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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1981
Page
9
Aiken County Public Library and North Augusta Library will close on weekends due to insufficient funds. ABBE director Josephine Crouch says $282,361 budget is not enough to maintain present services. Weekday hours remain 10 am to 9 pm Monday Tuesday and Thursday and 10 am to 5 30 pm Wednesday and Friday.
Aiken County Council approved distributing its 81 000 revenue sharing funds Tuesday. Transfers earmark 1 750 to Clem son Extension Service 1 400 to S C Highway Patrol and 1 650 to National Guard, plus various grants to local agencies and a scoreboard donation for New Ellenton Sports Organization.
The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame is closed for the remainder of the summer for renovations. It typically reopens in winter and a reopening date has not yet been set, according to Betty Post, president of the Hall of Fame Museum.
Aiken County School District superintendent Dr. Robert W. Paskel will meet with the Silver Bluff Zone Council at 7 p.m. in the Silver Bluff High School library to discuss the gymnasium floor refinishing at New Ellenton Middle School and personnel vacancies. An executive session will follow to hear appeals.
Over $1,000 in cash and two pistols were stolen from Dr. Clovis H. Pierce's office Monday night. Aiken Department of Public Safety reports $125 in cash and a Colt 45 target pistol along with a 9mm Mauser pistol with a six inch barrel were taken. Entry appeared to be through a back window screen.
North Augusta Rep Tom Huff will host a town meeting at 7 p.m. in the Civic Room of the Security Federal Savings and Loan on Martintowne Road to discuss pending legislation including Congressional reapportionment a gas tax and blue laws.
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