Aiken Band concert at Hopeland Gardens tonight at seven
The Aiken Community Band directed by Alex Henderson will perform at Hopeland Gardens in the Summer Concert Series. Selections include Spanish Fever A Trumpeter’s Lullaby and Glenn Miller in Concert. Parking at Rye Patch on Berrie Road bring lawn chairs. Free and open to the public.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Lullaby
Glenn Miller
Alex Henderson
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
North Augusta Chamber Breakfast Meeting Set
The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast on Wednesday July 29 at 7 30 a m. Guest speaker Dr Joseph R Brooks the new superintendent of Aiken County Schools will speak about district curriculum and administrative reforms.
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North Augusta
ETV Radio Approved for Aiken Area by House Committee
The Joint Appropriation Review Committee approved ETV Radio in Aiken County with funding sought from the Department of Commerce and a fall 1988 approval target. Unseeing residents will receive receivers to listen to 18 hours daily and volunteers will read newspapers on air.
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Aiken
House of Representatives
Department of Commerce
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken County
ETV Radio
Aiken County Council Deliberates Detention Center Future
The council schedules a 7 p.m. work session to discuss privatization options for the Aiken County Detention Center and expansion plans by the State Department of Corrections Wire Road facility. A 6 p.m. administrative committee meeting will review funding for a 44 bed addition to the Mattie C. Hall Health Care facility.
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Aiken County
Aiken
State Department of Corrections
Council
Richland Avenue
Two Spectators Killed in Saluda Drag Race Crash
A drag race in Saluda County Saturday killed two spectators and injured three others. A 1980 Corvette and a 1971 Monte Carlo collided after crossing Red Bank Creek Bridge, striking Darlene M. Merchant and Donald S. Walton. Drivers Michael T. Long and Gary Davis face pending charges.
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Saluda
Saluda County
Darlene M. Merchant
Ninety Six
Donald S. Walton
S.C. Highway Patrol
Doug Jones
Ricky A. Rodgers
Tony D. Pilot
Rodgers
Pilot
Self Memorial Hospital
Greenwood
Jones
U.S
Michael T. Long
Gary Davis
Ward
EIA Waiver Tops Board's July Agenda
The Aiken County Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. to discuss participation in the National School Lunch Program for 1987-88 and set lunch prices. It will review the High School Report of College Freshmen 1986-87 and consider an Education Improvement Act maintenance cost waiver. Other items include renovations at Paul Knox Middle and SOAR classes, June financials, personnel, change orders, and a teacher evaluation policy.
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Aiken
Santa Fe
N.M
William R. Smith
Body Talk
Whiskey Road
Grand
New Mexico
Smith
Augusta
Richmond County Superior Court
Johnny Cassedy
Randy Gantt
Richmond County
Aiken County Board of Education
Edgefield Ave
U.S. Department of Agriculture
S.C. Department of Education
EIA
Division of Research and Statistics
Paul Knox Middle School
North Augusta
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Belvedere
Cistern beneath Laurens Street Reveals Aiken’s Hidden Passage
Odell Gregory explored a brick cistern from 1880 beneath Laurens Street in Aiken once used to hold water for firefighting. A stagnant rain puddle caused a foul odor, later resolved after entrances were cleared. Gregory recalls years of occasional visits and current retirement.
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Laurens Street
Aiken
Odell Gregory
Public Works Department
Streets and Parks Division
Laurens
Gregory
Park Avenue
Cato’s
F.H. Oakley
Steve Laurens
Thompson
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National Association of Counties
NACO
Aitken County
J.M. Huber Corp
W.scott Barnes
Aiken Health Spa
N. Augusta
Aiken Etv Radio
Gyles Park
By Phil Jones
Aiken County Detention Center
National Health Care
Mattie C. Hall Health Care Commission
Laurens St. Park
Wendell Hall
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