Ron's Cultural Event Calender for his Home State

The Summer Redneck Games in Dublin Georgia in July are highlighted by the main event... The 100 meter SISTER CHASE. Other events include the cigarette flip, the mudpit belly flop, bobbing for pigs feet, the big hair contest, the hubcap hurl, the seed spitting contest, bug zapper spitball, dumpster diving, and everyone's favorite, the armpit serenade. "That's when you cup your hand under your armpit and make farting noises," "But people down here have taken it a step further and can play tunes." In 1998 one contestant pumped out the entire theme to the television show "Green Acres."
SOME PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Doves released during opening ceremonies are promptly shot by the crowd and sold as concession snacks.
In an amazing coincidence, every proposed Olympic venue turns out to be owned by the Governor.
The big event is the 100m Sisterchase.
Instead of shooting at boring targets, archers take aim at muskrats and ATF agents.
Urine drug test transformed into "Distance Pissin Competition."
Olympic Village replaced with Olympic Trailer Park.
Awards of gold, silver and bronze medals replaced by award of gold, silver, and bronze teeth.
Opening Ceremony is a Skynyrd tape and a trunk full of bottle rockets.
Hometown favorites falter in gymnastics competitions due to all them extra toes.
Two words: Billy Bobsledding.
Gentlemen…put on your beer goggles and start your riding lawn mowers. Admission is $5 per carload, so pack 'em in.

Police brought in as teachers lose control at Berlin school

Police have stepped in at a Berlin school to help control violence that teachers say is out of control. Berlin’s education senator is coming under heavy criticism for refusing to close the secondary school down.
The Rütli school is located in the Berlin suburb of Neukölln, an ethnically diverse, low-rent district where unemployment is high. Teachers say more violence goes on here than learning, while politicians blame the violent behavior on the lack of opportunities for pupils in education and the employment sector. READ ON

Belgian wins EuroMillions Lottery

On Friday evening a Belgian won the Euro Millions jackpot. Euro Millions is a pan European lottery and has the largest jackpot in the continent.
The Belgian punter chose the numbers 3, 20, 31, 45 and 50 and the stars, number 6 and 7.
There was a record jackpot on Friday: 75,753,125 euros.
Until now the highest amount won on Euro Millions was 7.5 million euros.
On Friday evening the Belgian National Lottery announced that the winning ticket had been bought in Belgium.
The record jackpot was the result of a roll-over. Nobody had won the jackpot for six weeks now!
The identity and address of the Belgian winner are being kept secret.
Euro Millions is organised by Lottery companies in Belgium, the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal and Luxembourg.

Growing Pot....Ruled Not Illegal

A court in the town of Turnhout (Antwerp province) has aquitted 5 people, who had been charged with the possession and sale of illegal drugs. The ruling came despite the police having discovered a cannabis plantation at the home of the 5, in the village of Beerse.
The house was raided by Turnhout Police on 14 October 2004 and some 500 plants were found.
The judge said he had made the ruling as the law makes a clear distinction between growing plants that could be used to make narcotic substances and actually being in possession of such substances.
The law states clearly that growing cannabis plants is not a criminal offence, while possession of cannabis is against the law.
However, the judge said that it had not been proved that any of the five had been in possession of drugs.

Belgium Builds its Case for Attracting More Foreign Investment

Belgium is on a mission to attract foreign direct investment. To help reach that goal, the government has introduced new incentive programs to encourage companies to locate in this important Western European nation.
Among them is an innovative tax instrument or “Notional Interest Deduction” that allows all companies subject to Belgian corporate tax to deduct from their taxable income an amount equal to the interest they would have paid on their capital in the case of long-term debt financing. READ ON