A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park most likely died from plague contracted while performing a necropsy on a mountain lion that later tested positive for the disease. Eric York, 37, who worked in the park’s cougar-collaring program, became ill on Oct. 30 and called in sick for a couple of days before being
A man was killed in Tustin by falling into a wood-chipper. The tree service worker, identified as a Gabriel Gonzales-Ferrer, “was standing at the back end of the chipper, throwing branches into it with his co-workers nearby, said Sgt. Pat Welch of the Tustin Police Dept. “One of them looked over, and he was gone.
Top distance runner Ryan Shay died during the U.S. men’s Olympic marathon trials Saturday after collapsing about 5 1/2 miles into the race. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:46 a.m.. He was 28. Read the story from AP here.
The L. A. Times reported on Friday that a couple in Escondido narrowly escaped with their lives when a fire engulfed their home. How they escaped their doom was amazing. “With no time to escape, Roger and his wife, Dena, did the only thing they could think of to survive: They jumped into their swimming
Solomon Grundy Died and Went to…?
For homeschool, my daughters read this classic poem from an unknown author, which is actually a riddle. I asked my 8-year-old a very important question afterward. Read the poem to see if your answer is the same as her’s.
SOLOMON GRUNDY
Solomon Grundy,
Born on Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end
of Solomon Grundy.
The question I asked my daughter: Did Solomon Grundy go to Heaven or Hell? What’s your answer? Click to read my daughter’s answer. And find out why it is possible for a “Solomon Grundy” to live all this in one week.
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