YLC_poster_2010 The West Virginia National Guard’s 44th annual Youth leaders Camp (YLC) is an unparallel leadership opportunity proven to be physically demanding, mentally challenging and a VERY rewarding experience. YLC is designed for 15-18 year old students entering their Junior or Senior year. These students have expressed a desire to be a leader in their school and community. YLC enables Youth Leaders to build confidence, team building more

August 6-8, 2010 at Camp Virgil Tate. Entry fee is $75 and deadline for application is July 13, 2010.Open to women 16-22 who live in Kanawha County OR attend ANY school in Kanawha county. Queen receives a $1,000 scholarship to the school of her choice and expenses (some) paid to the January 2011 Fairs & Festivals. http://www.kanawhacountyfair.org/forms/Forms%202010/pageantentry2010.pdf more

A Peoria, Illinois, woman called 911 after a bull smashed into her home.        Sally Joyner said she was in the kitchen with her 16-year-old granddaughter when they heard a crash from downstairs. "I jumped up and looked down the stairs and there was a humongous bull in our foyer," Joyner said. "I called 911 and said, 'Please don't think I'm crazy, but a bull just crashed through more

During Super Bowl Sunday, the Calorie Control Council says Americans will eat over 30 million pounds of snacks.      Here's the breakdown: - 11.2 million pounds of potato chips - 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips - 4.3 million pounds of pretzels - 3.8 million pounds of popcorn - 2.5 million pounds of nuts. - 46 million pounds of avocados will be consumed on Super Bowl Sunday - 90 million pounds of chicken wings The more

A 62-year old Detroit man was sledding with friends when he strapped a motorcycle muffler to his back that was stuffed with gunpowder, matches and gasoline.   Go ahead, you can think it, you know this is NOT going to turn out OK. He hoped the homemade rocket would propel him down a hill at record speeds. Results were less than what was expected. The muffler blew up and ignited more

Saints fans are doing everything they can to get tickets to the Super Bowl.     One man posted this ad on Craigslist offering to sell one of his testicles: WILL TRADE; Left testicle for Super Bowl tickets (Miami) High capacity, O negative, well traveled, well maintained, larger than average, only used for @ 22 years! (was in storage before that) 1 available! History of producing blond haired Caucasian males inclined more

 What caused the  Conan O'Brien show to fail?   Some in Hollywood say it's because of the Will Ferrell Curse. Will was Megan Mullally’s first guest before her talk show was canceled five months later. He kicked off John McEnroe’s show, which was eventually canceled by MSNBC. He was Conan's first guest. All 3 shows tanked within a year. more

Three Cypress Ridge High School students were suspended and fined $135 each for pulling a prank during a senior class photo shoot. The Houston, Texas seniors were part of a group that wore t-shirts that spelled out "Class of 2010." At one point, the students wearing the C and L shirts moved leaving only "ass" on the front row. Senior Austin Knight says, "I heard C and L more

  Several artists including Lincoln Park, the Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morissette and Slash have contributed previously-unreleased tracks to a charity effort called DOWNLOAD TO DONATION FOR HAITI. You buy the music and the money goes to Haiti. http://www.musicforrelief.org/ more

     The Red Cross has a quick way to donate to the disaster relief fund.   To help the victims in Haiti, from Red Cross, you can text “haiti” to 90999 to automatically donate $10--the service is being offered without surcharges by mGive.   The $10 will be billed on your cell phone statement. (From The Consumerist) more