Young business partners

BY STAVROS KORONEOS

Not the boss of her

PINE – One couple’s rocky road to Splitsville took a hard turn on the morning of June 11 when the soonto-be-ex-husband asked his soonto-be-ex-wife to “wipe down the counters and clean the house.” e place was getting pretty gamey and Wife doesn’t work, Husband would later explain, and seeing as how she has nothing but time on her idle hands he considered it both his duty and his pleasure to “discipline her” vis a vis domestic responsibilities. When Wife refused to be disciplined, the two dug in and began arguing in earnest. Long about 11 a.m., Wife’s sister and co-resident called JCSO, telling deputies the squabble was by then ve hours and counting and had escalated to “screaming at each other and throwing things.” e real action was over by the time deputies arrived, and after satisfying themselves that no laws had been broken they split.

Eviction prediction

Paranoia persists

EVERGREEN – Nervous Nellie contacted deputies to report a probable restraining order violation. According to Nellie’s statement, she’s held a restraining order against Loathsome Larry since 2006, and had last seen him in 2008. at morning while she’d been out running errands her daughter had observed two men sitting in a maroon Ford Expedition that was parked on the street near her house. Nellie suspected it was Larry, up to his loathsome tricks again and clearly in violation of her restraining order. Deputies soon tracked down the Expedition’s owner, who wasn’t Larry, didn’t know Larry, and had been waiting with a buddy not named Larry who was trying to retrieve some belongings from a nearby house. O cers assured Nellie that the Expedition was 100-percent Larry-free, but invited her to call again with if she had any further Larry-related concerns.

Six-year-olds Ava, left, and Madeline combined Independence Day and golf into a lemonade stand next to Hiwan Golf Club. With red, white and blue outfits and decorations, the girls sold lemonade and Rice Krispie treats to passersby for nominal fees. Ava also was adept at telling golf jokes, which were free. For example, “Why do golfers bring an extra pair of pants? In case they get a hole in one.”

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST