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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1986
Page
13
Residents along the 100 block of Fauburg Street S W and 100 Waterloo Street S W will have water cut off Friday September 12 from 8 a.m. to 10 30 a.m. The Utilities Department will replace a fire hydrant to enable fire equipment access.
North Augusta will install two new water intakes to improve its ability to serve customers during dry periods. Aqua Com of Fort Lauderdale is the contractor. project cost is 10 000 dollars and work should be completed tomorrow. The Corps plans to lower Savannah River flow to 3600 cfs on Sept 15, aiding installation. Rains reduced demand but did not lift lake levels significantly. Intakes lie about two miles below I 20.
Beech Island firefighters say a double wide trailer was gutted by an electrical short last night around 8 p.m. Capt. Leon Henderson reported the fire engulfed the home before crews arrived. No residents were home. one firefighter suffered a minor hand cut during the operation. Investigators identified the electrical short as the start of the blaze.
North Augusta and Belvedere area residents Debut five contenders for the County Board of Education before the Concerned People of Area 2. Hyer from Jackson opposes board Chairman Robert Slay while all candidates express a common aim to improve county schools. They advocate public disclosure of votes from an executive session.
Aiken County officials and state courts administration planned a Columbia meeting to review about 53 000 missing from the Aiken Office of Chief Magistrate Max Meek. Office manager Jane Butler, 31, faces grand larceny charges. Judge Wallace Cassels resigned amid federal perjury findings in a Savannah River Plant bribery probe.
Renovation of the Aiken County Courthouse reached a major point as a new clock tower was raised onto the roof. The project includes a clock, copper dome, and copper spire replacing a lightning damaged previous structure, with Chesterfield Street briefly blocked for crane placement.
The National Guard Bureau approved an Army evacuation hospital for the South Carolina National Guard, potentially placing the unit in Aiken County. The project would employ about 500 citizen-soldiers with a $4.2 million annual payroll, cost an estimated $2 million for a new facility, and could begin in 1990 with initial operations from a local armory.
Alverson launched his District 83 House bid with a threefold critique of incumbent Rep. Thomas E. Huff. He cites Huff's low attendance, alleges judge ambitions, and accuses the GOP of tolerating lawyer-legislators before boards. Huff defends attendance and notes attorney representation among lawmakers.
State TB officials say the situation at Aiken Elementary is not serious after tuberculin testing 1200 students. 26 tested positive, about 3 percent, far below the usual 7 percent. Chest X rays will be done. a contact investigation will follow.
Aiken County Board of Education delayed two administrative job description changes on Tuesday night. The information officer post held by E Owen Clary loses the staff development director title. The Area 2 assistant superintendent post held by Troy Nobles remains under review with no salary cut planned.
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