City Honors Employees and Other Local News
Aiken honored its employees Friday for greatly improved safety records ending National Safety Week. SSA named Lucius F. Clark South Carolina Area Director, the first black in the post in state history. SCDOT removed the $1 service charge for mailed renewals with three day turnaround. A suspect fled after a Laurens Street break in. $869.16 goods stolen. Pianist Henry Black will perform June 15 at Hopeland Gardens. BMW seeks local hires for a Greenville Spartanburg plant with open-door law concerns. Farmers urge preserving local services as USDA reorganizes. Lugar seeks consolidation of 105 ASCS offices nationwide.
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Aiken
al Cothran
Mananger
Cothran
Clark
Social Security Administration
Lucius F. Clark
Columbia
SSA
South Carolina
Histore
Frank 0. Wilson
Kansas City
Benedict College
S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Hines
Rene
Herbert John Johnson
Nickelson Dr
Laurens Street
Department of Public Safety
Larry Burch
Laurens and
Richland Avenue
Burch
Henry Black
Hopeland Gardens
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
USC Aiken Etherredge
3.C
BMW
Greenville-Spartanburg
Spartanburg
Carroll Campbell
Campbell
Task Force
U.S. Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department
Tom Rhoad
D-Branchville
Orangebui
Colleton
Bamberg
U.S
Richard Lugar
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Corrections Note on Misidentified Victim in Court Case
The Aiken Standard corrects a prior report stating the victim in the MacArthur Watlington case was misidentified. The deceased is Johnny Will Wilson. The paper also corrects a Thursday brief about Ross Perot not visiting Gainesville Georgia. Campaign officials clarified that signatures suffice to place Perot on the ballot, not Hamilton Jordan.
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MacArthur Watlington
Waington
Johnny Will Wilson
Aiken Standard
Perot
Ross Perot
Gainesville
Hamilton Jordan
Aiken
Petition seeks removal of Aiken County Superintendent Brooks
A petition circulating in Aiken County calls for removing Dr. Joseph R. Brooks from his post as Superintendent of Education. Signers accuse him of incompetence and poor leadership in a district serving many students and taxpayers while Brooks cites an open door policy and board evaluation.
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Aiken County
Joseph R. Brooks
Board of Education
Brooks
James L. Vi
Petsion
James A. Moore
Picnic safety and food poisoning risks in warm weather
County extension agent advises on safe picnic practices to prevent food spoilage and poisoning. Keep perishable foods in a cooler, limit room temperature exposure to two hours, and avoid mixing eggs with mayonnaise. Emphasizes careful handling of meats, dairy, and ready to eat items, with emphasis on keeping food cold and shaded.
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Janice McRee
Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service
Mee
Ms. McRee
Hydrant Grant Awarded in South Carolina Rural Areas
The Lowcountry RC&D Council won a 200000 State Energy Conservation Grant to fund dry hydrants across rural South Carolina. About ten hydrants per county will be installed, improving access to water for firefighting and potentially lowering insurance costs by reducing property loss and travel time for responders.
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Lowcountry Resource Conservation and Development Council
South Carolina
Louise Burgdorf
Rc&d Council
Aiken County
Ridge Spring
Pete Frommer
Aiken Departmen of Public Safety
Aras
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