Back in my home state (Washington) last weekend a pretty tragic accident happened.  One boy (14) and one adult were out bear hunting.  And before I go on, I will just state for the record that there is no law against a 14 year old that hunts and it is legal in this area for bear hunting.

Now Pamela Almli (54) was hiking with a friend around 10:30am last Saturday.  Pamela stopped on the trail (which according to the reports was a very popular hiking area) and bent over to put something into her backpack.  Then this accident took place.  The 14 year old boy mistakenly thought it was a bear and fired a fatal shot.

I can’t imagine what both families are feeling or thinking right now.
Just a horrible accident.

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Checking in to see if there was any new info about the shooting up in Kent, Washington that was by the Kent Cornucopia Days Festival.

Now the Kent Police are looking into possible gang ties for the shooting.  They had another incident where they found another young man shot in the neck in Renton which they think he was shot while trying to retaliate for the earlier shooting..  Just crazy..  Renton is my old home town..!!!

Here is part of the article:

“There were about 20 people, plus 10 to 15 customers in there when the shooting happened, so it was a pretty busy place at that moment,” Kent police spokesman Paul Peterson said.

About two hours later, at 9:40 p.m., an 18-year-old man stumbled into a convenience store parking lot near the Renton Transit Center and collapsed from a gunshot wound to the neck, Renton police said.

Click the link below to read the new article about this..

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Some days around here I have to wonder how people got their drivers license. People tend to float, speed, drive erratic, etc. It’s pretty crazy. Now, some days traffic is nice and just flows along without any issues. Now Fridays are something else all together. Fridays can either be mellow or look like something was just unleashed from hell or somewhere in between.

In fact just the other day on the morning commute some guy just about side swiped me without even looking. Maybe with all the craziness I should look into some cheap life insurance so my family is protected in case one day someone takes me out. lol A good point to bring up is the Fort Worth Police chase last night that nbc5 happen to cover watching this guy rip up and down residential neighborhoods at least at 60 mph. Thank goodness no one got hurt on that chase.

Now I’m sure this could differ from city to city, but in all seriousness there are times I wonder why everyone is in such a hurry that they have to do 75+ and weave in and out of everyone.

American Airlines is now charging for all checked luggage on their flights. Something like $15 for the first bad and $25 for the second. I understand that they are losing money because of fuel prices, but aren’t we all?

I think this could be a recipe for disaster. It really could be, travelers might stop flying cause the prices are through the roof. Maybe not. Maybe this is what American Airlines thinks will make the airline profitable. For me this and the fare increases will probably delay our summer trip to see the family in Seattle, cause it’s too expensive.

Gas in Grand Prairie - A local gas station was giving away 200 prepaid $40 gas cards yesterday. But was it really worth the wait in line? For this one local woman, she showed up at 4am and when the promotion started she was one of the first 10 to get the cards. Wow 6-7 hours really? for less than a tankful of gas? I think it’s great they are doing it, but even though the gas prices are hovering around $4 per gallon here, I think 6-7 hours of my time is worth more than sitting waiting for a prepaid card worth $40.

Stars - Well they didn’t make the cut. Better luck next year. (see that is short :))

And not so local:
Colorado - Huge tornado rips up some towns and kills 1. If you haven’t seen the video your local news or CNN or pretty much anyone has, you should watch it. It’s crazy… Click the CNN link.

Early this morning I heard a heart crushing story. Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman lost his 5 year old daughter in an accident. The sad news is that the driver of the SUV was her teenage brother in their own driveway. They have not released his name, but I can’t imagine the feeling. It is so sad.

And the strange part.. East Dallas the other night, there was a similar accident. The mother went out to the store at night, so dad took his 2 kids out side and they laid down in the driveway to look at the stars. Well dad feel asleep and did not hear his wife approaching and she just came up in the driveway and ran over their 2 year old child who died.

It’s just sad and crazy. 2 accidental run-overs by family members within 2 days.

Prayers go out to both families during this time.

But this just isn’t any man. It’s Joe Barron, a minister for Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, tx. Joe who is 52 thought he was chatting online with a 13 year old and finally decided to drive 3 hours (Byran, Tx) to meet this girl. But only to meet the POLICE..!!!  Doh..!

He was released on $7,000 bail.. Wow a sex offender and only $7,000 bail ? ? ?

I guess this guy didn’t watch all those dateline shows or something.

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Here is another Friday round of local shorts. (might be something I do every Friday)

2 Pit Bulls euthanized after attacking 2 year old in Fort Worth:
The girl remains in critical condition at the hospital. Hope she makes it. The dog owners indicated that both of the dogs were female and neither one was registered or vaccinated. Great now she might have to deal with rabies to. The dogs are going to be tested.

Man killed on 360 in Arlington:
Man was stuck by a truck on Hwy 360 on an off-ramp last night around 7:45pm. They rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. He later died @ 9:35pm.

Back Itch in Fort Worth:
A guy who’s back was itching apparently grabbed the first thing he say to itch his back. Unfortunately he accidentally shot himself, lol. I guess that what happens when you stay up late drinking and playing poker. You forget your gun is loaded, haha….

FC Dallas:
FC Dallas next home game is this Sunday the 18th at Pizza Hut Park against the LA Galaxy (Hopefully Beckham plays) Currently FC Dallas is 2-2-3. Not very impressive from what I have watched so far this year.

Stars:
Stars won game 4, but are still losing the series 1-3. Game 5 is back in Detroit on Saturday at 12:30pm (ct). They better sharpen up the skills since they have to win the next 3 in a row to move on.

Cowboys:
New Stadium ticket prices were released and they start at $59 per ticket.. Wait, who really cares.. “Go Seahawks” lol

When sports teams have opening nights, or inaugural seasons, they always give things away. They like to get a good fan base and keep them coming back over and over again. I remember going to sporting events growing up and we would get cool things like hats, balls, bats, soccer balls, etc. It was so much fun and dad would always find other games so I could get free things.

Well a new team is coming to Grand Prairie and they want to get a huge fan base and they are giving away something I have never, ever seen given away before. The Grand Prairie AirHogs Baseball team is going to give away a funeral at it’s June 3rd game. Complete with a casket, headstone, services and a plot. You can be buried or cremated, your choice.

So if you live in the area and want to take a shot and winning your on funeral, good luck and don’t have a heart attack over winning it!!!

Tonight I did a little digging around some of the Memphis area news websites just to check on and see if anything else has been updated. Now I have no way of confirming this but one web site (Los Angeles) did mention that the supervisor and the dispatcher were both fired.

Now 2 other news sites didn’t mention a thing about that and just mentioned that they were still on leave.

I truthfully hope they got fired regardless if he fell asleep and zoned out. He shouldn’t have taken that long to call..

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Yeah I know I’m late reporting in, lol, but that’s OK with me. If fact, I recorded the race and just re-watched it again. Big Brown had only 3 previous starts and his 4th start was a big one. He was favored today and it showed. Could Big Brown be the next horse to win the Triple Crown? Maybe so.

However in spite of victory there is also bad news. Eight Belles after finishing second, went down while slowing down with 2 front broken ankles and they had to Euthanize the poor horse on the track. That is so sad. You hate to see that when it happens. My Uncle has a bunch of horses and I know if one of them ever had to have that done I’m sure we would be devastated, just like the current owners and trainer.

So on the sad note of Eight Belles, congrats to Big Brown on winning the Kentucky Derby by 5…

See you at the next track.