North Augusta to vote on health board and 1989 elections
North Augusta City Council hours include third readings to abolish the Board of Health and set dates for the 1989 municipal election with April 25 as voting day. Primary and convention periods run January 23 to February 3, with primaries March 7 and petitions due March 10. Council offices at 400 E Buena Vista Ave. Also downtown meetings on Martintown Road issues and other town business across nearby towns.
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North Augusta
Board of Health
E. Buena Vista Ave
Aiken County Comprehensive Health Education Advisory Committee
Aiken County Board of Educatence
Edgefield Ave
Jackson
Jackson Town Council
Jackson First Alert Rescue Squad
Jackson First Alert
United Way
Aiken Woman Watches TV as Two Co Workers Hunt Flying Squirrel
An Aiken woman told two male coworkers a flying squirrel entered her home through the chimney. They searched with tennis rackets while she stood on the coffee table watching television, calm during the odd incident.
Charleston Firm To Be Recommended For Survey
The Aiken city manager and Planning Department propose Charleston based Preservation Consultants Inc to survey historic sites. Wells Law and Associates is the rival bidder. State grant funds up to 7 500 cover half the survey cost with city matching. The effort aims to identify 500 survey eligible properties within Aiken city limits.
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Aiken
Department of Planning and Community Development
Preservation Consultants, Inc
Aiken County
Wells, Law and Associates Inc
State Department of Archives and History
Edwin C. Evans
Ten Thousand Miles Walked By Local Pedestrian
Cecil Widener, 62, is famed among Richland Avenue commuters for reaching the 10,000 mile mark in four years of twice daily five mile walks. He plans to hit 11,000 miles by March and continues to walk from Horry Street to the Econo Lodge and back six days a week, noting shoe wear as a constant challenge.
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Cecil Widener
Richland Avenue
Widener
Horry Street
Econo Lodge
No Overhaul Predicted In Judge Selection Process
Greenville lawmakers John Rogers Glenn McConnell and David Wilkins foresee no major changes next year to how judges are chosen. They expect minor reforms to the Judicial Screening Committee, plus more public disclosure and performance assessments of incumbent judges, with limits on lobbying for support.
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Greenville
House
John Rogers
Glenn McConnell
David Wilkins
General Assembly
Greenville News
Judicial Screening Committee
Lawyers’ Organization
John Johnston
Curtis Shaw
Greenwood
James Alfini
American Judicature Society
Alfini
Rogers, Wilkins
McConnell
Rogers
D-Marlboro
Barbatiey
Wilkins
Yuletide Fund Drive Underway Across Four Groups
Four county groups raise money for the needy as Christmas nears. The Salvation Army collects gifts for families with food clothing and toys, with kettles outside stores or mail to 32 Gayle Drive Aiken. The Valley Empty Stocking Fund, backed by local American Legion posts and Lions Club, funds groceries and toys for Graniteville Langley Clearwater and nearby areas via several P.O. boxes. The Aiken Jaycees raise funds for shopping for needy children with a dedicated P.O. Box in Aiken. Santa volunteers through the South African Presbyterian Church invites sponsors to buy toys for children. For Secret Santa details call 649 7052.
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Valley
Gayle Drive
Aiken
Valley Empty
Langley-Bath-Clearwater
American Legion
Samuel Swint
Graniteville
Lions Club
Langley
Clearwater
P.O
Ley
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken Jaycee
P.O. Box
Santa
South Africn Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Rose Garden Project Underway at Rye Patch in Aiken
City officials begin site work for a rye patch rose garden on former tennis court land. About 600 roses of various types will line exposed aggregate walkways with benches and a fountain. Funded by the Robert Goodyear family in memory of Patricia Good Farm, material costs are estimated at $12,000.
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Rye Patch
Roger P. LeDuc
City of
Robert Goodyear
Aiken
Patricia Good Farm
LeDuc
Goodyears
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N.A
Martintown Road
Brookside Drive
S.C. Highway Department
Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
D-Aiken County
Sauiey
Windsor
Johnston
New Ellenton
Lynn Jeancake
Charleston
South Carolina
Luther M. Farell
Allen M. Coker
Elnora Hair
Robert J. Goodyear
Alvin D. Herndon
Robert E. Kenney
Clarence A. Grooms
Elzabeth M. Bird
Harold W. Harmon
James Patrick
AES
Anne
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