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SCENES FROM THE BEACH

By George Thatcher

Through the years I have learned that events on the beach may speak of life in the larger world, reflecting great truths about us and the other creatures occupying this terrestrial orb. For instance, there is a neighborly kinship between us and lowly lugs in the sand flats. On an offshore post, that cormorant may be very much like the birds that once existed in Eden. And the beach walker seen in the distance is surely related in a way to Adam.

SUN HERALD MEMORY BANK

By Jimmie Bell

The Herald found itself with a then rare assignment - reviewing a motion picture with an all-black cast. It was a clever remake of 1939's "Wizard of Oz" and renamed "The Wiz." It played at the Plitt in Gulfport and the Surfside in Biloxi. The part of Dorothy was played by Diana Ross. The Cowardly Lion was played by Michael Jackson. Mississippi's own Nipsy Russell was The Tin Man. The story took place on Manhattan Island, so naturally the World Trade Center became the Emerald City of Oz. Traffic lights...