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...series Big Love. But to many locals, the Blackmores are simply folks with whom they've lived, worked and done business for as long as anyone can remember. "I think you have a smaller subsection of the community that is really offended by this notion of polygamy," says Lorne Eckersley, 54, publisher of the newspaper The Advance, based in the nearby town of Creston. "But I think in the broader community, they are just our neighbors, and the attitude has been, We don't always agree with them, but they are people...
According to Eckersley, the prosecution may have opted to press the charge of polygamy because it is the most winnable strategy. Analysts contend that in the absence of plaintiffs or cooperative witnesses, charges of sexual abuse are unlikely to stick. But Eckersley is no more hopeful at the prospect of a successful polygamy prosecution, saying, "There is a strong sense in the legal community this law won't stand up in court." The case is likely to languish in the legal system for years, allowing Bountiful and its way of life to live on. For Bountiful's defenders, this reality...
...surprise that 421 out of the 506 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America named Eckersley for induction into Cooperstown on January 6. Eckersley is only the third primarily relief pitcher to be elected to the Hall of Fame, following Rollie Fingers and Hoyt Wilhelm. In a week in which Pete Rose stole the headlines in order to try to gain his own election to Cooperstown, Eckersley’s sterling character provides a wonderful contrast...
...many ways, Eckersley spurred my life-long love of baseball and sports in general, and he was able to make a very difficult year in the lives of myself and my family somehow more bearable. For that I will be forever grateful...
...remains humble and selfless. He should not only be recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame but also by humanity at large for what a remarkable human being he is. When Eckersley is finally enshrined in Cooperstown this summer, fifteen years after he did for me what no one ever could have predicted, I will be there to thank him and to cheer him on in his greatest honor...