Archive for March 6, 2008

Frank Buckles at the White House

Posted in Current Events by John E. Pannell on March 6th, 2008 at 11:36 am

“In the joyousness of high spirits, it is easy for us to forget the dead.”
– Ernie Pyle

frankbuckles.jpgFrank Buckles will be at the White House today for a special event.   Now you may ask, “Who is Frank Buckles?”   Scouts working on the Citizenship in the Nation or the American Heritage merit badges pay special attention.

Mr. Buckles is the last surviving American verified veteran of Word War I.   He’s now 107 and lied about his age to enlist in the US Army.    Buckles also served in WWII and was a civilian prisoner of war in the Philippines during that conflict.  He will be at the White House today to attend an unveiling of WWI veteran portraits.

The Virginian-Pilot has coverage of today’s event on their website.

His biography is on Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buckles

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"Gradualness, gradualness, and gradualness. From the very beginning of your work, school yourself to severe gradualness in the accumulation of knowledge. "
Ivon Petrovich Pavlov


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SI 2008 Player of the Year

Posted in Tarheel Basketball by John E. Pannell on March 6th, 2008 at 12:08 am

Sports Illustrated has named junior forward Tyler Hansbrough as their 2008 National Player of the Year.  In the article announcing this choice Grant Wahl writes about a photo that Coach Williams keeps on his desk:

On the office desk of his Chapel Hill home, next to the portraits of his wife and children, North Carolina coach Roy Williams keeps a framed 8-by-10 picture of a young man drenched in his own blood.

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"The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."
Winston Churchill


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