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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1985
Page
13
Aiken County General Sessions Court faced 117 cases today with a murder and kidnapping among them. Betty Joan Moyer faces voluntary manslaughter charges for a July 8 killing after a grand jury declined to indict for murder. Court reconvenes tomorrow with Judge Richard E. Fields.
Commissioner of Agriculture D Leslie Tindal will speak at Aiken's Wakin tomorrow at 7 19 a m at Palmer's Restaurant on alternatives in agriculture and opportunities in agri business.
Aiken Midland Valley and Silver Bluff High Schools won second round games in the Aiken County District academic contests. Aiken defeated North Augusta 570-460, Midland Valley beat Ridge Spring Monetta 780-310, and Silver Bluff topped Wagoner Valley 840-270, with South Aiken receiving a bye.
Two Civil War reenactments of the Battle of Aiken will be held November 16 and 17 in Aiken as part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration. About 200 hobbyists will enact battles near Richland Avenue extension and Park Avenue with a Confederate Ball at Municipal Auditorium and a 2 PM parade along Union Street Park Avenue and Laurens.
Voters in Aiken New Ellenton and North Augusta head to polls tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aiken holds a three seat council contest with incumbents Durban Wyman and Hightower facing Cavanaugh and Cason. North Augusta hosts a special council seat election after Mark Baynham resignation with Billie Trapp and Lark Jones on the ballot. New Ellenton conducts a special mayoral race to fill five month Whitman term between Wallace Brock and Randy Shaw. Polling sites for each city are listed, including Aiken precincts at the Municipal Building and Odell Weeks centers and North Augusta venues such as North Augusta High School and Hammond Hills Elementary. The New Ellenton election is at the Civic Center.
The Cooper River Rediversion project, eight years and 190 million dollars in the making, is complete. It connects Lake Moultrie to the Santee River, reduces Cooper River flow, and funds a new 49 million generating station. The work aids Charleston Harbor deepening for larger ships and bolsters national harbor capacity.
The Associated Press reports six of ten fatalities on South Carolina roads this weekend were pedestrians. Notable cases include Kaliph John Hudson 3 struck on U S Highway 521 in Georgetown at 3 26 p m Sunday and Leon Simpson 52 hit on U S Highway 21 near Orangeburg County Sunday.
Senator James Sasser urged Elizabeth Dole to study the transportation risks for nuclear waste to a proposed Tennessee MRS site. He requests analysis of routes, traffic volumes, and population exposure along interstates serving Clinch River near Oak Ridge or Hartsville, noting 1500 trucks and 100 trains yearly if built in Tennessee.
Aiken County Council will meet at 7 p.m. at 736 Richland Ave to review overtime reduction options and hear a July to September overtime cost report. The agenda includes FLSA status, a weapon purchase contract proposal, sewer trunk line construction requests, Richland Road maintenance, and a budget amendment for a governor's grant to the sheriff.
North Augusta City Council will discuss annexation of 38.90 acres by Trailer Train Inc. at 7 pm in the Municipal Building. The item includes a resolution and first reading of an annexation ordinance, potential status as the first heavy industry in city limits, plus discussions on dispatchers, warrants, and housing authority operations.
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