Aiken County Board to Discuss Productivity Plan
The Aiken County Board of Education meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Education Center to discuss the district productivity plan and incentive funding. Aiken High School rose to 60 points in the latest chart, with various schools named as top performers in different categories. The district also reviews graduation requirement changes and a State Department grant of 8,631.44 for Vocational Adult Job-Skill Training aimed at former United Merchants Bath Mills workers.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Education Center Board Room
Edgefield Ave
Aiken High School
Warren Whitson
Aiken
Whitson
Hammond Hill
North Augusta
Downer Elementary
New Ellenton
Schofield
Wagener-Salley
Robert W. Paskel
Board of Education
State Department of Education
Aiken Technical College
Aiken County
United Merchants’ Bath Mills
Paskel
Aiken County Education Board Adapts District Plan
The ad hoc Advisory Committee on single member districts meets at 7 30 p m in the Education Center board room to review a nine member district plan. State Demographer Bobby Bowers will deliver a ruling on the plan while residents weigh inclusion of the Governor Aiken Park area. An Aug 29 public hearing and Sept 3 meeting drew black residents who favored the nine member option aimed at letting black voters elect a candidate. Connie Blocker 22 was found drowned in a residential pool near 7 p m authorities treat as an accident pending autopsy.
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Aiken County
Bowers
Board of Education
Aiken
Sue Townsend
Connie Blocker
Posner Raises Bid for Fischbach and Peabody Stakes
Victor Posner head of the Graniteville Co and related firms has raised its stake in Fischbach Corp to 45.6 percent and seeks permission to lift ownership in Peabody International Corp above 50 percent. The move is disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Washington
Victor Posner
Graniteville Co
Fischbach Corp
Peabody International Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
Posner
Fischbach
New Ellenton Jaycees Reorganized With Noted Leaders
The New Ellenton Jaycees form a new chapter led by president Steve Key with officers including Herbert Ferguson Ricky Lynn Mike Lynn Randy Shaw Jack Benrose and Chuck Hill. Their first project is a Thursday to Saturday eight team one pitch double elimination softball tournament with a 75 dollar entry fee and two white stitched balls.
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Jaycee
New Ellenton
Steve Key
Herbert Ferguson
Ricky Lynn
Mike Lynn
Randy Shaw
Jack Benrose
Chuck Hill
Philip Moore
New Ellenton Civic Center
Jackson Council
Bird Brew Recipe Is Early This Year
A reader shares an early mag ic bird brew recipe to attract woodpeckers and other birds. The instructions mix corn meal sugar flour water peanut butter bird seed fat and refrigerate for easy use with notes on safer feeding practices.
New Ellenton Council Meets Tonight to Sell Trucks
The New Ellenton town council meets at 7 p.m. to accept bids on two old garbage trucks at the town hall 200 Main. The agenda includes the resignation of a water department employee per town clerk Lynn Jeancake.
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New Ellenton
Water Department
Lynn Jeancake
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JOE B. Babb & Company
Chesterfield Street
By Gary Simmons
Gauguin
Manet
Plaza Carpets
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University Parkway
S.C
Woodpeeder
Cornell Ornithological Research Institute
Helen Mary Fenninger
Aiken Standard
John C. Matthews, M.D
No.12 Masonic Center
Graniteville
5.C
Huntsman Road
Steve Wade
Ernest Paine
Brand
Janadas
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