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QUESTION OF THE MONTH Recent legal decisions have brought about a questioning of the fairness of our legal system. What are your thoughts concerning this? Resident – Bubba Quade: The recent Florida Decision concerning the shooting of a young boy is a bad decision. If a man fires a gun once, he's capable of doing it again. Food Server – Mike Haskell: The laws relative to this type of situation should be altered. The decision should not have been based solely on innocent or guilty. It should have been on something between those two. Look into and modify the law. Kitchen Staff – Kathy Noonan: I honestly don't know what judgment I might have made in this situation. Resident – Harold Kitchin: Our laws worked. They were far better than no laws. Until something better is created, it's proper and intelligent to accept what we have resolved in the past. Resident – Tom Lombardi: I'm not Republican although I am conservative. In the Zimmerman case I can understand his suspicion, but he acted too quickly. Also America must use whatever reasonable means to deter terrorism. Training Nurse Instructor – Jennifer Strollo: The police laws should be strengthened and then enforced. Then unannounced check-ups should take place. CWT Phone Co working on RIVH system – Mike Chase: As a US citizen, Congress and the President seem to be taking away our rights in the name of Homeland Security. Some changes are necessary in view of the current worldwide terrorism. They need to be better. Doctor Joseph Zibreda: How much time do I have? CNA – Don Harpin: At first it looks like we are losing our rights, but the world has changed so dramatically since 9/11. New measures were put in to protect our citizens. I believe we as Americans can adjust. Remember, other countries are far worse off than ours. The laws haven't kept up with technology. Volunteer – Ryan Edge: Yes, the government investigations in view of world chaos are necessary. Make necessary changes and do it properly. 15
IT'S MY BELIEF EVERYONE'S LIFE IS FULL OF REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES AND THAT EVERYONE COULD WRITE AN INTERESTING BOOK SO....I'M WRITING A BOOK As I said last month, if you are granted enough years of existence, you get to witness "live" many celebrated personalities. In the basketball world, I was blessed to see Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, plus Joe Mullaney, and Bob Cousy, who played together at Holy Cross College. Elgin Baylor of the LA Lakers, scored 61 points in a championship playoff game the night I saw him (a record that lasted many years until Michael Jordan scored 63 in playoffs but his was in overtime). I was there in the RI Auditorium when Rocky Marciano knocked out Johnny Shkor, a 6 foot plus giant. Marciano had to punch upward to connect with his opponent's chin. In theater I was in the RI auditorium that was presenting a popular growing comedy team, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. And in 1941 at the Metropolitan Theatre (now long gone) on the corner of Empire and Weybosset streets in Providence, I enjoyed the presentation of an up and coming skinny kid named Frank Sinatra. I can still hear and see the tinkling piano of Barry Manilow's appearance that I attended, and I danced at Rhodes, the Totem Pole in Boston, and the Narragansett Casino while listening to the big bands - Glen Miller, Kay Kaiser (College of Musical Knowledge), Vaughn Monroe, Harry James, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Russ Morgan, Vincent Lopez, Charlie Spivak, and many more. Miller played alongside Benny Goodman in an early band. One of their singers was a young crooner named Bing Crosby. Many a night their soft sweet music provided me with an opportunity to kiss my charming date. On Tuesday, January 22, <strong>2013</strong>, I participated in a small gathering, which I left believing an event had transpired here at the Veterans Home that, at that moment, could not be equaled. Ed Hanrahan in his earlier days had met Babe Ruth. Mike Duffy had attended Babe Ruth's funeral and Al Benharris had seen the Bambino play in two Major League Baseball games. For you unknowing youngsters, Babe Ruth is considered one of history's all-time greatest and most colorful athletes. His career ended in 1949 and here 63 years later sat three beings that had the good fortune to at least indirectly relate to him. In the early 1950's as an investment counselor, I discovered a company that was making a special steel. I had, since the time I was a youngster, visualized the ultimacy of space travel. I knew any space capsule would require special body fabrications. Jessop Steel was developing a unique firmament that might be useful in the future. I reviewed the company's financial position and determined to suggest my clients purchase shares. My presentation contained the premise that Jessop's product could be a revolutionary benefit in developing a space program. When I mentioned this futuristic foresight, I was met with considerable guffaws and snickers, and "Are you kidding, space travel? Since my recognition of the future's products manufactured by many corporations, their output has enabled us to reach the moon and beyond. Even I could not foresee the reach into space that we achieved. No, I was not kidding when I spoke of traveling far above and away from earth. On February 28, 1945 my ship went from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal. It brought a feeling of closeness to history as you witnessed the water flow into or out of a lock, raising or lowering a ship. How memorable was that day! I can, to this day - 68 years later, tell you that I cooked pork chops for my crew's dinner. I prepared something that took little time so that I could go above deck and witness our unforgettable passage. After passing through the locks, we went on liberty in the city of Balboa. We were warned to travel in groups and avoid any disagreements with the generally short in height but not-to-be-messed-with tough police. Incidentally, when you exit the western end of the canal, you are at a high land area, and you see a long wide stretch of the Pacific water. Contrasted to the one wave after another Atlantic, each wave of the Pacific sprawls out for miles on either side of you. Prior to 1914 when the canal was completed, passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific was 16
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