ODDLY ENOUGH
ODDLY ENOUGH
Fence-message proposal works
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
A chain-link-fence marriage proposal has worked for a South Texas man who used a similar plastic-cups effort to invite the same gal to prom in 2007.
Krystal Salazar said “yes” both times, including Tuesday’s wedding proposal outside Ray High School in Corpus Christi.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that Johnny Mata Jr. had help from friends in using cups inserted into the fence to spell: “KRYSTAL ... MARRY ME?”
Mata and Salazar, who have known each other since sixth grade, work for the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio. They returned to Corpus Christi to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Mata arranged for a relative who drives a limousine to pick up the pair and swing by the school. That’s when Mata then got down on one knee and produced a ring.
Beijing destroys barbecue grills
BEIJING
Beijing is waging a war against air pollution, one barbecue at a time.
Authorities in the capital have destroyed more than 500 open-air barbecues “to cut PM2.5” — the tiny particulate matter in the air that can enter deep into the lungs.
Photos carried by state media showed workers Tuesday cutting pieces of metal with sparks flying as city wardens looked on.
Citizens online ridiculed the exercise, suggesting authorities should focus on bigger sources of pollution. A media officer at Beijing’s Xicheng district administration bureau said hundreds of barbecue grills were confiscated over a three-month campaign and cut up so they couldn’t be used again. She refused to give her name.
Associated Press