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2020 BITS
Wacky
7th, Wacky &
October PIECES

World
102-year-old
Chicago
A
| World woman is gaining attention
EXAMINER News showing her decked out in per-
online thanks to a viral photo
News
sonal protective equipment to
cast her vote by mail.
The Chicago Teachers Union
IRISH tweeted a photo showing Bea
Lumpkin, 102, a retired member
of the union, dressed from head
to toe in PPE as she dropped her
ballot into a mailbox.
Police, animal rescuers chase amazing. It’s just in the same condition it moned to the Steubenstr area Sunday “If Bea can do it, anyone can
two deer through Sydney was when I lost it,” he said. when the rat was spotted stuck in a man- do it,” the tweet said.
Authorities in Australia said they cap- A New Hampshire man’s story of losing hole cover in the middle of the road. Lumpkin said she has never
tured one of two deer spotted running his class ring involved a similar body of The department said a firefighter missed an election in her life. She
loose through Sydney on Tuesday morn- water - but a much longer period of time. attempted to grab the rat to wriggle the said she considers this to be the
ing. Steve Rowell of Barrington lost his creature free, but the rat bit the firefight- most important one of her life-
The deer were caught on camera wan- Spaulding High School class ring when it er’s glove, injuring its mouth. The fire- time.
dering down a street in the Leichhardt area slipped off his fingers while he was skip- fighter was not hurt. “The most important reason
about 7 am Tuesday, and further sightings ping stones at Drew’s Pond in 1967. The crew ended up removing the man- to vote in this election is that
there’s so much at stake, more
were reported in the Balmain are prior to 9 Repeated attempts were made to locate hole cover to push the rat out from the than any other vote I’ve cast,
am. the ring over the years, but his wife, Kathy, bottom. because of the great challenge to
One of the deer was contained in a yard renewed her efforts to find it when a recent The rat was taken to a veterinary clinic, the survival of our democracy,”
by a member of the public, and RSPCA drought caused the pond to partially drain. where it received food and treatment for Lumpkin told CNN. C
officials who responded to tranquilize and She enlisted the help of a neighbor with a its mouth injury.
capture the deer said the animal injured metal detector and the ring was returned A 17-year-old Texas girl
itself trying to force its way through the to Rowell’s finger 53 years after it flew into ‘Cat’ trapped in donation bin turns earned two Guinness World
resident’s fence. the water. out to be battery-operated toy Records, thanks to her legs,
RSPCA officers and police said they A London man putting some old which each measure more than
4 feet long.
were still searching for the second deer. Woman wins $700,000 playing clothes into a donation bin called firefight- Maci Currin, 17, of Cedar
Investigators said they do not know her late mother’s lottery numbers ers to rescue a “cat” that turned out to be Park, was certified by Guinness
where the deer came from or how they An Australian woman won a lottery a battery-operated toy. as having the world’s longest
ended up running loose through the city. jackpot of more than $700,000 using a set Alan McElligott, an associate professor legs (female), as well as the
of numbers she inherited from her late at the University of Roehampton in longest legs on a teenager.
Lost wedding ring found after two mother. London, tweeted photos showing the Currin’s left leg measures 4
years at Vermont reservoir The Seaford Rise, South Australia, scene that unfolded after he put some feet, 5.25 inches long, while her
A New Jersey man was reunited with woman told The Lott officials the ticket items into the bin and heard a “meow.” right leg measures 4 feet, 4.87
his wedding ring two years after he lost it she purchased bought online for the Police and firefighters responded to the inches long.
The girl said she comes from
during a day at a reservoir in Vermont. September 30 Monday & Wednesday X scene and agreed that there seemed to be a tall family, but none of her rel-
Lou Rider said he and his family drove Lotto drawing bore a set of numbers her the sounds of a trapped cat - possibly two atives match her 6-foot, 10-inch
from New Jersey to the Waterbury mother used to play before her death. cats - inside the container. stature.
Reservoir for a Labor Day weekend family The numbers earned the woman a top “One of the police officers suggested Currin said she hopes to
reunion in 2018, and he didn’t discover prize of $718,700. we drop food in there in case the cats had someday set the Guinness
until he was in the car to drive home that “You know those were my mum’s been there for a few days. So I went to record for the world’s tallest pro-
his wedding ring was missing from his fin- numbers. After she passed away, I started Sainsburys as I had my car nearby and fessional model. C
ger. using her numbers,” the winner said. “I bought wet cat food,” McElligott told
“We were from one end of the reservoir feel like she helped deliver my win. God Deadline News. A tree trimmer in California
to the other. We were in and out of the bless her!” “The fire brigade eventually turned up went for a wild ride on a tall
palm tree when cutting the
boats, hiking through, jumping with the The woman said the windfall will come and used their heavy tools to open it. Once fronds free caused the tree trunk
rocks and everything, so we were every- as a great help after “a tough couple of it was opened there was no sign of the cats to whip upright from a bent-
where,” Rider told WVNY/WFFF. months.” so the firefighter looked around and over position.
The ring was thought to be lost forever, “As soon as we saw the win last night, moved some pieces of clothing around and A video captured by a wit-
until Lorraine Tallcott, Rider’s aunt, was my partner retired! It was amazing,” she picked up the toy cat,” he said. ness and posted to Twitter
reading an online forum for residents of said. “I am going to help my dad out too, The battery-operated stuffed toy, a shows the arborist trimming the
her area in Vermont. and saw a post that a because he just got diagnosed with cancer.” FurReal Friends cat, made “very convinc- fronds from a palm tree in
man’s wedding ring had been found at “We’d love to go on a holiday once the ing meows,” McElligott said. Redlands that is bent over from
Waterbury Reservoir. money is in our account, just to relax and “It was activated by touch so after I the excess weight.
The fronds fall to the ground,
Tallcott discovered a man visiting from take it all in,” the woman said. dropped an old pair of shoes it activated it and the tree violently whips
out of state had found the ring at the reser- and started making noises,” he said. upright and sways sharply back
voir and handed it off to a local family, Firefighters rescue rat stuck McElligott said the firefighters and and forth before coming to a
who posted about it on the forum. in manhole cover police officers had a good laugh at the out- rest.
The ring was confirmed to be Rider’s Firefighters responded to a road in come of the unusual rescue. The trimmer does not come
missing wedding band, and it was returned Germany to rescue a rat that became “The two community officers, three loose from his perch despite the
to him via mail. stuck in a narrow hole in a manhole police officers and the two firefighters trunk’s movements, and wit-
“It is in perfect condition after being out cover. started laughing,” he said. “I went red nesses said he was able to climb
in the elements for two years, you know, The Bad Kreuznach Volunteer Fire faced and apologized. We all then left as down safely once it had stopped
moving. C
with the snow and ice and everything, it’s Department said firefighters were sum- quickly as possible.” C