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Classified
Ads---Back Office / Bookkeeper
Richest
Man in Equipment Leasing
Manifest
Newsletter—Spectrum Messenger
Cartoon---Equipment
Leasing Guy Gets Married
Stalled
Conduits Yearning for Borrowers
Stano
New VP Lease Advisory Services Key Equipment Fin.
Charter
One Vendor Fin. Franchise Restaurant Lending Unit
Stonehenge
Capital $6.5M for Rotorcraft Leasing
Duffy
Gets Award From National Vehicle Leasing Assoc.
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Classified
Ads---Back Office / Bookkeeper
Back office: Atlanta , GA. GlobalTech Portfolio Services provides world class lease, loan administration and asset management for equipment and vehicles. Current portfolios $1 billion. Contact Alan Zeppenfeld 678-816-2216
E-mail: azeppenfeld@globaltechfinancial.com
Back Office: Atlanta, GA. Let Tax Partners handle your sales and use tax compliance duties w/less risk and cost than in-house. Largest tax compliance firm in US
E- mail: sales@taxpartners.com
Back office:
Dallas, TX.
Property Tax and sales and use tax administration services performance is guaranteed and we will save you time and money or our service is free.
E-mail: info@osgsolutions.com
Back office:
Indianapolis, IN
JDR Solutions, LLC
specializes in delivering customized back-office lease portfolio admin./
ASP services for lessors, banks, manufacturer captives: other financial
institutions.
Paul Henkel (317)
251-5352 ex. 7201
E-mail: paul.henkel@jdrsol.com
Back office:
Jacksonville, FL.
CIT's Portfolio Service
Group: providing cost- effective lease/portfolio services: Accounting,
Tax Reporting, Collection svc, End of Lease Solutions, Front End Documentation,
Invoicing, and on-line reporting
E-mail: vincente.dingianni@cit.com
Back Office: Laughlin, NV. 20 years experience on funder/broker sides. Looking for a relationship where I act as credit shop for smaller brokers when financial statements are involved.
E-mail: batarista@laughlin.net
Back office:
New Rochelle, NY
Proactive management/administration
of commercial/consumer vehicle lease/finance portfolios covering insurance,
titles,
registrations, sales/property taxes, tickets, collections, accounting, vehicle disposition. Since 1975
E-mail: Barrett@BarrettCapital.com
Back Office:
Northbrook, IL
Our staff of CPA's and lease professionals can handle any or all portfolio responsibilities incl. portfolio mgmt, invoicing, sales/property/ income tax, accounting, etc.
E- mail: ngeary@edwinsigel.com
Back Office:
San Rafael, CA
We can run your back office from origination to final payoff. 30 years experience in commercial equipment lease and loan portfolio management.
E-mail: gmartinez@phxa.com
Bookkeeper: Birmingham, AL. 5+ year experience in Architectural Firm in Accounting. Provided the following services: Accounts Payable; Receivables; Payroll; Invoicing and Collections. Strong Computer and Verbal Skills.
E-mail: j_pails@bellsouth.net
All Outsourcing Classified Ads at:
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Richest
Man in Equipment Leasing
Dave Harmon was the
single largest owner of a leasing company until he sold off the majority
of his portfolio of El Camino Leasing in Woodland Hills, California,
in 2001. The
mantle then went to San Francisco’s ATEL Capital Group President A.J.
Batt, who then shortly retired to give the title of world's richest leasing owner to Dean Cash,
his "partner for twenty years," who now owns almost 75%..
Perhaps this has now passed to Patrick Byrne, president of Balboa Capital,
Irvine, California who recently bought out his partner Shawn Giffin.
Nevertheless, officially,
the title of richest single person in leasing should go to 56 year old
Steven Ferencz Udvar-Hazy who is listed in
Forbes magazine with a net worth of $2.6 billion. He currently resides
in Beverly Hills, California. He
started the company with his father.
Udavar-Hazy founded International
Lease Finance Corporation which was sold to the insurance company AIG, American International Group.
ILFC was the nation's largest
lessor and financier of jet aircraft.
Their website: http://www.ilfc.com/
World
Leasing Yearbook 2004
This the most definite
publication of leasing in the world, naming companies with
names, addresses,
telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses and at least once contact name and title along with a summary of their activities.
This is their 25th
edition, 488 pages long The
Yearbook features profiles on leasing in over 50 countries, including
a directory of 4,400 companies
106 pounds in England,
$250 in the U.S. with discounts when ordered 2-4, 128 bpounds or $200
US,
and five or more at 112
pounds and $175 US.
e-mail: hotline@euromoney.com
phone: +44(o) 20 7779
8999 or toll free in the US +
1-800-437-9997
It can also be ordered
securely online at www.euromeony-yearbooks.com
While the Yearbook is
new, it is printed and distributed and therefore all the companies listed,
particularly in the United States, may have some inaccuricies, such
as Robert J. Fisher at Fisher-Anderson in Des Moines, Iowa.
Bob is now at Nassau Assets and Fisher-Anderson became Firerock
Capital. There are some minor spelling errors such as
El Camino Resources president is not David
E. Harman but Harmon. Perhaps
not that important, unless you are Mr. Harmon.
In addition,listing Peter S. Hemar of Hemar & Associates,
Attorneys at Law ( an excellent attorney with an excellent reputation,
and other law firms also listed,) but including them in “Leasing Services”
is a stretch.
The section is 33 pages
in various sizes of type, with much other information, and appears to
be quite thorough for a publication in print.
Those seeking to do business
in another country will find very good information on the countries
covered, plus a list of leasing companies to contact. There is no other publication that offers as much information. Leasing
companies are not listed by paying for their advertisement or placement. The lists appear quite complete. Perhaps with this information, the current
information may be found on the internet as most of these companies
also have web sites. Many of the web sites do not list contacts, by
the way,surprisingly many of the ones I found not only did not have
their physical address, or
telephone number. Many had applications on line or a form for
a customer or log in for a present customer, but not for another leasing
company, particularly one overseas.
Overall, Leasing
News recommends this book as a “bargain” for the information it conveys.
It will join our
on line our Leasing Books section:
http://two.leasingnews.org/Books.htm
Which is divided not by title, but by source:
Certified
Leasing Professional (CLP) Foundation
Equipment
Leasing and Finance Foundation Reports
United
Association of Equipment Leasing
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Manifest Newsletter—Spectrum
Messenger
From our archives on
May 20th, we reprinted the Manifest Insurance policy:
Manifest Issues
"Insurance Policy" to all its brokers.
Here is the essence of
The Manifest Insurance Policy:
" Your lessee and
vendor lists will remain confidential to The Manifest Group. At no time
will this information be shared with anyone outside The Manifest Group.
This policy holds true even if your company is no longer doing business
with the Manifest Group"
Manifest was perhaps
the first to declare its policy in writing
and guaranteed. In their
change to be part of US Bancorp
that policy is still
in effect. If you read the Leasing
News list,
others may come and go,
sell their portfolio’s, but Manifest
guarantees protection
to its brokers.
The new general manager
and senior vice president, Brad Peterson
continues to policy,
and in his first newsletter, dated April 2004,
he says, “To everyone
I say...’I accept.’
I accept the responsibility
of insuring Manifest “stays the course” in terms of being Focused on
Your Success. Our bhusiness
model and success are directly tired to our relationship with our customers. we will strive every day to reinforce and enhance
those relationships.”
To read his entire statement,
please learn about their Commercial
credit Division, plus
changes in their company, and about
their employees, please
view this excellent magainze, which
also has a farewell from
Brian Bjella, perhaps another first
to show the passing of
the baton.
http://two.leasingnews.org/loose_files/Spectrum.pdf
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Cartoon---Equipment
Leasing Guy Gets Married
Classified Ads---Help Wanted
Accounting
 Accounting: PricewaterhouseCoopers seeks executives with experience in equipment leasing to help clients improve their leasing businesses by assessing "as is" conditions and designing and implementing solutions to operational issues. PwC also seeks CPA's with a broad based knowledge of FAS13 and familiarity with accounting for leases with simple and complex transaction structures. Email: anthony.g.anderson@us.pwc.com About the Company: PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, NY. |
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Leasing Sales Rep: Strong sales and bus. dev. skills
needed. Dev/manage portfolio, initiate bus. in upper Midwest .
3-4 yr leasing exp. www.associatedbank.com About
the Company: Associated
Banc-Corp is a diversified multibank holding co., w/ $15.5
billion in total assets. Headquartered in Green Bay, WI . Associated
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Stalled
Conduits Yearning for Borrowers
ABSnet
The commercial-paper
conduit market remains mired in its two-year slump, defying predictions
that the booming economy would cause outstandings to start growing again.
As a whole, conduits
based in the U.S. aren't experiencing even the modest growth that their
operators forecast at the beginning of this year. Such vehicles had
$715 billion of their paper in the hands of investors on May 12, which
is roughly the same as their Jan. 1 outstandings, according to the Federal
Reserve Board.
In January, industry
players predicted that the conduit market would finish 2004 with $725
billion to $750 billion of outstandings. That looks unlikely now, and
only the most-conservative estimates may prove accurate. During one
week in mid-March, outstandings even dipped below $700 billion for the
first time in a year.
Oddly enough, the
standstill is occurring at a time when demand for conduit paper is as
strong as ever. Part of the problem is that companies are holding back
on the sums they borrow from conduits, choosing instead to tap other
funding sources. "We're seeing a reasonably normal volume in terms
of transactions and conduit work. It's just that people aren't drawing
on the facilities," said Everett Rutan, a senior vice president
at Moody's.
That could change
if inflationary pressure leads the Federal Reserve to boost short-term
interest rates. Such a move would cause other sources of cheap funding
to dry up, prompting companies to return to the conduit market.
Bankers say that
new accounting rules and pending regulatory requirements have presented
the greatest barriers to growth for their conduits, according to S&P.
The lack of growth
is particularly pronounced at the market's largest shops. The top 15
conduit operators had $423 billion of outstanding paper at yearend 2003,
down $2.2 billion from a year earlier, according to Moody's.
GE Capital's conduits
shrank the most, as the Stamford, Conn., lending giant continued to
diversify its funding sources. Its conduits had $24 billion of outstandings
at yearend, down $10.2 billion from a year earlier. That caused GE to
slip four notches, to eighth place among conduit administrators.
Citibank remained
at the top of the heap, even though its yearend conduit outstandings
fell by $2.1 billion, to $55.2 billion. The perennial market leader
lost ground to its closest rival, ABN Amro, which boosted outstandings
by $1.2 billion, to $50.9 billion.
Citibank also faces
a substantial challenge this year from J.P. Morgan Chase, which is scheduled
to take over Bank One at the end of June. Bank One is currently the
market's number-three administrator. J.P. Morgan slid to 10th place,
from 13th. The combined banks would control more than $52 billion of
conduit issues - putting J.P. Morgan roughly on par with Citi and ABN.
It's not clear yet
whether J.P. Morgan plans to maintain such a large presence following
the merger. Both banks supply substantial liquidity support to their
conduits, which likely purchase assets from many of the same clients
- and J.P. Morgan may take steps to avoid too much exposure to certain
assets.
Despite GE's pullback,
its mammoth Edison Asset Securitization was still the market's largest
conduit. The multiseller vehicle's outstandings totaled $22 billion
at yearend, down almost $9 billion from a year earlier. ABN's Amstel
Funding conduit followed with $21 billion of outstandings.
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KEY
EQUIPMENT FINANCE NAMES JAMES E. STANO
VICE PRESIDENT, LEASE ADVISORY SERVICES
SUPERIOR, CO. – – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s
largest bank-affiliated equipment financing companies and an affiliate
of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), has announced the addition of James E. Stano
as vice president and senior transactor in the newly established Chicago
office of its Lease Advisory Services group. The Lease Advisory Services
team has extensive background in leasing and related capital markets
transactions. The group focuses on meeting clients’ financing needs
through underwriting and arranging structured lease and debt products
for equipment and real estate; securitizing lease and loan receivables;
and providing advisory services to both lessees and lessors regarding
transaction structuring, asset acquisitions, divestitures, syndication
and capital formation.
“We are very fortunate
to be able to expand our team with someone of Jim’s caliber,” said Steven
T. Dixon, managing director, Lease Advisory Services. “His leadership
skills and financing experience will round out our team so that we may
better serve our growing client base.”
James Stano has more
than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and leasing. Prior
to joining Key, he spent cumulatively over15 years at Bank of America.
Most recently he was managing director, Structured Tax Products and
Energy Finance for BA Leasing & Capital LLC. Stano also held the
position of vice president for Kleinwort Benson Limited, an international
merchant banking firm, and corporate banker for Comerica, Inc. He earned
his bachelor of science degree in accounting from Wayne State University
in Detroit and his masters in business administration in finance from
Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Key Equipment Finance
is an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and provides business-to-business
equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes.
They focus on four distinct markets:
· businesses of all
sizes in the U.S. and Canada (from small business to large corporate);
· equipment manufacturers,
distributors and value-added resellers worldwide;
· federal, provincial,
state and local governments as well as other public sector organizations;
and
· lease advisory
services for manufacturers’ captive leasing and finance companies.
Headquartered outside
Boulder, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance oversees an $9 billion equipment
portfolio with annual originations of approximately $3.9 billion. The
company has major management and operations bases in Toronto, Ontario;
Albany, New York; London, England; and Sydney, Australia. The company,
which operates in 24 countries and employs more than 600 people worldwide,
has been in the equipment financing business for 30 years. Additional
information regarding Key Equipment Finance, its products and services
can be obtained online at KEFonline.com.
Cleveland-based KeyCorp
(NYSE: KEY) is one of the nation's largest bank- based financial services
companies, with assets of approximately $85 billion. Key companies provide
investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance,
and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies
throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.
The company's businesses deliver their products and services through
KeyCenters and offices; a network of nearly 2,200 ATMs; telephone banking
centers (1.800.KEY2YOU); and a Web site, Key.com(R), that provides account
access and financial products 24 hours a day.
_________________________________
Lisa A. Miller, Corporate
Development
Key Equipment Finance
NY-31-66-0900
P.O. Box 1865
Albany NY 12201-1865
Phone: (518) 257-8235
Fax: (518) 257-8821
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Charter
One Vendor Finance Hires Team to Establish Franchise Restaurant Lending
Unit
LISLE, Illinois -
Charter One Vendor Finance LLC_ a wholly owned subsidiary of Charter
One Financial (NYSE: CF), today announced the establishment of a new
unit to lend to franchised restaurant owners. The unit will be led by
Chris Young, who fomH:_r1y was the National Sales Manager of Fleet Franchise
Fina.11ce_ and Mark Flamm, formerly the Senior Credit Officer of Fleet
Franchise Finance. While at Fleet, Young and Flamm grew Fleet's restaurant
portfolio to $900 million.
Charter One Vendor
Finance's restaurant finance unit will focus on financing the larger
operators in major restaurant brands. "The franchised restaurant
industry is experiencing a serious capital shortage," said Charles
Schultz, President of Charter One Vendor Finance. "The appointment
of this experienced team will allow Charter One Vendor Finance and Charter
One Financial to apply their tremendous resources to this capital intensive
business."
Charter One Vendor
Finance, based in Lisle, IL, operates as a subsidiary of Charter One
Bank and is fully staffed with an experienced team of sales, underwriting,
documentation and operations personnel.
Charter One has $41
billion in total assets, making it one of the 25 largest bank holding
companies in the country. The Bank has more than 616 banking center
locations in Ohio, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Indiana, Connectic1.Jt and Pennsylvania. The Company's diverse product
set includes: consumer banking, indirect auto finance, commercial leasing,
business lending, commercial real estate lending, mortgage banking,
and retail investment products. For additional information, including
press releases, investor presentations, committee charters, and reports
filed with the SEC, investors are directed to Charter One's web site:
vvww.charterone.com.
CONTACT:
Cindy Schulze
Charter One
Phone Number: (216)
298-7155
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Stonehenge
Capital Company Completes $6.5 Million Financing for Rotorcraft Leasing
Company, a Major Offshore Helicopter Operator
BATON ROUGE, La.--(-Stonehenge
Capital Company announced today it has completed a $6.5 million financing
for Rotorcraft Leasing Company, LLC. Rotorcraft Leasing, headquartered
in Broussard, Louisiana, focuses on providing air transportation services
to offshore production and exploration facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rotorcraft Leasing will use the proceeds of this financing to expand
its fleet of helicopters. The firm will now operate 38 aircraft, the
third largest helicopter fleet operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Nemesio Viso, Stonehenge Director, commented, "Stonehenge
is extremely pleased to support the growth strategy of Rotorcraft Leasing.
Our investment in Rotorcraft Leasing has allowed the company to expand
its fleet and serve its market with the flexibility necessary to provide
unmatched service and safety to their customers."
Lloyd Marks, Rotorcraft Leasing President, stated, "We have
worked very closely with Stonehenge to provide our company with the
necessary capital to position our company for growth. This investment
will allow our company to provide more time efficient transportation
for our customers and increase our market share in the Gulf of Mexico."
ABOUT STONEHENGE
Stonehenge Capital Company, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is
a nationwide specialty finance firm with expertise in risk capital management,
tax credit finance and structured finance transactions. Stonehenge manages
approximately $500 million in capital with offices in Alabama, Colorado,
Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
CONTACT:Stonehenge
Capital Company Nemesio J. Viso, 225-408-3000
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The
Bancorp Bank's Vice-President of Leasing Receives Award From National
Vehicle Leasing Association
WILMINGTON, Del.----The
Bancorp Bank ("Bancorp") (NASDAQ NM:TBBK), an FDIC-insured
financial services provider that specializes in delivering private label
Internet-enabled banking services to affinity partners nationwide, is
proud to announce that on May 12, 2004, Jerry Duffy, Vice President
of Jefferson Leasing, a financial service of The Bancorp Bank, received
the Clemens-Pender Lessor of the Year Award from the National Vehicle
Leasing Association, ("NVLA"). The Clemens-Pender Lessor of
the Year is the highest honor to be awarded by the NVLA and is given
to the lessor who best exemplifies the highest standards of professional
conduct including dedication, hard work and ethics. Mr. Duffy received
the Award at the NVLA's National Conference held in Vancouver, Canada.
NVLA, established in 1968, is a trade association representing independent
leasing companies across the United States.
Mr. Duffy was been Vice President of Jefferson Leasing since its
inception in 2000 and has 30 years experience in the leasing industry.
Jefferson Leasing specializes in servicing small to mid-size businesses
primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. Please contact Jerry Duffy at
410-721-2555 or email jduffy@thebancorp.com to learn more about Jefferson
Leasing.
About The Bancorp Bank
The Bancorp Bank is an FDIC insured commercial bank that delivers
a full array of financial services and products through private-label
affinity partner programs nationwide. Bancorp, through Philadelphia
Private Bank (www.philadelphiaprivatebank.com),
its regional affinity bank, serves the needs of small and mid-size businesses
and their principals in the Philadelphia-Wilmington region.
CONTACT:The Bancorp Bank Andres Viroslav, 215-861-7990
andres.viroslav@thebancorp.com
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News
Briefs---
Consumer confidence
little changed in May, April home sales rise
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040525-1519-economy.html
Greenspan asks 10,000
people to help in Fed survey
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040525-1418-fedsurvey.html
Wells in position
to grow rapidly/Strong Capital purchase would boost fund portfolio
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/25/
CBS to End Season
As Most Popular Network
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=200405251808004933044&dt=
20040525180800&w=APOXML&coview=
American Idol/It's
all over but the counting
Sports
Briefs---
Finals edge to Calgary
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/cup/2004-05-25-flames-lightning-finals-game-1_x.htm
Odd Night's One Constant
Is Laker Lead
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/sports/basketball/26lakers.html
Despite Our Prediction-
Raiders say Gannon still the starter
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/8757173.htm?ERIGHTS=
3281459498999174986mercurynews::kitmenkin@leasingnews.org&KRD_
RM=8oppqqutwvrusqvxuqpooooooo|Kit|N
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“Gimme
that Wine”
N.Y. Grocers Begin Campaign To Sell Wine
http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/3342990/detail.html
Texas' Newest Winery
Makes You the Winemaker
http://www.vino.com/press/press_release.asp?PRID=345
New books offer something
for all levels of wine lovers
http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/oregonian/index.ssf?/
base/living/1085140696238930.xml
This
Day in American History
1649-A
ban on Jesuits was enacted by the Puritan Massachusetts colony. Contrary
to what is taught
in elementary and middle schools, the puritans were quite
prejudiced to other
religions and did not escape England for persecution, but
wanted for the opposite
reason, to ensure their own religion above any others.
The ban provided
that “No Jesuit or ecclesiastical person obayned by the authoritie of
the pope shall henceforth come within our jurisdiction” except ting
survivors of shipwrecks and trades who “ behave themselves inoffensively
during their abode here.” A second offense was punishable by death.
1771
- A famous Virginia flood occurred as heavy rains in the mountains brought
all rivers in the state to record high levels.
1836-The
power of the Southern pro-slavery Congress voted the first gag rule
when they
voted 117 to 68 to
ban any consideration of the contentious subject of slavery. The resolution
red: “Whereas it is extremely important and desirable that the agitation
of this subject should be finally arrest, for the purpose of restoring
tranquility to the public mind, your committee respectfully recommend
the adoption of the following additional resolution;
Resolved that all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions,
or papers relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject
of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall without being either
printed or referred, be laid upon the table and that n further action
whatever shall be had thereon.”
1864-The
Territory of Montana was formed by Congress from the Territory of Idaho.
1868-
President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote. When Johnson
removed his Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton over plans for Reconstruction,
the opposing party, Republicans, voted to impeach him on February 24
at the House of Representatives. A
trial
then was brought
against him by the US Senate. Both
times the vote was 35 for conviction and 19 for acquittal. Because a two-thirds vote was needed to convict, Johnson was judged
not guilty. As a side note,
on May 21, the Republican National Convention nominated Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant for the presidency, and at the same meeting, the convention
adopted the name National Republican Party.
1883-Jazz
singer Mamie Smith born Cincinnati, OH. Died October 30, 1946
http://www.redhotjazz.com/mamie.html
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0809197/
1886-Al
Jolson birthday, Actor, singer, born Asa Yoelson at St. Petersburg,
Russia. Died at San Francisco, CA, Oct 23, 1950.
http://www.hollywoodlegends.com/al-jolson.html
1896
-An F5 tornado hit Oakwood, Ortonville, and Thomas, Michigan. 47 people
were killed and 100 were injured. Trees were debarked "even to
the twigs, as though done by the careful hand of an experienced artisan".
Parts of houses were found up to 12 miles away.
1907-Birthday
of John Wany, American motion picture actor, born Marion Michael Morrison
at Winterset, IA. He died at
Los Angeles, CA., June 11,1979. The
Orange
County airport where
he lived in Los Angeles is named after him.
“ Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much,” was his advice
on acting.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/johnwayne.html
http://www.seeing-stars.com/StarIndexes/JohnWayne.shtml
http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/
1914—Trumpet
player Ziggy Elman born. Died June 26, 1980,Los Angeles.
http://www.decadesign.com/scptest/ziggyelman.jpg
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/elman_ziggy/bio.jhtml
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0255382/
1916—Composer/author
Louis Thomas Hardin, better known as “Moondog,”
born Marysville,
KS
http://www.moondogscorner.de/press/lex4.htm
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/moondog/bio.jhtml
http://www.moondogscorner.de/biography/index_de.html
http://www.jazzdigger.com/z/Ziggy_Elman_His_Orchestra/1938_39_B000001NSU.htm
1917
- A tornado touched down near Louisiana MO about noon and remained on
the ground for a distance of 293 miles, finally lifting seven hours
and twenty minutes later in eastern Jennings County, IN. The twister
cut a swath of destruction two and a half miles wide through Mattoon,
IL. There were 101 persons killed in the tornado, including 53 at Mattoon,
and 38 at Charleston IL. Damage from the storm totaled 2.5 million dollars.
1920-Peggy
Lee birthday, singer, songwriter and actress Peggy Lee was born Norm
Deloris Egstrom at Jamestown, ND. She got her start singing on a Fargo, ND, radio station, and was
soon hired by Benny Goodman to sing with his band. Known for her simple,
jazzy style as well as her sex appeal, her biggest hits were 1958”s
“Fever” and 1969’s “Is That All There Is?_---both of which are now considered
standards. She is perhaps best remembered for the songs that she co-wrote
and performed in Disney’s Land and the Tramp.” She continued to perform
until the 1990’s, when poor health forced her to retire.
She died January 21, 2002 at Los Angeles, Ca.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0498007/
1923---James
Arness birthday, born Minneapolis, MN. He was our neighbor and was starring in "Gunsmoke".
My father wrote a few of the episodes.
Mr. Arness also took my brother and Michael to University High
School for almost two years ( until I learned to drive ).
He would pick us up at the bus stop in his Oldsmobile station
wagon. He would do 100 miles an hour down Sunset Blvd.
He would zoom in and out of traffic, laughing, and give us advise on
life. My brother told my mother the speed and she told us not to ride
with him anymore (we did, as we always beat the bus to school ). He was a very nice man.
1937
- Lionel Hampton and his band recorded the classic, "Flying Home",
for Decca Records. .
1940-
The evacuation of 200,000 British and 40,000 French and Belgian soldiers
began. The British Force had become trapped by advancing
German armies at Dunkirk, the port on the northern coast of France.
Sailing on every kind of transport available, including fishing boats
and recreational craft, these men were safely across the English Channel
by June 2.
1942—Lionel
Hampton’s big ban, with Illinois Jacquet, records “Flyin’ Home,” (Decca
18394)
1946---Top
Hits
The Gypsy - The Ink
Spots
All Through the Day
- Perry Como
Laughing on the Outside
- The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
New Spanish Two Step
- Bob Wills
1949-Singer
Hank Williams ,Jr. ("All for the Love of Sunshine,"
"I Fought the Law"), born Shreveport, LA, May 26, 1949.
http://www.hankwilliams.com/hankbio_1.html
1951-Birthday
of Sally Kristen Ride. Dr. Ride, one of the first women in the US astronaut
corps and the first American woman in space, was born at Encino, CA.
Her flight aboard the space shuttle Challenger was launched from
Cape Canaveral, FL., June 18, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base,
Ca., June 24, 1983. The six-day flight was termed “nearly a perfect mission.”
1954---Top
Hits
Wanted - Perry Como
Little Things Mean
a Lot - Kitty Kallen
Man Upstairs - Kay
Starr
I Really Don’t Want
to Know - Eddy Arnold
1956-Althea
Gibson, tennis champion, wins the French Open, becoming the first Black
tennis player to win a major tennis title, 1956. Died September 28, 2003
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014035.html
1959-
In another of Bill Veeck's stunts, 3-feet 7 inch Eddie Gaedel returns
to a major league field along with three other midgets. Arriving by
helicopter and dressed as Martians, the quartet shake hands with Nellie
Fox and Luis Aparicio near second base on Comiskey Park's infield and
give them toy ray guns as the PA announcer informs fans the crowd the
ETs have arrived to help the somewhat short keystone combo in their
struggle with giant earthlings.
1961
- Dave Garroway told the NBC-TV brass that he was ready to retire. “I
want to give up the Today show,” he said, “to stop talking awhile and
start looking, thinking and listening to people.” Garroway voiced his
trademark, “Peace,” with palm facing the camera, for the last time,
after 10 years of early morning informing and entertaining.
1962---Top
Hits
Stranger on the Shore
- Mr. Acker Bilk
I Can’t Stop Loving
You - Ray Charles
Old Rivers - Walter
Brennan
She Thinks I Still
Care - George Jones
1964-Lenny
Kravitz birthday, Actor, singer, born Asa Yoelson at St. Petersburg,
Russia.
1965-The
Rolling Stones appear on "Shindig!" along with Jackie De Shannon,
Sonny and Cher and Jimmy Rodgers.
1967
-a slow moving nor'easter battered New England with high winds, heavy
rain, and record late season snow on this day and into the 26th. Winds
70 to 90 mph in gusts occurred along the coast. Over 7 inches of rain
fell at Nantucket, Massachusetts with 6.57 inches falling in 24 hours
to set a new 24 hour rainfall record. Severe damage occurred along the
coast from very high tides. 24.9 inches of snow fell at Mount Washington,
New Hampshire to set a new may snowfall record. 10 inches of snow fell
near Keene, New Hampshire and 6 inches was recorded at Dublin, New Hampshire.
1970---Top
Hits
American Woman/No
Sugar Tonight - The Guess Who
Turn Back the Hands
of Time - Tyrone Davis
Everything is Beautiful
- Ray Stevens
My Love - Sonny James
1978
- The first legal casino in the eastern United States opened in Atlantic
City, New Jersey.
1978---Top
Hits
With a Little Luck
- Wings
Too Much, Too Little,
Too Late - Johnny Mathis/Deniece Williams
You’re the One that
I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
She Can Put Her Shoes
Under My Bed (Anytime) - Johnny Duncan
1984
- Thunderstorms during the late evening and early morning hours produced
6 to 13 inches of rain at Tulsa OK in six hours (8.63 inches at the
airport). Flooding claimed fourteen lives and caused 90 million dollars
property damage. 4600 cars, 743 houses, and 387 apartments were destroyed
or severely damage in the flood.
1986---Top
Hits
Greatest Love of
All - Whitney Houston
Live to Tell - Madonna
On My Own - Patti
LaBelle & Michael McDonald
Tomb of the Unknown
Love -Kenny Rogers
1987
-Severe thunderstorms spawned 15 tornadoes in west Texas. In Louisiana,
a man in a boat on Lake Bistineau was struck and killed by lightning,
while the other 3 people aboard were unharmed. The man reportedly stood
up in the boat and asked to be struck by lightning.
1988
- There was "frost on the roses" in the Upper Ohio Valley
and the Central Appalachian Mountain Region. Thirteen cities reported
record low temperatures for the date, including Youngstown OH with a
reading of 30 degrees. Evening thunderstorms in North Dakota produced
wind gusts to 75 mph at Jamestown.
1994-Elvis
Presley's daughter Lisa Marie marries the self- proclaimed "King
Of Pop" Michael Jackson in the Dominican Republic. Presley files
for divorce in January of 1996
Stanley Cup Champions This Date
1988 Edmonton Oilers
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Baseball
Poem
"MIRACLE
MAN": An Original Poem
by Holly Russcher
I started thinking
up this poem the day after Robin's first game back after his injury.
By styling it after "Casey at the Bat" I acknowledged not
only one of baseball's best literary works but also the high expectations
that Sox-fans had for Robin that night, much like those the Mudville
crowd had for their great slugger, Casey.
Casey failed to come
through for his team. What you are about to read is a different story....
The
night of July 24, at Comiskey Park, some said
A
flame would be rekindled that had long lain cold and dead.
Fans
hoped to shout when all was done "The White Sox are on track!"--
But
so far, they simply whispered "Robin Ventura's coming back."
That
left-handed home run hitter with warm smile and matchless heart
Four
Gold Gloves he'd won at third base with defense that looked like art
Nearly
crippled in a freak mishap on March the twenty-first,
Now
back eight days before schedule, flouting all talk of the Worst.
The
Texas Rangers would oppose the Sox as Chitown twilight fell;
When
the home team's lineup was announced there came a joyous yell.
Behind
the plate the ump cried "Play ball!"; the game duly began
With
disconcerting fashion: a hit for Texas' leadoff man.
Doug
Drabek was a-pitching, gold of hair and steel of eye,
A
no-hitter was beyond his scope, but for shutout he would try.
He'd
also pitched the night when Robin had been stricken down--
Did
that memory now haunt him as he stood upon the mound?
Nothing-nothing
was the score when Robin first came to the plate
And
received a standing ovation which for a full minute did not abate.
He
acknowledged it with a smile and wave, which made the fans go wild;
So
glad was he to play again that his face shone like a child's.
"We
love you, Robin Ventura! We know you'll make us proud!"
Cried
the matriarchs and lasses present in that evening's crowd.
Men,
rarely so demonstrative, rose on their feet to say
"Come
on, Robin!" But he grounded out, and walked--not limped--away.
In
the still-scoreless seventh inning, Rangers hurler Ken Hill tired.
With
Frank Thomas on, he walked Albert Belle, and then his luck expired
For
Harold Baines, the quiet DH, drove Frank home without a word.
The
Sox led, but Robin had grounded out a second time...and third.
Matt
Karchner came in next to pitch and gave up a home run.
A
worried hush fell on the fans who knew the score'd been tied at one.
Already
the eighth inning: did the Sox not have a chance?
Would
this night of joy instead be one where Texas got to dance?
Dave
Martinez ignored Hill's pitches, and at last he drew a walk.
Ozzie
Guillen bunted him to second; announcer Ed Farmer began to talk.
"Durham
next, then Ventura, who so far is oh-for-three."
Ray
Durham hit into a groundout. What now would the Sox-fans see?
Robin
sauntered to his rightful place; this was his last at-bat.
Facing
a dreadful situation, in his comeback game at that!
With
one swing he could put the Sox ahead if things went well,
But
if he was the last out? Such a disgraceful tale to tell!
Hill
stood on the mound in silence, wound up and pitched the ball.
What
occurred in the next instant was a shock to one and all.
Ed
Farmer's voice broke in wonder as these words his lips did yield:
"Hill
with the pitch...Ventura lines it, deep left center-field!"
"It's
gonna get down, and go to the warning track! Picked on a hop by Rusty
Greer--
VENTURA
DOUBLES IN MARTINEZ!!!!" And the crowd took up the cheer;
Praise
for a valiant hero who'd won hearts across the land.
As
Robin left the field in the ninth, he tossed his cap into the stands.
That
night in other ballparks spoiled superstars had played,
Ignoring
fans and only caring for how much they're paid.
And
on the cheeks of their heartbroken fans, tears of loathing burned...
But
happy tears flow at Comiskey, for Robin Ventura has returned.
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