By Wellons Communications
Now with news links!
Great news! Ripley’s new Seeing is Believing book has some stories in the Chicago area. The book came out earlier this month, and Illinois is represented well with its share of strange and unusual stories in the book.
Here are the stories:
* Beer Coffin
Bill Bramanti had a coffin specially built to resemble a huge can of his favorite beer. The 67-year-old paid $2,000 to resemble Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
* School Bus Driver Changes Name
Steve Kreuscher filed a petition to change his name to “In God We Trust” because he was worried that the phrase might be removed from U.S. currency.
* Cat with Four Ears
Valerie and Ted Rock own a cat with four ears. Yoda has two extra flaps behind his normal ears, probably a genetic mutation

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Posted on September 28, 2009

By The Special Guests Publicity Service
An economic meltdown that – based on its global scope – is even worse than the Great Depression.
. . . A nuclear-ambitious Iran that threatens to change the entire political and military dynamic of the world.
. . . A far-leftist U.S. leadership making a play for socialist government control.
. . . A Wall Street and Washington landscape riddled with corrupt individuals.
. . . A secular factious, often uncontested movement that’s eroding our moral fiber.
Can anyone really tell what’s going on? Is there a common-thread force at work here that is beyond our comprehension?

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Posted on September 17, 2009

By Scott Buckner
The Top Ten books (actually, the only ten books – and at 20 percent off) on the rack Tuesday evening at the Strack & Van Til supermarket along the state line in Munster, Indiana:
1. 92 Pacific Boulevard/Debbie Macomber
2. Scarretta/Patricia Cromwell
3. A Good Woman/Danielle Steele

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Posted on September 16, 2009