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  • Go off to see 'The Wizard of Oz'

    y Judy Booth|Nov 8, 2023

    BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO! The opening night performance of “The Wizard of Oz” filled the Lincoln Theatre to capacity and the evening ended with a standing ovation. Since 1939 audiences have loved L. Frank Baum’s story of young Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl and her beloved dog, Toto (Sadie Housholder). At first entrance Toto nearly dove off the stage but was quickly rescued by Dorothy. With stage fright now conquered, Toto behaved as expected of any Hollywood talent. He trotted and cuddled through cackling witches, theatrical fog, a whimp...

  • Olga's April account of the war in Ukraine

    Summarized by Judy Booth|May 3, 2023

    Olga has continued to provide email updates. She lives in eastern Ukraine. In mid-April no fierce battles were around her. She told me the sirens were less often as Russia concentrated on other areas. “I feel kind of weird because we have regions that suffered way more than we have – mass graves, people tortured and killed house to house, women and children raped, often by groups, animals tortured… . “… children or parents missing and probably never will be found. “In Kharkiv region in the city of Izum there’s a mass grave with over 445 civi...

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