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Thoughts and Prayers
Another week and another round of shootings has plagued the country. This time in Illinois, a gun walked into a geology lecture and opened fire. The scary thing about this particular shooting was the lack of emotion as he opened fire on the crowd. This is another senseless tragedy involving innocent people and a physiologically challenged individual. One disturbing link with this and the Virginia Tech shooting of last year was that the gun dealer who sold the Vtech murder his supplies also sold supplies to the NIU murder. Now it is not this particular dealers fault, but eerie to think that this one store would be connected to two campus shootings. Words cannot soothe the pain that the families are going through, and my thoughts and prayers go out to them. Why can't we stop this senseless violence?

Rollin Down the Highway
On a lighter note to finish off the week, we look to Frank Oresnik's truck "old girl" passed the million mile mark last week. With camera men and NPR in tow, Frank passed the million mile mark on his way back home in southeastern Wisconsin. Frank bought the 1991 Chevy Silverado used in 1996 to use in his seafood and steak delivery business. The truck had 41,000 miles on it to start with and according to Frank the oil has been changed at least 300 times. Pretty impressive feat for the old American automotive icon. I wish Frank the best of luck in his quest for the next million miles. I doubt it will be in his old Silverado as Chevy and Shell oil have requested to purchase the truck. Nows the time to cash in Frank...just cash it in!