PRESIDENTIAL APPEARANCES LOOK-ALIKES AIM FOR PRIZE AT REAGAN LIBRARY.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer Lined up at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs and Museum on Sunday, the men entered in a presidential look-alike contest had visitors whipping WHIPPING, punishment. The infliction of stripes. 2. This mode of punishment, which is still practiced in some of the states, is a relict of barbarism; it has yielded in most of the middle and northern states to the penitentiary system. out cameras, eager to capture so many historical figures in one place. Defying time and space, the contestants appeared to make up a gathering of President George W. Bush with former presidents Reagan, Bill Clinton, Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Washington and more than one Abraham Lincoln. ``It's not every day you see 225 years of presidents,'' said Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident Dale King, 42, who regularly visits the library with his mother, Beverly King, 70. ``They're terrific,'' said Beverly, of Canoga Park. ``If you've never seen the originals, you'd think you'd met them.'' This year was the debut of the look-alike contest at the annual celebration of Reagan's birthday. Visitors voted on who they thought looked most like their presidential model. The winner received a seven-day trip for two to Washington, D.C. ``This event is about not only one man's presidency but about leadership,'' said Kirby Hanson, the library's director of programming. The library will mark Reagan's 90th birthday again on Tuesday. Ninety children from local schools will visit to sign a 90-foot-tall birthday card and sing in honor of the ex-president, who is still recovering from hip surgery and will not attend the event. More than 3,000 people were expected to arrive at the hilltop library throughout the day Sunday. The party also featured The Reagan Retrospective LAW, RETROSPECTIVE. A retrospective law is one that is to take effect, in point of time, before it was passed. 2. Whenever a law of this kind impairs the obligation of contracts, it is void. 3 Dall. 391. , a classic car show with antique antique. The term has been used collectively to designate classical Greek and Roman works of art, particularly sculptures; as an adjective to indicate an object, a period, or a style of ancient or early times; and as a noun, for objects of art, furniture, rugs, Rolls Royces Rolls Royce the millionaire’s vehicle. [Trademarks: Brewer Dictionary, 928] See : Luxury and Bentleys circling the library's quadlike wagons in one of the former actor's Western films. A black-and-tan 1929 Model A and a blue 1923 Buick, both originally part of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. fleets, greeted visitors at the entrance to the quad. And a red, open-cab fire engine in service with the Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. from 1948 to 1980 delighted visitors as well. Library officials said the car show was a tribute to the auto industry, a symbol of the capitalist and free-enterprise system Reagan valued so much. ``Everybody loved the man,'' said Jay Koch, who has impersonated Reagan since the summer of 1980. ``Even though they might not have voted for him, they had to respect him and what he did in office.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Look-alikes Jay Kock, above, as Ronald Reagan, Ron Long as George W. Bush and Mary Gallucci as Barbara Bush mingle with guests Sunday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which also held a classic car show Sunday, left. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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