Instead of an aquatics and tennis center why not road improvements and more sidewalks. Such a wasteful county.
Middle school teacher receives top honors
Gaye Pappas of Paul Knox Middle School was named Aiken County Teacher of the Year on Monday.
Mrs. Pappas is a special education instructor with 34 years of experience.
The Teacher of the Year banquet, held at Newberry Hall in Aiken, recognized teachers of the year from each school in Aiken County. Three other finalists were Jane DiTullio of Chukker Creek Elementary, Loretta Childress of North Aiken Elementary and Kacee Poppy of South Aiken High.
Mrs. Pappas will be in the running for South Carolina Teacher of the Year.
Meetings on proposed sales tax start today
A series of public meetings to discuss a proposed sales tax and bond referendum in Columbia County starts today in Evans.
The meetings will provide information on a 1-cent sales tax referendum and an aquatic and tennis center bond referendum going before voters Nov. 4, according to the a news release from County Administrator Steve Szablewski.
The first public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. today in the auditorium of the Evans Government Complex on Ronald Reagan Drive.
Subsequent meetings will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday at the Appling Courthouse; 2 p.m., Oct. 7 at the government complex; 6 p.m., Oct. 14 at the government complex; 6 p.m., Oct. 21 at the government complex and 6 p.m., Oct. 28 at the Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center on Evans Town Center Boulevard.
Aiken County to amend smoking ban ordinance
AIKEN --- The Aiken County Council will vote in a third and final reading to amend the county's smoking ban ordinance, which has been in place since June 2007.
The amendment to the ordinance will prohibit smoking in bars and private businesses with more than three employees.
Currently, the ordinance allows people to light up in bars and restaurants as long as there is a separate ventilation system.
But council members are looking to do away with that provision to make the county's ordinance more in line with smoking ban ordinances in Aiken and North Augusta, which prohibit smoking in all indoor areas.
The county council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the council chambers on Richland Avenue.
Comments
Instead of an aquatics and tennis center why not road improvements and more sidewalks. Such a wasteful county.
The Aquatic Center in Augusta is always full to capacity with swimmers and events bringing $s into the community. It is not a waste just not something whyot is interested in.
Aiken County Council, what a bunch of nuts. We elect ya'll to attend to the business of the County of Aiken. Not sit in judgement and rule over us. You socially unacceptable philistines!!
Socialism is alive and well in Aiken, and archaic thinking abounds.
I don't like anything about the tobacco addiction, but if a business is private or a bar restricts smoking to an area with a separate ventilation system, what's the big deal? Protecting the public and interfering with the operation of a business are two different goals. Lets hope the Aiken County Council exercises a little wisdom.
Fat chance PT!! I don't smoke and detest the smell, but smokers should be allowed their area in a privately owned establishment, if the owner so desires. Little too much govn't interference here!
i agree with both of you,to much gov interference in our lives.
Wow, all the meetings are on the north end of the county except the one in Appling; that's odd, considering the only two cities in the county are on the south end. Appling is the county seat, guess they HAVE to have one there. What's the population of CC? About 10,000 of that lives in the city of Grovetown. The rest either live in the city of Harlem (2,200 according to their website) or just unincorporated CC.
The intentions of the Aiken County Council are to "RUN" these people out of business. Then the elitists' can come in and scoff of the properties at a lower than dirt price. The Northside Revitalization Plan is kicking off, and there are prime locations for development, but some of these establishments stand in the way of the MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE PLAN. It's just like the southside was years ago. The Council has all the inside info on when, what, how and where the properties are located.
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