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Overwhelmingly, grandparents say, the greatest benefit is getting to know their grandchildren better--and having their grandchildren know them. Phyllis Bierstedt, 68, of Wilmington, Del., took her 16-year-old granddaughter Calli Speakman of Dover, Del.--one of 11 grandkids--to France last summer on a Familyhostel tour. "Having her alone and learning and seeing together created a bond that didn't exist before," she says. "It was really a gift to me as well, because my husband died a year...
Stro--that's what everyone calls Susan Stroman--really understands that theater is about giving the audience a complete show. She knows about lighting, sets, costumes, you name it. Even when she was growing up in Wilmington, Del., whenever she heard music, she would picture hordes of people dancing through her head. Her biggest influences back then were the old black-and-white Fred Astaire movies. Her father was a great pianist, and Shall We Dance? and The Gay Divorcee were treated as works of art in her house. Those are movies that really blow the dust off your soul...
...June 4 a jury found that Farmers Insurance should pay Melinda Ballard of Dripping Springs, Texas, $32 million for mold damage to her 22-room, hilltop mansion and for her ensuing mental anguish. In May the Delaware Supreme Court upheld a $1 million jury award to Elizabeth Stroot of Wilmington, Del., who claimed that moldy water leaking into the bathroom of her apartment aggravated her asthma and caused cognitive disorders...
...DIED. WILLIE ("POPS") STARGELL, 61, baseball Hall of Famer and seven-time All-Star; in Wilmington, North Carolina. Stargell spent 21 seasons hitting cloud-scraping home runs and winning two World Series championships for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Former manager Chuck Tanner reflected, "When you had Willie Stargell on your team, it was like having a diamond ring on your finger...
DIED. WILLIE (POPS) STARGELL, 61, Pittsburgh Pirate captain who led the team to a surprise World Series win over Baltimore in 1979; of a stroke following years of heart disease and kidney trouble; in Wilmington, N.C. One of the few major leaguers to stick with a single ball club for at least 20 years, Stargell hit 475 home runs, a Pittsburgh record, and had more homers than anyone else...