GNN: Teen Uses Lasso To Save Drowning Man

by Kevin Burton    Whatever skillset you have, you can use it for good just when a neighbor needs it most.    That’s the theme of today’s stories from the Good News Network.    The more troubling, heartbreaking news must be covered. We can’t stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality. But it …

I Say This “Fly Tipper” Got Off Too Easy

by Kevin Burton    I am guessing you are like me and had no previous idea what “fly tipping” is.    Fly tipping is “the activity of illegally leaving waste or unwanted objects next to a road, in a field,  in a river, etc.” according to the Cambridge Dictionary.    According to wordhistories.net, here’s how …

Last Word On Last Letter: Canada Says “Zed”

by Kevin Burton    It’s the beginning of a new year, so leave it to Page 7 to take you to the end – of the alphabet that is.    May I be the first to wish you a very happy International Z Day.    “Z Day, celebrated on Jan. 1, is a quirky and …

Boom, Boom: Fireworks Store Erupts In Flames

by Kevin Burton    You hear this phrase a lot: “don’t judge.”    Well in this case, go ahead. Be my guest. Judge, and jump in with both feet, or both wagging index fingers, if you want to. I don’t care.    On our first regional beep baseball trip, to Indianapolis in late May, I …

God’s Impetuous Child Lives At My House

by Kevin Burton    I actually did this, I promise. Neither Winston Churchill nor any other learned observer from the past, present or future, would have called this “my finest hour.”    I bring you this, even though there may be somebody reading Page 7 for the first time today. Sheesh.     There was a …