Showing posts with label small towns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label small towns. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Unalaska Police Blotter and Noah

When I go home to California, there are 3 things I read in the local newspaper, The Village News: the obituaries, the change of names, and the police blotter.

The police blotter in The Village News has fun things like "Grand theft fruit/fowl/etc" and "Annoying phone call: obscene/threatening." (It's a small town...) but I didn't know fun police blotters until I started reading the Unalaska Police Blotter. (Which also appears in the Anchorage Daily News

Unalaska is most well know for being home to Dutch Harbor, the largest fisheries port in the United States and made famous by the Discovery Channel Show Deadliest Catch

RIP Capt. Phil
Unalaska is isolated. I mean seriously isolated. It's a quarter of the way down the Aleutian Chain, so it's practically in Russia

I'm not sure if people are already crazy when they get to Dutch Harbor or if the isolation turns them into crazy people, but either way it makes for great reading. You can find the most recent police blotter here, but here are some of my favorite entries:

Caller reported a group of 5 children playing atop an old residence. Officer contacted the group and advised them not to play on the roof of residences in general and not to play on the roof of residences not their own, ever.

Caller reported an intoxicated individual causing a ruckus in the common area of a bunkhouse. Officers confirmed the presence of said sot who agreed to scram.

Caller reported his credit card had been used fraudulently at a local business. Further investigation revealed the caller had used the card after all.

Owner of a local business reported that an individual had asked to see a $70 necklace from display case. The patron grabbed the necklace and attempted to flee the store. The Darwin Award nominee was unable to operate the front door which he pushed when it required that he pull. The clodpoll returned the necklace and apologized. The business owner declined to pursue charges.

Sister asked officers to tell her brother, on behalf of her father, that brother should not have any visitors, unsavory or otherwise, while father is out of town else father might kick brother out of the home when he returns. An officer passed along this message to brother.

Request for intervention between a homeowner tired of poo piles in her yard and a pet owner whose dog apparently seeks out the homeowner’s yard in the wee hours of the night.

Caller reported a beer-toting inebriated dropping the f-bomb all over the airport terminal. The inebriate told an officer he would start using his very best behavior since his attitude and intoxication had already caught the attention of those responsible for allowing departing passengers to board their flight, and he sincerely desired to be reunited with his family this night.

Officers responded to the Small Boat Harbor regarding a report that a large man was beating on a small lock, attempting to gain entry to a sailboat. The large man was gone by the time police arrived, but the drunken man who was inside the vessel making unpleasant remarks about the officers eventually came outside and was taken home by his mother.

Last week my friend Ashley (of Oh Wells Instead of What Ifs) posted a video of a kid named Noah singing a cover of LMFAO's Sexy and I Know It. And it was AMAZING. No seriously. So amazing he ended up on the Today Show. He has an album coming out soon and I will certainly be buying it. And listening to it on repeat. I can't even pick one hot jam, so here are few.

If you like Sexy and I know It, you can download Noah's version here! For free!






Thursday, July 14, 2011

Small Towns and 3Oh!3

Apologies for the delayed post, summer time is busy around here!

This week's favorite thing was inspired by my recent trip to Seldovia, AK for 4th of July. I love small towns and Seldovia definitely fits the bill. The year-round population is a little over 250 and it's only accessible by boat (although it's not an island, there just aren't any roads that go there.) I had a fabulous time. There are no stoplights, people mostly get around by 4-wheeler and everyone waves at everyone.

Did I mention it's also beautiful?

I think holidays in small towns are particularly amazing. Seldovia's 4th of July celebration included events such as a hula hoop contest (where I took 3rd place), fish toss, pie eating, rubber ducky races, canoe jousting, log rolling, tug of war, and a survival suit relay (which my team won!)

Canoe Jousting





This is a survival suit


Speaking of small town celebrations, my grandparents live in a small town in central IL and it features an amazing summer time festival called Old Settlers. There's carnival rides and games and pie and elephant ears and music and a parade and all sorts of other amazing things. When I was little we always went down to visit for Old Settlers and one of my favorite parts (besides the carnival) was the parade. My family would go claim a good spot along the parade route, watch the whole thing, then as soon as the last candy-tossing float went by, my sister and I would take off through the backyards and meet the beginning of the parade on the next block. Double parade viewing = double candy. Pure genius.

This week's hot jam is I'm Not Your Boyfriend Baby by 3Oh!3. 3Oh!3 manages to combine 3 genres of music into one song and still make it sound amazing. There's a little something for everyone. You like rap? Got it. Emo? That too. Techno? It's in there. Okay, maybe not something for everyone, but at least a lot of people.

This song is probably NSFW, unless your boss is down with some F-bombs.