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Thursday, November 12, 2026Nov 12

Cook: Laughing all the way to the Southside

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photo David Cook

I hope you read about this idea and faint with delight. Laugh and not stop. Like you just won the Super Bowl and are headed to Disney. Like the Sullivan Show crowds that greeted the Beatles. That kind of joy.

“We’re going to raise $700,000 and give it away,” said the Rev. Bob Leopold.

Give away $700,000?

With no strings attached?

To almost anyone who asks?