City Plans Upgrades For Smith Hazel Recreation Center
North Aiken supervisor Betty Gyles says Smith-Hazel on Kershaw Street is at full capacity with activities and no relief in sight. The city budgets about 4300 to paint interiors and repairs to fitness centers around the walking track, plus a drop ceiling and division of the main meeting room to improve functionality. Renovations include tennis court repairs and possible use of excess bond funds for further upgrades as the five field complex on Pine Log Road costs about 1.9 million. An additional 41 thousand dollar Eustis Park rehab will add trails fencing a shelter a playground and court rehab.
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Betty Gyles
Smith-Hazel
Kershaw Street
Terry R. Rhinehart
Parks and Recreation
Rhinehart
Department
Smith- Hazel
Pine Log Road
Aiken
Citizens Field
Eustis Park
Clinton Yeltsin to hold Canada summit in April
President Clinton plans a first foreign trip with a April summit in Canada to discuss aid for Russia and pledged U S support. Randy Shaw resigns as New Ellenton mayor after admitting to notarizing a signature without witnessing it. Axel Adams becomes acting mayor as a special election is set. DOE freezes hiring at Savannah River Site amid upcoming budget cuts. USC Aiken Pacers defeat Augusta College Jaguars in Peach Belt title game. New Reader weekly recap for beginning readers sponsored by the Rotary Club of Aiken.
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Boris Yeltsin
Canada
Clinton
Russia
United States
Randy W. Shaw
New Ellenton
State
Shaw
Axel Adams
Adams
Department of Energy
Savannah River
The
Rotary Club of
Aiken
Aiken County
Trials Mark Beginning Of Triple Crown
The Hunt Meet opens the year long steeplechase season under the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. At Aiken Meet purses near $40 000 plus trophies, with ticketing and parking options detailed for guarantors subscribers and the public. The Aiken Harness Races follow on March 27 at the Aiken Mile Track with railside parking and varied admission prices.
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National
Aiken
USCA
Usca Pacer Club
Thurmond Bash To Feature Clinton Nixon In Political Event
Thurmond says he followed segregation laws and changed with the times urging responses to shifts in political climate. The longtime senator notes autographs from Roosevelt to Bush and reflects on 1948 presidential race and 1957 filibuster record while later backing Voting Rights Act and promoting black staff and a black federal judge. Thurmond, born December 5 1902, starts daily workouts and occasional swimming as part of his routine.
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Thurmond
Roosevelt
Bush
Harry Truman
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
City plans 36000 for Virginia Acres track rehab and local parks revamp
City official Rhinehart notes 36 000 will fund rehabilitation of Virginia Acres track. He says eight neighborhood parks over 20 years old also need repairs. Kennedy Park, previously refurbished with resident input, is the only neighborhood park not needing changes.
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Rhinehart
Virginia Acres
Kennedy
Lawmakers Seek Delays to Preserve Key Agencies and Set-Aside Program
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter and the Legislative Black Caucus push to retain Family Services, Mental Health, Health, Natural Resources, and Highways boards. They urge stronger anti-discrimination provisions and extending the minority set-aside program to all state contracts, with a January 1995 effective date target.
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Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Orangeburg
Ms. Cobb-Hunter
Legislative Black Caucus
Department of Health, Natural Resources
Highway Department
Cobb-Hunter
Black House
House
Cobb Hunter
Hodges
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