thiS WeiRd WORLD Buford/Sugar Hill Edition Published Weekly Volume 1, Issue 4 For Advertising Information, Contact: Julie McDaniel • 770-315-9727 [email protected] Purple Sky publishing, LLC www.thisweirdworld.com www.purpleskyonline.com WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Few would confuse the glitz of the Acad- emy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn’t want anyone else handing out Oscars. So the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is demanding that Poland’s Association of Folk Art- ists stop giving out what it calls the “People’s Oskar.” Waldemar Majcher of the Associa- tion of Folk Artists said Monday the dispute is the result a misunder- standing. But he also questioned Hollywood’s demand. Majcher said the “People’s Oskar,” was named after Oskar Kolberg, a 19th-century Polish ethnographer who wrote some 10,000 Polish folk songs. Still remembered and respect- ed in Poland, Kolberg died in 1890. In its 10-year history, the “People’s Oskar” — a metal plaque with an engraved image of Jesus — has been awarded to individual artists, muse- ums, folk festivals and even a bread fair. Last week, Majcher said, he received a letter from Polish lawyers repre- senting the Academy of Motion Pic- ture Arts and Sciences protesting the use of the name “Oscar” in its Polish spelling “Oskar.” e letter from Wardyn- ski and Partners — which Majcher read to e As- sociated Press — demands the Association of Folk Artists stop using that name and said the acad- emy had obtained protec- tion of the “Oscar” trade- mark in Poland in a law adopted in 2000. e letter said the “verbal trademark Oscar ... is in- separably associated with the Academy Awards.” “e letter gave us a scare, but we are receiving plenty of encouragement from people,” Majcher said, adding that in some ways members of his as- sociation are impressed that “such a big institution got interested in our modest project.” He said a team of lawyers is prepar- ing a response defending the use of the name People’s Oskar. Copyright 2012 e Associated Press. POLISH FOLK ART SOCIETY DEFENDS ITS ‘OSKAR’ AWARD FREE © 2012, Purple Sky Publishing. All Rights Reserved. All Associated Press Content Copyright 2012* Associated Press. All rights reserved. is material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redestributed. WAITING STINKS. MAKE IT STINK LESS FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS. is Weird World is always looking for Distrubution Partners. Why is becoming a This Weird World Distribution Partner a gꝏd idea? Improved Customer Experience is Weird World features high quality puzzles and interesting, oeat Associated Press® news to keep your customers engaged while they wait. Four Wks Of FREE Advertising In This Weird World Just our way of saying thanks for being there. No Cost To You Becoming a Distrubution Partner is free. All you have to do is agree to let us set up our countertop stand or leave a stack of newsletters in a conspicuous location. CALL 770-315-9727 OR EMAIL [email protected] TO GET STARTED TODAY. BUFORD (678) 714-1435 4122 Buford Dr Buford, GA 30518-3440 “...the “People’s Oskar,” was named after Oskar Kolberg, a 19th-century Polish ethnographer...” 678-730-2005 www.princetondental.com The Ones To Trust With Your Dental Health 4700 Nelson Brogdon Blvd, Ste 210 [email protected] 770-945-2477 4600 South Lee Street, Buford, GA 30518 COP SUSPENDED, CHARGED AFTER RAIDING REFRIGERATOR DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A sting operation by a suburban Houston police department netted one of their own when surveillance cameras caught an officer repeatedly stealing colleagues’ food and drinks from the refrigerator in the station’s break room. Deer Park police Officer Kevin Yang was charged with misde- meanor theſt and suspended for 30 days without pay. Deer Park Police Chief Greg Griggs tells KTRK-TV (http://bit. ly/w3B4KP) of Houston that a class C misdemeanor con- viction would not keep Yang from returning to duty. Griggs says he authorized the video sting because the theſts have been going on for too long. Even though the items being stolen may be of trivial value, Griggs says theſt is theſt. Yang tells KTRK that he was merely taking it upon himself to keep the shared refrigerator clean. Copyright 2012 e Associ- ated Press. t W Where would YOU like to see thiS WeiRd WORLD around town? Drop us an email at [email protected] or “Like” us on Facebook at w.facebꝏk.com/thisweirdworld and let us know where you think would be a great location! Enjoying This Weird World? We would love to hear about it! Join us on Facebꝏk and te us what you think! www.facebook.com/thisweirdworld
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Published Weekly Volume 1, Issue 4
For Advertising Information, Contact: Julie McDaniel • 770-315-9727
Purple Sky publishing, LLC www.thisweirdworld.com www.purpleskyonline.com
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Few would confuse the glitz of the Acad-emy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn’t want anyone else handing out Oscars.
So the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is demanding that Poland’s Association of Folk Art-ists stop giving out what it calls the “People’s Oskar.”
Waldemar Majcher of the Associa-tion of Folk Artists said Monday the dispute is the result a misunder-standing. But he also questioned Hollywood’s demand.
Majcher said the “People’s Oskar,” was named after Oskar Kolberg, a 19th-century Polish ethnographer who wrote some 10,000 Polish folk songs. Still remembered and respect-ed in Poland, Kolberg died in 1890.
In its 10-year history, the “People’s Oskar” — a metal plaque with an engraved image of Jesus — has been awarded to individual artists, muse-ums, folk festivals and even a bread fair.
Last week, Majcher said, he received
a letter from Polish lawyers repre-senting the Academy of Motion Pic-ture Arts and Sciences protesting the use of the name “Oscar” in its Polish spelling “Oskar.”
The letter from Wardyn-ski and Partners — which Majcher read to The As-sociated Press — demands the Association of Folk Artists stop using that name and said the acad-emy had obtained protec-tion of the “Oscar” trade-mark in Poland in a law adopted in 2000.
The letter said the “verbal trademark Oscar ... is in-separably associated with the Academy Awards.”
“The letter gave us a scare, but we are receiving plenty of encouragement from people,” Majcher said, adding that in some ways members of his as-sociation are impressed that “such a big institution got interested in our modest project.”
He said a team of lawyers is prepar-ing a response defending the use of the name People’s Oskar.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
POLISH FOLK ART SOCIETY DEFENDS ITS ‘OSKAR’ AWARD
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COP SUSPENDED, CHARGED AFTER RAIDING REFRIGERATORDEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A sting operation by a suburban Houston police department netted one of their own when surveillance cameras caught an officer repeatedly stealing colleagues’ food and drinks from the refrigerator in the station’s break room.
Deer Park police Officer Kevin Yang was charged with misde-meanor theft and suspended for 30 days without pay. Deer Park Police Chief Greg Griggs tells KTRK-TV (http://bit.ly/w3B4KP) of Houston that a class C misdemeanor con-viction would not keep Yang from returning to duty.
Griggs says he authorized the video sting because the thefts have been going on for too long. Even though the items being stolen may be of trivial value, Griggs says theft is theft.
Yang tells KTRK that he was merely taking it upon himself to keep the shared refrigerator clean.
Copyright 2012 The Associ-ated Press.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten ob-servance.
The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church in suburban Cincinnati of-fered the ashes Wednesday evening for people of all faiths beginning around 5 p.m. in the church parking lot. Ash Wednesday marks the begin-ning of the Christian season of Lent, which concludes after 40 days with the celebration of Easter, and the faithful traditionally have a smudged cross drawn on their forehead.
Bridget Spitler, the church’s secre-tary and building manager, said the church had received a lot of positive feedback for offering the drive-thru ashes.
“Some people may not be too com-fortable coming in for a serious ser-vice,” she said, adding that people
with severe arthritis or other ail-ments that make attending the ser-vice uncomfortable also appreciate the drive-thru opportunity.
The pastor will provide a church brochure and a Lenten booklet, and the church offers a traditional Ash Wednesday service inside at 7 p.m.
It’s a first at her church, but some oth-er churches have also taken more-in-formal approaches to the ashes. There’s even a Web site called Ashes to Go.
The Rev. Teresa K.M. Danieley of St. John’s Episcopal Church in St. Louis said the ecumenical effort began in 2007, with ashes given to some 100 passers-by outside a coffeehouse. The practice has spread, with clergy members offering ashes outside com-muter trains, at bus stops and on street corners around the country.
“Ashes to Go can be a powerful way for people to encounter Christ where they are, in the midst of their lives,” she says on the website.
Cincinnati Archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco said for the Cincin-nati region’s many Roman Catholics, getting ashes still calls for attending a service.
Some Cincinnati area Catholics might be taking part in another Lenten tradition: McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches were pioneered in Cincinnati in the early 1960s by a franchisee, the late Lou Groen, who was trying to offset business being lost when Catholics abstained from eating meat on Fridays.
___Online:www.ashestogo.org___Contact the reporter at http://www.twitter.com/dansewell___Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com
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GUN FOUND INSIDE PIANO DONATED TO NURSING HOME PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago.
AnnArbor.com reports (http://bit.ly/xWHdtA ) that staff at Whitehall Healthcare Center in Pittsfield Town-ship, 5 miles south of Ann Arbor, found the gun Friday in a case inside the piano.
Pittsfield Township deputy police chief Gordy Schick says he suspects the Ruger .22 caliber pistol was hid-den long before the musical instru-ment was donated to the home.
Schick says police checked a state da-tabase but found no registered owner for the gun. They are trying to de-termine its last owner by checking the serial number against Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-plosives records.
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Information from: AnnArbor.com, http://www.annarbor.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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