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The ADVANCE, October 6, 2021 /Page 9A
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To seek out new life and
new civilizations. To boldly
go where no man has gone
before.”
Some episodes were
a little cheesy but others
were deep. In “The City on
the Edge of Forever,” I was
introduced to the concept
of time travel. Doctor Mc
Coy (aka Bones) jumps
through a time portal on an
abandoned planet and trav
els back to 1930s-era earth,
where he inadvertently
changes history which al
lows the Nazis to conquer
the world (and the starship
Enterprise, once orbiting
the planet, ceases to ex
ist and disappears). Cap
tain Kirk and Spock follow
Bones through the portal
and eventually correct the
mistake. At the end of the
episode, they are forced to
allow an innocent woman
(played by the beautiful
Joan Collins) to die to en
sure that the worlds history
timeline remains unaltered.
Star Trek was fresh. It
was thought-provoking.
It was my childhood. And
handsome William Shatner
was front and center of ev
ery episode.
But I realize that Star
Trek isn’t everyone’s cup of
tea. I think it is important to
note that William Shatner
has also appeared in doz
ens of films and television
shows, too.
He was also the actor
in one of the most famous
Twilight Zone episodes from
the early 1960s. He played
a nervous passenger on an
airline flight coming home
from a stint in a mental
health facility recovering
from a nervous breakdown.
At some point in the flight,
he sees a creature wandering
around the wing of the plane
while it is in flight. No one
believes him. He goes crazy,
or was he already crazy? Was
the creature really there? Or
was it a figment of his imagi
nation?
Shatner has made cam
eo appearances here and
there and is always himself
— fun, loving, and kind of a
cornball.
So the possibility that
William Shatner may actu
ally launch into space like a
“rocket man” in his Golden
years has brought me a little
unexpected joy.
If it’s true, it will make
Shatner the oldest person
to hurl through space, be
hind 82-year-old space pio
neering superwoman Wally
Funk. It will allow the actor,
William Shatner, to actually
do what Captain Kirk did on
the show — go on the voy
age of a lifetime, minus the
beautiful, busty space aliens
Kirk was always loving on.
And it could happen
as early as October 12. He
will be one of a few who will
view earth from high in the
heavens and see our planet
as the fragile blue orb that
it is.
I hope the news is more
than a rumor. It will be sci
ence fiction come to life. He
will have an opportunity to
actually “boldly go” where
few men and women have
gone before. Godspeed,
Will Shatner. Godspeed.
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resources have been left to
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collectively retaining re
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Cunningham of the Cun
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help diagnose problems
and develop solutions.
Working with papers from
around the country, Cun
ningham’s research took
stock of all the industry’s
warts, from public mis
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59 th Anniversary
Tom and Jeannette McDonald Moore ofVidalia
celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on Octo
ber 5.
Their children include Susanna and Gray Mer
edith ofVidalia, Geoff and Kara Moore of Gray, and
Jennifer and Barry Lucas of Charlotte, NC.
They are the grandparents of Georgia, Claudia,
and Ginny Gray Meredith, Pierce and Griffin Moore,
and Sam and Thomas Lucas.
The family plans a get-together in the near fu
ture.
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mixed with a shot of Jack
by countless aficionados.
There has been much
upside with the legend of
Jack Daniel, but he expe
rienced a shortened life
span, owing to a fit of tem
per. Legend has it that he
came to work early one
morning and had difficul
ty remembering the com
bination to the safe which
secured records and cash.
When he couldn’t open
the safe, he kicked it with
such vociferousness that
he broke his toe which
led to gangrene which led
to amputations but not
enough to save his life. The
moral of the story is that
when anger stimulates
overpowering rage, be
sure and kick something
not made of steel.
The second most fa
mous “Lynchburger” was
Johnny Majors, the Ten
nessee All-America tail
back and later head coach
who is buried in the city
cemetery beside his par
ents. The city has named
the main thoroughfare,
“Johnny Majors Boule
vard.”
The genial football
coach was a very good
friend. It was important
to pay my respects. As I
knelt before his marker,
I remembered the good
times we shared over the
years and was moved to
wipe away a tear. At the
distillery, I raised a quiet
toast to a man who, inter
estingly, never embraced
the famous product of
his hometown. Johnny
“Drum” Majors preferred
vodka.
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