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TUPARKA Valentine Conversation Candy ...

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THE FINAL KEEP TIME SHOW ON THIS DAY

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Barney Keep with Bob Hazen of The Benj. Franklin Savings
& Loan Association who also had a radio show on KEX.

On February 14, 1979 BARNEY KEEP, KEX Morning Radio icon
broadcast his last KEEP TIME show, from Portland’s  Civic
Theater. The last TODAY’S CHUCKLE that morning…”Old
disc jockeys never retire , They just go off the record."

Barney Keep's last KEX radio show in 1979
Byron George “Barney” Keep (1917 – 2021)

Portland Radio

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MEMORABLE PHOTO TAKEN ON THIS DAY

Artist's rendering of the Voyager spacecraft, a small-bodied spacecraft with a large, central dish with multiple arms and antennas extending from the dish

palebluedot

On Valentine’s Day, 1990, 3.7 billion miles away from the sun,
the Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photograph of Earth.

The picture, known as Pale Blue Dot, depicts our planet as a
nearly indiscernible speck roughly the size of a pixel.

Launched on September 5, 1977, Voyagers 1 and 2 were
charged with exploring the outer reaches of our solar
system.

It passed by Jupiter in March of 1979 and Saturn the following
year. The gaps between the outer planets are so vast that it
was another decade before it passed by Neptune and arrived
at the spot where it was to take a series of images of the
planets, known as the "Family Portrait" of our solar system.

Voyager Grand Tour Mission of the Solar ...

Happy 40th Birthday To Voyagers 1 And 2

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AMUSEMENT PARK CREATOR HAS DIED

Sweetie Suz: The Enchanted Forest, Salem, Oregon

TURNER, Ore. — The man behind Oregon’s iconic Enchanted
Forest amusement park in Turner has passed away.

Family members said that Roger Tofte (above) who created
the park south of Salem off of Interstate 5 more than half a
century ago, has died at age 96.

Tofte built much of the park by hand, opening it to the public
in August of 1971.

Breathing New Life into Maryland's Abandoned Enchanted Forest (PHOTOS) |  The Weather Channel

Md. woman works to preserve Enchanted Forest memories (Photos) - WTOP News

This Oregon family-owned amusement park ...

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KIM NOVAK IS 94 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

Kim Novak's Life in Photos

The Vertigo Puzzle: A Movie Memoir | Soundings Magazine

Kim Novak attending festival

Kim Novaks a retired actress and painter. Her contributions to
cinema have been honored with two
Golden Globe Awards, an
Honorary Golden Bear, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement,
and a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Novak began her career in 1954 after signing a contract with
Columbia Pictures, and quickly became one of Hollywood’s
top box office stars, appearing in Picnic (1955), The Man with
the Golden Arm
(1955), and Pal Joey (1957).

She gained prominence for her role in Alfred Hitchcock‘s thriller
Vertigo (1958).

I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star. - Kim Novak

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