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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1982
Page
3
The Aiken Circulators Square Dance Club hosts an open house tonight at 7 30 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church hall. Learning square dancing offers fellowship and healthy exercise. For details contact Ernie Hickman.
The Altrusa Club will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Council on Aging Building. Susan Lance Brown will speak on Leadership Aiken County.
The North Augusta City Council will hold a 7:30 p.m. special meeting at City Hall for the third reading of two ordinances. One covers annexation of 160 acres on Bradleyville Road and the other changes the escrow agent for the 1982 revenue bonds. Mayor Ledford plans to nominate a replacement for Jay Carter who resigns from the Public Service Authority October 1. The meeting will also vote on a property purchase resolution for utility construction.
Citizens will discuss possible expansion of the Belvedere Fire District at a public hearing tonight at 7. The meeting takes place at Belvedere Elementary School on Rhomboid Place in the Belvedere Ridge Subdivision.
The Aiken Parent-Teacher Organization hosts a book fair at Aiken Elementary School tomorrow. Books will be displayed beside the library for public viewing from 2:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Reading tutors are sought to teach illiterate adults using the Laubach method. Classes begin Thursday night at the Aiken Baptist Association Building on U.S. 1 Graniteville. Trainers Betty Pearce Martha Mayes and Jeanne Knotts lead sessions 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday October 2.
The Council to Assist Abused Persons CAAP will elect board representatives at its fourth annual meeting on Thursday. A 7:30 p.m. session follows a 7 p.m. polygraph techniques workshop at St Thaddeus Episcopal Church. CAAP marks a Unity Week against violence against women Oct 10 16.
In a wartime measure during 1862 postage stamps were sanctioned for use as money due to a coin shortage. The change allowed stamps to function as legal tender until coin supply stabilized. The policy reflects emergency financial steps taken amid wartime constraints.
The board meets at 7:30 p.m. in North Augusta Junior High cafeteria to review a 4.6 percent state cut totaling $79 million statewide. Local schools face over $1 million in loss with a $237,846 contingency. possible actions include year reduction and maintenance project approvals.
Deputies investigate two break-ins in the area. In Belvedere a residence on Fairview Drive lost two television sets valued at 840 dollars after entry by prying a kitchen door. In Langley, Sunset Memorial Gardens suffered about 3000 dollars in damage from a broken lobby window.
Filing begins today for two Wagener city council seats up for election on December 14 at the town hall. Candidates must be Wagener residents for at least six months and file with the town clerk by October 2. The Municipal Election Commission will certify nominees on November 9.
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