School Board Considers Aid to Beaufort County District
The Aiken County Board of Education weighs assisting Beaufort County in appealing a ruling that bans summer school tuition. The request funds the Legal Defense Fund to support legal action, discussed at tonight's regular meeting at 8 at the Education Center on Edgefield Avenue.
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Aiken County
Edgefield Avenue
Silver Bluff
Talatha Water District
Silver Bluff High School
South Carolina Department of Education
Reading Tutors Training Session Begins Monday in Aiken County
Volunteer reading tutors in the Aiken County School District start sessions Monday at 8 30 a m in the Area 3 office near the Aiken County Vocational Center. The first week runs Monday through Thursday with makeup sessions the week of Nov 3. Contact Volunteer Programs at 648 1311 ext 73 to register or for more details.
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Langley
Aiken County
Area 3
Aiken to Host CAP Exercise With 22 Squadrons
Aiken will host part of the annual Civil Air Patrol drill on Saturday with 22 South Carolina squadrons and about 300 members. The day-long exercise centers on hurricane recovery tasks including damage assessment radiological monitoring and search and rescue. Six CAP aircraft will operate from Aiken Municipal Airport and Moncks Corner, with Aiken Anderson Chester Columbia Edgefield Greenville Lancaster Spartanburg and Union counties represented.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Civil Air Patrol
Berkeley County
Moncks Corner
Anderson
Chester
Columbia
Edgefield
Greenville
Lancaster
Spartanburg
Union
C.A.P
Senior Citizens Bus Trip To State Fair Sponsored
Aiken Recreation Department will sponsor a free bus trip for senior citizens to the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia on Wednesday Oct 22. Registration closes Oct 18 with a maximum of 80 participants, two buses depart from Smith Hazel Recreation Center and H Odell Weeks Activities Center.
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South Carolina
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Attitude Needed To Beat Handicaps At Work
The Aiken Rotary Club watched a film titled Learning about Disabled Workers. It explains three disability categories physical mental and other problems and argues handicapped workers can perform as well or better than nonhandicapped peers.
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Aiken
McElhaney Unopposed For County Council District 3
Democrat H M Mike McElhaney of Lynwood is unopposed to represent District 3, succeeding Marvin Dunbar. The 36 year old plans to push road improvement equipment, weigh courthouse options, monitor county affairs, and may face belt tightening to avoid tax increases. He opposes zoning without voter approval and aims to guide county operations as council chairman.
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H.M
Mike) McElhaney
Lynwood
McElhaney
Marvin E
Rusty) Dunbar
Horse Creek Valley
Council
Jack Adkison
Kimberly-Clark
Augusta Tech
Valley Merchants Association
Piney Heights Baptist Church
Langley
Trudy Gunter
Aiken County
Daryl
Jan
Lee Dr
Wreck Identified as El Constante Off Louisiana Coast
The 18th century shipwreck found this year off the Louisiana coast is identified as the Spanish vessel El Constante which sank in a 1766 hurricane while carrying gold and silver.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
el Constante
Show-offs Sweepstakes Offers Thrifty Furniture Prizes
Southern Bell Phone Center Cloth Phone Center Store promotes the Show-offs Sweepstakes with a total of 40000 dollars in prizes. Grand prize 15000 dollars in Ethan Allen furniture plus prizes of 10000 5000 and ten 1000 shopping sprees. No purchase required ends November 14 1980.
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Southern Bell Phone Center
Ethan Allen
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Henry Schroder
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H.M. McElhaney
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Augusta Mall
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Walker Street
Martintown
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