Dr Cook Opens To Big Crowd At Aiken Playhouse
The Aiken Community Playhouse opened Ira Levin's Dr. Cook's Garden to a full house. Dr. Leonard Cook in a Vermont town whose residents seem blessed as a few troublemakers die mysteriously. Jim Tennyson suspects Godlike control and moral peril as the plot tightens. Cast includes Drew Davis Elaine Schmidt Shane Wetherington Garalynn Hauser. Performances run Jan 26 27 and Feb 23 at 8 pm with a Jan 28 matinee. Ticket prices range from 3 to 7 dollars. Reservations 648 1438 649 3820.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Ira Levin
Dr. Cook
Leonard Cook
Drew Davis
Vermont
Shane Wetherington
Elias
Garalynn Hauser
Bea
Marcia Harris
Mailbag Qs on loaned executives taxes and bike paths
Reader questions cover loaned executives dating to Hess, Maggie Glover and driver license control, and city bike path plans. Carl dismisses political buzz and warns higher taxes for trails, noting Uncle Sam funding and local impact on residents.
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Rudolf Hess
London
Adolf Hitler
Hess
Carl
Sen
Maggie Glover
Revenue Department
Public Safety Department
DHEC
Tommy Paradise
FBI
Maggie
Aiken
Wrights face long road to rebuild after fire in New Eilenton
James Wright works installing vinyl siding and takes extra evening work while Joanne tends three children and stays employed at a hotel. The couple plans to recover despite years needed and Edie Graham calls the loss like a death. New Eilenton City Council meets Monday January 22 at 7 p.m. in City Hall Chambers after holiday shift.
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Wrights
James
Joanne
Edie Graham
Eilenton City
City Hall Council
Study Recommends Higher Speed Limits in South Carolina
Spartanburg statewide review advises 70 mph on rural interstates and 65 mph on urban routes. The Transportation Commission to forward the plan to the Legislature after Gov Beasley requested the study last December. The report notes many drivers exceed limits on non interstates and emphasizes area specific safety considerations. Commissioner Mullinax urges speed limits reflect local safety needs while some urban interstates may remain at 55 mph pending further identification. Transportation Director B K (incomplete).
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Spartanburg
State Transportation Department
David Beasley
Jack Mullinax
B.K
County To Review Mattie Hall Finances
Aiken County Finance Director Terry Bodiford will brief council on the Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center finances at a Tuesday night meeting. The county owned facility, operating under a National Health Corp contract, has a 1996 budget of about 4.8 million dollars, up 275 thousand from last year, with daily room rates raised by 2.50. Steve Strawn of National Health will discuss revenues, expenditures, and capital improvements for the 176-bed center.
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Aiken County
Terry Bodiford
Mattie C. Hall
Mattie C Hall
National Health Corp
Richard LaRoche Sr
National Health
Steve Strawn
Interstate speed limit plan outlined by Jones
Jones outlines proposed changes pending Legislature and Beasley. If approved, rural interstates would rise to 65 mph and urban interstates to 70 mph. The commission also backs a 60 mph limit on dual lane divided highways, 55 mph on rural secondary and primary roads.
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Jones
Beasley
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