July 2, 2002
Kids on Wheels

This story comes from our first guest artist. I call Denise an artist because she writes the best stories I have ever read. That is not her real name but at times Pat, I, Susie or Kate will be mentioned by name but I have changed the names of others and places to protect the guilty or innocent. Denise is a Family member and a gifted writer. I hope some of you have someone you know who can contribute to this new section on our website. In the future I will announce the title and section with a link in this diary. Here goes with Denise's first story of many dating back to July 2, 2002:

 
It's great that Dave has been giving Susie driving lessons and that he is a patient and forgiving man. Maybe he should take Sam, Scarlett and Jim, on a driving expedition. Sam has no license, Scarlett is a maniac on wheels and Jim drives Sam around because SAM HAS NO LICENSE. Jim loves to drive, he goes up and down Wood Ave. and from Beck Ave to Inder Dairy on Park. Because SAM HAS NO LICENSE. 

Scarlett however is great at keeping secrets about all the stupid things she has done behind the wheel. The bad things about secrets is that they always work their way out and Mom & Dad get wind of it. She moved Sam’s truck and put a scratch on our pickup. She drove her boyfriends pickup into the garage wall and put a rather large dent in the wall. She drove the car into one of those cement posts at the mall and broke the license plate cover. The best one is back in Feb. she went with her school to the Twain ag show and while she was there she talked a friend of hers to leave in his pickup. She calls me at work in tears that they just hit another car no one got hurt but now she needs to get back to the ag show before the ag teacher finds out she left. Well good thing Andy & Sue Torni were there. She called them and they came and got her. She got back just in time to leave to go back home. 

The bad part about this is I just found out last week is that she was the one who was driving the pickup and it was her who hit the other car making a left hand turn. (the car was passing on a double yellow line) The kid who owns the pickup was grounded for 6 months for the accident and couldn't drive to school. He couldn't even drive on the ranch. I told Scarlett that I was going to talk with the parents so we could pay for damages but the boy said no that if his dad found out that he let someone else drive his pickup his dad would sell it and he wouldn't get another one until he could buy one himself. 

KIDS !