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Virginia played a recurring role in President Jimmy Carter's long life , from his Navy stint in Norfolk in the 1940s when the young ensign sought to save money for a Buick, to a 1976 presidential debate at the College of William & Mary, and a 2019 Loudoun County stop in which he questioned the legitimacy of President Donald Trump's election. Carter, who died Sunday at 100, came out of nowhere to win the presidency in 1976, largely on his strength in the South, but Virginia was the exception — the one Southern state he did not carry. Forty years later, Virginia again was an outlier as the only Southern state that Trump did not carry in 2016. Carter took part in Virginia's first foray in the modern era of televised presidential debates. On Oct. 22, 1976, he faced off with President Gerald Ford at William & Mary’s Phi Beta Kappa Hall . The debate, moderated by ABC’s Barbara Walters, came 10 days before the election and drew an estimated 62 million viewers. Virginia reacts to death of former President Carter In April 1979, Carter became the first president to address Virginia Democrats' Jefferson Jackson fundraiser, touting his energy plan during an appearance at the Hotel John Marshall in Richmond. The 39th president was a frequent speaker at Virginia colleges and universities after he left office in 1981. Carter, who taught at Emory University in Atlanta following his presidency, kicked off a 1987 talk with students at the University of Virginia by referring to Thomas Jefferson: "When he left the White House (he) had better judgment than to become a professor at a college." Carter spoke fondly of his family's roots in Virginia. One of his ancestors, Thomas Carter, came to Virginia from England in 1635. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter — who died in November 2023 at 96 — married in July 1946. The Carters spent the first two years of their married life in Norfolk as Carter embarked on his Navy career, serving as an ensign on the USS Wyoming. Jimmy Carter and President Gerald Ford participate in a debate at the College of William & Mary in 1976. TIMES-DISPATCH During a campaign stop in Norfolk in September 1976, Carter said he and his wife moved to Norfolk four days after they were married in July 1946. Their first son, Jack — now 77 — was born at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth in July 1947. In November 1976, weeks after Carter was elected president, Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Wilford Kale interviewed three Norfolk residents who had known the Carters in the 1940s. The Carters lived in the Bolling Square Apartments on Buckingham Avenue and were saving their money to buy a Buick. Their one-bedroom apartment rented for about $100 a month. Kale noted that in Carter's book "Why Not the Best?" the future president wrote that when he served on the Wyoming, he was paid $300 per month. Beyond the rent, he paid $54 for his food aboard the ship and $75 for a war bond, leaving $71. Donald Cottingham served as a junior officer with Carter on the Wyoming, a former battleship that had been converted as an experimental vessel on which the Navy tested prototypes of electronics, gunnery and other equipment. Cottingham said the ship was known as the "Chesapeake Bay Raider" because it headed out into the bay on a Monday and would return on a Friday. Cottingham said he and his wife, Christine, socialized with the Carters and other young couples during those postwar days. Christine Cottingham showed the reporter a small green autograph book that she used as a guest book at parties. One of the pages was marked "Mrs. and Mr. J.E. Carter Jr. Plains Ga. 5-12-48." Christine Cottingham said the Carters were not along one night when the young couples went to a familiar haunt at the Officers' Club, which they dubbed the "Wyoming Room." "We were having a ball, but the Carters were not with us. So, we decided to send them a collect telegram, saying that we would all be over soon to have a drink with them," she recalled. "It was about midnight, and we were all happy and having a good time," she said. "Well, we really didn't get over there until later and when we arrived" around 2 a.m., "our telegram was plastered on the front door (of the apartment complex) and written on it was: 'Go home. You are not welcome!' " The Carters left Norfolk in 1948, when he was accepted for submarine duty. "We weren't thinking of Jimmy or anyone else becoming president," Donald Cottingham recalled. "As ensigns, what we were thinking about was becoming lieutenant." When Carter’s father, James Earl Carter Sr., died in 1953, he was released from the Navy and returned to Plains, Georgia, where he took over the family’s peanut farming business. Carter served on the local board of education, in the Georgia state Senate from 1963 to 1967 and as Georgia’s governor from 1971 to 1975. As he contemplated a bid for national office, Carter came to Virginia and campaigned for Henry Howell's bid for governor in November 1973. During his 1976 presidential run, Carter made multiple campaign stops in Virginia, including to Alexandria and to Roanoke. He also made news when his campaign sent a mistaken missive to Lt. Gov. John Dalton, a Republican, thanking him for his supposed endorsement. Dalton, a future Virginia governor, wrote back: "The letter was obviously misdirected, as is your position favoring repeal of Virginians' right-to-work law and your running on a platform that is liberal, anti-defense, pro-busing and expensive." One of the notable aspects of Carter's 1976 campaign was that he spoke openly about his "born again" Christianity. In a June 1976 Richmond Times-Dispatch story about Carter's faith, Dwight C. Jones, then pastor of First Baptist Church in South Richmond and a future state delegate and Richmond mayor, said: "I think it's going to have an effect on the religious community. It's been a long time since we've heard a political candidate come out with that kind of explicit religious tone." Jones said Carter "has hit a major chord by campaigning in Black churches." But Jones added that he hoped Black people would "require an affirmation" from Carter on his stands that affect them "before we would run en masse to him." William & Mary government professor John McGlennon said Carter's debate in Williamsburg "came at a critical time in the 1976 campaign" as he worked to contrast himself with President Richard Nixon and Vice President Gerald Ford. "Carter carried his own luggage into the Williamsburg Lodge, where he and his staff prepared for the debate. The campus and community were buzzing with excitement about the attention coming with the debate, even if the student body was distinctly Republican, overwhelmingly favoring President Gerald Ford in a campus survey," McGlennon said in a statement on Sunday. In the 1976 post-Watergate presidential election, Carter won nationally, but narrowly lost Virginia to Ford by about 23,000 votes out of 1.7 million cast. (No Democrat would carry Virginia for president until Barack Obama in 2008.) U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., worked with Carter as a young law school graduate. “Jimmy Carter gave me my first job out of law school, and I have deeply admired his service since leaving the Oval Office," Warner said in a statement on Sunday. "His dedication to building homes through Habitat for Humanity has always brought back warm memories of my father, who also volunteered with the organization well into his eighties. Like much of the Greatest Generation, President Carter will be remembered by what he built and left behind for us — a model of service late into life, a tireless devotion to family and philanthropy, and a more peaceful world to call home.” During his presidency, Carter made appearances in Virginia related to politics, policy and recreation. Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, campaigns ib Oct. 23, 1976, in the Old Town section of Alexandria. ASSOCIATED PRESS For example, in September 1977, he campaigned in Roanoke, Norfolk and Williamsburg with Howell, who was making his third and final unsuccessful bid for governor. In April 1979, Carter attended the Democratic fundraiser at the Hotel John Marshall. The former Navy man made multiple trips to Hampton Roads, including a Memorial Day trip to Norfolk in May 1980, where he spoke aboard the USS Nimitz and welcomed home the Indian Ocean Battle Group after a lengthy deployment. As for recreation, Carter went fishing off Virginia Beach twice as president and once at Camp Hoover, a camp in Shenandoah National Park. During his 1980 reelection bid, Carter was beset by troubles — from the Iranian hostage crisis, including a failed rescue mission — to rising inflation and a nomination challenge from Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. That March, Rosalynn Carter addressed Virginia Democrats' annual fundraising dinner at the Hotel John Marshall. She shook hands with a Goochland County Democrat who wore a lapel button that read: "Still for Carter, Despite Everything." Then-state Sen. Doug Wilder, D-Richmond, endorsed Carter for reelection, though he said Carter’s domestic performance was "dismal." President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter wave to reporters as they walk to a car that took them to visit Camp Hoover in the Virginia mountains on Oct. 25, 1978. The Carters flew by helicopter to the late President Herbert Hoover's fishing camp 100 miles west of Washington, D.C., to spend a short time there. Charles Tasnadi, Associated Press Late in the campaign, Carter made two trips to the Virginia suburbs. He signed a $48 billion education appropriations bill at the Loudoun County campus of Northern Virginia Community College . Then, he signed a $796 million mental health package at the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute in Fairfax County. In the 1980 election, Republican Ronald Reagan swamped Carter in Virginia by more than 135,000 votes — nearly 13 percentage points — as part of his national landslide. Wilder, the nation’s first Black governor, met with Carter in Virginia while he was president and in Georgia after he left the White House. In a telephone interview on Sunday, Wilder credited Carter as "the first American president I knew of who spent significant time on the need to invest in Africa" and establish independent nations there. "I was always impressed with his straightforward acumen," he said. Similarly, Wilder commended Carter, "a man of the South," for his appointment of Black people as judges and other high-ranking positions, such as Andrew Young, a former civil rights activist and congressman, as American ambassador to the United Nations in 1977, the first African American elevated to the position. "You pick a Black man to bring nations together, a Black man of the South, that was bold," the former governor said. Wilder said he was always impressed with Carter's intelligence and professional accomplishments, which he often hid beneath his image as a humble peanut farmer. Wilder "I feel that history will accord and afford him his rightful place in the pantheon of great world leaders," he said. Following his presidency, Carter tapped Virginia scholar Steven H. Hochman , who had helped research Dumas Malone's multi-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, to help research his presidential memoir. In 1984, Carter delivered a lecture at Roanoke College, where he said the U.S. should work to reduce nuclear arsenals and to safeguard human rights. In July 2015, Carter visited the Costco on West Broad Street in Henrico County to sign copies of his book "A Full Life: Reflections at 90." During that stop, he had a reunion with former shipmate John Kaufman, 92, of Earlysville, after 68 years. Carter was 94 and his vice president, Walter Mondale, 91, when they appeared together in Loudoun County in 2019 for a donor retreat and auction at the Lansdowne Resort and Spa. Carter caused a stir in the Loudoun County appearance, when he suggested that Trump was an illegitimate president. "There's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election and I think the interference — although not yet quantified — if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016," Carter told interviewer Jon Meacham at the time. "He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf." Trump, traveling in Japan, told reporters that Carter was a nice man, but "a terrible president." Trump posted on social media on Sunday: " The challenges Jimmy faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude." President Jimmy Carter addresses the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the Virginia coast on May 26, 1980, upon its return from nine months in the Persian Gulf. The president said, “Your presence has been the major factor in protecting the lives of the 53 hostages still held.” Bob Daugherty, Associated Press In a 2015 interview with The Times-Dispatch, ahead of his book signing at the Henrico Costco, Carter said he wished he had done a few things differently. "I'm sorry I didn't send another helicopter to rescue the hostages in Iran, and I'm sorry that I didn't get a second term," Carter said. But the nation’s 39th president said he had few regrets. "I've had some regrets," he said, "but most of the time I have been overwhelmingly grateful and gratified at the way things have worked out in my personal and political life." Jimmy Carter and President Gerald Ford participate in a debate at the College of William & Mary in 1976. TIMES-DISPATCH Carter in Virginia, April 8, 1979 Masaaki Okada 09-25-1977 Jimmy Carter visits Virginia. Bob Jones 04-08-1979 Jimmy Carter in Virginia. Masaaki Okada 04-08-1978 Carter in Virginia Richmond Times-Dispatch In late October and early November 1973, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter (left) visited Virginia to campaign for Henry Howell. BOB BROWN Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, campaigns Oct. 23, 1976, in the old town section of Alexandria, Va., a Washington suburb. (AP Photo) Anonymous President Jimmy Carter shows off his catch after an excursion on the yacht Gannet in Virginia Beach, Va., on June 29, 1978. The Carters were hosted by Norfolk attorney Peter Decker, who owns the vessel. Carter’s wife Rosalyn and daughter are behind and at his side. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma) Barry Thumma President Jimmy Carter holds up two of the fish he caught off Virginia Beach, May 14, 1979. At left is Norfolk attorney Peter Decker who hosted the president. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) Bob Daugherty FILE - President Jimmy Carter attends memorial services for eight servicemen killed in the unsuccessful attempt to rescue the American hostages from Iran, May 9, 1980, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File) Dennis Cook FILE - Jimmy Carter, left, and Gerald Ford, right, shake hands before the third presidential debate, Oct. 22, 1976, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/File) STF President Jimmy Carter addresses the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the Virginia coast on May 26, 1980, upon its return from nine months in the Persian Gulf. The president said, “Your presence has been the major factor in protecting the lives of the 53 hostages still held.” Bob Daugherty, Associated Press President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter wave to reporters as they walk to a car that took them to visit Camp Hoover in the Virginia mountains on Oct. 25, 1978. The Carters flew by helicopter to the late President Herbert Hoover's fishing camp 100 miles west of Washington, D.C., to spend a short time there. Charles Tasnadi, Associated Press President Jimmy Carter lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 11, 1978 to commemorate Veterans Day. Carter was slated to speak after the wreath-laying at the cemetery across the Potomac River from Washington. Soldiers assisting Carter are unidentified. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz) Ira Schwarz Jimmy Carter, Democratic Presidential nominee, stands under the spot light during his audio check at the Beta Kappa Theater, Oct. 22, 1976, Williamsburg, Va., prior to his debate with President Gerald Ford. (AP Photo) Anonymous Jimmy Carter, Democratic Presidential nominee, stands under the spot light during his audio check at the Beta Kappa Theater, Oct. 22, 1976, Williamsburg, Va., prior to his debate with President Gerald Ford. (AP Photo) Anonymous 04-08-1979: President Carter, with Richmond Mayor Henry L. Marsh III, approaches the Hotel John Marshall. Don Long 09-06-1976 Jimmy Carter in Va. Richmond Times-Dispatch 04-07-1979: President Carter greets State Sen. Adelard Brault (left) upon his arrival in Richmond, while Lt. Governor Chuck Robb (right) son-in-law of the late President Lyndon Johnson peers over his shoulder. Also on hand are (center) Richmond Mayor Henry Marsh III and his wife. President Carter is making a brief visit to Richmond to attend a democratic fundraiser. amk/BennettNEW YORK (AP) — Dylan Raiola passed for 228 yards and a touchdown as Nebraska built an 18-point lead through three quarters and hung on to beat Boston College 20-15 Saturday for its first bowl victory since 2015. After Nebraska built a 13-2 lead in the first half on scoring runs by Rahmir Johnson and Kwinten Ives, Raiola hit Emmett Johnson with a 13-yard TD pass on fourth down with 3:02 remaining in the third quarter for a 20-2 edge and the Cornhuskers (7-6) held on for the win. Raiola completed 23 of 31 passes in front of a sizable Nebraska crowd that celebrated the team’s first bowl win since topping UCLA in the 2015 Foster Farms Bowl and first winning season since 2016. “The biggest thing is that finally they can walk off the field and say ’Hey we got it done,'” Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said. “We’ll have a lot of momentum heading into the offseason.” Raiola completed passes to 10 receivers, including Jahmal Banks, who finished with four receptions for 79 yards. “He’s gotten so much better as the year’s gone on in terms of the speed, movement and those things,” Rhule said of Raiola. Rahmir Johnson and Ives scored on short TD runs in the second period, and Nebraska’s defense set up the critical score in the third. Emmett Johnson scored on fourth-and-3 play for a 20-2 lead. That score came after John Bullock sacked Boston College quarterback Grayson James, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Elijah Jeudy at midfield. James finished 25 of 40 for 296 yards as Boston College (7-6) fell to 0-3 in Pinstripe Bowl games. The Eagles got past midfield on five of their first seven drives, but committed two turnovers and failed to convert four fourth downs, including two inside the 10-yard line. Boston College finally cashed with 6:11 left in the fourth when Turbo Richard scored on a 1-yard run, but the two-point conversion failed. BC made it a one-score game on Jordan McDonald’s 2-yard run, a play after getting possession on a blocked punt. "I thought we were productive, but we couldn’t score,” Boston College coach Bill O’Brien said. “So that’s a problem because you have to score to win.” After a scoreless opening quarter, Rahmir Johnson easily scored on a 4-yard run on the first play of the second period. After BC turned it over on downs twice in Nebraska territory, the Cornhusker’s took a 13-0 lead on Ives’ 2-yard run that was set up by Rahmir Johnson’s 22-yard run. The Eagles picked up their only points of the first half when Ashton McShane blocked John Hohl’s extra point and returned it for two points. Nebraska: Rahmir Johnson was named MVP in his final game at Nebraska to cap an emotional season in which he lost his mother in November. 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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday organised a parents-teacher meeting (PTM) across 1,500 government schools in the Capital, party officials said. In one such meeting, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal urged the parents to attend PTMs regularly and take active participation in their child’s education. “The teachers and principals in Delhi’s government schools are excellent and teach very well. However, if you ever face any issues, please don’t hesitate to let me know where improvements are needed,” Kejriwal said. Former education minister Manish Sisodia also joined several PTMs, discussing education with students and their families. Sisodia took to his social media handle and said, “Seeing the energy of the students and the growing trust of parents in Delhi’s government schools made me realise that the changes happening in the field of education are not limited to buildings but are touching hearts and dreams as well. This transformation is the foundation of a new Delhi.” Meanwhile, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor slammed the Delhi government for holding the PTM despite the announcement of national mourning in memory of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “AAP has misused its government schools in Delhi for promotion of their political agenda and with same intent Atishi government had called for a mega PTM, days ahead of expected announcement of Delhi assembly elections. The purpose obviously, as always, was to promote AAP leadership including Kejriwal and his local MLAs in their areas, which they did all day showing total disregard for the national mourning,” Kapoor said.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law. The president pardoned Hunter Biden late Sunday evening, reversing his previous pledges with a grant of clemency that covers more than a decade of any federal crimes his son might have committed. The 82-year-old president said in a statement that his son’s prosecution on charges of tax evasion and falsifying a federal weapons purchase form were politically motivated. “He believes in the justice system, but he also believes that politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who along with Biden and other White House officials insisted for months that Hunter Biden would not get a pardon . That explanation did not satisfy some Democrats, angry that Biden’s reversal could make it harder to take on Trump , who has argued that multiple indictments and one conviction against him were a matter of Biden and Democrats turning the justice system against him. “This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote of Biden on the social media platform X. “When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation,” the governor continued, a reference to the president invoking fatherhood in explaining his decision. “Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son.” Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., said on X: “This wasn’t a politically motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies and was convicted by a jury of his peers.” Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet said Biden “put personal interest ahead of duty” with a decision that “further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and equal for all.” Michigan Sen. Gary Peters said the pardon was “an improper use of power” that erodes faith in government and “emboldens others to bend justice to suit their interests.” Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., called the pardon “understandable” if viewed only as the “action of a loving father.” But Biden's status as “our nation's Chief Executive," the senator said, rendered the move “unwise.” Certainly, the president has Democratic defenders who note Trump’s use of presidential power to pardon a slew of his convicted aides, associates and friends, several for activities tied to Trump’s campaign and first administration. “Trump pardoned Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort, as well as his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner — who he just appointed US ambassador to France,” wrote prominent Democratic fundraiser Jon Cooper on X. Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said there “is no standard for Donald Trump, and the highest standard for Democrats and Joe Biden.” Harrison pointed to Trump's apparent plans to oust FBI Director Christopher Wray and replace him with loyalist Kash Patel and suggested the GOP's pursuit of Hunter Biden would not have ended without clemency. “Most people will see that Joe Biden did what was right,” Harrison said. First lady Jill Biden said Monday from the White House, “Of course I support the pardon of my son.” Democrats already are facing the prospects of a Republican trifecta in Washington, with voters returning Trump to the White House and giving the GOP control of the House and Senate. Part of their argument against Trump and Republican leaders is expected to be that the president-elect is violating norms with his talk of taking retribution against his enemies. Before beating Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump faced his own legal troubles, including two cases that stemmed from his efforts to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Those cases, including Trump’s sentencing after being convicted on New York state business fraud charges, have either been dismissed or indefinitely delayed since Trump’s victory on Nov. 5, forcing Democrats to recalibrate their approach to the president-elect. In June, President Biden firmly ruled out a pardon or commutation for his son, telling reporters as his son faced trial in the Delaware gun case: “I abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.” As recently as Nov. 8, days after Trump’s victory, Jean-Pierre ruled out a pardon or clemency for the younger Biden, saying: “We’ve been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no.” The president’s about-face came weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges. It capped a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after his father’s 2020 victory. The sweeping pardon covers not just the gun and tax offenses against the younger Biden, but also any other “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.” Hunter Biden was convicted in June in Delaware federal court of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 when , prosecutors said, he lied on a federal form by claiming he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. He had been set to stand trial in September in a California case accusing him of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes. But he agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor and felony charges in a surprise move hours after jury selection was set to begin. In his statement Sunday, the president argued that such offenses typically are not prosecuted with the same vigor as was directed against Hunter Biden. “The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election,” Biden said in his statement. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son. ... I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.” Associated Press journalists Will Weissert aboard Air Force One and Darlene Superville, Mary Claire Jalonick and Michael Tackett in Washington contributed to this report. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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Waived LB Jamin Davis. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed G Arlington Hambright, LB Raekwon McMillan and K Matthew Wright from the practice squad. Waived CB Tre Avery and Gabe Jeudy-Lally. Elevated OL Chandler Brewer and S Gervarrius Owens from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Calle Clang from San Diego (AHL). BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled F Fabian Lysell from Providence (AHL). CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled D Ty Smith from Chicago (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Recalled F Justin Hryckowian from Texas (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Returned F Rasmus Asplund to Charlotte (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Placed F Trevor Moore on injured reserve. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Placed G Caydne Primeau on waivers. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Vinnie Hinostroza from Milwaukee (AHL). Acquired F Ondrej Pavel and a 2027 third-round pick from Colorado in exchange for F Juuso Parssinen and a 2026 seventh-round pick. 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This story is part of a seven-part series exploring Ann Arbor through the decades, from the 1930s through the ‘90s. Read additional stories. ANN ARBOR, MI — A new spirit of radicalism swept through Ann Arbor in the 1970s, at times clashing with the status quo. It was the decade that saw the left-wing Human Rights Party gain influence in city politics, decriminalization of marijuana in the city, the start of the annual Hash Bash, a landmark anti-discrimination ordinance that notably included protections for LGBTQ community members, and more. The People’s Food Co-Op and Community High, the popular alternative school affectionately dubbed “Commie High,” arrived on the scene, while Recycle Ann Arbor started the first curbside recycling program in Michigan. Briarwood Mall’s opening on the city’s south side posed new competition to downtown, with Sears among the first stores to leave downtown for the new mall. Civil rights activist Albert Wheeler became Ann Arbor’s first Black mayor and Council Member Kathy Kozachenko made history as the nation’s first openly gay person elected to public office. But there were concerns Ann Arbor, with a population ballooning to over 100,000, was becoming less affordable. The 1970 census showed it had the second-highest median rent in the nation, and by the middle of the decade some hippies like famous activist and poet John Sinclair, who arrived in town in 1968 and contributed to its funky counterculture, decided it was time to leave. Here’s a look at Ann Arbor in the 1970s from The Ann Arbor News photo archives. A protest march starting on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor in February 1970 after members of the "Chicago Seven," which included former UM student activist Tom Hayden, were convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention. Their convictions were later overturned. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The Ecology House at the Ann Arbor YM-YWCA in March 1970, an informational facility opened in connection with the ENACT environmental teach-in event as concerns about pollution were growing in Ann Arbor and elsewhere. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Michigan Wolverines star Rudy Tomjanovich is cheered by teammates during the University of Michigan versus Indiana basketball game at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor in March 1970. The NCAA All-American became the second pick in the NBA draft that year, chosen by the Rockets. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A snow Easter bunny in the yard of 7-year-old Carrie Bethke, left, and 6-year-old sister Jenny as they round up Easter eggs on Avondale Avenue in March 1970. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Mack School students Alfornia Webster, Toni Simmon and Carolyn Campbell inspect one of the white pine seedlings that will be planted in the community that were furnished by the Ann Arbor Garden Club and Washtenaw County Soil Conservation District in April 1970. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org University of Michigan President Robben Fleming in August 1970. He became UM's ninth president in January 1968 and served through the 1970s before going on to lead the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A tent city on the University of Michigan Diag in September 1970. It was organized by the UM Tenants Union, a group promoting a rent strike against local landlords since early 1969. Dozens of students slept in tents to demonstrate concerns not enough student housing was being built. The group said there was demand for 5,000 low-rent, tenant-controlled apartments and the university should get behind it, but UM's housing director said he was unaware of a student housing shortage and rooms had been found for virtually all freshmen. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Mack School teacher Earlene Hatley helps students prepare fresh squash for an early Thanksgiving dinner in November 1970. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org University of Michigan professor and poet Robert Hayden in February 1971. He accepted the position of poetry consultant — later called the poet laureate — to the Library of Congress in 1976, the first Black American to hold the position. He previously made history as the UM English department’s first Black faculty member. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org University of Michigan students Jan MacKichan and David Kikuchi play records at the Ann Arbor Public Library in April 1971. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Clifford E. Bryant, a janitor at Ann Arbor's Dicken Elementary School, receives a watch for his retirement from Principal Emerson Powrie in May 1971. Bryant Elementary School, which opened in 1973, was named in his honor. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ann Arbor Police Department Detective Sgt. Raymond Winters with a 179-pound marijuana bust in June 1971. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Dogs at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair in July 1971. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair in July 1971. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A farmers market on Main Street in July 1971. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Thomas Minick, a lieutenant with the Ann Arbor Police Department, stands amid protesters at the University of Michigan Diag in June 1972, after police arrested 35 people for digging a "crater" to protest the war in Vietnam. Minick remained to make sure no one else took up the task. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Children compete in the "Burns Park 500" bicycle race in July 1972. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Community High School officially opens with orientation at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in September 1972. The new Ann Arbor high school took over the former Jones Elementary School building, which closed in 1965 as part of the school district's efforts to combat racial segregation and integrate Black students into other schools. Jones was deemed a "de facto" segregated school with a large population of Black students due to segregated housing patterns in Ann Arbor. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Jerry DeGrieck and Nancy Wechsler in October 1972 after they won seats on the Ann Arbor City Council as members of the Human Rights Party. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A group discussion with parents, students and faculty at Community High School, November 1972. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Community High students in the hall, December 1972. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Community High School art show, December 1972. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Church steward Richard D. Blake, the Rev. John A. Woods and Trustee Elizabeth Hill in front of the newly built Bethel A.M.E. Church at 900 Plum St. in Ann Arbor in December 1972. The cornerstone for the new church, which had been located at 632 N. Fourth Ave. since 1891, was laid as part of a dedication ceremony. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A fight between two men in a moving car led to a crash in downtown Ann Arbor in January 1973 with the out-of-control car jumping the curb and crashing into the Pretzel Bell Restaurant at 120 E. Liberty St. As the men fought, a gun also discharged, knocking out one of the car's windows. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ann Arbor 1st Ward voters apply for ballots at the Michigan League on the University of Michigan campus in April 1973. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ted Grenier creates a headdress in Community High School's Practical Art Program in April 1973. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Marie Kelly works on a blanket in Community High School's Practical Art Program in April 1973. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Herb David and Bruce Bartman work on a guitar in Community High School's Practical Art Program, April 1973. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ann Arbor Mayor James Stephenson appears shocked after narrowly avoiding getting splashed with a cherry pie thrown by an audience member during a chaotic meeting in July 1973 as City Council voted 7-4 along party lines to repeal the city's lenient $5 fine marijuana law in favor of stricter penalties. Republicans declared it was time to end Ann Arbor’s reputation as “dope capital of the Midwest," while Democrats and Human Rights Party council members argued the law should be retained as a first step toward marijuana legalization. City voters later reinstated it. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Pun Plamondon of the Rainbow People's Party addresses the Ann Arbor City Council during a public hearing on the city's marijuana law in July 1973. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Imogene Cole, who identified herself as a 49-year-old ex-prostitute from Hawaii, speaks vehemently against repealing Ann Arbor's lenient marijuana ordinance at a City Council meeting in July 1973. She wore a button supporting legalized prostitution and held up what she said was a marijuana cigarette. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The Masonic Temple on Fourth Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor in July 1973. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Interior lodge room of the Masonic Temple in downtown Ann Arbor in July 1973. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Mayor James Stephenson, left, and Parks Superintendent George Owers, right, welcome City Administrator Sylvester Murray on his first day on the job in August 1973. Murray was Inkster's city manager before coming to Ann Arbor. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Fountains and flowers decorate the main court of Ann Arbor's new Briarwood Mall in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. The court includes a rest area and geometric pool. The white square blocks at sides of the court eventually would be removed and replaced with storefronts of specialty shops. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A look inside Ann Arbor's new Briarwood Mall during construction in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A look inside Ann Arbor's new Briarwood Mall during construction in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A look inside Ann Arbor's new Briarwood Mall during construction in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Construction at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The JCPenney department store at Ann Arbor's new Briarwood Mall in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The Sears department store at Ann Arbor's new Briarwood Mall in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A two-story Hudson's store under construction at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in September 1973 as the new mall was set to open in October with the Sears and JCPenney department stores as its initial anchor tenants. Hudson's opened in 1974. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Construction at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in September 1973, days ahead of the mall's Oct. 3 opening. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The crowd at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival at the Otis Spann Memorial Field next to Huron High School on Fuller Road in September 1973. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The crowd at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival at the Otis Spann Memorial Field next to Huron High School on Fuller Road in September 1973. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The crowd at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival at the Otis Spann Memorial Field next to Huron High School on Fuller Road in September 1973. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Steven J. Creps, 19, of Milan, receives keys to his "new sleigh" for Christmas in December 1973, a white 1971 Gremlin, from Walter Stein, regional sales manager for Interwoven Socks, while Ed Sanchez, men's buyer for Kline's Department Store, looks on. Creps, who registered at Kline's, won the auto in a nationwide contest sponsored by Interwoven. Eck Stanger | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A customer weighs out a purchase of beans at the People's Food Co-Op in Ann Arbor in September 1974. The co-op started at 215 S. State St. in February 1971 before moving six months later to a larger location at 802 S. State St. to meet increasing demand, then again in October 1972 to a house at 722 Packard St. where it stayed for 13 years. The co-op opened a second location on Fourth Avenue in 1975. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org From left, Ann Arbor City Council candidates Mary Richman and Kathy Kozachenko discuss 2nd Ward issues in March 1974, ahead of Kozachenko becoming the first openly gay person elected to public office in the United States that April. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Streakers on the University of Michigan campus attract a crowd in front of Nickels Arcade on State Street in March 1974. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Community High nameplate is put up at 401 N. Division, April 1974. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ann Arbor's sesquicentennial tree planting in 1974 as the town turned 150. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Trumpet player Harry James performs a concert at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in May 1974, seven months after the mall's opening. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Kline's Department Store's annual "Bargain Days" sale on Ann Arbor's Main Street in July 1974. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Douglas Crary in Ann Arbor's Sesquicentennial Office in December 1974. A former University of Michigan geography professor who served on City Council in the 1960s, he chaired the Ann Arbor Sesquicentennial Commission in 1974. Crary Park was donated to the city in 2007 by the Crary family after his death. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Media specialist Chris Crockett helps a student in Community High's new media center, April 1975. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A showing of support for Gay Pride Week at Ann Arbor's city hall in June 1975. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A showing of support for Gay Pride Week at Ann Arbor's city hall in June 1975. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ventriloquist Joelene Piatt and her dummy, Rusty Nails, talk to Wiley Brownlee about diplomas they received at Community High's commencement exercises in June 1975. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ned Duke, owner of Mr. Flood's Party at 120 W. Liberty St., waters plantings in one of two new stone boxes in front of his downtown Ann Arbor bar in July 1975. His first attempt to build a sidewalk planter failed because a permit wasn't obtained. Following unheeded warnings to stop the work, city officials used a front-end loader to scoop the box away. Duke then went to City Council for approval, but council said no after learning the city would be responsible for any accidents caused by the planter. A second try convinced council to grant the permit. With Duke, from left, are Pat Grammatico, who did the stone work, John Cruz and Carol Bernstein. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Downtown Ann Arbor's Masonic Temple on Fourth Avenue is demolished to make way for the Federal Building development in September 1975. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Downtown Ann Arbor's Masonic Temple on Fourth Avenue is demolished to make way for the Federal Building development in September 1975. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ann Arbor Sun managing editor David Fenton and Washtenaw County Commissioner Catherine McClary, D-Ann Arbor, at city hall for the Sun's marijuana giveaway drawing on Jan. 24, 1975, with the winner to receive a pound of high-grade "Colombian Gold." Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ann Arbor Sun managing editor David Fenton and Washtenaw County Commissioner Catherine McClary, D-Ann Arbor, at city hall for the Sun's marijuana giveaway drawing on Jan. 24, 1975, with the winner to receive a pound of high-grade "Colombian Gold." Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Albert and Emma Wheeler on election night in Ann Arbor in April 1975. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Democrat Albert Wheeler, Ann Arbor's first Black mayor, reviews the latest election returns in April 1975 when he ousted Republican James Stephenson. After Stephenson won a three-way race with less than a majority in 1973, the left-wing Human Rights Party spearheaded a campaign to get city voters to OK ranked-choice voting. With the new system in 1975, alleviating concerns about liberals splitting their votes between Human Rights and Democratic Party candidates, Stephenson was the first choice of 49% of voters, while 40% chose Wheeler and 11% chose Carol Ernst of the Human Rights Party. That meant Ernst was eliminated, and those who voted for Ernst saw their votes transfer to their second choice, which gave Wheeler the win by a slim margin of 121 votes out of nearly 30,000 ballots cast. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Secretary Jackie Booker works at her desk outside Mayor Albert Wheeler's office at Ann Arbor's city hall in August 1975. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Famous artist Andy Warhol smiles during a book signing at Ann Arbor's Centicore Bookstore on Maynard Street in September 1975. He was there promoting his new book "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)." Richard Walker | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Middle schoolers Jerry Bush, John Mayleben and Jim Mayleben attend an after-school computer class at Community High School, March 1976. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Shakey Jake Woods performs on the streets of Ann Arbor in June 1976. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Enthusiastic pot smokers react to the camera with peace signs and raised joints and fists during the sixth-annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash marijuana festival on the University of Michigan Diag in April 1977. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Police scuffle with an Ann Arbor Hash Bash attendee on the University of Michigan Diag in April 1977. Police estimated the sixth-annual marijuana festival attracted about 3,000 people, some as young as 11, and five adults were arrested while many juveniles were turned over to the custody of their parents. "There was a little bit of everything out there besides marijuana," said Police Chief Walter Krasny. "We've been getting reports that there was some hard drug traffic going on and we've picked up a number of people pushing pills. All I know is that our men have been writing a lot of tickets for violation of the marijuana ordinance." Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Attendees share joints at the sixth-annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash marijuana festival on the University of Michigan Diag in April 1977. Police searched young people believed to be juveniles, and amid chants of "Down with the pigs" and "You're the joke of April Fool's," officers led away some people using alcohol and smoking marijuana. Street musician Shaky Jake was reportedly among those present for the occasion. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org "They can't stop our spring Hash Bash," reads a sign carried by a rally-goer in front of the Hatcher Graduate Library during the Ann Arbor Hash Bash in April 1977. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A crowd of thousands on the University of Michigan Diag for the sixth-annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash marijuana festival in April 1977, as an estimated 50 to 60 police officers were in attendance, making arrests and issuing citations under the city's civil-infraction marijuana law. City Council hopeful William Wilcox of the Socialist Human Rights Party, who was reportedly arrested for obstruction after asking police why another person was arrested instead of given a $5 ticket, said police handled the event with "arrogance, brutality and intimidation." Police said they were just trying to keep order and enforce the law. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Albert Wheeler toasts campaign supporters at the Ann Arbor Inn after winning the mayoral election by one vote in April 1977. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org A cake train baked by Community High School students has a car for each member of the school faculty and staff, May 12, 1977. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Community High School students bury a time capsule for the Community High Class of 2012, June 1977. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The Sugar Bin Bakery building at Main and Liberty streets in July 1977 during a $1-million renovation to make way for an upstairs racquetball club. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org People fill their plates during Community High School's multi-ethnic Thanksgiving dinner, Nov. 24, 1977. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Briarwood Mall's Santa Claus talks to children sitting on his lap in December 1977. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org University of Michigan students party and play football on the Diag in Ann Arbor during a blizzard in January 1978. Larry E. Wright | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Shoveling away a heavy snow outside the Kiddie Land toy store on Main Street in February 1978. Larry E. Wright | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Don Botsford, owner of the Ann Arbor Gymkhana at 415 S. Maple Road, works on his model of a new fitness facility in April 1978. Larry Wright | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Students in the hallway of Community High School, 1978. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Computer class at Community High School, 1978. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Ezra Rowry, former president of the local Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chapter in Ann Arbor, in July 1978. "When people ask me today about progress around here, I'd have to say I see no progress," he said of race relations in Ann Arbor. "Just look at housing. The real estate people have figured a way to go around open housing and the people running the city — the whites — aren't doing a damn thing about it." Larry E. Wright | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org An overhead view of Ann Arbor’s Street Art Fair in July 1978. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org An ice cream eating contest hosted by Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in September 1978. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Community High School's Youth Theatre program, October 1978. Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Wayne Kramer reviews Ann Arbor history by looking through past editions of The Ann Arbor News in December 1978 when the former MC5 guitarist was back in Ann Arbor with a new group. Cecil Lockard | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Centicore Bookstore owners Jim and Adrienne Rudolph look over the last batch of books as their stores were set to close after 17 years in business on Maynard Street and South University Avenue in March 1979. Larry E. Wright | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org After a car smashed into the railings of Ann Arbor's Wall Street bridge, workers Pierce and Bud Patton weld the damaged section in March 1979. Jack Stubbs | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden in Ann Arbor for their Campaign for Economic Democracy tour in October 1979. Hayden was a leader of activist group Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Michigan in the 1960s, known for an influential political manifesto called the Port Huron Statement and credited with changing the United States political landscape by promoting participatory democracy. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org The interior of Drake's Sandwich Shop at 709 N. University Ave. in Ann Arbor in November 1979. Truman and Mildred Tibbals had been operating the shop across from the University of Michigan main campus since 1929. Rows of candy in glass jars, exotic teas, ice cream, sandwiches and soup were featured attractions. Larry E. Wright | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Fans wait for tickets to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in December 1979. Trekkies began lining up an hour early for the first showing of the long-awaited film at 10 a.m. George Christman, a University of Michigan computer programmer, started the Star Trek Association for Revival in the 1970s, leading a national campaign to keep Star Trek going. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News archives courtesy of OldNews.AADL.org Fans wait for tickets to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall in December 1979. Trekkies began lining up an hour early for the first showing of the long-awaited film at 10 a.m. George Christman, a University of Michigan computer programmer, started the Star Trek Association for Revival in the 1970s, leading a national campaign to keep Star Trek going. 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Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are getting some serious heat after the “Deadpool” star described the two of them as “very working class.” (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are getting some serious heat after the “Deadpool” star described the two of them as “very working class”. Critics were swift to point out the comment does not apply to his spouse, who grew up in a family of working actors and began her own lucrative on-screen career as a teen. Reynolds, 48, made the remark in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter while discussing how he and Lively, 37, are raising their four children: James, 10, Inez, 8, Betty, 5, and Olin, 1. “We try to give them as normal a life as possible. I try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife’s childhood,” Reynolds said. “We both grew up very working class, and I remember when they were very young, I used to say or think, like, ‘Oh, God, I would never have had a gift like this when I was a kid’ or ‘I never would’ve had this luxury of getting takeout.’ Then I realised that that’s not really their bag of rocks to carry. “They’re already very much in touch with gratitude and understanding the world enough to have a strong sense of empathy. Those are the things that I would think [would indicate] we’re doing an OK job — if our kids can empathise with other people and other kids,” he continued. “But yes, it’s different. When I was a kid, you would just suck it up, get out of the house and be back by sundown, which I just can’t even imagine now.” Ryan Reynolds has claimed that he and wife Blake Lively come from “working class’” backgrounds — but their property portfolio tells a very different story about their current lifestyle. (Picture: Instagram/Blake Lively) Reynolds, who found unfathomable success with Deadpool and in romantic comedies like The Proposal, is reportedly worth more than $300 million, partly because he has diversified his business interests to include other industries like vodka distribution and the ownership of a European football team. The Deadpool star was soon blasted for his “out-of-touch” statement, with critics calling attention to Lively’s upbringing, which many would consider to be very privileged. The “It Ends With Us” star grew up in the entertainment world and has been described by some as a “nepo baby.” Her father, Ernie Lively, an actor and director who died in 2021, reportedly cast her in his directorial project, “Sandman,” at the age of 10. Meanwhile, her mother, Elaine, was a talent scout. Her parents and siblings have all reportedly worked in the entertainment industry. While Lively was attending Burbank High School, her brother’s talent agent is said to have sent her on several auditions, through which she ultimately landed a role in the hit movie “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” at the age of 16. As for Reynolds, his upbringing in Canada appears to have been much more humble than his wife’s. His late father was a cop, and his mother worked in retail. These days, the successful showbiz couple boast an incredible shared fortune that is estimated to be worth upward of $350 million — and they have a swanky real estate portfolio to boot, having snapped up two dynamically different homes during their marriage: a country estate in Pound Ridge, New York, and a chic Tribeca loft in New York City. Serene surroundings The couple own a stunning property in upstate New York, where Reynolds is seen posing with his mother, Tammy. (Picture: Instagram/Blake Lively) When in need of country life away from the bustling city, the family can escape to their suburban home in Westchester County, about an hour’s drive from Manhattan. The upscale area is popular with celebrities: Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere, and Mike Myers have all lived here. It’s also not too far from Martha Stewart‘s 153-acre farm in Bedford, NY. Apparently, the domestic maven wasn’t impressed when introduced, calling the “Deadpool & Wolverine” star “not so funny” in real life. According to property records, the two picked up the Pound Ridge estate for $5.7 million (A$9.1m) in 2012 — the same year they married. Built in 1860, the seven-bedroom mansion offers 705.5 sqm of living space. The 12-acre parcel appears to have a converted barn on the premises, as well as stone walls, a stocked pond, and orchards. While no photos of the ultra-private property are available, a shot from Reynolds’ Instagram account with his mum gives a sense of the graphite exteriors of the charming property. Chic in the city They also own a picture-perfect apartment in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood. (Picture: Instagram/Blake Lively) The dwelling is located inside a paparazzi-proof building. (Picture: Realtor.com) When Reynolds and Lively want a date night, or head to events like the Met Gala, they can crash at their lavish pied-à-terre. It’s also where the “Gossip Girl” alum flaunts her fashion-forward wardrobe on Instagram, and from those pretty pics, we’ve gotten a peek of the rustic-cool spaces. According to multiple reports, the couple have a stylish condo in an haute Tribeca building. It’s a celebrity hot spot, as it’s been home to Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lawrence, and Harry Styles, among others. Once a 19th-century book bindery, the building was converted into luxe residences with unique character. It now offers 53 loft-style homes and eight penthouses. Offering the “highest degree of service,” the building also provides on-site, 24/7 staff. Lively and Reynolds must love the history combined with the convenience of the paparazzi-proof building, where units cost anything from $6 million (A$9.6m) to $50 million (A$80m). We don’t know specifically which unit they picked, but they had an option of a variety of spaces, including a loft or penthouse. Units inside the apartment can cost anywhere between A$9.6m to A$80m. Custom kitchens designed by Christopher Peacock are encased in wood and fluted glass cabinetry with 2-inch-thick Calacatta marble on the kitchen islands. Primary baths feature slabs of marble behind a freestanding tub, radiant floor heating, and a glass-enclosed rain shower with a built-in bench. Residents also enjoy an indoor pool, fitness centre, wine lockers, and other high-end amenities. And paparazzi-averse residents can enter the building through a private garage, another huge perk.