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simonlovelazy · 5 years ago

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Unknown/MC (mysme)

Title: Bite the Bullet

Fandom: Mystic Messenger

Pairing: Unknown(Saeran)/MC

Tags: Mature (graphic description of death, sexual innuendos), contract killer AU

Word count: 2485

Summary: Some people have more reasons to complain about their job than others.

Written for @unknownzine Once again thank you for the opportunity, beta reading and all the patience!! With each turn, he wandered farther from the noise of the main street, and deeper into the forgotten parts of the city. The light from the scarce street lamps glided over the puddles and shook under his heavy boots. No one passed next to him in the narrow alleys, but he knew he wasn’t alone. Maybe this was what the prospective believers felt when he was running the “background check” on them – the intangible impression that a pair of eyes was fixed on their every movement, the rising sense of panic as they felt the phantom of his breath on their necks. But with the subtle difference that he couldn’t be more unfazed. “It’s a good place, don’t you think?” Unknown said, turning lazily. And there she was, his shadow, with her little mouth wide open in shock. Her hands, in turn, they didn’t even budge, the gun steady in their clasp. Unknown had to admit he was a bit surprised too – that a frail thing like that could have a reason and the nerve to try to eliminate him.

“Not much of a talker, huh? Or are you scared of me?” Carefully leaving the blind spot, and making sure his face was not exposed, he edged closer to her. The girl stood firmly with her gun still pointed at his head. Interesting. “I like it here because it never feels alone, you know?” She visibly faltered, but wouldn’t look away from him. He wasn’t dealing with a complete newbie. “Cameras. It’s the back of a pawn shop, after all.” Recognition lit up her eyes, and she peeked behind him, just to find the ruthless lens staring straight at her. He towered before her after closing the remaining distance in one leap. His one hand grabbed her chin in a way far from affectionate, while the other dismissively pushed the silencer aside. “You can’t shoot me here, sweetheart,” Unknown whispered in her ear. She yelped in surprise when he yanked the gun completely out of her grasp, twisting her wrist in the process. And he didn’t stop there, having tucked her pistol next to his own, he continued squeezing her bones even tighter, just for emphasis. “Give me one reason why I should let you live.” “It’s n-not personal.” Oh? Difficulties speaking with your jaw crushed? “Let me go, and I’ll tell them I finished the job. That you’re dead. Just lie low for some time,” she continued despite his increasingly apparent amusement. “Okay, listen, I know who’s next.” Lies, lies, lies. It’s even cute, in a way. She really thinks she can get away with this. “Who sent you?” Another squeeze. “I never met him directly. All I got was your photo, the date, and the place; all delivered to me by some unimportant minion.” “Do you think I’m stupid? They told you about other targets, but you conveniently don’t even know who you’re working for?!” “I don’t work for any organisation, but I do have ears, and I can put two and two together.” “That’s even better. It means no one’s gonna miss you.” There was a squeak, followed by the sound of metal slamming against the brick wall. “Hey, kids! Why are you snooping around in here? Get out!” All Unknown got to do was to rearrange his hold on the girl in a less suspicious way before he glared at the clerk standing in the door behind him. She stumbled back when he let her free. “I’d show you how it’s supposed to be done, but it’s not my call. We’ll go on a ride instead; I want you to meet someone.” “Are you serious?” “It’s really not the time to act like a princess,” her kidnapper hissed in annoyance. “I’ll kindly remind you that I have two guns, and you have none. Do you really think you’re in a position to make a fuss?” “But you can’t kill me, now can you? You still need to wait for your boss’ orders, sweetheart.” MC knew she was pushing her luck with him, and hell, he really did have two guns, but it was still worth a shot. He couldn’t do anything to her till they got there – wherever this “there” was – and the more information she gathered before that, the better. “I would be nicer to my future interrogator. And a bit more convincing �� I don’t buy a word you’ve said so far.” There was no other addition, but a frown when he bent over the stick to cuff her. “So you just so happen to have handcuffs at hand. Wait, I see – you’re this type.” A stern warning lingered in his eyes. His hands were just as cold as they were in the alley, and not a tad more delicate. There was no point in fighting just yet. Soon, her hand hung limply from the handle at his car’s door as if she was trying to get some breeze under her armpits or whatnot. He reassumed his place behind the wheel, turning the key in the ignition. A little dice dangled from its end. Classy. “They weren’t meant for you.” MC smiled wickedly. “Ouch. That’s not what a girl wants to hear. You could at least pretend I’m special.” Her kidnapper turned to her quickly with a deadpan expression, before the car finally kicked in to the motion, and they left the parking lot with a crunch of gravel under the tyres. “Where are you taking me?” “You really don’t seem to get the situation, so I’ll spell this once more for you. You don’t get to ask questions.” He was squeezing the hell out of that wheel. “You’ve been following me for the whole day. Why?” MC looked down on the frills of her dress, trying to burn the whole thing with her stare. She had really gone through this dumb masquerade for nothing, didn’t she? “They said it’s 3 million wons extra for every detail about you. Where you go, who you’re meeting up with – things like that. I was supposed to wait with the rest of the job for the moment when you’re done in the city.” She could no longer recognise the landscape blurring behind him in the car window. He slowly shook his head, “It means they don’t even kno —” The momentary chaos was all too familiar – a gunshot and a jolt when the bullet pierced through the bodywork startling the driver, who almost lost control of the vehicle. MC lurched forward on instinct, tugging painfully at her right wrist. Obviously, it would still be too late to save her, had the shot been accurate. Not that she was the target. “Who are they?!” Her kidnapper’s voice was unusually high-pitched. She glanced briefly at him – and, wow, he got paler, if that was even physically possible. Then, sitting up a bit, she checked the wing mirror. A black, shiny beast – at least two classes better than their car – right on their tail, with a barrel sticking out from the driver’s side. “No clue! Gimmie my gun back!” “So that you can finish your job? No fucking way! I will lose them.” He stepped on the gas. “It’s just one guy, and he’s also driving – I can handle him. Just give me the gun already! It’s our best shot!” MC was jolted against the door as the car turned, screeching in the last moment. Getting herself in place again, she fastened the seatbelt, going below her hanging arm. The good thing was that the streets were unusually busy for this hour, the bad thing – well, their excuse of a car wasn’t exactly a racer. “How do they know I’m still alive?” her driver yelled over the engine, weaving between the cars. MC scratched her chin absently. “They could send someone to check on me, but it only happens when... just who the hell are you?” “Maybe you’ll live long enough to find out.” The way he said it, there could be a hint of a sardonic smile under his mask, but, really, there was no way of knowing. “Well,” MC started, looking behind, but there was no shooter to be seen. “The money they offered for you seemed a bit too good to be true. Or easy.” “Was it worth it?” “Let’s say I’m having second thoughts right now.” “Shit.” It was almost too late when he noticed the side road. The sharp turn didn’t send her flying like the last time, but the car skidded on the slippery surface, nearly crashing into the pick-up on the adjacent lane. The loud thudding of MC’s heartbeat accompanied the honking of the annoyed driver they left behind. Reckless as it was, it seemed that the sudden change of the route did the trick. They had been driving for at least 15 minutes without anyone trying to shoot them. Having got out of immediate danger, MC started to consider her options regarding the danger seated next to her. He turned into another desolate, outgrown road with determination that led her to believe that the meeting point with his boss was closer than she’d like. “We’re out of petrol.” Her kidnapper announced in disbelief. “That bastard must’ve got the fuel tank.” “How much more?” “Nothing. We’re running on fumes.” MC closed her eyes and put all the irritation that had built-up in the last 24 hours into a solid kick on the dashboard. He merely eyed the muddy footprint adorning his glove box. And then, the car stopped. The palms of his hands banged on the wheel as he exhaled heavily. He took the keys out and left without a word. MC opened the door on her side and straightened her back with a groan. It was dawning already; the plane of navy blue shyly paled on the horizon. There was nothing around except for the waist-high grass smothering the road from the both sides. And no one in sight. “Hey! Didn’t you forget about something?” She jingled her handcuffs. The kidnapper had already managed to walk away quite a bit down the road. “No, I don’t think so,” he replied, without slowing down. She cursed under her breath, looking around for anything to pick the lock with. But even if she found it, she still had no car keys, no clue where she was... “Wait! I know who’s next! And more things too!” If he said anything, she couldn’t hear it. “They said that when they’re done with you, they just have to deal with ‘the other one.’” With one foot on the asphalt and the other one pushing at the door, MC tried to rip off the handle in the final act of desperation. She turned her head to gauge his reaction. “Does it mean anything to you?” All she could notice from that distance was that he was facing her, motionless in the middle of the road. One quick movement of his hand, and the mask fell to the ground. He rubbed his face as if he were trying to wake up. But suddenly, something came over him, and he was running back in her direction. It took one glance behind her back to realise why he was in a rush. The hitman was back. “Hurry up! Faster!” Her kidnapper-turned-saviour was next to her in no time. “Shit. Shit.” He was visibly struggling with the little key. “Don’t think it changes anything between us. You’re still going to the questioning.” “Can’t wait." The car was getting so close, they could hear it roaring. There was no time to lose, but something with the lock was clearly off. It was an odd moment for an even weirder thought, the guy without his mask looked much younger than she had initially suspected him to be. He simply didn't belong here. Someone shut the door mere steps away from them. They were shielded by their own door, and now it was really a matter of seconds; he froze when MC snuggled against his torso, reached behind his belt, pulled the gun out, and leaning out of the cover, fired three silent shots. The man fell to the ground in an instant. She came up to the body as close as the handcuffs let her. About 35 years old, average-looking. She’d never seen him before. Two wounds – one in the shoulder, another in his neck. She could have done better, but it wasn’t half bad for a right-handed person under pressure. “Why?” MC took her eyes off the corpse. Her kidnapper leant against the side of his car. His dilated pupils were glued to her with a sense of restlessness. “Why did you do that?” When he spoke, there was a miniscule quiver to his lips. “Would you rather have him kill both of us, or...?” It was his first body. This discovery was surprising, considering how he’d been trying to intimidate her this whole time. He nervously grimaced. They were holding each other at gunpoint. Would he really be able to pull the trigger? "They will come searching for you,” he stated. “Not if I finish the job now.” “Don’t,” he said quickly, “you can work for me.” She couldn’t help but laugh. “What can you offer me? Health insurance? Early retirement?” “The person that hired you is one of the most powerful people in this country. And he already knows that you failed once.” He motioned to the steady trickle of blood seeping from the corpse and running downhill. “Do you really think he’ll take a chance that you haven’t made a deal with me?” Unbelievable. “So, what’s the offer?” “We can help each other. I could make use of your personal... talents, and in return, you will be more than safe in Mint Eye.” He stiffened when she moved her gun and put it back in its place. MC stretched out her left hand, “Deal.” He shook it with an enigmatic smile. "What are we doing about him?” “Well, no one is going to look for him, I can guarantee you this. My bullets are untraceable, but the car...” “That won’t be a problem,” he said, taking out his phone. “We’re not that far from Mint Eye.” With the body happily pushed into the grass, they sat on the bonnet and waited for transport. The relief was unreal when MC rubbed the red marks on her wrist. That is, until her new boss tugged her other hand and clasped it together with his. “You can’t be serious.” “Easy, princess, it’s just a cover story for when they come here.” MC raised her eyebrows, “Kinky.” They stared for a while at the sun languidly making its way up above the fields of green. Both of them tired of this day beyond words. “What kind of job do you need me for anyway?” He dragged on his cigarette with an expression of utter seriousness. “You will be my personal assistant.”

#mystic messenger #mysme fanfic #saeran choi #saeran x mc #unknown mysme #mystic messenger ff #Unknown zine #please show up in tags for once #simonsaysread #saeran choi fanfic

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newbrckenscene-a · 4 years ago

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Abigail used to be the QUEEN of partying. She also used to be the head cheerleader and champion barrel racer in her small little town. Now she was a pregnant teenager with NO plan for the future. Her sister however had a plan. So Abigail decided to tag along with her to New York. She knew she should be talking to Noah but she was avoiding him. Instead she’d gone to a party with her sister. Who had ditched her, which Abigail was fine with.

She walked into the kitchen, a dog at her heels. “Come on. Maybe I can find you some treats.” She stopped when she saw a girl. The girl was snacking on something that to a normal person might look gross. To Abigail it looks amazing. “Oh my God.” She said practically drooling. Her hand moving to her stomach. “What is that? Can I try some?” She looked at the girl.”

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goldstonegolem64 · 6 years ago

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Book1 Hope returns Chapter21 Hopes and Dreams By goldstonegolom64

It was two day after Adam and shiro wedding. nothing really important happened in those to day which was a nice change of pace for them after the challenges the newly formed team had faced in the pasted few day. Lance spend most of his time ether hang out with Keith hunk or pidge , showing Fitz the around the castle or just studying altea and the Galra languages. it was nice see those old book put to use . Keith could be found hangout with lance or rolo, working on one of the two hover bikes that jay found on phobos with shiro, training with the security drones or just sitting In the Prometheus petting one of jay’s pet lizards. pidge was making up for loss time with matt .The two of them spent most of their time hacking into the galra computer systems trying to find their fathers location. Hunk was just with shay. adam and shiro were just in enjoying each others company and After everything Shiro had been thought he need they deserved a moment of happiest together. Allura spent some of her time in her room reading about earth and mars history and culture for the day she when to her friends home worlds. Coran and beau were double checking the castle for any problem or repairing the damage that Val caused after slammed in to the castle during the fight with the robeast. Fitz mostly spent time with Coran learn how the castle of lions worked. As for Jay the past two day were spent setting up Fitz new room , repairing the engine and a going on salvaging missions with some of the rebel on galra structures. Which brought in a massive hull of supplies an weapons

It was nice to have friends around to help with everything but all good thing must come to an end.

in the kitchen of the castle pidge and matt were sayin their goodbye

“ So this is farewell for now little sister” Matt said sadly

“I guess it is”Pidge said sad as well

“Look at it this way you have Seven new big brothers ,a little brother,a sisters an uncle to looking out for you it a weird little family and if your ever feeling lonely I'm only one comm call away ” Matt said still a little sad but put on a smile to lighten the mood.

pidge laughed that the though of the team being her home away from home “ your right I do have a weird new family out here and I'm happy I have it ” pidge said

Ace and shiro walked in the and said “ We have new orders”

“What are they ace?” Matt asked

“ Were to leave someone with Allura and the other An no matt you can’t stay we need you back at HQ for a new mission you Eve and I are going on” Ace said

“So who is the lucky one to stay behind with us ?” pidge asked

“ Rolo ,nyma and bezzer do to them already knowing you guy “Ace said

“Dose Allura know this?“ pidge asked

“Yes we just asked her just in case she wasn’t ok with new people on the ship. She said it was fine.”Shiro said

“ Alright goodbye my dear little sister stay safe out there” Matt said hugging his sister

“same to you big bro” Pidge say hugging her brother back

“And Shiro Keep her safe while I'm gone and be good to Adam too” Matt asked

“ I will and just stay alive out there old friend” Shiro said join in on the family hug

In the hanger bay that jay called home with Rolo and nyma’s ship now parked in it

“So you guy are going to be with living with us now” Keith said

“Yeah were here for the long hall do to the bosses orders” Rolo said

“Wait why aren't we just going to the rebel base. Why are we splitting up” lance asked

“Because you all still need training” Coran said

“And we are the most wanted people in” Jay looked at a date pad” Seven galaxies with a total bounty of six hundred trillion Gac” Jay said still looking at the date pad in his hand.

“then why are bring Fitz?”Hunk asked

“Why is Shay coming along "Jay countered

“Because she wants to fight along side us and see the universe ” Hunk replierd

“An Fitz wanted to stay with me and I'm want to show him the universe as well” Jays said

“ Fair point” Hunk said

“ But Why did her brother come along?” Jay asked pointing to rax who had just walking in to the

“ I would like to make sure my sister is safe and I spent years thinking if I just followed the galra’s rules my family would be safe but I was just fooling myself so I want to fight along side you.” rax said

“well that answer that “ Lance said

“ So hey I asked Allura this question a few day ago an she didn't have answer for it but I would like to see if you all have one . Now here’s the Question what are you guys going to do after this war is over?” Jay asked

As jay asked the question Shiro, Ace, Adam, Matt, Shay and Pidge walked into the room. The room went quiet when the question was asked.

“if you do have an answer that fine b” Jay was cut off

“ I want to be a teacher at the garrison. I just want a quiet life to raise a family of our own. When this is all over” Shiro said Smiling looking to adam

“you took the word right out of my mouth love. But easier said then do when this war is over were going to be the most famous people in the universe” Adam said smiling as well

“ I think I'm going to be a fire fight like my dad or something else I really don’t have a plan for the future ” Keith said

“ why not a become a belt runner?” Jay asked

“ What that? “ Keith asked

“ its like a nac car racer but the race track is the space between mar and Jupiter. But it’s really dangerous though of new pilot do to the asteroid belt “ Jay answer

“ I'll think about it” Keith said

“ well I went to the garrison to become an engineer but my dream job is to own a restaurant that brings the world together” Hunk said

“that’s a Beautiful dream” Shay said

“ What’s your plan for when this is all over lance?” pidge asked

“I’m going to work on a farm” Lance said

“Really after everything that your going to see in this world and your going to be a farmer” Jay said with a look of confusion on his face

“ Hell no maybe when I'm in my old and gray. But when the war over I'm going to ride the fame for a few years while I and my partner or partners explore then I'm going to be a garrison flight instructor or a dance instructor.” Lance said smiling

the day carried on with them talking about their dreams and what they were going to do after the war. Matt and pidge planned on co owning a tech and research company. Rolo wanted to open a repair shop. Nyma wanted to be a singer. Rax and Shay didn’t really have a plan after the war but that was fine they just had their home freed and now they were out seeing the universe they had time to think. Beau wanted to be the first ai to truly be seen as a person. Ace wanted to show her family a free universe. Then time came for Matt and Ace to leave. As they all said their good bye Jay put Fitz to bed seeing as it was midnight when they were leaving the balmera

the hanger slowly emptied leaving Jay to look thought the items he and the other salvaged. What Jay found was Mostly weapons and other resources. But one think caught his eye a big barreled cannon with a warning label on it . it was heavy even for him to lift . it looked like smaller version of the ion cannons. But his thought were interrupted by the sound of several metal feet walking behind him. He turned to see several of the sentries he had brought in yesterday.

“Hey guy what are you doing?” Jay asked as he reach for his Bayard with his right hand

the sentries didn't replied they just lifted their fire arms and pointed them at him. their visors were no longer the blue color that beau would leave when he had hacked into them. Jay know that if one plasma bolts of a armor piercing bullets hit him would most likely kill him. So he closed his prosthetic hand sending a signal that locked the doors in the Prometheus so Fitz didn’t get involved. then he activated the shield in the prosthetic then raised both the shield an the Bayard as the room filled with the sound of gun fire

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kaylaaykemaa-blog · 6 years ago

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A Message for 2030

Dear future me, live and let live. Anxiety isn’t who you are, it’s what you make it. Don’t let every obstacle being you down. Instead, fight harder and rise higher.

Nothing will ever go as expected. Sometimes outcomes may be better, or they will be worse, but that’s nothing you can change. I know you had a goal in life, whether it was becoming a lawyer or a professional barrel racer. However, odds are that this is not your reality, and that’s okay.

Furthermore, remember all those friends you used to have. There’s a good chance that a chunk of them aren’t by your side anymore. Just know that the real ones will forever be there for you, whether you see each other every day or once a year. You probably lost some people that you didn’t expect to lose, maybe someone that has been with you since day one, but that’s okay!

I think that it goes without saying that you’ve made some choices by now that you’re not proud of. And because you’re Kayla, you probably feel bad about them every day. You just have to understand that it’s humane to make errors and the only important thing is that you learn from them. Always remember that if you go down a bad path, it’s okay because you can ALWAYS turn back.

Dear future Kayla, life is what you make it, so the choice is yours! Either you can decide to sit around and think about all that is miserable or you can adjust yourself and live your best life. Remember moments like this one, and you’ll always be happy.

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harleydavidsonbikepics · 7 years ago

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5 things to do in the Mat-Su: Weekend of July 7, 2017

WASILLA — A most nostalgic weekend will see more Wasilla Centennial celebrations ahead with a car show and rodeo. Wasilla High School’s Class of 1997 will be having a two-day reunion party. It will also be an artistically-organic weekend as well. The Palmer Museum is having its annual Garden and Art Faire. It is also time again for the Fireweed Race Across Alaska, where cyclists compete on courses of various lengths between the Sheep Mountain Lodge on the Glenn Highway and Valdez. It is the first weekend of July and the forecasts look bleak. It’s unlikely Valley residents will be deterred by any rain since they know they have to make the most of the ever-fleeting summer. Locals can go back in time with old photos and vintage engines, jolt into the here and now with bucking broncos or leisurely walks through the garden, or propel into the future on two wheels and dream. Past, present and future come together as we all try make the best of our time Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Wasilla Centennial RodeoRodeo Alaska will begin the weekend of events tonight with the gates opening at 4 p.m. and first show at 6 p.m. It all takes place at the Curtis D. Menard Sports Center. It is part of Wasilla’s Centennial Celebration and the rodeo’s Champions Tour.There will be several events featuring Alaska’s top cowboys performing in bull riding, team roping, breakaway roping, chute dogging, calf riding, double mugging, barrel racing, ribbon roping, and mutton bustin’. There will also be junior rodeo riders showing their skills.On Saturday, gates open at 4 p.m. with the first show at 6 p.m. and Sunday gates open at 12 p.m. with the first show at 2 p.m.Centennial Car ShowThe 2017 Centennial Car show weekend will begin Friday at 4 p.m. with a shine up and matinee until 8 p.m. It’s an indoor and outdoor event located at the Curtis D. Menard Sports Center. The show will be hosted by the 49th State Street Rodders, a non-profit car club based in Palmer. There will be an assortment of cars and motorcycles. Expect to see vintage rides, supped up hot rods, Harley Davidsons, and even a hearse decorated with skulls.“There will be everything form 1929 Model A’s to 2017 Corvettes, and everything in between,” said John Trout, founding member of the 49th State Street Rodders.Those wishing to get a taste of the Harley life can jump on Harley Davidson’s JUMPSTART Rider Experience, a “treadmill on steroids” that fuses a motorcycle to a stationary support stand. The bike is secured and will not tip over so this allows sample-riders a feel for riding a bike safely, without having any prior experience. There will be trained staff in-site to guide would-be cyclers.The car show is yet another segment of Wasilla’s Centennial Celebration. Admission and parking will be free.The car show is going rev up all weekend:Friday 4-8 p.m – opening night, “Shine-M-Up” and MatineeSaturday 10 a.m to 8 p.m. All day showSunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Show then trophies are awarded Palmer Museum Garden and Art FairThe annual Palmer Museum Garden and Art Fair will be Saturday from 10 a.m. To 6 p.m.Growing each year in both scale and attendance, the event is a chance for the community to immerse in local art, gardening, music, and food. With 63 participating vendors, there will be a plethora of activities to indulge and goods to browse.Those looking to sharpen their skills or learn something new can attend an array of workshops covering art, gardening, and even brewing 101. There will also be garden tours around town.Friday will be the Palmer Wine Walk from 6 p.m. To 9 p.m and the Rhubarb Rumble will also be on Friday from 4 p.m. To 6 p.m.“It’s showcasing the best in Palmer,” said. Selena Ortega-Chiolero, Executive Director for the Palmer Museum.Hosted by the Palmer Museum, the Art Fair will have a “ridiculous amount” of workshops, fresh food and local talent on stage throughout the day.Entry, music and all of the workshops are free. According to Ortega-Chiolero, any money spent goes directly to the nonprofits and local vendors fueling the community. Businesses across town have donated thousands of dollars to fund the event. She said that says a lot and means they have put a lot of faith in the museum.“It shows they have faith in us because they believe in this event,” she said.There will also be survey that requires no personal information and enters participates in a raffles to win a basket that has a collection of items donated by the local vendors.2017 Schedule:Palmer Public Library (meeting room)11 – 11:45 a.m. Growing Award-Winning Peonies in Your Home Garden with Sue Lincoln 12 – 12:45 p.m. Going Bananas? with Charles1 – 1:45 p.m. Growing the Blue Ribbon Specimen for the State Fair with Jaime Rodriguez 3 – 3:45 p.m. Successful Cannabis Cultivation with Charles Stillman 10 – 10:45 a.m. Dirt’s Great for Depression with Jodie Anderson 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Colored Pencil Garden Impressions with Rose Hendrickson 1 – 1:45 p.m. The Art of Encaustic with Judy Vars2 – 3:00 p.m. From Ground to Skin with PeggyOn the Borough Green10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (at the Sahara Storm Productions Booth)21:00 – 12:45AM (at the Nourished Health Coaching Services Booth) Sauces and Sides with Fresh Herbs with Winona1:00 – 1:45PM (at the All Dahlia’d Up Booth) Flower Halos with Misty VanderWeele2:00 -2:45PM (at the Cook Inlet Bonsai Study Group Booth) Bonsai in Alaska Gardens with PaulAround Town11:00 – 6:00PM Artists Uncorked - Introduction to Open Studio with Diana Bland4:00 – 5:00PM Arkose Brewery - Brewing 101 with Stephen GerteisenGARDEN TOURS2:00 – 2:45PM Walking History Tour of the Mat-Su Agricultural Showcase Garden with Jaime RodriguezLive MusicArt Of Music At The Palmer Museum (12:00 – 4:00pm)11:00-11:45AM Palmer Arts Council Summer Youth Band 12:00 – 12:45PM MatSu Community Choir1:00 -1:45PM Jerry Wessling Band 2:00 – 2:45PM Meggie Aubie 3:00 – 3:45PM UTN (Hip hop group)4:00 – 4:45PM The Whee Duet Band95.5 HATCHER PASS RADIO STAGE (12:00 – 5:00PM)12:00PM Adam Patterson1:00PM Devynn Maclure2:00PM Brothers In Arms3:00PM Earth 2 Travolta4:00PM Mountain Waxwings5:00PM Jerry Wessling BandMAIN PERFORMANCE STAGE AT THE PALMER CITY ALEHOUSE (11:00AM – 10:00PM)11:00AM – 1:00PM Megan Killoran1:30 – 3:30PM Tanana Rafters4:00 – 6:30PM Hannah Yoter Band7:00 – 10:00PM Blackwater Railroad CompanyThe Fireweed - Race Across AlaskaThe annual Fireweed – Race Across Alaska, a series of bicycle races that all begin at the Sheep Mountain Lodge in Sutton and take racers to vast distances across the state starts today. There will be five types of races with varying distances ranging from 50 miles to 400 miles:1) Great Alaska Half Century, Saturday: The 50-mile course heads east toward Glennallen.2) Great Alaska Century, Saturday: The 100-mile course heads east toward Glennallen.3) Great Alaska Double Century, Saturday: The 200-mile course finishes in Valdez.4) Fireweed 400, Friday-Saturday: The 400-mile course goes to Valdez where it turns around and heads back to Sheep Mountain.5) Great Alaska 2DAY300K, Friday-Saturday: The 300 Km (200-mile) heads east to Glennallen, then turns south and continues to Tonsina Lodge.The race began in 2004 and has since grown in popularity. According to Jim Mendenhall, Board President and Race Director, the race gathered $ 3,100 last year. There are around 500 racers registered this year. 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While a bunch of marbles barreling down a sandy path may not be as riveting as an intense game, competitive marble racing is exciting the internet to no end in the wake of COVID-19 leading to the cancellation or postponement of almost all major sporting events.

With the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, professional sports leagues including the NBA, MLB, NHL and MLS have all suspended their seasons, leaving a hole in the hearts of sports lovers everywhere.

Luckily, marble racing, a competition that requires no human interaction and therefore adheres to the rules of social distancing, has emerged as a perfect sport for the coronavirus era. The races feature colorful marbles with names like Comet and Pollo Loco speedily making their way through fantastically detailed courses until they’re either knocked out or reach the finish line.

Kevin Edwards, a Stanford University student who works with the NFL, tells TIME that he recently discovered the world of marble racing after seeing some fellow sports fans talking about it on Twitter.

“I work in sports and also am a big sports fan, so with the shutdowns of all the leagues, I had a gap in terms of entertainment. I just missed sports a lot,” he says. “I figured, I have the time, why not give [marble racing] a watch?”

Day 3 Without Sports: I have fully convinced myself that marble racing is the sport of the future pic.twitter.com/ofttKuSQsF

— Kevin Edwards (@keddie44) March 14, 2020

For some, marble racing is nothing new. YouTubers Jelle and Dion Bakker, who started the popular YouTube channel Jelle’s Marble Runs, founded the Marble League in 2016 and have since created a number of other marble racing events, including Marbula One (Formula 1 for marbles) and Marble Rally (marble racing on sand tracks). The 2020 season of Marbula One is currently ongoing. The competitions have also surged in popularity on the live streaming platform Twitch.

Jelle, who specializes in building elaborate tracks for racing multiple marbles, told Vice in 2016 that he became interested in marble racing after getting a track as a gift from his parents. “I have a form of autism and I’m really interested in moving things, sounds, lights, et cetera,” he said.

Formely known as the MarbleLympics, the annual Marble League competition series now features 16 different racing events, with teams earning points based on how they place. To compete in the Marble League, teams, which are made up of five marbles of matching colors and patterns, must race in the Marble League qualifiers.

The top three teams from the prior year’s Marble League automatically qualify as does that year’s chosen host team, leaving 12 open spots. In 2019, the top three teams were the Hazers, the Green Ducks and, in first, the Raspberry Racers.

Edwards says that he thinks the fun team and individual marble names are part of what makes watching the races so entertaining.

“You can pick a team based on nothing other than the name. A lot of sports are association-based, but with this one it’s like, do you like Green Ducks or Raspberry Racers? That can be your team,” he explains. “I’m a big Packers fan so I’m partial to the color green so I chose the Green Ducks.”

For Elijah Daniel, another recently converted marble racing fan, the biggest draw of the Jelle’s Marble Runs videos is commentator Greg Woods, who provides the English play-by-play for each race.

why was this so intense are we all bored or is marble racing just something we ignored for too long either way i hope Comet gets an adidas deal or something https://t.co/W5rvQeGr8u

— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) March 16, 2020

“It’s enthralling to watch,” Daniel tells TIME. “And I think it has to do a lot with the commentary because the guy is so on top of it. Like he refers to [the marbles] as players. It’s just funny.”

Edwards adds that Woods’ commentary is much like that which accompanies the live broadcasts of professional sports.

“The commentating really is good,” he says. “It does resemble real sports in a lot of ways and he approaches it with a professionalism that wouldn’t normally align with something as silly as marble racing, which adds to the entertainment value.”

As for why marble racing has struck such a chord with people in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, Edwards says that he thinks it’s because it can be a fun diversion for those who are feeling anxious.

“I think the beauty of sports is that they’re an escape for a lot of people and that escape is missing at a time when people need it the most,” he explains. “So while [marble racing] certainly isn’t a sport in the traditional sense of the word, it’s maybe helping to provide that escape for people, myself included.”

For his part, Daniel is on board with anything that keeps people inside right now.

“There’s a lot of people staying inside and not doing anything, so keeping them inside is what’s important,” he says. “I watched it for hours yesterday without even realizing it.”

The Marble League 2020 season is set to start in June. But, in the meantime, numerous videos of past Jelle’s Marble Run events are available to watch on YouTube.

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March 16, 2020 at 09:27PM

Day 3 Without Sports: I have fully convinced myself that marble racing is the sport of the future pic.twitter.com/ofttKuSQsF

— Kevin Edwards (@keddie44) March 14, 2020

Edwards says that he thinks the fun team and individual marble names are part of what makes watching the races so entertaining.

For Elijah Daniel, another recently converted marble racing fan, the biggest draw of the Jelle’s Marble Runs videos is commentator Greg Woods, who provides the English play-by-play for each race.

why was this so intense are we all bored or is marble racing just something we ignored for too long either way i hope Comet gets an adidas deal or something https://t.co/W5rvQeGr8u

— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) March 16, 2020

Edwards adds that Woods’ commentary is much like that which accompanies the live broadcasts of professional sports.

For his part, Daniel is on board with anything that keeps people inside right now.

“There’s a lot of people staying inside and not doing anything, so keeping them inside is what’s important,” he says. “I watched it for hours yesterday without even realizing it.”

The Marble League 2020 season is set to start in June. But, in the meantime, numerous videos of past Jelle’s Marble Run events are available to watch on YouTube.

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Petersen Magazines Overflowed With L.A. Rodders, Racers & Customizers in 1961

Heaven. Granted, the City of Angels ain’t what it was at the turn of the 1960s. Bashing all things Cali is as fashionable today as moving west was six decades ago. Indeed, gearheads elsewhere can now make excellent arguments for automotive scenes wherever they happen to live. Truth be known, high-ranking Eastern and Midwestern executives employed by one of the investment groups that acquired the former Petersen Publishing Company argued that the whole shebang—including the millions of irreplaceable negatives and transparencies in the precious photography archive—rightly belonged on the Right Coast. Their first choice was Florida, insisting that Florida is the California of the 21st-century for all things automotive. They might’ve been right. They’re all gone now (whew, close call!).

While it’s a fact that bare-bones travel budgets usually kept Petersen’s skeleton crews close to home, staffers needn’t have ventured beyond L.A.’s vast city limits to fill every page of every 1961 HOT ROD, Car Craft, Rod & Custom, Motor Trend, Kart, and Motor Life with worthy editorial material. New trends ignited out west were hungrily awaited by millions of monthly readers across North America. Armchair sociologists will be forever debating causation for the hobby’s post-WWII convergence and explosion here. Two of the movement’s main influencers and beneficiaries offered very different reasons on the day that chief photographer Bob D’Olivo captured the mug shots accompanying this article. George Barris and Ed Roth didn’t agree on much else, either, beyond fiberglass sculpting being less expensive than full-custom metalwork; Petersen’s magazines and major car shows enabling eastern builders to close the styling gap with the west; and Los Angeles being the center of hot rodding’s universe.

Another believer was Tom Wolfe, a virtually unknown and entirely nonautomotive New York newspaper reporter whose assignment to cover a local rod-and-custom show inspired a story pitch to Esquire. The editors bit and flew him off to (where else?) SoCal, where HRM’s Tex Smith introduced local heroes and showed Tom around Burbank’s eye-opening Teen Fair. The resultant article, which Esquire titled, “There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…),” led to a best-selling first book that brought widespread fame to the author and two interview subjects previously known only to magazine readers: Barris and Roth.

Nobody working here is old enough to have formed firsthand opinions about alleged regional bias by “those California magazine guys,” but the extent of the state’s influence is unmistakable throughout the thousands of images composed by staff photojournalists in 1961 and considered for HRD’s ongoing series. Skeptics from Someplace Else, USA, who never made the scene, are forgiven for continuing to profess that Southern California subjects, in particular, received vastly disproportionate barrels of ink simply because most magazines happened to be produced there.

“Those people have it exactly backwards,” suggests historian Greg Sharp, a native Angeleno old enough to know. “The magazines were here because the action was here, period. End of story!”

While other carmakers more or less observed the industrywide Automobile Manufacturers Association agreement to avoid sponsoring motorsports or promoting performance, Pontiac Motor Division gained a winning reputation and unprecedented market share by discreetly funneling parts, engineers, and street vehicles to a network of independent skunkworks. Leading the straight-line assault was Mickey Thompson, whose factory involvement is evident in the engines and Pontiac-powered Dragmaster rails crowding his Long Beach facility when HRM photographer Eric Rickman made one of his regular visits. “America’s Speed King” continued repaying his factory favors this season by using eight-, four-, and two-cylinder Pontiac powerplants exclusively to add 14 international and national records for the standing-start mile and kilometer to his unrivaled resume. (See Sept. 1961 HRM; Oct. 1961 HRM, MT, CC & ML; Mar. 2012 & Nov. 2016 HRD.)

Just as Ed Roth’s all-fiberglass Excaliber/Outlaw created controversy in 1959-1960 by redefining the T roadster, this year’s follow-up broke further from traditional hot rods. The Beatnik Bandit began as sketches drawn by regular Rod & Custom contributor Joe Henning in response to Roth’s desire for “something like the Outlaw, only in coupe form.” Less than a year later, Roth’s vision of a futuristic hot rod rolled into the San Mateo (CA) Custom, Rod and Sports Car Show. The one-piece shell wrapped around a shortened ‘55 Oldsmobile chassis and drivetrain. A conventional, functional, lavishly chromed Olds engine by Fritz Voigt (Mickey Thompson’s builder) was revved by a floor-mounted joystick that additionally controlled steering, shifting, and braking. On setup night, R&C staffer Neal East snapped this outtake to the small photo from the same spot that ran in the June 1961 issue.

Ray Callejo stretched tradition, literally, to double his ‘31 Tudor’s displacement to a whopping 584 ci. Yes, this is one Backstage Past image that has already been published, but it’s the only one we found of a homebuilt hot rod too neat to ignore. Although the drag car later earned an entire Car Craft feature, the negatives for those photos presumably remained with freelance contributor Dave Cunningham. Callejo was evidently still working the bugs out of the combination, as the 124-mph top speed reported by CC came previously, with a single 292ci Chevy. (See June 1961 HRM; Oct. 1961 CC.)

Ah, life must have been good for one of Hollywood’s most-eligible bachelors! None of our sources could identify Robert E. Petersen’s apparent date for Motor Trend’s Car of the Year (Pontiac Tempest) reception, though historian Greg Sharp contributed the best wisecrack. Referencing a Jan. 2019 HRD photo of the publisher’s personal sports car nose-down in a neighbor’s yard, Sharp suggested, “Maybe she made up with Pete after rolling the Mercedes down the hill.”

In one historic frame at Motor Trend’s January cocktail party, Petersen staff photographer Pat Brollier captured the most-powerful trio in hot rodding, drag racing, and land-speed racing. Wally Parks (center) was both the president of NHRA and the editorial director for Bob Petersen (back turned). Mickey Thompson, who recently became world’s fastest (406 mph) with Pontiac power and was leading development of the Tempest four-banger for racing, joined the L.A. celebration for the new compact’s Car of the Year selection. (See Mar. 1961 MT; July 1961 HRM.)

Car Craft staffer Bud Lang’s sequence captured Ed Roth’s plastic bubbletop in action during the NHRA Winternationals car show that preceded the inaugural Pomona national event. A remote control box operated the canopy and started the engine. The unquestionable star of the show inexplicably came up empty in judging for the top trophies, scoring only Best Engine Compartment. That slight by NHRA officials was said to inspire Roth’s withdrawal from future competition in favor of guaranteed appearance money and/or free booth space for painting and selling so-called “weirdo” or “monster” shirts. (See May & July 1961 R&C; May 1961 & Feb. 1962 CC; June 1961 HRM; Mar. 2012 HRD.)

Charles “Boogie” Scott’s record-setting horsepower must have impressed chief HOT ROD photographer Eric Rickman, who tracked down the Olds-motivated Deuce in Pomona’s staging lanes for a rare, candid crew shot. (With just 12 frames per roll of medium-format 120 film, action shooters were understandably reluctant to devote film to mug shots unlikely to interest editors.) Also impressive was the long haul from Louisiana in a ‘51 Ford woody tow car by (from right) Henry Penedo, Cliff Smith, Scott, and Gary Lee. Boogie was denied a Winternationals trophy in the A/Altered final round but earned the national e.t. record in 11.15 seconds, while tying the class-record speed of 140.75 mph (See May 1961 HRM). NHRA Museum historian Greg Sharp reminds us that 45 years later, the 70-year-old chassis builder joined Bonneville’s 200-MPH Club in his Gas Modified roadster at 238.508.

A week after becoming Stock Eliminator at the inaugural Winternationals with his ‘61 Impala, Don Nicholson (right) was a logical choice to participate in Motor Life’s test of Chevrolet’s new 409/409 option. Amazingly, the Chevy that he brought—possibly even drove—to Riverside International Raceway was almost certainly the Pomona-winning race car (this license plate checks out). Unbelievably, he allowed a magazine guy to burn rubber and bang gears in it. Note Petersen’s analog “fifth-wheel” data logger and the dust storm stirred up by fenderwell headers. Bob D’Olivo shot the scene and believes the test driver to be former Motor Trend writer Wayne Thoms.

Petersen conceived Motor Life’s awards ceremony as an annual March event recognizing outstanding drivers, mechanics, car owners, promoters, and racing journalists from each preceding season. Neither the awards program nor the magazine would survive the new year, however. The first—and last—Men of the Year lineup included (from left): Carroll Shelby; Henry Banks (accepting for Official of the Year Harlan Fengler); A.J. Foyt, named overall Driver of the Year; Mrs. Robert Bowes (for son Bob Bowes); George Bignotti; Jack Chrisman; Louis Clements; Rex White; Bob Colvin; and Russ Catlin (for writer Max Muhleman). Not shown is Mickey Thompson, honored for his one-way 406.600 at Bonneville. After the November issue, Motor Life—a title intermittently produced by various publishers since the early 20th century—would be absorbed and replaced by a new Petersen monthly, Sports Car Graphic. (See June 1961 HRM & ML; Dec. 1961 SCG.)

This series has spared readers the go-karts that commanded more pages in some Petersen monthlies of the era than hot rods and race cars combined. (You’re welcome!) Two rolls logged into the archive’s film index as simply “Jet Kart” earned this exception. Chief photographer Bob D’Olivo pulled the trigger on color photos for a Kart magazine cover story that none of our collector sources owns (thanks, anyway, Gary Medley and Greg Sharp). All we know is that neither the kart owner’s crash helmet nor his tuner’s crescent wrench dissuaded D’Olivo and fellow staffers from blasting around the company’s Hollywood Boulevard headquarters during the after-hours session in Petersen’s makeshift photo studio. At least Car Craft editor Dick Day donned proper headgear for his turn in the seat.

Before the champ-car industry gradually relocated to Indianapolis, suburban Los Angeles was home to countless open-wheel cars. Even so, it’s hard to believe that two different staffers, shooting for different Petersen magazines, would find such homey scenes on two unknown streets in the same city at virtually the same time—if not on the same April day. Oval-track experts Jim Miller and Greg Sharp each answered our plea for vehicle IDs, and then some. We learned that the Vatis Special was the first of three Kurtis-Kraft J-2 models delivered. At the Brickyard in early May, the brand new car was damaged when Chuck Hulse tangled with two drivers during time trials, repaired just in time for the final day of qualifying, then missed the cut on its only timed attempt. (Hulse also drove the adjacent Kurtis 4000 roadster on dirt tracks this year.) The backyard scene shows camgrinder and Indy veteran Dempsey Wilson aboard the Kuzma-built Casale & Greenman entry that did run the race, placing 16th after its 252-inch Offy’s fuel pump failed on Lap 146 (of 200). The photo archive’s film log reveals that respective Petersen photographers Al Paloczy and Eric Rickman turned their exposed film into the lab just one day apart. (See June 1961 ML & HRM.)

Al Paloczy was hired by Bob D’Olivo as a lab technician but proved capable of shooting creative car features, particularly of customs. Colleague Pat Brollier captured some foolishness while Paloczy was waiting for B&W prints to dry.

George Barris’ signboard insisted that his XPAK 400 “runs on a 5-inch cushion of air,” but spectators at the Tridents Car Club Show don’t seem to be buying it. Nor was satirical R&C contributor Joe Henning. Perhaps biased by his design work and fondness for arch-rival Ed Roth, Henning described a recent Bakersfield show during which George “personally conducted a demonstration of the fabulous air car, during which it rose to microscopic heights.” Harsher still was a subsequent Roth Studios ad hyping Big Daddy’s upcoming Rotar as the “only land, sea, air car to work without gimmicks (no hydraulic jack to make it lift), actually flies!” Barris’ addition of a billowing parachute added drama to the demonstrations, but we have yet to find evidence of the advertised elevation. (See Mar. 1961 CC; May & Sept. 1961 R&C.)

We were seeking some excuse—er, that is, a good reason—to share a negative shot for Motor Life that doesn’t appear in our incomplete collection. We found justification under a May HRM headline that looked like a leftover bit from a goofy April Fools issue: “Tragedy Hits Model Car Field.” The disaster turned out to be the theft of 1,200 cartons containing 15,000 AMT plastic kits of 1961 Ford “customizing convertibles” from a Chicago freight terminal worth $19,000. Coincidentally, when Motor Life visited this unknown factory a month after HOT ROD’s item appeared, the bodies stacking up in front of a lone assembly line worker happened to be hardtop versions of a ‘61 Ford.

Pikes Peak’s big story was the surprising emergence of Fords as contenders in the Stock Car class. Not coincidentally, four of them were freshly outfitted with the factory’s first four-speed transmissions, installed by Bill Stroppe on behalf of Colorado dealers anxious to end GM’s domination on the mountain. Fords qualified 1-2-3, ahead of the favored Chevys, but Curtis Turner (pictured) fell 2.4 seconds behind Louis Unser’s 409 bubbletop on race day. (See Sept. 1961 HRM; Oct. 1961 ML & MT.)

Wally Parks waited until Kent Fuller finished building the first four-engine dragster before banning four-engine cars—all except this one, effectively granting Tommy Ivo an exclusive exhibition act. “NHRA told me, ‘If this thing runs good, we’ll have four-motor cars popping up all over the place,’” Ivo explained in a recent e-mail. What appears to be a suburban L.A. neighborhood was actually an elaborate set on the 20th Century Fox lot (where Century City sits today). HRM’s chosen photo location was the fake street in front of the fake house familiar to millions of viewers of a 1961-1962 series costarring TV Tom and Cynthia Pepper as Roaring ‘20s teens. “It was Eric Rickman’s brainstorm to shoot it on the Margie set and get me grounded from drag racing after [studio execs] saw the car I owned. Nice idea, Eric—not! You might say this was the defining moment when I decided to change careers. I gave up acting for drag racing when the series ended because I never wanted to get grounded again.” A tire-wiper named Don Prudhomme graduated to the seat. The duo charged $500 per local appearance; the kid was paid all of 25 bucks. “Ron Pellegrini took Prudhomme’s place when his now-wife, then-girlfriend Lynn told Don that if he left town again, after touring with me and the twin-engined car in 1960, she wouldn’t wait for him anymore,” Ivo added. “He was grounded! After three years, Pellegrini told me the car was all done, so I sold it to Tom McCourry—who ran it nine more years!” It was restored with the aluminum station-wagon body that Tom Hanna attached in 1966 and resides in a private collection. (See Dec. 1961 HRM; Mar. 2012 & Nov. 2016 HRD.)

The so-called kustomizing kings sat down together with R&C editor Bill Neumann in early December for a lengthy, tape-recorded interview that inexplicably waited until the May and June 1962 issues to surface as excerpts entitled, “Mr. Barris, Meet Mr. Roth.” The show-car world was anxiously awaiting the debut of Rotar, Big Daddy’s answer to George’s much-maligned XPAK 400, and an inevitable battle between so-called air cars. Dig the following exchange: Neumann: Ed, Does Rotar actually fly? Roth: Yes. Neumann: George, does XPAK fly? Barris: Does it fly? It’s an experimental car that will raise in the air. Yes. The same two issues carry a related, two-part episode of Pete Millar’s popular Arin Cee comic strip (starring R&C’s answer to Tom Medley’s Stroker McGurk character in HRM) in which the editor assigns Arin the story behind each man’s desire to reign as the king of kustoms. The last two panels bring the contenders together, suddenly sporting each other’s distinctive style: Ed wears a suit; George has a goatee. Their true motivations are finally revealed at the end: Roth: I wanna be king so I can wear a shirt and tie. All my life I’ve wanted to be like George. Barris: … and I want to be like Big Daddy and grow a beard. (See Apr., May & June 1962 R&C.)

Just guessing, but hard times seemed to be a theme of the company’s holiday party in December. Staff artists produced life-size facsimiles of three bums wearing mug shots of PPC executives. The dummy holding the dismal sales graph appears to be Robert E. Petersen himself. While HRM reported unprecedented sales “crowding 700,000,” a tumultuous year internally saw Pete fold two other titles and replace the entire R&C staff after editor Lynn Wineland, a six-year employee, devoted much of the September issue to a newfound fascination with skydiving.

Mr. Petersen obviously got with the poverty program, panhandling for spare change while wearing a signboard showing discontinued magazines. The dapper dude at left looks like ambitious Dick Day, who’d advanced from contributing cartoonist to current Car Craft editor (later becoming a PPC publisher and vice president).

One of the last “car” features shot this year captured the much-anticipated, ill-fated Rotar. Here, Ed Roth shows the after effects of cramming a six-foot-four Big Daddy under the tiny bubbletop for Bill Neumann’s camera. Powered by dual, unmuffled 650cc Triumph engines sitting on their sides, the remote-controlled hovercraft would soon debut in a Pasadena show and remain a major attraction for two show seasons. Unlike Barris’ XPAK 400, Roth’s version proved adept at rising 4 to 5 inches while “blowing up girls’ skirts,” Roth noted proudly. The fun and the “air-car war” stopped suddenly in Detroit when an oil-starved crankshaft failed at full throttle, blasting bits of aluminum fan blades and plastic into the crowd, seriously injuring at least one bystander. (See Aug., Sept. & Dec. 1961 R&C; Apr. & June 1962 R&C.)

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Day 3 Without Sports: I have fully convinced myself that marble racing is the sport of the future pic.twitter.com/ofttKuSQsF

— Kevin Edwards (@keddie44) March 14, 2020

Edwards says that he thinks the fun team and individual marble names are part of what makes watching the races so entertaining.

For Elijah Daniel, another recently converted marble racing fan, the biggest draw of the Jelle’s Marble Runs videos is commentator Greg Woods, who provides the English play-by-play for each race.

why was this so intense are we all bored or is marble racing just something we ignored for too long either way i hope Comet gets an adidas deal or something https://t.co/W5rvQeGr8u

— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) March 16, 2020

Edwards adds that Woods’ commentary is much like that which accompanies the live broadcasts of professional sports.

For his part, Daniel is on board with anything that keeps people inside right now.

“There’s a lot of people staying inside and not doing anything, so keeping them inside is what’s important,” he says. “I watched it for hours yesterday without even realizing it.”

The Marble League 2020 season is set to start in June. But, in the meantime, numerous videos of past Jelle’s Marble Run events are available to watch on YouTube.

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