Aiken Delegation Rejects Tax Authority for Board but Allows Nov Referendum
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation denied the board of education's bid for taxing power but endorsed a November 2 referendum on fiscal autonomy with a second option to keep tax authority with the delegation. A 5 mill increase in the district’s operating millage was approved, while full or limited authority to raise county taxes was denied. Board members expressed mixed views amid ongoing proposals and timing disputes.
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Aiken County
Fort Wayne Battles Wet Weather As Flood Threat Persists
Floodwaters edged back from near record levels in Fort Wayne as 80 percent thunderstorm risk loomed. National Weather Service forecaster Ed Terrell warned of a real chance for severe weather while volunteers and residents remain in a race against the weather amid rising rivers.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Ed Terrell
National Weather Service
Michigan
Illinois
Space Shuttle Prepares for Dress Rehearsal Landing
At Cape Canaveral NASA teams rehearse a mid countdown dress rehearsal for Columbia while crews load equipment by train to the New Mexico landing site after heavy rains wash out Edwards AFB.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Columbia
New Mexico
Tularosa
Space Shuttle
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Aiken Hunt Meet Opens Amid Forecast of Rain
The last leg of the Aiken Triple Crown faces cold wet weather from a westward cold front with possible rain and showers. Six races worth 20000 dollars purse, gates at 10, post 1 30, at Clark Field Aiken.
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Mother Nature
National Weather Service
Clark Field
Powderhouse Road
Audubon Drive
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Drug
Woodruff Drug
Aiken
Two Notch Road
Aiken Sertoma Club
Whitney Field
Judge Peeples buses a drug talk with high schoolers
About 40 South Aiken High School students watched as Judge Rodney A. Peeples presided over a General Sessions session in the Aiken County Courthouse. He allowed them to smell marijuana to illustrate its dangers and stressed drug-related crime and the impact on reputations and futures.
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Aiken County
2Nd Circuit Judicial
Rodney A. Peeples
Aiken High School
Judge Peeples
2Nd Circuit
O. Booth
Unemployment Push Ad Urges Local Hiring
An advertisement urges Aiken County residents to hire unemployed neighbors and support local job seekers, directing readers to consult the classifieds for opportunities.
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Scott B. Hunter
Abby
Grace
Barnard
Audubon
Two Notch
Hunt Meet
G.H. Bostwick
Mistrial
Steve Wong
Chil
Peeples Will
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