Gary  Logsdon,   a veteran "code breaker" for the U.S. Army in Germany,
wrote  Weds  7/21/21 @13:27 CDT  re  a  New  Yorker  crossword puzzle
clue "name that's 'REALIGNED' realigned" with answer "GERALDINE":

That one is hard to get to!  The New Yorker is getting out to the "fringes."
On my best day as a "code breaker," I would have had difficulty with that
one, even in Russian or German!

Editor's note:  The same day, the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle had a
clue "language in which 'w' and 'y' are vowels," and the answer was "Welsh."

Tested positive, 767,812; died, 13,965.
                                                                [courtesy N.Y. Times]

michealh.jpg South Bend's most wanted: Derrick Lane, BM, 5'7", 160 lbs, auto theft; Micheal Hubbard, BM, 6', 230 lbs, fraud (Michiana Crime Stoppers Inc.)

The Monroe County Prosecutor dropped his case against  a  wo-
man charged with hit-and-run crash after learning she died.

                                                       [courtesy Columbus Republic]

Tested positive, 475,351; died, 7,355 .
                                                                  [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Senator  Rand  Paul  suggested  that the Department of Justice
should consider a "criminal referral" against Dr. Anthony Fau-
ci (see also).
                                        [courtesy Louisville Courier-Journal]
        

couseyjf.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Jeffrey A. Cousey, BM, 36, 5'10", 180 lbs, DUI, evading arrest; Torrey Lamont Higgins, BM, 21, 5'04", 145 lbs, stalking, EPO violation (Bluegrass Crime Stoppers)

Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said): "Excuse me, miss, but, how much for the little girl?"                                                                                            – Leonard Simon

Dog of the week:  Basenji They don't bark; they yodel. He's a small hound.

corrales.jpg Wichita Falls' Criminal Cathedral Choir: Joseph El-Hage, WM, 34, 5'11", 188 lbs, family assault of pregnant person (tenor); Viictoria Corrales, HF, 30, 5'4", 156 lbs, probation violation (control. subst.) (soprano); Jeremy Roe, WM, 28, 5'11", 222 lbs, prob. viol. (robbery) (baaritone); Noemy Jarlamillo, HF, 43, 5'3", 146 lbs, prob. violation (fraud) (alto); Hayden O'Malley, HM, 35, 5'7", 172 lbs, prob. viol. (intox. vehicle assault) (tenor)

 

jonriley.jpg Jonathan Riley, WM, 24, 6'6", 170 lbs, prob. viol. (theft) (bass); Amanda Douglas, WF, 27, 5'2", 117 lbs, aggravated robbery (also); James Ivory, BM, 24,  6'1", 179 lbs, prob. viol.(family assault) (bass); Bianca Caretachea, HF, 30, 4'8", 90 lbs, prob.viol. (child abandon.); Christopher James Brett Clover, WM, 38, 5'7", 280 lbs, fail. to reg. (tenor)

Georgia Congresswoman  Marjorie  Taylor  Greene  was suspended from
Twitter for 12 hours for coronavirus misinformation. .  .  . Zsa Zsa Gabor
was buried. . . . Police in Delhi India, used water cannons to disperse hun-
dreds of people protesting the government’s management of a water shor-
tage. . . . Oregon ordered farmers to give workers 10 minutes in the shade
every two hours after a 38-year-old man died in s heat wave. . . . The Ford
Motor Company Ford unveiled a fragrance smelling of petroleum in an ef-
fort to sell electric cars. . . . The weather app of some iPhones will not dis-
play a temperature of  69  degrees,  rendering it as either 68 or 70 degrees.
.  .  .   President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil  was hospitalized with 10 days of
hiccups.  .  .  . The revolver with which Pat Garrett shot  Billy  the  Kid  to
death will be sold at a Wild West auction in Los Angeles,  California,  Au-
gust 27 and is expected to bring $2 or $3 million. . . . A bride dislocated a
knee in her fist dance at her wedding.
                                                                    [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]

zachgoff.jpg Arrested in Abilene (Texas, not Kansas): Zachary Goff, WM, 18, 5'10", 155 lbs, aggravated robbery; Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Ashley Thomas, BF, 30, 5'7", 115 lbs, prob. viol. (burglary); Jessie Carson, WM, 29, 6', 200 lbs, dom. bat.; Harvey Lee Dear III, BM, 34, 5'11", 210 lbs, probation violation (endangered child); Anthony Troydale Carter Jr., BM, 19, 6'1", 150 lbs, tattoos "REALIZE EVERYONE AIN'T LOYAL" on left arm, Chinese symbols on right arm, felon with firearm, marijuana (Abilene Crime Stoppers, Sedgwick County (Kansas) Sheriff)

fredgren.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Fredrick Green, 60, fam. assault; Angie Abalos, 54, marijuana; Ariel Hamilton, 43, DUI; Destiny Rodela, 18, mj; Ranci Boone, 44, family assault; Becky Nowell, 36, mobery; Samantha Chacon, 24, mj, paraphern.; Ivan Parra, 23, DUI

lifepoot.jpg 'Accidental discharge' during a traffic top with a white person, license & registration, poot Life Saver Dude: "not quite the same thing"

Leonard Simon (a/k/a "The Wheat") wrote Sun 7/11/21 @19:25 CDT:

The Dog of Sunfish wormed last week was Willis,  not  "Willlard."
He's my dog.  He's doing fine.

Fred Dean wrote Sun 7/11/21 @11:11 PDT:

If she loses her fat, will she lose also her beauty?

Tested positive, 763,522; died, 13,940.
                                                                    [courtesy N.Y. Times]

carriejn.jpg South Bend's most wanted: Robert Dillard, BM, 6'1", 165 lbs, failure to register as sex offender; Elizabeth Morse, BF, 5'1", 270 lbs (Yorkshire hog), assalt on police officer,leaving scene, DUI, neglect; Carrie Jensen, WF, 5'1", 150 lbs, common nuisance; Michael Moore, BM, 5'10", 150 lbs, handgun w/o license (Michiana Crime Stoppers Inc.)

A Hoosier tricked Alabama police into giving him enough mon-
ey to get back home in Indiana.
                                                       [courtesy Columbus Republic]

Tested positive, 470,538; died, 7,328.
                                                                      [courtesy N.Y. Times]

The City of Brownsville refused the Edmonson County At- torney's ref- fuse. [photo and    report by   our roving      reporter]

   

jpg Lexington's most wanted, Brandon Dockery, BM, 6', 150 lbs, murder (armed & dangerous) (Bluegrass Crime Stoppers)

Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said): "Circa 1987 I went to treatment with a young college student from Western   Kentucky University one hour a day.  He would  do a psychology class for   two or three days.   All he talked about, he was going through withdrawals   from Coca-Cola when they asked him if he'd ever accepted . . . . " – Leonard  Simon  (he didn't finish)

Dog of the week:  Shar-Peis A Chinese breed related to the chow chows by ancestry.   Not to be confu- sed with "sharpies." Guard dogs, his- torically.   Affectionate with humans and other animals.

barryewa.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Barrye Walker Lightner Jr., WM, 49, 6'9", 170 lbs, pro. viol. (assault); Michael L. Tejeda, HM, 39, 5'11", 130 lbs, aggravated burglary & battery; Ivan Eduardo Aldaba, WM, 5'6", 186 lbs, aggravated assault; James Robert Kessinger, WM, 29, 5'9", 175 lbs, aggrav. assault; Otoneil Willalobos, HM, 57, 5'7", 160 lbs, probation viol. (marij. distrib.) (Sedgwick County Sheriff)

The Swiss voted, by a margin of 51.2 per cent to 48.8, to prohibit women's
wearing niqabs and burkas. . . . The Entomological Society of America an-
nounced plans to rename  the  gypsy   moth  to eliminate an ethnic slur. . . .
Fifteen tons of dead fish washed ashore in Tampa Bay, Florida. .  .  . A Sa-
haran dust plume blew into Texas.  .  .  .  The Ukraine defense ministry re-
quired female soldiers to march in high heels. . . . A Japanese woman shot
the Olympic torch with a water pistol. . . .  Term-limited Philippines Presi-
dent Rodrigo Duterte said he might run for vice president.  .  .  .  Goldfish
the  size  of  footballs  were discovered in Minnesota rivers and lakes. . . .
A naked woman got stuck in a 10-inch space between two business build-

ings in Santa Ana, Cali-   fornia.  . . .  The Naomi   Osaka Barbie doll  sold   out  only  hours  after it   went up on line (there's   the real deal on the right).   [courtesy Harper's,    LEX18, AP]

Dear Eleanor:  My daughter

is married, and also has a boy friend.  Both men live with her and share her bed.    Her children are horrified and ashamed,  as  am I.   Her older children are of age but still in school,  and want to move out  but can't af- ford to;  the youngest is a minor and afraid of  the boy friend.  The  husband  does  not object.     Is there anything I can do to help the kids?

kaylawat.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Conrad Del Rio, 40, assault; Tamara Wachter, 37, DUI; Kayla Watson, 33, trespass (she's changed); Hayley Green, 29, assault; Maria Reyes, 26, publ. intox.; Dominie Stone, 47, controlled substances; Thomas Greer, 57, drug paraphernalia

lifelamb.jpg Stalking, the judge said; everywhere that Mary went,I was sure to go Life Saver Dude: Mary had a little snit

Will Anderson, Awards Specialist, wrote for City's Best Awards Thurs
7/8/21 @11:59 CDT:

Hello and I hope that you are having a great day!  My name is Will,
and I am e-mailing you to let you know that you have been selected
for the 2021 Brownsville Best Award!  For the next year you will be
promoted on our web site so anyone searching the Brownsville area
will find you.  We only work with one winner in each major city in
the U.S.  You will also get a badge for your web site, social media
graphics, a certificate for the office, press release, and more.

Tested positive, 760,422; died, 13,914.
                                                                [courtesy N.Y. Times]

A new state law prohibits fishing for catfish and snapping tur-
tles with the hands (it's called "noodling").

                                                       [courtesy Indianapolis Star]

Tested positive, 467,690; died, 7,301.
                                                                  [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Willard the Dog of Sunfish was wormed.
                                                                          [a TH exclusive]

Hopkinsville Community College history professor John Davis
said "critical race theory" is nothing new.
                                                                         [courtesy LEX18]
         

Dog of the week:  Pekingese There are uglier examples (see second illustration).  Bred for Chinese royalty and said to be tolerant of children  but not of rough-housing.

Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said):          "Excuse me,  Miss,  but I think you            must be the prettiest fat girl I have            ever seen."                                        –  Leonard Simon

leighaju.jpg Arrested in Abilene (Texas, not Kansas): Jasmine Alyssa Diaz, HM, 19, 5'7", 200 lbs (Yorkshire hog), robbery, meth; Leigha Juana Marderosian, HF, 32, 5',170 lbs, robbery; Christopher Lee Polk, BM, 38, 5'11", 160 lbs, indecency w/ch. (Abilene Crime Stoppers)

Britney Spears' appointed attorney asked to be allowed to resign  (and her
manager already had resigned).  .  .  .  A hundred homing pigeons that fell
off a truck in Dayton Beach, Florida, couldn't find their way home at night
and blocked an I-95 exit for three hours. . . . Firefighters stopped a dog go-
ing down the road in a car in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  (they figured he
had manged to knock the transmission out of park  and  into  bark  neutral,
and the car rolled). . . .  A live housecat was pulled from the collapsed con-
do rubble in Surfside, Florida.
                                                                            [courtesy LEX18. HuffPost]

chandria.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Ronald Gene Mauzey, WM, 61, 5'9", 160 lbs, probation viol. (aggr. battery); Chandria Chantell Young, BF, 38, 5'5", 160 lbs, aggrav. assault, crim. damage; Albert Alexis Cruz-Aviles, HM, a/k/a Luigi Cruz, 46, 5'10", 150 lbs, prob. viol. (threat, dom. battery); Ashija Denise Washington, BF, 25, 5'4", 103 lbs, aggr. assault, shooting; Kevin Buggs, BM, a/k/a Willie Rose, 51, 5'10", 170 lbs, tattoos, prob. viol. (dom. bat.) (Sedgwick County Sheriff)

danyelan.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): David McWilliams, 57, dangerous drugs Danyel Anderson, 33, DUI; Stacy Kelly, 38, burglary; Jason Dickey, 48, ctl. subs.; Kimberly Paz, 19, DWOL, paraph.; Mikaya Jones, 21, marijuana; Consuela Hernandez, 26, fam. assault; Robert Weddle-Coleman, 443, theft

lifemart.jpg Your portraits are so realistic Life Saver Dude: Modern art

The  ugliest  players   in women's  tennis   played for the championship  at Wimbledeon  in London, England,   yesterday    – Ashleigh Barty,   of Aus- tralia (left), beat Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Re- public,  two sets to one.

DISCUSSION GROUP:     Don't  forget!  Readers interested in intellectu- al dissection of important current events are invi- ted to attend the  Weekly World News Round Ta- ble at the offices of Borf  Books outside Browns- ville,  Kentucky,  just after church every  Sunday. Guest speakers lined up for meetings in the  near future  include  National Spelling Bee  champion Zaila Avant-Garde.

Gary S. Logsdon, attorney at law, wrote Thurs 7/1/21:

I wrote a deed this week for a couple named Carrie Ann Gill Loid
and husband,  Kirby Loid,  and misspelled their name "Lloyd"  on
the first draft.  I corrected the misspelling when they pointed it out,
but I forgot to ask them if they had a son or daughter named Tab?

Tested positive, 758,078; died, 13,863.
                                                                [courtesy N.Y. Times]

samanthe.jpg Vincennes' most wanted (MugshotsOnline.com): Layton Tyler Walker, 21, paraphernalia; Cassandra Elizabeth Cooper, 21, trespass; Samanthe Michniak, 30, DUI; Mercedes Destiny Mauer, 22, prob. vi.; Eric R. Strahley, 34, disorderly

The United States District Court  for  the Southern District of
Indiana closed Friday, July 2, in observance of the new "June-
teenth" holiday  (which was June 19, nearly two weeks earlier
–  but remember, the 4th of July is on July the 5th this year).

                                                    [courtesy Columbus Republic]

Tested positive, 466,278; died, 7,280.
                                                              [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Children cooling off on this hot day . . .                      The fire depart- ment  brought out a  pumper truck  to spray the kids  who completed the summer read- ing program.                 – Edmonson News

The Fraternal Order of Police sued the City of Lexington  to
prohibit enforcement of its newly adopted ban of "no knock"
warrants. . . .

A Louisville mural honoring the memories of George Floyd
and Breonna Taylor was defaced with blue paint and the sig-
nature "Patriot Front."
                                                                     [courtesy LEX18]

russwurm.jpg He's listed as wanted in South Bend, Indiana, but it's reported that he's from Louisville, Kentucky: Daniel Russwurm, WM, 5'9", 125 lbs, meth, coke; that's his lookalike cousin from Laurel County, Kentucky, on the right, Brian Eldridge, 46, charged there with murder

                      [courtesy Michiana Crime Stoppers, LEX18]

Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said): "Excuse me, miss, but is that sweat rolling down your   thigh?  Or are you just happy to see me?"                                                                        – Leonard Simon

Tinnitus hottie:

Dog of the week:  Jack Russell terrier Jack is a nickname for John in  old  English, and it was after an Englishman named John Russell that the Jack Russell terrier was na- med.  More than  you'd  ever  want to know here.

"Miss" Nevada, Kataluna Enriquez,  said, "I'm the first 'trans woman'  and 'trans woman of color' "  to be in the "Miss U.S.A." contest  "and it's time that our voices are heard"  – and,  our  tits  are  shown? ("s"he was once known as "Durte Dom"). . . .  Cal- ifornia has prohibited state-funded travel to 17 oth- er states  for their "LGBTQ" discrimination  (Ken- tucky is among them;  Indiana  is not). . . . Twenty- three states have prohibited the teaching  of critical race theory – but, what is it? . . . The busts of Roger

Taney and John C. Calhoun were on their way out at the U.S. Capitol.  .  .  .
Kim Kardashian's brand SKIMS was designing underwear  for U.S. women
engaged in the Olympics. . . . Five  thousand  pigeons  vanished  in  a British
race. . . . Bill Cosby's 2018 assault conviction was vacated by the Pennsylva-
nia Supreme Court. . . .  An Egyptian was arrested in Kuwait for complaining
on TikTok about the weather. . . . A Knoxville, Tennessee, nurse was charged
with postal infractions for mailing her husband's former wife feces and a used
menstrual pad. . . . U.S. passport applicants no longer have to submit support-
ing documentation for their choice of  "M" or "F" identification,  and  a  third
"gender" designation appears to be on the way.

                                                                       [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]

renshark.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Jacob Rendell Sharkey, BM, 28, 6', 155 lbs, probation violation (opiates, domestic battery); Angela Marie Estrada a/k/a Ortiz, HF, 39, 5', 140 lbs, prostitution, narcotics; Ashley Nicole Pocowatchit a/i/a Forrester, WF, 31, 5'5", 140 lbs, probation violation (narcotics; Moshe Mereghi Ange Stennett, BM, 30, 5'11", 190 lbs, ag. bat. (Sedgwick County Sheriff)

The sports: American  sprinter  Sha'Carri  Rich- ardson  failed a  marijuana  test  and is  disqualified  from  the  Olympics. .  .  .  Olympians were warned not to use the free condoms given them.

liferats.jpg "Your mother and I never married, Timmy - so, yes, you are a rat bastard" Life Saver Dude: Letting the kid down easy

donnaker.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Kenneth Donnaker, 59, crim tresp,cntrld substs; Lydia Martinez, BAILED OUT or ESCAPED; Hannah Smith, 29, marijuana, paraphernalia; Cameron Mouw a/k/a Chairman Mao, 38, paraphernalia; Mandy Renfro, 33, mj; Michelle Leyva, 34, mobery; Natividad Delarosa, 37, burglary; Manuel Tanguma, 51, abusive call