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Fred Cherry, an Air Force fighter pilot, who spent more than seven years as a POW in North Vietnam after being shot down in 1965 died Feb. 16.
He was 87.
An excellent obituary which details his courage and dignity can be found at Stars and Stripes here.
A hippopotamus is more closely related to a whale than an elephant.
But they are lousy swimmers.
Val DiGiorgio Replacing Gleason? — A little birdie told us that Chester County Republican Chairman Val DiGiorgio has the inside track to replace Rob Gleason as chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
Former Congresswoman Melissa Hart, who has quite a bit of influence in state-wide GOP circles, was reportedly boosting him big at the Feb. 15 Spirit of Lincoln Dinner hosted by the Allegheny County Republican Party out there in Pittsburgh.
If our birdie is accurate, we betcha Montco Dem boss Josh Shapiro is quietly cheering.
Stan Casacio Gets 1500 Signatures — The petitions for Montgomery County businessman Stan Casacio were accepted, Feb. 16, by the Pennsylvania Department of State and he will be on the ballot, April 26, for the Republican 7th congressional primary.
He is challenging incumbent Pat Meehan.
Over 1500 names were collected.
Casacio is running because of concerns about fiscal irresponsibility and uncontrolled immigration among other things. While he still faces an uphill battle, Meehan better take him seriously considering what happened in South Carolina on Saturday.