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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1981
Page
12
Aiken County Council will discuss a lease purchase for 60 open top trash containers and four trucks to ease overloads from 4 cubic yard to 40 cubic yard containers. It will also review a proposed change to landfill hours extending operation until sunset.
The Aiken County Board of Education will hold a called meeting tonight at 7 30 to discuss a 1981 referendum. Board members favor the proposal citing school maintenance needs and teachers salaries. The meeting will be at the Education Center on 43 Edgefield Ave and the public is invited.
Registration for children entering public school for the first time in Aiken County runs tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the nearest elementary school. New entrants must be 5 by Nov 1 for kindergarten and 6 by Nov 1 for first grade, with birth certificates and immunization records required.
The Jackson-Silver Bluff High School Booster Club will meet tonight at 7 30 p.m in the Jackson High School library.
The Lenten program at St Paul Lutheran Church in Graniteville continues tonight at 7 30 led by Rev. Fred Byrd. The service focuses on Baptism as reception into the Church and invites public participation. The series runs through April 14.
The Aiken County Republican party and the Aiken County Republican Women's Club join for a 7:30 PM meeting with speaker Marshall Cain, former S.C. House member and planning commissioner, at the municipal auditorium on Park Avenue.
Max Cleland former head of the U.S. Veterans Administration will address USC Aiken students Thursday night at 8 in the USC A Student Activities Center. The program titled The Quest for Excellence honors academic achievement. Cleland a Vietnam War veteran and Bronze Star recipient is a triple amputee who has published Strong in the Broken Places.
International Energy Associates Limited filed a report for Barnwell owners endorsing BNFP as a reprocessing center and AFR storage facility. The study says BNFP is the only U S facility capable of reprocessing spent fuel from commercial reactors and urges government acquisition for continued operation and storage needs through 1986.
Dr Henry S Gurr a USC Aiken physics professor told the Aiken Rotary Club that ancient man used the sun more effectively than modern man in planning dwellings and energy use He noted solar principles apply to new and established homes and cited sources and government publications for solar energy guidance He highlighted sun exposure on east and west walls and the need for overhangs ventilation and house doctor energy advice from SC Electric and Gas Company
Four Gulf oil ministers from Saudi Arabia Kuwait UAE and Qatar met behind closed doors amid speculation of a sizable crude production cut to ease a global glut. Saudi Arabia pumps 10.3 million barrels daily, the group together 14 million. The plan targeted to take effect when the Iraq Iran conflict ends.
The 1981 82 budget lowers local contributions to 304 947 while reallocating over 500 000 to the Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism for items like Riverbanks Zoo Brookgreen Gardens Spoleto and various tourism groups. Despite reduced direct contributions total local spending reaches 896 547. Floor battles loom as agencies face cuts and a six week delay of state employee raises to trim 6 million.
Rep. M Judson Busbee of Wagener predicts the budget bill will reach the House with few changes. He notes limited funds means mainly minor funding tweaks and anticipates fights over state employee pay raises while aiming to keep the Ways and Means version intact. Busbee backs work weeks and foresees possible more money for prisons as the process nears completion.
A House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Thomas Huff considers a bill to codify factors for divorce property division. It lists skill, homemaker contribution, and future earning potential while excluding pre marriage property and gifts. The measure, by Rep. John Gardner, aims for fairer outcomes and awaits full committee action.
Sen. Thomas Moore and colleagues introduced measures punishing false insurance information to collect on fire policies and setting penalties for arson that endangers nearby property. Other bills address sex discrimination in auto insurance and expand Family Court powers over juvenile offenders with transfers to General Sessions for repeat 14-year-olds.
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