Camden Plagued By Fires

Because Camden does not already have enough problems, a string of fires has rocked the beleaguered city this summer.

Here’s a list of where things stand:

June 9th – fire at a former tire-distribution center

June 11th – fire at a former garment factory

June 19th – fire at a former detergent plant (ruled arson, no arrests)

July 5th – fire at a former paint-manufacturing plant (suspect charged)

July 30th – fire at an abandoned warehouse

Any information on the June 19th fire, please call 1-888-283-3473.  There is a reward up to $5,000.

Saturday Silly Humor

This came via email from a reader and it’s too funny not to share.

One Sunday, counting the money in the weekly offering, the Pastor of a small church found a pink envelope containing $1,000. It happened again the next week!

The following Sunday, he watched as the offering was collected and saw an elderly woman put the distinctive pink envelope on the plate. This went on for weeks until the pastor, overcome by curiosity, approached her.

“Ma’am, I couldn’t help but notice that you put $1,000 a week in the collection plate,” he said.

“Why yes,” she replied, “every week my son sends me money and I give some of it to the church.”

The pastor replied, “That’s wonderful. But $1000 is a lot, are you sure you can afford this?  How much does he send you?”  The elderly woman answered, “$10,000 a week.”

The pastor was amazed. “Your son is very successful; what does he do for a living?”

“He is a veterinarian,” she answered. “That’s an honorable profession, but I had no idea they made that much money,” the pastor said. “Where does he practice?”

The woman answered proudly, “In Nevada … … 

 

drum roll please……..

 

He has two cat houses, one in Las Vegas and one in Reno.”

Money cat

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