In late September after Rico‚ a low level crack dealer in North Las Vegas‚ was picked up on charges‚ he was asked why he was now dealing on the street. He said someone was renovating the old homeless shelter and the tweekers who normally ruled the place were all gone. * * * The sheriff looked at the picture attached to the missing person’s report. Carmel was a beauty queen. Her homecoming picture showed the blonde was tall and shapely‚ with a youthful innocence despite the fact that the man next
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As I walked my fingers across the brown flimsy opening of the cardboard box my other hand reached for my tattered old teddy‚ I’d had him ever since I can remember – he was a gift from my aunt Elizabeth. While my hands were holding the bear a tidal wave of memories came rushing back into my mind of the moments that him and I shared‚ alas they are now just memories. I don’t recall why but ive always known my tattered teddy as peter‚ I guess I just thought he looked like a peter. His fur used to be
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When I was a senior in high school‚ all seniors were to do a senior project. That consisted of choosing a topic and doing volunteer work that has to do with your topic. So I chose The American Red Cross. I was going to be going to a blood drive for my volunteer work. I was a very nervous person and pretty shy. I had to drive 45 minutes to the Red Cross center. Once I got there‚ the lady brought me to my station and showed me what I would be doing throughout the day. I was told to cross the donors
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As Jim and Bob came running down the boulevard‚ they saw an elderly women struggling with carrying her groceries into her house. She had been hard of hearing‚ so Jim had to repeat himself about three times until she understood what they were saying. She mumbled‚ “Thank you so very much for extending an olive branch to a helpless women like me.” The old woman wound up giving them a little tip for helping her without her asking. Since they are young‚ and have never seen her before they did not respond
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“What are your interests‚ Candidate 217?” The entire room was pure‚ brilliant white. The lack of colour was making him blink a little too much‚ so he chose to focus on the only object in the room that didn’t harm his eyes; a stunning brooch that graced the lapels of his interviewer’s jacket. Simple and elegant in design‚ a square‚ red ruby sat in its flawless nest of silver or platinum‚ his money on the latter. “I…don’t really have any‚ to be honest.” He felt like an idiot the moment he’d
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Many millennia ago‚ the gods were worshiped and loved; however‚ they never got along‚ there always seemed to be a problem. One day it could be that Poseidon took Zeus’s lightning bolt‚ or Demeter told Aphrodite that she was ugly‚ but there was never a day that there was no problem. One day there was an intense heated argument between the very fragile snow goddess‚ Khione‚ and the brilliant‚ crafty‚ wisdom goddess‚ Athena. Today’s fuss is that Athena thinks prisoners should stay imprisoned for a
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Sloths weren’t always slow‚ they used to be the fastest animal out there. Never staying in one place long‚ traveling from country to country in two week’s time. Until one day‚ a sloth named Oliver was born and dreamed of becoming the fastest sloth there ever was. He was by no means the most attractive fellow‚ nor was he the tallest. Not even two feet tall‚ barely weighing 20 pounds once fully grown. Two long curved claws were his fingers and feet‚ two large brown eyes filled his head‚ while a stubby
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June 19 2014‚ A day that will forever follow me for the rest of my life. What started as a typical summer day’s work for me at Charlotte Country Club would soon turn into a nightmare that i’ll be forced to think about for eternity. It all started off When I was changing guard stands with two of my fellow lifeguards on duty. Nothing appeared to be out of order at first as I briefly scanned the pool while climbing the five steps to the top of the guard stand‚ upon reaching the top of the stand I saw
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The Day in a Life of a Leprechaun A Carson Wagoner and Hudson Harreld Production There once was a little‚ sneaky‚ leprechaun named cela. He was very selfish and stole all the gold he could get his hands on. He was very 1.)Idio with his 2.)erythro hair and 3.)cyan eyes. Cela the leprechaun looked very handsome in his 4.)chlor suit‚ his wife Emily would agree. The 5.)fils on his suit were perfectly stitched near his 6.)enter. Cela had no idea what he was getting himself into. Cela was very nervous
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About two years ago i was in branson with a friend she really wanted to go ziplining and i was ok with that so we were all hyped up. We signed in and payed a whole lot of money to do it . about 30 minutes later the lady told us it was our turn to strap up! My heart was racing and i had butterflies in my stomach i was horrified. I knew this wasn’t going to turn out well . I had been Ziplining before but‚ First it wasn’t at night and second it was 100 feet in the air! I was very scared we got in
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