Jackson votes on new municipal complex referendum
The Jackson Town Council gave first reading approval to a March referendum on moving offices. Voters will decide renovation of the old Jackson Elementary School, building a new complex, or a new fire station. The Aiken County Board of Education will meet tonight at 7 p.m. to interview nine auditing firms for the district.
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Jackson
Aiken County Board of Education
Educational Center
Edgefield Ave
Aiken County
Aiken County Council Sets Night of Sessions and Hearings
The Aiken County Council meets at 6 p m for a work session and 7 p m for a regular session with a 4 30 p m Development Committee and a 5 45 p m Judicial Committee special meeting. Presentations include engineers seeking the Johnstown CDBG project and an ordinance on naming county roads. Recognition is planned for William F Thompson for 12 years on the Public Service Authority, and a $55 827 grant from the Governor's Office Division of Traffic Safety will be discussed along with a Bull's Branch Bridge citizen use presentation and a countywide citizen complaint procedure. Location is 736 Richland Ave.
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Aiken
J D Lever Elementary PTO Meet Tonight at 7
The J D Lever Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization will gather at 7 this evening at the school. Science fair projects will be on display during the meeting.
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J.D. Lever
Aiken Elementary Teacher Named Outstanding Young American
Maria G. Taylor, a 1986 Aiken County teacher of the year, is honored as a South Carolina Outstanding Young American in education. She leads Voices for Children, coordinates Week of the Young Child activities, and her class inspired a state half day program for four year olds. She holds a BA and master's in education from the University of South Carolina and is a published children's author.
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Maria G. Taylor
South Carolina
Taylor
Jaycee
Aiken golf course praised in Golf World feature
Woodside Plantation in Aiken was cited among new layouts in an article about renowned architect Rees Jones in Golf World February 13. An Aiken resident appeared as a guest on a nationally televised talk show, Jim Bennett hosted Monday night on Nashville Now on the Nashville Network. Bennett also hosts the Weekend Gardener show produced by Tel A Cast of Aiken.
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Aiken
Golf World
Woodside Plantation
Rees Jones
Jim Bennett
Nashville Now
Nashville
Bennett
Tel-A-Cast, Inc
Two Go To Hospital After Wreck
A two car and school bus collision on U S 1 sent Ronald Love 76 and Carolyn Craft to hospital for evaluation. The Augusta Hardwood Truck driver Richard Howell was not injured and 32 students on the bus were unhurt aside from Craft.
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Bath
Ronald Love
Rt. 3
North Augusta
University Hospital
Press
Carolyn Craft
Nora Seymour
Area 3
Love
U.S. 1
Augusta Hardwoods
Richard W. Howell
Aiken
S.C. Highway Patrol
Joseph Daniels
Trent Lee
Warrenville
Williamson Street
Augusta
Daniels
Howell
Miss Craft
Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School
Valley PSA Opposes North Augusta Service Expansion
Valley Public Service Authority members told Aiken County Public Service Authority they oppose North Augusta servicing VPSA areas without proper negotiations. The issue centers on three proposed service additions including Northwoods, Carriage Hills, and an increased Belvedere Elementary School service. No action was taken pending contract and ge terms review. The meeting also marked the resignation of chairman William F. Thompson after 12 years, praising the Horse Creek Plant and noting improved working capital and compliance in the 1986 audit. County Administrator W. Scott Barnes outlined 1987 development committee appointments.
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Beech Island
Valley Public Service Authority
Aiken County Public Service Authority
City of
North Augusta
VPSA
Robert Boone
WPSA
Boone
Aiken County
PSA
Authority
Robert M. Bell
County
Northwoods
Carriage Hills
Belvedere
Ie Ge
Bell
William F
Bo) Thompson
Thompson
Horsecreek
Horse Creek
W. Scott Barnes
County Council
Barnes
Medwell Hill
Rosemary English
Ray Garvin
City polls see light turnout in special council election
Voter turnout was light early in the citys special council election with only 18 of 900 in precinct 3 by 8 45 a m and no votes yet in precincts 35 and 46 by 9 a m Polls open 7 a m to 7 p m for choosing a successor to Wil lar Hightower Findley and Price vie for the seat Findley is president of Findley Blackburn Realtors while Price works in the personnel division at E I Du Pont Savannah River Plant Voting centers listed across precincts Canvas set for Thursday Feb 19 at 10 a m in the City Council Room 214 Park Ave
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Arthur Jones
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Willar Hightower
Hightower
Aiken
Etta Findley
Lessie Price
Findley
Findley-Blackburn Realtors
City Council
Park Ave
North Augusta Faces Cause Show for Sewer Leak
North Augusta officials seek cause from the state health department after a January sewer leak into the Savannah River. City attorney Kelly F. Zier and city administrator Charles B. Martin travel to Columbia to explain. Mayor Thomas W. Greene cites heavy rain causing an inflow problem in the Southwest Interceptor and notes a plan to pursue about 1.4 million dollars in federal aid for a parallel interceptor, Willow Wick Lift Station replacement, and Pole Branch trunk line. City workers were honored for long service at the meeting.
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North Augusta
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Kelly F. Zier
Charles B. Martin
Columbia
Zier
Thomas W. Greene
Savannah River
Martintown Road
Willow Wick
Pole Branch
Greene
Randy Moseley
Public Safety
Leroy Rouse
Parks and Recreation
Democrats Lead In 82nd South Carolina Primary Vote
Voters in Edgefield and northwestern Aiken County flocked to polls for a special April 7 election to fill the 82nd District seat. Republicans Clyde R. Jackson III and John W. Petti grew Jr. faced Democrats George L. Brighthorp Patsy W. Crouch and William P. Keesley. Early counts showed low turnout at several precincts though Edgefield’s Douglas Elementary School drew the most ballots, with most favorable to Democrats.
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Edgefield
S.C. House of Representatives
Aiken County
Clyde R. Jackson III
John W. Pettigrew Jr
George L. Brighthorp
Patsy W. Crouch
William P. Keesley
Joseph F. Anderson Jr
U.S
Shiloh No
Center Fire Department
Shaws Fork No
Shaws Fork Baptist Church
Graniteville No
Leavelle McCampbell
Edgefield County
Douglas Elementary
Trenton
Johnston
W.E. Parker Elementary
Kendall Conference Room
Farm Bureau tackles trade, family farm measures at regional meet
About 250 farmers from the Carolinas Georgia Florida Virginia and Tennessee gathered in Columbia for a regional American Farm Bureau Federation meeting. Dean Kleckner president outlined policy goals from Anaheim focusing on open trade and opposition to protectionism while warning against a proposed family farm measure that would restrict production licenses impacting major crops and livestock.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
Tennessee
Columbia
American Farm Bureau
Dean Kleckner
Farm Bureau
Anaheim
Iowa
Kleckner
America
U.S
Canada
Congress
Tom Harkin
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St. Angela High School
Berrie Rd
H.O. Weeks
USC Aiken
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