One of America's greatest actors of Hollywood's golden age, Jimmy Stewart has far grown to become one of our most treasured icons. Few actors could offer both on and off the screen the values and grace as he did. A true patriot, he loved his country as much as the ideals that embodied it, and brought those values to each of his roles. His optimistic everyman demeanor is one that resonates with us to this day.
A local woman serving eight years in prison for a car crash that killed a Galesburg woman, will not get a reduced sentence. Ninth Circuit Judge James Stewart heard arguments in Knox County Circuit Court on Wednesday in a defense motion to reconsider the sentence of Lori A. Mahnesmith, 34.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:51:40 GMTOxford trustee James Stewart of Woodstock was acclaimed last night as chair of the London region's public school board. Stewart will assume the post officially at the Thames Valley District school board's inaugural meeting Dec. 9 in London.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:49:36 GMTChristy is a Georgian by choice, not by birth.
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:09:48 GMTBLOOMER — The buck paid little attention to James Stewart or the 14-year-old boy’s 243 Winchester rifle. “I was sitting in a stand. I saw a deer come out of a field . . . It had absolutely no fear of me,” the Eau Claire Memorial High School student said.
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:24:49 GMTHard times have you down this holiday season? Take a trip to the library for some inspiration from treasured stories of Christmas past.
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The first movie star to enter the service for World War II, Stewart joined a full year before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Initially refused entry into the Air Force because he weighed 5 pounds less that the required 148 pounds, he talked the recruitment officer into ignoring the test. He eventually became a Colonel, and earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Croix de Guerre and 7 battle stars. In 1959, served in the Air Force Reserve, he became a brigadier general.
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