OCTOBER 25, 2010
It is a sad time for the Keller family. I know I will say an extra Hail Mary for the family.
I mentioned the other day how the local paper should take ‘Daily’ out of its name since it was not a daily paper anymore. The Keller story brought this into focus. You are reading this online so perhaps I am preaching to the choir but if a local citizen wanted to be brought up to date on the Keller story you would have to get your information from the Chicago media or the Rockford media. The Chronicle was put to bed. If newspapers want to remain or revive their viability, they must connect with the reader. The story that will likely be this biggest in the area for 2010 was unfolding and the Chronicle was not being published. At least the Chronicle does not run the area radio stations. They kept the public informed as the paper should have.
The Bears started out with a 3 and 0 record. Since then, the Bears have played to a 1 and 3 record.. It is obvious the Bears are a 1 and 3 team not a 3 and 0 team. The Bears have the same problem the Cubs have; they spend money on players, just not the right players. It does not do any good to have, what they call, a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback when he cannot be protected. I am also under the belief a Pro Bowl or All Star caliber player plays at that level with or without team support. That type of player is supposed to be good enough to overcome the deficiencies in his less talented teammates. Jay Cutler is not that good. He is no better than Kyle Orton, who took the Bears to a Super Bowl, somewhere Jay Cutler has never been, as a player.
The Green Bay Packers beat their former quarterback, Brett Favre, Sunday night. Throughout his career, Favre has worn number 4. In what was likely his last game in Green Bay, the Packers beat Favre and his Vikings by 4 points.
Notable births on this date:
1869 John Heisman pioneering football coach/trophy namesake
1881 Pablo Picasso Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica)
1888 Richard E Byrd Virginia, admiral/polar explorer (1926)
1912 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley] Tenn, (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw)
1923 Bobby Thomson HR hitter (The Giants win the pennant)-Now That Is Weird
1928 Marion Ross Albert Lea Mn, actress (Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge)- Mr. ‘C’ didn’t make this birthday party.
1967 Julia Roberts Smyma Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
Notable deaths on this date:
1400 Geofrey Chaucer author, dies in London
1892 Caroline Harrison Pres Benjamin Harrison's wife, dies at 60
1892 Caroline Harrison Pres Benjamin Harrison's wife, dies at 60
1985 Morton Downey singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1986 Forrest Tucker actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67
1986 Forrest Tucker actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67
Notable events on this date:
1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years)
1854 The Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava) (Crimean War)
1870 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe-somethings never change
1944 Japanese navy defeated at battle of Leyte Gulf-Remember the USS Indianapolis
1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
1962 Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1963 Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety
1963 Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety
1965 Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1971 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population-At least we won
1988 ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets
1990 Evander Hollyfield KOs James "Buster" Douglas for HW boxing title
1990 Evander Hollyfield KOs James "Buster" Douglas for HW boxing title
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
Email: brucebrennanlaw@aol.com
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