Ramblings of the Mad Cow

From WMCTV

Men charged with setting puppy on fire
Reported by Lori Brown

Two young men are charged with felony aggravated animal cruelty for dousing a three-month-old puppy with gasoline and setting her on fire.

The young German Shepherd mix was playing on Kilarney Street in Whitehaven when Tristan Hathaway and Vincent Boykin set her on fire.

The puppy survived the flames and is now under the care of veterinarians at Memphis Animal Services. She suffered burns to her face, back and all four legs, but is expected to make a full recovery.

Neighbor Jerrica Agnew says she saw Boykin hold the dog while Hathaway set her on fire using a lighter.

Agnew said she smelled gasoline as she tried to saved the animal’s life. “His whole body just lit up in flames.”

Agnew said the puppy rolled in the dirt in an attempt to quench the flames.

“It was crying…doing what dogs do when hurt…hollering,” said Agnew. “I didn’t want to touch it, I knew it’s skin was so…”

Click here to read their mommas swear they would never do anything so horrible.

New Mississippi RiverKings’ coach Kevin Kaminski continues working to fill out his 2008-09 Central Hockey League roster with the acquisition of center Mike Tuomi. The rights to the 23-year old native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada were acquired from the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees and he has now been signed on for the upcoming campaign.

The right-handed shooting Tuomi split time between the Killer Bees and Pensacola of the ECHL last year, with the majority of his time being spent with Rio Grande Valley. In 45 appearances with RGV, Mike scored 11 goals and added 13 assists for 24 points with 37 penalty minutes. Three of Tuomi’s goals were scored on the power play and one was a game-winner. He was third among active players on the RGV roster at the end of the season in shooting percentage at .124.

Mike joined the Killer Bees in December and promptly contributed with assists in his first three games. Tuomi also started the 2008 portion of the season strong with two goals and four points in the first three contests of the New Year.

With Pensacola of the ECHL last season, Tuomi scored three goals and added an assist in 12 games, before being acquired by Rio Grande Valley.
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I finally got around to getting the film developed (yes, it’s true, I used a *gasp* disposable camera) from Geyser Falls and I put up a few of my favorite shots over at my flickr site.