Sarah Mullenbach

This is more of a serious, touching, sad type story that might go into me ranting about how I hate people who drink and dirve. You have been warned. To start out for those of you that don't play golf or are not from this area, Sarah Mullenbach was a golfer on the Holmen High school golf team. She was a great player and was nice to everyone. She was one of those people that even if she didn't know you she still would say hi and try and help you with anything you needed. She was one of my good friends. Not only from golf but in school. I looked up to with everything in my life. When one day it was all riped away from me and MANY others. It was the Thrid of July at 10 in the morning when she was driving to see a movie with her family when she was hit by a drunk driver. The man hit the median and flew over it and landed on top of her tiny car on the total opposite side of the highway pushing her and her car off the road and up the side of the hill. Sarah and her car was crushed. I didn't find out untill the next morning when my parents came in and woke me up. I can't even explain what I felt. It didn't really hit me untill almost a week later after the funeral. I didn't talk to anyone that week and it was the worst experiance of my life. This is one of the major reasons why I don't drink and get VERY angry when people talk about drinking and then driving home and they think it's the funniest thing. HELLO, it's not funny people die. I wish that would sink into people's heads. It is not just you on the road and if or when you hit someone it is not only you that is being affected.They have family and friends and so do you. Please don't drink and drive, you hurt more then you realize.

Slave

Recently I had to read the book Slave for a language course that I took. It is a story of a young girl about 12 and her life story. It all started when her village was attacked. The parents were all killed and the children were rounded up, beaten, raped and then sold into slavery. Her book goes on to tell about how they treated her. It tells detailed facts about the sexual and mental abuse that she sustained while a slave. It recounts the savage way in which the Nuba and their ancient culture are being destroyed by a secret modern-day trade in slaves. Most of all, it is a remarkable testimony to one young woman's unbreakable spirit and tremendous courage. I encourage anyone to read it. It really got me thinking about how good I had things in my life. I can't believe that these things are still going on even though slavery is illegal in the United States. The thing I really remember about this book is the detail. In some parts there is more detail then I ever cared to know: how they cercomsize a girl. I didn't even know that you could do that but believe me they do it in the Nuba village. They also told in great detail the raping, and beating scenes. It is disturbing, however it really adds to the story and gets you to understand really what she went through.