A Montana high school student has managed to graduate at the top of his class. Simultaneously, he also managed to graduate at the bottom of his class. This is no real feat, however, since he IS his graduating class.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Jeff Greenwood is in a class by himself.
He was the only student to graduate from Opheim High School this year, but the small event Friday drew a big name. Gov. Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address.
Greenwood, who plans to attend Dickinson State University in North Dakota, said the high school is the "hub of activity" for rural Opheim, a town about 10 miles south of the Canadian border.
"The student-to-teacher ratio is pretty good," said Greenwood, who is the student body president and, of course, the senior class president.
The good news: arranging class reunions will be a snap. Personally, my graduating class was ten times the size of Greenwood's. Literally. And here I thought I graduated from a small school.
The enormous sinkhole in Texas that opened up last week is rapidly becoming a lake - and it has a new resident: an alligator.
Houston (AP) - The giant Texas sinkhole that formed last week in Liberty County is now a lake big enough to become the home of an alligator.
Area residents believe the reptile was washed into the 600-foot-diameter crater by water from surrounding swamps.
Ground water is seeping into the hole, and its exposed walls are about 30 feet high, the Houston Chronicle reported in its online edition on Friday.
Sightings of an alligator in the sinkhole were confirmed Friday when a Texas Railroad Commission worker snapped photographs for proof.
Danny Diaz, a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden, said a patch of crude oil floating on the east side of the crater might irritate the alligator's skin, but the reptile is using the water on the other side.
"It's not really safe for anyone to climb down into that hole now to get anything out," said Diaz, pointing to stress cracks in the ground that encircle the hole. "The sinkhole could start growing again, especially if we get a saturating rain."
The hole has claimed everything from vehicles to oil tanks and is somewhere around 900 feet across at its widest point. It is also more than 250 feet deep. A pretty good picture of it is over at Fox News. On the bright side, homeowners in the area now own lakefront property.
Veggie Pride! Power to the Pea-ple! There is no shortage of silly puns at the Veggie Pride Parade scheduled to occur in New York City.
Rain or shine, the parade is expected to wend its way through Manhattan's old meatpacking district on Sunday before ending at Washington Square Park.
Along the route, costumed bride and groom Penelo Pea Pod and Chris P. Carrot will exchange veggie vows and ask observers to "Give Peas a Chance" and "Go Vegetarian!"
The parade's organizer is - I am not making this up - Pamela Rice. Personally, if I lived in NYC, I'd steak out a place along the route to sell t-shirts. Vegetables are what food eats.
News | Gaius Sunday, 18 May , 2008 | 
Comments (2) 
