North Augusta council to discuss bids and ordinances
The North Augusta City Council meets at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building 400 E Buena Vista Ave to review bids for a new community center and adopt several resolutions. A street and utility dedication for Brigham Wood is planned along Old Edgefield Road. Officials will discuss a Rapids subdivision utility agreement and a sanitation ordinance change from a fee to a special user tax. A third reading will adjust Canal Land Co buffer strip zoning from residential to Open Space Preservations.
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North Augusta
E. Buena Vista Ave
Brigham Wood
Old Edgefield Road
Rapids
Canal Land Co
Aiken County Authority Seeks Bids For Plant Road Paving
Clearwater at 7:30 p.m. the Aiken County Public Service Authority will consider bids to pave roads at the Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on S C 421. The meeting also includes acceptance of an Environmental Protection Agency grant and is open to the public.
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Clearwater
Aiken County
Voter Board Ready For Absentees
The Aiken County Board of Voter Registration will be open for absentee voting on October 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, November 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, and November 5 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Applicants may vote by telephone mail or in person.
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Aiken County
Aiken’s Smallest Paper Carrier Has Ears Bowing
In Aiken a two year old poodle named Taffy owned by Greg Nance delivers the newspaper daily. Church events feature jokes about parties and insurance while local officials lead a sesquicentennial pageant. Snoopy impostors at the community playhouse stir chatter as people ask for the real beagle.
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Aiken
Taffy
Greg Nance
Greg
Mike Anaclerio
Willar Hightower
Hightower
Jerry Henry
America
Aiken Community Playhouse
ACP
Marcia Harris
Brian Maddox
Thurmond Whatley
Whiskey Road
Snoopy
County Seeks Higher SAT Scores for Local Students
Aiken County School System aims to raise SAT performance beyond state averages to approach national levels. Superintendent Dr. Robert W. Paskel cites 1985 results and sets 1986 431 verbal and 457 math goals, alongside other district objectives.
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Aiken County School System
Robert W. Paskel
Aiken
Aiken County
North Augusta
South Africa
Midland Valley
Silver Bluff
Wagener-Valley
Ridge Spring- Monetta
South Aiken
Wagener-Salley
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Dr. Paskel
Paskel
Textile import bill faces weakened support in Congress
Washington AP reports the House failed to pass a stronger textile import bill by veto proof margin, signaling waning backing. USTR Clayton Yeutter opposes the measure, predicting a Reagan veto, while urging renegotiation of trade pacts with about 30 nations.
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Washington
U.S. House
U.S. Trade
Clayton Yeutter
Yeutter
Senate
Reagan
United States
House
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Jim Broyhill
R-N.c
Jane Dickert Named Aiken County Teacher of the Year
Jane Dickert a Sum merfield Elementary School teacher has been chosen as Aiken County's Teacher of the Year by Dr. Robert W. Paskel superintendent of schools. She leads a self contained learning disabled class and has 11 years teaching experience at multiple local schools.
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Jane Dickert
Summerfield
Aiken’s
Robert W. Paskel
Dickert
Bath
Burnettown
North Augusta
Clemson University
Aiken County
School Board Considers Five Year Facilities Plan
The Board of Education plans to vote tomorrow at 7 p.m. on a five year facilities package. The plan includes an auditorium at North Augusta High School and excludes consolidation of several elementary schools. Voted 5-3 to end consolidation speculation and approve the auditorium. Estimated spending totals rise from about 4.2 million in year one to roughly 4.8 to 5.87 million in year five.
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Board of Education
Aiken High School
North Augusta High School
Warrenville
Gloverville
Oakwood-Windsor
East Aiken
Thurmond Trip Cost Report Details Expenses
A Senate report shows Sen Strom Thurmond’s eight day trip to England France and Italy cost taxpayers 75350 dollars for meals and incidentals. The report excludes transportation costs. The delegation of six senators and 13 staff members spent 13396 dollars in travel and miscellaneous expenses, totaling over 31000 dollars for the trip.
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Europe
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
England
France
Italy
Secretary of the
Senate
North Carolina facilities may cut South Carolina waste volume
GSX Services, operator of the Pinewood landfill in Sumter County, plans a Laurinburg chemical treatment plant and a North Carolina solids incinerator that would send much waste to NC first. If built, this could reduce SC burial volume as residues return to Pinewood for disposal.
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Columbia
North Carolina
South Carolina
GSX Services Inc
Pinewood
Sumter County
Laurinburg
N.C
Dan Jones
Emelle
GSX
Lake Marion
Abco Industries
Spartanburg
Jones
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N.A. Council
PSA
David Butler
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
David
Bob Wells
Graniteville Exchange Club
Dick Dalla Mura
Charleston
Wells
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
The
Hall of Fame
Ginny Southworth
Hopeland Gardens
DuPree Place
House Energy and Commerce Committee
USTR
U.S. Trade Representative
Broyhill
Robin Britt
Democratic House
Greensboro
Howard Coble
Coble
Guilford County
By Phil Jones
USC Aiken
Robert Alexander
Patricia Williams
Toni Myers
USCA
American Red Cross
Mark Kelly
S.C
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