Driving down a lonely unpaved road, by only the dim lights of the car and the full moon, may sound like a normal night but on December 2, 2008 this drive was far from ordinary for three local high school students. Imagine driving home scared for your life, with no one around, and mysterious people wandering the roads, this is what these teenagers went through.
Meagan Moore, her brother Jake Moore, and their friend Sam Farnum were traveling home from a late night Student Council meeting on the dark back roads in between the small towns of Ranchester and Dayton, Wyoming.
Keeping the ride interesting as always Farnum decided to tell a spooky story. Meagan retold the story during the interview saying that Farnum spoke about a cult that lived on the outskirts of Ranchester near the area where they were traveling. This cult lived there in the late 1970’s wearing shapeless clothing and sporting short hair cuts. During the time of the cult two people disappeared on a night of a full moon around the beginning of December. These people were supposedly killed by the cult the night the two victims vanished.
Being told this story Meagan thought that Sam was trying to scare them, not knowing what was to come. Driving home in her stick shift, red, Cabriolet Volts Wagon Meagan decided that it was her turn to do the scaring. With Sam riding shot gun and her brother in the back seat she decided to speed up. Traveling fast on the dark windy road Meagan put her car into the highest gear.
Meagan, being a Ranchester resident, knew the road well. She decided to make it seem like her car was dieing right around the area where the two people were abducted by the cult. In this section of the road there is a steep hill, using the landscape she knew exactly what to do. Keeping her car in a high gear she went up the hill. This made her car go slower and slower the higher and higher she went up the hill. Getting to the top she said to Sam that the car was dieing and she didn’t know what to do. As soon as she said this Sam’s face went white as if he just saw a ghost.
Behind Meagan on the side of the road stood two people dressed in all white standing with their backs to the road. Having passed all the houses and nearest roads Meagan was puzzled why they were out there. The car was now about to die and was chugging along, Meagan couldn't think of what to do so she let out a loud scream. Only being lit up by the moonlight the two white figures were hard to make out.
Then suddenly one of the people slowly turned around and stared at Meagan, Sam, and Jake. He took a couple of steps forward like he was coming after them. Panicking, Meagan slammed the clutch down and shifted into a low gear just before the car died and sped up the hill.
These three were scared and didn’t know what their next move should be. Having been told Sam’s story only minutes before the shadows were spotted they were led to believe that these they were the ghosts of those two people who were supposedly murdered by the cult years earlier.
Meagan, Sam, and Jake are the only known people to have seen these ghosts, but being told this story makes it hard to not believe them that they saw these figures.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Rough Draft
Driving down a lonely unpaved road by only the dim lights of the car and the full moon may sound ordinary but on December 2, 2008 this drive was far from ordinary for three local high school students. Meagan Moore, her brother Jake Moore, and their friend Sam Farnum were traveling home from a late night Student Council meeting on the dark back roads in between the small towns of Ranchester and Dayton.
Keeping the ride interesting as always Farnum decided to tell a spooky story. Meagan Moore retold the story during the interview saying that Farnum told about a cult that lived on the outskirts of Ranchester near the area where they were traveling that night. This cult lived there in the late 1970’s wearing shapeless clothing and sporting short hair cuts. During the time of the cult two people disappeared on a night of a full moon around the beginning of December. These people were supposedly killed and by the cult the night the two victims vanished.
Being told this story Meagan thought that Sam was trying to scare them but she did not know what was about to come. Driving home in her stick shift red Cabriolet Volts Wagon Meagan decided that it was her turn to do the scaring. With Sam riding shot gun and her brother in the back seat she decided to speed up. Traveling fast on the dark windy road Meagan put her car into the highest gear.
Meagan being a Ranchester resident she knew the road well. She decided to fake like her car was dieing right around the area where the two people were abducted that night by the cult. Around there the road goes up a steep hill so she knew exactly what to do.
Keeping her car in a high gear she went up the hill. This made her car go slower and slower the higher and higher she went up the hill. Getting to the top she said to Sam that the car was dieing and she didn’t know what to do. As soon as she said this Sam’s face went white as if he just saw a ghost.
Behind Meagan on the side of the road stood two people dressed in all white standing with their backs to the road. Having passed all the houses and nearest roads Meagan let out a loud scream. The car was now about to die and was chugging along. Only being lit up by the moonlight the two white figures were hard to see.
Then suddenly one of the people slowly turned around and stared at Meagan, Sam, and Jake. He took a step forward while still staying in the shadows no one in the car could make out the figures face. Being in a panic Meagan slammed the clutch down and shifted into a low gear just before the car died and sped up the hill.
They all were scared and didn’t know what to do next. Having been told Sam’s story only minutes before this happened they were led to believe that these two figures were the ghosts of those two people who were supposedly murdered by the cult that night.
Speeding home with the ride quite Meagan, Sam, and Jake were not only told a story about the cult and their vicious murders but could have possibly saw the outcome of this by seeing the ghosts.
Keeping the ride interesting as always Farnum decided to tell a spooky story. Meagan Moore retold the story during the interview saying that Farnum told about a cult that lived on the outskirts of Ranchester near the area where they were traveling that night. This cult lived there in the late 1970’s wearing shapeless clothing and sporting short hair cuts. During the time of the cult two people disappeared on a night of a full moon around the beginning of December. These people were supposedly killed and by the cult the night the two victims vanished.
Being told this story Meagan thought that Sam was trying to scare them but she did not know what was about to come. Driving home in her stick shift red Cabriolet Volts Wagon Meagan decided that it was her turn to do the scaring. With Sam riding shot gun and her brother in the back seat she decided to speed up. Traveling fast on the dark windy road Meagan put her car into the highest gear.
Meagan being a Ranchester resident she knew the road well. She decided to fake like her car was dieing right around the area where the two people were abducted that night by the cult. Around there the road goes up a steep hill so she knew exactly what to do.
Keeping her car in a high gear she went up the hill. This made her car go slower and slower the higher and higher she went up the hill. Getting to the top she said to Sam that the car was dieing and she didn’t know what to do. As soon as she said this Sam’s face went white as if he just saw a ghost.
Behind Meagan on the side of the road stood two people dressed in all white standing with their backs to the road. Having passed all the houses and nearest roads Meagan let out a loud scream. The car was now about to die and was chugging along. Only being lit up by the moonlight the two white figures were hard to see.
Then suddenly one of the people slowly turned around and stared at Meagan, Sam, and Jake. He took a step forward while still staying in the shadows no one in the car could make out the figures face. Being in a panic Meagan slammed the clutch down and shifted into a low gear just before the car died and sped up the hill.
They all were scared and didn’t know what to do next. Having been told Sam’s story only minutes before this happened they were led to believe that these two figures were the ghosts of those two people who were supposedly murdered by the cult that night.
Speeding home with the ride quite Meagan, Sam, and Jake were not only told a story about the cult and their vicious murders but could have possibly saw the outcome of this by seeing the ghosts.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Car Raid
Local Principal Feels Above Law
On March 2, 2009 a high school class in Dayton, Wyoming raids a suspicious car and finds unexpected evidence. When approaching the unappealing 1982 Land Cruiser many questions came to mind. Knowing that the car belonged to not only a teacher but the principal of the high school seeing that it was parked in a no parking space sent up a red flag.
Donald White the culprit of the illegal parking job and the bent out of shape car had a lot of explaining to do after the students had time to look through the car to find anything mysterious.
Linking a bag found in the back seat to Mr. White having surgery recently with the condition of the front of the car and the no parking sign made one conclusion possible, that he was a bad driver that didn’t obey laws.
When asking him if he has had recent surgery he stated that he did and that the surgery was to remove cataracts from his eyes. Also we brought up how he had parked in a no parking zone that day. He shared with us that that was the only empty parking space when he pulled into the parking lot and that because he was the principal and the one that enforces the laws he felt that he did not need to follow the no parking sign.
When he answered this question he had a manner about him that made it seem like he felt above the law because he was the enforcer at this school. We got information out of him that he once had stopped at a red light then while the light was still red he just pressed on the gas and ran into a pickup. This ordeal is the reason why the front of the Land Cruiser had large dents in it but most of the damage was done to the other man’s vehicle.
Knowing this information and the fact that he feels as if he can park in a no parking zone because he is the law enforcer at the school makes him look as if he thinks he is above the law. He feels that he should just remove the no parking sign and that if he continues on this path that his crime choices will escalate.
Some question on whether or not the cataracts had anything to do with his driving abilities was brought up but the interviewee never had the opportunity to answer.
Also while investigating the car traces of dog hair was found in the carpet. Mr. White told us that this car was mostly used for his 3 dogs before 2 of them tragically died. These two dogs were healers that were of old age. They died of cancer within the past six months.
Mr. White may think he is above the law but he realizes that his behaviors need to change before worse things happen to him and his beloved Land Cruiser. Hopefully interviewing him helped him realize that he needs to change his driving habits.
On March 2, 2009 a high school class in Dayton, Wyoming raids a suspicious car and finds unexpected evidence. When approaching the unappealing 1982 Land Cruiser many questions came to mind. Knowing that the car belonged to not only a teacher but the principal of the high school seeing that it was parked in a no parking space sent up a red flag.
Donald White the culprit of the illegal parking job and the bent out of shape car had a lot of explaining to do after the students had time to look through the car to find anything mysterious.
Linking a bag found in the back seat to Mr. White having surgery recently with the condition of the front of the car and the no parking sign made one conclusion possible, that he was a bad driver that didn’t obey laws.
When asking him if he has had recent surgery he stated that he did and that the surgery was to remove cataracts from his eyes. Also we brought up how he had parked in a no parking zone that day. He shared with us that that was the only empty parking space when he pulled into the parking lot and that because he was the principal and the one that enforces the laws he felt that he did not need to follow the no parking sign.
When he answered this question he had a manner about him that made it seem like he felt above the law because he was the enforcer at this school. We got information out of him that he once had stopped at a red light then while the light was still red he just pressed on the gas and ran into a pickup. This ordeal is the reason why the front of the Land Cruiser had large dents in it but most of the damage was done to the other man’s vehicle.
Knowing this information and the fact that he feels as if he can park in a no parking zone because he is the law enforcer at the school makes him look as if he thinks he is above the law. He feels that he should just remove the no parking sign and that if he continues on this path that his crime choices will escalate.
Some question on whether or not the cataracts had anything to do with his driving abilities was brought up but the interviewee never had the opportunity to answer.
Also while investigating the car traces of dog hair was found in the carpet. Mr. White told us that this car was mostly used for his 3 dogs before 2 of them tragically died. These two dogs were healers that were of old age. They died of cancer within the past six months.
Mr. White may think he is above the law but he realizes that his behaviors need to change before worse things happen to him and his beloved Land Cruiser. Hopefully interviewing him helped him realize that he needs to change his driving habits.
Object Lesson
Basketball Showdown in the Southeast: Kimberley and Hannah
Top teams that dominate all season get tossed out like a garbage bag, bottom weaker teams get lucky and go to the state tournament, and it’s everyone’s game no matter what its 2A regional basketball time. From the North East conference the four teams that went into the regional competition on the girls side includes Tongue River, Big Horn, Wright, and Sundance, for the boys it was Moorcroft, Tongue River, Wright, and Sundance. The Lusk Tigers hosted this year’s East Regional Tournament in Torrington, Wyoming.
The Tongue River boy’s report on how they played this weekend is not as pleasing as how the Tongue River girl’s. The boy’s first game to be played was late Thursday the 26th, 2009 while the girls played early that morning. The boy’s had a tough game loosing by 2 while the girls won in a blow out game. The eagles played Pine Bluff while the girls played the fourth ranked team from the south Lusk. Winning by this much advanced the lady eagles into the semi final game against Wright lady panthers. Unfortunately for the boys this devastating loss sent the boys into the loser’s bracket, and the next day they had a tough game to play against the number one seed from the south the Lusk Tigers.
Friday’s competition for the Tongue River boy’s players was a gut wrenching game that ended up being their last. The eagles were defeated by the well-coached team of Lusk putting them in the third and fourth place game, while Tongue River boys were knocked out of the competitions keeping them from competing in the State. On the other hand the Lady Eagles went on to defeat the Wright lady panthers by 20 points or more sending them into the championship game. That same day Tongue River’s rivals Big Horn defeated Burns to make it into the championship with them for the third year in a row. This time these two teams met the lady rams defeated the lady eagles by 22 points.
When talking to one of the Tongue River lady eagles players she told us about the part of the weekend that other teams did not know about. Torrington, Wyoming is near the eastern border of Nebraska so to kill some down time they traveled to the nearby town of Scott’s Bluff, Nebraska. There they ate at an Applebee’s and ventured in the mall that’s located in this town. Even though the Tongue River boy’s did not make it to state they enjoyed all the fun that the girls had in this town as well.
The lady eagles compete in the State Tournament in Casper, Wyoming the weekend of March 5-7. Their first game is against Wyoming Indian.
Top teams that dominate all season get tossed out like a garbage bag, bottom weaker teams get lucky and go to the state tournament, and it’s everyone’s game no matter what its 2A regional basketball time. From the North East conference the four teams that went into the regional competition on the girls side includes Tongue River, Big Horn, Wright, and Sundance, for the boys it was Moorcroft, Tongue River, Wright, and Sundance. The Lusk Tigers hosted this year’s East Regional Tournament in Torrington, Wyoming.
The Tongue River boy’s report on how they played this weekend is not as pleasing as how the Tongue River girl’s. The boy’s first game to be played was late Thursday the 26th, 2009 while the girls played early that morning. The boy’s had a tough game loosing by 2 while the girls won in a blow out game. The eagles played Pine Bluff while the girls played the fourth ranked team from the south Lusk. Winning by this much advanced the lady eagles into the semi final game against Wright lady panthers. Unfortunately for the boys this devastating loss sent the boys into the loser’s bracket, and the next day they had a tough game to play against the number one seed from the south the Lusk Tigers.
Friday’s competition for the Tongue River boy’s players was a gut wrenching game that ended up being their last. The eagles were defeated by the well-coached team of Lusk putting them in the third and fourth place game, while Tongue River boys were knocked out of the competitions keeping them from competing in the State. On the other hand the Lady Eagles went on to defeat the Wright lady panthers by 20 points or more sending them into the championship game. That same day Tongue River’s rivals Big Horn defeated Burns to make it into the championship with them for the third year in a row. This time these two teams met the lady rams defeated the lady eagles by 22 points.
When talking to one of the Tongue River lady eagles players she told us about the part of the weekend that other teams did not know about. Torrington, Wyoming is near the eastern border of Nebraska so to kill some down time they traveled to the nearby town of Scott’s Bluff, Nebraska. There they ate at an Applebee’s and ventured in the mall that’s located in this town. Even though the Tongue River boy’s did not make it to state they enjoyed all the fun that the girls had in this town as well.
The lady eagles compete in the State Tournament in Casper, Wyoming the weekend of March 5-7. Their first game is against Wyoming Indian.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Book Review 3-05-09
Being an investigator in a serial murder case is stressful, but even harder when dealing with a life threatening disease. Lindsay Boxer befalls as the main investigator on a sequential murder case of newly wed couples on the night of their wedding. Working against time to find the killer before he or she finds their new victim and balancing out her love life with her partner on the case and her killer, Negli’s Disease, the story of Lindsay Boxer in the book 1st TO DIE by James Patterson is a thrilling but bone chilling to read.
In the books included in the series the “Women’s Murder Club” James Patterson writes about four women banning together to solve alarming crimes. The book 1st TO DIE is the starting book of the spine-tingling story. James Patterson was inspiring to be a professional basketball player when he read The Day of the Jackal and The Exorcist inspired him to be a writer. Some of James Patterson’s earlier work was being a slogan composer. The works of James Patterson strip down the scene to little details that make the book hard to put down. Short chapters make reading easier, while opening a door for the reader’s mind to place them inside the book. The “Women’s Murder Club” series are all thrilling murder mysteries that can’t be disregarded.
This novel describes the out of the ordinary life of the only detective in San Francisco, working in company with close friends to solve the most talked about murders. When Lindsay Boxer is called to a local murder, feeling uneasy but expecting it to be a regular crime scene, she makes her way to the Mandarin Suite of the Grand Hyatt hotel. When approaching the hotel nothing has prepared her for what she saw. Lying inside the door were the first victims of the cold-blooded killer, slaughtered. These heart-wrenching crimes occur all the way through the book, and detective Boxer is always one step behind the killer. While traveling across the country to another crime that is linked to her cases, her job is put in second to her love affair, Chris Raleigh. When one of the ladies of “The Women’s Murder Club” discovers facial hair at a crime scene and gets the DNA, the crime has come from an open case, to knowing the killers name. Lindsay Boxer though has a gut feeling that something isn’t right, and the story takes for the worst.
1st TO DIE is a roller coaster ride that the reader will never forget. James Patterson uses a popular writing device, telling the story from the main character’s point-of-view, helping the reader to be entranced in the book, while also having a picture being drawn in their minds. Effectively telling the story through the main character James Patterson puts a picture in the reader’s mind of the horrific crime scenes. “I’d been to a hundred homicides and could radar in on the body as quick as anyone, but this I wasn’t prepared for. It sent a wave of compassion racing down my spine,” (pg. 27) this quote from Lindsay proficiently suggests how badly these crime scenes are, and how sick the killer is.
Critiquing this book is very simple because this book is one that once you start reading you will never want to put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a great mystery murder, which is mature enough to deal with descriptive pictures of gory scenes. Overall I enjoyed reading this book all the way up until the end and feel that most readers would feel the same.
In the books included in the series the “Women’s Murder Club” James Patterson writes about four women banning together to solve alarming crimes. The book 1st TO DIE is the starting book of the spine-tingling story. James Patterson was inspiring to be a professional basketball player when he read The Day of the Jackal and The Exorcist inspired him to be a writer. Some of James Patterson’s earlier work was being a slogan composer. The works of James Patterson strip down the scene to little details that make the book hard to put down. Short chapters make reading easier, while opening a door for the reader’s mind to place them inside the book. The “Women’s Murder Club” series are all thrilling murder mysteries that can’t be disregarded.
This novel describes the out of the ordinary life of the only detective in San Francisco, working in company with close friends to solve the most talked about murders. When Lindsay Boxer is called to a local murder, feeling uneasy but expecting it to be a regular crime scene, she makes her way to the Mandarin Suite of the Grand Hyatt hotel. When approaching the hotel nothing has prepared her for what she saw. Lying inside the door were the first victims of the cold-blooded killer, slaughtered. These heart-wrenching crimes occur all the way through the book, and detective Boxer is always one step behind the killer. While traveling across the country to another crime that is linked to her cases, her job is put in second to her love affair, Chris Raleigh. When one of the ladies of “The Women’s Murder Club” discovers facial hair at a crime scene and gets the DNA, the crime has come from an open case, to knowing the killers name. Lindsay Boxer though has a gut feeling that something isn’t right, and the story takes for the worst.
1st TO DIE is a roller coaster ride that the reader will never forget. James Patterson uses a popular writing device, telling the story from the main character’s point-of-view, helping the reader to be entranced in the book, while also having a picture being drawn in their minds. Effectively telling the story through the main character James Patterson puts a picture in the reader’s mind of the horrific crime scenes. “I’d been to a hundred homicides and could radar in on the body as quick as anyone, but this I wasn’t prepared for. It sent a wave of compassion racing down my spine,” (pg. 27) this quote from Lindsay proficiently suggests how badly these crime scenes are, and how sick the killer is.
Critiquing this book is very simple because this book is one that once you start reading you will never want to put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a great mystery murder, which is mature enough to deal with descriptive pictures of gory scenes. Overall I enjoyed reading this book all the way up until the end and feel that most readers would feel the same.
Monday, March 2, 2009
News 3-05-09
Decades Later, Asbestos-Ravaged Town Has Its Day in Court
Libby, Montana is a nice and quite little community, a perfect place to raise a family, unless you know about the health dangers surrounding the population. A mining company is being blamed and prosecuted for asbestos. The town has been effected tremendously with over 1,000 people stricken ill and 200 more dead from asbestos exposure. The government told the town citizens that the company knowingly covered up the dangers of asbestos and left them in the dark about the dangers and effects it would have on their lives. This case is being held in Missoula, Montana.
Indirect Lede
Boater Found; NFL Players Still Missing, Coast Guard Says
Early Saturday morning around 6:30 a.m two NFL players, a two former University of South Florida players left from Seminole Boat Ramp left for a fishing trip that some may never return from alive. One of the boaters was found Monday holding onto the overturned boat that the men left in. Wife of one of the players called a close friend when she became worried when her husband didn't call that night. Coast Guards now know that they are not looking for the men in a boat but in the water now.
Impact Lede
TV-Watching Tots Double Their Asthma Risk, U.K. Researchers Say
U.K. researchers find surprising studies about television relation to asthma in teenagers. When toddlers watch more than two hours of television a day the risk that they get diagnosed with asthma in their teenager years almost double. This was supported when researchers kept data on 3,065 children and followed them for eight years. This study was funded by the U.K. Medical Research Council.
Impact Lede
Girl, 9, to Abort Twins
A Brazilian girl was taken to a nearby hospital for stomach pains but was found to be four months pregnant. The girl was reported to be sexually abused by her stepfather. Abortion is illegal in Brazil unless the woman has been raped or the pregnancy will effect the woman's health. The doctors feel that the girl would not make it all the way through the pregnancy due to the fact her body isn't ready to support twins.
Impact Lede
Libby, Montana is a nice and quite little community, a perfect place to raise a family, unless you know about the health dangers surrounding the population. A mining company is being blamed and prosecuted for asbestos. The town has been effected tremendously with over 1,000 people stricken ill and 200 more dead from asbestos exposure. The government told the town citizens that the company knowingly covered up the dangers of asbestos and left them in the dark about the dangers and effects it would have on their lives. This case is being held in Missoula, Montana.
Indirect Lede
Boater Found; NFL Players Still Missing, Coast Guard Says
Early Saturday morning around 6:30 a.m two NFL players, a two former University of South Florida players left from Seminole Boat Ramp left for a fishing trip that some may never return from alive. One of the boaters was found Monday holding onto the overturned boat that the men left in. Wife of one of the players called a close friend when she became worried when her husband didn't call that night. Coast Guards now know that they are not looking for the men in a boat but in the water now.
Impact Lede
TV-Watching Tots Double Their Asthma Risk, U.K. Researchers Say
U.K. researchers find surprising studies about television relation to asthma in teenagers. When toddlers watch more than two hours of television a day the risk that they get diagnosed with asthma in their teenager years almost double. This was supported when researchers kept data on 3,065 children and followed them for eight years. This study was funded by the U.K. Medical Research Council.
Impact Lede
Girl, 9, to Abort Twins
A Brazilian girl was taken to a nearby hospital for stomach pains but was found to be four months pregnant. The girl was reported to be sexually abused by her stepfather. Abortion is illegal in Brazil unless the woman has been raped or the pregnancy will effect the woman's health. The doctors feel that the girl would not make it all the way through the pregnancy due to the fact her body isn't ready to support twins.
Impact Lede
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