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Sunday, October 26, 2014
Still driving and messing around in the yard at 103
n her 103rd
Birthday, despite
being in the hospital recovering
from a fall, Edna
Harvey doesn’t
feel any different than usual.
In fact she says, “I just feel
like I am.”
However, being born on Oct.
23, 1911, advanced age isn’t
lost on her. Speaking from
her hospital bed in the Martin
County Hospital her recovery
from what she describes as
“a missed step” is taking too
long for her liking.
“I told them that you cannot make an old person into a
young person,” she quipped.
“We just don’t heal up like a
young person.”
But she relates that she
enjoyed her birthday nonetheless. “It’s been a nice
birthday. Several of the helpers came in and wished me
a happy birthday,” she said.
“Some of the men came in
and sang me a song, “Happy
Birthday,” and they had pretty good voices.”
Originally born south of
Baird in Callahan County,
she and her family moved to
Big Spring in 1945 following
a hail storm that destroyed
their crops in Littlefield,
Texas.
“We just left,” she said of
their decision pull up roots
and travel south. “We just
tried to find a place to land,”
she said. So they landed in
Big Spring and opened up
Hartly Cleaners where Edna
did alterations.
She also worked at Gregg
Street Cleaners for 27 years.
Having a tailor shop lended
itself to a lot of interesting
O
traffic.
The most interesting to
Edna were some of the locals
stationed at Webb Air Force
Base. “Some of the Chinese
boys came in and talked to
me and showed me what to
do,” she said. “I believe they
were stationed at Webb.”
While she does remember
riding in a covered wagon in
her youth and her first driving lessons in a Model T,
some memories she said are a
little blurry.
The effects of The Great
Depression however, are still
vivid, especially the rationing of food stuffs. “I don’t
remember a whole lot,” she
said, relating her experiences during that time. “But I do
remember the sugar rationing and such.” Not having
enough sugar was the one
commodity she missed the
most. “We would have to
“I told them
that you
cannot make
an old person
into a young
person,” she
quipped. “We
just don’t
heal up like
a young
person.”
- Edna Harvey
mess around and find sugar,”
she explained.
Besides quilting and sewing, Edna’s hobbies include
working in the yard, much
to her son Leonard’s chagrin. “I had to take her lawn
mower away two years ago,”
he explained. “She was still
mowing her yard.”
And when her drivers
license expired in 2013, Leonard learned not to underestimate his mother. “I took her
last year to get her license
renewed and I thought they
would just give her an ID,” he
said. “Instead, they renewed
her license for two more
years – it expires in 2016,” he
said laughing.
Edna was the middle child
of 12 and is a little chafed that
she is the only one left. “They
went off and left me,” she
said. “They should have carried me with them.”
The mystery continues as
to why longevity eludes most
of us and is reserved for few.
This question is a mystery
to Mrs. Harvey as well, reply-
ing forcefully, “I have no
idea,” when asked why she
has lived for more than a century.
Although she is the last of
12 and is widowed twice, she
has her son and daughter-inlaw, grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren to occupy her when she isn’t furtively working in the yard or
occasionally driving to HEB.
“I am looking forward to
going home,” she said. Her
plans when she gets out of
the hospital are, “Hopefully
to go home,” where she plans
to, “Clean house and mess
around.”
Story by Andreia Medlin.
Photos by Lane Bond.
US centanarians predominately in the South
Staff Writer
There are more of them
in the United States than
any other country in the
world. People more than
100 years-old are more
common in the US and
82.8 percent of them are
Caucasian females.
According to Wikipedia, the 2010 census
showed 53,364 or 17.3
people per 100,000 were
over the age of 100.
Japan has the secondlargest with an estimated 51,376 as of September 2012. Japan has the
second-largest number
of centenarians, with
an estimated 51,376 as
of September 2012, and
the highest proportion
of centenarians at 34.85
per 100,000 people.
Japan started recording its centenarians in
1963, at which time the
number of Japanese
centenarians was found
to be 153.
This number surpassed the 10,000 mark
in 1998, 20,000 in 2003,
and 40,000 in 2009.
The incidence of centenarians in Japan was
one per 3,522 people in
2008.
Studies
in
Italy
suggests that the healthy
centenarians have high
levels of vitamins A and
E and is believed to play
a role in guaranteeing
long life, but other
studies contradict this
in other countries where
this isn’t the case.
A preliminary study
carried out in Poland
showed
that,
in
comparison with young
healthy female adults,
centenarians
living
in Upper Silesia had
significantly higher red
blood cell glutathione
reductase and catalase
activities and higher,
although serum levels
of vitamin E were not
significantly higher. Researchers
in
Denmark have also
found that centenarians
exhibit a high activity
of the same enzyme in
red blood cells.
In this study, the
centenarians
having
the best cognitive and
physical
functional
capacity tended to have
the highest activity of
this enzyme.
Other research has
found that people having
parents who became
centenarians have an
increased number of
naïve B cells.
It is well known that
the children of parents
who have a long life are
also likely to reach a
healthy age, but it is not
known why, although
the inherited genes are
probably important. A variation in the gene
FOXO3A is known to
have a positive effect
on the life expectancy
of humans, and is found
much more often in
people living to 100 and
beyond - moreover,
this appears to be true
worldwide.
Some studies also
show that men
and women who
live beyond their
100th year tend
to be extroverted,
according
to
officials at who
performed
a
study at Boston
University.
Centenarians will
often have many
friends, strong ties
to relatives and
high self-esteem.
In addition, some
research suggests
that the offspring
of
centenarians
are more likely
to age in better
cardiovascular
health than their
peers.
According to one
researcher, there
are five factors
that research has
suggested
are
most
important
to
longevity
in
centenarians:
The largest group of
centenarians are women
who have never been
married. Also, people who have
The American
region with
the most
centenarians
was the
South, with
17,444 people,
followed by
the Midwest’s
13,112, the
Northeast’s
12,244 and the
West’s 10,564
1.heredity and family
history
2.health, i.e. weight,
diet, whether or not a
person smokes, amount
of exercise
3.education level
4.personality
5.lifestyle
been through traumatic
life events learn to
cope better with stress
and poverty and are
more likely to reach
centenarian status.
In Okinawa, Japan,
studies have shown
five factors that have
contributed to the large
number of centenarians
in that region:
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1.A diet that is heavy
on grains, fish, and
vegetables and light on
meat, eggs, and dairy
products.
2.Low-stress lifestyles,
which
are
proven
significantly
less
stressful than that of the
mainland inhabitants of
Japan.
3.A caring community,
where older adults are
not isolated and are
taken better care of.
4.High levels of activity,
where
locals
work
until an older age than
the average age in
other countries, and
more
emphasis
on
activities like walking
and gardening to keep
active.
5.Spirituality, where a
sense of purpose comes
from involvement in
spiritual matters and
prayer eases the mind of
stress and problems.
Although
these
factors
vary
from
those mentioned in
the previous study, the
culture of Okinawa has
proven these factors
to be important in its
large
population
of
centenarians.
In
2010,
53,364
Americans were over
100 years old, including
5,921 in California, 4,605
in New York and 4,090
in Florida.
It makes sense that
California had the most,
given how populous the
state is.
Interestingly, when
looked at as a percentage
of states’ populations,
North Dakota took the
lead, with 3.29 percent of
its population being over
100 years old, followed
by South Dakota with
2.95 percent.
The states with the
lowest concentrations
were Alaska, with 0.56
percent and Nevada
with just 0.75 percent of
their populations living
to see an entire century.
In addition to gender
and region, race was a
factor.
While whites made
up 72.4 percent of the
U.S. population in 2010,
they made up more
-- 82.5 percent -- of the
country’s centenarians.
Conversely,
while
Latinos made up 16.3%
of the population, they
made up only 5.8 percent
of centenarians. The
American region with
the most centenarians
was the South, with
17,444 people, followed
by the Midwest’s 13,112,
the Northeast’s 12,244
and the West’s 10,564.
Percentage-wise,
the
highest concentrations
of centenarians were
in the Northeast and
Midwest.
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rystal Anne Ward and Scott David Geigel
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Jacob is a 2007 graduate of Borden County High School.
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Exhibition at Atlanta’s High features Cezanne
ATLANTA (AP) An
exhibition at Atlanta’s
High Museum of Art
showcases a group of
impressionist and postimpressionist works
amassed by a private
collector who described
the pursuit and acquisition of the pieces as an
adventure.
The
exhibition,
“Cezanne
and
the
Modern: Masterpieces
of European Art from
the
Pearlman
Collection,” includes 50
pieces, including works
by
Paul
Cezanne,
Vincent van Gogh,
Edouard Manet, Amedeo
Modigliani,
Edgar
Degas, Paul Gauguin
and Henri De Toulouse-
Lautrec.
It
opens
Saturday at the High.
The centerpiece of the
exhibition is 24 works
by Cezanne, including
16 rarely exhibited
watercolors.
One of the first paintings visitors see in the
exhibition,
Chaim
Soutine’s “View of
Ceret,” in which a cityscape is hardly recognizable, was Henry
Pearlman’s first major
acquisition made in
1945. In Pearlman’s
“Reminiscences of a
Collector,” which is
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Picasso and others that
would seem natural
inclusions for a collection of works from that
era. “There are relationships between things,
but it’s not a textbook
collection,” said High
director of collections
and exhibitions David
Brenneman. “It’s really
Pearlman looking at
things and drawing
relationships.”
Pearlman
greatly
admired Cezanne, and
his collection includes
works featuring familiar subjects.
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marine shipbuilding
during World War II,
and his wife Rose went
on to build an impressive collection that has
been housed at the
Princeton University
Art Museum since 1976.
The collection includes
works that are considered among the best by
the respective artists,
including van Gogh’s
“Tarascon Stagecoach,”
Modigliani’s portrait of
Jean
Cocteau
and
Cezanne’s “Mont SainteVictoire.” But it also
lacks anything by Pablo
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printed in the exhibition’s catalog, Pearlman
writes that he would get
a “lift” when he saw
that painting whenever
he arrived home.
“This first pleasant
experience with a modern painting started me
on a road of adventure
that has been both exhilarating and satisfying. I
haven’t spent a boring
evening since that first
purchase,” he wrote.
Pearlman,
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SMMC earns Joint Commission accreditation
Special to the Herald
Scenic Mountain Medical
Center announced Friday it
has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating
continuous compliance with
its performance standards.
The Gold Seal of Approval®
is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe
and effective patient care.
SMMC underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site
survey in August. During the
review, a team of Joint Commission expert surveyors
evaluated compliance with
hospital standards related
to several areas, including
emergency
management,
environment of care, infec-
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leadership, and medication
management. Surveyors also
conducted on-site observations and interviews.
The Joint Commission has
accredited hospitals for more
than 60 years. More than
4,000 general, children’s,
long-term acute, psychiatric,
rehabilitation and specialty
hospitals currently maintain
accreditation from The Joint
Commission, awarded for a
three-year period. In addition, approximately 360 critical access hospitals maintain
accreditation through a separate program.
“Joint Commission accreditation provides hospitals
with the processes needaed
to improve in a variety of areas from the enhancement
See SMMC, Page 5B
New home sales flat in September Public Records
WASHINGTON (AP)
— U.S. sales of new
homes were nearly flat
in September, after the
government sharply revised downward what
was initially an August
surge in buying.
New-home sales edged
up 0.2 percent last
month to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of
467,000, the Commerce
Department
reported
Friday. The report also
revised down the August sales rate to 466,000
from 504,000.
The pace of sales for
newly built homes has
improved a mere 1.7
percent so far this year
compared to 2013. Only
the South has experienced gains in buying
year-to-date, while purchases have fallen in the
Northeast, Midwest and
West.
Housing has struggled
to fully rebound since
the recession ended
more than five years
ago. Many potential
buyers lack the savings
and strong credit history needed to afford a
home, causing them to
rent or remain in their
existing houses instead
of upgrading.
Construction and buyers of new homes have
trickled back from the
worst of the bust, but
new-home sales remain
drastically below the
annual rate of 700,000
during the 1990s.
Sales in the most ex-
pensive Western states
declined in September,
reversing some of the
gains made in August.
Because homes are
pricier in the West, that
pushed down the median price for a new home
to $259,000 from $286,800
in the prior month.
Analysts noted that the
new-home sales report
from the government
is notoriously volatile
from month to month,
yet sales have basically
been stuck in place for
the past few years.
“There is little evidence that the new
single-family housing
market is decisively
breaking out of its medium-term flat pattern,”
said Joshua Shapiro,
chief U.S. economist
at the forecasting firm
MFR.
Some of the financial
pressures on homebuyers are starting to
ease, yet it’s unlikely
that will do much to
suddenly boost sales of
new homes in the final
months of this year.
Over the past two
weeks, federal regulators have unveiled plans
to loosen down payment
requirements, and mortgage rates have tumbled
below 4 percent. Along
with a slowdown in
price growth, these factors could eventually
help usher more buyers
into the real estate market.
Average rates for a
30-year mortgage fell
to 3.92 percent from
3.97 percent last week,
the mortgage company
Freddie Mac reported.
That is the lowest level
since June 2013 and
marks a solid decline
from average rates that
began the year at 4.53
percent. When rates
fall, it becomes cheaper
for people to borrow and
makes homes more affordable.
But many potential
buyers are unable to
upgrade to a new home
by selling their current
home, as prices still
have yet to exceed mortgage debt for much of
the country.
More than 8 million
homes are “seriously
underwater,”
representing 15 percent of all
properties with a mortgage and roughly $1.4
trillion worth of negative equity, according
to the housing data company RealtyTrac. The
lasting damage from the
housing bust continues
to weigh on the market,
preventing some homeowners from upgrading to larger houses and
limiting the options of
buyers.
Builders have yet to
meaningfully ramp up
construction of singlefamily houses.
Almost all of the 6.3
percent growth in housing starts last month
came from apartments
and multi-family construction, the Commerce
Department
reported. Starts for single-family houses rose
just 1.1 percent in September compared to the
prior month.
Increased apartment
construction
reflects
a broader shift toward
renting. Many wouldbe buyers endured the
loss of their financial
savings and potentially
See HOMES, page 5B
Courtesy photo
Howard County Justice of the Peace Outstanding IBC
Warrants:
Sherri Monique Aldridge, 1507 E. 6th St., Big Spring
Marcus Joe Anderson, 3306 Auburn St., Big Spring
Steve Antoine, 1425 E. 6th St. no. 19, Big Spring
Katie Cole L. Baker, P.O. Box 3372, Big Spring
Jessica Lynn Banks, 6403 CR 1200, Big Spring
William Riley Bounds, 1810 Corsicana, Dallas
Tiffiny Burke-Mendoza, 1503 Robin, Big Spring
Raymond Carroll, 712 E. 17th St., Big Spring
Roy DeWayne Carter, 5320 Wasson, Big Spring
Monica Ida Castillo, 2609 Wasson Rd. apt. 36 C, Big
Spring
Susan Cheyanne Cearley, 4104 Muir, Big Spring
Okytra Larae Cole, 1903 Runnels, Big Spring
Matilda Cortez, 302 N. St. Teresa, Stanton
Stefan Deal, 8102 Casie Ln. apt. 1131, Fort Worth
Manuel DeLosrios, 707 Lorilla St., Big Spring
Teana L. Demeny-Roberts, 5601 N. Service Rd., Big
Spring
Shiloh Sharee Dennis, 4651 E. CR 490, Stanton
Maria Luisa Elizondo, 603 S. 2nd St., Meadow
Tina Marie Ellis, 4002 Austin Ave., Snyder
Brittany Vanessa Escanuela, 2521 Chanute, Big
Spring
John Randall Evatt, 608 S. Louisiana apt. C, Amarillo
Kristen Falcon, 2606 Fairchild Dr., Big Spring
Michael Dean Fleming, 5216 Tremont Ave., Midland
Andy Lee Flores, 1302 Kendall, Big Spring
Sharlamarr Frink, 3723 Monclair, Odessa
Pedro Garcia, 806 Johnson, Big Spring
Rosa M. George, 509 W. 2nd St., Stanton
Roxanne Deanda Gonzales, 538 Westover Rd. apt.
211, Big Spring
Whitney Marquez Gray, 2934 Old Anson Rd. no. 1224,
Abilene
James Michael Griffin, 303 Butler St. no. 502, Atlanta
Eugene Frank Gulley, 1201 Floydada, Wellington,
Texas
Christina Nichole Gutierrez, 2809 25th St., Snyder
Dylan Hammons, 4404 E. 11th Pl., Big Spring
Matias Hernandez Jr., 620 E. 4th St., Big Spring
April M. Horton, 1705 Charles St., Portsmouth, Ohio
Brian Ivanchan, 1208 Mulberry, Big Spring
Shatiya Lasha Jenkins, 4590 N. Texas no. 198, Odessa
Christopher Shawn Jones, Vanham Ave., Wilson
Albert Leal, 2522 Albrook, Big Spring
Richard Leos, 509 W. 8th St., Big Spring
Jesse Paul Lopez, 1011 Scurry, Big Spring
Jenny Marie Hamilton Lyon, 2609 Fairchild, Big
Spring
Aaron Christopher Mack, 2134 Bonham Ave., Odessa
Todd Vincent Martin, 409 Woodcrest, Midland
Joe Martinez, 2525 Fairchild, Big Spring
Manuel Martinez Jr., 702 NE Iona, Lamesa
Lee Allen Mathis, 101 Falcon Ln., Hillsboro
Hutchinson MCWilliams, 1700 N. FM 700, Big Spring
Jonathan L. Michelsen, 2798 Simmons, Abilene
Jacob Montoya, 149 Whipowheel, Rockdale
Willie Ray Myles Jr., 1220 Ross Ave., Waco, Texas
Camilo Martin Nieto, 1 Courtney Pl. no. 108, Big
Spring
Melissa Chu-Lai Nieto, 615 Tulane, Big Spring
Dehalie Marie Nunez, P.O. Box 93, Eden
Robert Scott Ochoa, 2607 Chanute, Big Spring
Cresencio Inez Padilla, P.O. box 2567, Big Spring
James Michael Perez, 1603 Owens, Big Spring
Michael Lynn Perkins, 11681 CR 4164, Hermleigh
Taylor James Perry, 2105 Sidney Baker no. 228, Kerriville
Jarum Renee Pryor, 602 N. Plaza, Big Lake
Randy Randolph, 237 W. 21st St., Ft. Stockton
Shenna Leean Reeves, 615 Gene Lee Rd., Mineral
Wells
John Daniel Renteria, 4221 CR A 3500, Knott
John Troy Riddle, 801 Industrial Loop no. 65, Breckenridge
Liza Leigh Rios, 1002 Main no. 30, Big Spring
Linda Eva Rodriguez, 2519 Gunter, Big Spring
Veronica Romero, 103 Becker Rd., Big Spring
Lisa J. Rubio, 1303 Sycamore, Big Spring
Big Spring Chamber of Commerce recently presented First United Methodist officials with a “Thank
You” award in recognition of the church’s investment in the community.
See RECORDS, Page 5B
Amazon’s loss makes
holidays question mark
NEW YORK (AP) —
Amazon’s
trademark
smile icon is becoming
more of a grimace.
The world’s largest
online retailer reported a
wider third-quarter loss
than analysts expected
and gave a disappointing holiday forecast.
Investors are increasingly irked by Amazon’s
strategy of investing
heavily in new products
and services to spur
revenue growth while
reporting quarter after
quarter of losses or thin
profit. The stock price
tumbled 7 percent to
$291 in morning trading
Friday. That’s on top of
the 22 percent decline
the stock has already
suffered this year.
Chief Financial Officer Thomas Szkutak
said the company had
to be “selective” in taking on new projects. For
years, Amazon’s strategy has been spending
the money it makes to
grow and expand into
new areas. It launched
a smartphone, the Fire,
this summer and has
been offering a set-top
video-streaming device,
a streaming video service and several tablets
and e-book readers.
The company has also
been investing in services for its $99-a-year
loyalty program, Prime.
It has added a grocery
delivery services and
music streaming for
Prime members as well
as offering original TV
shows such as the critically acclaimed “Transparent” starring Jeffrey
Tambor.
But all of those initiatives cost money and
time to develop. And not
all of them have been
hits.
The company’s splashy
launch of its Fire phone
was quickly followed
by mediocre reviews
and a steep price cut to
entice buyers. Amazon
said it took a charge of
$170 million related to
“inventory evaluation
and supplier commitment costs” for the Fire,
although it did not give
further details.
So
investors
are
increasingly signaling
that Amazon needs to
work harder at turning
a profit.
“The market was looking for more in terms of
revenue and operating
income and the fourthquarter outlook,” said
Morningstar
analyst
R.J. Hottovy. “It’s going
to be a competitive
landscape for retailers
this holiday season and
retailers will compete
aggressively.”
HOMES
the time-being but more
people are stuck renting,
according to an analysis
from the real estate data
firm Trulia. A recent report by the firm found
that current mortgage
rates have made it 38
percent cheaper to buy
a home rather than renting, based on a sevenyear timeframe.
“Consumers tell us
that the main obstacle
to homeownership is
the down payment,”
said Jed Kolko, chief
economist at Trulia in
the report. “For those
would-be homeowners
—especially first-timers
without savings or equity from another home
— a low-down-payment
mortgage might be the
only option.”
Federal
regulators
have announced plans
this month to lower the
down payment requirements for some Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac
programs to 3 percent
from 5 percent.
tion strategies. We commend Scenic Mountain
Medical Center for its
efforts to become a quality improvement organization.”
“SMMC is pleased to
receive
accreditation
from The Joint Commission, the premier
health care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,”
added Emma Krabill,
interim CEO, SMMC.
“Staff from across the
organization continue
to work together to de-
velop and implement
approaches that have
the potential to improve
care for the patients in
our community.”
The Joint Commission’s hospital standards are developed in
consultation with health
care experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients. The
standards are informed
by scientific literature
and expert consensus to
help hospitals measure,
assess and improve performance.
Continued from page 4B
their jobs during the
recession. As wages
have barely surpassed
inflation during the recovery, a broad swath
of Americans lack the
income needed to buy a
house.
The troublesome housing landscape has created a paradox: It’s ostensibly cheaper to own for
SMMC
Continued from Page 4B
of staff education to the
improvement of daily
business operations,”
said Mark G. Pelletier,
RN, M.S., chief operating officer, Division of
Accreditation and Certification Operations, The
Joint Commission. “In
addition, our accreditation helps hospitals
enhance their risk management and risk reduc-
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Miguel Andres Sanchez,
64 McCaleb Rd., Montgomery
Anastasia Clarice Sanders, 1401 Culpepper, Wilson
Brittany Nicole Savell,
425 East Davis Rd., Big
Spring
Kennedra Wynell Shelton, 400 N. 40th St. no. A,
Corsicana
Amy Leigh Shifflett, 209
N. Main, Big Spring
Charles Ray Smith, 2911
W. Highway 80 apt. 155,
Big Spring
Tiffany
Katherine
Stokes, 1407 E. 19th St.,
Big Spring
Timothy Donald Taylor,
4000 W. Highway 80 no.
18, Big Spring
Abram Heinrichs Unger,
503 NE 4th St., Big Spring
Ricky Lynn Waltenbaugh, 538 Westover Rd.,
apt. 133, Big Spring
Timothy Shea Wargo,
624 State St., Big Spring
Thomas Weeks, P.O.
Box 110891, Anchorage,
Ak.
Candida Lynn Whitehead, 3706 Connolly St.,
Big Spring
Tamara Ruth Whitt, 1909
Morrison, Big Spring
Jamie Wiggins, 1905
Wasson Rd. apt. 28, Big
Spring
Byran Paul Williams,
1409 E. Main, Big Spring
Cynthia Sue Williams,
101 Legend Hills Blvd. apt
514, Llano
Cody K. Witt, 310 E. 21st
St., Big Spring
Frances Elena Yanez,
1610 Cardinal, Big Spring
James Edward Young,
3313 Auburn Ave., Big
Spring
Marriage Licenses
Stetson Dwain Beasley,
22 and Natasha Palma
Yvonne Johnson, 22, both
of Big Spring
Joseph Carter Fee,
40 and Karen Michelle
Chandler, 26, both of Big
Spring
Sang Hoon Lee, 27 and
JuLee Tae, 28, both of Big
Spring
Gary Dean Folk, 48 and
Cherie Claire Amedee, 47,
both of Winters
Daniel Scott, 21 and
Shandi Huitt, 20, both of
Big Spring
Ethan Wayne Carrico
and Rachel Jo Eckert
Jonathan
Matthew
Green, 37 and Adrienne
Marie Garcia, 28, both of
Big Spring
Raymond Franklin Lee,
66 and Catrina Darlene
Aguilar, 45, both of Big
Spring
Micheal Cantu, 25 and
Danielle Dickerson, 25,
both of Big Spring
County Court Filings
State of Texas vs Terrence Ali Young. Judgment
and sentence. Criminal
trespass. $100 fine, $287
court cost, 120 days in jail
State of Texas vs Ruben
Gonzales Castillo. Probated judgment. Driving while
intoxicated. $500 fine, 365
days in jail
State of Texas vs Ronald Parham. Revocation of
probation and imposition
of sentence. Possession
of marijuana less than 2
ounces. $750 fine, $342
court cost, 22 days in jail
State of Texas vs Joseph
Dewayne Richter. Probated judgement. Criminal
mischief. Impair/intercept/
divert public service. $200
fine, 180 days in jail, $332
court cost
State of Texas vs Jose
Adolfo Ramirez. Probated
judgment. Driving while
license invalid with previous conviction/suspension
without final resolution.
$500 fine, 180 days in jail,
$282.10 court cost
Warranty Deeds With
Vendors Leins
Grantor: Bobby Doe and
Ronda Doe
Grantee: David Hernandez and Yvette Hernandez
Property: Lot 8, blk 1,
Harvey’s Subdivision
Date: Oct. 22, 2014
Grantor: Hildred Moore
Grantee: Shelby J. Louis
and Gary L. Louis
Property: Lot 12, blk 1,
Abernathy Addition
Date: Oct. 22, 2014
Grantor: Horace Richie
Tubb, Independent Executro of the Estate of Horace E. Tubb, deceased;
and Patricia A. Ebanks,
Trustee of the Trusts established by the Last Will
and Testament of Jewel
Forrest Tubb
Grantee: Troy Croft and
Tammy Croft
Property: NE part of sec
105, blk 29, W and NW
RR Co. Survey, Howard
County
Date: Oct. 16, 2014
Warranty Deeds
Grantor: Elizabeth P.
Williams
Grantee: Tommy F. Williams
Property: 1 acre tract out
of a 6.7 acre tract out of
NE/4 of sec 29, blk 32, T1-N, T&P RR co. Survey
Date: Oct. 22, 2014
District Court Filings
Jennifer E. Blackmon vs
Steven B. Blackmon – Divorce
Something special’s happening in the Circle.
November 2014 Activities
Nov. 3 – Games 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Nov. 4 – Mall Walking, 9:00 a.m.
Supper Club, 5:30 p.m. @ “Alberto’s.”
Nov. 5 – Senior Appreciation Day, 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 6 – Mall Walking, 9:00 a.m.
Coffee @ Just Peachy’s Cafe, 10:00 a.m.
Bunko, 4:00 p.m.
Nov. 7 – LUNCH-BUNCH & BIRTHDAYS,
11:30 a.m., “Bean’s World.”
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
Greater Rotary helping to eradicate Polio
Special To The Herald
Today is World Polio
Day. Polio is a crippling
and potentially deadly
infectious disease. It is
caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads
from person to person
and can invade an
infected person’s brain
and spinal cord, causing paralysis.
In
1985
Rotary
launched PolioPlus and
spearheaded the Global
Polio
Eradication
Initiative with other
organizations in the US
and worldwide to immunize the children of the
world against polio.
Remarkable progress
has been achieved in
the fight against polio.
Since 1988 the number
of polio cases has been
reduced 99 percent from
350,000 a year to about
400 in 2013. There are
only three countries:
Nigeria, Afghanistan
and Pakistan that have
never stopped transmis-
sion of the wild poliovirus.
In 2014, Southeast Asia
was certified polio-free
after India eliminated
the disease from its borders, an incredible feat
from a country once
considered the hardest
place on earth to stop
polio.
Rotary is currently
working to raise an
additional $200 million
toward a $355 million
challenge grant from
the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Our club, The Greater
Big Spring Rotary Club,
is one of more than 51
clubs throughout our
Rotary District 5730. We
sponsor service projects
to address such critical
issues
as
poverty,
health, hunger, illiteracy and the environmental right here in our
community as well as
abroad.
Courtesy photo
To raise awareness and critically-needed funds to fight the crippling disease
polio, the Greater Big Spring Rotary is helping eradicate polio worldwide. At
left, Big Spring Mayor Larry McLellan read a proclamation at the Greater Big
Sprig Rotary Club Friday declaring it World Polio Day in Big Spring.
Thompson recogonized by Club
Courtesy photo
Greater Big Spring
Rotary recognized
Hannah Thompson,
from Forsan, as
Student of the Month
during a recent meeting.
To Submit Club
or Church News
email life@
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com
October 27
Bishop to preside
over All-Saints’ Day
Mass, in San Angelo
Blessing of Graves
SAN ANGELO - San
Angelo Bishop Michael
J. Sis will celebrate the
Blessing of the Graves,
Saturday, Nov. 1, at
Calvary Cemetery in
San Angelo. Mass will
be offered at 11 a.m.,
followed by the blessing of the graves.
The ceremony is normally celebrated on All
Souls’ Day, Nov. 2 each
year; however, since
Nov. 2 falls on a Sunday
this year, the Blessing
of the Graves will be
held on All Saints’ Day,
Nov. 1, in order not to
interfere with regular
Sunday activities in
parishes.
All Souls’ Day will be
observed in all the
Sunday Masses in
Catholic parishes on
Nov. 2 this year. On
this day Catholics
remember those who
have died and pray that
they may rest in peace.
First observed in a
French monastery in
the town of Cluny in
998 AD, the feast was
gradually adopted by
the whole Church.
Questions, contact
Jimmy
Patterson,
Director of Media
Relations, Diocese of
San Angelo, 432.889.6640
or [email protected]
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Safe Halloween fun with family pets
(Family Features)
Including pets in your
family’s Halloween festivities can be a fun
addition to your celebration. However, with all
the excitement comes
the chance for pets to
get into danger or trouble. You can head off
potential problems and
enjoy an evening of fun
with some safety tips
and smart planning.
Keeping your pet away
from candy and other
Halloween treats is
especially important
because so many favorites include chocolate,
which is potentially
toxic for dogs. It’s also
an ideal time to practice
obedience commands
with your four-legged
friends, as crowds of
unfamiliar people, costumes and lots of open
doors can create temptations too hard to
resist.
To include your furry
family members while
still keeping them safe
during the fun, follow
this advice from the pet
experts at PetSmart:
Trick-or-treating
together
• Before hitting the
streets, make sure your
dog is socialized around
kids, adults and other
animals.
• Bring water and
treats such as crunchy
Blue Buffalo Boo Bars to
reward your dog for
good behavior and
reduce
the
desire to go for
kids’ candy.
•
Increase
nighttime visibility with LED
leashes, collars
or harnesses, or
look for the
l i g h t - u p
Halloween outfits available at
PetSmart this
year.
Pawsitively
good party manners
• Before guests
arrive, practice
“leave it” or a
similar
command. This is
useful to help
pets avoid candy
or food they
might encounter
on
the
g r o u n d .
Trainers can
help you get it
down right.
• Establish a rule that
guests don’t feed the dog
- candy or human food.
A new interactive toy or
long-lasting rawhide
may keep your pup busy
and out of temptation’s
way. Many ingredients
commonly found in
Halloween candy can be
harmful to your pet. For
example, xylitol, found
in gum and candy can
cause dangerously low
blood sugar or liver disease in dogs. Chocolate
can create a range of
symptoms, from vomiting to abnormal heart
rhythm to death. Even
snacks that are healthy
for humans, such as raisins can cause a toxic
reaction.
• Prevent your dog
from running out an
open door by working
on a “stay” command.
PetSmart’s
expert
trainer
Debbie
McKnight explains how
to teach this trick: Ask
your dog to sit, and
praise him when he
‘Pilfered’ pumpkins
used to please pigs’
SOMERSWORTH,
N.H. (AP) — A pilfered
pumpkin caper in New
Hampshire was just a
misunderstanding that
put some pounds on a
passel of pigs.
Foster’s
Daily
Democrat reports hundreds of pumpkins were
reported stolen earlier
this week after a festival
in Somersworth, in
southeast
New
Hampshire on the Maine
border. The pumpkins
had been set aside
behind a school to be
sold this weekend at a
craft fair.
But a farmer, who
police didn’t identify,
saw the bins of pumpkins and asked a school
employee if he could
take them for his pigs.
Police Capt. Russ
Timmons says the
employee didn’t know
the pumpkins were
being saved and gave
the farmer the goahead.
Timmons says no
charges will be filed
even though “the only
ones that are happy in
this whole thing are the
hogs.”
obeys.
While your dog is sitting, say “stay” and
place your hand flat
with your palm facing
the dog.
Wait 2-3 seconds then
give your dog a treat.
You can increase the
time he stays by a couple of seconds every
three repetitions, working up to 30 seconds.
• If you aren’t confident about your dog’s
abilities, keep him on a
leash while the doorbell
is ringing.
Costume comfort and
safety
• A costume should
never constrain or bother your pet. If your pet
isn’t comfortable, try a
strap-on costume that
attaches loosely with
snaps or around the pet,
or find other ways to
look festive such as Pet
Expressions, available
in the PetSmart grooming salon.
• Once a costume fits
properly, make sure
your pet won’t trip on
anything like a cape or
ribbon.
Check for little parts
within chewing distance and keep identification tags on collars.
• Throughout the evening, watch your pet
and make adjustments
as needed.
You may need to cut
or remove portions of
the costume to increase
a pet’s comfort.
The most important
part of the evening is
your pet’s safety.
Politicians fight over the
zombie vote in Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Zombies
have become a political issue in a
state Senate race in Spokane.
Incumbent Republican Sen. Michael
Baumgartner is challenged by
Democrat Rich Cowan, whose North
by Northwest production company
helped film “Z Nation” for the Syfy
Channel in Spokane.
KXLY reports Cowan touts the hundreds of jobs the TV show brought to
the city. Baumgartner says the zombie jobs are temporary and created
with a taxpayer subsidy.
Cowan says the second season of “Z
Nation” will likely be produced in
Spokane.
Contact the Herald at
[email protected]
Darth Vader hopes force with him
KIEV, Ukraine (AP)
One
candidate
in
Ukraine’s parliamentary elections hopes to
bring voters to the dark
side: Darth Alekseyevich
Vader.
Dressed in full Star
Wars regalia, Vader
prowls the streets of
Kiev atop his black campaign van wooing voters
with promises to turn
Ukraine into a “galactic
empire.” So serious is
he about his mission
that he even legally
changed his name to
Darth Vader ahead of
the elections (He was
previously known as
Viktor Shevchenko.)
The
electricianturned-interplanetary
warlord insists his
Internet Party is serious
business.
Speaking
to
The
Associated Press on his
van,
flanked
by
Stormtroopers
and
shrouded in white
fumes, Vader explained
that his top goal is to
computerize all government business.
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A Spooky Snack and Drink Tips for Traveling
(Family Features) If your
family’s Halloween consists of pumpkin carving,
trick-or-treating and transforming your home into a
haunted house, you’ll be
happy to know that the
“double, double, toil and
trouble” doesn’t have to
stop there. You can add a
little extra hocus pocus to
your season by brewing up
these chillingly creative
treats with the whole family.
The Monster Mash Float
and Paranormal Pudding
are two ghoulishly good
treats that kids and adults
alike will love, and they’re
easy to make. The fun is all
in the Limited Edition
TruMoo Orange Scream
milk. Inspired by an orange
frozen pop with vanilla ice
cream, this new creamy
orange milk is so frightfully delicious, it’s sure to
make you scream. Because
it’s made with wholesome
low-fat white milk, no artificial growth hormones or
high fructose corn syrup,
and is brought to you by your
local trusted TruMoo dairy, you
can feel great about serving it to
your family.
TruMoo Orange Scream is delicious as an ingredient in your
favorite Halloween treats or
served by itself. Just make sure
to drink it fast - it might disappear into the night like the headless horseman.
For more frightening fun visit
www.TruMoo.com, www.facebook.com/TruMooMilk, www.
twitter.com/TruMooMilk and
www.pinterest.com/
TruMooMilk.
With Your Dog
(Family
Features)
Heather Loenser, DVM,
knows first-hand the
joys and challenges of
traveling with her dog.
She and her family
recently adopted a yearold Border collie named
Calvin.
“As a new dog in our
house, Calvin is experiencing some separation
anxiety, so we don’t
want to board him or
leave him with a pet sitter,”
Dr.
Loenser
explained. “Even though
he suffers from car sickness, when the family
goes on vacation, Calvin
comes with us.”
Dr. Loenser is often
called upon to help her
clients prepare for vacations with their dogs.
Her top five travel tips
are:
Monster Mash Float
Servings: 1
1
cup TruMoo Orange
Scream milk
1
large scoop low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt or ice cream
1
cup chilled seltzer
In tall glass, pour in milk. Add
scoop of frozen yogurt. Slowly
add seltzer to create foamy, weblike effect on top of float.
Serve immediately.
Paranormal Pudding
Servings: 2
1. Consider Car Safety
When it comes to car
trips, practice safety
2
cups TruMoo Orange first. In some states, it is
Scream milk
illegal for dogs to ride
1
(3.4-ounce) box instant unrestrained in a vehivanilla pudding and pie filling
cle. The Center for Pet
1/2 cup low-fat granola
Safety tests vehicle
2
tablespoons low-fat plain restraints for dogs; their
Greek yogurt
recommendations can
Multicolored sprinkles
be found at www.centerforpetsafety.org.
In large bowl, with wire whisk
beat milk and instant pudding
until well blended and thickened.
Spoon 1/3 of pudding mixture
into two dessert or parfait glasses; sprinkle with some granola.
Repeat layering two more times.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
2. Be a Considerate
Guest
Whether at a petfriendly hotel or at the
in-laws’ house, not
everyone will love your
dog as much as you do.
Make sure your dog is
well-groomed and don’t
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5:30 pm, Saturday, December 6th
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3. Take First Aid on
the Road
Accidents happen; be
prepared with a mobile
app offered by the
American Red Cross. It
contains
veterinary
advice for everyday
emergencies, interactive features and a locator for American Animal
Hospital Associationaccredited
hospitals
across
the
nation.
Download the app at:
http://www.redcross.
org/mobile-apps/petfirst-aid-app.
4.
Avoid
Dietary
Changes
Stay as close to your
dog’s regular feeding
schedule as possible and
avoid giving extra treats
or different types of
foods that may upset
their stomach. Dr.
Loenser suggests giving
regular meals in a food
dispensing toy, which
will also help use up
some stored energy from
the trip.
5.
Consult
Your
Veterinarian
One of the main reasons dogs get left behind
is, like Calvin, they suffer from motion sickness. “My clients often
try
over-the-counter
remedies first,” Dr.
Loenser said. “However,
OTC products are not
very effective and have
a sedative effect that can
be unpleasant for the
dog.”
“I prescribe an FDA
approved medication for
dogs called CERENIA(r)
(maropitant citrate) to
prevent vomiting due to
motion sickness in my
canine clients 16 weeks
and older - and Calvin.”
Dr. Loenser knows it is
safe
and
effective
because it’s the medicine she uses every day
to prevent and treat
other causes of vomiting in her patients.
She advises dog owners to talk to their veterinarians who can help
find a solution for their
dogs’ car sickness.
“When you think
about it, taking your dog
along on vacation can
be less expensive than
paying for a kennel or
dog sitter. That leaves
more to spend on fun
activities to enjoy with
your dog.”
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forget canine etiquette.
A quick refresher course
in the basics commands:
sit, down, stay, quiet
and come will help make
your dog welcome wherever you go.
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for acute vomiting in
dogs 8 weeks and older,
and for prevention of
vomiting due to motion
sickness in dogs 16
weeks and older. Safe
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with gastrointestinal
obstruction, or those
that have ingested toxins.
Use with caution in
dogs with hepatic dysfunction.
In people, topical exposure may elicit localized
allergic skin reactions,
and repeated or prolonged exposure may
lead to skin sensitization.
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Right at Home: fall decor gets cozy
(AP) Cozying up in a
favorite sweater is one
of the distinct pleasures
of autumn.
This fall, designers
and retailers are stitching up sweater motifs
on an array of home
décor.
So while you’re wrapping yourself in a big,
soft cardigan, you can
also grace your space
with a dollop of knitted
comfort.
Hannah
Millman,
executive
editorial
director of crafts for
Martha Stewart Living,
says knitwear is a trend
with
near-universal
appeal.
She suggests some doit-yourself projects.
“Almost everyone has
a memory of a sweater
that makes them feel
good. What’s so great
about repurposing one
of your own is that you
get to keep it and enjoy
it,” she says.
“And if you’ve found
one at a market that
someone may have knit
back in the ‘40s, you can
give it the opportunity
to be loved again by
making it into something new.”
One of Millman’s
favorite ways to reuse
sweaters: Collect a
bunch of creamy-hued
ones, in one type of knit
or perhaps several, and
cut them up to make a
blanket, pillow or rug.
You’ll find project ideas
and instructions at
Marthastewart.com as
well as Countryliving.
com, where there are
also how-tos for lamps,
bowls and sconces.
“Creating a little story
on pillows using pieces
of old sweaters is a big
trend,” she says.
Look for pieces in gra-
dations of color — perhaps pale pink to deep
cherry, or sky blue to
indigo. Or search tag
sales and thrift stores
for sweaters with nature
motifs to create a group
of woodland pillows.
Those
dreadful
Christmas sweaters of
old can be transformed
into new Christmas
stockings; other heavily
patterned and colorful
sweaters make great
rugs.
Millman
suggests
using a rotary cutter
and anchoring the edges
of a loose knit with
masking tape while cutting, to reduce fraying.
She also advises washing any woolens in hot
soapy water in case
there are moths. If you
then machine-dry the
sweater, you’ll end up
with a “felted” material,
popular in crafting cir-
cles, where the fibers
smush together. If you
line-dry the garment,
the knit pattern remains
and the fibers stay separated.
If you aren’t up for a
craft project yourself,
don’t worry‚ there are
lots of stores offering
sweater-themed items.
Wayfair’s got One
Bella
Casa’s
My
Christmas sweater pillow and Rizzy Home’s
cable-knit pillow.
NoYo Home’s slipcovered headboard comes
in a turquoise and white
knit photoprint, like a
sweater for your bed.
(www.wayfair.com)
Lauren Weege’s Fair
Isle and caramel cableknit vase covers are
snug and stylish. (www.
laurenmarydesign.com)
Mollaspace takes the
knit motif and turns it
into a ceramic mug.
Outdoor Kitchens, BBQ Grills & Patios
fall collection. Betsy
Olmsted’s Acid Knit rug
for Deny Designs prints
a knit pattern in psychedelic hues on a
flatweave rug.
British
designer
Naomi Paul’s pendant
lights are clad in crocheted cotton to balance
modernity and homespun charm. (www.
bespokeglobal.com )
Halloween Safe Stops
Hanger 25 Air Museum – 1911 Apron Dr.
First Church of the Nazarene – 1400
Lancanster
Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce –
215 W. 3rd St.
Big Spring Bowl-A-Rama – 3318 Interstate
Highway 20
Big Spring Convention and Visitors Bureau
– 115 E. 3rd St.
ClearTalk Wireless – Inside HEB
Cowboys Steak House – 404 E. FM 700
K.C. Steak House – 2104 Interstate Highway
20 N. Service Rd.
Paul’s PC 6 to Midnight – 1911 Scurry
Sonic Drive In – 1200 S. Scurry
Spring Town Plaza – 1801 E. FM 700
Southern Blush – 1203 Scurry
Title Max 5 to 7 p.m. – 1601 S. Gregg
VA Medical Center – 300 Veteran’s Blvd.
Oct. 29
Forsan Baptist Church’s annual Trunk or
Treat festival. Call 432-457-2342 for information.
Oct. 31
5:30-8:30 p.m. — Baptist Temple Trunk or
Treat, corner of 11th and Goliad.
6-8 p.m. — First United Methodist Church
Trunks for Treats. Call 432-267-6394 for information.
6-8 p.m. — Holy Trinity Cathlic Youth
Trunk or Treat, 1009 Hearn.
5:30-7:30 p.m. — Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez
Texas Veterans Home. Call 432-268-8387 for
more information.
3-6:30 p.m. — Noah’s Pet Store, 2101 Scurry
St.
6 p.m. to Midnight – Paul’s PC, 1911 Scurry
St.
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Crate & Barrel’s Bowen
table lamp also features
a ceramic knit pattern.
(www.mollaspace.com;
www.crateandbarrel.
com )
Anthropologie’s got a
collection of ceramics
printed with knitwear
patterns,
including
bowls and bakeware.
(www.anthropologie.
com )
Sweater-knit
wool
rugs are in West Elm’s
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Museum shows Louis Armstrong photos by friend
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NEW YORK (AP)
Louis Armstrong sometimes referred to Jack
Bradley as his “white
son,” inviting him to
private
rehearsals,
recording sessions, on
the road, his dressing
room and home. Bradley
had unrestricted access
to his hero for 12 years,
documenting
him
through thousands of
photographs and saving
Armstrong’s
sound
recordings, fan letters‚
and even handkerchiefs.
“It’s the finest and
largest collection of
Armstrong material in
private hands‚ without
any doubt,” said Dan
Morgenstern, the former longtime director
of the Institute of Jazz
Studies at Rutgers
University. “It has
everything from the
trivial to the extraordinary, and a lot of it came
from them being together.”
Select items from the
monumental collection
are on view in a new
exhibition
opening
Tuesday at the Louis
Armstrong
House
Museum in Corona,
Queens.
It covers the last 12
years of Armstrong’s
life and features photographs never before
published,
scanned
from original negatives.
Due to space limitations, the museum is
showing a tiny fraction
of the material that
includes 2,600 recordings, 2 cubic feet of
newspaper clippings,
1,000 fan letters, 1,900
photographic prints —
and 6,000 images found
on negatives or contact
sheets.
“This exhibition is the
first foray into making
some of these images
public for the first
time,”
said
Ricky
Riccardi, the archivist
for the house museum,
a modest brick building
where the great jazz
musician lived for 28
years and died in 1971.
“This is the start of really examining the unique
relationship between
Jack and Louis.”
The museum, which
plans to break ground
in the spring on an exhibition center across the
street, acquired the collection in 2005‚ crammed
inside Bradley’s Cape
Cod home. It already
has the largest publicly
held archival collection
devoted to a jazz musician in the world.
The longtime friendship with Armstrong
was “the greatest thing
that ever happened to
me,” said the 80-yearold Bradley, a collector
of all things jazz who
met the performer
through a friend, Jeann
Failows. Failows helped
Armstrong with his fan
mail.
Amstrong asked him
to come along to “things
that the general public
would not know about,”
Riccardi said. “Just by
being his friend he was
privy to this information. He was the only
photographer at some of
these sessions.”
A sign of their closeness can be glimpsed in
a
1968
postcard
Armstrong sent Bradley
and Failows addressed
“Dear Children.” And a
1969
note
from
Armstrong’s
wife
Lucille informs Bradley
of their new telephone
number‚ the same one
still used at the museum
today.
Among the photographs is a rare image
of Armstrong and Miles
Davis, who was some-
pring
erald
times portrayed as
resentful of Armstrong,
smiling
together.
Another poignant photograph, taken weeks
before
Armstrong’s
death, shows the ailing
performer at home playing along with his old
recording of “Trees.”
The museum is offering eight selected prints
from the collection for
purchase through its
new print-to-order feature. The two photographs
are
among
them.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
HOUSE MUSEUM: 34-56
107th
St.,
Corona,
Queens, New York City;
https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/ or 718478-8274.
Nursing assistant who beat Ebola mourns loss of Excaliber
MADRID (AP) The
husband of the Spanish
nursing assistant who
beat Ebola says his wife
now knows that authorities killed their dog
Excalibur while she was
in the hospital and is
questioning that decision.
In an interview published Thursday by the
Spanish newspaper El
Pais, Javier Limon says
he finally told Teresa
Romero after she tested
negative for Ebola this
week that their mixed
breed dog was euthanized two days after her
Oct. 6 hospitalization.
Limon said “she is
asking herself why they
killed the dog, who
wasn’t to blame for anything.”
Spanish officials had
said the dog was a possible risk for transmitting the deadly virus.
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Man robs graves for gold teeth
Squirrel ends up in back seat of police car GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A
squirrel that ended up in the back
seat of a Michigan police car is out of
trouble.The Grand Rapids Press
reports that the animal hopped in on
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The suspect identified only by his
initials, J.K., was taken in for questioning in the western city of Tetovo
after police searched him outside a
shopping mall and found him carrying 12 pairs of dentures, four gold
tooth caps, believed to be destined for
sale in neighboring Serbia.
Thursday, apparently out of curiosity. The police department in Grand
Rapids posted a photo on its Facebook
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out from the rear window of the car.
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Macedonia may have found its ultimate gold digger.
Police in the tiny Balkan country
say a 52-year-old guard at an Orthodox
Christian cemetery was detained
after alleged opening graves to prize
gold teeth and dentures and reselling
them.
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