Mount Everest Eats People

150 people were climbing Mount Everest this weekend. This weekend Everest claimed four lives. There was a traffic jam due to the high number of climbers this weekend. This may have been a cause of the deaths. Climber had to wait to heads up the trail; they spent too much time at the high altitude.  Many of them were carrying a limited supply of oxygen.  The climbing conditions had been treacherous due to the heavy snowfall and strong winds. One of the climbers died on the way down the mountain, others were just exhausted, also suffered from altitude sickness. One of them had been reported as missing but later reached base camp.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/mount-everest-death-toll-missing/story?id=16401107#.T7vCY9xAu8A

A Gal survives Flesh Eating Monster

A 24 year old woman had a flesh eating bacteria and survived it.  Aimee has lost a leg and part of her abdomen to the bacteria and may have a chance to lose more. Aimee was going down a homemade zip line when it snapped. This left her with a large gash in her left calf, it took 22 staples to close. A few days later the pain continued so a friend too Aimee to the emergency room, she was then diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, she was flown to Augusta for surgery. According to Dr. Buddy Creech the bacteria is very common is the water and in the environment.  When it gets into deep tissue it starts to destroy the tissue around it. http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/14/health/georgia-flesh-eating-bacteria/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Bucket List for a Baby

A married couple in Texas, Mike and Laura Canahuati have a six-month old baby (Avery) who has been diagnosed with a genetic disorder. Avery has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type One. One in 6,000 babies are born with type on of SMA.  Because of the disorder the doctors say she is expected to die by the age of two. The couple started a bucket list for Avery. Millions of people keep up with their blog about Avery’s bucket list every day. The blog is written in first person was if Avery is writing it. A few of the things on the bucket list are: Wake up smiling. Have a bad hair day, ride in an ambulance. If you want to follow Avery’s Bucket List you can go to averycan.blogspot.com.http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/28/us/texas-baby-bucket-list/index.html?hpt=us_c1

The Red Putter

The Red Putter is opening once again today! The Red Putter is an 18 hole mini golf course with many obstacles to putt around. The Red Putter holds a Red Putter Pro Tournament on the first Saturday of August! The Red Putter is Door County’s oldest mini-gold course. Bob owner of the Red Putter has been opening every spring for over 40 years. He is one of the biggest reasons why people return every year. There are many decorations at the Red Putter that make it memorable for people of all ages, the giant rocking chair, the supersized chessboard and many other decorations that make the Red Putter original

.http://www.trazzler.com/trips/red-putter-mini-golf-in-ephraim-wi-54234

Stolen baby

Kala Golden was wounded by multiple gunshots, but yet she made an attempt to save her 3 day old kidnapper. Unfortunately Kala later died in the hospital one a few hours later.  A 30 year old registered nurse stole the baby and shot Kala. The nurse is facing charges in Golden’s death. The baby was found 6 hours later. Kala was taking her baby home; when she got to the hospital parking lot she was shot. Later on the shooter admitted to shooting and taking the baby. Investigators found the baby at a home in north Harris County. The defendant had told police that the baby was being taken there.

 http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/justice/texas-pediatrician-shooting/index.html?hpt=us_c2

73 selling drugs

An elderly woman, 73 year old Darlene Mayes is known to be one of Oklahoma’s biggest drug kingpins. Police entered her house and found 4 bags of pot and 276,000 cash in bundles of 15,000. She told police that it was part of her retirement fund.  Investigators say she was selling pot in four different states Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Police say she supplies up to 40% percent of the pot in this area. Her son was also involved in the network, he was also arrested. Police say that Mayes may have been the captain of this network for over 20 years.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/granny-drug-kingpin-busted-in-oklahoma/

Justin Bieber falls for Afton Greenwood

In recent news Justin Bieber broke up with Selena Gomez and came on a wild goose chase to find Afton Greenwood. He flew form California all the way to a little town called Door County. Justin came into Gibraltar High where Afton goes to high school and busted down the door to sweep her off her feet! Justin Bieber later asked Afton to go steady, they ended up living in Ellison Bay with Afton's father Adam and their dog Rusty. Two months later Justin asked Afton to get hitched, the moved back to California and had a happy 28 year engagement. They finally made it official on April 15, 2040. Justin Bieber dies shortly after.