BUS
PLUNGES OFF AURORA AVENUE BRIDGE!!!
¡3 CASUALTIES REPORTED! |
| Seattle Metro bus Route 359 plunged
off the Aurora Avenue Bridge on Friday Killing the bus driver and two other
passenger after a gunman fired shots at the busdriver. The incident happened
at 3:15 P.M. PST.Dead are the bus driver Mark Mclaughlin, the gun man Silas
Cool and another passenger. About thirty people were taken to area hospitals
for injuries. Half of them are still in hospitals. Seattle police are still
trying to figure out what went wrong. One eyewitness was quoted as saying
that as the bus was crossing the bridge, a man stood up and started shooting
a gun. The bus crossed three lanes of traffic and crashed through a guardrail
before falling more than fifty feet below the bridge. No one on the ground
was hurt, however residents of an apartment building have to relocate temporarily
due to damage from the bus and falling debris from the Aurora Avenue bridge. |
| ¡JOHN
STANFORD DIES! |
| Seattle superintendant John Stanford
died early Saturday moring at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Stanford died from lukemia. Stanford had been battleing the disease for
about eight months now. He was well respected and known for bringing people
together. Stanford was Sixty years old. There will be a memorial service
for John Stanford on Wednesday 2 December 1998 at 7:00 p.m. pst. At Hec
Edmundson Pavillion. The service will be simulcast on Northwest Cable News.
For more information on John Stanford, Please visit the John Stanford Memorial
Website.
John Stanford
Memorial Website |
| ¡WORLD
AIDS DAY EVENT TO BE HELD IN EVERETT! |
| WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE SPONSORED
BY THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY HIV/AIDS CONSORTIUM WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 5 TO 7
P.M. PST. TUESDAY AT FOREST PARK'S FLORAL HALL. THE PURPOSE OF WORLD AIDS
DAY IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE DISEASE. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE FACTS!
LETS STOP THIS DISEASE NOW! |
| ¡SHOPPERS
FLOOD STORES! |
| Shoppers flooded the stores friday
searching for bargains galor and getting a head start on their holiday
gift buying. Stores were not only giving away coffee and donuts this year.
Stores were reportedly giving away stuffed animals, coffee mugs, trinketts
and more. One local shopping mall gave a cooler filled with coupons. This
holiday season is supposed to be great for retailers. |
| ¡Favorite
Quote of the week! |
| "To create is human, to reproduce
is Divine"
-Manray
|
| ¡Useless
Facts! |
Their Money Bags:Primary sources
of wealth from the 40 richest americans of all time, based on today's value
of wealth.
·From rail roads-7 of the
40 richest
·From banking and finance-7
of the 40 richest
·From oil-4 of the 40 richest
·From Shipping and Trading
4 of the 40 richest
·From retail businesses-3
of the 40 richest
·From mining-2 of the 40
richest
·From steel-2 of the 40
richest
·From computers 2 of the
40 richest
·From other sources 9 of
the 40 richest |
¡BONUS
USELESS FACTS:USELESS HOLIDAY FACTS!
Merry Christmas around the world |
·Sheng Dan Kuai Le-China
·Glaedelig Jui-Denmark
·Hauskaa Joulua-Finland
·Joyeax Nöel-France
·Fröhliche Weihnachten-Germany/Austria
·Kala Christougenna-Greece
·Kellemes Karácsonyi
Ünnepeket-Hungary
·Buon Natale-Italy
·Meri Kurisumasu-Japan
·Zalig Kerstfeest-The Netherlands
·Gledelig Jul-Norway
·Wesolych Swiat-Poland
·Boas Festas-Portugal/Brazil
·S Rozhdestvom Kristovym-Russia
·¡Feliz Navidad!-Spain/Mexico
·God Jul-Sweeden
·Merry Christmas-United
States/Canada |
| ¡New
weekly Feature-Remember When. . .! |
¡This week in Music History!
1956-Elvis Presley records four
songs with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. -the four
were billed as the million dollar trio.
1976-Bob Marley escapes an assasin
atempt.
1979-Eleven People die in Cincinatti
at a Who Concert.
Top albums this week-
Top album by a classic rock artist-U2-The
best of
Best selling classic rock album-Pink
Floyd-A collection of great love songs.
Number one album 25 years ago-Elton
John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Top Singles this week-
15 Years ago(1983)All Night Long-Lionel
Ritchie
20 Years ago(1978)Macarthur Park-Donna
Summer
25 Years ago(1973)Photograph-Ringo
Starr
30 Years ago(1968)Hey Jude-The
Beatles
35 Years ago-(1963)I'm Leaving
it up to you-Dole and Grace
40 Years ago-(1958)It's only make
believe-Conway Twitty |
| ¡Name
That tune! |
Each week i will print a lyric
to a song here. All you have to do is guess what it is. I'll post the answer
next week.
Last Week's Lyric-I wish I could
eat your cancer when you turn black...
Answer-
Nirvana-Heart Shaped Box-1994
This week's lyric: . . .
They'll be no more lives torn apart,
and war's would never start, and time would heal our hearts. Every man
would have a friend and right would always win and love would never end.
. . .
Answers Will appear next week. |
| ¡Journal! |
Dear Journal,
What a week. This week I was having
a spaz attack getting ready for my thanksgiving Feast that I invited a
ton of peole over. So my small apartment was crowded with about ten people.
It was fun though and I'm glad I did it. I didn't cook the turkey, Paul
did. I was in charge of the garnishes. By the end of the evening it was
an endless maze of food and guests. Oh by the way, i'm pretty burnt out
on washing dishes. On Sunday, Serena, Paul, Keith, Heather, Mom, my sister
and I all went to see the new movie the Bugs life. Oh on Friday evening,
My sister and I went to see "Ringmaster"-the new Jerry Springer movie.
So here is the review I promised. It was dumb. It had the storyline
of a porno without the blatant nudity. I sure wish I had waited until it
came out on video and went from the new release shelf to the regular titles
to see this movie. It really sucked! On Monday, Serena and I decorated
the house for Christmas and played Christmas Music all day. It was fun.
There are lights everywhere. Boy I can't wait until I see the Pud bill
for this month.
Well I have to go and finish doing
Christmas Stuff. Until Later, See you next week.
¡DavE! |
| ¡And
now for !'s opportunity to chip his teeth! |
"Safety on Metro Buses"
Last Friday, a gunman shot a Seattle
Metro Busdriver while the bus was crossing the Aurora Avenue bridge causing
it to crash off the bridge onto an apartment building. When I found out
that it was Route 359, I was shocked but not surprised. Route 359 has had
a history. I remember the very few times I had ridden it, there was a constant
stream of thugs and low life's who were on that bus. Swearing was common.
I used to avoid that bus route like the plague, I would take other routes
that were out of my way to avoid it. This is unacceptable. As a passenger,
I should never have to ride a bus in fear of my life. Metro has to take
precautions in order to prevent such a tragedy from happening ever again.
This may include Security cameras, Enclosed driver areas and Security officers.
Whatever the case, something must be done immediatly to prevent this tragety
from happening ever again. =-\ |
