| Man Confesses To Brazen San Francisco Art Heist
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 42-year-old man has confessed to masterminding the holiday heist of millions of dollars of artwork and antiques from a Presidio Heights home, San Francisco police announced Monday. Burglary Inspector Denise Fabbri said that James Reem, a San Francisco man, confessed last week to gathering a group of thieves who were able to steal several valuable antiques, including a book of etchings, coins, furniture and a John Singer Sargent portrait of a gray-haired woman valued at over $1 million. The painting, along with a smaller portrait and two antique chairs are now being stored safely in the Hall of Justice where burglary detectives continue their investigation. According to Fabbri, a scheme to burglarize the Jackson Street home of Robert Kendrick began in September when Reem snuck into the mansion and stole jewels and other small items.
At this mall, what's old is the trend
Helen McClamma supposes this is the draw for the 27 dealers who rent booth space in her B's Antiques and Collectibles Mini Mall, the business she opened last fall not far from this historic town's quaint downtown district. Quilts, dollhouses, primitives, old rolling pins, vintage canisters and bread boxes, a child's roll-top desk, an antique wicker baby buggy - even a handsome painting of Franklin Delano Roosevelt - pack the sunny, spacious storefront at 5053 Gall Blvd., which was once a bar. Helen McClamma is 70 years old, hardly an age you'd expect someone to open their first business. She also has epilepsy. Seizure medication makes her tired, she says, and she doesn't want to spend her life sleeping. "I've always been a person who tried to do for myself," says McClamma, who has worked as a waitress, dry cleaning employee, and restaurant owner She and her husband, Wayne, used to own Fireside Dining in Zephyrhills.
Ray Jamison's grave will have marker, remaining funds go to animal shelter
Ray Jamison's final resting place will be more than a soon-forgotten patch of grass.Jerry Rux, who handled the funeral of the 81-year-old homeless Kewanee man killed when he was struck by a train last month, reports that Ray's grave will have a marker and the folks who rescued his cats after his death will receive the balance of a fund set up at Peoples National Bank.Rux said a local monument company has come forward to donate a granite marker with the only cost the engraving of Ray's name and month, day and year of his birth and death. The company also will install the marker on Ray's grave in the Rosedale Cemetery, southwest of Cambridge when the ground thaws. .
ORGANIC GARDENING CALENDAR
WEEK 1 Feb. 4-10 Companion-plant broccoli and brussels sprouts with carrots or bush beans; cabbage with onions; cauliflower with potatoes, rosemary or oregano; peas with carrots, potatoes, radishes or beans; and asparagus with nasturtiums. Protect with row cover if a late freeze hits. Select and plant annual color: petunias, pinks, snapdragons, alyssum, calendulas and gladioluses. Fertilize at least once during growing season with earthworm castings or Rabbit Hill Farm Pansy Food. Prune grapes at least 80 percent. Prune bush roses, unless they are a variety that blooms only in the spring. Purchase and plant antique roses. Antiques survive despite Texas weather and lack of attention. During mild winters, many will remain evergreen.
Chesapeake teen starts a remarkable new car club
Like most classic car devotees, Jacob Moyer remembers well driving his first classic car - a right-hand-drive 1937 Bentley 3.4-liter sports coupe. It's not like Jacob's an older man recalling such cars from his youth. He's only 17. The senior at Hickory High School in Chesapeake has started something remarkable: the first youth chapter of the world's largest collector car club. Tonight his club, the Nuts and Bolts Chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America, will officially be chartered at the club's national meeting in Philadelphia. .
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