Chabol’s team No. 1 at Middlecreek Aug 5, 2008
One stroke back in second place with 144 score was Jack Smith s team of Ron Hall and John Feathers. Larry Sanner s team of Butch Shultz and Roger Romesburg nailed down third place by shooting a 145 score. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Horde of Berkshire shareholders fill Omaha arena to hear Buffett and Munger May 4, 2008
But the cartoon of Republican John McCain celebrated Munger's candidacy: "Excellent! A candidate older than I am.'' At the meeting later Saturday, shareholders will likely ask about the state of the economy as well as Berkshire's latest earnings report. On Friday Berkshire reported first quarter net income of $940 million (euro608.1 million), or $607 per share, in the quarter ended March 31. That is down significantly from the net income of $2.6 billion Berkshire generated a year ago. The... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Eagle puts her best feet forward Feb 25, 2008
"My first surgery was when I was 6 months old," said the daughter of Nan Rasmussen-Owings and Jack Smith. "The surgery corrected my right foot, but it didn't correct my left and circulation was cut off in my left foot.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
'Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis' Dec 13, 2007
Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis' - The Boston Globe ... Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis ... Performance art pioneer Jack Smith, the very definition of avant-garde, has been yanked back from the brink of obscurity by Mary Jordan's colorful documentary. (Boston Globe)
St. Luke's honors volunteers at banquet Dec 12, 2007
500+ Hours - Jack Smith, Inez Malmgren, Alice Sea, Wanda Nelson, Carol Anderson, Jim Hrdy, Don Heath, Anne Boston, Margaret Moran, Lois Hoover, Marlene Welding, Leah Shearon, Ellen Chaussee, M. Frances Graham, Fran Cole*, Barbara Frey, Ed Blackburn, Jim Batcheller, Phyllis Olson, Janice Bristow, Lee Cwikla, Betty Beyer, Ruth Johnson, Dick Dickman, Dorothy Dickman*, Donna Wooldridge, Arlene Baldes, Mary Croston*, Liz Draisey*, Mona Kelly*, Valorie Kruse, Lorraine Oostenink*, Jenny Herrick*, Adah... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Rethinking the edgy filmmaker who made Warhol look tame Nov 29, 2007
A photo collage of Jack Smith, an underground filmmaker and one-time collaborator of Andy Warhol ... Mary Jordan's documentary "Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis" is part unsparing explication of a life story, part love-stuck personification of Smith's working philosophy ... Indeed, it breaks the heart and boggles the mind to think that today all the resistant, rebellious Jack Smiths just end up on YouTube. (Boston Globe)
First phase of military tribute project unveiled Aug 19, 2007
An attendee named Jack Smith, a long-time Escondido resident who spent nearly three decades in the Navy, said he only learned of the tribute when his employer ---- H Johnson Furniture ---- purchased a plaque in his honor. "I was flabbergasted," Smith said. (North County Times)
State House panel agrees to ban cockfighting in 2008 May 4, 2007
Jack Smith argued that it would be unfair to immediately impose a ban and make cockfighters criminals. "I want to be humane not only to the chickens, but to the people who own the chickens," said Smith, D-Franklin. (WWLTV.com, LA)
UNDERGROUND ANXIETY Apr 13, 2007
Jack Smith and the Destructionof Atlantis Directed by Mary Jordan Jack Smith, the underground filmmaker who died in 1989, survives in the Aaliyah music video, We Need a Resolution , that showed the pretty young R&B singer entwined with a huge boa constrictor. Exotic, contradictory, even a bit off-putting, it was a Jack Smith blend of desire and debasement ... Mary Jordan intends to provide a resolution for the frustrations of Smith s life and his unfair career legacy in her film, Jack Smith... (New York Press)
BREAKING NEW UNDERGROUND Apr 12, 2007
April 12, 2007 -- ALTHOUGH his DIY flicks influenced Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, John Waters and countless music-video directors, among others, the legendary underground filmmaker Jack Smith (1932-1989) is barely remembered today. "Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis," a solid new documentary by Mary Jordan, reveals that's largely Smith's own doing ... JACK SMITH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTISRunning time: 95 minutes. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Spring: film is in the air Feb 15, 2007
The season's kick-off film, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, is a documentary about the legendary artist Jack Smith and was a hit during its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. In addition to showing films, the spring season will feature collaboration between the Film Society and the U.Va. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
