Giant Puppets Return to Aiken County Arts Festival
Giant paper mache puppets from Piccolo Spoleto visit the Aiken County Arts Festival with nine volunteers guiding the 12 foot tall figures. The puppets debut Saturday at the Municipal Building and appear at H O Weeks Recreation Center the same day. National Players and Fusion Dance Company also perform with ticketed shows at USC Aiken and South Aiken High School.
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Piccolo Spoleto
Charleston
Aiken
Anaclerio
Cassels Oil Company
Charlotte Cassels
Aiken County
National Players
Usc-Aiken Gymnasium
Fusion
South Aiken High School
Mike Anaclerio
Latashia Kitchens
Phil Jones
State Tax Vote Upholds Aiken School Millage Increase
The South Carolina Attorney General upholds a .7 mill increase approved by the Aiken County Board of Education on September 28. Of the total, .4 mill funds operations and .3 mill debt retirement, generating $79,853 the district would otherwise lack. The decision notes reassessment lowered property values, justifying the higher levy to meet the budget.
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S.C
Aiken County
Board of Education
Thomas L. Moore
Sen. Moore
J. Emory Smith Jr
Smith
Sinc
Clifton Williamson
Moonshine-Revenuer John Bryan Story at Senior Club
Senior Men's Club meeting recalls John Bryan a few years ago as a moonshine-hunting revenuer who claimed many moonshiners were found without formal enforcement. Emmett Gober notes Bryan’s sharp critique of Rep Irene Rudnick’s speech. Elmer Todd returns from Centralia Illinois 50th high school reunion sharing Army Signal Corps service and postwar hobbies.
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John Bryan
Emmett Gober
Elmer Todd
Centralia
Ill
Millie
Elmer
Army Signal Corps
Oak Ridge
Savannah River
Southern Illinois
Five fire damaged buildings to face safety surveys next week
The Department of Public Safety will survey five fire damaged structures this week to decide if they are safe. If found unsafe, owners will receive notices with deadlines to comply with city unsafe building rules. The sites include intersections Park Highland Park Drive, Hoods Lane Laurens Street, Laurens Street block near Mid-South Mortgage, Park Avenue near St Marys church, and Park Avenue NE near an abandoned residence.
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Department of Public Safety
J. Carroll Busbee
Busbee
Pete Frommer
Park and
Highland Park Drive
Hankinson
Hoods Lane
Laurens Street
Laurens Street North
Mid-South Mortgage Company
Park Avenue
St. Mary’s Help of Christians Catholic Church
N.E
Brunson Cromer
Cromer
Willcox
Mundy’s Ballot Status Up In Air After Supreme Court Action
Mundy expresses relief as the state Supreme Court suspends a ruling removing his name from the November 2 election ballot for District 1 county council. The case involves petition validity against Fay Hatcher, with potential for the election to be void if the court later sides against Mundy on appeal.
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Gordon V. Mundy
State Supreme
Mundy
Fay Hatcher
District 1
B. Henderson Johnson
Rodney A. Peeples
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Becky Brasington
Rep
Irene Rudnick
Rep. Rudnick
Billy
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Hoods
Election Commission
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