July 24, 2020
Today is the birthday of my son-in-law, Jack Herrington: friend by my choice, son by my daughter Amy’s choice, brother by the choice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The photographs were supplied by his wife. I am not sure the occasion for the first one, but the second picture was taken of Jack and their youngest son, Tate, on a Pre-K day of dressing like those who serve – note the matching uniforms.
👉 Sharing Jack’s birthday are actress, singer, dancer, fashion designer, producer, and businesswoman, Jennifer Lynn Lopez; the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of “The Ninety-Nines,” an organization for female pilots, Amelia Earhart; retired professional basketball player, nicknamed “the Mailman,” scoring 36,928 career points ranked second all-time in NBA history, Karl Malone; actress, singer, songwriter, model, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss World USA 1972, and became Wonder Woman, Lynda Jean Cordova Carter; and the author of The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. I also found a number of “YouTube stars” and “TikTok stars” (whatever that is).
👉 The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday that Georgia saw 3,413 new cases of COVID-19 to push its total to 148,988. 78 more of us have died, bringing the total to 3,254, according to figures from the Department of Public Health. Richmond County saw 85 new cases for 2,390, Columbia County had 58 more for 1,300, McDuffie County had five for 206. Six more of us died in Richmond County bringing the total to 69 and one more of us died Columbia bringing the total to 15, raising the two-county area’s toll to 131.
👉 After experiencing mild aches and thinking he had a fever Sunday, AU Health Chief Medical Officer Phillip Coule tested positive Monday for the virus that causes COVID-19. He isn’t sure where he got it but he doesn’t think it was at the hospital, where he is mainly involved in administrative issues such as managing the response to the pandemic.
“We’ve got so much COVID in the community that it just takes one little slip-up and somebody ends up infected,” he said from home, where he is in quarantine for at least 10 days from the onset of symptoms. “That’s why everybody needs to be taking every precaution possible to reduce the amount of COVID that is in the community so that we reduce the transmission of this disease. To be honest, we’re probably not doing as good of a job of social distancing as we could. I think people are getting a little complacent and letting down their guard a little bit.”
Editorial Comment: A little complacent? Letting down their guard a little bit?
👉 At its meeting yesterday, the Georgia State Board of Education did not consider a resolution pushing back the start of school statewide until September 8, as was widely anticipated. Opening dates remain in the hands of local school boards.
👉 Atlanta television station 11 Alive reports that after two judges recused themselves from hearing the lawsuit between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a third judge has been assigned. The hearing is now set for Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Fulton County Judge Jane Barwick will preside.
The lawsuit filed last week is in response to the way Bottoms and members of the Atlanta City Council are handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Atlanta is among at least 15 local jurisdictions statewide that has ordered people to wear masks in many public places to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Kemp argues that local leaders don’t have the legal authority to impose measures that are more or less restrictive than those in his executive orders for the state.
Editorial Comment: Governor, if communities in Georgia have issued more restrictive orders to keep us all safe and to see this pandemic end than you have, sir, issue more restrictive orders!
👉 Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the Peanuts comic strip and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in some countries.
This is Snoopy’s first appearance, October 4, 1950. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Charles Schulz’s childhood dogs.
Snoopy was originally Patty’s dog (along with Charlie Brown, Shermy, and Violet, Patty completed the original quartet of characters – except for Charlie Brown, the others gradually disappeared from the strip.
Snoopy adopts Charlie Brown on December 13, 1950.
Snoopy is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author, and a college student known as “Joe Cool.”
The singing group “The Royal Guardsmen” made a career out of songs about Snoopy and the Red Baron (their album Snoopy and His Friends has 12 cuts; 9 of them are about Snoopy and the Red Baron). Their first offering, Snoopy vs the Red Baron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E debuted at # 122 on the Top 100 charts on December 10, 1960, and reached # 2 on December 31 (I’m a Believer by the Monkees kept Snoopy out of first place).
Snoopy’s Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-J4GSPgAM was the follow-up recording. On a list of non-traditional Christmas songs, Snoopy’s Christmas ranks # 7 (Bing Crosby’s White Christmas is number 1).
On Monday we’ll look at Snoopy’s owner, Charlie Brown, or as Snoopy calls him, “The Round-Headed Kid.”
👉 This closing piece is from Christ Beside Me, Christ Within Me by Beth A. Richardson.
God to enfold me,
God to surround me,
God in my speaking,
God in my thinking.
God in my sleeping,
God in my waking,
God in my watching,
God in my hoping.
God in my life,
God in my lips,
God in my soul,
God in my heart.
God in my sufficing,
God in my slumber,
God in my ever-living soul,
God in my eternity.
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