03032023 WEEKEND

Stop swiping, start talking

By JEFFARAH GIBSON | Tribune Features Writer |

Anew and exciting speed dating event that will place singles right in the front of their potential perfect matches is seeking to change the way Bahamian Millennials view dating.

Hosted by the Brytysh company, the event seeks to answer singles’ laments about what’s missing from local dating landscape.

So, if you are a single and looking for a potential romantic match, you might get lucky at the upcoming speed dating event scheduled for March 11, starting at 6.30pm at the work-sharing space Incudesk on Chesapeake Road.

“After listening to the cries of personal friends and colleagues who look to date but can’t find the quality potential dates they desire, a group of friends got to thinking how we could place preferred potentials in front of each other,” said Shannon Young of Brytysh.

“It wasn’t long nor hard to arrive at speed dating and a singles mixer. It’s being done everywhere in the world except here in the Bahamas. The real question is why?

And the answer is privacy. So, we beefed up security to a level simply unimaginable and introduced speed dating to Nassau.”

Once they arrive at Incudesk, daters will enter a secluded, dimly lit, relaxing environment; soft jazz will play in the background.

Participants will receive a complimentary beverage, event badge, and a Brytysh score card.

“Then it’s off to a bit of ice-breaking fun and laughter. This is your opportunity to scan the room but also to see whose personality captures your attention,” said Shannon. This pre-event segment will allow the participants who may be running late have a bit of time to get there before the speed dating event begins.

“As you enter you will be asked to place your phone into a secure basket to ensure your privacy and the privacy of other attendees who wish to freely date without peering eyes and opinions. After our 30-minute icebreaker ends, it’s off to the dating scene. Ladies, it’s OK to come in your heels because you

will be seated the entire evening. Ladies are asked to sit and the gents will move from lady to lady, furnishing us with a total of 30 dates,” said Shannon.

Each “date” lasts five minutes. The timer is loud and tells you when it’s time to get up and move to the participant.

The event will welcome 30 single women and 30 single men between the ages of 35 and 45 from different sectors, social and economic backgrounds.

Brytysh makes it abundantly clear that this speeding dating exercise is not for married individuals.

“We welcome heterosexual singles from all walks of life. Married individuals and those who are in committed relationships: this event is not for you,” Shannon told Tribune Weekend.

Though speed dating, due to its nature, happens rather quickly,

Shannon said to make the most of the experience participants have to “think outside the box and be a bit adventurous”.

“We encourage those that may be considering speed dating to do it with a friend. This often takes the edge off a bit,” she said.

“But if you don’t put yourself out there and date the way dating was intended, you will never find Miss or Mr Right. Those that have registered, start to conceptualise your dating experience, think of those questions you may want the answers to within the five-minute window. They have to be questions that will allow you to arrive at a decision of whether or not you think the person is a potential or not. Don’t ask offensive questions like ‘Are you employed?’ or ‘Where do you work?’, which will offend and cause your date to close up. Rather, ask first-date questions like, ‘What

do you do for fun?’ ‘What is your favourite colour?’, ‘What is a dealbreaker for you?’, ‘How would your best friend describe you?’, ‘Do you have kids?’ These questions provide you with the same answers but are softer to the ear.”

Judging from the pre-registration numbers, Shannon there won’t be a shortage of individuals to quiz and potentially match up with.

Brytysh plans to host a variety of speed dating events for different age demographics and groups, such as Christian only dating events, and more.

“We believe that by hosting the demographic you get to choose what you really want instead of being forced to date persons that you are not interested in, be it due to age, race, religion etcetera,” she said.

Those interested in registering for the speed dating event can do so at www.brytysh.com.

A new audio book-meets-mixtape for the ‘unyielding’ and ‘underdogs’

By CARA HUNT | Tribune Features Writer | cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

Rico “Nuncy” Neely is bringing his written words to life with a new unique audio book/mixtape called “F*** Love & Give Me Hate”, which includes poems found in his book of the same name, along with a carefully curated collection of songs.

A chef and social architect by night, Rico currently lives in New York where he works for the Bahamas Consulate General’s office. He wrote his book of very personal poems in 2020 to overcome the emotional pain and frustrations he was experiencing at the time.

“It started as a class assignment in university,” he told Tribune Weekend. “The assignment was to write a journal, but I decided that I wanted to do something a bit different that would challenge me and so I did a collection of poetry. At the time, I was going through a rough time. My grandmother had passed away, followed by my aunt and my uncle a short while later. I was also in the middle of a toxic relationship.”

Rico said writing the poems became his way to express his feelings and vent.

“It ended up being a very therapeutic journey and made me feel better,” he said.

And so his book “F*** Love Give & Me Hate” was released during the pandemic to great reviews.

The book has been described as an “emotional capsule”, encompassing the emotional journey of a man through death, heartbreak, mistrust, hate, anxiety and a plethora of other emotions.

Rico decided he wanted to create an audio version of the book, which would allow a selection of the poems to be enjoyed out loud.

“I knew that I wanted to do something a bit different, because I love listening to audio books, but sometimes I can get distracted or fall asleep. So, I thought to myself, ‘How can I create an audiobook that is, firstly, unique to the sort of healing love-hate experience I seek to offer while still being something I would genuinely enjoy?’”

His answer was this new audio “mixtape” which includes five of his poems along with five songs which he collaborated on with five different Bahamian artists.

“The audio book is a chance for people to experience the essence of the book. It’s not the whole book, so I only included five of my poems, and between each poem you have a song to act as a break and as intermission,” he explained.

Rico said he put a great deal of thought into selecting the right combination of poetry and songs to convey the journey his life has taken him on.

He said the audio book is dedicated to the unyielding, the unstoppable, the innovators, the many legends who will change the world, and the underdogs.

“This project is for everyone who was told that their dreams and goals were too big for them to accomplish;

that they cannot have multiple true passions in life,” he said.

Rico also explained that the title – to be content with being bitter and filled with hate – it is a metaphor for strength and tenacity; that despite the many inconveniences and negatives life throws at you, you will rise above and conquer; viewing life from a “grabbing the bull by its horns” perspective.

“ ‘F*** Love & Give Me Hate’ is for all who want to learn and take steps towards evolving from past hurt in whatever life dilemma you may be dealing with,” he said.

Rico added the work is very intimate as he grants people access into his mind and his life, and the lives of those around him.

of poetry in this project. For this more than just something I wrote, it is something I have experienced, felt, but more importantly, survived,” he said.

The audio book features Bahamian artists such as NF Kyro (Kymethia Roberts), Tamia Daxon, as well as internationally regarded Princess Precious Ebony of the ballroom and bounce music scene. It is available on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.

“It is my hope that this body of work is seen and used as a vessel by which individuals can be entertained and relate to the emotions, stories and lessons learned

from

each piece

Davaro Wilson

This avid Junkanoo fan, composer and teacher has been instrumental in building up a marching band comprised of disadvantaged kids in Oklahoma. Now, he tells Alesha Cadet, he is asking for Bahamians’ help in making their upcoming performance in Nassau a success.

THE YOUNGEST of five siblings, Davaro Wilson grew up in Nassau in an environment where he was fortunate to have consistent exposure to musicians and performers.

At the age of five, he learned how to play the trumpet from the late Vanderson Ferguson and became a member of the Bahamas Brass Band.

He attended C H Reeves Junior High School where he continued to learn from one of the country’s top educators and the Bahamas’s first female band director, Lynette Moss-Justilien.

At the end of middle school, he was encouraged to audition for the Government High Magnet School for Performing Arts.

Once enrolled at Government High, it became evident to Davaro that music was his passion. His high school music director, Yonell Justilien, continued to develop and challenge him to be the best musician he could be. He was then introduced to the Finale music software, with which he began composing and arranging music for his high school’s Junkanoo group.

In 2006, Davaro received a scholarship to attend Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, under the direction of Charles V Brown. While at Shaw, he participated in the school’s concert band, jazz band, pep band and marching band. After obtaining a BA in Visual and Performing Arts: Music/Instrumental Track in 2011, he returned home, where he continued his musical journey through teaching and providing music for the Valley Boys Junkanoo group.

Davaro’s work then received international attention.

“In 2016, I began arranging for the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and Virginia State University Trojan Explosion Marching Band, which I consider to be some of my greatest achievements. Through my continued dedication to the programme, I became an honorary member of Zeta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity, an organisation that I hold close to my heart,” he said.

Today, Davaro is working hard to uplift and make a conscious contribution to music while employed at the Millwood Public Schools in Oklahoma City. He has also completed numerous musical projects for the Langston University Marching Pride Band.

“I am grateful and thankful for the opportunities music has afforded me and vow to continue to be the example others can follow. What I love most about music is that it speaks for me. When I create music, I am able to decompress and I get tunnel vision. I love that music helps me

stay on a path that allows me to only worry about those things I can control.

“At a young age, I participated in Junkanoo heavily. This opportunity gave me the knowledge, abilities and experience needed to entertain at a high level. When I reminisce, it makes me want to travel back in time to the early mornings rushing down Bay Street. There’s no greater feeling than having the crowd chant your name while giving a winning performance. Staring the fans in their eyes as I watch them release their worries gave me a fulfilling feeling like none other. I took those same skills and taught the scholars at Millwood how to also entertain and uplift others.”

And his work has not gone unnoticed here at home. Davaro and the Millwood Public Schools Marching Band were invited to participate in the annual Bahamas All-Stars Fifth Quarter Battle of the Bands, set to take place in Nassau this November. This event was created to showcase outstanding bands, from the Bahamas and abroad, in a variety of settings.

For Davaro, being able to bring his students to the place he calls home gives him sense of accomplishment. He is excited to show them where he first fell in love with music.

“I have so many family members and friends back home that support me through social media, and now I will be able to showcase our hard work to them in person. I’m also excited to show the band the different layers of my culture; the wide array of restaurants, historic sightseeing tours and crystal-clear waters will leave them breathless. The friendly smiles of the people will make them

feel at home, creating an experience they will never forget.”

Millwood is a public school that serves a demographic of 98 percent African American students and qualifies as a title one school – a federal education programme that supports low-income students throughout the US.

The Millwood band programme provides the necessary structure to help develop not only leadership skills, but skills that will allow the students to grow into successful adults.

Davaro said for most of his students, the band provides the only source of comfort, feeling of safety, and sense of value and love they know.

“When I arrived in Millwood three years ago, the band only had about 10 members. Seeing that the importance the band once held no longer existed, saddened me, but I didn’t get discouraged. Although the band doesn’t have the needed

finances to provide for all students who would like to participate, through my teaching, consistency and improvement each performance, the band programme was able to bring in more students. Since my time with the band, we now have almost 80 students. The band has students from grades six up to 12th. Since restoring the band’s programme, the students have received over $1.5 million in scholarships, with some of those students being only middle schoolers.”

No matter what obstacles the band programme has encountered, Davaro said the students stay motivated and never give up hope that one day they will be fully equipped with all the tools they need to be successful.

Davaro said the band members were shocked at being invited to perform in the Bahamas. He believes this opportunity will show them that their hard work has been noticed. All the early mornings, long hours and no days off are paying off and they are getting international attention.

Many of band members have never left Oklahoma, never mind the US, so this visit to Nassau will be an exciting adventure for them.

The band thrives off of donations from the local community and supporters. Davaro said the group was blessed to recently receive a large donation from Paycom Software Inc. This large donation was specifically given to assist Millwood’s band in getting more instruments, which will allow more students to be able to participate. The band also has upcoming fundraisers, including car washes, talent shows and a musician’s clinic, which will all defray the cost of travel to the Bahamas.

“As we all know, this trip calls for serious financial obligations. Hence, we are asking all Bahamian local businesses, the hotel and transportation industry, government entities such as the Ministry of Tourism, Education, Youth Sports and Culture, to help lead the charge and invest into the lives of the future. If others would like to donate financially, they can do so by sending a cheque to the Millwood Enrichment Foundation. Even sharing our story with others would be appreciated.”

Davaro said Bahamians can look forward to a high-energy show. They will be presenting Oklahoma’s high stepping band culture in a musical journey, slowing it down with some of the best classical hits, while also adding some Bahamian flavour.

“I can say that I know it will be a spectacular show, one you don’t want to miss. When receiving our invitation, the students were so excited they were ready to begin learning new material. No matter if our schedule is full or empty, the band is always preparing to showcase their talents and perfecting their craft.

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‘Stay ready so we won’t have to get ready’ is a motto we live by. You can look forward to seeing a group of kids with unmatched drive, energy and motivation, whose only intention is to leave you speechless and in awe.”

“What I love most about music is that it speaks for me. When I create music, I am able to decompress and I get tunnel vision. I love that music helps me stay on a path that allows me to only worry about those things I can control.”

MEMBERS of the Millwood Public Schools Marching Band

TOdAY’S TARGeT

Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all of the empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Kakuro increases from Monday to Sunday.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

Across

1 A way man gets lost (6)

4 Important person seen at the fair (3,5)

9 A nut is loose in Texas (6)

10 Start to note (8)

12 A dollar for it sounds dear (4)

13 An average sort of shirt is indicated (5)

14 Country lacking a prominent feature (4)

17 It is mainly uninhabited (6,6)

20 He gives assistance in need for a sculptor (6,6)

23 The song told a story (4)

24 Climb the range (5)

25 Father to the French and mother to the Germans (4)

28 Not trying hard with a point deficit (8)

29 Superior Spanish gentleman I accommodated (6)

30 Had plenty from State Aid (8)

31 It can give one a breath of sweetness (6)

Down

1 A bed made badly by George Eliot (4,4)

2 Two trials setting a precedent (4,4)

3 Fruitless sort of raid (4)

5 Where to find data on unmarried people of one rank (2,6,4)

6 Whisky drinkers may say it is just a question of time (4)

7 Sheila gets converted by a prophet (6)

8 Enjoying favour (6)

11 It may help in crime scene reconstruction (12)

15 What the conscientious judge did (5)

16 In any case a refusal will not please (5)

18 Small party conflict (8)

19 Four repeatedly out rustling (4-4)

21 Their function is to secure quiet in class (6)

22 The quibbler gets Dan in a temper (6)

26 Bird seen when others rise (4)

27 Girl upsets a clergyman (4)

Across

SmAll CROSSWORd

SmAll CROSSWORd

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so the each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday

ACROSS 1 Swap (8) 6 Retail store (4) 8 Faithful (5) 11 Tell (6)

Good 24; very good 36; excellent 48 (or more).

Solution next Saturday.

For today’s solution call: 0907 181 2583

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lAST SATURdAY’S SOlUTION

ACROSS 1 Necklace, 6 Oslo, 8 Aroma, 11 Kansas, 12 Tend, 14 Use, 15 Kudos, 16 red, 17 Neil, 19 Sat nav, 20 Aspic, 21 Fret, 22 By chance.

dOWN 1 Nocturnal, 2 Clan, 3 Last-ditch, 4 Cos, 5 Satellite, 7 Skewers, 9 rayon, 10 massive, 13 dubai, 18 Earn, 19 Spy.

Yesterday’s Easy Solution

Across: 1 Draft, 4 In touch, 8 Fir, 9 In spite of, 10 Algiers, 11 Unity, 13 Duress, 15 Lesser, 18 Cushy, 19 Pacific, 21 At the most, 23 Rue, 24 Sponsor, 25 Hasty.

Down: 1 Defraud, 2 As regards, 3 Tribe, 4 Insist, 5 Tribute, 6 Use, 7 Hefty, 12 Insofar as, 14 Slyness, 16 Rickety, 17 Uproar, 18 Crass, 20 Catch, 22 Too.

Yesterday’s Cryptic Solution

Across: 1 Quill, 4 Cyclops, 8 Aid, 9 Certainty, 10 Tigress, 11 Imply, 13 Reacts, 15 States, 18 Lathe, 19 Authors, 21 Depressed, 23 Awe, 24 Emerald, 25 Speed.

Down: 1 Quarter, 2 Indignant, 3 Lucre, 4 Caress, 5 Chariot, 6 Own, 7 Shyly, 12 Patronage, 14 Theresa, 16 Suspend, 17 Paused, 18 Lodge, 20 Tides, 22 Pie.

EASY PUZZLE

1 Distant (3-3)

4 Feeling of wellbeing (8)

9 Take upon oneself (6)

10 Fillip (8)

12 Be concerned about (4)

13 To travel by car (5)

14 Begin to move (4)

17 Absence (3-9)

20 As an official statement (3,3,6)

23 Bring up and educate (4)

24 State of alarm (5)

25 Dark gloomy covering (4)

28 Unintentional revelation (8)

29 Scholastic quibbler (6)

30 Disaster (8)

31 A team game (6)

Down

1 A detached piece (8)

2 Ringing (8)

3 Be furious (4)

5 Deeply involved (2,2,4,4)

6 Fibre used in making ropes (4)

7 Narrate (6)

8 Suck up (6)

11 Across a continent (5-2-5)

15 An established principle (5)

16 Ship’s propeller (5)

18 In fun (3,1,4)

19 Great adulation (8)

21 Very distressing (6)

22 Wonderful example (6)

26 Cordial (4)

27 Right of rejection (4)

THE ALPHABEATER

lAST SATURdAY’S SOlUTION

12 Elderly (4)

14 Singer, _ Garfunkel (3)

15 Encouraged (5)

16 Went ahead (3)

17 Anger (4)

m c P A e A e n l

19 Light control (6)

20 Tolerate (5)

21 Village fair (4)

22 Was present (8)

DOWN

1 Make secure (9)

2 Geometric shape (4)

cAn you crack the Alphabeater? each grid number represents a letter – or black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But you have to complete the grid too! use the given letters and black squares below the grid to start. the grid is ‘rotationally symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the same if you turn the page upside down. Solution

HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? in making a word, each letter may be used once only. each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. no plurals. Verb forms ending in s permitted.

TODAY’S TARGET

3 Doing sale (anag.) (9)

4 Fitness club (3)

5 Reduced to one dimension (9)

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Good 27; very good 41; excellent 54 (or more). Solution tomorrow

Yesterday’s Sudoku Answer

7 Topmost (7)

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9 Command (5)

10 Satisfactory (7)

TARGET BATTLESHIPS

13 Flood (5)

18 Served a winner (4)

19 Took a chair (3)

FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

Solution tomorrow

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Yesterday’s Kakuro Answer

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WORD BUILDER

Answer the clues so that each word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus or minus one.

community

A young fighter and pageant queen is celebrated by her family

By JEFFARAH GIBSON | Tribune Features Writer | jgibson@tribunemedia.net

Eight-year-old Rosa Lockhart barely had any time to celebrate placing second in the Galaxy International Pageant before she was dealt a double blow: her great-grandmother died and she had to face an unexpected and dangerous illness.

Several weeks after returning home from the pageant in Texas last August, the Little Miss Galaxy Bahamas and her brother Gabriel contracted a virus that depleted their blood cells and needed the public’s help with blood donations for much needed transfusions. It was one of the most difficult seasons for Rosa’s family, who through it all relied on their faith to bring the two children through this health crisis.

Rosa’s illness meant that she missed the first few weeks of the new school year and missed out on important lessons. However, she was able to end the semester maintaining her 4.0 GPA.

Rosa and her brother Gabriel made a full recovery and have since resumed school as normal.

Now that the siblings and the family can breathe collective sigh of relief and celebrate Rosa’s accomplishments.

Rosa is also back with full force. The little entrepreneur is back at work, saving money towards her higher education and investments through her business De La Rosa – Everything Beautiful, where she sells bracelets, hair bands and makes her own lip gloss.

Rosa founded this business during the pandemic because she was bored and inspired by all the entrepreneurs around her.

“I’m humbled at God’s mercy for my family as others have experienced what we went through but were not as fortunate as us to walk away unscathed,” said her mother O’Layinka Lockhart.

“We’re honoured to be able to celebrate her late rather than never celebrate with her at all. She deserves a royal celebration. She made us extremely proud watching her compete against girls who have been in pageants multiple times.”

Rosa was also recently been appointed a Zolie Zi ambassador advocating antibullying. She along with other international ambassador are mandated to promote healthy relationships and discourage bullying amongst their peers.

“I’m elated to have a daughter who is so confident, innovative and resilient. She is the greatest version of me. I’m honoured to know that the values of respect, love and kindness that she was taught at home shines through everywhere she goes. Most significantly, her relationship with God and passion for prayer far exceeds any accomplishment she has received,” said O’Layinka

Rosa also tapped into her philanthropic spirit by donating gifts to the Eneas Street Foundation during the Christmas season. This foundation is very important to her family because of the Bain Town roots she has through her mother and grandmother.

Rosa, Gabriel and their parents would like to extend their everlasting gratitude to the public, family, friends and their home church, Living Waters Kingdom Ministries, for donating blood, as the children’s lives depended on it.

A special thanks goes to Dr Lashan Mckenzie-Boyd, Dr Latina Fitzgerald-Braithwaite, Managing Director Aubynette Rolle, Dr Sinquée and her team, and the entire care team of nurses and doctors at the Princess Margaret Hospital, said the family.

“Her future is bright as she looks forward to doing more pageantry, expanding her business and continued work with charitable organizations. When she’s not busy being incredibly awesome she enjoys Taekwondo, acting and dressing up,” said O’Layinka.

ROSA and her brother Gabriel

LITTLE Miss Galaxy Bahamas Rosa Lockhart

New this week: ‘Creed’ film fest, ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’, and ‘Fallen Dynasty’

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.

MOVIES

— With “Creed III” coming to theatres on today, Prime Video has you covered for all your Creed and Rocky needs. “Creed” and “Creed II,” along with every Rocky film from No 1 through “Balboa,” will be available to watch on Prime Video. You could also do a Sofia Coppola double feature of “The Virgin Suicides” and “Lost in Translation” while trying to decide which Coppola-inspired T-shirt to purchase from Uniqlo’s celebration of the filmmaker (also available next week).

MUSIC

— Willie Nelson approaches his 90th birthday later this year with plenty going on — he just won a Grammy for best country album, he’s among the 2023 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and he has a new album: “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love.” Nelson and his band recorded fresh interpretations of 10 classic compositions penned by the legendary American songwriter Harlan Howard.

— A huge box set celebrating the musical tie between Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello now serves as a memorial to Bacharach, the iconic

composer who died earlier this month. “The Songs of Bacharach & Costello” is a comprehensive 45-song set that includes live performances of Bacharach and Costello performing several songs from the album “Painted From Memory” and three rare and unreleased live performances from 1998 and 1999.

— Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy

TELEVISION

— Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis never made a sequel to their 1994 action, comedy movie “True Lies,” directed by James Cameron, but CBS has a new TV series with the same title inspired by the film. Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga now co-star as Harry and Helen Tasker. Harry is a secret international spy who pretends to have a career in computers that takes him on the road a lot. On a mission in Paris doubling as a romantic getaway for the couple, Harry’s double life is exposed and she must join the team. “True Lies,” executive produced by Cameron, debuted Wednesday on CBS.

— Amazon has adapted “Daisy Jones & the Six,” the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid into a limited series debuting today. Riley Keough and Sam Claflin star as the

lead singers of a 1970s rock band who make beautiful music together but behind-the-scenes they’re either at each other’s throats or trying to fight their feelings. The story charts the band’s early days, fame and abrupt breakup with flash forwards to older versions of the characters looking back on the story. Reese Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine, executive produces.

— Alicia Rancilio

VIDEO GAMES

— Times were tough in China at the end of the 2nd century, with the Late Han Dynasty battling to cling to control as rebels rose up. Throw in some dragons, demons and other mythical monsters and you have the blood-drenched setting of Koei Tecmo’s Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Your character is a nameless warrior who’s just trying to stay alive amidst all the chaos. You do have some mad martial arts skills and a handful of magic spells, and if things get hairy you can summon a supernatural beast of your own. Wo Long comes from Japan’s Team Ninja, developers of the brutal hack-and-slash classics Ninja Gaiden and Nioh. Prepare to unleash havoc Friday on the PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One and PC.

— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr

‘Daisy Jones & the Six’

MICHAEL B Jordan as Adonis Creed, left, and Jonathan Majors as Damian Anderson in a scene from “Creed III.”(Eli Ade_MGM via AP)

literary lives – hollywood scandal

The curious murder of Johnny Stompanato

“There’s a knife on the counter. I picked it up and ran back up the stairs. Her door suddenly flies open. I see John coming toward me. He’s got his hand up … I raised the knife and he walks right into it. And he looked at me. And he said, ‘My God, Cheryl, what have you done?’”

– Cheryl Crane daughter, Lana Turner

While filming The Lady Takes a Flyer early in 1957, the American actress Lana Turner started receiving flowers and telephone calls from a mobster and ex-Marine Johnny Stompanato, who nefariously used the name John Steele.

She had no idea how he had obtained her telephone number, but learned later that he has also obtained the telephone numbers of Zsa Zsa Gabor, June Allyson and Anita Ekberg. Stompanato was intent on pursuing Turner and pampered her with lavish gifts. Eventually she fell

for his attentions and began dating him, unaware that Stompanato had close ties with the Los Angeles underworld and was an associate of gangster Mickey Cohen.

Plagued with arguments and physical abuse, Turner and Stompanato entered into a tempestuous physical relationship with many reconciliations. Turner also claimed that Stompanato had drugged her and had taken nude photographs of her when she was unconscious.

On a separate occasion, while she was in London filming Another Time, Another Place with Sean Connery, Turner accused Stompanato of disrupting the film set before being forced off the set by Connery.

Following complaints to Scotland Yard by Turner, Stompanato was deported from the United Kingdom. The couple subsequently

reconciled and spent two months in Acapulco, Mexico, before returning to the United States.

In March 1958, Turner attended the Academy Award ceremonies where she was nominated for an award for her role in Peyton Place. She also presented the award for Best Supporting Actor. Aggrieved that he had not been invited to accompany her, Stompanato assaulted Turner when she arrived home after the awards show.

Eight days after the Academy Awards, Stompanato arrived at 730 North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills and began a heated argument in the actress’s bedroom. Cheryl Crane, Turner’s daughter with former husband Joseph Stephen Crane, entered the room but was told by her mother to leave. The argument continued and Crane, who was watching television in an adjoining room, began fearing for her mother’s life.

It was then that she grabbed a kitchen knife from a table in the kitchen and ran to her mother’s defence. Crane stabbed Stompanato in the stomach as he walked aggressively towards her. She caused serious wounds. Her knife had penetrated his liver, portal vein and aorta, causing massive internal haemorrhaging.

Crane telephoned her father, while Turner called for a doctor, noticing blood on Stompanato’s shirt. The doctor arrived shortly afterwards, attempting to

Sir Christopher Ondaatje recalls the 1958 stabbing of Lana Turner’s lover by her fourteen-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane.

LANA Turner

JOHNNY Stompanato

CHERYL Crane

revive Stompanato with an adrenaline injection and an artificial respirator. Not being able to obtain a pulse, the doctor called for an emergency service and notified the police. Stompanato was pronounced dead at the scene. The subsequent autopsy revealed that Stompanato’s death was caused by a single knife wound to the stomach.

In the early morning hours of April 5, 1958, Police Chief Clinton Anderson, who arrived at Lana Turner’s house shortly after the medical services, stated that Turner had pleaded with him: “Please, let me say I did it.”

Cheryl Crane had already confessed to the stabbing. Turner and her ex-husband retained attorney Jerry Giesler to represent her daughter within an hour of the homicide. Shortly after this, Crane was surrendered at the Beverly Hills Police Station, where she was booked on a holding charge. She gave an account of the stabbing incident to Police Chief Anderson and recounted Stompanato’s threats to her mother. Crane was then interned in a juvenile hall, while her parents and Jerry Giesler left the police station. The Beverly Hills press had already gathered outside the station, curious for information.

The shocking murder of Johnny Stompanato quickly became a cause celèbre, and hit headlines around the world. Lana Turner, along with the recent Academy Awards, was sensational news without the sensational murder. The press could not get enough of the gruesome story.

A juvenile pre-detention hearing was held by Judge Donald O’Dell behind closed doors with Turner, her mother Mildred, and ex-husband Stephen Crane. Turner’s attempt to place her daughter in the custody of Crane’s grandmother was denied. Judge O’Dell pronounced that Cheryl Crane would be better protected by remaining in custody pending the hearing for Stompanato’s murder.

Another juvenile detention hearing was scheduled a week later, on April 24, 1958, to determine whether or not Crane would remain a permanent ward of the juvenile court. Crane showed little or no emotion during these hearings and was relocated to a juvenile detention centre pending further proceedings.

Over one hundred reporters and journalists attended the April 11 coroner’s inquest which

was held the day love letters between Turner and Stompanato were published in the press. It was a riotous scene where the mobster Mickey Cohen, a known friend of Stompanato, was called to testify. He refused to identify Stompanato’s body in photographs, fearing any implication in the crime.

Another Stompanato associate, Stephen Trusso, who was denied permission to testify, announced publicly that Crane had killed Stompanato following a lover’s quarrel and that she was jealous of her mother.

A second witness, Clinton Anderson, the Beverly Hills Police Chief, testified that he was satisfied with Crane’s confession to the killing of Stompanato.

Further testimony was received by a Beverly Hills police officer who was sent to Turner’s residence on the night of the crime, and also Stephen Crane, her father and Mildred, her grandmother,

whose own husband, Turner’s father, had also been murdered in 1930.

Jerry Giesler, Turner’s attorney, was present during the hearing, and Police Captain Ray Borders attested that Cheryl Crane’s statements were consistent following severe questioning. She did not, however, attend the coroner’s inquest, although her written statement was read out at the hearing:

“He kept threatening her and I thought he was going to hurt her, so I went into the room and I stuck him with the knife … He screamed and asked what I was doing. I ran out of the room.”

Lana Turner’s own testimony, as reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, was the highlight of a circuslike hearing:

“I was walking toward the bedroom door, and he was right behind me, and I opened it, and my daughter came in. I swear, it was so fast, I – I truthfully thought she had hit him in the stomach. The best I can remember, they came together and they parted. I still never saw a blade.”

Her 62 minutes of testimony appeared to cause her untold anxiety, following which she described Stompanato’s final moments: “… the most horrible noises in his throat and gasping.”

After four hours of testimony and 25 minutes of deliberation, the coroner’s jury deemed Stompanato’s killing a justifiable homicide, and Cheryl Crane would not be prosecuted. Crane remained a ward of the Court until April 25 when the presiding judge Allen T Lynch, following the hearing, which was closed to the public, expressed concerns over Crane receiving proper parental supervision. She was released to the care of her grandmother, Mildred Turner, and ordered to visit a psychiatrist together with her parents.

Although Lana Turner and her daughter Cheryl Crane were cleared of any wrongdoing, public opinion of the trial and its finding was varied and censorious. Immediately following Crane’s exoneration, Stephen Crane told reporters that he intended to fight Lana Turner for full custody of his daughter. The day after Crane’s acquittal a scathing article was published about Turner:

TURNER (center) with ex-husband Steve Crane and mother Mildred at Cheryl’s juvenile court hearing, April 24, 1958

TURNER’s Beverly Hills residence, where Stompanato was killed

“… she possessed a lack of almost any reference to moral sensitivity in the prescience of a child … Cheryl isn’t the juvenile delinquent. Lana is.”

– Los Angeles Times

Life magazine published a photo of Turner testifying in court with stills of her in courtroom scenes from three films she had starred in. Other criticism followed.

“(Turner) played the most dramatic and effective role of her long screen career here today at the Coroner’s inquest.”

– Florabel Muir New York Daily News

The scandalous press coincided with the release of Turner’s film Another Time, Another Place (1958) with Sean Connery, which had a lacklustre critical response. The accompanying real-life drama was much more what the public wanted.

Following the 1958 inquest, Stompanato’s brother Carmine alleged that Turner had lied in her deposition.

“She failed to tell the whole truth, and law enforcement had made up their minds right from the start that Johnny deserved to die.”

– Carmine Stompanato

Stompanato’s ex-wife, Sarah Ibrahim, filed a wrongful death suit of $750,000 (equivalent to over $7 million in today’s money) in damages against Turner, Cheryl Crane, and Stephen Crane, on behalf of herself and her seven-year-old son with Stompanato, alleging that Crane had arrived at Turner’s residence before Stompanato’s death, and did not summon medical assistance.

Her deposition which began in June 1958, presented by William Jerome Pollack, her attorney, presented evidence that suggested Stompanato had been stabbed while lying down, and that it was uncertain whether Cheryl Crane or Lana Turner did the actual stabbing, or whether one assisted the other in the actual stabbing. Attorney Lowell Drydon, representing Turner, Cheryl and Stephen Crane, accompanied them to the law offices of William Jerome Pollack in Los Angeles

for a meeting in which Cheryl Crane stated that she could not recall actually stabbing Stompanato, nor could she recall providing the written statement read on her behalf at the April 11 coroner’s inquest.

The controversial suit was settled out of Court for $20,000 in May 1962.

In 2007, Time magazine referred to Stompanato’s homicide as being one of the crimes of the century. Film historian Sam Staggs referred to the murder as “belonging in the same pantheon as the Fatty Arbuckle rape and manslaughter trial in 1921, the ambiguous death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, and the OJ Simpson case in 1994-1995.

In the years following 1958. Stompanato’s homicide has been the subject of conspiracy theories that Lana Turner did in fact kill him, and that her daughter had taken culpability for her mother, claiming self-defence. Eric Root, Turner’s hairdresser, revealed in his 1996 memoir that Turner confessed to killing Stompanato.

“I killed the son of a bitch, and I would do it again.”

– Lana Turner

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stylist Sydney Guilaroff noted in his 1996 memoir that on the morning of Stompanato’s murder he had run into Turner leaving the Pioneer Hardware store in Beverly Hills. During a brief exchange, Guilaroff alleged that when he asked Turner what she was doing at the hardware store, she answered: “We needed a new knife.”

Lana Turner died on June 29, 1995. She was 74 years old. * *

Life in the aftermath of the murder was difficult for Cheryl

Crane. After spending several weeks in a juvenile hall, she was later checked into a Connecticut mental health facility, where she attempted suicide. After returning to Los Angeles a few months after she turned 18, Crane began abusing alcohol and prescription drugs. She attempted suicide again. She reportedly found renewed hope, however, when she went to work as a hostess in her father’s restaurant, and in 1968 met her future “wife”, model Jocelyn LeRoy. Moving to Hawaii, Le Roy and Cheryl Crane prospered in real estate, and later returned to California. Crane published Detour: A Hollywood Story, a tell-all memoir in which she recounted her side of the story of Stompanato’s death.

• Sir Christopher Ondaatje is the author of The Last Colonial. He acknowledges that he has quoted liberally from Wikipedia.

LANA TURNER, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane arriving at the Los Angeles International Airport, 16 days before Stompanato’s death

Inagua in 1944 – Part I

The Commissioner of each Out Island ‘district’ had to send an annual report of events and developments in his district during the preceding calendar year. Many had little to report, but Herman Pyfrom (1898-1955), a highly respected commissioner, had a lot to say about Inagua:

“The district now comprises Great and Little Inagua. On October 1st, Mayaguana was placed in the Long Cay district. Little Inagua lies about 5 miles from Northeast Point and is uninhabited.

TRADE

Commodities were obtained from Nassau, the United States of America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The principal foodstuffs were bought in Nassau, whilst fruits, vegetables, rice and brick, for building purposes, were obtained in Haiti. From Cuba, a small shipment of general notions was received.

TRADE WITH HAITI

154,693 second-hand bottles and 138 empty barrels were shipped, chiefly on the barter system. Customs duties on imports amounted to £764.19.0. This was collected on fruits and various kinds of foodstuffs.

Value of brick imported under Factory Bond £3,108.12.03.

Dutiable goods from the USA to the value of £1,699.12.10 and duty collected £416.00.11.

Machinery and building materials for factory use to the value of £25,219.06.01.

Value of Imports from Cuba £281.00.06, Duty collected £50.09.08.

Imports from Puerto Plata DR value £466.16.00. Duty collected £43.00.10.

Total Customs duty from all sources £1,548.07.05.

EXPORTS

9,217 tonnes of salt were exported to various ports in Canada, to the value of £9,636.02.00.

SHIPPING

Foreign

Inwards: 138 vessels; 1,936 Men; 5,275 tonnes

Outwards: 225 vessels; 1,457 Men; 7,582 tonnes

COASTWISE

Inwards: 67 Vessels; 514 Men; 6,986 tonnes

Outwards: 33 Vessels; 329 Men; 5,268 tonnes

IMMIGRATION

Passengers Inwards 54; Passengers Outwards 58.

Labourers Inwards 199; Labourers Outwards 158.

MAIL AND POSTAL FACILITIES

The Motor Vessel “Content” performed the Windward mail service, during the month of January. The tug “Nassau” carried on the remainder of the year,, except for the month of September, when the MV “Ann Bonny” was substituted.

Passenger accommodations on the “Nassau” are by no means satisfactory and many complaints have been made by first class passengers. However, under present conditions, we should be thankful for the regularity of this service in war time, and the efficient manner in which the agent in Nassau performs his duty.

Mr SE Carey, the master of this vessel, has been very helpful and courteous to all concerned and his ability as a master mariner unquestionable.

Apart from the regular Windward mail service, mails were regularly brought by various motor vessels, bringing machinery and building materials for West India Chemical, Ltd. This convenience was highly appreciated by the entire community, as there are no local vessels plying between this port and Nassau.

POSTAL

All departments of this District Post Office were well patronised and functioned satisfactorily.

During the year, 1,203 Money Orders were sold, totalling ear, the Money Order department

was patronised daily and 1,203 Money Orders were sold, totalling £8,871.00.07.

Orders cashed, including US and domestic, numbered 123, aggregating £631.18.00.

TELEGRAPHY

Notwithstanding the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in and around the telegraph station, revenue (including payment for Government telegrams) to the amount of £1,253.1.05 was paid in by the Operator.

VITAL STATISTICS

Births: Males 12: Females 14; Total 26.

Deaths: Males 7; Females 5; Total 12.

POPULATION

Mathew Town 890.

CRIME

Apart from the regular hearing of cases before the Magisterial Court, a great deal of time was taken up daily in which were mostly frivolous and vexating [sic] disputes, as also complaints between husband and wife. Our local agitators have been active as usual, but the strong arm of the law has, in each case, frustrated their nefarious plans. These agitators employ vicious groups of the flotsam and jetsam of this community to do their bidding, whenever necessary, and it is always extremely difficult to obtain reliable evidence to prosecute such villains and so get a conviction. It appears that even the so-called reliable are afraid to give information, lest the culprits, or their friends, make reprisals. It is regrettable that some of the police, sent from Nassau, fall victim to this group of agitators and are, therefore, more dangerous.

53 cases were brought before the Magistrate’s Court. Offences against the person 8; offences against Revenue Laws 6; Miscellaneous Minor Offences 39.

These were dealt with as follows: 31 fined, 6 imprisoned, 19 bound over. There were no appeals.

A case of manslaughter was sent up to the Supreme Court and will be heard at the January Sessions.

HEALTH AND SANITATION

The health of the public has been good. All public wells were regularly cleansed and inspected. Again, I reiterate the improvements in the water supply are of paramount importance to the health of the community.

The whole community is indeed grateful for gratuitous services obtained from the Erickson Clinic. This Clinic is under the capable hands of Mrs. Henry Read, RN, whose noble, efficient and humane work is highly appreciated by the entire community.

SOCIETIES

There are two Friendly Societies: Namely, the Inagua Union Society, established August 1879, with a membership of 70; and the Inagua Friendly Society, established in December of the same year, with a membership of 120.

The Societies celebrate their anniversaries during the months of August and December, respectively, and are considered the chief events of the year. On these occasions, after attending Divine Service, at one of the Churches, they parade to the Commissioner’s Residence and deliver loyal addresses. These Societies are in very good financial standing and are doing splendid work, in aiding sick and distressed members, burying their dead and rendering financial aid to widows and orphans, of deceased members.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

This institution was opened regularly each day, from 10am to 12noon and from 4pm to 6pm, except on Sundays and Public Holidays.

Only a very small percentage of the inhabitants patronise this establishment as, out of a population of 890, there are only 28 subscribers. No new books were added during the year, but a good supply of illustrated English and American papers and magazines were regularly supplied, every month.

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Animal matters

Kim Aranha

As your friend gets older…

You wake up one morning and you have to face facts that your ridiculously cute puppy is now an elderly dog. Long gone are the puppy antics or the stressful canine “teenage” phase where everything in the house was chewed. You really didn’t notice that transition as a well-mannered adult grew a grey muzzle and started to move a little slower, stopped jumping up on the bed and avoided sitting to say “please” for a treat.

You have to be honest with yourself, your best buddy is an elderly dog and is going to need as much understanding and care that he needed when he was a puppy, or even more.

For humans, aging is a privilege that some of us are not granted; the same applies to dogs. Dogs just don’t live long enough and their short lifespan is the most painful part of dog ownership. The bad behaviour whilst growing up is quite funny, even if it can be very expensive. I had one puppy who had an insatiable appetite for Ferragamo shoes. They are my favourite shoes, so his hunger for them was voracious and my wardrobe was peppered with pairs of shoes that were singles only…an expensive habit, to say the least.

I look at my good friend Garmin, soon to turn 13. He has had a few speed bumps in his life, starting with his first few weeks of existence. He was found living quite alone in a disused baby carriage in Balls Alley, existing on water from rain puddles and eating bugs. When he was admitted to the shelter, he had to be on a drip. He choose me 100 percent. I allowed to be chosen because he was a scrawny, and frankly, ugly pup, who I felt would not find a home. Well, he found us and grew into a beautiful dog with a feisty character and an argumentative streak. We have had more than one major vet bill to patch him up from a fight he started but couldn’t win.

PET OF THE WEEK

A girl named George

By The Bahamas Humane Society

“Well, strictly speaking, I should be Georgette, as I’m a girl, but we’ll let that slide for now. I’m one of many cats available for adoption at the Bahamas Humane Society. I’m about four years old and I’m very sociable with humans and other cats, but humans in particular. I’m a great conversationalist and will snuggle with you while you tell me all about your day, too. Have you been needing a listening ear in your

I look into those trusting brown eyes that locked with mine 13 years ago and I think of all we have gone through togetherl the midnight chats, the snuggles and the hugs, the times he lay in the suitcase to stop me packing. my funny little brat is now a distinguished gentleman.

He has some neurological issues, a bit of doggy dementia, seizures and had a minor stroke last Saturday. What do all those issues add up to? A sweet

and vulnerable old gentleman who looks to us for love, understanding and help. His gait is a bit wobbly (the jacket he wears enables us to assist him better). his head tilts a bit to the right, and sometimes he is inordinately restless. On the other hand, his tail wags a mile a minute; you hear it thumping on the floor when he sees us approaching or hears us talking to him.

He loves his mealtimes, and a great treat is to go outside and sniff every

life? I might just fit the bill! Please come to the BHS to meet me or call 325-6742 for more information. I look forward to chatting with you!”

If you can’t adopt, foster.

If you can’t foster, volunteer.

If you can’t volunteer, donate.

If you can’t donate, educate!

Help make a difference!

blade of grass with great attention.

When he is indoors and gets a little sleepy, he likes to come close to me and rest his head on my foot, and with a contented sigh, he drifts of to sleep feeling safe, loved and protected.

He is still a handsome dog and has a definite personality. His aging has taught me so much about the coming years for myself. He faces every day with great bravery, marches out to the garden with a slight wobble, but that does not deter him. He has a way that announces his arrival, as if expecting to see the garden lined with admirers.

He is my trusted friend. He grew up with my special Chiefie, my perfect Buddy and Boss, the gentle giant. They were a pack of five foundlings who filled our house with barking and would run up and down the corridor like the wind. Those days are over. There are now only two left of the pack and we no longer have a corridor, no teenagers to play with, but Garmin still has spirit and still lavishes love on me.

I sit with my old, sweet boy who needs a bit of help to get up on the sofa; the wag in his tail tells me all that I need to know. He is where he belongs and this partnership we entered into 13 years ago is still good and his trust in me will never be abused.

For as long as he can enjoy life’s simplest of pleasures, as long as he delights in the different smells in his garden and the pleasure of receiving a rogue treat from the table, we will be there to support and care for him.

Nothing more special than a wise senior dog!

(PHOTO/LINDA GILL-ARANHA)

The Weekend Fashion Report 29th Annual SAG Awards

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

HIT Zendaya (“Euphoria”)

Karin says: “Zendaya kills it once again. To be honest, I’m not that crazy about all the rosettes (it bit too oldfashioned) on this otherwise gorgeous pink Valentino gown, but she makes it work. She just looks so regal and commanding. Love the hair and necklace especially. Extremely glam.”

Cara says: “It’s giving 80’s prom and bridal vibes, but in an OK way. The dress is super sweet pink and she looks great. What does it for me though is that stunning make-up and perfect hair. And of course, can we say hello to that necklace?”

HIT Viola Davis (“The Woman King”)

Karin says: “OK, I love everything about this except the neckline. The bright yellow is stunning on her (Angela Bassett wore a similar shade on the night), and I do like the simplicity of the design (the colour is loud enough; no need for embellishments) and the matching Valentino clutch is nice, but what is up with that wavy neckline?”

Cara says: “Grab your shades, because this yellow gown is blinding. I love this shade on her. Not everyone can pull that off. The dress is simple and elegant. I know the wavy neckline is a bit different, but I like it. I do think that her hair is a bit matchy to the wave, so I would have maybe done more of a loose updo instead.”

FAIL Jessica Frances Dukes (“Ozark”)

Karin says: “Designer Marc Bouwer succeeded in creating a dress that looks like it’s making a valiant effort to choke its wearer on the red carpet (is that a silent cry for help I see in her eyes?). The weirdly shaped cut-out at the chest is also a tragedy. This may work for a staging of ‘Swan Lake’, but not for an awards show.”

Cara says: “There are so many fails in just this one dress: the neckline is attacking her; the cut-outs just scream tacky and trying too hard. I guess the fabric is pretty, but so much is going on with this dress, it’s giving me a headache.”

FAIL

Patricia Arquette (“Severance”)

Karin says: “This is just plain tragic. Where does one even find such a satin abomination? The lace accents around her décolletage, shoulders and sleeves makes me think this was her great-grandmother’s dress that she recently found in an attic and decided to dust off in time for the SAGs.”

Cara says: “Where do I start? The light mint green colour does nothing for her; completely washes her out. The necklace thingy looks like it’s strangling her, and the overall dress just looks like a sewing lesson gone horribly wrong. Nope, this ain’t it.”

FAIL Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Karin says: “She has really been switching it up this awards season, but this is not it. Critics called this Schiaparelli gown avant-garde and whimsical, and while that may be true, I just hate that sequined column down the front. It looks like she was put through the shredder.”

Cara says: “I got unfinished straw doll or Junkanoo costume from my first glance at this dress. Either way, it’s just a hot mess. I’m mad her team did this to her, because she has that elegant poise that can carry so many different looks and styles, and this is just ridiculous.”

(Photos/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)