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• Elvis Priestley
• Wayward Pigeon

   Week of January 18, 2004

They love him in the Great White North ... especially on Sundays.

Dorian Baxter is an ordained priest in an Anglican Church called "Christ The King, Graceland," where he’s best known as the Elvis preacher.

Click for audio Ace asks Dorian Baxter if he wears his Elvis getup in the pulpit.

'The Elvis preacher' in a production of 'Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'Dorian Baxter
Dorian's website is ElvisPriestley.com.


Some call him Billy ... others know him as Tony Blair.

It's the wayward pigeon who, in a race from France to England, wound up 12 days late and 3,500 miles off course.

Yep, Joe Ida found the bird in his pigeon coop in Staten Island, New York City!

What a bird ... and what a story!

Click for audio Joe Ida tells Ace about finding the wayward pigeon in his flock.

Experts theorize Billy/Tony might have been chased off course by a bird of prey ... and he probably rested on various boats on his trip across the Atlantic.

Joe Ida and the wayward pigeon
We’re now happy to report that our wayward pigeon is finally back at his home roost in Bootle, England.



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