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Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs GORHAM, Maine (Wireless Flash) -- Call him "SpongeRob SquarePants" now. Police in Gorham, Maine, are combing the city looking for an eight-foot-tall inflatable SpongeBob SquarePants that was stolen earlier this week from an area Burger King. Police are still looking for suspects and officers connected with the case admits cops in other departments have jokingly suggested they send out an "Amber Alert." NEW YORK -- Post-Thanksgiving shoppers are getting a wake-up call from Darth Vader -- literally. Shoppers can visit target.com/wakeup to have pre-recorded messages from Heidi Klum, Cheech Marin, Ice T, Darth Vader and other stars phone on November 26 and November 27 between 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. to wake them when it's time to shop. WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A Canadian Football League kicker who had manure dumped on his lawn and eggs thrown at his house by fans for missing the game-winning kick in his team's playoff game is now receiving a flood of flowers from those who feel sorry for him. Paul McCallum, a kicker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, missed an overtime goal in a semifinal game this past weekend, which they narrowly lost. McCallum said at a news conference yesterday, "I have to ask kindly if you could please stop sending flowers. My house is turning into a florist's shop." JERUSALEM -- Unlike the "Apprentice," a new business-themed reality show in Israeli will feature contestants trying to sell their country's value instead of their own. "The Ambassador" -- which begins airing next week -- pits 14 Israelis against each other to see which one best improves Israel's global image problem. The winner receives an all-expenses paid year working as an Israeli public relations liaison in New York. www.ncbuy.com

And You Expected What? When the store manager returned from lunch, he noticed his clerk's hand was bandaged, but before he could ask about the bandage, the clerk had some very good news for him. "Guess what, sir?" the clerk said. "I finally sold that terrible, ugly suit we've had so long!" "Do you mean that repulsive pink-and-blue double-breasted thing?!" the manager asked. "That's the one!" "That's great!" the manager cried, "I thought we'd never get rid of that monstrosity! That had to be the ugliest suit we've ever had! But tell me, why is your hand bandaged?" "Oh," the clerk replied, "after I sold the guy that suit, his seeing-eye dog bit me."

Driveway washes out; WWII bomb surfaces Vero Beach Press Journal October 1, 2004 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY · Hurricane Jeanne's vicious winds and water did more than destroy a few homes in the Ocean Ridge subdivision. They also unveiled a 10-foot-long World War II bomb buried underneath a beachfront driveway. "We have seen other bombs and depth charges wash up before, but that is unusual to find it underneath the driveway," said Pat Schulke, who lives across the street from the home where the bomb was discovered. The blue-bricked driveway washed away when the ocean's water repeatedly crashed into it. Sticking out a few feet from the rubble and sand was the elongated, 500-pound rocket-propelled bomb, known in the military as a "Tiny Tim." Several explosives were used more than 60 years ago while World War II military trained on the barrier island, said Detective Joe Flescher, Sheriff's Office spokesman. "[bombs] have washed up in the past, but not usually found within a community," he said. Explosive ordnance disposal personnel from Patrick Air Force Base in Satellite Beach dug up the bomb Thursday and, with parts of State Road A1A blocked off, neighbors evacuated and a police escort, the bomb was transported to Round Island for detonation. "It sounded like a large firework going off," said Lt. David Dangerfield of the Indian River County Fire-Rescue. He was about a half-mile away. "Dirt shot right up in the air, and I felt a minimum percussion from it. The bomb was live." Copyright © 2004, South Florida Sun-Sentinel sunsentinel.com

Already in trouble, Iowa man bribes judge EMMETSBURG - A man facing prison time has been charged with trying to bribe a judge. Micah Sinnwell, 26, of Mason City offered the judge money last month, Palo Alto County Sheriff Russ Jergens said Thursday. Sinnwell, who was under investigation in Palo Alto County, was on probation in a drug case and was facing prison time, the sheriff said. On Aug. 13, Sinnwell tried to bribe the judge, who was hearing cases in Kossuth County, Jergens said. "He was scheduled to appear before the judge on a probation violation. Prior to that, he made an appointment, met with the judge and offered him money to have special consideration toward that hearing," the sheriff said. Sinnwell was being held in the Kossuth County Jail on Thursday awaiting a court appearance on the bribery charge. - AP Contact the Omaha World-Herald newsroom Copyright ©2004 Omaha World-Herald®. All rights reserved. omaha.com

Mel Gibson Gets Court Order Against Praying Fan Email this story Oct 1, 3:25 PM (ET) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson, producer and director of "The Passion of the Christ," has obtained a restraining order against a man he says stalked him to demand that they pray together, according to court papers. Zack Sinclair, a 34-year-old homeless man, also has sent a number of letters that Gibson described in a court declaration filed on Sept. 21 as "alarming, harassing and annoying." Gibson said Sinclair came to his Malibu home on two consecutive days last month and "demanded to see me, saying that he wanted to pray with me." After he was "told to leave and not return," Sinclair showed up at Gibson's church the following day and "approached me, interrupted my worship, stood extremely close (approximately six inches) from me and demanded that I pray with him," Gibson said in the statement. When Sinclair returned to the actor's home again the next day, Gibson's wife called police and had him arrested. Sinclair was still in jail on Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and misdemeanor loitering on private property, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. The temporary restraining order prevents Sinclair from approaching Gibson or his family. A hearing on the matter is set for Wednesday. myway.com

How To Wash The Cat! 1. Thoroughly clean the toilet. 2. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water. 3. Obtain the cat and carry him to the bathroom. 4. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape). CAUTION: Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for anything he can find. 5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power wash and rinse" which I have found to be quite effective. 6. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door. 7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids. 8. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself. Sincerely, The DOG

A man was carrying 2 babies, one in each arm, while waiting for a train. A woman upon seeing those 2 cute babies asked the man, "Aren't they cute, what are their names?" The man giving the lady an angry look replied, "I don't know." The lady then asked, Are they boys or girls?" The man looking angrier than before replied "I don't know." The woman then started to scold the man, "What kind of a father are you?". The man replied, "I am not their father, I am just a condom salesman and these are the 2 complaints that I am taking back to my company."

Happy Butt It was this little girl's first day of school and the teacher asked her what her name was and she replied, "Happy Butt." The teacher said, "Honey I don't think that's your name you need to go to the principal's office and get this straightened out." So she went to the principal's office and he asked, "What's your name?" And the little girl said, "Happy Butt." The principal called the girl's mother to get this straightened out once and for all. After getting off the phone he looked at the little girl and said, "Honey, your name's is Gladys, not Happy Butt." The girl then exclaimed, "Glad a**, Happy Butt" what's the difference?

Top 10 Things in Law that Sound Dirty But Aren't 1. Have you looked through her briefs? 2. He's one hard judge! 3. Counselor, let's do it in chambers! 4. His attorney withdrew at the last minute! 5. Is it a penal offense? 6. Better leave the handcuffs on 7. For $200 an hour, she better be good! 8. Can you get him to drop his suit? 9. The judge gave her the stiffest one he could! 10. Think you can get me off

Damn Dishes So there's this guy who meets a girl in a bar. They talk most of the night and arrange to get together the next night for a date. He tells her he'll come by about 7 on his motorcycle that he's buying tomorrow. So he goes and buys this bike, but it's an older bike. The guy he's buying it from tells him to get some Vaseline to put on the points when it rains to keep them from rusting. So he stops at the drugstore on the way to this girls house and gets some Vaseline. He gets to the girls house and is invited in to dinner with her parents and younger sister. His date tells him "We have a rule in this house. Whoever talks first at dinner has to do ALL the dishes." He looks around and there are dishes piled EVERYWHERE, ceiling to floor, new dishes in the shelves cause they buy new ones because no one has talked at dinner for several years. He's thinking "Damn. I gotta make somebody talk, or I'm gonna get stuck doing all these dishes." They get to the dinner table and he's trying to think of how to make somebody talk. So, he reaches over and starts playing with his dates panties under the table. Her dad sees this, and is obviously pissed off, but doesn't say a word. (He doesn't want to do these dishes.) Seeing this isn't working, he picks his date up and lays her up on the table, rips her panties off, and starts fuckin. Dad's REAL pissed off now, but still doesn't say anything. He's thinkin, "Hmmm. Try something else." So he grabs Mom, tosses her up on the table, goes to work. Dad's mad as HELL now, but still doesn't say anything. This guys gettin desperate, so he grabs little sister..... tosses her up on the table. Dad's REAL pissed off now, looking around the room, trying to find his shotgun..... still not a word, though. Just then, there's this big clap of thunder outside. The guy remembers the points on the bike, and it's about to rain. He jumps up, grabs the Vaseline. Moving towards the door, he accidently makes eye contact with the Dad. Dad's eyes get big, and he stands up and says, "ALRIGHT!!! I'll do the damn dishes."

9-29 Police Beat Date: Wednesday, September 29 @ 00:00:30 Topic Our Towns ATHLETE IMPALED -- A member of the Brigham Young University men's volleyball team was impaled on a hurdle while he was practicing jumping a series of hurdles on Tuesday around 5 p.m. The man's foot hit a hurdle and knocked the center bar off its legs. The man then landed on the legs of the hurdle, impaling himself in the groin. The 21-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery. PEDESTRIAN HIT -- A female BYU student was hit by a car in Lindon around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The woman, who was wearing all black clothes, tried to cross State Street near 100 North and was hit by a car and thrown into the air. The woman then hit the ground and slide into another car waiting in the turn lane. The woman was taken to Timpanogos Hospital and was believed to have been taken to a Salt Lake City hospital by medical helicopter from there. The woman was breathing but not responsive at the time of the accident. She was listed as being in serious condition. FELONY WARRANT SERVED -- While patrolling in Orem around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the area of 800 W. 1200 North, Orem police officer Alan Warenski spotted a man sitting alone in a car near a gas station. A computer check of the car's license plates showed it was not currently insured and the registration had been revoked by the state of Utah. Further checking showed a $5,000 felony warrant of arrest issued in the name of the registered owner. Matthew R. Metrailer, 27, of Salt Lake City, was arrested and booked into the Utah County jail on a forgery warrant and his car was impounded. DRUG ARREST -- An 18-year-old Provo man called the police around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning saying he'd locked his keys in his car at the Denny's restaurant in Orem, and was hoping an officer could unlock it for him. Orem officer David Call took the report and agreed to open the door. As the officer shone his flashlight on the lock he was working on, he spotted a marijuana pipe laying on the floor inside the car. Once the car was unlocked, Call picked up the pipe and asked the man about it. The man said it must have been left there by a friend. Call then looked through the car and found a small plastic bag of marijuana underneath the front passenger seat. The man said the drugs did not belong to him. It was also determined that the man had two warrants out for his arrest. He was booked into the Orem holding facility. PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED -- A preliminary hearing and a bail hearing for an Orem man police say raped a woman he met on an LDS singles Internet site was scheduled Tuesday in 4th District Court for Oct. 12. Sean A. Register, 33, has been charged with felony aggravated sexual assault. A 19-year-old Pleasant Grove woman reported to police earlier this month that she was raped, telling investigators she met the man on the Internet. She said she corresponded with him online for a couple of weeks before meeting him at a parking lot near 400 North and State Street in Orem, police said. Register is being held in the Utah County Jail on $100,000 cash-only bail. harktheherald.com

Nude robbery victim arrested DAVID L. TEIBEL Tucson Citizen Tucson Police arrested a naked man who allegedly fired a shotgun at officers from the rooftop of a house where they were investigating a home invasion early today. Joseph Ramirez, 48, of the 6000 block of East Sylvane Street, was arrested on suspicion of five counts of aggravated assault with a firearm on police officers, one count of endangerment and one of prohibited possession of a weapon, said Sgt. Marco Borboa, a police spokesman. He did not know why Ramirez was prohibited from possessing weapons. Officers also arrested a visitor at the home, Tricia McGrath, 34, of the 6100 block of East Bellevue Street, on suspicion of possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia. Both were being held without bail in the Pima County Jail pending an initial court appearance tonight. Police were tipped to the home invasion by a female resident who had locked herself in a room and used a cell phone to call 911, Borboa said. Several of the suspects escaped, fleeing the home either before police arrived or just as they were arriving, he said. McGrath, traveling in an SUV and a man on a motorcycle who had arrived to visit the residents of the home saw people running away, Borboa said. When police arrived, they ordered McGrath out of the SUV and the man off his motorcycle, and the woman in the house also came outside. As that was happening several shotgun pellets peppered the SUV and one grazed an officer's arm, Borboa said. The officer was not seriously hurt and remained on duty, he said. The officers took cover and called for the police SWAT team, which surrounded the house while officers tried to talk the man out of the home, Borboa said. Officers did not return fire, he said. Police eventually spotted Ramirez on the pitched roof, naked and hiding behind air conditioning duct work and partially obscured by tree limbs, Borboa said. He was talked into coming down and surrendered to police without further incident about 2:50 a.m., he said. McGrath was arrested after a search of her SUV turned up a small amount of methamphetamine, Borboa said. Detective Sgt. Tammie Penta said some methamphetamine paraphernalia also was found in the SUV. She was not sure what the paraphernalia was. A search of the home turned up drug pipes, Borboa said. Police learned the home had been invaded in a residential robbery about two weeks ago, Borboa said, but that incident was not reported to police earlier. Borboa did not know why the residents did not report that incident. Some items were taken in today's invasion, Penta said, but she would not say what they were. Detectives do not know why the home was targeted by the intruders, she said. Police said Ramirez was arrested based on comments made my the woman who lives at the home and evidence at the scene, including the shotgun being found outside the house. Borboa did not know if Ramirez and the woman are married. Borboa said Ramirez told officers the intruders had ordered him to disrobe, but he did not know why Ramirez was on the roof. tucsoncitizens.com

Police Thwart Head-Butting Ram-Raid Email this story Oct 1, 10:20 AM (ET) DUBLIN (Reuters) - A randy ram-raider smashed into a car showroom after letting his animal instincts get the better of him, Irish police said Friday. The intruder -- a stray ram belonging to a local farmer -- broke windows, soiled the garage and dented three doors of a new Mitsubishi Colt before he was apprehended by police officers. "The notion is that he saw his own reflection in the glass and, as I understand it, this was the natural reaction of a ram, particularly at this time of year," said Inspector Greg Sullivan. Sullivan and an employee at the garage in the town of Moville, County Donegal, said newspaper reports of 10,000 euros ($12,400) worth of damage were probably exaggerated. Having traced the guilty party's owner, Sullivan stressed that police involvement in the case would now be "very limited." and that it would be up to the farmer and the garage to determine who should foot the bill. myway.com

'That politician stole my p****' Posted Thu, 30 Sep 2004 A mob in northeast Nigeria has beaten a government official to death after he was accused of causing a man's p**** to disappear, police said on Wednesday. Jibril Na-Allah, a local council official from northern Kano State, died on Monday from his injuries in a hospital in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, a police spokesman said. Na-Allah had travelled to Maiduguri to attend a two-day workshop, and was asking for directions to a restaurant when he was attacked along with his three companions. As they were talking, one of the mob suddenly claimed to have lost his p**** and accused Na-Allah and his companions of being responsible — providing an excuse to attack the men, police said. The three others managed to flee the scene but Na-Allah was overpowered and severely beaten. Eight people have been arrested following the incident, the spokesman said. AFP This article is a printout from iafrica.com Copyright © 2000 iafrica.com*, a division of Metropolis* iafrica.com

Woman drives rental car into terminal Originally published Thursday, September 30, 2004 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A woman who was returning a rented minivan at the Boise Airport drove it through the terminal. A "confused senior citizen," whose name and age were not released, followed an outside "terminal access" sign Tuesday as she bumped the vehicle through a set of automatic-opening double-doors on the west end, airport spokeswoman Larissa Stouffer said. She drove through the terminal, past the baggage claim area before coming to a stop. "The lucky thing is she didn't hit anything," Stouffer said. There was no damage to the terminal building, no one was hurt and the out-of-town woman, who departed on a flight later Tuesday morning, was not cited. Stouffer said the airport has had plans to install barriers to block the door timesnewsonline.com

Foraging raccoon sparks garbage truck drama Officer rescues animal from compactor By Kathianne Boniello Poughkeepsie Journal A raccoon that went for a ride on a garbage truck Thursday morning, apparently looking for a meal on the go, ended up getting the unwanted attention of firefighters and a humane law officer. The drama began around 11:15 a.m. when a driver for Royal Carting was alerted to the problem by another driver who saw a raccoon on the back of the garbage Dumpster transport truck. Fairview Fire Department Lt. William Marshall said the carting company truck was on its way to the department off Route 9G in the Town of Poughkeepsie for its usual stop, and the driver asked for help with the raccoon. At the same time, Humane Law Officer Doug Niederkorn of the Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was passing by. Flagged down by the truck driver and firefighters, Niederkorn tried to help. ''I climbed up on top of the truck. It was a very large raccoon, and it was pouring rain and slippery,'' Niederkorn said. ''He saw me and decided he wanted to seek refuge in the compactor portion of the truck -- at that point the driver said he couldn't do the route knowing the animal was in there.'' Animal wouldn't budge After failing to coax the animal out or to reach him from the truck's side door of the truck, Niederkorn knew he couldn't avoid the smelly task ahead of him. ''We shut off the truck and with my snare pole I climbed up onto the truck and got a ladder and climbed down the inside of the truck,'' he said. ''I started picking through four Dumpsters full of garbage and finally found him after about 20 minutes of chasing him around in the garbage.'' Niederkorn used a catch pole, a pole with a noose on the end, to secure the approximately 30-pound animal and hand it out to animal control officers from the Town of Poughkeepsie. ''We let him go and he ran so fast he stumbled over the curb, and not even a Thank You,'' said Niederkorn, who by 5 p.m. still hadn't gotten a chance to shower. ''This raccoon was just trying to get something to eat.'' Firefighters at the station were glad about the happy ending, Marshall said. ''At least we got him out,'' Marshall said. Journal reporter Michael Valkys contributed to this report. Kathianne Boniello can be reached at kboniello@poughkeepsiejournal.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004, Poughkeepsie Journal . poughkeepsiejournal.com

Man Changes Name To Pronoun They BRANSON, Mo. (Wireless Flash) -- It may drive grammarians crazy, but a Branson, Missouri inventor has legally changed his name to the pronoun They. The inventor formerly known as Andrew Wilson (and now known as "They") says the moniker swap started as a family joke always saying, "Who is this `they' when people say `They say this' and `They say that?'" They says he has a good sense of humor and decided to legally change his name and take responsibility for They. He even has a driver's license with the name on it. They is also an inventor and holds 14 patents including Ground-Effect lighting, which is a neon light glowing beneath cars, and his newest project, Shades Eyewear, which have a visor extending a half-inch from the top to shade the glare of the sun. Of course, being the face of They comes with baggage, often being known for being a kill-joy. But They says "that's the yin and yang of life." They has no intention of ever changing his name back to Andrew Wilson and says his friends tell him, "If anyone but you changed your name to They, they would think he had a problem." ncbuy.com

Police: Drunk Man Lets 6-Year-Old Steer By Associated Press September 30, 2004, 4:56 PM EDT WAUKESHA, Wis. -- A man faces a drunken driving charge after another motorist reported seeing him let his 6-year-old son steer as they drove at an estimated 70 mph on a freeway, authorities said. Paul Boland, 37, was charged with his second offense of drunken driving with a penalty enhancer for allegedly having a passenger under 16 in the car at the time. The enhancer doubles the maximum possible jail time to one year and fine to $2,200 if he is convicted. Boland was scheduled to be back in court Friday. Muskego police said a motorist reported seeing the car, with the boy steering from his father's lap, occasionally veer onto the gravel shoulder at freeway speed on Interstate 43 the afternoon of Sept. 6. After the cellular call was relayed to the sheriff's department, an officer who was nearby spotted the vehicle and stopped it near the police department headquarters, Lt. John La Tour said Thursday. The boy was in the passenger seat crying and Boland told the officer the two had been having a conversation, the criminal complaint said. A preliminary breath test indicated Boland had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.18 percent, compared with the 0.08 percent considered evidence of intoxication in Wisconsin, the complaint said. Boland "failed miserably" field tests for intoxication given at the scene, La Tour said. At his initial appearance Tuesday, Waukesha County Court Commissioner Martin Binn set Boland's bail at $500, ordered that he participate in a program for intoxicated drivers and also told him not to have children drive his car. When he couldn't post bail, he was sent to the county jail. Court records Thursday did not yet list any defense attorney in the case. La Tour said Waukesha County has a program that pays drivers a bounty for reporting cases of intoxicated driving. "We depend on citizens calling" to catch such drivers, he said. Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press newsday.com

Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs OXON HILL, Md. (Wireless Flash) -- These questions won't end up on a SAT test. The Associated Press reports that a 10th grade geometry teacher in Maryland was reprimanded for giving tests to high school students that included questions about drugs, crime and weapons. Some of the questions began with phrases like "Jose has two ounces of cocaine," and "Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW." MUNICH -- If you stare at boobies, you might get your wallet stolen. That's what people at this year's Oktoberfest in Munich have found out after having their money stolen by the "boob bandits." According to the "Daily Times," the gang singles out drunken festival guests and while one of the busty women flashes her boobs, the others relieve drunken onlookers of their wallet. Police are warning male festival-goers to beware of women flashing their breasts. PROVO, Utah -- The student newspaper at Brigham Young University has pulled advertisements for a T-shirt that says "I can't... I'm Mormon." "Deseret News "reports the paper received numerous complaints from students and faculty saying the slogan implied wearers wished they could drink, smoke or have casual sex, but were prevented from doing these things because of their religion. Many at the university also felt the female modeling the shirt in the ad struck an overly provocative pose. NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- A helicopter pilot who wanted to shave some time off his commute wound up with a ticket for landing in his backyard. John Kjekstad who runs two helicopter and airplane charter companies was piloting his chopper into Teterboro, New Jersey, when he spotted bumper-to-bumper traffic on his way home to New Canaan, Connecticut. He decided to land directly at home. That's when his neighbor called police, who ticketed him $75 for violating a town ordinance prohibiting landing aircraft on residential property. ncbuy.com

Musgrave's Old Campaign Web Site Now Shows p*** New Web Site Not Affected POSTED: 7:44 am MDT September 29, 2004 WASHINGTON -- Colorado Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave's old campaign Web site has been taken over by pornographers. A Florida company now owns the rights to Musgrave's former domain name and has been using it to show pornography. Musgrave's chief of staff, Guy Short, calls the site "disgusting." A link to the site had been touted by the Christian-oriented Internet company that helped produce the Web site during Musgrave's first congressional campaign in 2002. The company has since taken down the link from its Web site. Her current campaign site -- www.Musgrave2004.com -- isn't affected. Musgrave is a long-time defender of family values. The Republican faces Democrat Stan Matsunaka in her bid for a second term. Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved denverchannel

Students' fun with helium no lightweight prank Michelle Woo The Arizona Republic Sept. 29, 2004 12:00 AM When two students in Gilbert decided to have some fun with helium balloons, they got more than squeaky giggles. They got suspended. Greenfield Junior High Principal Jill Bowers issued five-day suspensions Friday, but later reduced them to one day, according to the father of one of the girls. advertisement He said his 13-year-old daughter and her friend inhaled the helium in order to "talk funny" while setting up for a school dance. "If it's such a dangerous substance . . . why weren't they supervised? I think they went a little bit overboard and took the zero-tolerance policy to the extreme," the father said. "The principal needs to use some common sense and judgment." According to medical experts, the gas can cause sudden acute asphyxia, characterized by fatigue, dizziness, coma and death, if abused. District spokeswoman Dianne Bowers said that school principals have the option to suspend students pending further investigation. "Parents need to know that each situation is considered and reviewed individually," Bowers said. "The district looks at surrounding incidents and the student's intent." Jill Bowers was not available for comment Tuesday afternoon. District policy prohibits non-medical use of drugs, including inhalants. The students were back in school Tuesday. azcentral.com