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Jack Daniels’ son is Jim Beam

GRAY, La.

A man named after whiskey has named his son for bourbon.

Thirty-one-year-old Jack Daniels Leathers of Gray says he and his 23-year-old wife, Lydia Leathers, chose the name well before their marriage.

He tells The Courier they talked about baby names on their first date and thought Jim Beam would be a good idea.

Jim Beam Leathers was born Nov. 14, turning grandparental pique into tradition. Jack Daniels Leathers says his parents named him to upset their parents.

He says that if they have another baby, a boy will be Evan Williams after the bourbon and a girl would be named Sherry.

The alcoholic names extended to the Terrebonne Parish judge who officiated at their wedding: Judge Johnny Walker.

Man in a kayak helps nab suspected mail thief

SAMMAMISH, Wash.

A fast-paddling good Samaritan in a kayak helped deputy sheriffs in Washington state nab a suspected Christmas mail thief.

Q13 reports deputies received multiple calls last Wednesday morning that a man and a woman were going through mailboxes around the town of Sammamish.

While deputies were on their way, residents spotted a car filled with mail and used their cars to block it in.

The suspected mail thieves ran off, and one was caught immediately. The other fled into a nearby pond with a kayak he grabbed out of a yard.

A resident grabbed his own kayak, caught up to the suspect and persuaded him to return to shore, where he was arrested.

The sheriff’s office says the suspect didn’t get very far because he was using his hands to paddle.

Kayaker with Charlie Brown cutout rescued on pond

EASTHAMPTON, Mass.

Massachusetts fire officials came to the rescue of a capsized kayaker who may have been trying to install a Charlie Brown cutout on a raft that holds a Christmas tree at the center of a pond.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports that Easthampton firefighters rescued the man at about Dec. 22 as he was clinging to the raft.

Fire Chief David Mottor says a 3-foot-tall cutout depicting the likeness of cartoon character Charlie Brown was found in his kayak.

Mottor says a practical joke isn’t worth losing a life. He says the water temperature was in the low 40s, cold enough to cause hypothermia.

Police say the man likely will not be charged.

Associated Press