Wild Card — 1/31/09
As far as I'm concerned Winter 2008-09 ends Monday, Feb. 2. Groundhog's Day has always been special for me. That's the day my late father was born, in 1921. Mentally, I tell myself that Groundhog's Day means winter's back is broken, whether or not Punxutawney Phil sees his shadow. Of course, that strategy didn't work last year as Winter 2007-08 went on forever. But it seems to be on the money this year. As we begin a new day, I just heard on the scanner that there's a one-vehicle rollover in the e/b lanes of I-90 @ M/P 8 that has injured 2 people. On the national scene, a tour bus crash near the Hoover Dam has killed 7 Chinese nationals here. Tom Daschle, the cabinet nominee for HHS, has failed to pay $128,000 over the last 3 years here. The mother of the California octuplets was hoping for one more girl here. And the Wild Card is in play ...