Aiken considers yard rules for satellite dishes and tourism funding
The Aiken City Council meets tonight for first reading on an ordinance defining satellite dish antennas as accessory buildings to move dishes to backyards. It also weighs promoting tourism funding via the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce and adopts the 1984-85 city budget and tax levies while reviewing water rates. The 7 30 p m session includes a band concert at Hopeland Gardens and a Washington update on auto repair trends and vehicle ages with warm, sunny forecast ahead.
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Aiken
Greater
City of Aiken
Municipal
Park Avenue
Don Milford
Hopeland Gardens
New York
Noisy Night Provokes Senate House Jibe and Bumper Sighs
Rep. Joe Anderson recalls a night of noises and a whisper about a burglar as a friend jokes about a Senate House gap. A local car displays a bumper about garage sale brakes. Aiken employee bumper mocks weekly pay.
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Joe Anderson
Senate
Polls Open Tomorrow for Primary Elections in Aiken County
Early voters can cast ballots starting at 8 a.m. at 59 precincts with polls open until 7 p.m. Republicans and Democrats choose candidates for county state U.S. Senate and congressional races. Voters must have registered by May 12-30 days before. only one party per ballot.
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Aiken County
U.S. Senate
House
Aiken County Board of Education to discuss middle school program
The board meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the South Aiken High School commons to consider two program options for grades six to eight. One option raises core subject time to 78 percent and expands math science social studies and advisory periods with more band and electives. The second option reallocates time to add 200 minutes for exploratory courses, reducing core share to 75 7 percent and increasing time for other subjects. Parents of band students will present, and the agenda includes asbestos updates and an elementary schools development plan.
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Aiken County
Utes
Aiken County Band
Aiken County Budget Advances With No Tax Increase In 85
Aiken County Council approved the 1984-85 budget second reading with no tax hike. Funding for the Industrial Development Board was set at 40 000, cuts were made to several agencies, and 50 000 from the judicial center bond account aided the Etheredge Center. Roads program proposed to improve dirt roads ahead of state paving.
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Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Council
Graniteville
Graniteville Company
Aiken County Sheriff's Department
Judicial Center
Etheredge Center
Registrar of Mesne Conveyance
Indigent Care Commission
Medwell Hill
Aiken teen gets photo with Tom Selleck in Hawaii
Beth Ballard 17 of Aiken vacationing with her family met Tom Selleck in Hawaii where he was appearing in an Olympic volleyball exhibition. She described the casual scene after the game and noted she got a photograph with the actor and bought memorabilia including a poster and a key chain.
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Hawaii
Beth Ballard
Aiken
Tom Selleck
Miss Ballard
Emily
Ed Ballard
Julie
Magnum, P.I
Selleck
United States
South Aiken High School
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Richard White
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Robert H
Bob) Cunningham
Melvin Purvis
Cecil J. Williams
U.S. House
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Clarence Taylor
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O.B. Johnson
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Paul Brodie
Frampton W. Toole III
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Billy) Jones
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C. Eugene Clark
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Sonny Boy) Holley
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Carrol Heath
H. Alan Smith
Terry
T.R.) Carver
Carl P. Cox
L.C. Jones Jr
LaWana
Rutland) McKenzie
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L.V. Davis
M. Elizabeth Cooper
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Preston Mac Posey
Sue Roe
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