KEVIN COSTNER HAS TURNED 56 TODAY

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Kevin Michael Costner is an actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe awards.. Costner’s roles include Lt. John J. Dunbar in the film Dances with Wolves (1990), Jim Garrison in JFK (1991), Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989), and Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987). Costner earned a B.A. in business from California State University, Fullerton, in 1978.

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   Kevin behind the camera directing Dances With Wolves

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Kevin Costner singing with his band Kevin Costner and Modern West

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MICHAEL NESMITH IS 68 TODAY

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THE MONKEES, left to right were Davy Jones, Peter
Tork, Micky Dolenz, and Michale Nesmith. The group
also had a TV series from 1966 to 1968. They continued
releasing records until 1970.

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Michael Nesmith is now a producer, novelist, and a businessman.


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“MR. OREGON” ~ GLENN JACKSON

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Glenn L. Jackson was one of Oregon’s most influential
figures. He was a businessman who was appointed to
The Oregon State Highway Commission by Governor
Mark Hatfield in 1959. Jackson became chairman of
the commission in 1962. He died in 1980 at age 78. 

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The Glenn Jackson Memorial Bridge spans the Columbia
River and carries I-205 traffic between Portland, Oregon
and Vancouver, Washington. It opened in December of
1982.

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HE WAS ONE OF BARNEY’S MANY FAN’S

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Prominent Portland businessman Bob Hazen (right)  was
among those in attendance for the final broadcast of KEX
radio personality Barney Keep (left) on February 14, 1979.
Keep was ending 35 years with the radio station.

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