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JMJ Antique proprietor, Ernest Portillo, left, shows Nancy Raimer some of his Eisenberg custom jewelry during the Antique Show at the Municipal Auditorium, Saturday. Hundreds of folks turned out for the bi-annual event which featured a wide variety of antique vendors and expert antique appraisals. .
New/old president for antique car club
Tom Lloyd has received the gavel for the third time as president of the Orange County Antique Club, taking over for Bob Hull. Lloyd served terms as president in 1985-86, 1993-94 and now in 2007. "This is your club," Tom said as he addressed the club members in a crowded Town of Wallkill Community Center. On hand at the Jan. 5 meeting were both the youngest member of the club, Rebecca Lynn Schnefel, who turned 3 months old on Christmas, and the oldest member, Gerhold Wanamaker, who will be 89 years young this month. Talks are already taking place for the club's annual car show and the "granddaddy" of them all, in Rhinebeck. It's never too early to start planning. All announcements will appear in the My Ride event list, so keep it here. The club always welcomes new members.
Shoppers huntfor antiques at Heart of Aiken Show and Sale
Lisa Darden bought a tiara from Don Holland at the Spotted Pup Antiques at Antiques in the Heart of Aiken Friday. (Suzanne Stone photo) By SUZANNE R. STONE Staff writer The doors opened to the past on Friday at the Aiken Center for the Arts as the Antiques in the Heart of Aiken Show and Sale opened to the public at last. "It's been a great Friday," said show co-chair Becky Robbins. "We've had lots of activity in the cafe. The dealers are excited because we've had lots of traffic and sales, attendance has been brisk and steady. Pretty good for a first day!" Antiques dealers from across the Southeast showed wares from jewelry to rugs to furniture to silver to artwork to books to vintage curiosities. The day opened with a lecture on "For the Love of Linens and Lace" by vendor Connie Marks, owner of Victoriana.
Poking fun at soaps never gets old
ACORN Antiques: The Musical! may be a recent piece of work, but its dotty characters have been part of our lives for more than two decades. When the eponymous Manchesterford emporium first opened its doors as a brief slot in the sketch show Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV in 1985, it set a new standard for television parody. From the howling continuity of gaffes to the wobbly sets and shaky cameras, it mercifully poked fun at the cheap soap operas of the day, in particular the cheapest of them all, Crossroads. "I was a fan of Crossroads," Wood admits when the Newsmeets her for a chat at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. "It was the first soap that went four times a week, and they didn't really have any editing facilities so they were told that if they made a mistake, they had to really try and get themselves out of it.
Prisoner's art looks for a pardon or a home
For many years, the only brightness in the drab confines of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary was in the rotunda at the main entrance -- four huge paintings by a German nobleman who was in prison for killing his wife. But those paintings were deteriorating rapidly and were removed about six months ago, leaving no contrast to the bleakness of the prison bars. The paintings were the work of Conrad Maas, a high-born German who came to America in 1890 with his commoner wife, tried farming for a while in Blaine County, where he was known as a loner. He was sentenced in 1899 to life in prison for killing his wife. The paintings were removed because "they were basically rotting away," Linda Morgan, field operations supervisor of the prison, said. "We'd like to find a home for them, but they are part of Oklahoma history, and we don't want them to be moved out of state." The paintings have seen riots and had bullet holes in them and have faded because of sunlight shining on them.
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