Schofield Ball Charter Bus Trip Heads to Jamaica N Y
The Secreteers '72 sponsor a chartered bus to Jamaica New York for the 27th Schofield Social Club Ball on June 30. Depart Schofield Campus Aiken High School June 29 at 6 p.m. Depart New York July 1 at 7 p.m. Arrive Aiken July 2. Deadline June 27. Contact Wallace Gallman. A Kid's Pet Show follows Saturday 10 a.m. at H O Weeks Recreation Center with categories for largest dog smallest dog or most feathers. Free entry. registration day-of.
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Secreteers '72
Jamaica
N.Y
Schofield
Aiken High School
New York
Aiken
Schofield School
Wallace Gallman
H.O. Weeks Recreation Center
Ground Breaking Tonight For Second Aiken High School
Ground breaking ceremonies for the second Aiken High School are set for 6 p.m. at a 45 acre site between Whiskey and Powderhouse roads near Kennedy Junior High. Entry from Pine Log Road. McDonough Construction Company of Atlanta is contractor with a base bid of 6,257,200.
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Aiken High School
Kennedy Junior High School
Whiskey Road
Powderhouse Road
Pine Log Road
Kennedy
Millbrook Baptist Church
McDonough Construction Company of
Atlanta
May woodland fires in Aiken County and statewide
Aiken County lost 8.7 acres of woodland to seven fires in May averaging 1.2 acres each. Statewide May rainfall averaged 6.87 inches, 3.32 inches above normal, with 146 wildfires in May versus 926 in April. Through June 11, twenty seven wildfires burned 107 acres across the state per the South Carolina Forestry Commission.
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Aiken County
South Carolina Forestry Commission
North Augusta Council to second read recreation and alarm ordinances
North Augusta City Council will hold a second reading on an ordinance to grant city control over recreation areas and another to amend burglar and fire alarm policies. Appointments to the Street Paving and Lighting Committee will be made. A pre council session at 7 p.m. and the regular meeting at 8 p.m. are at City Hall 400 Buena Vista Ave.
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North Augusta
North Augusta City Hall
Buena Vista Ave
Chapman named acting headmistress at Augusta Prep
Augusta Preparatory School announces Mary Louise Shippy Chapman of Graniteville as acting headmistress. She has nine years at the school, previously led the science department and served as administrative assistant to the headmaster. She is married to Rev. Donald E. Chapman, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Graniteville.
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Mary Louise (Shippy) Chapman
Graniteville
Augusta Preparatory School
Nuke Waste Truck Overturns On I 26 In South Carolina
A tractor-trailer carrying a 27 ton lead lined cask of low level nuclear waste overturned on I 26 near the Lexington Newberry line en route to Chem Nuclear Inc in Barnwell. The cask remained intact and health officials say there is no environmental or human threat. The driver was not seriously injured.
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Chem-Nuclear Inc
Barnwell
State Health Department
Tri- State Motor Transit Inc
Joplin
Lexington
Newberry County
Commonwealth Edison
Cordova
Ill
Williams Sets Education Priorities For South Carolina
South Carolina state superintendent Dr. Charlie G. Williams told the Aiken Rotary Club progress has been made in the last decade and to improve further we must prioritize active teacher learning and broader system accountability. He urged all education stakeholders including school boards superintendents principals teachers and parents to confront leadership decisions and ensure programs fit every child while addressing respect for others and teen pregnancy with community and medical partnership.
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Charlie G. Williams
South Carolina
Aiken
Williams
PTA
1980 Budget Approved for Horse Creek Wastewater Plant
The Aiken County Public Service Authority adopted a 12.9 million dollar 1980 budget for the Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment Project. Major allocations cover operation maintenance and capital improvements with startup training. The project aims to open mid July with tests in early July and startup dependent on results.
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Bath
Horse Creek
Aiken County
Eugene Anderer
United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc
Graniteville Company
North Augusta
Clearwater
Langley
Warrenville
Aiken
United Merchants
Stanley K. Wagher
Public Service Authority
Public hearing set on NTE changes at Aiken Technical College
Rep. C Marshall Cain announces a Monday 10 a.m. hearing at Aiken Technical College on a bill to substitute a state written exam for the NTE with a two year probation for teachers. He also cites a separate 55 000 residential property tax exemption bill with a 4 5 percent sales tax rise to offset revenues.
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Aiken Technical College
C. Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
House Subcommittee On Education and Public Works
NTE
Cain
Aiken
House
General Assembly
European Airlines Begin DC-10 Return Flight Clearances
European nations clear DC-10s for resumption of flights after new inspection and maintenance programs but US landings remain barred. Switzerland and the Netherlands gave the go ahead Monday with France following. Luft hansa awaits new certification for 11 jets as 13 airlines and 21 authorities met in Zurich to adopt safety measures after the Chicago crash that killed 273.
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Zurich
Switzerland
United States
Netherlands
France
West German Transport Ministry
Lufthansa
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Lead study shows elevated blood lead in SC children
A four year study by the Medical University of South Carolina screened 16 376 children across 25 cities and found 1 171 with high lead levels 7.2 percent far above the Southeastern average. The report notes SC children exceed peers in other states and calls for further action.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Southeastern
The
Medical University of South Carolina
Featherless Chickens May Aid Birth Defect Solutions
Scientists at South Carolina and Clemson study featherless chickens to uncover how cells communicate during embryo development. If the process is understood, it could help prevent birth defects and aid cancer defense, while offering poultry farmers cheaper, self-basting birds that need less protein and no plucking.
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Roger Sawyer
University of South Carolina
Sawyer
National Science Foundation
Berkeley
Calif
USC
Clemson University
Glenn P. Birrenkott
Birrenkott
Clemson
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Ward
Alice
Jennie Rodgers
St. William Catholic Church
Good Samaritan Citizens Band Club
Saluda County
Chad Meldrum
David W. Meldrum
Lin Smithwick
Lynne Katonak
Save the Whale Effort
Greenpeace Organization
Eugene
Portland
Oregon
Florence
S.C
Science
Thurmond Whatley
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