County Council Puts Car Fleet Plan On Agenda
Aiken County Council meets tomorrow at 7 PM on Richland Avenue to consider an emergency ordinance authorizing 130000 for 37 sheriff's department vehicles now leased from Satcher Motor Company. Other budget transfers and first readings accompany the agenda.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Smith Transfer Corp
Sheriff’s Department
Aiken Cottage
Indigent Care Commission
Jackson First Alert
Emergency Medical Services Department
New Ellenton Filing Open for Primary Candidates
The New Ellenton Democratic Primary qualifying dates are open through February 2 at 6 p.m. The primary is set for February 12. Candidates register with Grace Russell at 107 Pamela Ave. Three council seats and one public works position will be filled at the April 1 general election.
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New Ellenton
Grace Russell
Pamela Ave
Department of Public Works
Leesville Man Arrested in Abduction Case
A Leesville man George A Williams Rt 1 Leesville faces assault kidnapping and grand larceny charges after an abduction in West Columbia. Williams was arrested by West Columbia Lexington County and Aiken County officers. Separate reports cite Marvin Floyd Westmont Drive Aiken theft of 1225 dollars of valuables and Clifford Lamarr Celeste Avenue Belvedere stereo radio and shotgun theft.
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Leesville
West Columbia
Aiken County
George A. Williams
Rt. 1
Lexington County
Williams
Marvin Floyd
Westmont Drive
Aiken
Clifford L. Lamarr
Celeste Avenue
Belvedere
Autopsy Pending in Fatal Park Avenue Trash Fire
Authorities investigate the death of 51 year old Joe Hatten alias Marion Mumford after his burned body was found by Aiken Public Safety at a Park Avenue trash container near the Salvation Army lodge. The autopsy in Charleston will determine cause of death. Home address unavailable.
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Joe Hatten
Marion Mumford
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Charleston
South Carolina Medical Examiner’s
Park Avenue
Salvation Army Lodge
Hatten
Parents to push alternatives on Aiken special education move
Aiken County parents ask school board to reconsider proposed changes, presenting alternatives at tomorrow’s 6 p.m. meeting in Edgefield Avenue at the education complex. Ira Collins, spokesman for the group, outlines options as the board plans to sell Kalmia School and shift special education classes to Aiken Junior High.
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Aiken County
Board of Education
Edgefield Avenue
Aiken
Ira Collins
Kalmia School
Aiken Junior High
Aiken Elementary Advisory Council Plans Public Meeting
The Aiken Elementary Advisory Council will meet in the school library Wednesday at 7 p.m. The agenda includes reviewing first grade skill tests and considering parent recommendations and questions. The council will also discuss developing programs for the annual report.
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Aiken Elementary Advisory Council
Fruit Tree Workshop Offered by Clemson Extension
Clemson Extension Service sponsors a home owner fruit tree workshop on February 6 at 1 30 p m in the H Odell Weeks Recreation Center Whiskey Road. Topics cover variety selections planting pruning fertilizing spraying and practical pruning demonstrations in a local home orchard. Attendees should dress for weather and call to arrange transportation if needed.
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Clemson Extension Service
H. Odell Weeks Recreation Center
Whiskey Road
PSA To Meet Tonight in Aiken County
The Aiken County Public Service Authority will meet at 7 30 PM in the conference room of the Horse Creek Pollution Control Facility located on S C 125 between North Augusta and Beech Island.
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Aiken County Public Service Authority
Horse Creek
S.C. 125
North Augusta
Beech Island
Two Injured In Mishaps At Local Intersection
At the Hampton Avenue and Assembly Street intersection two separate accidents occurred within 15 minutes Saturday night. Eddy Glover, 20, drove off the road into a tree around 7 p.m. and was treated at University Hospital. Danny L. Husk, 35, was in a three car collision nearby about 7:15 p.m. Husk was to be released today per a hospital spokesperson.
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Hampton Avenue
Assembly Street
Eddy Glover
Danny L. Husk
Glover
University Hospital
Husk
Equipment Purchase Considered by Aiken County Board of Education
The Aiken County Board of Education will discuss contracts for kitchen equipment and media casework for three new high schools at tomorrow's 8 p.m. meeting at the Education Center. A right of way for a power line to the new Aiken High School will also be reviewed. Ira Collins will address special education facilities for 1980at. New business includes Happy Days Camp Inc. seeking use of school vans to transport students to Aiken State Park from June 6 to July 25 and a request to buy more equipment for the Word Processing Department at the District Office.
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Aiken
Happy Days Camp Inc
Aiken State Park
Aiken County
Death Attitudes Talk by Dr Mary Ann Hagler
Dr Mary Ann Hagler of St Josephs Hospital discusses New Attitudes Toward Death and Dying the Hospice Movement to the Aiken County Council of Social Agencies at 11 30 a m tomorrow Gibbs Family Restaurant.
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Mary Ann Hagler
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Aiken
Stockdale links Iran crisis to Vietnam war at Aiken banquet
Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, The Citadel president and former POW, calls the Iran hostage crisis an act of war and says the hostages are prisoners of war. He recounts prisoner code messages and notes pressure on Iran mirrors hostages.
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James B. Stockdale
Iran
Vietnam
Stockdale
Citadel
Aiken
Chester
Chamber
Luther Bigby
Bigby
William F
Bill) Bassham
Aiken Teen Cynthia Gregg Receives Youth of the Year Honor
Cynthia Marie Gregg, 1979 Junior Miss of Aiken, received the Youth of the Year award at the Aiken Chamber of Commerce dinner. Last year’s winner Diane Toole presented the award. Gregg, a senior at Aiken High, is National Honor Society secretary, band president, Kodak scholarship winner, and photographer.
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Cynthia Marie Gregg
Aiken
Diane Toole
South Carolina
Aiken High
Gregg
National Honor Society
AHS
American Association of University Women
R.A. Gregg
Kodak Com
Art and Horses Honor Jo an Tower Woman of the Year in Aiken
Joan Tower named Woman of the Year at the Aiken Chamber of Commerce banquet succeeding Linda Christine as the top woman. Tower, a Brown University Fine Arts graduate, helped open the thoroughbred racing hall of fame in 1977 and directs museum exhibits in Aiken. She has roots in art and racing and has lived in Aiken and Maine.
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Museum of African Art
Washington, D.C
Tower
Aiken
Facciolo Feted Man of the Year by Aiken Chamber
Michael F. Facciolo received the Aiken Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year award, noting his move to Winston-Salem after 11 years as Aiken Recreation director. He credited the department with citywide upgrades and the H. O. Weeks Activities Center. Facciolo, Clemson 1968 graduate, will join the Knights of Columbus as a regional insurance agent, with wife Treva and two children.
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Michael F
Mike
Facciolo
Winston- Salem
N.C
Aiken
H. O. Weeks
The
Knights of Columbus
Nuts and Bolts
Treva
Mark
Gina
Million-dollar plan to boost reading in Mississippi schools
Jackson AP report on George McLean, Tupelo Journal owner, funding a 10-year $1 million reading program in eight northeastern Mississippi schools. He pays teacher aides to raise first graders' reading skills, aiming to cut remedial costs and reduce early school failures. The effort grows to $1.5 million as costs rise.
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McLean
Adrian College
Michigan
Southwestern
Memphis
Mississippi
Tupelo
Billy Crews
Journal
Ee Oe Renier
Crews
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Greater Aiken
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Sarah Caskey
Mike Facciolo
Joan Tower
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Kathryn Smith
Ec Ene
Linda Whitley
Saltillo Elementary School
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