Two Men Found Shot Dead In Aiken County
Two men identified as William Welborn and Jarred Champlin were found buried in a wooded area in Aiken County. Both died from gunshot wounds, with dental records pending for positive identification. A Pelion man, Norman Edwin Starnes, 30, was charged with two counts of murder and Gwen Ott, 37, charged as an accessory after the fact.
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Aiken County
Lexington County
Harry Harman
William Welborn
North Charleston
Jarred Lee ‘Champlin
Gaston
Welborn
Champlin
Pelion
Lexington
Norman Edwin Starnes
Larry Shea
Gwen W. Ott
Pelton
Starnes
Shea
Ms. Ott
Obituary notices listed for multiple readers on Page 2B
Death notices for Ruth Deal in Brooklet Georgia Louise Gunter Gantt in Leesville Mattie L Johnson in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Laurie L Livingston in North Augusta and B J Parham in Jackson and Alice Corine Reese in Augusta appear on Page 2B of the obituary notices.
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Ruth Deal
Brooklet
Louise Gunter Gantt
Leesville
Mattie L. Johnson
Bryn Mawr
Laurie L. Livingston
North Augusta
B.J. Parham
Jackson
Alice Corine Reese
Augusta
Georgia Lottery Tuesday Winning Numbers Report
Georgia Lottery results list Tuesday draws with Cash 3 numbers 47 5 and Fantasy 5 numbers 19 14 16 17 28. The brief notes provide the winning selections for players checking results.
Rains Save City Water Customers From Restrictions
City water customers avoid outdoor usage limits after rain breaks a three week drought. Public works director Roger LeDuc notes rainfall 1.75 inches, pumping max 13 million gallons daily versus 7 to 8 million normally, with system upgrades boosting capacity. No future ban anticipated unless a system failure occurs.
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Aiken
Roger P. LeDuc
Clemson University Extension
Aiken County
LeDuc
Compromise Reached On All Day Kindergarten Plan
Budget negotiators end stalemate on all day kindergarten approving a plan to enroll about 16 000 children next year with state 14.1 million and local districts 6.7 million funding. Other budget disputes include prisons economic development and education funding while tax relief and local tax limits remain debated.
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Columbia
House
Senate
Senate Finance
John Drummond
D Ninety Six
Barnwell
City May Clean Up Junkyards
City officials plan to use 100000 in FY 1997 surplus funds to tackle junkyards on the outskirts of Aiken. The target sites include B and W Auto Salvage Atomic Wrecking and a Pine Log Road yard as a June work session weighs options from cleanup to inner city improvements.
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Chasiti Kirkland
Aiken
Greater
B & W Auto Salvage
Pine Log Road
Steve Thompson
Karen Papouchado
County Hears Budget Pleas
The Aiken County Council heard requests to add hundreds of thousands to the FY 1997 budget of 43.7 million on Tuesday night and gave second reading approval without amendment. Sheriff Howard Sellers urged about 300,000 for five patrol deputies and one investigator in Beech Island with recurring costs around 180,000 annually. Clerk Liz Godard urged reversing a cut in a compensation plan, while Helping Hands director Robert Cantu asked to restore 5,000 cut from agency funds. Council Chairman Ronnie Young offered little comment and hinted at the compensation issue.
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Carl Langley
Aiken County
Howard Sellers
Beech Island
Liz Godard
Helping Hands
Robert Cantu
Council
Ronnie Young
County budget details show no tax increase for FY 97
The county proposes a 43.7 million dollar budget with 458.5 mills and a 214 dollar tax on a 100000 home. No tax increase is planned while a 4 percent pay rise for employees is approved. A revised pay schedule adds annual increments and a separate funding request would support a program outside the Sheriff's Office budget, cut from 4.5 million to 3.7 million.
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Young
Sellers
Council
Sheriff's Office
General Assembly Action on Felons and Judicial Selection
Senate backs constitutional changes to bar felons and voter fraud convicts from state races for 15 years after sentence ends. House action pending. Also notes dogged debates on hog farm limits, judicial selection reform, and full day kindergarten funding split between state and local districts.
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Senate
House
State House
Othion
General Assembly
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