Aiken Engineer Nominated for Young Engineer of the Year
John Rooney R. Floyd Jr. 34 of Aiken has been nominated for the Young Engineer of the Year Award by the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers. He works for the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control in Aiken and holds a Clemson B S in mechanical engineering and a 1976 Master of Engineering in Environmental Systems Engineering. Floyd is active in the Aiken Chapter SCSPE.
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John (Rooney) R. Floyd Jr
South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers
Floyd
Aiken
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Clemson University
Clemson
SCSPE
Planners Hear New Hope Ideas in Aiken Meeting
The Aiken Planning Commission will present redevelopment plans for the New Hope Community at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the county complex 828 Richland Ave. It will review preliminary plats for Lynn's Ranchettes and McNair Loop Road and consider adding roads from Big Cone Ridge Windsor Acres and Fox Hill into the county road maintenance system.
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New Hope
Aiken
Burned Offices Relocated After Courthouse Fire in Aiken
The fire damaged the Aiken County Courthouse Annex causing agencies to move within the building. Betsy Miller reports that her Clemson Extension office and a storage room on the second floor were burned and relocated downstairs. The Soil Conservation Service and FSA are moving into former probate and magistrate spaces. Officials estimate damage at 150000 dollars and will seek bids from three contractors for GSA review. The blaze, caused by an electrical short, was contained in the 46 year old annex.
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Aiken County
Betsy Miller
Clemson University Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
General Services Administration
Greene
Aiken
Graniteville Earnings Rise in Q4 1979
Graniteville Company reports fourth quarter 1979 net earnings of 68 cents per share and income after taxes of 5.71 million dollars, versus a 38 cent loss and 125 thousand dollars in 1978. Net sales grew about 28 million, and President Robert P. Timmerman expects strong 1980 first quarter earnings. The board met for its quarterly meeting yesterday.
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Graniteville
Graniteville Company
Robert P. Timmerman
Timmerman
Blackwell Named Aiken Campaign Chairman for Connally
Wallace Blackwell appointed chairman of the Aiken County drive for John Connally, announced by state campaign coordinator M. Gay Suber. Blackwell, a 20 year Republican veteran, previously led the North Aiken Municipal Republican Party.
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Wallace Blackwell
Aiken County
John Connally
M. Gay Suber
Blackwell
North Aiken
Republican Party
Clocks Taken In Break-In At Bath Home
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department investigates a Bath burglary in which Ruby Fiske's home was entered and three clocks and a stereo system valued at 330 dollars were stolen.
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Aiken County
Officials Discuss Jail Alternatives in Aiken County Meeting
Aiken County Alston Wilkes group members heard proposals for alternatives to imprisonment citing 1979 figures of 4 683 people jailed for 7 128 offenses. Speakers Joann Morton and Grady Decell urged group homes probation and pre trial investigations to steer youths away from jails and toward non secure options and support.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
Alston Wilkes
Joann B. Morton
Grady A. Decell
Decell
Department of Youth Services
Mississippi
Aiken
Alcohol Related Accidents Rise in South Carolina
A SCCADA report notes increasing alcohol involvement in crashes, inclining youth driving incidents. It explains beer and wine impair driving as with liquor and cites a 1979 study showing many DUI offenders preferred beer. Legislation seeks to outlaw open beer or wine in moving vehicles.
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South Carolina
Sccada
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