PASADENA — Prize-winning gardener Mae Powell's giant pumpkins have been a
source of pride in her east Pasadena neighborhood for years, but neighbors were
shocked Friday morning to see the pumpkins in pieces strewn along the street in
front of her house.
One of the pumpkins destroyed was a 300 pound “giant
pumpkin” Powell, 93, was planning to enter into the “Pumpkinmania” weigh-off
contest in Irvine this October. But now, she said, it's ruined.
“Every
Mae Powell, 93, stands in
front of a 300 pound giant pumpkin she had planned to enter into a contest this
fall. The pumpkin was impaled by vandals Thursday night. (Lauren Gold,
Staff)
year I win a prize,” she said, “but I can't enter this
one now. ... Who knows what I'll do.”
Powell had also planned to donate
the other four broken pumpkins to the Huntington Library's Children's Garden,
which she has done for five years.
Powell said she filed a police report
and is offering a $1,000 reward for anyone with information about the vandalism.
Powell filed a vandalism report with the Temple City Sheriff's Station,
but Lt. Ignacio Somoano said there was no “workable information” at this point.
Ignacio said the vandalism caused $200 in damage.
What's up with Madonna's concert behavior? She's flashed body parts, performed with a swastika superimposed on her face, pointed a gun at herself on stage, and now she's irritated fans by making them wait two and a half hours past the scheduled starting time of her Philadelphia concert. According to CBS Philly, the premiere stop on her first U.S. tour in four years was scheduled for an 8 p.m. start Tuesday night. Eight o'clock came and went. So did eight-thirty. So did nine o'clock. Fans waited, and waited, and waited, and the singer finally came out on stage around 10:30 p.m. That was too late to stick around for some fans.
“I don’t know who you think you are Madonna, but you stink,” Debbie Bleznak told CBS on her way out of the show. “We left. You can pay my babysitter.”
“We drove here seven hours from Buffalo, New York,” two sisters, who also opted to leave, added. “$170 a ticket.”
A Silver Alert has been issued for a Fayetteville woman who the N.C. Center for Missing Persons described as missing and endangered.
Rebecca Gay Butler, 38, is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment. She was last seen at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
Butler is described as a white woman who is 5-foot-1 and weighs 110 pounds with shoulder-length blonde hair and green eyes. She was last seen wearing an olive green shirt and pants.
Anyone with on her whereabouts is asked to call the Fayetteville Police Department at 433-1802.
Broward Sheriff's Office missing persons detectives are helping Georgia law enforcement look for a missing woman whose vehicle was found Wednesday night in Deerfield Beach.
Ivy Dawn Merck, 24, was last seen Aug. 23 in Kingsland, Ga., detectives said.
Merck's dark green 2008 Honda CRV was found around 10 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of a Marshalls store at 3850 W. Hillsboro Blvd., in Deerfield Beach.
Tuesday night, the town’s animal services board voted 5-0 to recommend an amendment to the town’s code of ordinances as it relates to chickens and roosters.
Board member Christine Hastings, who works for the town’s animal services division, abstained, voicing her concerns on the amendment. Specifically, the ordinance would allow residents living on less than one acre to have a maximum of three chickens.
The current ordinance prohibits residents from having chickens on lots less than one acre.
The amendment also calls for the coop or encaged structure to be located no closer than 10 feet from a property line. The amendment also specifically outlines the regulations for roosters. Roosters would be allowed on property of one acre or greater. That was the previous regulation, but roosters had been grouped with fowl in its ordinance, and this amendment is aimed to further clarify rules on roosters.
The town council must vote on the ordinance, and it is unclear when the council will see the item. If a zoning change is needed, the planning and zoning commission may see the item as well. Tuesday’s vote moves forward an issue that had stalled months ago. Some residents had asked the town to change its ordinance to allow chickens on property of less than one acre. But confusion about various recommendations and legal issues kept the item from progressing until Tuesday.
HAMILTON – The burned, orphaned black bear cub that was rescued from the Mustang Complex of fires along Idaho’s Salmon River has become a national celebrity, according to state wildlife experts who are nursing it back to health.
Nicknamed Boo Boo by his rescuers, the 4-month-old bear, with severe second-degree burns on all four paws, was found in a tree by a fisherman last weekend.
The cub hadn’t eaten in four or five days, but Idaho state veterinarian Mark Drew has been caring for and feeding the cub for the
past week while he tries to locate a suitable wildlife rehabilitation facility that can adequately care for the animal.
According to Idaho Fish and Game conservation educator Evin Oneale, the young bear’s saga of fire-related injuries and rescue by national forest and Idaho Fish and Game personnel spread across the country in a matter of hours. Boise National Forest and Idaho Fish and Game offices have been inundated with phone calls and emails from people offering good wishes and monetary support, and many others have asked about volunteer opportunities to care for the cub.
“We’ve heard from folks all across Idaho and from other states, including California, Texas and New York,” Oneale said. “Each note or phone call has the same common theme – concern for this young bear.”
Because of the severity of its burns, the young bear faces a long recovery, Oneale explained.
“Infection is the main concern right now,” he said. “At this time, our state veterinarian is evaluating local facilities that can give the cub the medical attention it needs to make a full recovery.”
Meanwhile, Oneale said, the cub is being cared for at a Fish and Game facility where it is eating regularly and receiving necessary medical care.
Monetary donations have been one of the common themes among people contacting the office, Oneale said.
“We have no good mechanism to accept donations related to this bear cub’s treatment,” he explained. “Once a care facility is selected, we’ll let people know where and how they can provide funding to cover the costs of care and treatment.”
The Ravalli Republic has been flooded with calls and emails from people across the country concerned for the bear as well, with many offering monetary support or other services.
Richard Gilbreth of the International Exotic Animals Sanctuary in Boyd, Texas, called to say he would even arrange to fly to Idaho to pick up the bear.
“We have a large sanctuary here in Texas, and we take in orphaned and abused and abandoned animals,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of bears. We have a five-acre natural habitat. And we were certified by the National Association of Zoos and Aquariums. They live on site just like they live in the wild. They dig dens and everything. So he’s got a home if they want to send him down this way. I’ve offered to fly up and pick him up.”
Gilbreth is just one of many people who have been touched by the bear’s story.
“It’s gotten a lot of attention,” Oneale said. “It’s very gratifying to know that so many people care.”
ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. drones fired a barrage of missiles at a vehicle and a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least five suspected militants, Pakistani officials said.
The "Hawk on Crack" kills five more !
The strikes in the North Waziristan tribal area were the first since news that a top commander of the powerful Haqqani militant network was killed in a drone strike late last month, also in the tribal region.
Two intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media, said U.S. drones fired seven missiles at targets in the village of Degan in an area of North Waziristan close to the Afghan border.
They said the area is dominated by anti-American militant commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, but they did not know whether the men killed belonged to his group.
