Valentine's Night

Thanks to all those that supported Parkland Football's Booster Club at their Doo-Wop Show over the weekend. We were there on Valentine's night.

We're very happy for John and Georgiann Moniak of Lansford; they won DIAMOND EARRINGS from FOSTER JEWELERS in Northampton. Georgiann waited all of about 30 seconds to put them on! They were great looking earrings. Foster's is a proud supporter of The Wake Up Club radio show and all that we're involved in. When you're shopping for jewelry I highly recommend you head to Main St. in Northampton.

MAYBE IT'S NOT THE REAL THING

Coca-Cola is facing a possible class-action lawsuit by a consumer advocacy group who said that they made deceptive claims about their vitamin water beverage. You know, how it supports the immune system, keeps you healthy and gives you all that extra energy. What Coke forgot to mention is that it is loaded with sugar, and healthy may not be the proper way to phrase it. Well, at least it can give you a sudden burst of energy.

STAYIN' ALIVE

A new study from the University of Illinois Medical School tells what to do if someone goes into cardiac arrest. Just pop the Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" in your cd player. That's right, at 103 beats per minute, it is the ideal number of chest compressions to do CPR. Personally, I'd do "Ain't No Stoppin Us Now." Under no circumstances do you ever play Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up."

THAT'S BULL!

A Queens, New York woman has become the second person to file a lawsuit claiming injuries from being thrown off a mechanical bull in a Western-themed New York City restaurant. The woman's lawsuit accuses Johnny Utah's in Rockefeller Center of negligence and "assault and battery". It says the restaurant allowed "an inebriated individual" to ride the bull. Did she not know that's the purpose of the bull is to throw riders off? And as far as her drinking, she probably didn't realize that most of the people inside the bar were drinking. It seems like the whole thing is just a lot of bull, mechanical or otherwise.

JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLE DAYS

One of the relics of the 1950's is making a comeback. The retail invention called--layaway. For many years it has been all but extinct, with the Kmart corporation about the only major retailer bothering to keep layaway plans among their customer services. The service- in which a customer pays off the purchase price of a product in installments plus a small fee before taking it home- appeared headed for obsolescence two years ago when Wal-Mart shut down its' program. But thanks to the economic downturn, and many credit card companies reducing their limits, layaway is making a comeback. This Holiday season many other national retailers have joined Kmart in advertising their layaway options, including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Burlington Coat Corporation, and many other regional chains and local stores. What will happen when the credit card companies figure out that people don't need them anymore? Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Skyliners and layaway. Yes, the good ole days were still the best.