Car Missing After Church Parking Spot Switch
Leonard McCreary of 2405 Abbeville St. in Aiken parked at the Church of Christ Wednesday evening and found another car in his space when he returned an hour later. An Aiken officer reported a neighbor dog bite a 10 year old boy on Chesterfield Street, with bites to the face and arm, the dog under observation and the boy treated at HCA Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The Area 5 Advisory Council meets at Silver Bluff High School library at 6 pm with executive session to hear appeals, then public session. The Area 4 Advisory Council meets in New Holland at 7:30 pm.
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Leonard McCreary
Abbeville St
Aiken
Church of Christ
Silver Bluff
Area 5 Advisory Council
Silver Bluff High School
Chesterfield Street
New Holland
Area 4
Burglar Steals Electronics From Aiken Home
Pierce Mackie of 842 Edgefield Road Lot 1 reported a thief entered his home through a window Wednesday morning and took two color televisions a videocassette recorder and a clock radio valued at 910 dollars according to Aiken County Sheriff's Department reports.
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Aiken
Pierce Mackie
Edgefield Road
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken County Sheriff's Department
Burglars Take Heavy Equipment At Two South Carolina Sites
Aiken County sheriff reports two burglaries in the area. At Freeman's Service Station on S.C. 421, a $1000 brake lather and a $500 air compressor were stolen, with four men needed to unload the compressor. In Derby Road, Wayne Edgar reported a break in with two handguns, a shotgun, and multiple electronic items missing valued at about $5,510.
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Gloverville
Jimmy Smith
Langley
Correction on sign language course at H Odell Weeks Center
Aiken Standard corrects a misprint from yesterday’s Recreation Calendar listing the course as an advanced sign language class rather than beginner. The 10 week course starts Tuesday January 26 at 6 30 p m with a $10 fee. For more information call Judi Wall at 642 1291.
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Aiken
H. Odell Weeks Center
Aiken Recreation
Judi Wall
Appeal Delays Widening Of Pine Log Silver Bluff Roads
The South Carolina Highway Department appeals four land-right awards for widening Pine Log Road to Houndslake Country Club and Silver Bluff Road to Woodside Plantation, delaying work. Awards of 75000, 39425, and 48000 are contested with litigation likely in Aiken County Court in June.
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Pine Log
Silver Bluff Roads
South Carolina Highway Department
H.B. Link
Highway Department
Silver Bluff Road
Woodside Plantation
Pine Log Road
Houndslake Country Club
Rerms
Link
EPA Plans Pond Test If Graniteville Plan Is Accepted
Environmentalists will decide by end of January whether to approve Graniteville Co plan to test Langley Pond pollution. The plan outlines sediment sampling at four pond stations and two creek stations with tests for total halogenated organics chromium and mercury plus water parameters.
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Graniteville Co
Langley Pond
Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Water Quality and Assessment
South Carolina
Gloverville
School Board Demands Explanation On Lockers
Aiken County School Board members directed questions to the administration over moving lockers from Jefferson Elementary to North Augusta Middle during Christmas break. The board canceled today’s meeting and yielded the issue to Superintendent Joseph R. Brooks, with a plan to address it at Tuesday’s session.
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Aiken County
Jefferson Elmentary School
North Augusta Middle School
James Roland Smith
Johnny A. Shaw
Shaw
John W. Morgan
Robert H. Slay
Morgan
Helen Yaun
Jefferson Elementary School
A New Regime North Augusta Chamber Leader Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor, owner of Taylor Toyota, begins a three week term as president of the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce. She outlines goals to boost membership and services, plans to oversee the chamber with a strong board, and emphasizes broad member involvement. The annual meeting and banquet at the North Augusta Community Center will recognize officers and directors.
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North Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Taylor
Taylor
Chamber
Taylor Toyota
Chambers of Commerce
North Augusta’s
Aiken’s
Augusta’s
North Augusta Cham
Taylor Installed Outstanding Citizen Named At Banquet
North Augusta chamber plans annual banquet at the Community Center with Ann Taylor to be installed as president. Dr. Bruce Karrh of E I Du Pont will headline as speaker. The group discusses an action plan to promote industry and examine waterfront riverfront development with hopes of extending the Bobby Jones Expressway.
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Taylor
Norih Augusta
Greater
Augusta
Savannah River
South Carolina
Georgia
Aiken General Sessions Court Delivers Multiple Pleas
Wednesday court sessions in Aiken County General Sessions Court listed pleas across offenses including possession of cocaine distribution of cocaine burglary forgery and fraud. Defendants faced varied sentences from probation to multi year terms with suspended portions and required restitution or public service. An additional story continues on Page 2.
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Aiken County
General Sessions Court
Luke N. Brown Jr
Shannon
Busbee
Sakley
Sally
Mark Calhoun
North Auguste
Steven L. Willams
North Augusta
James E. Hicks
Aiken
Richard C. Davis
John Harris
Jimmy Adamson
el ‘Enor C Kreles
Tabatha A Enochs
Aken
Delano R. Mobley
Beech Island
Ronald M. Timmerman
Engefeld
Peacock
Tibet
Si momNe
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Area 5
Area 4 Council
Board of Condemnation
Phil Jones
EPA
Moore
Phow
Michael Gordon
E.J. du Pont
Dr. Karrh
University of Alabama
Medical College of Alabama
American Industrial Health Council
Medical Center of
Delaware
Thomas Jefferson University
Taylor's
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