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SCANA Energy has donated 1,000 fans to the city as part of the seventh annual We Hope Young People Bake Day “Help Atlanta’s Elderly Stay Cool Campaign” hosted by Mayor Shirley Franklin and the Atlanta Fire Rescue.

Starting Mon., July 28, low-income elderly residents can call 404-330-6026 to register and find out the nearest fire station to pick up their free wind circulator. Fire stations providing fans are listed after the jump.

P.S. If you’re a college-aged cheapskate who just wants a free fan, you best not get any bright ideas to dress up like the late Estelle Getty and try to freeload. Not cool, for a variety of reasons.
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Actress Estelle Getty, best known for playing Sophia, the wisecracking mother to Bea Arthur’s Dorothy in “The Golden Girls,” (and the less-known spin-off “The Golden Palace”) died yesterday at the age of 84. That she had seemingly been in her 80s since the ’80s — she was, in fact, the second-youngest of all four “Golden Girls” — makes her passing even sadder (and a little surreal).

Here’s a rather oddly scored tribute video to Getty I found on YouTube. The sheer number of similar tributes is evidence of how loved she was.

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