J D Lever Playground Triumph Shows Power of Community
Fifth grade teacher Nancy Zeh spearheaded a school playground project for J D Lever Elementary with help from PTO members, Vocational School staff, and 15 youth from nearby facilities. Volunteers built, transported, and installed equipment including a tower, slide, and swings, turning a dusty field into a $12,000 playground using about $1,600 in materials and free labor.
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J.D. Lever
Nancy Zeh
PTO
Miss Zeh
Paul Smith
Zeh
Aiken TEC Nears Renovation End
Aiken Technical College nears completion of Phase Two of its expansion adding capacity for 2400 students and broader programs. The project renovates Buildings A B and C adding labs and facilities while relocating the library and creating new offices and a campus data system integration.
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Aiken Tec
Aiken Technical College
TEC
Man Admits Killing and Receives Life Sentence
Danny Edward Wilson 18 of Cross Hill pleaded guilty to the murder of Elizabeth Workman Livingston 57 and was sentenced by Circuit Judge Francis B. Nicholson to life imprisonment with potential parole in 20 years. He also drew consecutive terms of 25 years for armed robbery and 10 years for car theft, to run concurrently.
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Laurens
Danny Edward Wilson
Cross Hill
Elizabeth Workman Livingston
Wilson
Livingston
Francis B. Nicholson
Nicholson
Mrs. Livingston
Midland Valley High School work to begin next week
The Aiken County Board of Education accepts McDonough Construction Company bid of 5.957 million for Midland Valley High School with alternates excluded for now. Construction begins by June 5 and targets substantial completion by May 18, 1981, with total project cost around 17.4 million for three new schools.
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Aiken
University of South Carolina
The
South Carolina Economic Council
South Carolina
Midland Valley High School
McDonough Construction Company
Aiken County Board of Education
McDonough
H.G. Reynolds Company
Trenton
Board of Education
Reynolds Company
J.P. Kneece
Kneece
Silver Bluff High
Officials Seek Kidnap Suspect in Hart County Case
Hartwell Georgia AP report: authorities pursue 30-year-old Robert Calvin Wright as the search continues. The state crime lab checks if the man Wright is accused of shooting and kidnapping may be alive. Steve King, 30, of Elbert County, shot at a Hart County home Saturday. King was missing early today after being released from Hart County Correctional Institution Friday night. The investigation centers on whether King was shot in the head.
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Hartwell, Ga
Robert Calvin Wright
Hart County
Larry Sanders
Wright
Steve King
Elbert County
Sanders
King
Hart County Correctional Institution
Doctor Returns To Stand Trial In Infant Death Case
Dr. William Waddill Jr. returns to court after a week delay for the birth of his daughter at Westminster Community Hospital. Prosecutors say he killed an infant two years ago during a saline abortion performed March 2 1977. He pleads innocent and says hospital gossip clouded the case.
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Santa Ana
Calif
William Waddill Jr
Superior Court
Byron McMillan
Janet
Westminster Community Hospital
Waddill
Weaver
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Monetta High
Tony Anderson
Aiken Conservation District
Edisto
Savannah Valley
Tony
Ward
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Jackson High
Mark Thomas
Karen Mims
Steve Cole
American Legion
John Lewis
Jimmy Ferrell
Darney McRae
Dawn Weeks
Regina Morris
J.D. Lever Elementary
Lynne Katonak
Langley-Bath-Clearwater High
Stephen Hibbard
Andy Long
Boys’ State
Jerry Long
Brian Murrell
Mike Harling
Don Jowers
Aaron Richardson
American Legion Post No. 153
Salem Academy
Anne Templeton
Anne
J. Fenton Templeton
Barbara A. Shoultz
North Augusta High
Barbara
Sandspurs
Yellow Jacket
Exchange Club
Aiken Standard
North Augusta
Susan Ergle
Charles Askey
Tracy Burtramm
Eddie Butler
Corky Lopez
Ron McKie
Brad Owens
Paul Welky
Danny Collins
Franklin Kurtz
North Augusta Lions Club
Tilden Hilderbrand
Barbara Shoultz
Timothy Tuten
Motte Hatchell
By Lynne Katonak
Thomas
Anderson
Templeton
the Woods
Paul Highlands
Doug Meyer
Aiken Prep
Hitchcock Woods
Elizabeth Harrington
Greg Liles
Tony Hayes
Andreas Daiber
Bowline
Francois Jarvis
By Thurmond Whatley
Ashley J. Little
Columbia
Thurmond Whatley
Jan Boylston
Clearwater
Langley
Ludlow Lake Road
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