Hitting it out of the park: Baseball card legacy could smash records
By Jill Serjeant
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Florida physician Thomas Newman died of COVID-19, he left his family a huge legacy - a collection of sports cards worth some $20 million, including a Babe Ruth card that could set a new world record.
It was love, not money, that drove Newman when he started his collection some 40 years ago, traveling the United States to trade at conventions and storing his cards in a safe at his Tampa home. He loved his paper babies, said his widow Nancy Newman. He got such joy out of it.
Fish Hook River lot split would require variances
Blake Johnson s request for lot size and lot width variances for a lot split on Park Avenue was continued by the Park Rapids Planning Commission on Monday, pending completion of Johnson s purchase of the property. 6:00 am, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
Blake Johnson explains his reasons for requesting lot size and lot width variances for a property on the Fish Hook River at Monday s meeting of the Park Rapids Planning Commission. (Robin Fish/Enterprise)
The Park Rapids Planning Commission requested a 60-day extension on Feb. 22 of the deadline to make a decision about a variance request by Blake Johnson to allow a lot split at 600 Park Ave. N.
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