Aiken and North Augusta Adjust Holiday Office Hours
City offices in Aiken for Christmas will close Friday at noon and reopen Tuesday December 26 with New Year closings on January 1. Garbage pickup shifts to Tue Wed and Thursday restart. Friday list reduced. North Augusta offices close December 25 26 and New Year’s Day. garbage collection also paused with shifts starting January 2. A separate note cites studies linking income to job satisfaction across brackets.
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Aiken
North Augusta
Unseasonable December Forecast with Mild Start
The forecast calls for highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s with mild breezy nights. A chance of scattered showers arises by Thursday as cooler air moves in. Thursday peaks in the 60s, then falls to the 50s and 40s into Friday through the weekend with weekend lows near 30s.
Deaths And Funerals Area News Brief
Obituaries and funeral notices for James W. Reese of Augusta, Dale Velroy Morgan of Aiken, Ella Rose Winn Rawls of Augusta, Jones Angus Smoak of Cumberland, Charles R. Barnett of Jackson, Gordon Vansant of Ward, William Todd Campbell of Langley, Charleston L. Hankerson of Barnwell, and Aljanol J. Scott of Chicago summarize services, survivors, and burial plans across multiple South Carolina communities. Burial and service details vary by individual and location, with churches and funeral homes noted.
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Dale Velroy Morgan
Aiken
Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home
Columbia
Morgan
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Aiken High School
Seabelle Jenkins Morgan
Lemyron Morgan
Nazerine Dicks Morgan
Ella Rose Winn
James) Rawls
Jackson-Brooks Memorial Chapel
Asher Rice
Williams Daniel
Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens
Rawls
Kershaw St
N.E
Columbia Hospital
Aiken County
Jehovah Witness Church
James Rawls
New York
Ivory Hillery
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mary Etheredge
Nickie Mae Corley
Lula Preston
Robert Winn
Augusta
Greenville St
Ward
Gordon Vansant
Claude Vansant
Spann Methodist Church
Joe Long
John Griffith
Ridge Springs
Vansant
Saluda County
Karen Vansant
Maude Dean Vansant
Austin Vansant
Chicago
Ill
Aljanol J. Scott
Indiana Ave
Mr. Scott
South Carolina
Charlie
Mary B. Scott
Bettis Academy
Edgefield County
Benedict College
Annie M. Martin Scott
Patricia Allalane Scott
Julia Scott Blocker
Bernice Scottee Chengsett Brown
Annou
Jackson Brooks
County Officials Debate Policy Compliance And Funding
County leaders discussed adherence to the personnel policy for appointed workers and urged conformance even without explicit state law. They also considered funding alternatives beyond personal property taxes and the impact of potential tax cuts at the state level on local revenue. An executive session on hospital renovation funding drew FOIA controversy and a push for transparency.
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Warner
Gilbert E. McMillan
R-Aiken
Knotts
Council
L.C. Greene
Greene
Senate
General Assembly
John Wells
Aiken County Health Department
Aiken Standard
Aiken County
Wells
Ralph F. Cullinann
John H. Williams
Williams
FOI
Blue Law Test Ends In Arrest At Sky City Store
Clearwater district manager Pete Favor was arrested Sunday for opening Sky City in apparent defiance of South Carolina Sunday Sales law. He was charged, warned of closure, released on bond, and plans a court challenge with a hearing set for January 8.
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Clearwater
South Carolina
Sky City
Pete Favor
Charleston
Sidney Floyd
Favor
Aiken County
C. W. Ray
James Herzog
Ray
Mexican oil to track OPEC prices in 1979 says PEMEX official
PEMEX export chief Juan Azipuru says Mexican oil will not be cheaper than OPEC members in 1979 and that price hikes are not yet fixed. OPEC plans a 14.5 percent rise after a two year freeze, lifting base price from 12.70 to 13.33 dollars on January 1.
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Mexico City
Mexico
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Juan Azipuru
PEMEX
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Martin
Lions Club
Martin
Jim Baxter
Ray Timmerman
Lynne Katonak
H.O. Weeks Activities Center
PBM
Aiken Standard - Pbm
tAiken Yas
Tanya Brown
East Aiken Elementary
James W. Reese
Langley
Richmond County
Elliott Sons Telfair
Dale V. Morgan
Ella R.W. Rawls
Bamberg
Jones Angus Smoak
Bedford Road Baptist Church
Cumberland
Maryland
Denmark Cemetery
Mr. Smoak
Carl A. Oak
Iumberland
Bamberg County
William B
Della Sandifer Smoak
Cumberland Drug Co
Fort Cumberland Lodge 211 Afm
Eastern Star
Mounsie Fickling Smoak
Elaine Dunbar
Jones A. Smoak Jr
Bernice Sandifer
Charles R. Barnett
Jackson
Steed St
Posey’s Funeral Home
Wesley Gregory
Pineview Memorial Gardens
Barnett
Illinois
du Pont
Mary Henderson Barnett
Jean Barnett Canipe
Shelby
William T. Campbell
William Todd Campbell
Langley Cemetery
L.H. Elliott
Carroll S. Campbell
Carroll S. Campbell Jr
Larry Marvin Campbell
Ronnie Reynolds
North Carolina
Pearl C. Campbell
Peggy Arthurs
Sherman Childress
Michigan
William Campbell
Piney Heights
L. Hankerson
Barnwell
Charleston L. Hankerson
New Home Baptist Church
Moses Bates
Hankerson
Mr. Hankerson
Aliphare Bell
Barnwell County
Aaron
Fannie Mixon Hankerson
Mariah M. Hankerson
Ruth Williams
Jersey
Eloise Steele
Plainfield, N.J
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