NORTH ADAMS â William âBillyâ Evans is coming home.
Wednesday night, the body of the slain U.S. Capitol Police officer will be returned to his native North Adams, followed by a private funeral and burial Thursday in Adams.
It was not clear how Evans, who was honored Tuesday with a memorial service in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, would make the journey from there. But, North Adams Mayor Thomas Bernard said there will be a brief procession about 7:30 p.m. as the motorcade makes its way along Main Street.
âThat time of day, what Iâm hoping is, people will have flashlights or candles or something,â Bernard said. âBeing able to light up the route could be a nice gesture â lighting his way home, if you will.â
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The sergeant stood before the young soldier in the cold rain.
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Some men shuffled about them. Most were smirking. A few hung their heads. Beads are for girls, said the sergeant, or worse. That s what you are, isn t it?
The soldier shut his eyes and did not reply. Look here, said the sergeant, with mocking friendliness. He flung the soldier s rosary to the ground. Wood is wood. Nothing else. Tread on those beads. Show that you re a man and not a girl. Now!
ADAMS â The New York Times number-one best-selling non-fiction book this week is Bill Gates How to Avoid A Climate Disaster, â unless you re in Adams. The current best-selling book here is a reprint of a Polish cookbook.
The original cookbook, Favorite Recipes Jubilee Cookbook, was published in 1977, marking the 75th anniversary of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish. Some 2,800 copies of the cookbook were sold, raising $6,000 for the church. The effort to compile the cookbook was led by Amelia Millie Kruzel, along with the members of the St. Stanislaus Rosary Sodality. People were pestering me; there were so many people asking me to reprint it, said Eugene Michalenko, owner of Adams Specialty and Printing Co., whose father, Ignatius, had printed the original cookbook. They had had an original copy of the book and lost it; their book was a mess with food stains on their favorite recipes; it was being held together with a rubber band and there were pages falling out
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