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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1990
Page
11
The Aiken City Council plans a 7 30 p m session to review the 1991 fiscal year budget totaling 17 9 million with no tax millage increase and a 75 cent raise in garbage service fees. Also on the agenda is a first reading of a proposed Historic Preservation ordinance and bids for water meats at Shaws Creek Water Treatment Plant.
The 1990 Hopeland Gardens Summer Concert Series continues today with The Goons performing at 7 p.m. at psn. rusing. Parking is available at Ryc atch on Berry Road. If rain occurs the concert moves to South Aiken High School.
Chris Verenes, information manager for the Savannah River Site contractor, lists five leisure activities including socializing, watching football, dining out, jogging, and reading encouraging words. A separate note recalls a friendly post office remark about a Mother’s Day card with a “Love” stamp and references the Exxon Valdez disaster’s memory in Aiken, plus graffiti reading “Valdez Crude” at a Richland Avenue gas station ad.
President Bush's weekend trip to Columbia raised about $500,000 for Gov. Carroll Campbell Jr.'s re election campaign and provided a feel good boost for South Carolinians. Local officials argued it offered political advantage to Campbell and the state, while critics said benefits were mainly to the Republican coffers and the governor's image. Campbell defended the visit as putting South Carolina on the map with a focus on Eastern Europe.
Community event at Langley raised 6173 dollars toward a 150000 goal to transform the old Langley depot into a library. Funds came from concession sales prints of the depot and Langley Mill and from individual gifts, including two thousand dollar contributions from Gene and Anne Sawyer and NCNB of Langley.
South Carolina Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr. defends environmental policy as a balance between protecting natural resources and economic growth. He cites a 1989 executive order banning hazardous waste shipments and a reduced annual burial limit, arguing long-term waste reduction through incentives. Opponents Passailaigue and Mitchell criticize his approach while Campbell points to regulatory strides and no new landfills or incinerators built during his term.
A MarketSearch poll for the S C Highway Department finds 86 percent oppose driving after one or two alcoholic beverages with 11 percent in favor. Max Young cites tougher laws and awareness as the turnaround, noting little regional variance. County death notices for April in Aiken show several alcohol related cases pending toxicology results.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports at least six fatalities on state roads during Mothers Day weekend. Victims include Donald Waldrop of Johnston 19 after a collision on U S 25 and S C 19 near Edgefield. Carlton Rymph 78 of Wauchula Fla struck on I 95 near Jasper County. Eugene Sims 42 of Lewisville Ga struck on S C 121 at Mays Street Johnston. Harvey Rogers 42 of Latta after a motorcycle veered off in Dillon County. Mack Louis 34 of Frogmore in a head on crash on road 45 near Beaufort County. James Lucas 65 of Conway struck while walking on U S 378 in Conway city limits. The Associated Press tally covers 6 p m Friday to midnight Sunday.
Aiken County Development Committee will meet at 4 p.m. to consider authorizing the chairman to sign a contract with Davis & Floyd Inc. for replacement heat treatment equipment at the Horse Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant. Also on the docket is an ordinance for public hearing procedures on county site locations amid reports of an infectious waste incinerator proposal.
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