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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1986
Page
12
North Augusta will dedicate its new Community Center with a 6 to 9 p.m. ceremony. The Brookside Drive facility sits off E Buena Vista Avenue opposite the Municipal Building.
Police investigate a theft of a light blue 1986 Buick Regal with Georgia plates missing from a Windsor woman. An acquaintance drove the car to a store without permission, and after three days it had not been returned. The owner planned to return it to Avis Rent A Car by Tuesday afternoon.
A Beech Island residence on Greystone Drive lost about $920 in cash weapons and jewelry between Saturday and Wednesday per Aiken County Sheriff's reports. Missing items include a $200 .38 revolver a $250 .32 antique firearm a $300 diamond cluster ring a $150 cat's eye ring and $20 in quarters.
Citizens in Aiken County can register or update their registration at the Board of Voter Registration Office on Richland Avenue and via several satellite sites. Dates include Friday September 26 and Saturday September 27 with multiple locations and time slots, plus an option at Technical College on Tuesday September 30 with morning and evening hours.
The Belvedere Fire District will meet at 7 p.m. today at 204 Hampton Ave Belvedere to receive petitions from homeowners north of I 20 in Aiken County seeking inclusion in the district boundaries. Public invited.
Anne Lattimore, a Ringling School graduate and noted equine painter, unveils new oil works in an imaginative realism exhibit at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum Hopeland Gardens. The show runs through December with a 2 to 7 pm reception Sunday. proceeds support the Hall of Fame.
The first phase of an Aiken County historical and architectural inventory is complete with a second phase funded at 26 000 dollars. State and county share costs of 12 500 dollars each. The effort records 426 properties over 385 square miles and notes National Register sites and potential candidates for listing.
John Lederhaus, living in South Carolina, traced his California father Raymond Lederhaus after a 25 year separation. A chain of calls led to a family in Lockport New York, revealing that Raymond had once searched for John. They planned a reunion that was interrupted by Raymond's sudden death two weeks before they could meet.
The Aiken Recreation Department earned a national Life Be in It award in the 10,000 to 25,000 population category for its Super Saturday event held in July. Director Becky Dyer will accept at a Myrtle Beach convention Monday morning. The event opened National Recreation and Parks Month with a carnival style, flags and balloons for children, plus demonstrations in clogging karate modeling and body dynamics.
Jackson Town Council approved spending 11846 for a police car now to avoid higher January price by state purchase. They will rent town land to a concrete firm near Savan nah River Plant for 300 monthly with a 500 deposit refund after clean handover and set Oct 13 for a town meeting on Old Jackson Elementary School use.
The Aiken Chapter hosts a Ticket Tea today at 24 p.m at Kalmia Landing Clubhouse to reserve tickets for the musical Gypsy at Etherredge Center USC Aiken. Five evening performances Oct 16 18 at 8 p.m. tickets 12 dollars. matinees Oct 17 18 at 1 p.m. tickets 10 dollars adults 8 dollars students. Reservations contact Jean Meadows 649 4793 and Mabel Beasley 649 2098.
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