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Tour de Stooges T-shirt brings joy

Jim Mashek, a sports columnist for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, Miss., no longer has a home thanks to Hurricane Katrina but he does have the finest in Tour de Stooges wear. When Mashek heard about the ride he insisted on having a T-shirt. The FedEx package that came the next day brought a big grin to this homeless Stooge. "Can I get one of those T's," Mashek asked? "Why soit-en-ly," he was told. In fact, "pick two!"

That was the cutline information I received from Brad Weisenstein on Thursday night hours after Sun Herald sports columnist Jim Mashek received his Tour de Stooges T-shirt. FedEx picked up the package about 6 p.m. Wednesday, and the shirt was in Jim's hands Thursday morning. I really was amazed Jim got his shirt that quickly, given the situation around Biloxi and Gulfport.

"He was ecstatic. He was so freakin' happy, he couldn't believe it," Brad said in a message he left on my answering machine.

As I mentioned yesterday, a Tour de Stooges shirt seemed insignicant, considering how many necessities -- food, water, building materials, etc. -- are needed.

But not to Jim.

"That was the happiest I've seen him since I've been down here," Brad said during a phone conversation Thursday afternoon. "And that's real important right now."

Roger 0 comments 2:32 AM