Jim Baba, Canadian baseball leader and former Kindersley recreation director, dies at 69
By Kate Winquist
Jim Baba, a longtime leader in Canadian baseball and former parks and recreation director in Kindersley, has died at the age of 69.
A native of Moose Jaw, Baba spent nine years in Kindersley beginning in 1980, developing local sports programs and fostering a love of baseball that would shape his career. He played a key role in bringing the World Youth Baseball Championships to Kindersley in 1984.
Baba later served as director of operations for Baseball Saskatchewan, coaching provincial teams, delivering National Coaching Certification Program courses, and leading Saskatchewan’s baseball squad at the 1989 Canada Games. He joined Baseball Canada, coaching national teams in international competitions including the Pan American Games and Baseball World Cups, before serving as Executive Director from 2000 to 2021. Under his leadership, Canadian baseball grew at both grassroots and high-performance levels, achieving international recognition and supporting Pan Am Games gold-medal wins.
Inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008, Baba’s influence extended from local diamonds to international tournaments. Colleagues remember him for
his mentorship, dedication, and passion for the sport.
Baba passed away peacefully at home on Sept. 12, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Penny, three children, and five grandchildren. Known for his warmth, humour, and love of family, he also enjoyed sports, board games, and sharing his favourite treat, watermelon.
Museum gearing up for seventh annual holiday light display
By Kate Winquist
The Kindersley and District Plains Museum is preparing to once again light up the season with its annual Museum of Lights celebration this December.
Now in its seventh year, the popular holiday tradition features dazzling light displays and both drive-thru and walk-thru evenings each weekend leading up to Christmas. The event draws visitors from across the region to enjoy a festive atmosphere that blends community spirit with twinkling displays and family fun.
Past walk-thru nights have included indoor festivities such as hot chocolate, snacks, live music and trade shows, along with outdoor activities like sleigh rides and a toboggan hill.
The event was launched in 2019 as a fundraiser to help offset the museum’s growing operating costs. It has since become a much-anticipated community celebration that welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds.
Organizers hope to keep the event accessible to everyone by accepting donations in lieu of admission fees, and are now seeking sponsors to help make that possible.
“We strive to create an environment that everyone can enjoy, regardless of their economic situation,” said museum board secretary Anna Polsfut.
Those interested in sponsoring or learning more about the Museum of Lights can contact Polsfut at 306-460-4760 or by email at kindersleymuseum20@gmail.com
Welcome Home!
ALSASK
OCTOBER 24 & 25
• Alsask Haunted House from 7:00-11:00 PM nightly at the Alsask Recreation Centre. $15/person (Cash only bar). Everyone welcome.
BROCK
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
• Brocktoberfest fundraiser for the Brock Rink at the Brock Community Hall. Call or text Keri for tickets 306-520-4417. Watch for more details.
EATONIA
- Every Thursday from 11:30 AM -1:30 PM come to the Eatonia Library for puzzles, visiting and grab your books for the week!
- Check out our TOPS Chapter … it’s free to try! Every Wednesday. Weigh in: 5:45 PM. Meeting: 6:00 PM at Corcoran Place. Contact Cora Knuttila 306-460-9047.
ESTON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
• Empowering Communities to Break the Silence. Join us at 2:00 PM at Eston Anglican Church to hear Joan McDonald, a courageous advocate for domestic violence awareness. Donations welcome to the West Central Crisis Centre.
- Wheatland Centre Potluck Supper fourth Friday of each month 6:00 PM. $5.00. Bring your own utensils. Coffee & tea provided.
- Wheatland Centre Bingo - 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month 7:00 PM. Regular Bingo plus Bonanza, 50/50 Draw. Must be 14 years of age. Call 306-962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info.
- Every Monday - Adult Exercise Program 10:0011:00 AM at the AGT Community Centre
FLAXCOMBE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
• Flaxcombe Recreation Association presents Homemade Bathbomb Workshop 1:00-3:30 PM (ages 8+) Cost $15. Limited seats so please reg-
ister ASAP. Ice Tea / Snack included. Flaxcombe Community Hall. Call/text 780-242-4936 or 403461-7905 to register no later than October 16.
KERROBERT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
• Prairieland Players present “This Time Together” Scenes from the Carol Burnett Show. Dinner Theatre at Prairieland Community Centre. Tickets now avilable at the Kerrobert Town Office.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
• Prairieland Players present “This Time Together” Scenes from the Carol Burnett Show. Pub Night at Prairieland Community Centre. Tickets now avilable at the Kerrobert Town Office.
- MS Support Group at Kerrobert Health Centre Meeting Room every 3rd Saturday 2:004:00 PM. Contact Gail Wiebe for more information 306-834-7068.
- Walk This Way with Lao Thursdays at the PCC from 9:30-10:30 AM. Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE.
KINDERSLEY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
• Kindersley Curling Club AGM 7:00 PM Curling Club Lounge. Registration, Committee Reports, Budget. AGM attendees will be entered to win one curling league fee.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
• Kindersley & District Arts Council AGM 7:00 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Arts Centre.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
• Kindersley Screen Arts presents “Sacramento” 4:00 PM at Sunset Theatre. $10 cash at the door with wine and beer available for purchase.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
• Poppy Campaign Kick-Off Supper at the Kindersley Legion Hall. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Chicken supper provided by Jackie’s Delicious Delights served at 6:00 PM. Program to follow. Cost $30/plate. For tickets call Scott Holloway 306-460-4688.
- Parkinson’s Support Group Meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month 1:30 PM at 401 - 4th Ave West (New Life Church). Everyone welcome! For more info call Nancy at 306-4634514.
- Monday Night Jam Sessions at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 to set-up, then the fun begins at 7-11 PM. Call Keith 306-460-8633.
- Interested in a support group for weight management? TOPS meetings; every Monday at 6:00 PM in the Kindersley Senior Centre OR contact Jill at 306-463-4210.
- Pickleball meets Monday & Wednesday evenings 7:00-9:00 PM at the outdoor courts (in the Curling Rink if inclement weather). Cost is $50 for the season or $5 drop in. Our club is a part of Pathway To Wellness. More info call Teresa Knight 306-460-7304.
- Fit Fighter Group Class. Helping individuals with Parkinson Disease, Fibromyalgia, MS, Arthritis and mobility issues. Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 AM at Anytime Fitness. Call Karen 463-3607 for more info.
- 365 Kindersley Air Cadets meet Thursday evenings at the Kindersley Museum. No charge to be a member, youth ages 12-18, must be a Canadian resident. Contact Ian Kehrer via text at 306-460-0057 or Sheila Kehrer via text 306604-9044. Come Fly With Us!
• Every Tuesday: Community Badminton 6:30 - 9:00 PM at Westberry School. Everybody welcome.
LEADER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
• Leader & District Arts Council presents The Blackbird Sessions featuring Berk Jodoin, Will Ardell, Lachlan Neville. 7:30 PM at the Leader Community Centre. Tickets $35 (Age 11 & Under $5). Special pricing for season ticket holders only $25. Tickets available at Town of Leader Office. Dessert & Coffee.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Caution dominates the Sheep’s monetary aspect this week. Rams and Ewes might want to shear their big spending plans until a more favorable financial picture begins to emerge by week’s end.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Thrift counts both at home and at work. So, you might want to rethink major purchases or investments. Also, be wary of a so-called revelation about a previous business decision.
ber 22) Financial matters once again figure in any major action you might take regarding career, travel or other endeavors. You’ll want a ready reserve to help you back up your moves.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Trying to resolve a problem in a personal relationship could be more difficult than you’d expected. Look into the possibility that someone might be interfering for their own reasons.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A workplace project you once rejected might be more attractive because of changes that you feel you can now work with. The weekend is especially favorable to family matters.
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GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Both household budgets and workplace accounts might benefit from some judicious trimming of unnecessary expenses. Meanwhile, a business partnership could lead to an unexpected challenge.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A previously overlooked opportunity could reemerge with a new travel-related matter. Check this out carefully to see if it’s what you really want before you decide one way or another.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) This is a good week for the gregarious Goat to enjoy being with the people you care for. You might even want to show off the creative kitchen skills you’re so adept at.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A colleague might think your attitude is patronizing, or even outright insulting. True, but this might be their problem. Still, you might want to take some reassuring steps anyway.
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Tuesday: Brock AA Meeting
8:00 PM, Vesper Club, 1st Avenue North
Tuesday: Leader AA Meeting
8:00 PM, Leader United Church, 1st St. W.
Wednesday: Eston AA Meeting
8 PM, St. Andrew’s United Church, 1st St. W.
Friday: Kindersley AA Meeting
8:00 PM, Lutheran Church, 807 - 3rd Ave. W.
Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesday: Kindersley NA Meeting
7:30 PM, 113 Main Street
LEO (July 23 to August 22) This could be the start of a new career-changing phase, so start marking down your many accomplishments for those who need to know how much you have to offer. Good luck!
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) It’s not too early for the sometimes procrastinating Virgo to start making some long-distance travel plans. The sooner you decide where to go, when to go and how to go, the better.
LIBRA (September 23 to Octo-
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It’s a good time to jettison old concepts about a family matter that you might have been holding on to. This will help make room for a new and more enlightened way of dealing with it.
BORN THIS WEEK: You like to analyze a puzzling situation before you try to resolve it. This makes you excel at getting things done the right way.
Q:When is “Scrubs” returning, and will it be on NBC or just on a streaming platform? Who all is coming back? — S.J.
A:The hilarious hospital sitcom
“Scrubs” aired for eight seasons on NBC, but it was ABC that brought it back for a ninth with a new group of interns, calling it “Scrubs: Med School.” Zach Braff still starred in this season, but it just wasn’t the same without the entire original cast. Fortunately, ABC is granting the show a new life yet again with a “Scrubs” reboot including most of the OGs — Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke.
It’s been 15 years since the series ended. “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence told TVLine his hope would be that “we establish where everybody from [the original show] is, whether they’re still with us at the hospital or not.” This includes the janitor played by Neil Flynn and the chief of medicine Dr. Bob Kelso, played by Ken Jenkins. Lawrence further stated, “I hope Ken [now 85] is able to come play with us a little bit. He’s a little older, but we love him so much.”
Other cast members who have been confirmed to be joining the original trio include Judy Reyes as Carla. She’s busy on the hit show “High Potential,” but she’ll be a recurring character on the “Scrubs” reboot. John C. McGinley has also signed on to recur as Dr. Cox. The show wouldn’t be the same without these two, but what about the fabulous dude surgeon Dr. Todd? Fortunately, Robert Maschio has also committed to return in a guest-starring capacity.
An exact premiere date hasn’t been set, but the reboot started filming this October and plans to launch on ABC sometime in 2026.
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Q:
Who is the new cast member on “Saturday Night Live” with the red hair? I know I’ve seen him before. — K.D.
A:That’s actor and stand-up comedian Ben Marshall. He’s actually been part of the “SNL” writing staff and appeared in digital shorts for the show as part of the comedy troupe Please Don’t Destroy. You might have also recognized him from some TV commercials,
as well as the Peacock film “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.” Additionally, he was a guest star on a recent episode of Peacock’s “Poker Face,” starring Natasha Lyonne.
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Q:
Has the “Today” show found a replacement for Hoda Kotb yet? I enjoy the guest hosts, but I’m just curious if Jenna Bush Hager will find a permanent co-host.
— W.B.
A:When
Hoda Kotb left the fourth hour of “Today” earlier this year, the show rebranded itself as “Jenna & Friends” with a rotating group of celebrity co-hosts. Jenna Bush Hager told Us Weekly that she’s really enjoyed the format and not knowing “what’s going to happen tomorrow.”
Fans have speculated that former NBA star Dwayne Wade could become permanent since it was announced that he would be returning in the fall. Other repeat hosts include E! News’ Justin Sylvester, who returned this October. For now, just enjoy the variety of contenders, and when the right fit is found, Hager will be sure to let us know.
Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com.
Zach Braff (“Scrubs”)
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It’s Pita Pizza Time!
I took an informal poll in my neighborhood with the question, “What do kids like to eat most?” I noted responses from both adults and kids like mac and cheese, burgers, tacos, and chicken fingers. But, to no surprise, pizza dominated. Maybe it’s because it offers something for all tastes.
and 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil. (For a smooth sauce, whirl in a blender.)
Toppings
Classic kid-pleasing toppings include bowls of shredded mozzarella cheese, sliced pepperoni, red onion that is thinly sliced into rings, sliced mushrooms, chopped bell peppers, and pitted olives. For variety and to accommodate adult tastes, you might include marinated artichoke hearts and drained, oil-packed, sun-dried tomato slices.
For a seasonal option, skip the tomato sauce and layer your pita pizza with Italian shredded cheeses, sauteed onionm and slices of an apple or pear. Sprinkle with crumbled gorgonzola and fresh thyme.
Setup
At one end of a counter or table, stack pita bread and small plates. Continue assembly-line fashion with the bowls of sauce, toppings, and baking sheets.
TAX TIPS
If pizza reigns in your house, throw an informal Halloween pizza party or another get-together with family and friends this school year. Planning and hosting can be creative and easy to cater for all tastes when you keep it simple. Instead of preparing and shaping pizza dough in advance, here’s the shortcut: Make personal pizzas using pita bread available at a bakery or grocery store. Provide the toppings so that guests can enjoy putting their pita pizzas together in an assembly-line fashion, letting everyone choose their favorites as they go for unique combos. It’s an ideal setup for picky pizza eaters who prefer their favorite toppings.
FAMILY-STYLE
PERSONAL PITA PIZZAS
Tomato Sauce
The pizza-making begins with a good tomato sauce. Purchase your favorite sauce, or make this homemade recipe that goes together in minutes. Enlist your school-aged child to measure and stir the chunky sauce.
For 2 1/2 cups, mix together in a bowl: a 14-ounce can diced tomatoes, a 6-ounce can tomato paste, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt,
365 Kindersley Air Cadets
Thursday evenings 7:00 PM at the Kindersley & District Plains Museum No charge to be a member (youth ages 12-18).
Must be a Canadian resident. Contact Ian Kehrer via text at 306-460-0057 or Sheila Kehrer via text at 306-604-9044.
Assemble
Invite guests to place a pita bread on a plate. Spread with sauce, if using, then add toppings according to taste. When complete, remove from plate and set on baking sheet.
Bake
Bake in a preheated oven set to 400 F for 10-15 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and pita is crisp. ***
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New Copper and Zinc Mine to Boost Saskatchewan’s Critical Minerals
On October 15, Energy and Resources Minister Colleen Young visited Foran Mining Corporation’s (Foran) Exploration Warehouse in Saskatoon. Foran’s McIlvenna Bay mine in northeastern Saskatchewan is expected to begin production of copper and zinc at a commercial scale in mid-2026.
McIlvenna Bay is a key project for the diversification of Saskatchewan’s mining sector and is playing an important role in working toward the goals detailed in the province’s Critical Minerals Strategy.
“Foran’s copper and zinc mine will contribute to Saskatchewan’s economic growth and provide sustainable career opportunities for people in the north,” Young said. “Saskatchewan is Canada’s largest primary producer of critical minerals, and this project further enhances and diversifies our position as a leading supplier of the minerals that are essential for modern economies around the world.”
McIlvenna Bay represents a capital investment of more than $1 billion. The project will produce copper, zinc, gold and silver over an initial 18-year mine life. The Government of Saskatchewan is supporting the project through the Critical Minerals Processing Investment Incentive, which is designed to drive investment and new production in the province’s critical minerals sector.
“Saskatchewan continues to stand out as one of the best mining jurisdictions in
the world for good reason,” Foran Executive Chairman and CEO Dan Myerson said. “From permitting and exploration supports to funding programs and policy collaboration; this government has been a reliable and forward-thinking partner unlike any other. Our strong relationship with the province has been instrumental in Foran’s success to date, and programs like the Critical Minerals Processing Investment Incentive are game changers that allow us to build McIlvenna Bay while continuing to explore for the next generation of critical mineral deposits. Together, we are helping to build a more sustainable, innovative, and prosperous future for Saskatchewan.”
Securing the Future: Saskatchewan’s Critical Mineral Strategy was introduced in 2023. One of the strategy’s key goals was to double the number of critical minerals produced in Saskatchewan from three to six. With McIlvenna Bay and Prairie Lithium’s extraction facility both coming into production over the next year, Saskatchewan is on track to reach that goal through the sustained production of potash, uranium, helium, copper, zinc and lithium.
Other goals from the Critical Minerals Strategy are also being achieved. For example, exploration spending in Saskatchewan is projected to reach $408 million in 2025 and surpass the target of Saskatchewan accounting for 15 per cent of all Ca-
nadian exploration spending. The Critical Minerals Strategy also set a goal to grow production of potash, uranium and helium. All of these industries saw record production in 2024.
“Saskatchewan is a world leader in mining investment attractiveness, driven by diverse mineral resource potential, and a supportive policy and regulatory framework that provides predictability,” Saskatchewan Mining Association President Pam Schwann said. “Foran’s McIlvenna Bay mine will mark the resumption of copper and zinc production in Saskatchewan in over 20 years and the first new base metal mine in Canada in over a decade, supplying the critical minerals that
power clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and modern infrastructure.”
Saskatchewan continues to work toward establishing Saskatchewan as a hub for Rare Earth Elements (REE), which is the fourth goal in the Critical Minerals Strategy. The Saskatchewan Research Council’s Rare Earth Processing Facility will be commissioned in phases, beginning in 2026 and moving into full operations in 2027. At that point, the facility will be one of the first, if not the first, plants of this scale to come online in North America.
For more information, Visit: Critical Minerals Strategy
KING FEATURES WEEKLY SERVICE,
By Lucie Winborne
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• In Birmingham, England, 2.5 million Mills & Boon books were pulped to create the top layer of the M6 toll road.
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• A dog that had been kicked by a driver returned with a bunch of its friends and proceeded to trash the man’s car, chewing up the fenders and wipers.
• Charles Joughin, the chief baker on the Titanic, allegedly treaded water for two hours before being rescued from the sunken vessel. He later claimed that the copious amounts of whiskey he consumed before the ship went down kept his body warm enough to survive the subfreezing ocean temperature.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger once eloquently said: “I love Thanksgiving turkey. It’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.”
• Alcatraz holds an annual Indigenous Peoples’ Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering, also known as Unthanksgiving Day, to commemorate the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz and to protest the colonialist history of Thanksgiving.
• Instead of saying something like “the cat’s pajamas” or “the bee’s knees,” the French say “the baby Jesus in velvet shorts.”
• The red parasol moss Splachnum rubrum grows only on moose poop.
• In 2013, an American man named Ashrita Furman took the title of “the most bananas sliced with a sword on a slackline in one minute” by slicing 36 of them in 60 seconds.
• Some birds change the size of their brain every winter.
• In the 1970s, the NFL team now called the Seattle Seahawks opened a competition in which the public could suggest and vote on a name for them. About 1,750 suggestions and 20,000 entries were received.
• “Subdermatoglyphic” is the longest word without duplicate letters.
Thought for the Day: “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.” — Steve Jobs
Here’s what to watch and where to watch it for the week of Oct. 20, 2025.
ON NOW: “Fifty Shades of Black” (R) — Paramount+
21-Oct: “Michelle Wolf: The Wolf” (Comedy Special) — Netflix
21-Oct: “Who Killed the Montreal Expos?” (Documentary) — Netflix
22-Oct: “The Thundermans: Undercover” (Season 1) — Paramount+
23-Oct: “Nobody Wants This” (Season 2) — Netflix
23-Oct: “Married at First Sight” (Season 19) — Peacock
24-Oct: “A House of Dynamite” (R) — Netflix
24-Oct: “Leslie Jones: Life Part 2” (Comedy Special) — Peacock
26-Oct: “Mayor of Kingstown” (Season 4) — Paramount+
BIRTHDAY CAKE VOUCHERS can be picked up at the Kindersley Co-op Food Store Bakery Department.
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Strange Collector
-- A 57-year-old man in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan was re-arrested on Sept. 18 after investigators discovered that he had allegedly stolen 50 fire hose nozzles, Japan Today reported. It wasn’t clear why he was stealing them, as he kept them in his possession rather than selling them. Officials say the nozzles aren’t worth much as scrap metal, but the absence of them presents a serious risk to the public.
Lonely Lady
-- Lisa Catalano, 41, of San Mateo, California, is ready to settle down, KRON-TV
WEIRD NEWS
reported, so she’s set her sights high. Catalano is using digital billboards along Highway 101 to seek out potential mates, directing suitors to her website to get more information and apply. “I just want to meet somebody,” she said, “and I was just not having any luck any other way.” Catalano was previously engaged, but her fiance passed away in 2023 from illness. As she looks for the ideal applicant, she says, “I hope that this is a great story that we can tell our future children.”
Diamond Dig
-- Just months after a woman from New York dug up a 2.3-carat diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park, a family from Oklahoma have unearthed an even bigger rock: a 2.79-carat brown diamond. United Press International reported that on Sept. 13, Raynae Madison and her family went to the park to celebrate her nephew’s birthday, bringing beach-digging and sand-sifting tools they purchased at a dollar store. “I honestly thought it was too big to be a diamond,” Madison said. The park said it is the third-largest diamond found at the park this year.
• On Oct. 27, 1873, Joseph Glidden, a farmer in DeKalb, Illinois, submitted an application to the U.S. Patent Office for his new design for a fencing wire with sharp barbs. His version, using two strands of wire twisted together, was an improvement on the single-strand version created by Henry Rose and became the best-selling such wire in the country.
• On Oct. 28, 1787, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart worked all night to complete the overture of his opera “Don Giovanni,” which was scheduled to debut in Prague the next day. The orchestra had no time to rehearse, but sight-read it in the concert hall to a most enthusiastic response from the crowd.
• On Oct. 29, 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, an English adventurer, writer and favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, was beheaded in London under a sentence brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I.
• On Oct. 30, 1905, George Bernard Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” which dealt frankly with prostitution and had already been banned in Britain, was staged at New York’s Garrick Theater, but was closed by authorities after a single performance. The next day the producer and players were arrested for obscenity, but no one (including Shaw) was convicted. The play would not be legally performed in Britain for another 21 years.
• On Oct. 31, 1950, 21-year-old Earl Lloyd became the first African American to play in an NBA game when he took to the court in the season opener for the Washington Capitols. While he would describe joining an all-white team as “intimidating,” his teammates were welcoming, though not all fans approved.
• On Nov. 1, 1800, President John Adams moved into the newly constructed President’s House, the original name for what we today call the White House.
• On Nov. 2, 2000, the first residential crew arrived aboard the International Space Station, marking both the beginning of a new era of international cooperation in space and the longest continuous human habitation in low Earth orbit, which continues to this day.
George has been seeing a psychoanalyst for four years for treatment of the fear that he had monsters under his bed. It had been years since he had gotten a good night’s sleep. Furthermore, his progress was very poor, and he knew it.
So, one day he stops seeing the psychoanalyst and decides to try something different.
A few weeks later, George’s former psychoanalyst meets his old client in the mall, and is surprised to find him looking well-rested, energetic, and cheerful.
“Doc!” George says, “It’s amazing! I’m cured!”
“That’s great news!” the psychoanalyst says. “you seem to be doing much better. How?”
“I went to see another doctor,” George says enthusiastically, “and he cured me in just ONE session!”
“One?!” the psychoanalyst asks incredulously.
“Yeah,” continues George, “my new doctor is a behaviorist.”
“A behaviorist?” the psychoanalyst asks. “How did he cure you in one session?”
“Oh, easy,” says George. “He told me to cut the legs off of my bed.”
A Texas Oil Tycoon and an Alaskan Oil Tycoon were debating on which state had the most oil.
The Alaskan Oil Tycoon said, “Listen, there is so much oil in Alaska that I could buy enough gold to build a wall of solid gold 100 feet tall and 100 feet wide all the way around the state of Texas.”
The Texas Oil Tycoon scratched his chin and adjusted his cowboy hat and said, “Well boy, I’ll tell ya what....you just go ahead and build that wall, and if I like it.......I’ll buy it”.
A man walked into the office in a school.
“Excuse me,” he said to the secretary, “I would like to come to school. I want to learn to read and write.”
“Okay,” the secretary responded in a bored voice, “just fill out this form...”
“Mom, can I have an animal cracker?” asked 5 year old Bob.
“Sure, Bob,” said his mom. “Open up the box, and take a few.” Forty five minutes later Bob’s mother walked into the kitchen.
“Bob, why’d you spill out all of the animal crackers, and what are you looking for?”
“It said on the box not to eat it if the seal is broken,” Bob replied, “I spilled out the whole box, I looked through all of the animals, but I can’t find any seals!”
Not all construction work is equally enjoyable. For instance, drilling a large hole is boring, but fastening two pieces of metal together is riveting.
I never wanted to believe that my dad was stealing from his job at the construction site... But when I got home, all the signs were there.
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