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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2003
Page
2
Reader voices call for cutting coaches playoff bonuses and other supplements at the school system while urging broader cost reductions. They urge action on maintenance issues at Second Baptist buildings and critique telemarketing practices.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety responded to smoke reports at Bank of America on Laurens Street Monday afternoon. Two fire trucks arrived after 3:30 p.m. crews isolated the issue and disconnected a ceiling fan, with the motor shorting and emitting burning-wire odor. No injuries, no evacuations, and no service disruption were reported.
Terisa Fugate and Corey Harper lead Millbrook Baptist Church volunteers packing care packs with Tootsie pops baby wipes and other comforts for soldiers overseas. More than 50 packages are prepared for shipment and include prayer messages and postcards.
Ed Hammons, commander of the Aiken Marine Corps League chapter, delayed by an anxiety attack after hospital checks. He plans a Memorial Day parade with families of deployed members, as assistant commandant Jim Morris oversees meetings through June.
Elease Poole, 68, of 61 Happiness Lane, was located at a Augusta hospital after volunteers and Aiken County authorities searched for more than nine hours. Poole, an Alzheimer’s patient, was reported missing Sunday evening and called 9 1 1 from 118 Vernon Street earlier that day. She was transported to Medical College of Georgia Hospital by EMS, and hospital staff reported no information on her status. Local agencies including the sheriff's office and multiple fire departments assisted in the search.
Leslie Ruth Howard Stirling, called Doodle, is the late actor Leslie Howard’s daughter. She and husband William Stirling split six months a year in Aiken living at Crossways, later Powderhouse Road and Grace Street, with their four dogs and a Maine Coon cat. Stirling recalls her father’s Ashley Wilkes as loved by fans, notes his preference for Pygmalion, and details their family history and wartime memories.
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