Windsor Council to discuss administration change meeting
Windsor Town Council holds its monthly meeting at town hall tomorrow at 7 p.m. Mayor Frank Mizell says agenda includes election commission membership and new members for the town recreation committee. A Jackson man, James Edward McDonald, 40, was shot to death at his Fourth Street residence around 11 p.m. A coroner's inquest is requested. authorities say the death followed a family dispute.
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Windsor
Tomorrrow
Frank Mizell
Town Election Commission
Jackson
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
James Edward McDonald
Fourth Street
Salley Opens Mayor and Council Filing Window
Mayor E W Clamp says candidates for mayor and two town council seats must file with the municipal election commission by 6 p m June 27. Filing fee is five dollars. Town elections are set for August 12.
Planners To Consider Approvals Of Plats In Aiken County
The Aiken County Planning Commission will meet tomorrow at 8 PM to review multiple plat proposals. Final approval sought for Quail Hollow on Banks Mill Road. preliminary approvals for Country Club Hills Drive and St Edwards Court near North Augusta Country Club, North Slope by Ludlow Lake Road near Ascauga Lake Road, and Lakes and Streams by Old Sudlow Lake Road. a waiver request for Cedar Lake on Sudlow Lake Road. The meeting is in County Council chambers at 736 Richland Ave W. Aiken. An Aiken man was found deceased from a single gunshot wound between Pine Log and Silver Bluff roads yesterday afternoon. Michael Wayne Paschal, 21, was located around 3:30 in a wooded area about a mile from a county road. Death likely occurred Monday morning. Investigation concluded, no foul play suspected.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Pine Log
Silver Bluff
Death by Own Action Found in Belvedere
Aiken County Sheriff Carrol Heath reports a death by own action discovered early this morning in Belvedere. No further details were available from officials at this time.
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Belvedere
Aiken
Carrol Heath
Correction: Johnston wrongly named senator in Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard corrects a Friday edition error stating Olin B. Johnston was a United States senator rather than a state senator. The puzzle clues large bear Perry appliance pointed to refrigerator, while a reader noted Arkensite as the answer to a Passwood puzzle yesterday.
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Olin B. Johnston
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
United States
Aiken Standard
Proposed Budget Keeps Taxes the Same in Aiken County
Aiken County Council weighs a proposed 16.8 million budget with no millage increase, claiming last year’s 5.9 mill rise is avoided. County administrator Barnes cites 6.8 million in department requests and outlines a 3 percent merit raise funded by pooled salary underuns. He backs no position upgrades and calls for an independent salary study, with 109 new requests yielding a net 11 hires to cover workloads and capital work.
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Aiken County
Barnes
Carrol H. Warner
Public Service Authority Board
Public Works and Engineering
Gantt Has Write Stuff In Windsor
Windsor election results show Danny C. Gantt named mayor on a write in with 32 votes against 29 for Lola Mae Savage. Frances Nunn and Smith Nunn Jr. win council seats unopposed. Council totals list Frances Nunn 48 and Smith Nunn Jr. 46 with write ins Louis Eubanks 5 Willie Keenan 2 Nelson Hatcher 2.
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Windsor
Danny C. Gantt
Alice Faye Smith
Frances Nunn
Smith Nunn Jr
James L. Nunn
Melvin Pennington
Frank Mizell
Board Critical Of Grand Jury In School Board Clash
An Aiken County grand jury recommendation urging future board members to avoid relatives in the system drew sharp rebuke from the Board of Education after Redcliffe Elementary dedication. Board members questioned why the panel targeted the board and not others, while stressing conflicts of interest are already managed. Separate actions included approval of design concepts and budgets for Aiken High School, Byrd Elementary, and Ridge Spring Monetta high schools, with costs totaling $820,000 first year, $1.22 million Byrd project, and $380,000 Ridge Spring Monetta.
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Beech Island
Aiken County
Grand Jury
Aiken
James R. Smith
Linda H. Clary
Slay
Greendale
Smith
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Redcliffe Dedication Highlights New Elementary School
A crowd of about 150 gathered for the dedication of Redcliffe Elementary School, a $4.8 million project replacing Jackson and Downer schools. Dignitaries included Rep. William H. Jones and Ron West, with Aiken County and school officials praising the transition. Music and parking help came from Silver Bluff High School groups. The board also approved a pay schedule revision for certified staff and other employees.
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Beech Island
Redcliffe
Robert W. Paskel
Jackson
Downer
William H. Jones
Ron West
State Department of Accreditation
Aiken County
William C. Clyburn
LaVana McKenzie
McKenzie
Board of Education
Robert H. Slay
Silver Bluff High School
Silver Bluff Njrotc
North Augusta Annex Appraisal Accepted by Board
Aiken County Board of Education approved a $120,000 appraisal for the old North Augusta Elementary Annex on Carolina Avenue with North Augusta City having right of first refusal. The session also approved hiring changes, teacher exchanges with Scotland, three Principal Apprenticeship candidates, and continued programs funded by Du Pont and the district budget.
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Beech Island
Aiken
South Aiken High School
Scotland
Sonia J. Stevenson
South Aiken
Julius Haddon
Rosie Berry
Nancy Busbee
Area 1
du Pont
City Council Study Of Drainage Plan And Proposals
Aiken's Planning and Zoning Commission will submit the City/County Kalmia Hill Drainage Study to the City Council with a P Z Commission recommendation to approve the plan and its implementation per Public Works priorities. The study highlights eight major problem areas and compares two solutions: a new backbone pipe system or a retention pond to reduce water energy before discharge into Hitchcock Woods.
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Aiken
Planning and Zoning Commission
Kalmia Hill
P&z
Public Works Department
Joseph C. Berry
Dibble Road
Hitchcock Woods
Edisto Avenue
Abbeville Street
Laurens Street
Lancaster
Highland Park
Jackson Plans Bridge and Community Building for Jackson
Jackson Town Council plans to seek county agenda time to push a S C 125 bridge across the Savannah River and to discuss converting the old Jackson Elementary School into a community building. The council also approved inviting local business leaders to attend and support both projects at the next Aiken County Council meeting.
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Jackson
Aiken County Council
Savannah River
Dear’ Collar
Aiken County
Joe Cassels
Walker Padgett
Jackson Merchants and Landowners Group
Cassels
New Ellenton
Waynesboro
East Georgia
Vogtle
Jackson Police Department
First Citizens Bank
Water Commissioners
Fire Department
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