Ridge Spring Delays Action On Officer
Ridge Spring Town Council postponed firing a police officer amid a misconduct case. Officer James R. Brunson faced charges linked to a Jan. 6 station incident during which Allen West Jr. was arrested. a scuffle involving Brunson and Curtis A. Hensley prompted Hensley resignation. West Sr. urged an investigation and a four-officer probe. council voted to consider the matter as information. West Jr. was found not guilty of driving with a suspended license but guilty of disorderly conduct in Saluda court.
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Ridge Spring
James R. Brunson
Allen West Jr
Donnie Kitchens
Kitchens
West
Brunson
Curtis A. Hensley
Hensley
Force
Allen West Sr
William Pyatt
Saluda
Wagener Plans Second HUD Center Bid And Appointments
The Wagener Town Council voted to refile with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a multi purpose center to aid community groups led by the Aiken County Council on Aging. New members were named to the Grievance and Park committees with names pending. The Fire Department will host a May Bike a Thon for St Jude's Hospital and a town clean up week precedes the Wagons to Wagener festival on May 15 16.
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Wagener
Wagener Town
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Aiken
St. Jude’s Hospital
PSC approves 13.87 percent rate rise for Continental in Jackson
Jackson Town Council was briefed on the Public Service Commission ruling granting Continental Telephone a statewide 13.87 percent rate increase, adding 414739 in revenue after a prior request for 16 percent return. The order requires local Jackson SRP calling within six months, though residents currently face a three mile local radius.
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Jackson
State Public Service Commission
Continental Telephone Company
PSC
T Company
SRP
Horse Industry Alive Growing in Aiken Exceeds 6 Million
John Ellis tells 80 attendees at the Greater Aiken Chamber breakfast that Aiken's horse industry is expanding with new investors. Ireland’s Walter J. O'Connell buys 250 acres on Banks Mill Road to breed Thoroughbreds and aims to reside in Aiken. Jim Crane invests about 750000 for horses and a trotter business from New Ellenton. Helen Groves opens Silverbrook Farms in New Ellenton focusing on cutting horses. Eunice Thigpen named employee of the month at Triangle Pontiac. she serves as title clerk and cashier, wife of Highway Patrol sergeant Julian Thigpen.
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Aiken
John Ellis
Greater Aiken
Ellis
Walter J. O’connell
Ireland
O’connell
Banks Mill Road
South Boundary
Jim Crane
Crane
Chukker Creek Road
New Ellenton
Helen Groves
Aiken County
Silverbrook Farms
Chime Bell Church Road
Eunice Thigpen
Triangle Pontiac
Julian Thigpen
S.C Highway Patrol
Aiken County Library seeks bigger budget and staffing
Nellie E. Smith, head librarian since 1979, urged the Aiken Rotary Club for higher regional library funding. She warned of a $1.95 per capita request versus a state average of $3.90 and called for a $2.50 per capita budget for the coming year plus $41,000 in supplementary funds for county branches. The library serves about 20,500 borrowers with 140,000 items circulated in 1979 80.
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Aiken County
North Augusta
New Ellenton
Wagener
Aiken
Guilty Pleas Mark First Day of Aiken Court Term
The March term of General Sessions Court in Aiken County opened with Judge Marion H. Kinon hearing numerous guilty pleas. defendants face penalties for driving under the influence and related offenses, including multiple offenders and probation or suspended sentences.
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General Sessions Court
Aiken County
Marion H. Kinon
Milledge Day Jr
Jerome E. Bernard
Aiken
Glenn Thurmond
Clearwater
David Michael Shuford
P.O
North Augusta
Allen W. Lattimore
Rt. 1
Elzie Whitt Brooks
Ren$ B
Odom
Rosemary Street
Belvedere
Roger D. Crawford
Cari Street
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Center
Jackson Council
Nellie Smith
John L. Stribling
Lee Drive
Ronald Lee Baughman
Heitner Street
Graniteville
Sirines
James Har- Teeee
P.O. Box
Gregory Graham
2Nd Avenue
Augusta
David Holloway
Alex Schoultz
James B. Delone
Warrenville
Rupert
Gari
Holley Scott
Windsor
Jon
Timothy J. Quiller
1729 Plank Road
North
Taenine
Tony Masters
Alexander Head
Rt. 2
Beard
Montmorenci
Sunmaker
Laurens Street
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