Tag: Parker

Parker retires after 40 years of service

Mar. 28—TRAVERSE CITY — For 40 years, Pat Parker has worked in the business of emergency response, with fighting fires a particular specialty. On March 31, the Grand Traverse County Metro Fire Chief is going to retire — but not before his colleagues, friends and government officials threw a big party in his honor. “Chief […]

The Alabama Legislature helped Tom Parker realize his medieval dreams

When Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker wrote a cheerleading concurrence in his colleagues’ decision to effectively end in vitro fertilization in the state, he cited Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, as I learned in Father Koterski’s philosophy class, was a Dominican theologian who spent most of his life trying to synthesize Catholic Church teachings with the philosophy of […]

Motorcyclist and teen passenger die in crash during police chase in Parker County

A 20-year-old motorcyclist and his 19-year-old passenger were killed Thursday night in Weatherford when they crashed during a police chase, officials said. Investigators believe police were pursuing the motorcycle on the Interstate 20 service road near the Tin Top Road intersection, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said in a news release Friday. The release […]

Rocks galore at the Parker Wildlife Refuge in R.I.

Jan. 11—Hikers with a soft spot for rocks will be hard-pressed to find a more appealing destination than the George B. Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge in Coventry, R.I. “Look at them all!” Clancy Philbrick exclaimed the other day, traipsing past stone cairns scattered throughout the 860-acre preserve. These conical structures once were believed to have […]