Bellevue soldier dies on Thanksgiving

Friday November 23 2007, 6:34am
BELLEVUE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Martin of Bellevue lost his battle to live on Thanksgiving Day.
Martin, 33, was injured when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb Nov. 9 while serving his third tour in Iraq. He suffered critical injuries from the blast that left him in a medically-induced coma in a German hospital while surgeons attempted to repair the damage.
Martin, a platoon leader for the 101st Airborne Division based in Fort Campbell, Ky., worked in air assault. He returned for his third tour in Iraq, despite getting wounded while serving his second tour. He received a Purple Heart after a roadside bomb injured the tendons in one arm.

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Dolly Parton Leads Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Dolly Parton will take her new single "Better Get to Livin'" to the streets of New York City when she kicks off the 2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November. 22.Dolly will be on the lead float to perform the song live and on television during the morning parade. "Better Get to Livin'" is the first single from Backwoods Barbie, her first mainstream country album in more than 17 years due out February 5. She wrote nine of the songs for the album and produced the CD with bandleader and guitarist Kent Wells."I've always dreamed of doing the Macy's parade," Dolly said. "I guess I don't get to watch it this year though...I'll have to tape it!"Dolly plans to tour in the U.S. starting in February, then hitting Europe in the summer before returning to the U.S. for dates expected into December 2008.In other news, Dolly's stage version of the 1980 film 9 to 5, will have its world premiere September 21, 2008, at the Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

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