Monday, January 09, 2006

 

Around Pennsylvania ...

Scouts take a hit on lightning safety

More than a million Boy Scouts head into the woods for summer camp each year, and experts say lightning safety should be a mandatory and detailed component of training for Scout leaders.

John Magyar, of Eighty Four, Washington County, was 56 when he died from a lightning strike near Ligonier five summers ago. He is one of seven Scouts or Scout leaders who have been killed in the United States by lightning since 1995.

Local Scout leaders and officials say lightning safety already is part of the group's extensive training.

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review


Around the Country ...

Home burglars take staircase, kitchen sink

Home burglars who literally made off with the kitchen sink hit the jackpot with another odd item stolen in the same heist: a wrought-iron staircase banister worth $120,000, police said.

The two-story banister and other home furnishings disappeared sometime around Dec. 19 from a Gilroy home that was being remodeled, Deputy Serg Palanov, spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, said Thursday.

The total value of the items was about $150,000, authorities said

From the San Jose Mercury-News


Around the World ...

Twin brothers who sneaked out of their 18th birthday party to rob their grandmother, have been convicted of her manslaughter.

Jonathan and Robert Maskell broke into the home of 74-year-old widow Anjelica Hallwood, known as Mari, with their sister's boyfriend Dwane Johnston.

Her body was found the following day. She had been beaten and asphyxiated.

From Ireland On-line

posted by Anne 1/09/2006 08:13:00 AM