MARINE BULLDOG

After a great career representing the Marine Corps, English bulldog Sgt. Chesty XIII stepped down as the corps’ mascot. The much-loved 6-year-old dog served honorably for five years in parades and community events at the Marine Barracks, the oldest post in the corps....

KEGS & BICYCLE GHOSTS

By Alan Graham Back in the day you paid two dollars to join the festivities, namely peddling your bike all over Coronado stopping at selected houses where there would be a keg or two of cold beer, and after downing a few, you would ride to the next location and repeat...

ONE BAD COP (FOLLOW UP)

Last week I spoke with the police chief in Sulphur Springs who told me that there was an investigation in progress, and he would email me the results when it was completed. I received it to day…. Sulphur Police Department PROTECT AND SERVE Lewis Coats, Chief of...

RUSSIAN SANDMAN

Who says you can’t work and have a little fun at the same time? That’s what 51-year-old Seymon Bukharin of Russia did this winter when the school groundskeeper decided to create snow art while cleaning up the schoolyard. The groundsman, who is in charge of...

JAZZ GUITAR AFTER BRAIN DAMAGE

The journal World Neurosurgery has just published a remarkable case report: the rather uplifting story of Pat Martino: Jazz, Guitar and Neurosurgery Martino (born in 1944 in Philadelphia) was playing jazz guitar by the age of 12. By 20 he had a record deal and a...