Aiken Planning Commission to discuss Dibble Road horse use
The fate of 16 acres along Dibble Road will be revisited at Tuesday's planning commission meeting. Harriet Delaney requests conditional use permits for four of seven north side lots to keep horses for non commercial purposes. Other requests come from Susan Henderson and Hicks Construction Company. The commission meets at 3 p.m. on the second floor of the Municipal Building. USC Aiken extends pre-registered student fee payments to Tuesday 6 p.m. Regular registration is Thursday and Friday Jan 14 and 15, with glasses to begin Monday Jan 8.
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Dibble Road
Aiken
Aiken Planning Commission
USC Aiken
LSCOG Meeting On Revolving Loan Fund
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments will host an informational meeting about the South Carolina Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. office in Denmark. About 105 million dollars in federal funds are slated for South Carolina over six years, with state matching bringing the total to 126 million. The fund begins in fiscal year 1989 and replaces the EPA Construction Grants. Local officials from Health and Environmental Control and the Division of Local Government will explain the program.
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Lower Savannah
Division of Local Government
Johnston Town Council Meeting Agenda Highlights
Johnston council meets at 7:30 pm in City Hall to recognize retiring Dr. J Sam Garrison. Agenda covers a building inspection program, second reading and adoption of related ordinance after amendments, appointments to Edgefield County Board of Adjustments and Appeals, and downtown mural plans. New Ellenton advisory note says no agenda available for 7:30 pm meeting.
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Johnston
J. Sam Garrison
Edgefield County Board of Adjustments and Appeals
New Ellenton
Budget and election loom as General Assembly opens
The 1988 General Assembly convenes with budget vetoes and a Supreme Court seat as top issues. Frontrunner Judge Rodney Peeples faces challenge from Rep. Jean Toal with Speaker Robert Sheheen backing his bid. Debate on the 277 Campbell vetoes stirs among Aiken County legislators as aides note the election year may shape what passes. Delegation members and contacts listed for Aiken include Sens. Moore and Setzler and Reps. Rudnick Huff Pettigrew Gentry Sharpe Jones.
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General Assembly
Supreme Court
Aiken County
Rodney Peeples
Barnwell
Jean Toal
Columbia
Robert Sheheen
D-Kershaw
House
Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
Judge Peeples
House of Representative
Carroll Campbell
Charles R. Sharpe
R-Wagener
William H. Jones
Clearwater
Tive
Thomas L. Moore
D-Clearwater
Ryan C. Shealy
Lexington
Nikki Setzler
Dlexinton
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
John Pettigrew
R-Edefield
Larry Gentry
Saluda
Sharpe
Jones
Sen. Moore
Aiken
Outlook Says Better Days Ahead For State Farmers
South Carolina farmers face a recovering economy after a tough decade of low prices and weather woes. The Agricultural Outlook Conference notes 85 percent of farmers are solvent and U.S. farm income has improved, with exports rising to about 31 billion in 1988. Farmland values declined, but some gains noted. dairy, tobacco, and cotton sectors face shifts as government programs continue. Local figures from Clemson economists emphasize cost cutting, yield gains, and caution on a looming federal deficit.
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South Carolina
Agricultural Outlook
Clemson University Extension Service
University
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Ed Faris
Extension Service
Faris
U.S
Aris
G. Stassen Thompson
Clemson University
Maxey Love
Farm Credit Banks of Columbia
Clemson
Parl Rosson
Charles Curtis
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lynn Stanton
Extension Agricultural Economist
Fred Purdue
Extension
Five foot six beauty Tonya Smith crowned Miss Aiken County
Tonya Marie Smith, five foot six and 108 pounds with light brown hair and emerald eyes, was crowned Miss Aiken County at USC Aiken Etherredge Center before about 400 fans. A South Aiken High School senior, she plans to study political linguistics at USCA and hopes to be an embassy interpreter. She has won multiple school pageants and dances with the Aiken Civic Ballet and pep bands.
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Tonya Marie Smith
Aiken County
Ms. Smith
Usc Aiken Etherredge
Alfred Smith
Aiken
South Aiken High School
College of Charleston
Stephanie Cook Brantley
South Carolina
Smith
South Aiken
Dialetic Association
Aiken Civic Ballet
Carl Crosby
City Panel To Discuss New Election Plan
The Aiken City Council will hold a Monday 7 30 p m meeting to discuss a first reading of an ordinance seeking approval of a 4 2 1 city election plan. The plan would have the mayor and two council members elected at large and one from each of four districts.
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Aiken
U.S. Justice Department
NAACP
Research and Statistical Services Division
S.C. Budget and Control Board
Substation and Legend Top Council Agenda Outline
North Augusta City Council study session planned in council conference room at 400 East Buena Vista Avenue. Topics include final plans for a proposed public safety substation presented by Virgo Gambill Rhodes, PARC funding for recreation, potential annexation at Georgia Avenue and Edgewood Avenue for a shopping center, and Legend development.
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North Augusta
East
Buena Vista Avenue
Virgo Gambill Rhodes
PARC
Recreation Department
Georgia Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
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USCA
LSCOG
County School Board
Aiken County Board of Education
Educational Center
Edgefield Ave
N.W
Outlook
Phil Jones
Silver Bluff Road
New County Queen
Carol Woodward
Furman University
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