One night, one shot, one moment changes a life, a school and a town

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We ran this story in our paper not too long ago. It's a great story about a special moment. Check it out here.

No news is good news? Yeah, right.

I had planned to be making ya'll jealous of my lakefront lifestyle, regaling you with tales of boating, partying and camping, but Mother Nature hasn't been co-operating. Wind, rain, and otherwise gloomy weather has put a damper on my summer so far. Well, my spring. It still isn't officially summer.
For those of you wondering whose dulcet tones those were on my answering machine, they belong to my friend Steph, who is now my second roommate. So no, Dad, and no, mom, I do not have a new woman living with me. Sorry to disappoint you.
I've been in a whirlwind of writing for the paper, doing stories on Gretzky coming to Kelowna with the Olympic team (a scoop!), a local football player getting signed by the Montreal Alouettes (another scoop!) and a local dude winning an online poker tournament and earning a spot at the World Series of Poker final (can we say "scoop" again?). Which means he's got got a chance to win $10 million US - the purse is $96 million overall.
Hmmm... I might just have to bone up on my Texas hold'em skills.
If three straight scoops, four earthquakes in California, or my sister calling me from the Playboy Mansion wasn't enough to convince you the end of the world is at hand, here's the latest sign of the Apocolypse.

Why you don't drink and boat ...

It seems like I never have anything good to report on here...
Here's the latest from my little slice of the world. A bunch of young people hit the lake by houseboat on Wednesday night, only to capsize after trying to cram 60 people on a vessel meant for less than half of that. A young girl died because these yahoos weren't paying attention to safety.
To top it off, I knew a lot of these people. Thankfully, I didn't know the girl, but I did know most of the people involved - like my boy Deon. They were all servers, cooks, or friends of people who worked at Earl's. There's no better way to start the day than to turn on the TV and see your friends talking about a tragedy like this.

I'm out...