Extra! January 6

Rocky Mountain News

Published January 6, 2009 at 12:05 a.m.

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A ROUND, IT GOES

A Colorado man sorting through his late grandfather's belongings found a bombshell, sort of: A live mortar round from the Korean War era.

A bomb squad detonated the shell at an undisclosed site.

Police said Monday the grandson discovered the shell in a firearms cabinet at his grandfather's home just outside Greeley on Friday.

Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych says the grandfather was in the military during the Korean War but police don't know how he came to have the shell.

Neither the grandfather's nor the grandson's name has been released.

Associated Press

FRANKENLY SPEAKING

It's a first for Al Franken, the writer and comedian who could be making a career change to be a U.S. senator from Minnesota.

He had another first here in the Mile High City. In 2006, Franken brought the comic observations of his Stand Up 4 Change tour to the Paramount Theatre. At a meet-and-greet after the fundraiser for Democratic candidates, a woman reported as being drunk was handcuffed and removed by police.

Franken told the Rocky's Penny Parker, "I've played nightclubs, I've been protested and everything, but that's a first."

SNOW BIG DEAL

Each winter, the city of Aurora receives numerous requests for help from residents incapable of shoveling after a snowfall.

The city is recruiting volunteer Snow Busters. A volunteer is paired with someone nearby who has limited financial resources and is elderly or has disabilities.

City resident Jack Franssen, who survived pneumonia and a 10-day coma, is one volunteer.

"Since then, I have looked around for ways to help those that can't do things for themselves or have a hard time doing things," he said.

To volunteer, go online to auroragov.org/volunteer or call 303-739-7000 for more info.

Source: City of Aurora

• January 6, 2009

  6:52 a.m.

  Suggest removal

  squeakywheel writes:

  "Stand Up 4 Change"

  OK is that the stupidest slogan or what? Why not just spell "for," it would only cost a couple of letters.

  Or is he the aspiring politician formerly known as Prince?

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