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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1987
Page
13
City and county offices except emergency services will close for the July 4 weekend and reopen Monday. Sanitation routes in Aiken and North Augusta shift with Wednesday and Thursday pickups. Banks stay open Friday and Monday while USPS operates Friday. no mail Saturday. The Aiken Standard keeps normal Friday hours.
South Carolina will include tests for sickle cell disease and other hemoglobin disorders in the mandatory newborn screening. The new law took effect yesterday, and DHEC notes the test is done with a simple heel-prick blood sample from newborns.
The Augusta North Augusta Benevolent Association hosts a Summer Music Fest at Red Wing Rollerway on Atomic Road this Sunday from 7 30 p m to 2 a m. Special guests include LA Dancers Shabazz Rahlee and DJ Danny Renee. A skating contest features students from Aiken and Richmond counties with concert tickets as prizes and $25 prizes for rap and dance contests. Proceeds support a home for abandoned children. the nonprofit group was chartered in 1986 and director Danny Renee leads the event.
Clearwater writer Nona Renew received an honorable mention in the Great American Poetry Contest for her poem A Thanks giving Prayer. Aiken County families celebrate four sisters Louise Rhinehart Leona Kelly Viola Steele and Lillie Brantley named Golden Girls with a surprise birthday party. three born in June and one in August.
Budget problems drive a department merger as the Finance and Personnel divisions unite under Sterling B. Cheatham who will lead the new department starting August 3. Cheatham, the first black department head in recent memory, comes from College Park Maryland with public administration and intergovernmental financing degrees.
North Augusta hosts Freedom Festival VII at 7 p.m. at the senior high stadium with children's games, music by the 434th Army Band, NJROTC color presentation, and a 9 p.m. fireworks display. Retired Navy Captain Jim Rodgers is guest speaker. Free flags and concessions available. admission is free with a voluntary donation.
South Carolina peach farmers report steep on farm price declines as a large national crop floods markets. Jimmy Holmes of James C Holmes and Son Farm Shop cites carton prices dropping from 12 to 15 dollars to 4 to 7 dollars. Johnston grower Rick Vann blames California exports and competition. Clemson Extension predicts a strong overall 1987 SC crop despite retail price lag.
Clarence W. Dickert will leave Aiken County Schools to become superintendent of Edgefield County Public Schools beginning July 10. He has 18 years with Aiken and 12 years as Area 3 superintendent, and previously led Clearwater Elementary. He succeeds Sam R. Wooten who resigns to join Chester County Public Schools.
Governor Carroll Campbell approves a $500000 Small Cities Community Development Block Grant for Edgefield to rehabilitate 25 houses demolish three substandard homes install about 3500 feet of gravity sewers with 21 taps for low and moderate income residents resurface Gary Street Mims area and create or save 160 jobs statewide 62 communities competed for 23 grants totaling over 10 million HUD funds administered by the Governor's Office.
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