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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1986
Page
9
No injuries were reported after a Friday afternoon blaze gutted Harold Summers’ house on Lee Street near Satcher Motor Company. Fire Chief Billy Parker said the fire started in the back of the older fat pine home. Firefighters fought the flames for about an hour in extreme heat, some suffering heat exhaustion. The roof and floors collapsed, but clothing and furniture were salvaged.
Ridge Spring officials schedule a 7 30 p m meeting to discuss merchant suggestions on parking trash service highways paving leasing a potential industrial site and a sign for development plus fire prevention and wastewater repairs. Edgefield council also meets at 7 30 p m to discuss sanitation health care center zoning tax abatement minutes audit and executive session.
North Augusta City Council votes on two annexations totaling over 1 200 acres amid opposition from Edgefield County residents and Foxtrail subdivision. Mayor Thomas W. Greene defends plan to preserve residential character while citing undeveloped attractive land. Meeting set for 7 at 400 E Buena Vista Ave.
Fire Prevention Week in Aiken runs through Saturday with programs to reduce fire deaths and property loss. The sprinkler trailer educates children and adults about escaping smoke filled homes and demonstrates residential sprinkler systems for builders and insurers.
Aiken County Solicitor Robert J. Harte will decide this week whether to retry Allen Charles Jamison on a one count bomb threat charge. A tied jury paused Friday after deliberating most of the afternoon as witnesses testified Jamison was elsewhere during the July 16 call. The threat prompted evacuations of hundreds at SRP 200 F Area where Jamison worked as an electrical apprentice.
Police report two robberies in Beech Island. At Riverbend Street a black male, 5 feet 6 inches, 125 pounds, demanded the clerk open the register, stealing jewelry valued around 4300 and a 300 dollar wedding ring. An additional amount of cash was taken at Sand Bar Ferry Road market.
The Aiken County Arts Council starts the International Arts Festival at USC Aiken with an International Food Tent at J H Satcher Field, featuring heritage cuisines and a mini Chelsea flower tent. Weekly events include Dr Warren Apple concert, 21st Century Steel Band, Adliswiler Studemusiq, films, and the Chinese Dragon Acrobats, with varied admission fees and a luncheon option.
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