Exercises 5.10-11

5.10
Plant Accident - blind lead
Who: Duane LaChance, 53, a pipe fitter
What: accidentally touched a power line carrying 15,000 volts and suffered 3rd degree burns, currently hospitalized
Where: Petal Municipal Power Plant
When: today (Monday)
Why: accident
How: touched wrench to the power line

     A Gross Engineers pipe fitter checked into the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital Monday on account of third-degree burns obtained after accidentally touching a wrench to a power line carrying 15,000 volts.
     Duane LaChance, 53, was installing new pipes on the roof of the Petal Municipal Power Plant, 222 Power Drive, when the accident occurred at 3 p.m., according to Henry Rosen, the project manager for Gross Engineers.

McCartney Illness - summary
Who: Peter McCartney, famous singer
What: hospitalized, throat surgery scheduled tomorrow
Where: entered Riverside Hospital from Bennett auditorium
When: midnight Sunday
Why:voice reduced to a whisper at his concert
How:

     Singer Peter McCartney checked into Riverside Hospital late Sunday night, and is scheduled for an exploratory throat surgery that will take place sometime Monday morning.
     McCartney lost his voice in front of 1,000 fans when he performed Sunday at the Bennett Auditorium, after which he went immediately to the hospital.

BOE Meeting- summary
Who: Hattiesburg Board of Education, specifically Max Hoemmeldorfer (assistant superintendent)
What: announcements of dropped enrollment, new dress code, cheap meats
Where: school board
When: Monday morning
Why: drop in enrollment called for a board meeting
How:

     "A bleak future" for Hattiesburg education was addressed Monday as the local Board of Education convened to discuss additional enrollment decreases (200 students this year), new dress code rules, and dairy product supplies.
     Assistant superintendent Max Hoemmeldorfer referred to the school's future as "bleak" on account of the third year of decreasing enrollment, and it will be interesting to see how the decisions for accepting a low bid for milk and banning miniskirts, blue jeans, and hair below the ears (for male students) will affect enrollment for next year.



5.11
Faculty in Plane Crash - plot/straight news (??)
Who: two professors from Backwater State University
What: both coincidentally flying on a plane that crashed upon take-off, killing 5 out of its 45 passengers
Where: crashed at Kennedy International Airport
When: Thursday night
Why:
How:

     A TWA jet crashed on takeoff at Kennedy International Airport Thursday night, killing five people out of the 45 total passengers and crew members aboard, including two associate professors from Backwater State University.
     John Dumont, professor of rural sociology, and George Johnson, professor of English, were both returning from separate conferences in New York City, and both thankfully escaped injury.

Meeman Speaks - straight news
Who: Pulitzer-prize-winning author Norman Meeman
What: spoke
Where: William Oxley Memorial Library
When: Monday at 4:30
Why: to talk about his book
How:

     Author Norman Meeman, most famous for his 2012 Pulitzer Prize winning book, My Life as Far as It Goes, spoke Sunday afternoon at the William Oxley Memorial Library in front of 67 eager mostly English students.
     Meeman gave the students wise advice when he said, "You can't be a great writer by imitating the styles of prize-winning authors. You've got to get our and sample life, learn how other people live, and then let your inner feelings pour out. These parodies they assign in college English courses are a bunch of hogwash." (?)

Professor Wins Award- blind/straight
Who: professor Clement Crabtree
What: won an essay competition
Where: Pennsylvania
When: last week
Why: for his essay "Plan for Peace"
How:

     Last Sunday in Pennsylvania, The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge announced its annual George Washington Honor Medal winners for their prestigious essay competition.
     Among the 32 winners was Clement Crabtree, a professor of horticulture, whose essay "Plan for Peace" promotes patriotism by urging free distribution of red, white and blue flower seeds in foreign nations.