moonshine stills and confiscated a 1972 Chevrolet pickup, 1500 pounds of sugar, a water pump, and four 100 pound gas cylinders. Sugar went to the detention center the pump to public works or rescue squads and cylinders to rescue squads.
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Sheriff’s Department
Aiken County
Carrol Heath
Department of Public Works
Paskel Sees Readiness for Aiken District School Year
Dr. Robert W. Paskel enters his sixth year leading the Aiken County Consolidated School District with a stable team and smooth transitions. He notes gains in student scores, new elementary schools, a strong teacher incentive program, and planned reading improvements across all elementaries amid an election year and redistricting changes.
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Robert W. Paskel
Aiken County
Paskel
Policy Bans Political Ads in School Football Programs Stirs Pushback
Dr. Robert W. Paskel of Aiken County Public Schools cites a 1976 policy banning campaign literature on school grounds as he distributes guidance to assistants and boards. Newspaper publisher Sam Woodring notes Yellow Jacket ads have rarely been questioned, while local candidates Johnny Shaw Sheron Proctor and Mike Toole placed ads in the North Augusta program.
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Robert W. Paskel
Aiken County
Board of Education
Yellow Jacket Club
North Augusta
Aiken County Board of Education
Johnny Shaw
Sheron Proctor
County Council
Mike Toole
Mim Woodring
Dr. Paskel
Detailed Special Education School Bus Route Schedules
A long list of bus routes for special education students with stop times from 6:12 AM to 9:15 AM and multiple street names, highways, and schools including Pinecrest, Bath Special, Wagener Salley High, and Belvedere Elementary, outlining pickup and drop-off points by route number and driver.
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Williams
Howlandville Road
Ken's Garage
Gurleys
Glover Street
Oak Street
Pine
Hackney Street
Project Road
Floyds Grocery
Huber Clay Road
Parker
Burnett
Walker Street
Posey Street
Carter St
Carline
Joyce Yon
Corbett Middle School
Wagener- Salley High School
Wagener Salley High
Oakwood-Windsor
Montmorenci Baptist Church
Hampton Street
Pinecrest
Hampton
2Nd Red Light
Freedman School
Atomic Rd
Seymour St
Thurmond
Terrace
Carolina Spring Rd
Old Aiken Rd
Todd Dr
Atomic Ad
Townsend
Bath
Piney Heights Rd
University Parkway
Pinecrest School
Aldrich St
Cornish St
Alfred St
Croft
Camelia
Richland Ave
East
Aiken Elementary
Camelia St
Camelia Trailer Park
Pecan Grove
Sawyer Rd
Rankin Rd
Bussey Rd
Ridge Spring Monetta High School
Old Jordan Rd
Mill Race Circle
Hampton Ave
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Monetta
Max Meek
James Settles
Trenton
Everette Dorch
Aiken
Earl Clark
Ronald Horne Jr
By Phil Jones
Scott
Jehnssee Dr
Monetta St
Airport Rd
Pine Log Rd
Toolebeck
Johnssee
Timberlane
Timberland
Pinecrest Ave
Old Friar Rd
Springfield Rd
Byrd Elementary School
Huntsman Dr
Dugar
Abbeville St
Kershaw St
Kershaw
Park Ave
Whiskey Rd
Silver Bluff Rd
Double Spring Rd
Redcliffe School
Dixie Clay Rd
Bath School
Hall
Old Sudiow Lake
Bel Air Rd
Marion Avenue
Trimmer Ave
Bunting Dr
Hammond Hill School
Hammond Hill
Amherst Ave
Woodlawn
West Ave
Bluff
Meridan Ave
Buena Vista Ave
Spring Grove Ave
North Augusta Elementary
Buena Vista
Schoo! St
Theresa Kaney
Huber Clay Rd
LBC Middle School
Cherokee
Corley Rd
Hillcrest
Dogwood
Butler
Carolina
Georgetown
Sandra Joyner
Chatfield St
Wire Rd
Saluda St
Graniteville
Aiken Rd
Elbert St
Bethleham
Breezy Hill Rd
Clifton
Metz Dr
Melody
Weston
Old Edgefield Rd
Five Notch Rd
Scott Rd
Five Notch
Celeste
Johnson
Hwy No
Edna St
Bryant
Lucy
Clearwater Rd
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