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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1980
Page
2
The forecast calls for tonight and Thursday to be cloudy with precipitation chances rising from zero to 50 percent by tomorrow. Temperatures will drop from today’s balmy levels to near 40 tonight and upper 50s Thursday. Friday through Sunday should stay partly cloudy with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s.
The Aiken Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual banquet Friday at 7 19 p m in the USC Aiken gymnasium. Vice Admiral James B Stockdale president of The Citadel will speak after dinner as the crowd enjoys California chicken and shrimp and patriotic music. Tickets cost 10 with Man Woman and Youth of the Year awards presented.
Wagener Town Council approved forming a three member municipal election commission under the South Carolina Home Rule Act. The panel will monitor election laws stage elections and verify municipal results. Council also approved the fiscal year 1979 audit ending June 30.
The Aiken County Community Action Commission hosts its annual banquet at 7 p.m. in the H O Weeks Activities Center. Tickets require a $4 donation. Board officers for 1980 will be sworn in during the two hour meeting and CAC volunteers and employees will be recognized.
Six kidney hemodialysis units will come to Aiken County. Three existing units in Augusta clinics will be moved, and three new units will be purchased with a 25 000 dollar grant. An application for 75 000 dollars in federal funds to study an HMO feasibility in five South Carolina counties including Aiken was tabled. The study includes Lexington Richland Kershaw and Calhoun.
Aiken County School System held a public hearing on its special education plan under Public Law 94 142 with no opposition voiced. Martha Ebel outlined required program areas including free appropriate education parental rights involvement school initiation and annual evaluations. John Bradley noted PL 94 142 increased county costs versus prior Title I funded programs.
Graveside rites were held for Retired USAF Lt. Col. Daniel Crosland at Bethany Cemetery. Crosland died at 58 yesterday in an Aiken County hospital. survivors include his wife Ruth and four grandchildren. Manuel Reedy, father of Purvis Reedy, died in Harrisburg. funeral arrangements to be announced by Miller's Funeral Home with survivors listed.
North Augusta city council to protest the Aiken County PSA bill and pay 10,781 for the first 35 days of service. dispute centers on meter based water volume versus an engineering estimate of 1.5 million gallons used, with potential nonpayment if no meter by April. The meeting also allows employees to use up to four of 12 annual sick days for family emergencies with excess time treated as vacation or leave without pay.
A busy slate of community meetings and activities announced for today includes Aiken Toastmasters at the Weeks Center 7 p.m. and a Valley A A session at Our Lady of the Valley Church Gloverville 8 30 p m. Film at Aiken Public Library 10 30 p m and Kiwanis Club gathering at the Ramada Inn 1 p m.
Notices instruct readers that all advance payments must be made to the Aiken Standard PBM Subscription. The cue implies a formal billing directive from the newspaper, though limited context is available.
Perry Jackson of 857 Lincoln Ave was arrested Friday and charged by the Aiken Department of Public Safety with eight counts of car thefts dating from around December 25.
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