| Unknown incident at assisted living center
Fire officials were on the scene this morning of an incident at the New Seasons Assisted Living facility in Washington Township. Fire officials responded to the incident at 600 Medical Center Drive about 6:44 a.m. They would not confirm the incident was a fire, but officials remained on the scene more than 90 minutes after initially reporting.
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AREA HAPPENINGS
FOUNDATION for Hospice hosts "Lights of Remembrance" Community Memorial Service at 7 p.m. April 3 at Jacksonville Commons Fountain area. Reception follows. Call 989-2682. ONSLOW COUNTY Parks and Recreation sponsors "Bowl For Your Heart" from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Bowlarena. Proceeds benefit American Heart Association. Cost $3. Call 347-5332. SCOUTING FOR FOOD Bag Pickup will be held on Feb. 10 with all food collected benefits the Jacksonville Food Kitchen and other food banks. MUSICAL PLAY "Music-The Gift of An Oppressed People" held at 3 p.m. Feb. 11 at the History Place, Morehead City, featuring Les Vingt Femmes. Call (252) 247-7533, ext. 106. ONSLOW COUNTY Museum's newest exhibit "Rites of Passage: Life's Defining Moments" hosts a program "History of Funerary Practices" at 2 p.m.
Batavia woman, WWII nursemourned
Growing up in a farmhouse that lacked indoor plumbing, Margaret Wood couldnt have realized her future would include flying trans-Atlantic flights as a Womens Army Air Corps nurse during World War II. Her assignment with the 817th Medical Air Evacuation squadron took her to France, Germany and the Azores, where she transported wounded troops to England for more medical treatment. Patriotism led her to enlist in the service after graduating from nursing school at the University of Michigan. We got all caught up in the spirit of the adventure, and it just seemed the thing to do, Wood told a newspaper reporter several years ago. A longtime resident of Western Springs and a Batavia resident since 1998, Wood died Monday after a brief illness. She was 87. Born Feb. 21, 1919, the former Margaret Langdon grew up in Hubbardston, a small Michigan farm town.
Johnson's tale should be cautionary one
You can't read about the unfortunate travails of Ted Johnson, the former New England Patriots linebacker, in the Boston Globe recently without feeling sorry for him. Here is a 34-year-old whose life has unraveled, a man who has severe depression, is addicted to amphetamines, has been through both a publicized domestic abuse incident and a divorce, and has spent time in a psychiatric hospital. A man who once walked among the kings that are the Patriots around here, but who now faces an uncertain future. .
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