In the news

Larry's brother, Doug, made the Akransas paper today. He lives along I40 and a truck crashed right in front of his house. His wife was evacuated because the truck caught on fire and it took them a while to get everthing under control. The truck crashed into a pickup setting at the side of the road because of an accident that had occured earlier. That pickup was involved in an accident with Raymond Aday. I am not sure exactly who Raymond Aday is, but I am sure he is a relative.

Then, a story has been running in the Harrison paper about a park ranger in the Buffalo National Park that shot a beagle saying it was harrassing deer. A lot of people have commented on the newspaper website, mostly wanting to hang the ranger. One talanted person wrote a poem about the situation.

http://www.harrisondailytimes.com/articles/2010/02/27/news/doc4b888edede6d7080516885.txt


PJ in STL wrote on Feb 28, 2010 7:22 PM:
" THE BALLAD OF RANGER RICKR

Ranger Rick was a man’s man
Proud of the badge that he wore
They were relieved to see him graduate
From Ranger School, Class of ‘04.
Ranger Rick did his job well
He said he was a ‘one-man team’
He was a long, lean, tight, mean
Regular ranger machine.
He hated the title “Ranger”
When he heard it, he felt a burr
So, he required those he intimidated
Call him, “Captain, Sir!”
He’d personally measure the distance
From your tire to the edge of the curb
And, yep, he’d write you a ticket
If a trashcan lid was disturbed.
For putting his life on the line
He surely deserves our thanks
He personally saved our nation
From overfilled scuba tanks.
So when Peewee, the ten-inch beagle
Held hostage the deer in the holler
Ranger Rick was cocked and ready
To blast Peewee out of his collar.
With the cool and calm of Dick Tracy
Ranger Rick yelled, “Freeze!”
He ordered the ten-inch Peewee
Drop immediately to his knees.
But Peewee was just a beagle
As they say, the best friend of man
He joyfully ran to Ranger Rick
And licked Rick on the hand.
This was all new to Ranger Rick
Something that he couldn’t handle.
There was nothing about licking dogs
In the US Park Ranger’s Manual.
So Ranger Rick put duty first
The law simply can’t be abused
He filled Peewee with all those bullets
He’d never had a chance to use.
The story ends with a moral
I didn’t write this for fun
I ask you:
Which is more dangerous
A beagle or Ranger Rick’s gun? "