Story 1-Exercise 2-Chapter 9

ROGERS-Commuters on Interstate 790 had to take a three-hour detour today after a fatal crash occured, forcing officials to close off I-790 completely. The Rogers Police Department believe the intial crash started at 6:45 a.m. when two tractor-trailers heading northbound collided. Also involved in the crash were four tractor-trailers, along with fourteen cars that smashed into eachother, resulting in the devastating pile-up. According to Sergeant Albert Wei of the Rogers Police Department, the driver of one of the tractor-trailers was a tanker hauling diesel fuel. Today the driver of the tanker is thought to be very lucky considering the tanker didn't roll over, dump fuel, or catch fire.

As a result of the pile-up two people are left people dead, along with 16 others that were injured, and leaving four of the victims in serious condition. The Fire Chief, Tony Sullivan described the scene as if it looked similar to a war zone. Bodies were seen lying along the road and people were sitting next to their cars covered in blood. Sullivan stated that he had "never seen anything that bad in the 18-in-a-half years that hes been on the fire department." Sullivan stated that, “Firefighters had to cut the roofs off three of the cars to be able to free the drivers and passengers that were trapped inside.” All five of Rogers citiy's ambulances were on the scene, along with ambulances from four nearby fire departments as well as the "Life Flight" helicopter transporting two of the worst injuries to the trauma center. The exact cause of the crash has not yet been identified and will be under further investigation by the Rogers Police Department.

Childress has no expectations on Farve's decision

After the Vikings lost against the Saints on Sunday, coach Brad Childress says he has "no expectations" on Brett Farve's decision to play next season as the Vikings starting quaterback. Although Childress will not be giving Farve a deadline for his decision to play next year, still leaves many fans questioning his return or not for his 20th season.

The Dos & Don'ts of Writing Leads

While reading throughout chapter seven I've learned what can make or break a lead. I've also found that they'll not just benefit me in this class, but will be very useful to me for my future career plan in public relations. When writing a lead, it’s especially important to grasp the reader’s attention by being clear and concise with the main point of the story. By doing so you'll want to be as specific as possible while limiting the lead to no more than three typed lines. By having your leads be repetitive and/or including unnecessary detail will only leave your reader confused and difficult for them to identify the lead. Leads that are too wordy or poorly organized may even cause a lack of interest. The most interesting leads are usually the ones that are particularly unusual or unexpected and also use strong active and descriptive verbs. Although, when writing a lead, you’re going to want to be able to relate to your readers. By emphasizing the lead and relating the story to your reader’s causes them to be more concerned of the exact topic considering it impacts, and affects them specifically.

Rebecca Fore

Second Play-Off Game for Minnesota Vikings

On sunday, the Minnesota Vikings needed to prove to every football-lover, even beyond its incredible season, that it is one of the best teams in the NFL 2010 season. If Brett Farve can lead the Vikings with a win against the Saints, it would bring the Vikings to the Superbowl which they have not been to in 33 years.  Brett Farve of the Minnesota Vikings is set to square off against Brees this Sunday at 6:00p.m.

Introduction

Hello! My name is Rebecca Fore and I'm a 21 year old full-time college student and I'm also working full-time as well. After I complete the necessary requirements to transfer to the University of Minnesota I hope to obtain a degree in Public Relations and Sports Broadcasting. I've always really enjoyed sports, especially hockey, but I've never been that great at it. With my degree, my goal is to one day work for the NHL and hopefully one day I could work for my favorite hockey team (the Minnesota Wild.) I have a great family which consists of my Mother & Father-Dottie and Ed, who have been married for 35 years this June, and also my two brothers and one sister, Michael, Eddie, and Sarah. An addition to our family I have two gorgeous nieces, and three amazingly handsome nephews with another surprise on the way!

Rebecca Fore