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Carrol Lee “Butch” Blackwell, 84, of Columbia passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Boone Hospital.

Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, at New Horizons United Methodist Church in Columbia, followed by memorial services at 2:00 p.m. Inurnment will take place at a later date at St. Francois Memorial Park in Bonne Terre.

Carrol was born on July 19, 1933, in Bonne Terre, the son of Roscoe and Ruth (Maddern) Blackwell, both of whom preceded him in death.

He was married on Dec. 18, 1954, to Doris Ann King, who preceded him in death in 2008.

He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Rolla School of Mines and Metallurgy. Carrol worked as a civil engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers. While there he was a district superintendent and director of operations in Portland, Mo., St. Louis and finally retired in Kansas City. He was Past Master of Ferguson Masonic Lodge #542, and a member of Scottish Rite. Carrol was an active member of New Horizons UMC in Columbia. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and building model airplanes.

He is survived by his sons, Jeffrey (Susan) Blackwell of Minneapolis; Tim (Janie) Blackwell of Jefferson City; grandchildren, Michael, Matthew, Olivia and Briana; five nieces and three nephews.

He was also preceded in death by three brothers and one niece.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to New Horizons UMC, 1020 S. El Chaparral Avenue, Columbia,

Article source: http://www.devilslakejournal.com/obituaries/20171202/carrol-blackwell-1933-2017

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Hank Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart

By Scott Eyman

Simon Schuster. 367 pp. $29

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Can an agnostic liberal Democrat find lifelong friendship with a churchgoing conservative Republican? Suspend for now the cynicism of your Facebook feed and consider the example of Henry Fonda (Democrat) and James Stewart (Republican), who held it together for a good half-century without unfriending each other or wondering out loud how they would get through the holidays or coming to blows over immigration policy.

What was their secret?

Start with this now-inconceivable fact: They never spoke of politics. Or, for that matter, work. Or war or women. They built kites and model airplanes and, when the mood struck, conceived elaborate practical jokes and, together, found the spirit of relaxation and fun that often eluded them as individuals. To borrow the title of Scott Eyman’s smart, generous chronicle, they became “Hank Jim,” a pair of guys who asked nothing of each other but propinquity.

And, of course, if they had been simply Hank and Jim, we wouldn’t plunk down a nickel for their story, however much we applauded their political high-wire act. But they did something even more unaccountable, which was to stumble into the same revelatory method of movie acting – a carefully calibrated, jealously guarded “non-style” that favored withholding over display and had the surprising effect of making their work more durable and timeless than their heavy-lifting peers. Which is to say that Mr. Smith and Tom Joad will live longer than

Article source: https://www.theday.com/aemusic/20171203/book-world-what-kept-henry-fonda-and-james-stewart-friends-for-50-years

RALEIGH – Age-old criminal misconduct and challenges from new technology are addressed in that 20 North Carolina laws that take effect partially or in full Friday.

The General Assembly passed legislation this year agreeing to expand rules or crimes addressing drones, “revenge porn” and self-driving cars, in addition to pushing through new or tougher penalties for human trafficking or deadly domestic violence. Other new legal offenses or procedures were initiated.

FIGHTING GANGS

Police and prosecutors said a 2008 law addressing gang activity and violence was difficult to use in prosecuting gang members. So lawmakers replaced separate felony counts for criminal gang leaders or members with increased penalties for underlying crimes if jurors decide the offense was committed as part of gang activity. New language also is designed to make it easier to declare a business a public nuisance because gang activity occurs there and shut it down.

BRITNY’S LAW

The shooting death of a Wake County woman by her boyfriend — the father of her child — prompted lawmakers to increase the likelihood that similar domestic violence attackers could face the most severe category of murder for their crimes. “Britny’s Law,” named after the slain woman, creates the legal presumption that a homicide constitutes first-degree murder if the slaying was committed with malice and the defendant had previously been convicted of domestic violence against

Article source: http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2017/12/01/new-north-carolina-laws-address-longtime-crimes-new-tech/913069001/

Some movie stars become so beloved that audiences think of them as friends. Film historian Scott Eyman has pursued the happy idea of writing about two such figures, Henry Fonda and James Stewart, who were in fact friends themselves. They lived together in New York when they were struggling actors and remained close for decades. Despite differences in their personalities and political views (Fonda was a Democrat, Stewart a Republican), the friendship lasted until Fonda’s death in 1982, partly because they bonded over more essential matters: They respected each other’s work, loved animals, collaborated on practical jokes,…

Article source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-hollywood-blood-brothers-hank-jim-1512160371

This year, the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading raised funds for its foundation using an online charity auction that taps into members’ passion for model airplanes.

How to hack it? The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading gets members in a giving mood with an online charity auction hosted on eBay. The annual auction gets members competing and bidding on something they love—model airplanes.

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Why does it work? The auction taps into members’ interests to bring in funds for good causes. This year, the ISTAT Foundation collected more than $165,000 through all of its fundraising efforts to support global charities, including air transport services that deliver humanitarian aid to those in need.

“Commercial aviation can be a tremendous force for good because aircraft provide an unmatched ability to get people and cargo to just about anywhere,” says Julian Balaam, chair of ISTAT Foundation’s humanitarian aid committee. “The ISTAT Foundation wanted to support this capability, which is put to great use by so

Article source: https://associationsnow.com/2017/12/membership-hack-online-charity-auctions/