Marijuana Contest

     In Colorado it has been decided that the summer 2014 fair will be hosting a joint rolling contest at the county fair. No marijuana will be on site of the county fairgrounds but for the contest they will use herbs for substitution on the plant. They also will be having a judging contest on plants and the growing of them. This will be done with pictures and different ways to show the judges there plant. The judge will also take place off site of the fairgrounds because of younger kids and families around. The county fair people didn’t think it would be right to expose that stuff to younger children as they were looking at the animals and the other plants growing there.  It is an area for ages 21 and over.  They wanted to do something different because they are known for their strange things they have there. 

http://news.yahoo.com/marijuana-contests-join-county-fair-colorado-174524173.html

Drug Misunderstanding

      Last week Thursday a man’s day was changed because he did a good deed.  While this man Greg Snider was in on the phone in a parking lot, a homeless man came up to him and asked for money. Greg gave the man 75 cents and then drove away. Upon getting on the freeway Greg was pulled over by a cop. The cop seemed mad and he didn't know why. The police man told him that “he saw what he did back there”. Greg was confused because all he did was give the man money and he told the cop that. The cop didn't believe him so he asked to search his car because the cop thinks that Greg gave the homeless guy drugs. Greg didn't mind them searching his car because he didn't do anything wrong. In the mean time they police men handcuffed Greg and put him in the back of a police car. They cops didn't find anything after searching his car for an hour. Supposedly the cops laughed at their mistake and let him go. Greg was really mad and filed a complaint on them because they tore apart his car. 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/man-gives-change-to-homeless-person--is-handcuffed-and-held-by-police-for-an-hour-223247155.html

'420'

          In Colorado recently a mile marker sign was changed. The mile marker that was replaced was the sign mile 420 because since marijuana is now legal in Colorado pot heads would steal this sign because it is a marijuana related phrase.  It was said to be made up a while ago that was used instead of the word marijuana they would use this as a code word. Colorado smokers kept stealing it so much that they lost track of how many times it has happened. Now the sign they put there reads mile 419.99 and they also moved it up the road a little bit to make it true. 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/%E2%80%98mile-420--marker-replaced-in-colorado-after-repeated-thefts-from-pot-fans-191311273.html

Police Prank

       On December 23^rd 2013 there was a police call for teenagers trying to impersonate police officers.  These teenagers decided they wanted to pull a prank and do this. One of the teenagers was 18 but the rest were younger so their names couldn't be given out. The one guys name is Mason Gonzales. This happened in Temecula, California.  They used a megaphone to pull over the cars but then used a bright flash light to hide their identity from the people they were pulling over and then they made them get out and lay flat on the ground and then the teens just drove away. They thought this would be funny. They later got arrested.

Hugs Teacher, Gets Suspended

A student got suspended on December 3^rd for a whole year for just hugging a teacher. The school board claims that the kid was breaking sexual assault conduct for school. He is a senior and a football player. Because the student got suspended, his shot at scholarships was eliminated putting his college education in jeopardy. The students name is Sam McNair. The teacher also accused him of kissing her on the neck and cheek during the hug. McNair pleads innocent to the accused harassment.  The school board and other people are still trying to figure things out and also figure out punishment for him. They are still not giving out full information. 

Women in Cuffs

On Tuesday police officers were called to a Wal-Mart in Atlanta. There was reported card fraud from the employers by a couple of people. When the police get there they arrested a couple of people. They arrested this girl named Jenny Clementi, after they put her in the back of a cop car the cop left to go figure more things out and to talk to the employers. Keep in mind that she was handcuffed behind her back and in the back seat with the doors locked. She somehow got her arms in front of her with the handcuffs still attached to her. She opened the little glass door that separates the front from the back and squeezed through it and took off.  She headed down a highway and then crashed into another car and then took off into the woods. Her where about are still unknown.

Deans Hole Death

Four days ago there was a very sad accident that happened in Long Island, Bahamas. For many years free divers have been trying to break the record for the furthest down someone could swim in the famous deans blue hole. It is the deepest underwater sinkhole in the world. The depth is 663 feet. This 32 year old man was in a competition for the deepest swim to win $20,000. At 236 feet he lost control of his body and mind set and he became unconscious.  They are still unsure what exactly happened with his body causing him to die. They think that it was lung related and his lungs burst and filled with blood causing him to drown.



http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-man-drowns-diving-contest-bahamas-article-1.1533184