Make it so
Published 2:53 pm Thursday, June 18, 2015
Make it so
Kennewick Man boldly goes: A DNA test of 8,500-year-old skeletal remains confirms Kennewick Man is related to American Indians in the region, despite a facial reconstruction of his skull that bore a likeness to “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor Sir Patrick Stewart (Page Ax).
Still unexplained, however, is why a Starfleet communicator and tricorder were found near the remains.
This just in: YouTube has started a video news service, “YouTube Newswire,” that will showcase clips submitted by eyewitnesses to news events (Page A8).
YouTube promises that Newswire will be “your source for shaky, vertically shot videos with crappy sound of cats jumping out of boxes, teens on skateboards crashing into things and inappropriately dressed people at Wal-Mart.”
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1910, Father’s Day was observed for the first time, an idea credited to Sonora Louis Smart Dodd of Spokane (Today in History, Page D6).
As it would be another 24 years before the invention of Old Spice cologne and even longer for power tools, Miss Smart Dodd’s father had to settle for Borax-on-a-rope, a bow-tie caddy and Dr. McQ’s Miracle Sideburn and Mustache Butter.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
