Leasing Veteran John Winchester, CLFP, Passed Away
He Died March 15, 2020 at 73 in  Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

An early photograph of John, when he was President of ComCo/OneWorld Leasing dba business as OneWorld Finance. He also was involved with Communication Leasing, Inc/Winchester Company, Nashville, Tennessee, serving the equipment financing needs of the mid-south since 1981.

John served six years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers and one year on the Board of Directors of the CLP Foundation. Communications Leasing, Inc. works with Banks and other funding sources to offer equipment financing to businesses throughout the region. He was very active at association meetings and very proud of the NAELB Master Member Designation for those who take an active interest in their association.

Obituary in the Tennessean:

Winchester, John Luther, age 73, of Mt. Juliet, TN, transferred his membership from Cooks United Methodist Church to his heavenly home with Jesus Christ on March 15, 2020. John served in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Georgia Military Academy (“for the good of South East, Missouri”) and obtained his BS degree at Memphis State University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi. He served as First Lieutenant of the Officer’s Club during the Vietnam War, as his hearing loss prevented him from his desire to become a pilot. After moving to Mt. Juliet, John became a Boy Scout leader. Under his leadership, 14 young men became Eagle Scouts, including his son, Luke. He remained involved in the Boy Scouts and received the Good Scout of America Award in March of 2017. John was actively involved in the American Red Cross, Christian Men’s Fellowship and Walk to Emmaus, until his health no longer allowed. For more than 30 years, he was the owner of ComCo-One World, Inc. and Winchester Company of Tennessee, both a commercial equipment finance business. During his career, John served on the Board of National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers for over 10 years. He was the first Tennessean to pass the test and obtain the title of Certified Lease Professional. John loved his community and stayed actively involved as a volunteer in many events and needs when possible. He was a longtime member of the Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce and was honored to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. John was a member of the Mt. Juliet Breakfast Rotary Club and the Friday Morning Men’s Prayer Group at Hermitage Golf Club. He was the son of the late, Luther and Sally Burke Winchester.

He is survived by:
Wife – Ginger Gray-Porter Winchester
Son – Luke A. (Pamela) Winchester
Step-children – James Michael (Maria) Porter and Mandy Gray Dozier
Grandchildren – Logan Collins, Vickie Porter, Haley Romines, Noel Winchester,
                      Jasmine Porter and Noah Winchester
Siblings – Jeananne (David) Thompson, Mary (Howard) Wagner,
              Emily Winchester and Johnny (Maria) Champion
Many cherished nieces, nephews and cousins across the country

Coda: At the May 21, 2001 NAELB New Orleans Conference, John and President Michael Meacher presented me with a new “Walter Winchell Press Hat” that had the banner sticker “Leasing News.” I got a big round of applause.  I still have the hat.   Kit Menkin.

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New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries

Lauren Blowers was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Marketing/Education, First Equipment Finance, Rochester, New York. She joined the firm June, 2016 as Marketing Intern; promoted July, 2018, Marketing Analyst. Previously she was Blue Hen Ambassador, University of Delaware, Part-time (September, 2014 - June, 2017); Office Assistant, Dataflow, Inc. (January, 2014 - January, 2016).  Education: University of Delaware, Bachelor of Science. BS, Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services (2014 - 2018). https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenblowers/

Matt Freeman was hired as Vice President of Business Development, Wintrust Specialty Finance, Irvine, California. He is based out of Parker, Colorado.  Previously, he was National Business  Development Executive, Ampil (July, 2018 - March, 2020);Vice President, Development, CIT (April, 2012 - August, 2018); Vice President, Business Development, EverBank Commercial Finance (November, 2010 - April, 2012); Vice President, Key Equipment Finance (March, 2004 - November, 2010); Portfolio Sales Manager Compaq/HP Financial Services (1998 - 2003); Vice President, Business Development (1992 - 1997).  Education: University of Northern Colorado. B.S., Business Administration. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-freeman21/

Robert Larschield was hired as Regional Vice President of Sales, First Financial Corporate Services, Placentia, California. He is based in the companies Milwaukee office. Previously, he was at GE Healthcare, starting November, 2010, as Risk Analyst; promoted February, 2014, Vice President, Senior Account Manager; Relationship Banker, Johnson Financial Group (April, 2009 - November, 2010). Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Finance (2009 - 2009). https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-larscheid-b2613b90/

David Lyder, CPA, CMA, was hired as Senior Vice President, Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama.  He is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Previously, he was Executive Vice President, Ascentium Capital (October, 2014 - April, 2020); Vice President, Finance and Administration, Brueckner Group, USA, Inc. (October, 2013 - October, 2014); Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations, CIT/Direct Capital Corporation (July, 2007 - October, 2013).  Education: University of Connecticut. BS, Accounting (1992 - 1996).  https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lyder-cpa-cma-6a04a34/

John O'Donnell was hired as Vice President, Syndications, Capital Markets Group, U.S. Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, he was VP, Director of Capital Markets, BBVA Compass (October, 2012 - February, 2020); Chief Financial Officer, Green Circle Growers, Inc. (August, 2009 - October, 2012); Director, Capital Markets, CIT (December, 2006 - December, 2008); Vice President, Senior Manager, Syndications, RBS Asset Finance (January, 2005 - December, 2006). Prior he was at ICX Corporation (Subsidiary of Carter One Bank), starting August, 1993 as Vice President, Controller; promoted January, 1998, Vice President, Syndications); Manager, Deloitte (January, 1985 - August, 1993).  Education: Miami University. BS, Accounting (1982 - 1986). Activities and Societies: Theta Chi Fraternity.  Magna Cum Laude. https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmodonnell/

David Williamson was hired as Vice President of Sales, Hitachi Capital America.  He is based in Encinitas, California. Previously, he was at Wells Fargo, starting August, 2005, Director, Business Development, West Coast; promoted August, 2015, Regional Sales Manager, Channel Finance; Vice President, Originations, GE Commercial Finance (2003 - 2005);Vice President, Senior Business Development Officer, Bay View Financial Corp. (2002); Vice President, Business Development, Bank of America (1994 - 2001).  Education: Michigan State University, B.S. Finance (1983 - 1986). Activities and Societies: Theta Chi Fraternity. https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-williamson-ba069347/

Good News Among the Bad
Might be Sour, but Tangy

Despite the down news on line elsewhere, there are positive signs.  Hard leasing and loan companies are doing well, with extra collateral, shorter loans, creative methods to get their customer the money and equipment they need.  While the Federal Reserve Beige Report showed the effects of COVID-19. "All Districts reported highly uncertain outlooks among business contacts, with most expecting conditions to worsen in the next several months." the March 15th reported noted.

From Boston:
"Software and Information Technology Services
Software and IT services firms reported growth that exceeded expectations for the first quarter, but indicated there was uncertainty looking ahead to the second quarter. Two contacts reported that first quarter revenues were up 20 percent to 24 percent year-over-year, and all respondents noted strong demand in the first two months of 2020. During March, new bookings declined drastically across-the-board and one contact mentioned that they had zero new bookings for that month. While contacts remain cautious about maintaining cash flow, they plan to reduce operating expenses by limiting travel and cancelling large annual events through the end of the year. Overall, firms expressed uncertainty regarding the duration of this downturn but remain cautiously hopeful in their relationships with existing customers and the decisions they have made to limit expenses going forward."

Manufacturing and Related Services
“Of 11 firms contacted this cycle, 10 reported higher sales despite, or in many cases, because of the pandemic...

A frozen fish manufacturer and a cardboard box company attributed recent strong results to brisk sales in grocery stores. The fish company said that the increase in demand had left it with essentially no inventories. A toy company said sales were good because social distancing meant people were spending more time at home with children. A medical goods manufacturer had a ten-fold increase in orders for portable ventilators. A manufacturer of membranes used in ventilators and N-95 masks, not surprisingly, had strong sales. The membrane manufacturer also sells into the auto industry and said that declining auto production freed up production for the medical market.

“The outlook was generally positive. Even the furniture maker was hopeful that workers could return soon and was also investigating government programs for relief. Several contacts were generally optimistic but said they were more cautious than before the pandemic.”

Certain industries such as healthcare, hospitals, grocery stores, delivery services, among others take up some employment slack.

While many larger leasing companies have furloughed employees,
smaller companies are hanging in there.

Maxim Commercial Capital and Slim Capital report very good sales, as well as other companies in the small to middle size marketplace, such as KLC Financial, where its President Spencer Thomas, CLFP, reports:

"Some of your other funding relationships may be tightening up or have stopped lending all together. But KLC is open for business and prepared to take on more. In fact, over the past two weeks, KLC has funded nearly 20 opportunities totaling more than $3,000,000 for our customers!

"KLC Financial is committed to helping our customers, especially during this time of crisis. We will help you weather the storm, and come out stronger on the other side. If you are experiencing financial challenges, talk with one of our experienced team members about your options.

"With all of the uncertainty that has come as a result of the Corona virus, pandemic I find myself trying to focus more on the positive things in life. One of those things this year was KLC’s company sponsored trip in January. As a reward for accomplishing our goals for 2019 our team won a week of well-deserved vacation in Costa Rica. The warm sunny skies were a direct opposite of Minnesota’s dark wintery offering.

"As a business we have always believed our people are our greatest asset and gladly make this investment in them. At a time when other businesses have been cutting costs to protect profits, we have persevered with our vision of building for the future. Being able to give back to them in this way has been so rewarding for me personally. Being able to spend time with everyone away from the office in a paradise like Costa Rica brings us closer as a team, and we get to share in memories we won’t ever forget. As a team we excel and accomplish more than we can by ourselves. Joy and achievement are almost inseparable. A spark here and a lift there makes for superior human capital. We are family."

Spencer Thomas, CLFP
President
952.224.4303
spencer@klcfinancial.com
www.klcfinancial.com

 

 

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What Are You Doing to Stay Afloat?
Are You Prepared for the Opening of Economy Later?

Please send us your comments, mark either “on” or “off the record.”
kitmenkin@leasingnews.org

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Industry responds as vehicle negative equity
hits new records---Walkaway Programs Recommended

By Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor, SubPrime

CARY, N.C. - EFG Companies chief revenue officer Eric Fifield acknowledged the issue during a phone conversation with SubPrime Auto Finance News last week.

“Negative equity was a problem before, and it’s only going to be exasperated now,” Fifield said as the company again rolled out a program to help vehicle buyers handle negative equity if they encounter a life-changing event like a job loss — something that’s now been experienced by more than 22 million Americans during the past month.

As unemployment soars, the data from Edmunds indicated that negative equity is reaching new records, too.

According to data shared exclusively with SubPrime Auto Finance News, Edmunds executive director of insights Jessica Caldwell reported that three negative-equity records arrived in March. They included:
— Percent of new-vehicle sales with negative equity: 36.3%
— Percent of used-vehicle sales with negative equity: 28.7%
— Share of all new-vehicle sales with negative equity: 16.4%

Edmunds data also showed that the average amount of negative equity for new-vehicle sales in March came in at $5,225. For used-vehicle deliveries, that negative equity figure stood at $3,873, according to Edmunds.

Most mainstream automakers and their captives now offer financing programs that far more substantial than when 2020 began such as zero percent rates for 84 months with no payments for as long as 120 days. With incentives like those programs, Caldwell doesn’t see the negative-equity trend reversing any time soon.

Generous financing offers from automakers such as zero percent for 84 months make sense for responsible consumers who intend to keep their vehicle until the wheels fall off,” Caldwell said in a message to SubPrime Auto Finance News. “However, many consumers get the itch to trade in and make a new purchase much sooner, so longer loan terms could lead more individuals down a road toward negative equity.

“Vehicle popularity often shifts in the U.S. to meet changing consumer preferences, which could also negatively impact the value of these vehicles,” she added.

What might be shifting faster consumer vehicle preferences is the volume of U.S. workers seeking federal unemployment benefits. On Thursday, the Department of Labor said another 5,245,000 individuals made their initial claim for benefits last week.

The Labor Department also said the largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 4 were in Georgia (up 256,312), Michigan (up 84,219), Arizona (up 43,488), Texas (up 38,982) and Virginia (up 34,872)

Whether a recent vehicle buyer lives in one of those five states or elsewhere in the U.S., EFG Companies is trying to protect those consumers.

Last week, EFG re-launched the product behind the award-winning Hyundai Assurance Program — WALKAWAY Vehicle Return Protection. This automotive debt-protection product cancels up to $7,500 of negative equity associated with a vehicle purchase, regardless of age, health, or vehicle type, giving consumers the freedom to walk away from negative equity without impacting their credit.

WALKAWAY Vehicle Return Protection allows consumers the option to return their vehicle in the event any of these unforeseen life events occur: 
• Involuntary unemployment
• Physical disability
• Loss of driver’s license due to medical impairment
• Self-employment personal bankruptcy
• Accidental death
• International employment transfer

After launching WALKAWAY as the Hyundai Assurance program during the Great Recession, Hyundai experienced an eight percent increase in unit sales while the rest of the industry declined by 21 percent. Over the next two years, the manufacturer grew market share by 57 percent.

Since bringing the product to market, EFG said it has positively impacted the vehicle purchasing decisions with WALKAWAY for more than 826,750 consumers across the United States and Puerto Rico.

“Successful dealerships are defined by how they support their customers,” EFG Companies president and chief executive officer John Pappanastos said in a news release. “This has never changed. What does change is the manner in which that support is delivered.

“Today, dealers have the opportunity to provide customers with extremely relevant and valuable protection regarding their finances and their ability to live their daily lives. This opportunity can serve dealerships as a true point of differentiation and avenue for revenue growth,” Pappanastos continued.
Fifield pointed out how important F&I solutions like WALKAWAY can be as dealerships are seeking new ways to retail vehicles during the crisis.

“Dealerships are certainly getting creative with how they’re retailing vehicles, whether it’s concierge services or deliveries at home. Just because the showrooms are not having a lot of traffic right now doesn’t mean dealers are not selling vehicles,” Fifield said.

“You see all of these incentives from the manufacturers are pushing the length of terms and deferred payments, it’s only going to drive bigger and deeper negative equity. But getting creative is important. The message to consumers is the vehicle will provide peace of mind in this uncharted territory we’re in,” he continued.

“We have a solution that gives customers peace of mind when they’re buying,” he added.
Fifield also emphasized the financial horsepower EFG has to operate program such as WALKAWAY.

“That’s a question we’re asked often. It’s great to have a great solution but it doesn’t make any difference if it’s short-lived,” Fifield said. “The good news is we’ve had this program available and offered by a variety of our partners since 2005. For 15 years, we’ve seen good times and bad.

“This program is not the product we do,” he continued. “We’re about to celebrate our 42nd year being an administrator. We’re partnered with an A-rated insurance backer that has a contractual liability policy on this. This is well-funded and has as much backing that you can imagine. It’s reserved in a way that makes sure the dealers offering this program that the claims are taken care of for the long haul.”

EFG stressed that WALKAWAY can give dealers an effective defense when it comes to declining consumer confidence by:
• Giving consumers the motivation and confidence to purchase their next vehicle
• Increasing customer satisfaction and driving repeat business
• Preserving their customers’ credit for future purchases
Since the product’s inception, EFG said has paid out a total of $3,890,062 in WALKAWAY claims, helping consumers at a time when they need it most.
“I thought I would never have to use the WALKAWAY program,” WALKAWAY contract holder Monica Lagarin said in the news release. “I lost my job, and I have bills to pay. When the claim was approved and I received payment relief, I was able to manage my other bills without having to worry about my car.”

For more information about the WALKAWAY program, go to this website. https://www.efgcompanies.com/products/debt-protection-products/walkaway-car-return-protection/

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What sets the current crisis apart from past crises, economic or otherwise, is the fact that it not only leaves people deeply concerned for their health and economic wellbeing, but it has also taken away most of the things that typically offer some much-needed distraction from these concerns. No bar open for a drink after a long day of work, no movie theater to flee reality for two hours. Most importantly though for millions of Americans: no professional sports.

Like most public life, the sporting world has hit the pause button with major sports leagues and events either suspended, cancelled, or postponed. To those hoping for professional sports to return in their full glory (i.e. in front of packed crowds) over the summer, Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s most prominent infectious disease expert, had bad news this week. In an interview with Snapchat’s Peter Hamby, he said that the only way pro sports could return anytime soon would be without spectators.

"There's a way of doing that," Fauci told Hamby when asked about the MLB and NFL specifically, "nobody comes to the stadium. Put [the players] in big hotels, wherever you want to play, keep them very well surveilled. ... Have them tested every single week and make sure they don't wind up infecting each other or their family, and just let them play the season out."

Fauci’s remarks come a week after a Seton Hall Sports Poll showed that most Americans wouldn’t feel safe attending a stadium before a vaccine for the coronavirus is developed anyway. 72 percent of respondents in the poll conducted April 6-8 said they wouldn’t feel safe at all attending a stadium, regardless of potential social distancing measures. As the following chart shows, 40 percent of the respondents don’t expect professional sports to make a comeback this year at all, while another 21 percent think it will only happen behind closed doors.

By Felix Richter, Statista

https://www.statista.com/chart/21406/public-opinion-on-pro-sports-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

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Watch at Home
By Fernando F. Croce

With the Cannes Film Festival being delayed due to the current health crisis, we’ve put together a list for viewers to create their own festival at home with some of the best previous Palme d’Or winners.

Marty (Delbert Mann, 1955): Previously known for playing heavies, Ernest Borgnine showcased deeper emotional depth (and won a Best Actor Oscar) in this touching slice-of-life drama, the first American film to take home the Palme d’Or. Borgnine plays Marty Piletti, a homely Bronx butcher who lives with his overbearing mother (Esther Minciotti). With not much of a romantic life, he decides to accompany his best friend Angie (Joe Mantell) to the local ballroom on Saturday night. There he meets Clara (Betsy Blair), a timid teacher who he quickly falls in love with. But can the two underdogs overcome pressures from their families and the society around them? Written by Paddy Chayefsky with a perceptive and sensitive ear to quotidian detail, Delbert Mann’s film remains a humble heart-warmer.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964): The most romantic of the young filmmakers to emerge from the French New Wave, Jacques Demy always imbued his visions with a melodic quality. That quality is literalized in this lush, one-of-a-kind musical, where every single line of dialogue is sung. Set in a candy-color fantasy version of Cherbourg, the story follows the romance between Genevieve (Catherine Deneuve), who works at the local factory for umbrellas, and handsome mechanic Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). When Guy is drafted for the Algerian War and a pregnant Genevieve is left behind, their lives veer in different directions… until a bittersweet reunion years later. A fan of Hollywood musicals, Demy aims to outdo them in emotional and visual intensity, providing a glorious, specifically Gallic wistfulness. With subtitles.

The Tree of the Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978): At one majestically epic and achingly intimate, this drama about the lives of a community of peasants in Northern Italy is a gentle masterpiece. Unfolding over the course of a year, it charts the harsh lives of sharecroppers living on an absent landowner’s property. Among them is Batisti (Luigi Ornaghi) and his wife Batistina (Francesca Moriggi), who hope to give their young son the kind of education they could never afford. When the boy’s school attendance is threatened by his broken wooden clog, however, his father cuts down the landlord’s tree in order to find replacement wood—putting the family’s work in danger. Patiently attuned to the changing of the seasons, Ermanno Olmi’s film is a profoundly spiritual experience. With subtitles.

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994): Bursting with cinematic energy and wit, Quentin Tarantino’s crime mosaic was like a shot of adrenaline for a whole generation of movie lovers. Set in Los Angeles’ seedy underbelly, it weaves together three narrative strands of underworld characters. There’s Vincent Vega (John Travolta), a hit man whose night out with flirty moll Mia (Uma Thurman) takes a hair-rising turn. There’s Butch (Bruce Willis), a down-on-his-luck boxer who double-crosses his boss (Ving Rhames) only to stand by his side during a terrifying ordeal. And there’s Jules (Samuel L. Jackson), a philosophical killer who undergoes a life-changing revelation after barely escaping death. Charging reality with humor and a vivid sense of danger, Tarantino’s film is a romantic cinephile’s exhilarating epic of style, violence, and redemption.

L’Enfant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2005): Members of a prestigious group of two-time Palme d’Or winners, Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne had one of their most powerful pictures with this wrenching drama about growth and responsibility. Bruno (Jeremie Renier) is a young small-time thief whose wife, Sonia (Deborah François), gives birth to a boy. Himself as irresponsible as a child, Bruno unthinkingly sells their son for cash. With his wife shocked by his decision, he must set out to make things right for his family and, in the process, grow up. Charting the spiritual shifts of the characters against their bleak surroundings, the film embodies the Dardennes’ passion for outsiders in the face of severe desperation. The results achieve a purity of tension and poignancy. With subtitles.

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Deferring Customer Payments: A Practical Approach
Wednesday, April 22 | 12:00 PM CT/ 1:00 PM ET

FREE WEBINAR

 

Register Now
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7316278320816371214

NVLA is hosting a webinar to provide an overview of how a cross-section of NVLA members are managing customer payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our presenters will share their experience on how they effectively communicated with their lessees, what their company criteria is to assess the need for a deferral, and how the deferral is structured.

Join our panel of industry experts on Wednesday, April 22nd at 12:00 PM CT to learn how others are dealing with customer demands to defer payments.

 
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News Briefs----

The government's small business loan money is gone.
   No More Paycheck Protection Program.  Now what?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/small-business-loan-fight-congress-negotiations/index.html

Over 43,000 US millionaires will get
   ‘stimulus’ averaging $1.6 million each
https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/43k-us-millionaires-will-get-stimulus-averaging-1-6m-each/

Best Buy to furlough 51,000 store employees,
  cut pay of executives
https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/best-buy-to-furlough-51000-hourly-us-store-employees/

It Really Is the Perfect Storm’:
    Coronavirus Comes for Rural America
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/coronavirus-rural-america-covid-19-186031

Unemployment Continues to Rise as 5 Million Claim Benefits
   22 million have applied for unemployment insurance past 4 weeks
https://www.industryweek.com/talent/article/21129009/unemployment-continues-to-rise-as-5-million-claim-benefits

Gold's Gym is closing more than 30 locations for good
 as the coronavirus ravages the fitness industry — here's the list
https://www.businessinsider.com/golds-gym-closing-gyms-permanently-list-addresses-2020-4

Pierce Bainbridge To Shut Down
    After Mass Resignations
https://www.lawfuel.com/blog/big-talking-pierce-bainbridge-to-close/ q

Boeing to Restart Production in Washington State
   With 27,000 Workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/boeing-restart-production-coronavirus.html

New Delta Air Lines boarding procedures
 aimed at preventing spread of coronavirus
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/04/11/coronavirus-delta-changes-boarding-procedures-due-covid-19/2977519001/

Historic ‘megadrought’ underway in California, American West,
    new study finds - Tree rings show that 2000-2018
            is the driest 19-year period in centuries
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/16/megadrought-underway-in-california-american-west-new-study-finds/

Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/16/early-peek-at-data-on-gilead-coronavirus-drug-suggests-patients-are-responding-to-treatment/

Coronavirus: New saliva test developed at Rutgers could be a game-changer nationwide
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/04/13/coronavirus-new-saliva-test-developed-rutgers-could-be-game-changer/2983252001/

 

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Money, Money, Money

But which came first?
Money or man?
Yes man!
And now money rules man, doesn’t that tell you something?
Money isn’t natural.
Money is worthless in the eyes of nature yet money rules the world.
Money is the God that man worships.
Money is metal, paper and numbers.
Money is what we spend all our lives working for.
Money is what we spend all our lives spending.
Money is what keeps us going.
Money is what keeps us down.
Money is power and greed.
Capitalism is the new religion and
God has been sold out for the pound.

Money is what makes man thinks he is better than man!

- Nathan Strange

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Sports Briefs---

Broncos star Von Miller tests postive for coronavirus
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29046156/broncos-star-von-miller-tests-positive-coronavirus

'A Plug-and-Play Workhorse': Jonathan Taylor
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2886603-a-plug-and-play-workhorse-jonathan-taylor-on-translating-cfb-dominance-to-nfl

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California Nuts Briefs---

See how California’s job losses compare
   to other states during coronavirus shutdown
https://www.sacbee.com/news/databases/article242057791.html?

 California giving 150,000 undocumented adults $500 each
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/15/coronavirus-california-to-provide-disaster-relief-funds-for-undocumented-workers/

California moves forward with fishing ban
  in some rural areas to stem coronavirus spread
https://www.sacbee.com/sports/outdoors/hunting-fishing/article242026491.html?

Huge tech campus eyed in north San Jose at Fry’s Electronics site
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/15/huge-tech-campus-eyed-in-north-san-jose-at-frys-electronics-site/

Google widens already huge Sunnyvale holdings
    with building purchase
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/16/google-widens-huge-sunnyvale-holdings-building-purchase-tech-office-real-estate-develop/

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“Gimme that Wine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

France Defines Natural Wine, but Is That Enough?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/dining/drinks/natural-wines-vin-methode-nature.html

Winery Hiring Pauses but Sales Rise
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=229473

Free Wine App
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp/

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
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US/International Wine Events
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This Day in History

    1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer told “The Canterbury Tales” for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury.
    1492 - A contract was signed by Christopher Columbus and a representative of Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, giving Columbus a commission to seek a westward ocean passage to find the Indies.
    1524 - Giovanni da Verrazano, Florentine navigator, explored from Cape Fear to Newfoundland and discovered New York Bay and the Hudson River of present-day New York harbor.  The bridge that connects Staten Island and Brooklyn in NYC is named in his honor.    1704 - The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter.  The editor was John Campbell, a New England postmaster, who earned the distinction of being America's first vendor of news. It was printed by Bartholomew Green in a back room of his home in Boston, MA.   The page size was 7.5 by 12.5 inches. The text was set in small pica type. The paper was without competition for 15 years and reached a circulation of 300 copies. (Not many people in the colonies had the ability to read.)
    1741 - Birthday of Samuel Chase (d. 1811) in Somerset County, MD.  An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and a signatory to the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, he was impeached by the House on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions but was acquitted by the Senate and remained in office. 
http://www.samuelchase.com/
    1776 - The first capture of an enemy warship by a commissioned American naval officer occurred when the brig Lexington under Captain John Barry met the British warship Edward off the Virginia coast, captured it, and conveyed it to Philadelphia, PA.
    1837 - Birthday of John Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913) at Hartford, CT. American financier and corporation director.  He died leaving an estate valued at more than $70 million.
    1852 - Adrian Constantine ("Cap") Anson (d. 1922), Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager, was born at Marshalltown, IA. Anson played professional baseball from 1871 through 1897 and is considered one of the game's greatest first basemen. As a manager, he piloted the Chicago White Stockings (today's Cubs) to five National League pennants and a .575 winning percentage. His contemporary influence and prestige are regarded by historians as playing a major role in establishing the racial segregation in professional baseball that persisted until the late 1940s.  A 2006 biography of Anson that exhaustively examined 19th-century newspaper reporting related to him on the subject of racism reached the following conclusion: "As far as the nineteenth century, he rightfully should endure as the big leaguer who, until the late 1940s, was involved in the greatest number of reported negative incidents, on the field, relating to blacks." On several occasions, Anson refused to take the field when the opposing roster included black players.  Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939.    
    1860 - Fire escapes for tenements were required by New York State. The law was passed in the aftermath of a serious fire in Elm Street, New York City, in which 20 persons were suffocated or burned to death.
    1861 – Virginia became the eighth state to secede.
    1864 - There was an average of 7,333 desertions a month from the Union army. Many desertions were the result of bounty jumpers - men who would collect bounty to enlist, then desert and do it again elsewhere. The US government spent $300 million dollars on bounties while state and local governments spent about the same.
    1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination. Mary Surratt, boardinghouse owner, was charged with conspiring with Booth, "keeping the nest that hatched the egg," and running errands for Booth that facilitated his escape. It was alleged that Booth used her boardinghouse to meet with his co- conspirators. Mrs. Surratt was found guilty and was hanged on July 7, 1865.
    1890 – Jazz banjo player Johnny St. Cyr (d. 1966) birthday in New Orleans
http://www.jazzbanjo.com/vol3no1/stcyr1.htm
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    1897 - Birthday of Thorton Wilder (d. 1975) at Madison, WI.  Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright (“Our Town”) and novelist.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr17.html
    1901 - Birthday of guitarist Willie Guy “Scoot” Rainey (d. 1983), Calhoun County, Alabama.
    1907 - The Ellis Island immigration center in New York Harbor processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    1915 - CRILLEY, FRANK WILLIAM, Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Chief Gunner's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 September 1883, Trenton, N.J. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. (19 November 1928). Citation: For display of extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession above and beyond the call of duty during the diving operations in connection with the sinking in a depth of water 304 feet, of the U.S.S. F-4 with all on board, as a result of loss of depth control, which occurred off Honolulu, T.H., on 25 March 1915. On 17 April 1915, William F. Loughman, chief gunner's mate, U.S. Navy, who had descended to the wreck and had examined one of the wire hawsers attached to it, upon starting his ascent, and when at a depth of 250 feet beneath the surface of the water, had his lifeline and air hose so badly fouled by this hawser that he was unable to free himself; he could neither ascend nor descend. On account of the length of time that Loughman had already been subjected to the great pressure due to the depth of water, and of the uncertainty of the additional time he would have to be subjected to this pressure before he could be brought to the surface, it was imperative that steps be taken at once to clear him. Instantly, realizing the desperate case of his comrade, Crilley volunteered to go to his aid, immediately donned a diving suit and descended. After a lapse of time of 2 hours and 11 minutes, Crilley was brought to the surface, having by a superb exhibition of skill, coolness, endurance and fortitude, untangled the snarl of lines and cleared his imperiled comrade, so that he was brought, still alive, to the surface.
    1921 - One of the great draws of the early air shows were the stunt walkers. Many of them were women because it aroused men and newspaper men more to see women doing such things. One such woman was Phoebe Fairgrave who had dreamed of flying in high school. She wing walked and made parachute jumps.  On 04-17-1921 Phoebe took her first parachute jump winding up in a tree, dangling unhurt. Within a few months, she set a new world's record for women jumpers by parachuting from a plane at 15,200 feet. Then she developed the trick of cutting off her first parachute, then free falling before deploying her second chute - a real crowd pleaser that made her one of the most popular attractions in the country. Popular, smart, and ambitious, Phoebe formed her own organization, The Phoebe Fairgrave Flying Circus. She soon married Vernon Omlie, the pilot who had taught her to fly. Together they continued to barnstorm until they'd raised enough money to form their own flying school and broadened into the aviation business, Mid-South Airways in Memphis, Tennessee.
For details see: http://www.aella.com/WIAI/fwpapp.html
http://www.womanpilot.com/past%20issue%20pages/2001%20issues/
mar%20apr%202001/phoebe.htm
http://www.hill.af.mil/museum/history/omlie.htm
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    1922 - A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of Ogden, IL to Allen County, OH, killing sixteen persons. A post card, picked up in Madison County, IN, was found 124 miles away near Mount Cory, OH.
    1926 - Birthday of jazz columnist/critic Whitney Balliett (d. 2007), New York City, New York.
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=balliett.html
    1930 - Trumpeter Sam Noto born Buffalo, NY
    1935 – “Lights Out” premiered on radio. The show also was on early TV. “Lights Out” scared many little kids, and adults, too.
http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logl1003.htm
    1937 – Daffy Duck’s first appearance, in “Porky’s Duck Hunt.”
    1941 - Trumpeter player Red Allen records “K.K.Boogie.”
http://www-music.duke.edu/jazz_archive/artists/allen.henry/01/
    1944 - Canadian pop singer Bobby Curtola (d. 2016) was born in Port Arthur, Ontario. A teen idol in Canada during the early 1960's, Curtola also made his mark internationally in 1962 with the hits "Fortune Teller" and "Aladdin." As well, he was host of two variety shows for CTV - "After Four" in 1965-66 and "Shake, Rock and Roll" in 1973- 74.
http://www.curtola.com/
    1945 - BURKE, FRANK (also known as FRANCIS X. BURKE), Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Nuremberg, Germany, 17 April 1945. Entered service at: Jersey City, N.J. Born: 29 September 1918, New York, N.Y. G.O. No.: 4, 9 January 1946. Citation: He fought with extreme gallantry in the streets of war-torn Nuremberg, Germany, where the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, was engaged in rooting out fanatical defenders of the citadel of Nazism. As battalion transportation officer he had gone forward to select a motor-pool site, when, in a desire to perform more than his assigned duties and participate in the fight, he advanced beyond the lines of the forward riflemen. Detecting a group of about 10 Germans making preparations for a local counterattack, he rushed back to a nearby American company, secured a light machinegun with ammunition, and daringly opened fire on this superior force, which deployed and returned his fire with machine pistols, rifles, and rocket launchers. From another angle a German machinegun tried to blast him from his emplacement, but 1st Lt. Burke killed this gun crew and drove off the survivors of the unit he had originally attacked. Giving his next attention to enemy infantrymen in ruined buildings, he picked up a rifle dashed more than 100 yards through intense fire and engaged the Germans from behind an abandoned tank. A sniper nearly hit him from a cellar only 20 yards away, but he dispatched this adversary by running directly to the basement window, firing a full clip into it and then plunging through the darkened aperture to complete the job. He withdrew from the fight only long enough to replace his jammed rifle and secure grenades, then re-engaged the Germans. Finding his shots ineffective, he pulled the pins from 2 grenades, and, holding 1 in each hand, rushed the enemy-held building, hurling his missiles just as the enemy threw a potato masher grenade at him. In the triple explosion the Germans were wiped out and 1st Lt. Burke was dazed; but he emerged from the shower of debris that engulfed him, recovered his rifle, and went on to kill 3 more Germans and meet the charge of a machine pistol man, whom he cut down with 3 calmly delivered shots. He then retired toward the American lines and there assisted a platoon in a raging, 30-minute fight against formidable armed hostile forces. This enemy group was repulsed, and the intrepid fighter moved to another friendly group which broke the power of a German unit armed with a 20-mm. gun in a fierce fire fight. In 4 hours of heroic action, 1st Lt. Burke single-handedly killed 11 and wounded 3 enemy soldiers and took a leading role in engagements in which an additional 29 enemy were killed or wounded. His extraordinary bravery and superb fighting skill were an inspiration to his comrades, and his entirely voluntary mission into extremely dangerous territory hastened the fall of Nuremberg, in his battalion's sector.
    1949 - "The Fred Waring Show" premiered on television. Waring was leader of the big band called the Pennsylvanians, which featured about 65 musicians and singers. The show was produced on Sunday nights until 1954. Fred Waring was one of the first to promote living in Palm Springs and his name is prominent on many streets and structures today. Go here to read direct: www.culinarytechniques/waring.htm.  Contrary to widespread belief, Fred Waring did not invent the Waring Blender, but he made it happen. Waring and his Pennsylvanians had just finished one of their radio broadcasts in Manhattan's Vanderbilt's Theatre, when he was visited by promoter Fred Osius looking for a backer to produce and market a new type of mixer which he claimed would revolutionize people's eating habits. When the Prototype did not work, six months and $25,000 later, Waring stepped in, turned the project over to one of his associates who solved the engineering and production problems in time to introduce the "Miracle Mixer" at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago, in September of 1937.  Largely due to Fred Waring's own promotions on radio and through a singing group, the "Waring Blendors," and a national campaign with a leading beverage supplier, the spectacular drink-making ability of the Waring Blendor® (as it was soon called) soon made it a fixture in most restaurants and bars. More and more people decided they wanted this in their kitchens. At that point it was an instant hit and the rest as they say is history.
    1950 - Tony Bennett made his first recording, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." Bennett had used the song, revived from the 1934 movie "Moulin Rouge," to audition for Columbia Records. Although it was not a hit, the record marked the beginning of Bennett's more-than-40-year association with Columbia. He hit number one the following year with "Because of You."
    1951 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees made his Major League debut and went 1-for-4 as the Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 5-0.
    1955 - Top Hits
“The Ballad of Davy Crockett” - Bill Hayes
“The Ballad of Davy Crockett” - Fess Parker
“Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” - Perez Prado
“In the Jailhouse Now” - Webb Pierce
    1955 - Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame," which Billboard erroneously lists for months as "Ain't It a Shame," is released on Commodore Records.
    1956 - Willie Mosconi of Philadelphia, PA, ran 150 balls at Kinston, NC, following the break by Jimmy Moore of Albuquerque, NM, who played a safety show. He won the match in the first inning. Mosconi won each of his 14 matches and scored at 150-0 victory in the final match of the world pocket billiards tournament.
    1956 - Two of the greats began their major-league baseball careers this day: Luis Aparicio played for the Chicago White Sox and Don Drysdale began work with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Aparicio became the American League Rookie of the Year. Drysdale won 209 games before he retired. Both were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY on the same day, August 12, 1984. Drysdale later became a broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox and the LA Dodgers.
    1956 - With President Dwight Eisenhower in attendance, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees opened the baseball season by hitting two massive home runs against the Washington Senators in Washington's Griffith Stadium. On this same date three years before Mantle hit another homer, measured at 565 feet, out of Griffith Stadium off Chuck Stobbs, one of the longest home runs ever.
    1957 - New York Governor Averill Harriman signed the first installment sales law to place a limit on credit service charges, requiring all charges to be clearly itemized and prohibited fine print in the contracts. Prior to this there were no laws enacted to protect consumers.
    1960 - Rock and Roll pioneer Eddie Cochran was just 21 years old when he was killed after the car in which he was riding blew a tire, then hit a lamp post. Cochran enjoyed hits with "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Sittin' in the Balcony". Gene Vincent, who recorded "Be Bop A Lula" in 1956, and Cochran's fiancée, Sharon Sheeley, survived the crash.
    1961 - Paul Revere and the Raiders' first US chart hit, "Like Long Hair" tops out at #38 on the Billboard chart.
    1961 - In what came to be called the Bay of Pigs invasion, some 1500 anti-Castro Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Cochinos in Cuba. Organized by the US - based National Revolutionary Council and trained by the CIA, the force enjoyed initial success but collapsed within a few days because of inadequate supplies, lack of air support, and overwhelming opposing forces. On April 24, President John F. Kennedy stated he accepted full responsibility of the failure, though the invasion was really the work of the prior administration.
    1961 - The 33rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, hosted by Bob Hope, ended the ten year drought during which the late producer, writer, director Billy Wilder could not capture the elusive Oscar. Wilder was no stranger to Oscar. He had won three before. This year he not only received the Oscar for Best Writing/Story and Screenplay/Written Directly for the Screen (shared with I.A.L. Diamond), but the Best Director Oscar (both for "The Apartment"). He and "The Apartment" also received the top award, Best Picture. Burt Lancaster took the Best Actor honors and Shirley Jones, the Best Supporting Actress, for their performances in "Elmer Gantry". Elizabeth Taylor was voted Best Actress for her role in "Butterfield 8". "Spartacus", nominated in six categories, won four Oscars, including one for Peter Ustinov as Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The Best Music/Song was awarded to "Never on Sunday" and Manos Hadjidakis from the foreign flick: "Pote tin Kyriaki". Other movies this year included: "Sons and Lovers", "The Alamo", "The Time Machine", "Exodus". Some multi-nominations but no wins from that year include: "Inherit the Wind", "The Sundowners", "Cimarron", "Sunrise at Campobello", "Psycho", "Bells are Ringing", "The Magnificent Seven", "Can-Can".
    1963 - Top Hits
“He's So Fine” - The Chiffons
“Can't Get Used to Losing You” - Andy Williams
“South Street” - The Orlons
“Still” - Bill Anderson
    1964 - The Rolling Stones' first album was released in Britain. It sold more than 200,000 copies and topped the British chart for 12 weeks.
    1965 - The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul, MN four feet higher than any previous mark. During the next two weeks record levels were reached along the Mississippi between Saint Paul and Hannibal, MO. Flooding caused more than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept the death toll down to just twelve persons.
    1965 - The Beach Boys' "Help Me Rhonda" is released, featuring rhythm guitarist Al Jardine on lead vocal. The song will become the group's second Billboard #1.
    1967 - Comedian Joey Bishop tried to compete with the “Tonight Show” with “The Joey Bishop Show” on ABC, opposite Johnny Carson, who never forgave him. “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” host Regis Philbin was the announcer, Johnny Mann did the music. The show lasted until December 26, 1969. Bishop, by the way, was the last survivor of the famous “Rat Pack” headed by the late Frank Sinatra.  He died in 2007.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/980706/the_arts.and_then_there_24.html
    1967 - RCA and LearJet Corporation announce the development of the combination 8 track tape player and car radio that become available in next Fall's new cars.
    1969 - Bob Dylan's former backing group, simply known as The Band, make their first stand-alone appearance at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
    1969 – Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
    1970 - Paul McCartney releases his first solo album, officially ending his days with The Beatles, just as the group's single "Let It Be" reached #1 in America.  Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" hit the top of the US singles chart for a six week stay. The record became the best-selling song of the year in the US, beating out Rod Stewart's "Maggie May".   Hoyt Axton, son of "Heartbreak Hotel" author, Mae Axton, wrote the song.
    1971 - The Doors' "Love Her Madly" is released. It would become the band's 7th Billboard Top 40 single, reaching #11.
    1971 - Top Hits
“Joy to the World” - Three Dog Night
“Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why” - Paul McCartney
“Put Your Hand in the Hand” - Ocean
“Empty Arms” - Sonny James
    1972 – “Betcha by Golly, Wow”, by The Stylistics from Philadelphia, earned a gold record for the group. The Stylistics also scored million sellers with “You Are Everything”, “I'm Stone in Love with You”, “Break Up to Make Up” and “You Make Me Feel Brand New”.
    1971 - Carly Simon's "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" is released.
    1973 - Pink Floyd receives a Gold album for "The Dark Side of the Moon," one of Rock's landmark albums. The LP will remain on the charts for more than ten years and become the longest charting Rock record of all time.
    1975 - Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first National League player since Bobby Lowe in 1894 to hit four home runs in consecutive at-bats in the same game. Schmidt's feat came against the Chicago Cubs in an 18-16 Phillies win. Schmidt connected twice off Rick Reuschel, once of Rick's brother, Paul, and once off Darrold Knowles. He added a single and totaled eight RBIs as Philadelphia came back from a 13-2 deficit.
    1976 - Veteran jazz guitarist George Benson's album "Breezin'" enters the album chart. It will go on to become one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time. The album goes gold on June 4 and platinum on August 10.
    1979 - Top Hits
“What a Fool Believes” - The Doobie Brothers
“Knock on Wood” - Amii Stewart
“Music Box Dancer” - Frank Mills
(“If Loving You is Wrong”) “I Don't Want to Be Right” - Barbara Mandrell
    1982 - Toto, a group of veteran L.A. studio session men, enter the pop chart again with "Roseanna" at #81. It will later climb to Number One and be named Record of the Year at the 1983 Grammy Awards.
    1985 - The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new 22-cent "LOVE" stamp. In a clever promotion, the USPS used the set of ABC-TV's "The Love Boat" as a backdrop. The stamp went on to become one of the most popular ever offered by the postal service.
    1987 - Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers scored 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the NBA's 30,000 point club.
    1987 - Top Hits
“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” - Starship
“I Knew You Were Waiting” (“For Me”) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
“Don't Dream It's Over” - Crowded House
"You've Got the Touch” – Alabama
    1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Temperatures warmed into the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa, OK hit 92 degrees.
    1991 - The Dow-Jones Index of 30 major industrial stocks topped the 3,000 mark for the first time.
    1993 - Two Los Angeles police officers convicted in federal court of violating Rodney King’s civil rights
    1996 - San Francisco: A new brass plaque was being forged for the Pioneer Monument that reads:
With their efforts over in 1934, the missionaries left behind about 56,000 converts - and 150,000 dead. Half the original native American population had perished during this time from diseases, armed attacks and mistreatment.
    2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, TX killed 15 people and injured 160 others.
    2014 – NASA’s Kepler confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of another star.