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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Remembering Jonathan Demme (he would have been 82 today)

 Director

Producer

Writer

Jonathan Demme

b. Feb. 22, 1944

Long Island, NY

died April 2017 of

cancer & heart disease

QUOTE:

Your antagonist has to be

every bit as formidable as

your hero, or you diminish

the character you're supposed

to care about.  For people

start out writing scripts, they're

in that 'hiss-the-villain' mode,

and you always want to say,

'Wait, wait. They're human too.

Give them some problems and

you'll end up with a better story.'

Four descendants of TR (Teddy Roosevelt) write to Senators -- don't pass this bill on Boundary Waters Wilderness mining (Feb. 17, 2026)

 In a rare letter to the

GOP Conference of the

U.S. Senate -- 4 T. Roosevelt

descendants urge their fellow

REPUBLICANS not to

forward to Trump 2.0 desk

House Bill that allows mining

upstream from the Boundary

Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

that would despoil a vast preserve

of glacial lakes and untouched forests.

Ted Roosevelt IV

Tweed Roosevelt

Mark Roosevelt

Kermit Roosevelt IV

Governors' Dinner -- POTUS & FLOTUS host the states' governors (GOP - MAGA only) / territorial leadership

 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,

who will be dinner

companion with Donald J.

Trump after the week he has

had?  before he orders missiles

into Iran Airspace to take out

Ayatollah / Republican Guard?

_______________________

Massachusetts' Gov. Maura Healey

says "Trump made this a farce";

some asked Trump to his face

"What was learned from Minneapolis

and the Killing of 2 Americans?"

- - Trump reply - "We'll only go

where we're wanted. . ."

_______________________

politics ABC NEWS.go.com

Wire Story AP (Associated Press)

29th "season" of THE_VOICE (NBC reality - competition - musical variety)

 The "winner" panel of 

Judges is to include starting

9 - 11 p.m. on Monday

Feb. 23, 2026 forward with

judge-coaches

Kelly Clarkson

Adam Levine

John Legend

_______________

the MONDAY episode

will be re-aired on

Wed. Feb. 25 also between

8 - 10 p.m. Eastern

Buchanan, MI (McCollum's 5K Race) - March 14, 2026 $30 sign-up

 206 Days Ave., Buchanan,

MICHIGAN

runsignup.com/

St. Patrick's Day theme

WEAR GREEN

10K Noon

5K 12:05 p.m.

1-mile and walk 12:10 p.m.

First Annual race/walk

Read Across America Day - 8 days from now

 March 2, 2026

begins a week of reading

book purchasing at

HOWARD TWP., Cass

County branch Library

2341 Yankee Drive, Niles, MI

The sale of used / donated /

library discarded materials

will run all the weekdays

when the building is open.

FOR: Adults, Teens, Kids !

Ava Zimmerman Memorial Blood Drive - Thursday Feb. 26 afternoon - - Howard-Ellis Elementary School, Niles, Michigan

Thursday 2/26/26 

2 - 6 p.m.

Eastern Time Zone


UPDATE: Feb. 22 (4 days until the drive) 

10+ time slots taken --  many 15-minute intervals remain on 

this late month -- chance to help with those hospitalized

or entering E.R. with crisis need for Transfusion - Blood Products

____________________________________________ 

website

givebloodnow.com

SBMF (Blood Bank)

South Bend (IN) Medical Foundation

[downtown and Douglas Road locations]

sponsors the

annual "AVA ZIMMERMAN BLOOD DRIVE"

on 

Feb. 26, 2026 at Howard-Ellis Elementary Dr.,

Niles MI

visit givebloodnow.com to reserve a donation time

between 2 and 6 p.m. on that Thursday afternoon

next month.

You can save lives too!