Neighbors clash over pool plan near old Sycamore tree
At a public forum the Aiken Historic Preservation Commission approved Robin Ellis’s plan to build a pool at 347 and 357 Chesterfield St. S.W. despite Miller neighbors’ claim a 13.5 foot diameter sycamore could die. Ellis cites three horticulturists saying no root damage.
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Aiken
Robin Ellis
Chesterfield St. S.W
Phillip
Cathy Miller
Ellis
Miller
Brian Woodward
Commission
Nothing To Hide But Locks And Bed Sheets At School
At Silver Bluff High School students joke about lockers while a discussion on random searches grows. Officials explain lockers are school property and not private. a proposed bill would allow unannounced searches by staff.
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Corey Chavous
Vanderbilt University
Chavous
Silver Bluff High School
Gena Tonal Ae Oves Toomer
Suzette Cagle
Cindy Crawford
Umm-hmm
Kathy Ireland
Cagle
Silver Bluff
Scott Webster
Demetria Toomer
South Carolina May Save Billions Under Clinton Health Plan
A U S government study projects South Carolina could save at least 622 million by 2000 if the Clinton Health Security Act passes. Most savings come from Medicaid enrollees in private plans, with further gains from home care, state employee insurance costs, and added federal support. Republicans dispute the figures, arguing job losses and higher costs.
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Washington
Clinton
South Carolina
U.S
Health and Human Services
Kenneth Thorpe
HHS’ Ay
Thorpe
Goves
Capitol Hill
Thomas Bliley
Dick Armey
Texas
White House
Armey
AIDS mother fights DSS over children in foster care
A Graniteville woman with AIDS accuses Richland County DSS of mishandling her case and denying visitation while her four children have remained in foster care since 1992. Court documents support claims that she was forced to pay weekly child support despite poverty and foster placement, with amounts rising from $30 and totaling about $2,080 plus interest.
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Graniteville
Richland County
State Department of Social Services
DSS
Richland County Dss
Columbia
Rrs
Ms. Smith
Local Readers Encouraged to Share News Ideas
Call 648 2311 with tips or story ideas for the newspaper. The notice invites community members to report happenings and suggestions directly to the newsroom.
Parents Join Atlanta Search For Daughter
Craig and Mary Ficik returned to Atlanta to join in the search for their 19 year old daughter Claudette Jennifer Ficik who has been missing for two weeks. She called February 16 saying she was coming home and her pickup was found abandoned that day in northwest Atlanta. Claudette Jennifer was an architecture student at Southern Tech and worked as the MIS specialist for the R E Phelon Co near Rutland Drive and S C 19.
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Craig
Mary Ficik
Atlanta
Claudette Jennifer Ficik
Miss Ficik
Southern Tech
Frclks
Aiken
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Shannon Baynham
S.C
HHS
Sarah Pekkanen
States News Service
Betty B. Garris
Henry A. Garvin
Burnettown LP
Poole
Betty Raines
Buddy Raines
Chamber of Commerce
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