Sad news for fans of Targa Newfoundland

We lost a good one a couple of days ago.

Tom Silver, whose 1965 Mustang was always a top attraction at Targa Newfoundland and at other vintage car rallies across North America, has passed away, following a bout with cancer.

I still can't make hyperlinks work in this blogging software, but if you cut-and-paste the following into your browser, it should take you to his obituary in the Duluth (Minnesota) News Tribune. If you wish, you can register on that site and post a comment which I assume his family will eventually see.

*** http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/117368/&ct=ga&cd=kD3a3hF-Gkw&usg=AFQjCNHGn3RACjkDlhGwiywZ-7V8_w6xWg" ***

Tom was a wonderful gentleman, a tough but fair competitor, and truly represented the spirit that events like Targa Newfoundland - and all classic car rallies - strive to exhibit.

He will be missed.

Comments

[John Betmanis]

Jim, your blog truncated the link, but by going to the page source, I got the whole thing. http://tinyurl.com/c4q97v

[Jim]

Hi John:

Thanks, but I don't understand what's going on here!

What I included in the blog entry is EXACTLY (cut-and-paste) what I got in the the e-mail which told me about Tom's passing.

When I click on that link in the e-mail it goes straight to the obituary on the newspaper's web site.

But - like you - when I cut-and-pasted it back into my browser, it no longer works! (It did the first time I tested it...).

Strange...

Anyway, if you figure out what the correct code is please let me know!

Thanks,

Jim Kenzie