Cheese Balls Dog Head In Michigan
Here’s your Thursday edition of Good News…including the Michigan story of the dog with the cheese balls container on his head.
1. Someone in Massachusetts set up one of those huge 12-foot skeletons in their yard for Halloween, and he’s pulling double duty this year. They have him holding a sign for drivers that says, “Slow Down . . . I Smell Children.” (Here’s a photo.)
2. A stray dog here in Michigan got his head stuck in one of those big plastic jugs cheese balls come in. It was on his head for at least three days, but an animal shelter helped him out and got it off. They’re now trying to track down the owners. (Here’s a photo.)
3. Eight orphaned manatees recently caught a flight from Ohio to Florida to be released back into the wild. Three different zoos in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Tampa worked with SeaWorld to rehabilitate them.
They had to travel in custom-made containers and be monitored throughout the flight. Then five more young manatees caught a return flight to Ohio so they can be rehabbed and released.
4. A woman from Boston named Sarah Bohan ran the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, and stopped in the middle to save a kitten.
She was 20 miles in when she spotted it on the side of the road, and scooped it up. Then she ran around to different spectators until she found a woman who said she’d ADOPT it. (Here’s a photo.)
Sarah was on pace to beat her personal record before spotting the kitten, but she doesn’t care. She still finished in an impressive 3 hours and 31 minutes.
She happened to be running to raise money for a no-kill shelter called PAWS Chicago. So, it was meant to be. (Here’s an interview from after the race.)
2. A 76-year-old teacher in Illinois named Paul Durietz was just awarded a Guinness World Record for “longest career as a social studies teacher.” He’s been teaching at the same middle school for over 53 years.
3. A guy named Chuck Feeney passed away on Monday at 92. He made billions co-founding a company that owns a lot of the “duty free” stores you see at airports. But he lived the last 30 years of his life on a strict budget after giving away his ENTIRE FORTUNE.
He was a big fan of “giving while living,” and launched a charity in 1982 called Atlantic Philanthropies. They finally shut down three years ago after announcing they’d successfully donated it all.
Over 38 years, Chuck’s charity handed out $8 BILLION in grants. Much of it was done anonymously. (Here’s a photo.)
In case you missed Monday’s edition of “Good News” – here you go!