Graniteville residents vote on police protection options
In Graniteville 172 residents replied to a survey on policing after Graniteville Company withdraws July 1. Most chose no action, 82. 40 would fund $200,000 for a one year contract with Graniteville Company. 28 favored $90,000 for Sheriff’s Department staffing. 16 wanted municipal incorporation. six were uncounted.
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Graniteville
Aiken
Sheriff's Department
Graniteville Company
Sheriff’s Department
England
Anna Miano Receives Signed Little People Doll
Eleven year old Anna Miano of Aiken met Xavier Roberts at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland Georgia where the Little People doll she owns was autographed. Her parents Mr and Mrs Philip Miano accompanied her on the trip. Tim Anderson joked about seeing Ghostbusters but plans to watch Star Trek again.
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High Point
N.C
F.C. Lester
Lester
Gertrude Dawson
Asheboro
Anna Miano
Cleveland
Philip Miano
Aiken
Anna
Xavier Roberts
Babyland General Hospital
Roberts
Tim Anderson
Tim
L-Reactor Cooling Lake Is Attacked at Public Hearing
A public hearing on the 1000 acre L-Reactor cooling lake drew opposition from environmentalists and support from DOE officials. Dr. W P Bebbington argued the plan wastes tax money and offered no significant risk while opponents warned wetlands and wood stork feeding grounds would be harmed. About 60 people attended the session led by the Corps of Engineers and South Carolina regulators.
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Department of Energy
Savannah River
W.P. Bebbington
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
DOE
Ith
Bebbington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hearing set on continuing impoundment of Aiken ballots
Aiken attorney Elmer Hatcher seeks to continue impoundment of Democratic primary ballots at a 4 p.m. hearing in the Aiken County Courthouse. The State Law Enforcement Division moved ballots to Columbia for safekeeping amid a dispute over the June 19 primary results.
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Aiken
Elmer Hatcher
Second Circuit
Rodney Peeples
Hatcher
Aiken County
Columbia
Ralph Gunnells
Paul Weston
Democratic Party
Willcox Renovation to Begin Monday
Willcox Hotel renovation starts Monday with W C Carson General Contractors Savannah and St Johns Securities Charleston as developer. The project costs about 2.3 million including interest and fees, aims to restore the 24 room inn with a restaurant and offices, to be operated by Littlebrook Ltd of Charleston.
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Willcox Hotel
McDonald Law
Wells Law Group
W.C. Carson General Contractors
Savannah
St. Johns Securities
Charleston
Raphael Jones
Law
Willcox
Littlebrook Ltd
Colleton Avenue
Cockroaches In Aiken County Pose Ordinary Pest Risk
USC Aiken expert Dr John D Spooner notes two species dominate the area the American and German cockroaches. He describes the big red brown roach as the most bothersome and explains encounters are accidental reflecting shared tropical preferences.
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Aiken County
John D. Spooner
Usc-Aiken
Spooner
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Windsor
Ernest Jamison
Bennett Smith
Leilani Jay
Hopeland Gardens
Leilani
Sally Jay
Ginny Southworth
Aiken County Council
Richland Avenue
Raymond A. Holley
Jack Atkinson
George McCormick
Weston
Fran Chapman
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