Missing Richland Avenue resident Krista Houser sought
Aiken Department of Public Safety reports Krista Houser a 56 year old black woman from Orangeburg disappeared from the Richland Avenue Community Women's Home last week. She was last seen wearing a green checkered dress and has not been seen since. She is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 134 pounds with salt and pepper hair tied in a ponytail. Anyone with information should contact police.
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Richland Avenue
Aiken
Martin
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Trenton Holds Municipal Election In Local Council Race
The town of Trenton votes today with incumbents Billy Padgett and Bobby Turner running for re election to the town council. Only two seats are at stake and both are unopposed. Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Trenton
Billy Padgett
Bobby Turner
Perry Election Slates Two Council Seats
Perry municipal election set for today with two seats open. Incumbents Sherman Cooper and L C Keadle Jr. are the only candidates on the ballot in this limited contest.
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Perry
Sherman Cooper
L.C. Keadle Jr
Census Bureau to survey residents on employment fertility and births
The Census Bureau will visit area residents during June 15 to 20 to collect data on employment unemployment fertility and birth expectations. Individual information is confidential by law and only statistical totals will be published. Labor force data will contribute to the national picture released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in July. Fertility data will show birth trends and projected population changes based on birth expectations.
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Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jackson Town Council Consults on School Property and Zoning
Jackson Town Council meets tonight at 7 in Town Hall 129 Charles St with a second reading on an ordinance to accept the old Jackson Elementary School property from the Silverton Agricultural Club a property transfer with the Jackson Youth League and a possible zoning ordinance. In Aiken County the ad hoc gasoline tax committee meets at 4 30 p m followed by an Administrative Committee meeting and a budget work session at the County Council Building 736 Richland Ave W going over salary study detention center committee and overall budget.
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Jackson
Jackson Town Council
Charles St
Silverton Agricultural Club
Jackson Youth League
Aiken County Council
County Council
North Augusta
Aiken
Richland Ave
City Manager Windham Adds Comic Relief At Rezoning Meeting
Aiken City Manager Roland H Windham lightened tension during last night's City Council session by joking about the soccer field being "as bare as my head" and prompting a nod from Mayor H O Weeks. The council approved a fence around the area with no further debate.
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Aiken
Roland H. Windham
Windham
H.O. Weeks
Residents oppose beltline Citadel Drive extension plan
About 125 College Acres residents protested the S.C. Highway Department plan to designate a four foot wider beltline extension from Citadel Drive through Exeter Subdivision to Banks Mill Road. The meeting cited safety, traffic and lack of traffic lights concerns while officials noted no major traffic increase.
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College Acres
Citadel Drive
Banks Mill Road
S.C. Highway Department
Exeter Subdivision
Tom Biddle
Ron Frontroth
Frontroth
Public Works Office
District 7
Ralph Cullinan
Carrol H. Warner
Charles R. Sharpe
R-Wagener
Thomas L. Moore
Aiken County
Ryan Shealy
Lexington County
Sharpe
Highway Department
Ralph Dion
College Acres Public Works District
Biddle
Exeter
College Acres Public Works Commission
Cullinan
Warner
Aiken Adopts Budget With 11.2 Mill Tax Rate
City of Aiken approves the fiscal year 1986 87 budget on second reading while maintaining a 112 mill tax rate. Revenue Sharing funds rebudgeted for Municipal Building remodeling, the last of the program funds, and over 1600 hours of staff work led to final adoption.
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Aiken
Frampton Durban
Durban
Aiken Expands Water Capacity Amid Southside Growth
City Manager Roland Windham notes Aiken is in good shape for 15 to 20 years unless growth surges beyond capacity. Two new deep wells on the Southside will pump over one million gallons daily, with a third well planned along Pine Log Road. Normal output runs 5.5 to 6 million gallons daily. recent peak hit 10.5 million.
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Aiken
Roland H. Windham
Windham
Parkway
Valley Public Service Authority
VPSA
Town Creek
Silver Bluff
Pine Log Road
Engineering and Public Works
Roger LeDuc
Windsor Mayor Probes Past Expenditures And Audit Plans
Windsor Mayor Danny C. Gantt presented checks and reimbursements from former Mayor Mizell era to justify spending practices. He indicated an audit and a draft ordinance on town money handling are needed. Mizell seeks records and a public apology. The council approved a 1987 88 budget of 3250 and set an annual CPA audit with a special meeting to discuss air conditioner purchase after a theft.
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Windsor
Danny C. Gantt
Gantt
Frank Mizell
Mizell
Business Council
Eureka Residents Press for Answers on Alum Mining Plan
About 50 to 60 residents at Eureka Fire Department voiced frustration at a public meeting with DHEC officials and S.C. Land Resources over a Feldspar Products Inc. permit for a 9.99 acre site in Aiken County to mine alum for aluminum sulfate. They questioned chemical use and storage, water needs, and well depth, while officials offered limited responses.
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Eureka Fire Department
Department of Health and Enviromental Control
Air Quality Control
Michael Owens
Feldspar Products Inc
S.C. Landsources Commission
S.C. 191
U.S. 1
Aiken County
Shaws Creek
Cypress
Southeastern
W.R. Grace
Owens
DHEC
Pat Walker
S.C. Land Resources
Charleston
New Ellenton Council Approves Drought Ordinance and Notes Tax
New Ellenton Town Council on second reading enacted a drought measure to regulate water use during shortages and discussed renewing the Lower Savannah Council of Governments roving administrator contract. A drainage pit on the water line and upcoming sewer firm bids were reviewed while eight new cable channels were announced for June 15.
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New Ellenton
Randy Shaw
Lower Savannah
Water Department
E.R. (Tink) Sanders
S.C
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Columbia
Martha Norris
Council On
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Dibble Road
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Priscilla Boatwright
New Ellenton Council
Fran Chapman
Shaw
Sanders
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