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NW Pa. man honored for perfect Rotary attendance
BRADFORD, Pa.
Robert Kirk has spent 521/2 of his 85 years doing one thing exceptionally well: attending Rotary Club meetings.
The northwestern Pennsylvania man is being honored by the service organization’s international magazine, The Rotarian, for never missing a weekly meeting in those 52-plus years.
Kirk lives in Bradford, about 130 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, but has taken advantage of a rule that allows members to attend meetings in other states and countries.
A world traveler who enjoyed free trips because of his son’s employment with a major airline, Kirk has attended Rotary meetings in all 50 states and 33 foreign countries. He estimates he’s kept his perfect-attendance streak alive by attending 400 to 500 meetings in other locations.
The Bradford Era reports Kirk also braved a blizzard in Denver and checked out of a hospital to attend meetings.
Welsh restaurant apologizes for serving booze to child
LONDON
A restaurant chain has apologized for accidentally serving alcohol to a toddler in Wales, calling it a case of human error.
The BBC reported that 2-year-old Sonny Rees was taken to a hospital emergency room after drinking whiskey at his second- birthday party at a Frankie and Benny’s restaurant in Swansea.
His mother said he was clearly intoxicated. She said she tasted his drink after noticing that he was making a funny face. At the hospital, the staff monitored his vital signs and later gave him the all-clear.
Frankie and Benny’s said Thursday it was extremely sorry for Saturday’s incident and is looking into what systems need to be put in place to ensure that it does not happen again.
Sign warns Maine drivers about zombie danger
PORTLAND, Maine
Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused.
The sign at a Portland road-construction site was changed by a hacker to read “Warning Zombies Ahead!” on Wednesday morning. It originally read “Night work 8 pm-6 am. Expect delays.”
City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says the signs are a safety precaution, and changing one could have led to driver distraction.
She tells The Portland Press Herald that tampering with a safety device is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
She says it’s not clear who changed the sign, but it’s not the first time it has happened.
Associated Press