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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1980
Page
1
Aiken City Council faces potential budget shortfalls from possible congressional revenue sharing cuts and rising health insurance costs. The General Fund totals $3,897,650 with a 5 mill tax hike and a $473,000 revenue share portion at risk, threatening a balance shortfall of about $212,000.
City budget outlines a 10 percent levy rise and a 5 mill tax hike to fund suburban fire protection. Minimum water rates are raised to bolster utility revenues and sustain services.
A report notes the Courthouse Court and the Register of Mesne Conveyance in discussion about an annex. Warner's cep tion will not be handled and a committee from 1976 studied the cow issue.
Aiken High Winter and Spring sports banquet featured guests including St. Angela Academy football coach Joe Hill. A pithy remark about whiskey sours and pancake batter sparked laughs while Brenda Root discussed cheese purchases prompting Lori Croft to inquire about Havarti Alpenkäse and smoked Gouda. A girl asked her father at the airport if cottony clouds contained cotton.
In a South Carolina district, ACEA backers push a 13 percent salary boost and funds for maintenance. Senator Knotts and colleagues doubt the necessary millage gain approval, citing a $200,000 utilities deficit and rising costs while a 7.9 percent state supplement is set.
The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame will receive 84 silvery trophies totaling an appraised value of 183000 dollars donated by Jane Engelhard, widow of Charles W. Engelhard. The trophies, collected over 15 years of American racing, will be housed in Hopeland Gardens.
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