County Budget Surplus Expected in Aiken 1980 81 Plan
The Aiken County Council is set to pass the 1980 81 budget at tonight’s public meeting at 7 in the council office on Richland Avenue. The balanced proposal shows a small surplus and includes third readings of ordinances for $270,000 in general obligation bonds for county vehicles and $2,475,000 for jail and sheriff buildings. Final readings cover an adult bookstore placement restriction and an appropriation of $11,000 to the regional library.
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Aiken County
Richland Avenue
Aiken- Bamberg-Barnwell-Edgefield
Referendum Considered For More School Tax Money
Aiken County Board of Education meets at 8 p m in the Education Center to decide on adopting the 1980 81 budget and potentially holding a referendum on additional tax millage. The agenda includes selling Kalmia Hill School property, moving special education to Pinecrest during South Aiken High School’s completion, and a second reading of discipline code changes. Joseph Thomas will replace Lynn Hilley as Area II representative, serving until the November general elections.
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Aiken County
Pinecrest
South Aiken High School
Joseph Thomas
Area II
Lynn Hilley
Washington, D.C
Thomas
Dietitian Shares Rotary Tips On Eating Correctly
Donna S. Martin of University Hospital Augusta spoke to the Rotary Club of Aiken on nutrition. She urged cutting fat especially from red meats and advised lowering salt sugar and saturated fats to reduce heart disease and related risks. Dr Kenneth Owens was inducted into the club and is a gynecologist from Aiken.
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Rotary Club of
Aiken
Donna S. Martin
Department of Dietetics
University Hospital
Augusta
Ramada Inn
Kenneth N. Owens
Owens
Martin
al Peters
John T. Beckum
Truck Overturns On Interstate 20 Near Aiken
Early morning crash on I-20 near Aiken involved a tractor-trailer driven by Jerry Kaisler. The vehicle crossed the median struck a guard rail and overturned in the eastbound lane. A sleeper cab passenger was briefly trapped but suffered only a minor ankle injury. About 75 feet of the passing lane was blocked for hours.
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I-20
Aiken
Jerry Kaisler
Highway Department
Motorcycle Fire Destroys Vehicle in Aiken
An early morning fire destroyed a $2,500 motorcycle ridden by Charles L. Bradshaw of Rt.3 Box 468 Aiken. The blaze at 2:21 near Edisto Avenue and Vaucluse Road possibly started from gasoline leaking onto the motor. Bradshaw was not seriously hurt.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Charles L. Bradshaw
Rt.3
Aiken
Edisto Avenue
Vaucluse Road
Bradshaw
County Taxpayers Group To Meet
The Aiken County Taxpayers Association will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Carolina Barbecue in New Ellenton. All county residents are invited to attend the dutch dinner and meeting.
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County Taxpayers Group
Aiken County Taxpayers Association
Carolina
New Ellenton
Underwriters To Install Officers Friday
The Aiken Life Underwriters will install new officers at its Friday meeting. The group will convene at 11 45 a.m. at the Western Sizzlin. All life underwriters in the area are invited to attend.
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Aiken Life Underwriters
Sizzlin
City dog tag deadline nears in Aiken
Dog owners must buy new Aiken City tags by July 1. Licenses cost $5 per animal and $2 for spayed or neutered dogs, available at the city finance office in the Municipal Building. Rabies vaccination is required before issuing a tag, with a new shot due one year after the last vaccination if not current.
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Aiken City
Park Ave
Modernizing Traffic Signals Could Save Gasoline Across Nation
Federal study shows red light delays cost drivers hours and fuel. Upgrading signals under the 1978 act could save billions of gallons nationwide, with 7,300 gallons saved per upgraded intersection per year and up to 600,000 gallons saved in Charlotte for 100 intersections.
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Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Congressional Energy Hearings
Charlotte
Traffic signal modernization could save billions in oil costs
Government estimates say converting 2 915 intersections to modern flow devices could save 21 million gallons of fuel annually and 240 000 barrels of oil daily, worth about 2.6 billion dollars a year, with a 2.3 billion dollar 10-year cost.
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FWHA
Hopelands Gardens Wins Statewide Public Improvement Award
Hopelands Gardens in Aiken earned the 1980 Public Improvement Award from the South Carolina Municipal Association and Consulting Engineers of South Carolina at Myrtle Beach. The project, largely completed in 1979, was praised for citizen participation and community impact.
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Hopeland Gardens
City of
Roland H. Windham
S.C. Consulting
Two injured in early morning wreck near North Augusta
A 19 year old North Augusta man remained in critical condition at University Hospital after losing an arm in a Sunday wreck. Kathleen McGee, 15, of Bath, is in good condition after injuries. both were passengers in a car driven by Charles Plaster of Warrenville who faces charges for DUI failing to stop and driving while suspended.
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North Augusta
University Hospital
Kathleen McGee
Kenneth J. Moon
Second Street
Miss McGee
Moon
Charles Edward Plaster
Warrenville
South Carolina Highway Patrol
D.F. Choate
S.C. 421
Plaster
Fire Injures Aiken Man
A 2 percent three year old? Dennis Drayton, a man from Aiken, is in serious condition at the Medical University of Charleston burn unit with burns over 30 percent of his body. He was injured in a kitchen fire at his 344 Florence Street home early Saturday morning. The fire started around 2:40 a.m. from burning grease on a kitchen stove. Drayton suffered second degree burns to his arm back and face.
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Aiken
Medical University of Charleston
Dennis Drayton
Florence St
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Drayton
Jewelry theft at Belvedere home reported
A break-in at Jerry Collins 119 Concord Ave Belvedere resulted in $1500 of jewelry missing. The incident occurred over the weekend per an Aiken County Sheriff's Department report.
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Jerry Collins
Concord Ave
Belvedere
Aiken County
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S.C. Highway Patrol
Science
Thurmond Whatley
Hopelands
Chitecture
Robert E. Marvin
H.O. Weeks
Department of Public Safety
Public Works
Catawba Timber Company
S.C. 302
Elizabeth Harrington
Aiken Man
Southern Bell Phone Center
Bell
Bell Service
Southern Bell
Bell Telephone Companies
Hayne Avenue
Walker Street
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