New Year's resolutions from Aiken area residents
A wide range of local figures share 1986 resolutions from mayor H Odell Weeks to USC Aiken staff, council members, and business leaders. Goals include weight loss, healthier habits, improved efficiency, community service, spending more time with family, and efforts to improve city services and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Odell Weeks
Aiken
Sebastian Green
Radio Shack
Mike Johnson
Pinkerton Security
Bill Salmon
Georgia Pacif
Thelma Fulmer
Graniteville
Mark Gregory
USC
Julia DeVore
Ron Ruzzy
Joyce Willis
USC Aiken
Dan Bibler
Denison University
Marsha Fulford
Rose Hill
Nancy Wilds
Robert W. Paskel
Nan Crisman
North Augusta
BTC
Ellen S. Smith
West Martintown Road
Riverview Park
Thomas W. Greene
John Gallagher
William R. Gray
Edward O. Ergle
Roland H. Windham
Ralph F. Cullinan
Aiken County
Marilyn Smith
Sylvia Kennerly
Robert H. Slay
Steve Thompson
Phil Berley
Aiken Recreation Department
Glenn Parker
Clemson
Miami
Carrol Heath
Lottie Gregory
Gloverville
Jessie Hall
Warrenville
Sharon Smith
Jim Stewart
The
Aiken Jaycees
Jaycees
Gregory Michael Dean Perry
Jim Canepa
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Bob Wells
Prefiled Bill Proposes Local Tax Reforms and AIDS Testing
South Carolina lawmakers prefiled a bill allowing counties to choose new taxes including sales use motor vehicle and payroll taxes with a local option admissions tax and coin device tax. It would require AIDS testing certificates for marriage licenses issued within 30 days of application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sharpe
Robert J. Sheheen
Sharpe
Wagener
Supreme Court ruling limits city takeovers of co op power
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that cities may not oust rural electric cooperatives in annexed areas but can regulate expansions with PSC approval. Cooperatives and city utilities may coexist within annexed zones, ending 68 municipal attempts to seize power supplies. The decision emphasizes PSC oversight to ensure quality service and notes that cities must obtain consent for expansion into new customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Supreme Court
State Association of Electric Cooperatives
State Supreme Court
al Ballard
General Assembly
South Carolina
Ballard
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Roads Safe In 1986 New Years Eve
New Years Eve in Aiken County had no traffic deaths, according to a South Carolina Highway Patrol spokesman. Three minor accidents were investigated before midnight and three more were investigated this morning by the patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Crime Bill Tops Gov Riley's Priorities in 1986 Agenda
Governor Dick Riley highlights the Omni omnibus crime bill as a top priority for 1986 along with job growth for South Carolinians. In his final year he plans six months of legislative push and meetings with Citizens Against Violent Crime to refine the bill before focusing on succession and post tenure aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Dick Riley
Riley
Citizens Against Violent Crime
General Assembly
Fire damages travel trailer in Beech Island park
Beech Island Fire Department says a 24 foot travel trailer in Independent Trailer Park on Sand Bar Ferry Road burned at about 4 p.m. due to an electrical short. The trailer was unoccupied and the fire was under control in 10 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Island
Sand Bar Ferry Road
NAACP Meeting Postponed to Jan 8 at Smith Hazel Center
The local NAACP chapter will not meet tonight. The meeting is postponed to next Wednesday night January 8 at 7 p.m. at the Smith Hazel Recreation Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fay S. Hatcher
David Schwacke
Barbara Morris
New Ellenton
Jean Newsome-Smith
Yank Albers
Usc-Aiken
Randy
Warrick
M. Elizabeth
Liz) Cooper
Virginia Ergle
Mesne
Hoover Johnson
Andy Williams
Darnell Jones
Michael Rouse
Spanky Mattison
Moses Malone
Ronny Sanders
L.L. Willis
Andy Duncan
the Gamecock
Mariel Hemingway
Frankie
Chris Fulmer
Piggly Wiggly
Dianne Moseley
Jean Campbell
Savannah River Plant
Marsha Mestepey
South Airica High
Ryan Bruerton
Edward D. Jones and Co
Jim Whitehurst
Cooper
Garry
Aili Alan
Pete Wyckoff
Bill Lynn
Tommy Moore
Harriet Heath
John Boyette
George Burgess
Fran Chapman
Paula Daniel
Lynne Katonak
Ruzzy
Windham
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Carroll H. Warner
W. Scott Barnes
Advisory Commission
State Health Department
Thrift House
Mead Hall Thrift House
Park Avenue
Ginny Southworth
Debi Wollam
Robin Dunn
Amy Rowell
NEW Covenant Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church In America
South Aiken High School
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