Lead Exercises 2
1. Suzanne and Samantha Decker were so distressed, they had to call the fire department. The twins’, whose parents are Charlie and Kim Decker, calico cat had climbed into a tree at 102 11th Avenue.
When the fire department arrived, fire fighter Bob Harwood climbed 50 feat into the tree to retrieve the cat. Once the cat was safely in his arms, Harwood began his decent, picking his way through the branches. Fifteen feet from the bottom, he stepped on a dead limb causing it to break. Harwood fell the remainder of the way, breaking his left leg.
A representative for the fire department said Harwood is at St. Lukes Hospital and doing “just fine.”
The Decker’s cat is doing fine too, it landed on top of Harwood.
2. Three false alarms sounded last Wednesday at East High School, but it wasn’t a wiring problem that caused them.
Ten upperclassmen students sounded the alarms to protest the suspension of five students who were caught smoking marijuana in the school parking lot. The disgruntled students were suspended for one week.
There seems to be general unrest at the school, as a food fight closed the cafeteria the previous day – Tuesday.
“Not so much unrest because of the suspensions, but because of summer vacation being so near,” says Laura Vibelius, principal at East High School.
Vibelius says she sees no continuation of these “incidents” in the near future.
3. The Gulf Coast isn’t the only one dealing with an oil spill these days. Four Sioux City families were forced to evacuate their homes after a Texaco gasoline truck overturned in their neighborhood.
The truck overturned on the outskirts of town, at the intersection of 48th Street and Correctionville Road. This caused gas to flood sewer lines for two blocks in all directions. Gas also covered the streets and ditches, causing cars to be rerouted through side streets.
The fire department as on hand to help control the gas spill.
“The firemen followed catastrophe and hazmat procedures set up before hand for just such an occurence,” said Fire Chief Charles Hochandel.
The spill was considered seious for two hours until the gas was flushed away. All four families are now back in their homes.