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Ian Palmquist was running errands last Tuesday when the North Carolina gubernatorial debate came on the air. As the 39-year-old gay activist drove around Raleigh, listening to his car radio, he couldn’t help but feel like something in this most purple of Southern states had shifted. |
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Tom Hayden, who burst out of the 1960s counterculture as a radical leader of America’s civil rights and anti-war movements, but rocked the boat more gently later in life with a progressive political agenda as an author and California state legislator, died Sunday. He was 76. His wife, Barbara Williams, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. |
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His wife, Barbara Williams, said he died in a hospital. He had been treated for heart problems and fell ill in July while attending the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. He lived in Los Angeles. During the racial unrest and antiwar protests of the 1960s and early '70s, Mr. Hayden was one of the nation's most visible radicals. |
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The motto of Lions clubs throughout the world is “We Serve,” and that appealed to Alwin Ning nearly 40 years ago as he sought a way to engage in public service. Ning and fellow members of the Oklahoma City Downtown Lions Club are marking the club's 100th year, and Ning said the mission of serving others continues. |
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Pacific Opera Victoria now calls the Baumann Centre home, a building owned by the Anglican Diocese. The POV funded a large-scale refurbishing of the building to meet their needs. (Derek Ford)
All Points West arts columnist Amanda Farrell-Low says arts groups in Victoria and other cities are increasingly seeking sanctuary. |
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Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Associated Church in Hawarden, Iowa, with the Revs. Erma Wolf and Michael Hardeman officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden. A reception will follow at Hawarden Community Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden. |
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At the commemoration of Heroes’ Day on Monday, the President arrived at the National Heroes’ Acre to present his traditional address to the nation. Regal as always, he was clad in a bespoke charcoal suit, a starched white shirt and an azure tie. By Advocate Fadzayi Mahere Advocate Fadzayi Mahere. |
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. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2016. There are 67 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of.... |
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. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2016. There are 67 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of.... |
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. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2016. There are 67 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of.... |
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. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2016. There are 67 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of.... |
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