| Council regular Simon was ‘dove with childlike innocence’
In a world of jackals and hyenas, Michael was a dove with childlike innocence, said John Pollard, a friend and fellow Council regular. At the Monday night meetings during his three-minute window, Simon spoke about world peace, finding a cure for AIDS and helping the homeless. He didnt like violence and he didnt like to see people suffer. He had a big, warm, open heart, said Darnell Oldham, another friend and Council regular. Officials at St. Marys Cathedral estimated more than 300 attended Simons Jan. 17 funeral there, along with six priests and a bishop. One hundred people is a large crowd for a funeral, said Monsignor Michael D. Murphy. The bishop was very impressed with the number that came to Michaels. Broken but not beaten Simon suffered from brain damage for eight years before his death.
Few Southbridgers cross Gold to hear of waiting riches
When a book gets turned into a movie some dont go because they didnt like reading it, others fear the screen version will be a poor substitute for the novels brilliance and some just want to stay home on a cold winter night.
Whatever the reason, most Southbridge Towers residents stayed home Tuesday night, passing on their one chance to ask attorney Stuart Saft directly about his 136-page report, which details the hundreds of thousands of dollars he predicts their apartments will be worth if they vote to leave the states Mitchell-Lama middle class housing program.
A few hundred people, roughly 10 percent of the Seaport complex and 25 percent of its shareholders, did cross the other side of Gold St. to ask Saft questions at Pace Universitys Schimmel theater.
The Millers - mother and son - take
Every year on the first Sunday in February, more than 2,000 people, most of whom know better, run into the Atlantic Ocean, dip their toes for a few seconds in the frigid water and run back to cover every inch of flesh as fast as possible.
They are doing it for a good cause. For the past 16 years folks from all over the area have taken part in the Lewes Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Delaware. During those years, more than $3 million has been raised all during what organizers call an "unbearable event."
Taking a dip in the cold Atlantic Sunday afternoon was Janie Miller as a member of the Sussex De-Terminators.
Her son, Reggie, planned to plunge but a cold relegated him to support staff.
Janie is not only a regular plunger but is also active as a Special Olympics program director and coach in three sports bowling, basketball, and track.
Remembering Robert Keane
Robert L. Keane, a Rockland native, will be remembered for a life full of diverse accomplishments despite his physical impediments. Keane died last month at the age of 92 after a brief illness. "He accomplished a lot in his life," Keane’s sister Eleanor Burns said. "Most of his legs were completely paralyzed. He did everything on his crutches. It’s just amazing the things he did." Though he never married, Keane was a family man and remained close with his sisters Eleanor Burns, Ruth Keane and Mary Hembree. He was also the brother of the late Harold Keane and the late Clare Keane. He was a member of the Rockland Knights of Columbus and the Rockland Rod and Gun Club. Raised and educated in Rockland, Keane was diagnosed with polio at the age of 13, leaving him crippled. Despite setbacks, Keane managed to build his own home, and became a licensed driver by using levers he designed for his car.
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