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Today is Sunday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2021. There are 82 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:

>>On Oct. 10, 2014, Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, and Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an education and to live free from abuse.

ON THIS DATE: >>In 1845, the U.S. Naval

Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland.

>>In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.

>>In 1935, the George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-Black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.

>>In 1957, the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7, 5-0.

>>In 1962, President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing.

>>In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his offi ce.

>>In 1985, U.S. fi ghter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody. Actor-director Orson Welles died in Los Angeles at age 70; actor Yul Brynner died in New York at age 65.

>>In 1997, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jody Williams, were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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total for so early in the season for that

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EXTREMESAverage temp .................................. 70Normal high .................................... 82 Normal low ...................................... 57 Today’s recordsRecord high ........................ 100 in 1979Record low ...........................33 in 1976

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Ruidoso:Partly cloudy.

High 76. low 50.

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SUN & MOONSunrise today: ...................... 7:48 a.m.Sunset tonight: ..................... 7:25 p.m.Moonrise: .............................. 10:11 a.m.Moonset: .................................9:11 p.m.

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COURTESY PHOTOS

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin STEM Academys second graduating class on Oct. 1, were welcomed by Professor Chris Stanley with UTPB. Stanley came to campus for the second year in a row to register seniors that would be eligible to vote in the November election. Students completed their paperwork and received a receipt acknowledging their enrollment in the voter rolls. The students discussed amongst themselves about the adult responsibility associated with voting. Visit utpbstemacademy.org.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ODESSA HUMANE SOCIETY

Goldie, a 7-month-old female Shar Pei mix, Bart, a 6-month-old male kitten, need to be adopted into a good home. To adopt Goldie or any of the other pets at the Humane Society of Odessa, stop by 7012 Mockingbird Lane, call 432-257-4311 visit www.odessahumanesociety.org or leave a message at facebook.com/humanesocietyofodessa/. The Humane Society of Odessa is a no-kill pet adoption shelter, and all their pets require spay/neuter contract along with an adoption application. Adoption fees for pets start at $75.

Chopin portrait bought at fl ea market is from

19th centuryTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WARSAW, POLAND A peel-ing portrait of Frederic Chopin purchased at a fl ea market in Poland hung modestly in a private house for almost three decades before an expert dated the painting to the 19th cen-tury, when the Polish piano composer lived.

Now restored and in a gilded frame, the small painting resides in a bank vault somewhere in eastern Poland while its owners ne-gotiate their next steps, in-cluding a public exhibit.

News of the artwork’s existence broke this week as Warsaw hosted the 18th Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, an interna-

tional event known for launching the careers of world-class pianists. The competition runs through Oct. 23.

Nicolaus Copernicus University professor Dari-usz Markowski, the art expert who examined and restored the portrait last year, says it has signifi cant historic and emotional value, but he refrained from estimating what it might sell for.

The painting measures 11.5 inches by 9 inches. Using advanced methods, Markowski timed its cre-ation to the mid-19th cen-tury based on the materials and pigments used, and the extent of the ageing and damage.