Town Manager Seeks Back Pay After 1988 Dismissal
PORT ROYAL AP The town manager Bruce Drawdy seeks two years of back pay after being dismissed in 1988 when the town council did not give him a formal hearing. The Court of Appeals ruled the council failed to provide due process and offered nebulous reasons for dismissal. Attorney W Manning Smith said the back pay amount is undetermined and a new hearing date has not been set.
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Port Royal
Court of Appeals
Bruce Drawdy
Drawdy
Bruce
W. Manning ‘Smith
Aiken DHEC Official Flags Health Protection Areas
Kim Cauthen, manager of the Aiken office of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, leads technicians safeguarding public health. He cites five major concern areas for staff: drinking water quality, surface water and river quality, air quality, swimming pools, and garbage disposal.
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Kim Cauthen
Aiken
South Carolina
A Team Of Cain Hay And Heng Win At Highland Park
The A team of Bob Cain Alan Hay and Rob Heng won a recent Highland Park tournament 2 and 7 despite a late fourth dropout. They received an extra shot on a rotating basis per hole and won handily amid grumbling in the clubhouse about Wagener Salley basketball standouts Travis Hall and Jamie Edwards not yet receiving college scholarship offers.
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Bob R Cain
Alan
Hay
Rob Heng
Highland Park
Wagener-Salley
Travis Hall
Jamie Edwards
Birthdays for Local Residents Highlight Diverse Celebrants
Samuel Ell, Bill Harvey, Frank Hawkins, Corky Clark, Rachel Davis, Shelton Boaty, Jean Oswi, Jeffrey G, Marys Mary Top, and Veren are celebrated in a community birthday notice featuring names from varied backgrounds and ages. The list reflects local civic life with emphasis on residents marking another year.
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Samuel Ell
Bill Harvey
Frank Hawkins
Corky Clark
Rachel Davis
Shelton Boaty
Jean Oswi
Jeffrey G Marys
State Receives 60000 Education Grant For South Carolina
South Carolina is among 27 states awarded a first year $60,000 Carnegie grant to focus on middle school education health and social needs and aid in implementing educational reform. The project aligns with Turning Points findings and is funded as a 15 month matching grant with a $60,000 state commitment.
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South Carolina
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Council On Adolescent Development
The
Education Improve
EIA Select Committee
Governor's Office
State Department of Education
Officer In Need Of Transplant
Corporal James D. Brock, 49, a road deputy now on desk duty with the Aiken County Sheriff's Department, needs a heart transplant after a severe heart attack left his heart scarred. He has faced multiple hospitalizations since Christmas and was shocked back to life recently. He has visited Emory University in Atlanta and met Dr Kirk Kanter who said he could place him on the transplant list. Medication for rejection could cost about $3,000 monthly and the surgery about $30,000 plus a five week post op stay. The department plans a rummage sale and raffle to raise funds, with Greg Hall leading the drive.
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Corp
James D. Brock
Brock
May Corp
Aiken County
Paul Dundee
Augusta
Corp. Brock
Wold
Atlanta
Emory University
Kirk Kanter
Emory
Corporal Brock
UCSD
Greg Hall
Ex Mayor Accepts 50000 Donation Amid Salem Debt Probe
Salem town faces a state audit likely to show misused funds as ex mayor Tommy Powell defends accepting a 50000 check meant for town development. The donation, tied to plans for a bank, shopping center and sewer system, remains unresolved as investigators trace funds and town officials deny prior knowledge of the gift. Powell resigned in March amid revelations of more than 1 million dollars in debt from a failed water project.
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Salem
Tommy Powell
Powell
Pickens County
State Auditor's
Fice
Miss Aiken County Opens Miss South Carolina Pageant
Melanie Simmons Miss Aiken County appears in the 1990 Miss South Carolina pageant live from Memorial Auditorium Greenville beginning 9 p.m. She is the daughter of Charles and Joan Simmons of Aiken and rehearsed with state contestants. She played a medley during talent including Ive Got Rhythm and Rhapsody in Blue.
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Aiken County
Melanie Simmons
South Carolina
Memorial Auditorium
Greenville
Miss Simmons
Charles and
Joan Simmons
Aiken
George Ge
WAGT
Augusta
WIS
Columbia
Tiss
Columbia Northeast
Miss Greenville
Deborah Ann Hucks
Conway
Belk of Aiken
Aiken Mall
Usc-Aiken
Phi Mu Sorority
Wip
Scott
Hyatt Regency
Miss Aiken County
N. Main St
State Seeks Supreme Court Help to Recover $2.7 Million
South Carolina asks the U S Supreme Court to allow recovery of 2.7 million dollars in delinquent government insured student loan reimbursements from the federal government. The state contends a 1987 policy change voids the contract terms and seeks refunds as the money's property of South Carolina.
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South Carolina
The
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Department of Education
William Mackie
South Carolina Student Loan Corp
Congress
Mackie
State Attorney General's
Supreme Court
United States
Student Loan Corp
Education Deartment
Retired FBI Agent Named Chief Of New Ellenton Police
Robert R. Johnson of Aiken has become Chief of Police for New Ellenton. He served 24 years with the FBI and three years as a Chicago suburb officer, was sworn in June 21, and leads a four full-time plus five part-time force. Johnson aims to computerize reports and tickets and emphasizes support from the mayor and city owner.
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New Ellenton
Robert R. Johnson
Aiken
Johnson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
FBI
Allendale
Barnwell
Edgefield
McCornick
Saluda
Aiken Standard
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Mary Top Slim Veren
EIA
South Carolna
Nikki G. Setzler
Danner
Auditor's Office
Town Hall
Jimmy O’kelley
Amos Chandler
Salems
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