Aiken Eyes End To Dual Tax for City Residents
Aiken City Council plans to end dual taxation by seeking legal options to relieve residents who pay county taxes for services not received. A city county joint committee previously proposed a city specific relief formula, but it failed to gain county approval.
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Aiken
Henry Summerall
Frampton Durban
North Augusta
Salley
Wagener
Carrol Warner
Aiken County
Warner
Charities mobilize for needy through shopping tour drives
Three county groups including Aiken County Jaycees Salvation Army and Valley Empty Stocking Fund plan year end drives to aid the needy. Jaycees will screen 55-70 children for clothes and toys and take them shopping at Wal Mart on December 17 with submissions due December 16. The Valley Empty Stocking Fund notes its 11th year with $12 000 raised last year helping 201 families and 700 people with kettles staffed December 1 2 8 9 15 and 16 at local banks.
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Aiken County Jaycees
Salvation Army
Valley Empty Stocking Fund
Department of Social Services
Aiken
Aiken Jaycee
Ray Blanks
Wal Mart
Aiken Jaycees
P.O. Box
Valley
American Legion
Graniteville Legion
Lions Club
C&s
Clearwater
Graniteville
Banker’s Trust In Law
Christmas season sign spotted with trees in nursery yard
A sure sign of Christmas appeared this morning as a flatbed truck carrying Christmas trees was seen at a local plant nursery. Carolina Bluegrass faced rhyme and joke moments at the Chitlin Strut with singers quarreling over notes and a coat joke about stiff collars and turtle-like comfort.
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Carolina Bluegrass
Chitlin Strut
Drug Raid Ends With Prison Sentence
A New Jersey woman was convicted in General Sessions Court for manufacturing marijuana after a August raid. Patty Louise Kelsey, 30, received five years with $5,000 fines suspended to six months or $2,500 and three years probation. Police seized 205 marijuana plants valued at about $30,000 from her Banks Mill Road residence, following a helicopter sighting and a search by local and state officers. She admitted making a poor choice amid tears before Judge Julius Baggett.
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New Jersey
General Sessions Court
Eleventh Circuit
Julius Baggett
Patty Louise Kelsey
Banks Mill Road
Ms. Kelsey
Aiken County
North Augusta Budget Advances To Third Reading
North Augusta City Council gave a $5.38 million budget second reading with $2.9 million general funds and $2.1 million utilities plus a millage at 88. The water rate structure also received second reading with higher charges for city and non city residents. A first reading revised business license rules and a WC fund participation resolution were approved.
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North Augusta
South Carolina Municipal Insurance Trust Worker’s Compensation Fund
Dingell questions awards for Savannah River official
Rep. Dingell accuses DOE officials including Savannah River Plant manager Robert Morgan of cronyism after news of cash bonuses and a gold medal, urging rescission of awards and return of funds. The Michigan Democrat seeks documents and cites GAO findings of security lapses at nuclear plants.
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John Dingell
D-Mich
Robert Morgan
Savannah River
U.S. Department of Energy
Rep. Dingell
House Energy and Commerce Committee
DOE
Donald Hodel
Jack Anderson
Dingell
Hodel
Aiken Standard
Morgan
Washington, Mich
Rep
General Accounting Office
SRP
U.S. Treasury
Herman Roser
Defense
Troy Wade
James Culpepper
Ralph Caudle
Office of Safeguards and Security
Washington
Eli
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North Augusta City
Judy Hoffmeyer
Yasser Arafat
Tripoli
Arafat
Abu Jahad
Abdus
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