Plano Daily Star-Courier from Plano, Texas • Page 8

Page 8-Section l-Plano Daily Star Courier-Friday, February 197 Country Music fcy Debbi Brimer 3 Feb. 1st was an eventful day for MCA recording artist, MEL TILLIS and the folks of West Palm Beach, Florida. J. Ray Hatton, City Councilman, proclaimed that day as Tillis While in the southern Florida area, Mel is scheduled to appear at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami. Talk about togetherness in the music world BILL bus driver and LORETTA bus Filing Opens In Allen Prospective school board and city council candidates in Allen are due to start signing up for the April 2 election Terms of James Kerr and Howard Snider expire on the school board, and terms of Bob Lowman, Mickey Pierson and H.C.

Brooks expire on the council School board candidates should file with Superintendent D.L. Rountree at Allen High School, and council candidates should file with ('ity Secretary Juanelle Cooksey at the Municipal Building Filing deadline is March 2 To date, only one can didate has filed for either office Mrs Betty Matthews filed last week for a spot on the City Council Custer Pkwy Lookout CANYON CREEK TWIN TV Star A Naturalist Haggerty Is An Animal Trainer Too driver came to Texas recently to pick up GEORGE bus, which Bill had purchased from George The two then drove the bus to Columbus, Ohio to be customized, and there they were picked up by CONWAY bus driver, who brought them back to Nash ville. Married life seems to be agreeing with JESSECA JAMES and her husband Bruce Harris, except at the supper table. cooked Hamburger Helper one said the 18-year-old daughter of Conway Twitty, got sick. Bruce ate the rest of it, and the next night he got sick, Oddly enough, new single is entitled Me One Good Although cooking listed among the reasons that Bruce chose to marry Jessica, both newlyweds have vowed that the cooking will improve.

TANYA TUCKER and her entire family recently returned from a five-day vacation in Jamaica, where she and her brother, Don, took scuba diving lessons The young artist really enjoyed the week of rest and relaxation before leaving for another tour of Japan. While in Japan, Tanya will tape various TV shows, as well as her scheduled performances. LORETTA LYNN received quite an honor recently when the World Book Encyclopedia elected to profile her for their sec tion on Country Music in the upcoming edition. Loretta also is a nominee once again in the Home Journal Women of the Year By VERNON SCOTT HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Dan Haggerty, star of the new series, is a real-life wild animal trainer and a natural for the nature series. Haggerty and his wife, Diane, raised a variety of lions, wolves and eagles at a compound in the Malibu mountains in the past.

It was his love of wild creatures that brought about show business career. Eight years ago the Haggertys gave up their ranch in Malibu when Dan went to Brazil as a stunt man and animal trainer for the television series. He took along some of the 30 lions he had reared since they were cubs. The family has lived in Burbank ever since. Both Dan and Diane went to school in that Los Angeles suburb.

They met when Diane was homecoming queen and Dan a star football player at a rival school. were married when we were Dan says. been a wonderful marriage for 16 years People never thought it would last because I was pretty wild and Diane was a society The Haggertys have two daughters, Tracey, 15, and Tammey, 13. Their only pet for the moment is a black Labrador named Boo. But the family will be back in the mountains soon with a new home and compound where they will once again rear lions and wolves.

They are building a large tutorlike house with beams and leaded windows. The furnishings will be antiques with Indian sarouk rugs on pegged floors. Much of the woodwork is being done by Dan who is an accomplished craftsman. He has collected carousel horses and fancy mirrors from merry-go-rounds over the years and will decorate the house with them. A stream runs through the property and turns a quaint waterwheel.

The 80-acre site is dotted with live oaks and sycamores. There is an underground cave some 20 feet deep on the property, too. am boarding a pair of wolves up in Utah where we used them in the Dan says. soon as we get settled bring them to our new Malibu headquarters where we have the space for them. hope to get the lion cubs about five days old.

The whole family gets a kick out of raising The NBC-TV series is shot on Utah and Arizona locations. During the four or five months of production his family remains in Southern California. But Diane and the girls make frequent three-day weekend visits. principal costar is a 500-pound female grizzly bear named Boz. Dan describes her as exceptionally docile.

So far, at least, the animal taken a swipe at him. had a lot of confrontations with wild he says, one of the finest creatures ever worked with. really When Dan occupied on the series he busies himself with his AIR Corp. (Auto International Restylists). The company rebuilds and restores exotic formula racing cars, specializing in Frank Was Believable But Now Gone Straight Porsches and Ferraris.

Most of the cars have been crashed in races. Once they are restored they are sold to collectors. AIR also applies exotic paint jobs to racers. Dan owns 14 fancy cars himself. But he drives around in a pickup truck, if I see an antique or a piece of wood or metal, I can just throw it in the back and take it up to Diane, however, drives a brand new Mercedes.

As one might expect, Dan is a steak and chops man. Diane, he says, is a good and creative cook. Often the entire family assembles in the kitchen to turn out specialties. The family enjoys music too. The girls are into rock.

Dan and Diane prefer jazz and classical music. They also attend the ballet when it comes to town. Dan owns only one suit and a single sports jacket. He can be found most of the time in denims, and shirts. The happy Haggerty family will move into their new home which Dan and Diane designed themselves later this year.

And the first order of business will be shopping for lion cubs. £teaant AT A SAVINGS UP TO By SOLL SUSSMAN The Galveston Daily News GALVESTON, Tex (UPI) It's easy to believe Frank Abagnale Jr. Just ask all the people who cashed his bad checks totaling more than $2.5 million in more than 20 countries Ask the people who thought he was an airline pilot. Or the others who believed he was a lawyer. Or a doctor.

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He was eventually caught on bad check charges and jailed for six months in France kind of make the Mexican prisons look like the Holiday he said. From there he was taken to Sweden and a year later deported to the United States Security guards and FRI agents were waiting in New York, but Abagnale escaped through a hatch in the restroom trying to be he said just anted to get off the plane." Authorities found him in Montreal, Canada, and sent him to the penitentiary in Atlanta At first, he said, farthest thing from my mind was escaping from there But then one day, with guards mistaking him for a prison inspector, he walked free again Captured in New York, he was sentenced to 72 years in prison, later reduced to 12. He was paroled after four years in the Federal Reformatory in Petersburg, Va He came to Houston and tried to start over, but twice when he was in line for promotion, companies found out about his past and fired him. So he's working now in security, establishing himself as an authority. He has his own consulting firm, and he makes personal appearances at school banquets Production Skyway a movie based on his experiences, is due to start in the spring Now 28 years old, Abagnale says decided to play it straight.

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