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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1989
Page
13
Rudnick to introduce property tax increase limit. Page 2B coverage notes a planned tax cap proposal and details under consideration by council, with emphasis on fiscal controls and potential impacts on local services and residents.
Langley residents protest what they call severe pollution and slow cleanup of the 250 acre Langley Pond near U.S. 1. The meeting with Aiken County officials features Sen. Tom Moore Rep. James Roland Smith and Councilman LaWana McKenzie to review testing, costs, responsibility, and unbiased results.
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a grant of almost $573 000 for the Aiken Housing Authority to replace roofs install insulated windows and doors and upgrade electrical systems in public housing units. The grant complements a prior operating subsidy totaling over $250 000 announced recently.
The Aiken County Council will discuss an ordinance granting a cable television franchise to Friendship Cable of South Carolina Inc at tonight’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers Richland Avenue. Competitors face a 3500 non refundable application fee. New Ellenton speed limit on S C 19 extended to 45 mph north of city limits past Dry Branch Road.
Aiken Technical College will host another orientation in the student lounge from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees can tour the campus meet faculty and staff and enjoy pizza and beverages with other new students. For more information call 593-9231.
An Aiken police booking error listed Larry K Miles 36 of 420 Union Street, while records show Larry Miles 28 of 634 Lincoln Avenue. The latter, with no middle initial, was arrested for gross intoxication and disorderly conduct. Aiken Standard apologizes for the mistake.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety added a new ladder platform truck with a 100 foot reach from Slagles Fire Equipment Company. Keys were handed over in a ceremony at the Public Safety Department, and officers had already begun practicing on local streets.
The North Augusta City Council terminated a 40 year Highway Department lease on East Buena Vista Ave to repurpose 321 acres for Parks and Recreation offices. Council approved annexing 16.5 acres near U S 1 and Revco Road, owned by Ann C Taylor, site of Taylor Toyota. The Interstate 20 Frontage Road Extension project received unanimous approval with a $300000 funding plan from state city and private sources. Residents urged action on a nuisance garage on Aiken Avenue and zoning limits were noted.
On opening day of the September term Ai ken County General Sessions Court judged by Circuit Judge James B. Stephen 38 guilty pleas were sentenced. Most involved driving under the influence or suspension with a docket near 160 cases and includes a criminal sexual conduct charge against former South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper Melvin W. McGrier.
Kiester Thomas, 13, awaiting a heart transplant in Atlanta, is the focus of a fundraising drive in Aiken. Promoter KoKo the Clown and manager Tommy Keenan plan a benefit within two weeks featuring KoKo and the Ron Norwood Review to raise about 5000 dollars for Thomas and his family. A trust fund at Palmetto Federal Bank and donation jars at area businesses are also organized with Telamon Corporation colleagues and NAACP Aiken president James Gallman assisting. Cynthia Green, Thomas’s mother, stays at Ronald McDonald House while seeking a donor after a May surgery at MCG failed to repair his heart.
The Aiken NAACP Branch marks 71 years since its 1918 founding with a 5 p.m. ceremony at Cumberland AME Church on Kershaw Street. Guest speaker Andrew Lewis of Victory Savings Bank will attend as the group highlights voter registration efforts, education activities, fund-raisers, and advocacy achieving single-member districts in local government.
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