Riley to Speak at Aiken Aging Dinner Fundraiser
Governor Richard W. Riley will headline a March 27 fundraising dinner for the Aiken Area Council on Aging's Seniority House to fund renovation of the former Teen Town building on Morgan Street into a multi purpose facility. The event at Houndslake Country Club starts at 7 p.m. with dinner talks and Hopeland Gardens Singers. tickets cost 25 dollars and are available at the council office in the old Post Office on Laurens Street.
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Dick) Riley
Aiken Area
Aiken County
Teen Town
Morgan Street
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Houndslake Country Club
Hopeland Gardens
Council On Aging
Laurens Street
Aiken Chamber Seeks Help for City History Book
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce endorses a city history book to attract new residents and workers. Fisher-Harrison Publications will publish the volume, with citizen suggestions on history culture and local scenes due by Thursday March 26.
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Greater
Aiken
North Carolina
County Fire Battles Highlight Five Alarm Day
Monday saw more than 200 paid and volunteer firefighters battling wildfires across Aiken County amid high winds and dry conditions. The Windsor blaze produced the most acreage and one reported injury to a firefighter, Gene Atchinson, who inhaled smoke but recovered. A nearby Graniteville fire forced evacuations after a tree limb fell on power lines, destroying a mobile home and a barn. Residents watched from yards as tractors and equipment aided efforts.
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Betas Forestryce
Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Pete Frommer
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Hitchcock
Foxchase
Frommer
Windsor
Bobby Mauney
Aiken County Civil Defense
Mauney
Gene Atchinson
Williston
Graniteville
Rainbow Falls Road
Gregory Lake
Fire Tower Watch Sees Large Graniteville Forest Blaze
A windy dry day sends Aiken County fire tower observers on their busiest shift of the year. Jeanette Wilson, from the Graniteville tower, spotted the Graniteville blaze after a wind gust felled a tree limb onto a power line and coordinated firefighting across multiple units.
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Ee Jennette Wilson
Graniteville
Rainbow Falls
Scott Hunter
Ms. Wilson
Rainbow Falls Road
Wren Cowen Takes 5-Year-Old On Bahamas Spring Cruise
Have You Heard of Wren Cowen of North Augusta who brings her husband and daughter on a Bahamas cruise amid superstition about a child aboard ensuring a good voyage. A 2-year-old toddles in during a Grand Prix view, exclaiming Look tractors as Formula One cars zoom on TV.
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Wren Cowen
North Augusta
Bahamas
Long Beach
Calif
Missing Aiken Man Among Boatcrew Lost After Lake Marion Sinking
Aiken resident Kevin Douglas Brown remains missing after a boat overturned on Lake Marion near Vance. Carl Kevin Morrison, 20, USC student, is also missing. Assistant 5th Circuit Solicitor Harrison Heller III's body was found. Lynn Heath, Brown’s fiancée, swam 52 degree water to safety after a 90 minute struggle.
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Vance
Kevin Douglas Brown
Lake Marion
Carl Kevin Morrison
University of South Carolina
5Th Circuit
Harrison Heller III
Wildlife and Marine Resources
Brown
Lynn Heath
Congressmen See Economic Changes on Capitol Hill
Rep. Butler Derrick briefed about 165 attendees at public forums in Aiken and North Augusta praising optimism for Reagan's economic program. He noted expected cuts in federal spending taxes monetary policy and regulations as part of the plan. Fellow congressmen Tom Corcoran and Toby Moffett attended.
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Capitol Hill
Butler Derrick
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Derrick
Aiken County
Aiken
North Augusta
Greater Aiken
Tom Corcoran
R-Ill
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Corcoran
Moffett
House Energy Committee
Reagan
Edgefield
Auto Insurance Bills Debated At Meeting
The Joint Legislative Auto Liability Study Committee and the South Carolina Department of Insurance debated bills H 2142 and S 33 to replace the Reinsurance Facility in place since 1974. Sen Edward E Saleeby criticized the facility for raising costs and reducing competition while independent agents opposed the legislation citing potential impacts on the market.
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Joint
Legislative Auto Liability Study Committee
S. C. Department of Insurance
South Carolina
Edward E. Saleeby
Darlington
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By Thurmond Whatley
Jeanette Wilson
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Miss Heath
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Aiken High School
James K. Brown
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