Archive for March 12th, 2016

FROM PDX RETRO ~

 

The time change officially starts Sunday morning
at 2 a.m. local time. so consider setting clocks
ahead by 60 minutes before hitting the hay
Saturday night.

It’s also a good time to put new batteries in your
smoke detectors.

NOTE: No time change in Hawaii, most of Arizona,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam and the Northern Marianas.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1938


Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)
(May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

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REMEMBERING JOEY MARTIN FEEK


Joey Martin Feek (September 9, 1975 – March 4, 2016)

INDIANAPOLIS (USA Today) — A public memorial service for
country music artist Joey Martin Feek will be held Sunday in
the Alexandria-Monroe High School gymnasium. Feek was a
native of Alexandria and died in her family home March 4,
at the age of 40 following a two-and-a-half year struggle
with cancer. The service will be hosted by Bill and Gloria
Gaither, gospel musicians and family friends of Feek’s.


Joey & Rory Feek  

Bill Gaither was quoted as saying…“Joey was one of a
kind. We all will miss that sweet, transparent spirit.”

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THE WORLD’S OLDEST MAN ANNOUNCED


Israel Kristal

(AP) – Guinness World Records announced Friday, a 112-year-old Israeli who
lived through both World Wars and survived the Nazi concentration camp
Auschwitz is the world’s oldest man.

Holocaust survivor Israel Kristal now holds the record title of world’s oldest 
living man. "I don’t know the secret for long life," Guinness quoted Kristal as
saying. "I believe that everything is determined from above and we shall never
know the reasons why."

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TIME CHANGE REMINDER FROM PDX RETRO

     

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