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From the Chicago Tribune:

36 children injured in sledding accident



Items compiled from Tribune news services

Published January 2, 2005



MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- Thirty-six children were injured in a sledding accident during an all-night New Year's Eve party held by a religious organization.



Three of the children were hospitalized, but all were in stable condition, officials said.



Police Sgt. Winston Black said more than 100 children ages 12 to 19 attending a Youth for Christ event gathered at a high school around 4 a.m. to slide down a hill using sleds built out of cardboard boxes. A sign posted on the hill prohibited sledding.



The children and Youth for Christ staffers piled eight to 12 passengers on the sleds, then went down the hill in quick succession, Black said. "The sleds struck rocks, a light pole and each other," he said.

Ummmmkay, everyone. Now explain-to-me-this:



The guy who booked the transvestite fashion show into the New City YMCA in a time slot that just baaaaarely overlapped with a swim meet the next morning--THAT guy lost his job. Nobody was HURT, mind you--just some parents who should know better (my god, people, New City is NOT exactly the least-gay-friendly 'hood in Chicago!!!) got their precious little Midwestern sensibilities offended--but the guy who did it is out of a job because of it.



Any bets on how much nothing will happen to the asshelmet who decided "Yeah! Let's take the kids sledding on the no-sledding hill?" (If they do fire him, he can go off and found a splinter group--Dumbasses for Christ. He's not just the president--he's also a member.)