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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 2006
Page
1
Readers discuss literature as the Aiken Standard highlights book lovers. Cecilia Pellegrino notesAnne Rice's Christ the Lord in a daily feature. Randal McCloy Jr remains uninformed about the fate of the 12 miners in the Sago Mine incident two months later.
Obituary brief lists deaths of Gwendolyn Williams Backman in Springfield Lloyd T. Dicks Sr. in Aiken E W Pete Duke in Aiken Juanita M. Odom in Gloverville Mamie Sullivan Jessie Walker Frank Kinton Wilson in Aiken and Hayden D Wyatt in Aiken with funeral notices expected in coming days.
Aiken resident Steve Wyman tours New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward six months after Katrina. He describes cracked cinder blocks, debris piled roof high, and a blue spray painted warning "Possible Body" as he views abandoned homes and streets with little life remaining.
A grass fire driven by stiff winds and dry landscape damaged a Graniteville residence Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were alerted near 1:45 p.m. as flames threatened three homes in the subdivision, said GVW fire chief Phil Napier.
Aiken County court awaits the murder and armed robbery trial of George Edward Sims Jr 24 of Storm Branch Road who completed a prior sentence and was returned to Aiken. Beech Island resident Christopher A Hudson 20 was killed Aug 14 2001 and four men were arrested in the case.
One of Aiken’s oldest houses, the Legare-Morgan House built in 1832 at 24 Laurens Street SW, will be sold as residential property by Laissez-Faire Properties owner Pam Thompson. The site will be divided into a 4 acre lot to accommodate five historic Charleston style homes with 2500 to 3000 square feet, while preserving the carriage house and gardens. Thompson says the city supports the project and several reservations have already been made. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and phone details are provided for more information.
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