January 31, 2005
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Jerry Meek: Earlier this month I wrote about Jerry Meekís bid to become the youngest Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party (Jerry is the youngeróalbeit much talleróbrother of my old college friend, David Meek, who occasionally graces the pages of this site as a Guest Blogger). Well, news arrived over the weekend that Saturdayís election was postponed until February 19th, due to snow-related hazardous roads conditions throughout western and central North Carolina. In the meantime, Saturdayís edition of The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) ran a great breakdown of the race, pointing out that over the past two years, Jerry has traveled an average of 6,000 miles per month for the Democratic Party, much of it in his single-engine Cessna plane. Click here to read the full article.
Katherine Yushchenko: Last nightís episode of 60 Minutes profiled Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraineís new President. Yushchenko triumphed over his countryís authoritarian rulers, who, by the way, poisoned him during the campaign, leaving him looking like 60 Minutesí own Steve Croft, but I digress. One facet of this made-for-Hollywood ëgood triumphs over badí story that I seem to have missed while it was taking place is that Yushchenkoís wife is a U.S. citizen. Born and raised in Chicago, Katherine Yushchenko is a former U.S. State Department employee. Who knew?
Jolanda Jones: The next installment of Survivor features a girl I went to college with. Jolanda Jones was a standout student athlete at the University of Houston who often had friends and I falling off our seats in the cafeteria with her stories and mannerisms. Iím sure Jolanda wonít disappoint as the token African-American female appearing on a popular reality show. Survivor Palau premiers Thursday, February 17 at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on CBS.
Josh Bernstein: The Fashion & Style section of yesterdayís New York Times included a piece called ìThe Outdoorsman,î featuring my old friend and outdoor industry colleague, Josh Bernstein. Typical of newspaper fashion pieces, this one profiles Joshís choice of Indiana Jones-like clothing, which is prominently on display in the new History Channel cable television show, Digging For The Truthb. Apparently, that hat Josh is so fond of wearing is custom job, made of compressed beaver, costing somewhere between $550.00 and $750.00, The next episode of Digging For The Truth, in which Josh climbs the world's most active volcano, Stromboli, on an island near Sicily, premiers tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time on The History Channel. (Oh, if you want to read the NYT piece featuring Josh's clothing, feel free to use "beliblog" as your User Name, and "readit" as your password.)
Posted by Mikal at January 31, 2005 7:28 AM
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