Elections and SRP Headlines Highlight 1988 Year
The 1988 election year brought SRP changes with Westinghouse named contractor on Sept. 8 replacing prior operator. DOE planned a $6.8 billion production reactor for SRP and a backup at Idaho. Local races shifted county and state offices as Democrats retained control in Aiken County and held key seats in the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah River
Department of Energy Oe
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
DOE
SRP
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Aiken County
Thomas P. Keesley
Edgefield
John W. Pettigrew
Redgefield
Thomas L. Moore
Clearwater
Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
S.C
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
Betty Chistensen
Nikki Setzler
D-Lexington
Larry A. Marchant
Ryan C. Shealy
Lexington
Larry E. Gentry
Saluda
Butler
1988 in Aiken County Highlights and Elections
The year featured a 14.8 mill tax increase and political shifts as Democrats kept 5-4 control of the Aiken Council. The county faced a major winter storm causing six days of school closures, plant closures at Clearwater Finishing, and a push to protect textile jobs. Arrests tied to the Linda Terri Bradberry case, school closings at St. Angela Academy and Freedman Vocational, and the end of the Public Service Authority marked a year of significant change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Savannah River
SRP
DOE
Aiken Council
Aiken County
United Merchants and Manufacturers Inc
Clearwater
Linda Terri Bradberry
St. Angela Academy
Freedman Vocational School
Aiken
Carrol G. Heath
Jean Newsome Smith
Liz Cooper-Godard
New Ellenton
Mary T. Barber
Jim King
Laura L. Wright
Robert Watson
Burnettown
Hector Rodriguez
Aiken County Public Service Authority
Aiken County Bar Associatin
Rodney Peeples
S.C. Supreme Court
Peeples
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Graniteville Co
Langley Pond
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
State Senate
Congress
Clearwater Finishing
Aiken Mall
Warrenville
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Charleston
James Brown
Aiken County Board of Education
Freedman
Aiken Arts Scene Grows Through 1980s Cultural Programs
The 1980s in Aiken saw the council fund grants and decorate downtown. The Season of Sharing featured Lucia Queen Kelly Ward. the Aiken Civic Ballet and ACP expanded with new wings and longer seasons. Notable figures included director Carl Crosby, USC Aiken Players leader Jack Benjamin, and mentor Will Cole. Performances moved to Etherredge Center, with collaborations from the Aiken Symphony Guild and notable guests Frederica von Stade and Tichina Vaughn. The Rose Hill Art Center offered classes and a summer arts camp, while the Aiken Diabetes Board held its 10th anniversary benefit amid continued theater and musical productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Lucia
Kelly Ward
Aiken Civic Ballet
Carl Crosby
Etherredge Center
Crosby
Jeffrey Hankinson
Alvin Ailey
Aiken Community Playhouse
Will Cole
The
Playhouse
ACP
Jack Benjamin
USC Aiken Players
Benjamin
Playground Playhouse
USCA
Aiken Symphony Guild
David Bar- Illan
Augusta Symphony
Metropolitan Opera
Frederica von Stade
Symphony
Tichina Vaughn
Aiken Diabetes Board
Clarence Jolly
Cole
Ken Fallon
Millbrook Baptist Church
Jim Moore
Aiken Women’s Heart Board
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dana Rodgers
Bechtel Savannah River Co
Martin Marietta Corp
du Pont
NPR
Willie Alan Brown
Charlie Burcham
John
Dutid
Pan Over
Scotland
Waggart
U Gisgracs
Fror
Lets Adrawal
Afghanistan
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