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The Good Ole Days
Every once in a while, I’m swept up in nostalgia and the very real memories of my youth: floating lazily in a cold, spring-water pond snugly tucked inside a multi-patched rubber inner tube; being chased by the gander in my grandparents' backyard;...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ed Sullivan, World War I (1914-1918)
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JEFF BAHR COLUMN: 85-year-old mother can be surprising
Even though I've known her my whole life, my mother can be surprising. The other day, she said she's tired of Lawrence Welk. That's not something you expect to hear from an 85-year-old. Welk isn't the only public TV personality she's down on. Her...Tags: Donald Driver, Vanna White, Arts and Culture, NFL Draft, Culture
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Rediscovering a Laurel High coach and Irish pizza pub's 'leprechaun'
Occasionally this column takes a look at what happened to a person or thing that was a memorable part of Laurel's past. This month it looks at two Laurel icons from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Laurel High coach set the standard Laurel High...
Tags: High Schools, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate, Foods and Beverages, Lillian Gish
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Lola Josephine Miller
Lola Josephine Thompson Miller, 94, of Spearfish, passed away early Tuesday morning February 19, 2013, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Lola was born on August, 16, 1918, at her grandparent’s farm in Sterling, Idaho. Her parents were Marvin and...
Tags: Edgewood, New York City
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Yoshiki of X-Japan teases new Golden Globe theme song
No doubt most citizens of the world awakened this morning with the following question burning in their minds: "I wonder what the theme to the 2013 Golden Globes this year will be?" No? Regardless, it's called "Golden Globe Original Theme" and was...
Tags: Louis C.K., Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Japan, Arts and Culture, Les Miserables (musical)
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Lawrence Welk returning to WUCF; ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ set for Jan. 1
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelLarence Welk, left, with accordionist Myron Floren. Sentinel Archives On PBS, you can find everything from Lawrence Welk to the Beatles. How do you like that variety? “The Lawrence Welk Show” will return to the WUCF TV lineup this week.... -
Twelve Great Connecticut Local Band Christmas Songs
- The Gravel Pit, Sucking on a Holiday Treat. An avowed tribute to the bubblegum pop of The Archies (who didn’t release their own Christmas album until just a few years ago), this mid-‘90s pop confection arrived as The Gravel Pit was...Tags: Goodspeed Opera House, Michael Bolton, Music Industry, East Haddam, Hockey (music group)
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Christmas: Angriest time of the year?
I love Christmas. How much? Well, last year we had three trees in the Maxwell house — one real, one fake and one with a nautical theme. It looked like someone unleashed a drunken department-store decorator in our living room. So much that, back...
Tags: Times Square, Religious Festivals, Golf, Holidays, Sports
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The Rose Parade grows up
It's just a parade, after all, a once-a-year parade, so in the grand scheme of things, the Tournament of Roses Parade doesn't matter — until it does. And it does. There's a paradox at the core of Pasadena's pretty street party. What began in...
Tags: Shirley Temple, Harry S. Truman, Arts and Culture, Mark Twain, Mary Pickford
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John D. Silva dies at 92; introduced news helicopter
John D. Silva was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in 1958 when he outfitted a helicopter with a TV camera and changed television news coverage forever. He turned a rented Bell helicopter into the Telecopter, essentially a flying TV studio. The first of...
Tags: Santa Barbara County Fires (2008), Electronics, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Lawrence Welk was a television staple for family
I happened to flip over to a television station I normally do not watch one night, and was shocked to see an old Lawrence Welk show. I became so nostalgic watching that show. Needless, to say, the channel didn’t move for the next hour. I got to...
Tags: The Lennon Sisters (music group), Television Industry, Television Stations, Music, Entertainment
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A life directed
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comDoug Smart’s life has had two major directions, with one path that led straight to Hollywood and the next twisting and turning until it found central Kentucky. The 62-year-old is in his sixth year teaching at Asbury University, where he brings 22...Tags: Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Celebrities, Desi Arnaz, Homes
May 22, 2013
|Column| Daily American
Apr 19, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 21, 2013
|Story| New Rushmore Radio
Jan 7, 2013
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Dec 10, 2012
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Dec 18, 2012
|Story| WTXX-LTV
Dec 12, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 1, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Dec 7, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 1, 2012
|Story| Winchester Sun
Oct 24, 2012
|Story| Jessamine Journal
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