Aiken County Schools Report Smooth First Day 1997 98
Education leaders described a smooth opening for the 1997-98 school year in Aiken County public schools with 23,870 students enrolled on day one. Renovations at South Aiken High created three main corridors easing congestion, while Millbrook Elementary and Ridge Spring Monetta High reported normal operations and added class periods enabling some seniors to graduate on time.
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Aiken County
South Aiken High
Bill Gassman
Sverybody
Far Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Clarence Jackson
Glenn Sanders
Warrenville Elementary
Bridgestone Firestone selects Aiken for tire plant
Masatoshi Ono announces Bridgestone Firestone will build a $435 million passenger and light truck tire plant on a 500 acre site in Aiken South Carolina. The decision cites a quality workforce, strong transportation links, proximity to customers and suitable land. Construction to begin after final approvals.
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Masatoshi Ono
Aiken
Bridgestone
Firestone
Houndslake Country Club
Ono
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc
South Carolina
Bridgestone to Hire 800 Workers by 2000
Bridgestone aims to expand production in the spring of 1999 and reach a staff of 800 by 2000. The plan involves increasing employment at the management team level and adding production roles noted on Page 5A.
Deaths Obituary Notices on Page 2B
Monday's winning numbers appear among brief death notices listing individuals and ages. The page compiles obituaries and funeral details with sparse biographical lines.
County bridge work nears completion
Commuters who detoured around three Aiken County bridges near completion. The Vaucluse Pond dam bridge is finished and reopened. Newberry Street in Aiken and Main Street in Graniteville are due to reopen in October.
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Aiken County
al Barwick
South Carolina
Newberry Street
City of Aiken
Main Street
Graniteville
Carolina Bridge Company Inc
Orangeburg
Newberry
Barwick
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Cord Prepara
Ead
Nis
Aily
Igts
Angela
Burkhalter
Gassman
Millbrook Elementary
Ing
Karen Bingham
Prince
Linda Eldridge
Angela Burkhalter
Jackson Middle
Scott Webster Alexander Lee
Douglas Ward
South Aiken High School
Masatoshi Ono Kenji Shibata
Nobuo Kawakami
BFSC
Howard Fikes
Mgr
Bill Bengtson
Jon Jones
Keleigh Fairchild
Tripp Duplisen
Michael Grubb
Pat Joseph Carroll
Belvedere Elementary
Abby
Vaucluse Bridge
Norfolk Southern Railway
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