The LuLac Edition #4,125, August 16th, 2019

RICK MORELLI BACK ON COUNTY COUNCIL

Rick Morelli was named by the Luzerne County County Council as its newest, older member the other evening. Morelli was one of the original eleven elected when the Council became the official governing body of Luzerne County.

THE 11 HOUSE DEMS FROM TRUMP DISTRICTS WHO SUPPORT ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

Two mass shootings last weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio that left 31 people dead have revamped debate about gun control measures in Congress.
While Democrats widely agree on several reforms, including implementing universal background checks and capping the size of magazines, the party remains divided on the viability of banning assault rifles, the types of weapons that have been used in several high-profile mass shootings, including the two last week.
The opposition largely comes from moderate Democrats in swing district with constituents who may be uneasy banning specific weapons, but who may voice support for other measures to curtail gun violence.
Legislation that was introduced in the House in February to outlaw assault rifles currently has 196 cosponsors, all of whom are Democrats.
Here are the 11 Democrats representing districts President Trump won in 2016 who back the measure:
Rep. Matt Cartwright (Pa.)
Rep. Angie Craig (Minn.)
Rep. Antonio Delgado (N.Y.)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (N.J.) **
Rep. Lucy McBath (Ga.)
Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.)
Rep. David Loebsack (Iowa) *
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Chris Pappas (N.H.) **
Rep. Max Rose (N.Y.)
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (N.J.)
*Not seeking reelection in 2020

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guests will be Robin McArdle and Lance Miley, co-founders of Making Music Matter for Kids
Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox .Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

ECTV LIVE

One of Scranton's biggest public events is coming up in just a couple of weeks. It's "La Festa Italiana" and Festival Director Chris Dimattio has details on this year's event on ECTV Live during the week of August 19th. ECTV Live is seen on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some locations( and on the electric city television YouTube page.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1969

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The Woodstock Festival began as an estimated 200,000 people arrived at the dairy farm of Max Yasgur in Sullivan County, New York, near the town of Bethel in the Catskill Mountains. The six man rock music group Sweetwater had been scheduled as the opening act, but was stuck instead in a traffic jam on Route 17B and had to be airlifted by helicopter. A little-known guitarist, Richie Havens, then entertained the crowd for three hours as the opening act until Sweetwater could arrive. Complaints were made to local authorities by people living next to Yasgur's 600 acres (240 ha) farm, and heavy rainfall turned the fields into what a UPI reporter called "a sea of mud, sickness and drugs at the hippie-style Woodstock Music and Art Fair"…………

Captain D's, an American fast food seafood restaurant, opened its first eatery, with Raymond L. Danner starting the business as "Mr. D's Seafood and Hamburgers" in Donelson, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville near the Opryland USA theme park. Within its first fifty years, the chain had more than 500 franchises………..A week after the Tate-LaBianca murders, Charles Manson and 25 other people were arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the Spahn Ranch, not on suspicion of the killings, but for auto theft. A report at the time noted that "The group— 11 men and 15 women including several members of a motorcycle gang called Satan's Slaves— was stealing Volkswagens, dismantling them and converting them into dune buggies, according to deputies." The "Manson Family" group was released ten days later because the arrest warrant had had the wrong date on it. When the members returned to the Spahn Ranch, they murdered Donald "Shorty" Shea, a former movie stuntman and the ranch hand whom they had blamed for calling the police. …….The Woodstock Festival moved into its second full day as Arlo Guthrie wrapped up his set of songs after midnight. Artists who performed and would later be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were Joan Baez (until 2:00 a.m.), Santana, John Sebastian and the Grateful Dead.....Hurricane Camille made landfall onto from the Gulf of Mexico onto the Mississippi coast as Biloxi and other coastal cities were evacuated. A large number of people, however, chose to "ride out the storm" and even held parties over the weekend to celebrate the excitement.[45] In all, 259 people would be killed as a direct result of the hurricane and the flooding produced by the storms in its wake…..Long John Silver's, an American fast-food restaurant chain specializing in seafood, opened its first store, making its debut in Lexington, Kentucky. The chain would have more than 1,000 franchises within its first fifty years......President Nixon nominated South Carolina federal judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the resignation in May of Abe Fortas…….Hurricane Camille caused its highest loss of life far inland from sea, killing 124 people in Nelson County, Virginia. During the night, more than 30 inches (760 mm) of rain fell in a few hours, causing flash floods and mudslides. The hurricane winds had slowed down, but the storm system slowed down over Nelson County and caused the James River and its tributaries to quickly overflow their banks in what remains "the worst natural disaster to ever strike Virginia”and fifty years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash.