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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1987
Page
15
New Ellenton will experience a three hour water outage from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting on Green Street. The South East and entire south end will be affected as crews tie in new water lines, town clerk Lynn Jeancake said.
The Aiken County Department of Social Services Board meets tonight at 6 p.m. at the DSS Food Stamp Building on the U.S. 1 Bypass in Aiken. It is the first regular meeting since the board terminated county DSS director Richard T. Poore at a special meeting October 19.
Angela Burkhalter of Hammond Hill Elementary School won the 1987 88 Aiken County Teacher of the Year at a Board of Education meeting. Janice Bacot of East Aiken Elementary finished second and Sue Hayes of South Aiken High School third. A migrant worker died from smoke inhalation in a Monetta labor camp fire around 12 20 a.m. Coroner David Werts said a cigarette ignited a mattress in one sleeping area. No others were injured.
Dedication services yesterday marked the opening of the Quail Ridge Nursery at the $2.9 million Weyerhaeuser site near Aiken. The facility serves outside customers and will supply seedlings to foresters and private landowners as production climbs from 90 million seedlings now to 125 million next year, with 135 million forecast at full operation.
Aiken Public Safety officers arrested Tyron F. Staley, 19, and Ronnie G. Hall, 31, during a raid on a central city home. Staley faced counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession near a school. About $300 in crack cocaine and a Schedule II substance were found. Hall was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Julie B. Seely, 26, of Aiken, was arrested Tuesday and charged with common law grand larceny after about $250 was stolen from the Burger King at 1733 Whiskey Road. Authorities say store officials are reviewing for additional missing money.
Aiken County Board of Education postponed action on using the north end of the old Aiken Elementary as a district office with a $25,000 interior design by Virgo Gambill Rhoades. They want more details on costs and plans while also reviewing pest control issues across six schools including termites at Schofield Middle and Aiken High.
The Administrative Committee of Aiken County Council will recommend a $10000 payment to USC Aiken as the final part of funding Etherredge Center. The funds come from a 1985 multi capital projects pool and cover a shortfall on the parking lot project and related design work.
Aiken attorney Ronald A. Maxwell announces his first bid for public office stressing quality growth over quantity. He advocates an overall city plan, safeguards for transportation and utilities, downtown revitalization, and incentives to keep downtown viable while opposing Whiskey Road widening and supporting Aiken as the New Production Reactor site. Maxwell favors accessible elections and stresses representing citizens over developers.
Three SRP security inspectors received seven days without pay and 90 day monitoring after a computer game incident destroyed three days of software input. DOE says area housed offices and cafeteria not a reactor control site. WSI disputes that all material was classified.
Du Pont pension funds for Savannah River Plant employees suffered stock losses after the NYSE 508-point drop on Black Monday. Overall fund value fell from 11 billion to 10 billion, though officials say the pool remains overfunded and adequate to cover liabilities.
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