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18 The Delaware Gazette Wednesday April 7 1993 PEOPLE Briefs HAWKING Tickets available for local theater show BOWE Associated Press AIRBANKS Alaska George Vey was late to his own funeral Or rather his casket was late with him in it because family built it themselves The Veys worked the whole night before the service on March 30 They put stain on the casket and it dry in time They were a half hour late Vey who died at age 62 would have appreciated his efforts said his wife Ruth Vey loved it because more love than most people she said Vey was bedridden with kidney cancer for the past year His family faces medical bills of nearly $30000 As the family worked on the pro ject they worked on their grief too was a real healing said Mrs brother Willy lani gan The Rev Don Dodd of ree dom in Christ Church in North Pole said he had never seen a homemade casket in his 15 years of ministry thought it was really quite ele he said was just a beauti ful and a tender thing when it hap Cmdr Data Two late great scientists Al bert Einstein and Sir Isaac New ton also take part in the fantasy card game Hawking professor at Cam bridge University in England and a fan of the series asked to appear on the TV show after visiting the set recently The episode filming this week will air in syndication the week of June 21 AP Alfred Butts inventor of the board game Scrabble died of natural causes at the age of 93 Sunday In Rhinebeck NY LOS ANGELES co producer Jon Peters and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas are teaming up for a new movie about convicted mob boss John Gotti Titled the movie will focus on the downfall of the Gambino crime family chieftain The script is based on a Howard Blum book to be published this fall No release date for the movie has been announced is a great character and this will be my new Peters said will be a big epic Michael Keaton is in the run ning for the starring role Daily Variety reported Tuesday Sylvester Stallone is being con sidered for the part of Gotti confi dante Sammy Gravano and Tom Cruise is up for a part as an BI agent Eszterhas reportedly could re ceive $34 million for the screen play The family of George Vey paid their last re relatives are seen taking the casket out of spects to him by making his casket Several of their pickup truck in airbanks Alaska pm i Tickets $1 for children $2 for adults may be purchased at the Cul tural Ans administrative offices 190 Winter St Office hours are 9 am to 4 pm Tickets also will be available at the door or information call 369 2787 four sons George Edward ranklin and Robert and his son in law David Thompson said they were inspired by a newspaper story last month about a California morti cian who sells blueprints for do it yourself coffins And they said they were unin spired by the funeral expen sive caskets: copper stainless steel solid oak bronze 18 gauge steel A factory made casket runs $1000 to $2000 like buying a gorgeous diamond ring and burying said Colleen Thompson daughter will present three shows designed es pecially for children in Ohio Wes leyan Gray Chapel 61 Sandusky St The productions are: Time 9:30 am 1:30 pm Sword in the 7:30 DG staff reports Tickets are still available for performances by the chil theater group ArtReach Tour ing Theatre said Taraneh Rohani executive director of the Delaware County Cultural Arts Center The Ohio based theater troupe JACKSONVILLE NC Heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe will seek custody of a 7 year old boy if tests show the father his manager said this is my son I will wel come him into my family with the love and acceptance I have for my other Bowe said Tuesday in a statement Bowe who is married and has three other chil dren filed a lawsuit seek ing a blood test to estab lish paternity of the child said manager Rock New man The lawsuit named Kym Price of Jacksonville also known as Nile Shabazz She did not return a telephone message left by The Associated Press on Tuesday Jeff ried attorney said Price met Bowe when he was an 18 year old high school senior in New York City Price told Bowe in 1986 that he was the father of a child but most frequent calls (about paterni ty) came after Ridddick won the in November ried said She has 30 days to re spond to the suit Scrabble inventor Alfred Butts dies in New York at 93 Associated Press RHINEBECK NY Alfred Mosher Butts an architect who in vented the enduring board game Scrabble died Sunday at a hospi tal He was 93 Butts died of natural causes said Chris Chestney owner of Dapson Chestney uneral Home Butts received patents for sever al architectural structural systems he designed and was an accom plished artist and photographer He also developed many other board games after inventing Scrab ble Butts went to work for the New York firm Holden McLaughlin and Associates after receiving a degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1924 During the Depression when there was little architectural work to be had he invented Scrabble He originally made the game from simple pieces of plywood The still popular game tests word skills as they use blocks of letters to form words across a board funeral stalls while stain dries on his homemade casket Science to meet science fiction on Associated Press LOS ANGELES Science meets science fiction when physi cist Stephen Hawking guest stars on this final episode of Trek: The Next Genera Hawking author of the acclaimed A Brief History of Time is featured in a scene involv ing a holo graphic poker game with se ries regular Brent Spiner who plays Lt "fW i I i Hl I Ifc" IW yW RDpV' ial gar mbf pk la 1 1 TfvTJt 'WWX Isa YOUR BIRTHDAY By Stella Wilder OR THOSE BORN WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 Bom today you are always the first to volunteer for new endeavors and you never seem to be afraid of anything that stands before you On the contrary in fact it is be cause you may be afraid of so much that you put yourself on the line time after time for you feel the best way to overcome something is to face it head on You do have a good deal of self confidence despite your fears and you are never one to avoid the spotlight when it is focused on you You prefer to do things on your own and your greatest mistakes are likely to be made when you try to make concessions toothers Still you arc almost sure to succeed more often than not even when facing the un familiar or unknown You may marry relatively late in life or not at all To see what is in store for you to morrow find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph Let your birthday star be your daily guide PREVIEW OR THURSDAY APRIL 8 ARIES (March 21 April 19) The need for a budget is absolute today and you must be sure to stick to it long enough TAURUS (April 20 May 20) You may be concerned with issues which captured your interest in the past but which are now deeply personal to you GEMINI (May 21 June 20) Inner changes have taken a good deal of time and energy recently but they arc now bringing about external re sults CANCER (June 21 July 22) be affected today by intangi bles but you can remain in control if you simply refuse to overreact to anything LEO (July 23 Aug 22) inan cial matters require some attention today but so do personal growth and family issues time to priori tize VIRGO (Aug 23 SepL 22) Your self image may not mesh with the way others see you today im portant that you accept creative criti cism LIBRA (Sept 23 Ocl 22) important that you take it easy and do not overextend yourself partic ularly toward the end of the work day SCORPIO (Oct 23 Nov 21) You are likely to be pulled between two emotional extremes today Still you overlook practical ne cessities SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 Dec 21) What seems to be a setback likely to cause you any hardship in the long run Expect the unexpect ed today CAPRICORN (Dec 22 Jan 19) You are in danger today if you make the mistake of over commit ting Be safe spread yourself so thin! AQUARIUS (Jan 20 eb 18) The conscious and the unconscious will be pulling you in two directions Could it be that you are acting a role? PISCES (eb 19 March 20) Look carefully at investments con sider spreading your money around pul all your eggs in one bas ket! 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