A Rickmansworth woman has said she was “honoured” to be part of a play remembering people killed protesting against the Vietnam War. Penny Merlin-Woods, 63, was among 41 participants in 13 Seconds in Kent State – an online performance looking back at when four students were killed by the US’ National Guard while protesting the expansion of the war into Cambodia. Following the digital play, put on by The Outcasts Creatives, she said: “It is an incredibly emotional drama and we were all proud and honoured to be part of it, working with exceptionally talented actors.” Production cast members She added: “I felt it was an important story to be told about the Kent State University shootings that happened 51 years ago, when I was 11 years old.”
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Seven hundred guitars.
Gary Reber, who manages gifts to the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools, saw the in-kind donation form pop up on his computer screen, saw the number and the donor, and figured somebody was having some fun.
He recognized the donor s name Dennis Zager and knew the song that rocketed him and partner Rick Evans to stardom in 1969 âIn the Year 2525.â
Itâs not 2525, but the song that made two Nebraska boys famous is about manâs inclination to do himself in, and if there were ever a year that seemed possible . . . .
So, yeah.
 Ha, ha.