
Jim Svehla holds a 1936 All-Star Game ball signed by Lou Gehrig that he found among his late father's belongings. He wants to get it authenticated and then sold. (Mary F. Calvert/Special to The Washington Times)

Friends and relatives carry Steve Sall's body to a grave at the White Eagle Memorial Preserve, a natural burial ground outside Goldendale, Wash. Sall, who died from complications from Lou Gehrig's disease, chose to be buried in this private forest. (Associated Press)