Small-town news, Big-town people
I am back from a road trip which I shall never forget. A trip involving Napa Valley, Lake Tahoe, San Fran, LA, San Diego, Orange County, Tijuana (Mexico), the Mojave desert, Death Valley and Las Vegas. I will not recount the trip in excruciating detail but there was one little pit-stop in rural Southern California which I must blog about.
We were driving from Vegas to San Fran via the Death Valley. We had a crazed driver who believed that an appropriate speed for an SUV with 6 people was a 105 miles per hour. We had just passed through the Death Valley and we had stopped for fuel in a county so unimportant I don’t even remember its name.
I was at a nearby shop buying myself something to eat when I noticed this local newspaper. The front page had two top stories which were rather quaint and unique and I felt merited a place on my blog.
Renowned Vet in Intensive Care
Robert Langley, the renowned and much-loved veterinarian was injured in an automobile accident yesterday. Robert was driving to a client when he was hit by a speeding truck with 3 occupants. All the 3 occupants of the other truck are currently in stable condition. Robert’s vehicle, however, took the brunt of the impact and both his dogs, who always travel with him, were killed on the spot. Robert is in the Hanover medical hospital and is currently in critical condition.
The good doctor is well-loved and respected all across the county. We are in constant contact with his family and you can send us messages which we will forward to his wife. Our prayers and wishes are with Robert and his family.
The Golden Retriever
We have all seen those machines at Walmart in which you drop in a quarter and try and pick up a doll using a grappling hook. Well, if you ever see a tall blonde teenager surrounded by a bunch of kids next to one of these machines, you just saw Scott Colden.
Scott happens to be a toy-retrieval genius. He manages to pry out a doll more than 7 times out of 10. Scott’s parents used to leave him next to a machine with a bunch of quarters to distract him while they did their shopping. What started out as an idle pastime turned into an obsession and Scott became an expert at the game.
Scott uses his gift whenever he gets a chance. You often see him helping kids out when they are playing at the machine. He regularly uses his pocket money to collect these toys and then ships them out to people in need. When Katrina hit, Scott spent days extracting more than a thousand toys and then shipped them to victims of the disaster. Scott works at the Staples on Broad Street and his dream is to become a fire-fighter.
We were driving from Vegas to San Fran via the Death Valley. We had a crazed driver who believed that an appropriate speed for an SUV with 6 people was a 105 miles per hour. We had just passed through the Death Valley and we had stopped for fuel in a county so unimportant I don’t even remember its name.
I was at a nearby shop buying myself something to eat when I noticed this local newspaper. The front page had two top stories which were rather quaint and unique and I felt merited a place on my blog.
Renowned Vet in Intensive Care
Robert Langley, the renowned and much-loved veterinarian was injured in an automobile accident yesterday. Robert was driving to a client when he was hit by a speeding truck with 3 occupants. All the 3 occupants of the other truck are currently in stable condition. Robert’s vehicle, however, took the brunt of the impact and both his dogs, who always travel with him, were killed on the spot. Robert is in the Hanover medical hospital and is currently in critical condition.
The good doctor is well-loved and respected all across the county. We are in constant contact with his family and you can send us messages which we will forward to his wife. Our prayers and wishes are with Robert and his family.
The Golden Retriever
We have all seen those machines at Walmart in which you drop in a quarter and try and pick up a doll using a grappling hook. Well, if you ever see a tall blonde teenager surrounded by a bunch of kids next to one of these machines, you just saw Scott Colden.
Scott happens to be a toy-retrieval genius. He manages to pry out a doll more than 7 times out of 10. Scott’s parents used to leave him next to a machine with a bunch of quarters to distract him while they did their shopping. What started out as an idle pastime turned into an obsession and Scott became an expert at the game.
Scott uses his gift whenever he gets a chance. You often see him helping kids out when they are playing at the machine. He regularly uses his pocket money to collect these toys and then ships them out to people in need. When Katrina hit, Scott spent days extracting more than a thousand toys and then shipped them to victims of the disaster. Scott works at the Staples on Broad Street and his dream is to become a fire-fighter.
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