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DECEMBER 15, 2021 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK 9
The 10-foot-tall arti- ficial Christmas tree that the town council installed in the Grimsby town center in England left locals underwhelmed, Grimsby Live reported — to the point that the council had the ex- pensive decoration removed.
Townsfolk Insulted By Pricey Holiday Decoration
Christmas market.
In other Weird reports:
Firefighters in Syracuse, New York, were called to the Landmark Theatre on Nov. 5 after a person was heard call- ing for help inside the build- ing, Fox News reported.
thing called the “Kyle Scheele Meal.”
cluding “vicious rain, dust storms and snow” — has forced hordes of scorpions from their usual hiding plac- es and into many homes and onto numerous streets.
Utah, found the ring in 2019 while using his metal detector in the yard of an abandoned home. It’s a 10-karat gold ring from the 1943 class of the Colorado School of Mines, inscribed with the initials “R.W.D.”
Naked And Trapped
He then placed the cutout in a local gas station and waited to see how long his prank would last.
Snarky comments includ- ed one from a resident who said he had a bigger tree in his house, and another called it “an insult to Grimsby.”
An unidentified 39-year- old man was stuck behind a wall in the theater bathroom, completely naked, and was believed to have been there for two to three days. It was unclear how he managed to get behind the wall, but fire- fighters had to cut through several layers of drywall and structural tile to free him.
John Kane said the victim appeared to be uninjured and would probably be treated for dehydration.
Rock On
Missouri man Kyle Scheele, with the help of friends, made a cardboard cutout of himself “jamming out with a pizza guitar” and advertising some-
But after the fake ad went viral on TikTok, convenience store chain Kum & Go made the Scheele Meal real. It in- cluded a Red Bull and a pizza sandwich, “which is just two pieces of pizza smashed face- to-face,” Scheele said.
BBC News reported that three people have died so far from scorpion stings, and 450 have been injured. The injured are being treated with antivenom.
Kelly found a 1948 year- book from the school on eBay, which revealed the ring’s like- ly owner: Richard William Deneke. Deneke is nearing his 100th birthday at a nursing home in Georgia, and Stewart indicated he plans to mail the ring back to him.
The council responded that the tree cost more than 1,000 pounds but said it had been installed too early, and the traditional live tree from a nearby farm would be in- stalled on Nov. 25. The fake tree will be reinstalled for a
The promotion ran for about a week, with Kum & Go donating $2 of every $5 meal to the charity No Kid Hungry.
Health officials have even had to recruit a number of doctors who were on vaca- tion to help with the influx of patients.
Syracuse Deputy fire chief
In Aswan, Egypt, recent inclement weather — in-
That Stings
A lost ring will soon find its way home — after 70 years. Kelly Stewart of Richfield,
A Familiar Ring
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