Grandma camps out 43 hours
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) – Here’s one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark.
Belts’ Soft Serve opened for the year Friday at 11 a.m. Thanks to grandma, 6-year-old Brayden Banks placed the first order. The Stevens Point Journal says Cuestas arrived Wednesday at 4 p.m. She planned to spend the night in her car but after locking her keys in the car, she instead slept in the Belts bathroom. Brayden arrived Thursday morning. The two passed the last 24 hours playing games, reading and drawing. Cuestas says the wait was worth it. She says making memories with her grandson is priceless.
Police: Kid tried to poison teacher
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a 9-year-old girl has been suspended from school after she was accused of putting crushed prescription drugs into her teacher’s water. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Saturday that the fourth-grade teacher at Hendersonville Elementary School told investigators she began to feel ill Feb. 24 and called in sick two days later.
Investigators say the girl bragged to fellow students that she had “taken care’’ of the teacher. According to a police report, the student was mad because she was switched to a different class.
Project is vandalism for cause
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – An Indiana University student has distributed stickers pronouncing “I am coal’’ around the world in what she calls ``smart vandalism’’ to raise awareness of climate-change issues.
Junior Cristina Vanko enlisted family and friends worldwide to affix 1,000 stickers to electrical fixtures, illuminated displays and other structures as part of a class in art, engagement and activism.