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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1981
Page
1
Entries are still being accepted in the Aiken Standard contest with a deadline tomorrow. Entry blanks appeared in the paper last Friday and on Monday through Wednesday this week and remain available at the Aiken Standard.
A House-Senate conference committee approved 20 million dollars to design a facility at Savannah River Plant to encase defense nuclear waste in borosilicate glass and 10.5 million to continue Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant research. The bill awaits House and Senate passage and Reagan signature.
A second Ridge Spring child died from injuries in a Nov. 11 Pine Log Road crash near Gloverville. Four-year-old Crystal Gail Greene of Ridge Spring Rt. 1 died yesterday morning after being in critical condition since the accident. Her sister Tabatha, age 3, died on arrival at the hospital the night of the wreck.
Ray Cavanagh was stopped by Mayor Odell Weeks as he entered the Senior Men's meeting yesterday. Weeks asked if his red jacket was Georgia-red or Carolina-red and what was the best thing to come out of Clemson. Ray said Carolina-red and, when pressed, answered I-85.
Aiken County School District asks the Legislative Delegation for 13.3 million dollars in year one to fund 12 needs including new elementary art music and PE teachers, salaries, materials, and facility renovations. The total five-year plan could reach 25 million for facilities and 47.9 million for the 1981 82 program. Buildings and upgrades are outlined with specific costs and a 3 percent annual pay raise plus 7.3 percent inflation. There was no formal request or offer from the delegation and the report was for information only.
Aiken's final Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. store at Mitchell Shopping Center on Whiskey Road will close on December 5. Leroy Robinson, longtime produce department head, and several colleagues will lose their jobs as the chain exits. Robinson, with 19 years at A&P, expresses sadness but accepts the closure as a money-losing move. Wal-Mart nearby may expand into the center, though Eckerd Drugs remains vacant.
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