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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1984
Page
7
The Aiken Standard sponsors the Vegetable Olympics offering $50 prizes for the heaviest summer squash, watermelon, and tomato. Entry requires home grown produce weighed at the Aiken Standard office during 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. until August 17, with winners announced after. Each family may enter one prize, and Standard employees are ineligible.
Most letters to the Aiken Planning and Development Department urged adjustments to ease Whiskey Road congestion by favoring the Aiken Bypass. Directors and staff plan a review with the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation and will prepare a memo for City Council guidance on next steps.
The Aiken County Board of Education is expected to name Margaret Jones to Dr Durward Pridgen s vacant seat at tonight s meeting at 7 30 p m Educational Center 843 Edgefield Ave The public is invited Jones currently chairs Area 1 advisory council Pridgen resigned in June
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Masonic Lodge in New Ellenton on July 24 from 4 to 8 pm. Jean H Corbin, executive director of the Aiken County Red Cross, urges summer blood donations noting higher needs as travel rises and outdoor activities increase. Blood is a medicine with no substitute.
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for an August employee of the month. Bosses may nominate staff for outstanding work by July 31. Becky Dyer at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center handles submissions. A committee will choose the winner who will be recognized at the Wakin breakfast on the first Tuesday in August.
The USC Law School highlights Daniel Henderson as a representative leader in South Carolina history. Born 1849 in Colleton County, he fought in the Confederate army, studied law in Charleston, and built a notable Aiken practice. He helped shape anti dueling law and contributed to the 1895 constitutional convention, with education as a lifelong focus.
North Augusta City Council OKs a 10 million industrial revenue bond for the Business and Technology Center and a technology transfer pact allowing Mayor Ledford to sign contracts with Data Control Corp. The plan creates an incubator under one roof with shared costs and includes initial city support and future annual obligations. The council also advances land acquisition and an 88-acre addition from Rapids Subdivision, and approves a sewer rate rise of 8 cents per 1 000 gallons to cover higher charges from the Aiken County Public Services Authority.
Judge Rodney Peeples postponed sentencing a 19 year old soldier after a November 1983 Beech Island convenience store holdup. The recommenda tion showed only a 1 in 100 chance of Army retention, so the judge sentenced Kelley to 30 months in prison and ordered $600 restitution. The other three robbers await sentencing.
Jackson council discusses a plan to swap police and fire commissioners, delaying action until the attorney general’s opinion. Councilman Al Ellis led the motion citing dissatisfaction with police operations. Mayor Hoyt Dunsieth opposed changing standing committees. The meeting also approved a motion to allow council review of city job applicants before hire.
A dense list of events and meetings across Aiken and Clearwater for today and Wednesday. Health clinics at Margaret J Weston Center and Aiken County Health Department, plus Toastmasters, Jaycees, REACH, Alateen, A.A. meetings, and various civic and church gatherings. Contact Fran Chapman at the Aiken Standard for notices.
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