Area 1 Advisory Council to Meet at South Aiken High
The Area 1 Advisory Council meets tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at South Aiken High School with an executive session at 5:30 p.m. Area 1 schools include Aiken Elementary and High, SCHOfield Middle, East Aiken Elementary, North Aiken Elementary, J.D. Lever, Kennedy, Millbrook, and Oakwood Windsor. Sally Bigger will not seek re election to the Aiken County Board of Education. Dee Dee Howard announces candidacy for District 5 joining Sheran Proctor and J.P. Kneece pursing two year at large seats. District 2 opposition to Robert Slay includes Scott Hyer. District 6 has no current opposition for James Smith. Dayton Sherrouse of Augusta Tomorrow speaks at North Augusta Chamber breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at S&S Cafeteria.
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Area 1
South Aiken
Aiken
Aiken High Schoo
Schofield
East Aiken
North Aiken
J.D. Lever
Kennedy
Millbrook
Oakwood/Windsor
Sally Bigger
Aiken County
Howard
Dayton Sherrouse
Augusta Tomorrow
North Augusta
Multiple thefts and vandalism reported in Aiken area
ADPS and the Aiken County Sheriff's Department logged several thefts and vandalism incidents. Items stolen include a VCR from Florence Street, an air conditioner from Williamsburg Street Social Services building, a 12 inch TV from Kershaw Street, and a carrier unit. Three shot police lights on Park Avenue and Newberry Street caused $90 in damage. An attempted rape was reported on Edgefield Avenue near Morgan Street. Two Pennsylvania men faced arrests in a firearm incident, one for illegal left turn and liquor possession, the other for disorderly conduct and other charges. An Aiken man was arrested for DUI, and vandalism at a Golden Pantry Six Points location is under investigation.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken County Sheriff’s Department
Florence Street
ADPS
Williamsburg Street
Aiken County Department of Social Services
Kershaw Street
Park Avenue
Newberry Street
Edgefield Avenue
Morgan Street
Pennsylvania
James Joseph Dickson
Murry Dickson
Aiken
Golden Pantry
Aiken County Sheriff's Department
Banksia Home for Aiken County Library and Museum History
Banksia, once the Howe winter residence built in 1931, now houses the Aiken County Public Library and the Aiken Historical Museum. The 17,500 square foot Colonial Revival site features 32 rooms, 15 baths, a ballroom, and a serpentine wall. The project cost about $85,000 and includes architectural plans by Willis Irvin. Howe died in 1943 from a fall suffered at Banksia.
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Aiken
Adam E. Gibson
Charleston
Banksia
Laurens Street
New Lane
Newberry Street
Newberry
William Hutson Townsend
Gibson
Townsend
Harriett Ford Townsend
Charles C. Harrington
Providence
Rhode Island
Harringtons
Howe
Vivian Milner
The
Aiken Friends of the Library
Milner
Public Library
Willis Irvin
Augusta
Irvin
Chancellor Carroll
Gregg Avenue
Willis Irvin Jr
C.B. Holley
Aiken Council Debates Curbside Garbage Pilot
City officials weigh curbside garbage collections after a 7.50 monthly fee hike. A Warner study estimates $200000 annual savings, but public opposition centers on cart aesthetics and daily street clutter.
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Aiken
Engineering and
Public Works
Gregg S. Warner
Wyatt M. Johnson
Engineering and Public Works
Aiken NAACP Demonstrates Over Minority Hiring
Six demonstrators gathered in front of the Aiken County School District office on Edgefield Avenue to protest minority hiring practices. They targeted Dr. Robert W. Paskel and demanded a black coach a black guidance counselor and a black principal or assistant principal at Schofield Middle School. The group plans a class action suit with NAACP and ACLU backing and cites demotion of Robert Grant.
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Aiken County
NAACP
Edgefield Avenue
City of
Board of Education
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Rev. Vance
Robert Grant
Grant
Freedman Vocational School
Robert H. Slay
Alfred Vance
Far Left
Abelle P. Nivens
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Sally
Aiken County Library
Laura Turnbull
Aiken Historical Museum
Roland Windham
Johnson
Sanitation
Fountain
Barnwell Avenue
Sanitation Department
Langley
Fred B. Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Cavvanaugh
George Burgess
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