State budget cuts threaten county school district funds
The House Ways and Means Committee chair warns that preliminary figures from the Board of Economic Advisors signal renewed cuts. Aiken County School District could lose up to 550000 per 1 percent state cut, prompting contingency steps and calls for mid year action to protect pupil teacher ratios and programs.
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Columbia
House Ways and Means ‘Committee
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Board of Economic Advisors
Harrell
Aiken County
Brock Heron
Heron
Linda Eldridge
Aiken
Eldridge
State Budget and Control Board
The
Economic Board
Jim Bradley
Bradley
Attorney General aids local agency in South Carolina
Attorney General Charlie Condon visited Aiken to present a 13822.50 gift from a Nine West Shoes price fixing settlement to the Aiken Pregnancy Care Center. He noted funds must aid women’s health and discussed tax elimination ideas in North Augusta.
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Aiken
Charlie Condon
Nine West Shoes
Michigan
Condon
North Augusta man arrested after alleged attack on wife
Eugene Joel Perry, 28, of 2118 Storm Branch Road, faces charges including criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and kidnapping after deputies say he attacked his wife in a wooded area off Gray Mare Hollow Road. He was arrested at 522 Hines St. in Augusta after being found under a mattress, with two guns, ammunition and marijuana recovered. He will be extradited to South Carolina.
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North Augusta
Eugene Joel Perry
Storm Branch Road
Aiken County
Rank
Perry
Hines St
Augusta
Frank
Gray Mare Hollow Road
South Carolina
North Augusta High HVAC Upgrade Joins 4.66 Million Project
The Aiken County Board of Education funds another 199065 for North Augusta High heating and air overhaul raising total to about 4.66 million. Johnson Controls will perform summer work over 18 months to upgrade boilers electrical system and replace 40 gym doors. Deputy Superintendent Dr Bill Gallman notes the high cost and old 34 year old building.
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Aiken County Board of Education
North Augusta High
Bill Gallman
Jack Hunter
Gallman
Aiken High
North Augusta
Alba‘ross
Johnson Controls
Security Federal Bank expands services offered
Security Federal Bank unveils insurance, investment and trust services across its branches in Aiken Gran terville Langley Clearwater North Augusta Wagener Denmark and West Columbia. Tim Simmons notes trust services start with a trust officer at the Aiken headquarters while Scott Jaines highlights full service wealth management through Elliott Davis partnership. June Murff of the Aiken Chamber of Commerce endorses the move as logical growth for a long established institution.
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Security Federal Bank
Security Federal
Tim Simmons
Ccal
Trust Department
Aiken
Granteville
Langley
Clearwater
North Augusta
Wagener
Denmark
West Columbia
Simmons
Scott
Elliott Davis
June Murff
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
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Pregna
Scott Care Center
Planned Parenthood
American Civil Liberties Union
Virginia
Nebraska
APCC
Kathryn Wade
Kelli Riley
Jim Hodges
Bob Peeler
Rob Sutherland
Bill Branton
Jim Miles
Ken Wingate
Mark Sanford
Afl
North Augusta High School
Ananomays
Jaines
Raines
Pinehurst
Floyd & Greene
Rikenss Crown Jeweler
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