A Skateboarder Dies
Just now I was looking on the One News website for something to put on my blog and I couldn’t find anything that really interested me and I was just about to stop looking when I found an article that was quite interesting. This is what it is about…
A 19 year old man has died after falling from his skateboard on the outskirts of Whangarei. Apparently the teenager was skating down a steep hill in Maunu, 5 kilometres south of the city centre on Saturday, as he was skating down the hill he lost control and crashed. The teenager was taken to the Whangarei Hospital. When he got there he had really bad head injuries and died over night. A family member, believed to have been the boy’s father, is thought to have seen the crash. I think this is really sad, but somehow I get the feeling he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Now I know he nineteen and people probably think that maybe people that age don’t need them. However a few weeks ago I was biking home from school and I tried to pass someone and their bag hit my handlebars and I flipped over the bike and skidded face first onto the concrete. It really hurt and now I have marks on my face, but at least my head didn’t get damaged because I was wearing a helmet. So they really do work.
How the Dog got its Bark
Once upon a time there lived a small happy family that lived in a small house, in a small town, in a small country somewhere in the world. The family consisted of a Mother, a Father, a Brother and a sister. Oh, yeah and there was also a big Golden Retriever dog called Binka. The family lived Binka and treated him as if he was a human being. Only one day aliens came and took Binka’s family away somewhere in space. Binka was asleep at the time and when he woke up he wondered where his family was. He walked into the kitchen and a voice suddenly came out of no where. It said Binka would have to show some kind of special talent if he wanted his family to come back. Binka was pretty intelligent so he got to work straight away and didn’t stop working for a long time. At the end of the month Binka was still working hard and hadn’t stopped to rest. He was ready to show the aliens his performance. The Aliens suddenly appeared on a big television screen and said they were ready to see Binka’s performance. So Binka got ready and all of a sudden pushed himself back onto his hind legs and started walking. However the aliens thought it was a very poor and anyway everyone else could already walk even if dogs couldn’t. So Binka was very sad and had to work even harder in order to get his family back. Binka tried singing, How much is that doggy in the window? Dancing and even playing the guitar! But the aliens said that it wasn’t a talent because almost everyone could already sing, dance and play a musical instrument. Binka got really depressed and suddenly felt so tired because he had not slept since he started working. So he fell asleep. When Binka woke up and was really hungry and thirsty so he went to his food bowl and to his horror he found the water had evaporated and there was no food. Binka went to the cupboard to get the food but he couldn’t open the cupboard. Binka ran outside to let his anger out but instead of snarling another sound came out. Binka was barking! The aliens didn’t think Binka could do it, so they very reluctantly handed the family over to Binka. They were all very happy and Binka was sent to a school to show other dogs how to bark. And they all lived happily ever after.
Romania’s Explosions.
Wow! did you hear about the mining explosions in Romania on the news? If you didn’t you ought to read this post to find out what happened…
At least twelve killed and nine injured in the mining explosions in Romania on Saturday. The explosion occurred in a nineteenth century mine in Petrila, which happens to be a small town, Romania’s remote mining area Jiu Valley. Four more people were then killed trying to get to the victims. How sad is that! Rescue helicopters were sent for and rescued the injured and several treated for serious burns while the bodies still remain in the cave.
Apparently it has been the worse accident in Romania’s outdated mining industry since the 1989 fall of communisim which killed fourteen people in 2001.
Liberty Templeman.
This week the police found a girls body dumped in an orchard in Kerikeri, the girls name was Liberty Templeman but by people who knew her she was called Libby.
The investigation of her death will carry on over the weekend and throughout next week. However on Friday the police arrested a teenager he was charged of murder and indecent assault and the police have found out that the Liberty knew the boy. All the police that have been working on the case so far are all going to Liberty’s funeral. Apparently hundreds of people are expected to go to the girls funeral in Kerikeri on Saturday and the parents are very glad of the arrest. The people who are invited to the funeral are expected to wear bright colours or burnt orange which was Liberty’s favourite colour. Her casket was also painted that colour.
I think this is really sad that such an incedent can happen in our country, I mean come on it doesn’t need to happen and most people who read this should probably feel the same way as I do.
