Ireached a milestone birthday a couple of days ago.

It’s not very newsworthy — we generally don’t do birthday celebrations in the Aiken Standard unless a person is turning 100 or more — but getting to 60 was a big deal for me.

Because I almost didn’t make it.

Four months before my birthday, I had a heart attack while having lunch in City Billiards . Thanks to great help from Tasha Davis, Terra Jones, Aiken Public Safety Officer Barrett Goff and City Manager Stuart Bedenbaugh, I was resuscitated and brought back to life.

From there I received great care from Aiken Regional Medical Centers and the team at Carolina Heart and Vascular Center.

My wife, Kathy, has been a saint through all of this. She’s made sure I eat properly, take my medicines and kept up with my various medical appoin

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