Today's Celebrations

National Static Electricity Day
Balloon Ascension Day

 Celebrity Birthdays

1934 - Bart Starr (Bryan Bartlett) [80] - Pro Football Hall of Famer: Green Bay Packers quarterback: Super Bowl I, II [Most Valuable Player in both bowl games]; coach: Green Bay Packers

1935 - Bob Denver - actor: Gilligan’s Island, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Back to the Beach, Wackiest Wagon Train in the West; died Sep 2, 2005

1935 - Dick Enberg [79] - sportscaster: California Angels play-by-play voice, NBC Sports, CBS Sports

1944 - Jimmy Page [70] - musician: guitar: group: Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song, D’yer Mak’er, Fool in the Rain

1948 - Bill Cowsill - singer, musician: group: Cowsills: The Rain, the Park and the Other Things, Hair, Indian Lake; died Feb 17, 2006

1950 - David Johansen (Buster Poindexter) [64] - singer: group: New York Dolls; solo: LP: Here Comes the Night, Buster Poindexter; actor: Mr. Nanny, Scrooged, Married to the Mob

1951 - Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb) [63] - singer: Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Half the Way; singer, Loretta Lynn’s sister

Tabloid News

Crime Spree And High Speed Chase... All At 2 MPH!

 

Police in Warrington, Oregon were in pursuit of a woman on a suspected crime spree Monday.

But they didn’t exactly have to put the pedal to the metal.

That’s because the woman, Laurie Ruth Chester, 59, was in a motorized shopping cart, reported as stolen from The Home Depot, along with a cart full of merchandise. Chester attempted a getaway north on U.S. Highway 101 where police arrested her.

The bizarre scenario began just after 2:30 p.m., when a Subway employee contacted police to say a woman had stolen $13 from the restaurant’s tip jar. That woman then attempted to use the stolen money to pay for her $12.75 meal.  Officers arrived at the store, but the woman had moved on.

The North Coast Fred Meyer reported a theft shortly after, and Rite Aid reported a disturbance, as well.

But then, things took a turn, when Chester allegedly walked into Home Depot and took a ride on a motorized shopping cart. The cart was filled with merchandise before it was driven out of the store, through the parking lot and onto the highway.  That’s where Warrenton Police found Chester and arrested her.

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