Aiken's Makin' Festival Returns to City Streets
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce hosts the fifth Aiken's Makin' arts festival this Friday and Saturday. Expect 176 exhibitors, crafts like knifemaking woodcrafts and jewelry, 17 industries in the Municipal Auditorium, live entertainment along Laurens Street, and assorted plants and baked goods. Directions: Laurens Street Richland Avenue Bankers Trust area. Hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
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Laurens Street
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Municipal Auditorium
Park Avenue
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Aitken’s Makin
Council to Review Budget and Waste Measures
The Aiken County Council will meet tomorrow at 7 in the Council Chambers at 736 Richland Ave West. Public hearings will consider ordinances on budgets and waste control and disposal. PUSH Director Gary Allen and Terry Brown of the Alcohol and Drug Commission will present annual reports.
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Have You Heard Pain Knows No Boundaries at Crosby Studio
Aiken tale notes pain crossing borders after an adult ballet class at Crosby studios. A six year old, Jodie Cleary, enjoyed a weekend solo with mom ill and dad at work, eating Fritos and pop tarts for breakfast.
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Crosby Studios
Aiken
Jodie Cleary
Belvedere
Meg
Jodie
Two Aiken Teens Arrested in Wagener Bank Robbery Conspiracy
William Dorland and Mark Wiles both 18 were charged with conspiracy to rob and assaulting a police officer after a Wagener bank incident. Dorland also faced a concealed weapon charge. The chase began near Salley and ended with a struggle at the Wagener drive in.
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Wagener
Aiken
William Dorland
Rt. 1
Mark Wiles
Laurens St
Dorland
Bankers Trust
Aiken County
Salley Votes On Bond For Community Center Plan
Salley residents will vote tomorrow on a $25,000 low interest loan from Farmers Home Administration to buy and repair five Crescent City School buildings and 15 acres. If rejected, the town would borrow from a bank at 15 to 17 percent. Voting runs 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
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Salley
Farmers Home Administration
Crescent City
Jack Able
Aiken
Able
Helmich Spy Trial Begins In Florida
Former U S Army officer Joseph G Helmich stands trial in Jacksonville on charges of selling top secret information to the Soviet Union. Jury selection from 86 potential jurors could take days and the trial may last two weeks. Helmich, who ran car dealerships in Aiken and New Ellenton before living in Aiken with his wife at 1170 Abbeville Avenue, was indicted July 14.
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Joseph G. Helmich
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Aiken and
New Ellenton Automobile Dealerships
Aiken
Abbeville Avenue
Commission mulls payments for Iran hostages eight months on
A presidential commission weighs compensation for the 52 Americans freed after 444 days in Iran. Proposals range from 1000 dollars per hostage per day to no payment, with a final recommendation to Reagan. Critics include a Vietnam veterans group calling it a possible insult to veterans of that war. The panel includes Cyrus Vance and Patricia Harris.
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America
Iran
United States
Reagan
Bruce Claggett
U.S
Claggett
Commission
Cyrus R. Vance
Health and Human Services
Patricia R. Harris
Aiken Standard Praised With 1981 ACS Media Award
The Aiken Standard won the 1981 Outstanding Media Award from the South Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society at a Columbia brunch. Dr Bruce Dunlap presented the plaque for the paper's 1990 1981 coverage. Marie Goodlet and Ann Taylor also received certificates of merit for patient service and public education. Ann Taylor was honored as a Distinguished Volunteer of the Year at the White House.
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Aiken Standard
South Carolina
American Cancer Society
Holiday Inn
Columbia
Bruce Dunlap
Marie Goodlet
Ann Taylor
Aiken
Taylor
White House
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