• For the moment, accused Sheldon killer Brian Garrett still mentally unfit
to stand trial.

• Former Herscher area residents Helen Nethercutt, her son Travis Richards
and her daughter-in-law Christi will all be part of the 121st annual Rose
Bowl festivities in Pasadena this New Year’s Day. This year, the back seat
of their car will be occupied by grand marshal Capt. Chesley “Sully”
Sullenberger, the pilot who engineered the “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency
landing.

• It seems most folks have made a resolution not to make any more New Year’s
resolutions. The Daily Journal conducted an informal poll and found only
about half of us are ready to talk about lifestyle changes for 2010.