Conservation council holds citizens input meeting tonight
Citizens across Aiken Allen dale Bamberg Barnwell and Calhoun counties formed the Edisto Savannah Resource Conservation and Development Council to boost economic and social well being. The independent nonprofit plans a 7 p m meeting in the Aiken County Agricultural Services Center auditorium where public input shapes goals across natural resource conservation water management and community energy projects.
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Aiken
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Calhoun
Edisto Savannah Resource Conservation and Development Council
Aiken County
Police Blotter Report Burglary and Theft Incidents
Police blotter items detail a Sept 3 mountain bike theft valued at 100 dollars from Cherry Drive 700 block. A Sept 3 break-in at Aiken Auto Electric 200 block Beaufort Street caused 200 dollars in damages and 2325 dollars in stereo gear stolen. Sept 2 Olive Oils Restaurant 200 block Chesterfield Street burglarized with 650 dollars of stereo gear and 200 dollars liquor stolen plus 250 dollars building damages.
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Cherry Drive
Aiken Auto Electric
Beaufort Street
Chesterfield Street
Stocks Close on 9 3 97 Information From Edward Jones
Information provided by Greg Paschal of Edward Jones lists closing stock figures and market activity for September 3, 1997. The report notes key movers and overall market sentiment with broker insight.
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Greg Paschal
Edward Jones
Aiken Lawyer Memoir Exhibit Opens at Clemson University
The Strom Thurmond Institute on Clemson’s campus will debut a large exhibit September 12 showcasing Strom Thurmond’s record breaking Senate career. The display features professional papers photographs editorial cartoons and memorabilia.
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Aiken
Clemson University
Strom Thurmond Institute
Strom ‘Thurmond
Downtown apartment plan eyed for Highland Park site
Aiken Corporation Housing Committee advances a downtown duplex or triplex project on Highland Park Avenue a 1 acre lot seeking City Council approval and offering a $60 000 land sign to developers a tax incentive package is planned and letters will go to real estate brokers in Aiken Augusta and North Augusta the group aims to issue proposals in early October then pursue similar townhome blocks on Newberry Street under the plan.
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Aiken Corporation
Highland
Housing Committee
Aiken
Augusta
North Augusta
Highland Park Avenue
Theext
Newberry Street
Building bridges between the ages
Aiken County schools prepare to welcome older students through the Link ing Intergenerational Networks in Communities program funded by an anonymous grant. Senior citizens will mentor in schools from preschool to 12th grade, aiding reading and writing while sharing skills in activities at Millbrook Elementary North Augusta High and Jackson Middle, with plans for quilting projects and garden based education.
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Aiken County
Alice Kirkland
LINC
Millbrook Elementary
Karey Santos
North Augusta High
Jackson Middle
Town moves ahead with new Ellen ton software update
New Ellenton leaders plan to install updated computer software to handle billing for fire protection sanitation and sewer services after the Commission of Public Works stopped handling those bills except for water. Councilman Joe Gleaton says clerks will take an update course.
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New Ellenton
Commission of Public Works
Joe Gleaton
Hank Rowland
Gleatoh
Bridgestone Firestone set to begin major South Carolina plant
Bridgestone Firestone plans a 1.5 million square foot tire plant in Aiken County with initial 300 to 400 jobs and 400 to 500 more later. Giffels Associates of Southfield will be the principal contractor, with local firms handling most work. Production is slated to begin by spring 1999 at a cost of about 435 million dollars.
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Bridgestone
Firestone
South Carolina
Nashville, Tenn
Giffels Associates Inc
Southfield, Mich
Giffels
Giffels Associates
Telegraph Road
Southfield
Aiken County
Aiken
John Taylor
Harrison prints to aid Aiken Chamber building project
Southside Gallery hosts Jim Harrison with an evening sale of “Evening Bridge in Snow” on Tuesday. The limited edition print signed by Harrison costs 200 and a portion of proceeds will fund the Aiken Chamber’s special projects office at 5,000, aiding a new room in the building. Harrison will speak at Wakin breakfast at Houndslake Country Club, with a reception to follow.
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Southside Gallery
South Carolina
Jim Harrison
Aiken
Harrison
Special Projects
Tom Abbott
Abbott
Houndslake Country Club
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
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Steve Thompson
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