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THE COFFEE BREAK - Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Bar manager gets revenge for tagging
A 21-year-old man who was caught on camera defacing a New
Zealand bar had his own face tagged by the bar's manager as
revenge, the proud employee said. Turks Bar manager Dion
Cooper said when he recognized Quentin McKelvey as the man
allegedly videotaped writing on a barroom wall, he asked
the "artist" to clean off his tagging, The Dominion Post
said in its Saturday edition. Cooper said he took matters
into his own hands after McKelvey refused. "I asked him,
'How do you like that, mate? How do you like being drawn
on?'" Cooper said. "I put a bit on his clothes, said, 'Oh
sorry, mate, I've just wrecked your clothes, like you
wrecked my wall, how did you like it?"' McKelvey was not
charged in the April 18 incident in Havelock North but he
said he learned his lesson after receiving community
service from a similar incident. "I know it's really
irresponsible and I've learnt my lesson now," he told
the Post.
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Fla. woman hurt in collision with pelican
A 50-year-old Ohio woman suffered facial injuries when a
pelican collided with her in the Gulf of Mexico off Treasure
Island, Fla., authorities say. Tourists typically are
advised to be cautious of sharks and stingrays but such
warnings rarely include pelicans, the St. Petersburg (Fla.)
Times said Friday. "I do not recall an incident with a
pelican," St. Pete Beach Fire Chief Fred Golliner said
after Thursday's incident. Debbie Shoemaker required 26
stitches after the pelican's beak pierced her cheek. She
told the newspaper she decided to end her vacation early
and go back home to Toledo. "A terrifying experience,
especially being by myself," she said. "Nobody would have
ever thought that it could happen, but it could and it
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Alaska officials blow up old fireworks
Residents of Big Lake, Alaska, said they were shocked by a
loud blast that came from a box of old fireworks city
officials decided to blow up. The incident began when
relatives of Clay Holzl, who was a pyrotechnician before
he died, stumbled across an old stash of his fireworks in
a storage unit, the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News reported
Sunday. After struggling with what to do with the box of
large commercial fireworks, authorities Friday said the
best way to dispose of the materials was to blow them up.
"We were getting rid of it as safely as possible," said
Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters. After
closing down surrounding roads and warning residents,
officers lit the explosives. The blast set the town rattling
and shattered some windows. "It sounded like a sonic boom,"
said resident Nancy Killoran. Holzl's family said the boom
was a fitting final statement for their loved one, who
loved the sound of a good strong blast.
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