Watch out While Hiking

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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Roller Coaster Accident

I was reading through some of my subscribed rss email feeds and ran across Lancerlord’s Site which he talked about a coaster accident at Six Flags Georgia.

After reading the article I wonder why people disregard the warning signs.  They are posted for a reason.

So 2 teens decided to jump 2 fences, I repeat 2 fences to get what witness’ say was a hat that he lost during the ride.  The Batman coaster was still operating and struck the boy at 50 mph. decapitating him.  The other teen was not injured.  He was there with his parents and part of the Oakey Spring Baptist Church near Springfield, S.C.

My prayers go out to his family for this tragedy but come on, 2 fences and various signs that say Do Enter…

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Sad Accidental News x 2

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.

Opening Night

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!!!

Felon Blows Up Self

An interesting news story came about while up here in Seattle and it’s pretty shocking.

Looks like a registered sex offender came home last night close to midnight with a duffle bag full of explosive bombs. Neighbors heard some heavy metal music and then BOOM.!!!! The top floor of the house blew off…

Zane Dittman, 26, of course is in pieces.

Listening to King5 (Local Media) they were interviewing the person that rented out the house to Dittman, and said that more kids may not be touched now and this death will benefit the community.. NICE..!!!

The link below carries the entire story…
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15888836/detail.html

Update:
Picture of Zane