Auditor's office faces March deadline on personal property
In Aiken County the auditor's office enforces a March 1 deadline for listing personal property such as cars boats and airplanes with a 10 percent penalty after March 1. Officials cite state statute issues and duplicate records with the tax assessor's office as the root of the duplication.
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Aiken County
South Carolina Tax Commission
George A. Williams
Carrol H. Warner
Tax Assessor
Warner
Aiken Events Schedule Through March Features Races Shows and Polo
March calendar lists Triple Crown road race events starting at 10 a.m from H Odell Weeks Activities Center with 3 mile and 10 mile races. Aiken Sulky Races February 11 benefit American Cancer Society at 2 p.m. Horse Show in the Woods at Hitchcock Woods March 17 with $5 car admission. Aiken Trials March 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets $2 in advance, $2.50 at gate. Aiken Hunt Meet March 25 with advance $2.50 gate $3. rail parking $25 for four, tent party $125 for four. Sertoma Club sponsor. Polo Sundays 3 p.m. Whitney Field. Aiken Thoroughbred Hall of Fame open daily 2-5 except Monday, Hopeland Gardens Whiskey Road.
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H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
American Cancer Society
the Woods
Hitchcock Woods
Aiken
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken Hunt
Sertoma Club
Whitney Field
Aiken Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Whiskey Road
Church League Title Clash Tonight Drives Local Hype
Bruce Johnstone of Ogden Phipps Stables expresses concern over racing injuries. Tonight St. John’s faces St. Mary’s in a church league basketball championship likely to be tight. Dr. James D. Suhrer expected among fans as emotions run high. Longwood Drive reports murky pool water after snow.
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Longwood Lagoon
Longwood Drive
Erwin Whitaker
James D. Suhrer
St. John's
St. Mary's
Suhrer
Rain Ahead for Saturday Road Race Weather Outlook
Forecast calls for a rain chance tonight at 40 percent dropping to 20 percent tomorrow with partly cloudy and windy conditions. Lows in the upper 30s tonight, highs in the lower 50s Wednesday, and a cold spell with 20s Thursday warming to 40s by Saturday and 60s on Saturday.
Triple Crown Road Race to Spark Aiken Spring Weekend
The second annual Triple Crown Road Race will start Saturday at 10 a.m. from H. Odell Weeks Activities Center with about 300 runners tackling a 10 mile route and a 3 mile option. Registration is $2 and closes at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, with a $2 late fee. The event is co sponsored by Aiken Community Hospital and the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness. An Aiken Community Playhouse production Catch Me If You Can debuts Friday at 8 p.m. with matinees Sunday.
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Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Aiken Recreation Department
Aiken Community Hospital
Governor's Council On Physical Fitness
Recreation Department
Aiken Community Playhouse
Locks for the honest no guarantee crime deterrent
Frank T. Galardi of the Aiken County Sheriff's Department argues locks deter only the honest. He notes a thief can defeat a $10 padlock with a glass cutter, urges neighbors to assist and report crimes, and cites cases where bystanders did nothing as burglars robbed homes. Crime shifts to suburbs and rural areas where chances of detection are lower.
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Aiken County
Pletely
Rhode Island
Education Plan Unveiled Aims to Strengthen the Three R's
President Carter plans a renewed push for back to basics in schools by extending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and creating a separate Department of Education. Title I funding would rise to aid disadvantaged students, with more emphasis on high schools amid concerns over basic skills and dropout rates.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Department of Education
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Office of Education
Califano
Court Upheld Pierce Policy on Welfare Sterilization Refusal
The Supreme Court declined to hear Shirley Brown and Virgil Walker’s case against Dr. Clovis H. Pierce, affirming a Fourth Circuit ruling that supported his policy of not treating pregnant welfare patients with two or more children unless they agree to sterilization after delivery. The ruling noted patients were advised of the policy and free to seek another physician.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Shirley Brown
Ellenton
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. District Court
Clovis H. Pierce
Pierce
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Virgil Walker
District Court
Fourth Circuit
John D Butzner
Dr. Pierce
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Lin Smithwick
House
Senate
Williams
Dee E
March
Bruce Johnstone
Ogden Phipps Stables
Warbucks
Walter Bergmman
Chris Graller
Murry Sill
Charles Law
Galardi
Charles Lowell
Clovis Pierce
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