USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Canteen Goes West ~ April 8, 2003

April 8, 2003 | LaDivaLoca

[eureka!]

Bump #24. Thanks for the ping--I would have missed that one. And bless our troops, daily...

[tomkow6]

Western Burqa?

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, my friend -- and G'morning to ya :)

[Bethbg79]

Good morning Troops!!!

Good morning Canteen crew!!

[Valin]

File under, Don't do this!

Man tries holdup, gets laughed out of bank
Associated Press

Published April 8, 2003


PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- Police say they aren't sure what charge is appropriate for a man arrested after tellers laughed him out of a bank he apparently tried to rob.
The man entered a branch of the Bank of America about 10 a.m. Monday, with a trash bag in one hand and the other in a pocket, authorities said.
``Put the money in the bag,'' he demanded.

Instead, one of the two tellers told him the bank was out of money, and the other teller laughed and offered the man deposit slips. She told police that made the intruder angry, and he left without any money in his bag.

Minutes after tellers alerted authorities, a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy picked up Julius Kearney, 23, of Little Rock, as he walked nearby. Kearney was arrested after witnesses in the bank identified him as the man with the trash bag, police said.
No weapon was found, and the man at the bank never threatened anybody, so police are unsure how the case will be handled.

``Technically, it could be robbery, and since it is in a bank, the FBI might also have some regulations about what we can charge him with,'' said police spokesman Robert Rawlinson.

``Either he'll be (in jail) or we will put him in for mental evaluation,'' Rawlinson said. ``He's not just going to be released.''

[MeekOneGOP]

hehehe !

[ProudArmyWife]

Can someone tell me where I can find one of those little dolls dressed up in cammies? Pwease? Thanks a bunch!
4th ID wife

[MeekOneGOP]

Now THAT'S a great combo pic ! Thanks ! :O)

[beachn4fun]

Now hon, you just leave my woman alone, ok? She has a right to be late. We women's are known to be late. I think God planted a "being late stop watch" in our cells. Ok? It's considered good breedin' in some circles to be late, ok? So..... don't you go lettin' it bother you none. Don't worry your pretty little head about it. My honey, Ms. Hilliary, will get it done in her own good time. OK? She's never been wrong before, right?

[beachn4fun]

Not fair. I am trying to find one myself.

[SAMWolf]

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Rows of US Army M1 Abrams tanks are parked outside a hangar at Baghdad's international airport(AFP/Romeo Gacad)


British troops rest after taking Saddam's ultra-luxurious Presidential Palace. British forces have asked a senior Iraqi tribal leader to form a committee to run the newly captured city of Basra(AFP/Terry Richards)


.S. Marines from Lima Company, a part of a 7-th Marine Regiment take position under a sign reading 'Iraqi Air Force' during the operation of taking over Rashid air base in Iraqi capital Baghdad April 8, 2003.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Diva, what a wonderful slice of history in today's thread. Thank you. More reading later.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Aeronaut and Otto, and thanks for the armed flyover of protection for the troops' Canteen. Much appreciated.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Meekie, for the hot chocolate and marshmallows each morning. Yum!

[Valin]

From todays red Star Tribune.
School raises $1,091 for care packages

Published April 8, 2003


A small Catholic grade school south of the Twin Cities raised $1,091 in a "penny challenge" last week, with the money going for care packages to U.S. troops in Iraq.
"We were very, very surprised at how much money they raised," said Emily Casellius, a teacher at St. Mathias Catholic School in Hampton, in Dakota County southeast of Farmington.
The school has 57 students in kindergarten through fifth grades.

Each class in the school was given a pail, and children were encouraged to drop in pennies, but larger amounts were also accepted. Parents were very supportive, said Casellius, and the kindergarten class collected the most money.

The group that will receive the donation has not yet been selected, she said. The money will be used to prepare packages for the troops.
She said the teachers wanted to make students aware of the war and show them "there was something we something they could do to help."

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

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