Richard OâConnor is looking up.
Nine years ago, OâConnor founded the Jesse A. Marcel Library, a small red building off South Hills Road in Clancy, dedicated to exploring and exposing certain mysteries of the universe: unidentified flying objects (UFOs), crop circles, and alien life and lore.
He named it after his friend and medical colleague Dr. Jesse A. Marcel Jr., and Marcelâs father Maj. Jesse A. Marcel. In 1947, Maj. Marcel, then an Air Force intelligence officer, reportedly investigated the crash of an unidentified flying object in Roswell, New Mexico.
Since 2012, OâConnor has packed the Marcel Library with books and papers documenting extraterrestrial phenomena. Every Tuesday evening, he has hosted meetings of those interested in learning more. Through the library and the Crop Circle Foundation, Inc., he has raised money for research and to build awareness.
Love of knitting brings warmth for Bay’s less fortunate children
Zamandulo Malonde Features reporter 29 April 2021
At 87 years old, a Gqeberha woman is still dedicating hours to knit winter apparel to donate to disadvantaged children in the city’s townships.
For about five years, Joan Bird has religiously donated jerseys and matching beanies to Bay philanthropist Marcelle Wentworth, who in turn gives them to children in Gqeberha’s townships.
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