At the Very Least: March
By Drift on Mar 8, 2008 in At The Very Least
Woman seatbelts beer, not baby
Running red light could prove costly after four charges filed
A woman pulled over for allegedly running a red light had a 24-pack of beer strapped in with a seat belt but had a 16-month-old girl unrestrained in the back seat of her car with the toddler’s mother, authorities said.
Tina D. Williams, 46, was arrested Sunday after she was pulled over in St. Augustine. She was charged with driving under the influence, child abuse, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a valid license, a St. Johns County jail official said. Bail was set at $31,000.
A 24-pack of Busch beer was strapped in the passenger-side seat belt, according to an arrest report. The girl was in the back seat with 20-year-old Amber Tedrick, who is the toddler’s mother. It was not clear if she would face any charges, but the child was released to her care.
Williams said she didn’t know why the child wasn’t restrained.
In a purse belonging to Williams, a deputy also found two metal pipes commonly used to smoke drugs, authorities said. Williams refused to take a breath test, the report said.
Evolution will be taught
Florida schools will call it “Scientific Theory of Evolution”For the first time ever, evolution is to be taught clearly and explicitly in Florida classrooms. now that the Florida Board of Education approved the “E” word on Feb. 19 along with a batch of new science standards.But there’s a catch: Evolution will be taught as “the Scientific Theory of Evolution.”The original standards, updated for the first time since 1996, didn’t call evolution a “theory” when it was drafted and reviewed by a panel of experts. Following numerous public complaints, though, the state Department of Education suggested the wording change to clearly label every scientific law, including evolution.
The board adopted the alternate proposal, and therefore the standards, by a 4-3 vote.
Religious advocates wanted more.
They proposed a so-called “academic freedom” amendment to the standards to counter what they say is the standards “dogmatic” tone in calling evolution “the fundamental concept underlying all of biology.”
The amendment would have given teachers the explicit permission “to engage students in a critical analysis of that evidence.”
But supporters of the standards and a majority of the board said the proposal was anything from unnecessary to redundant to suspect. After all, the standards encourage “scientific argumentation … critical and logical thinking, and the active consideration of alternative scientific explanations to explain the data presented.”
Palatka man busted for pot
Police find 2.2 pounds of marijuana after traffic stopAn improperly tinted window and tagless trailer got a Palatka man into a whole new kind of trouble during a traffic stop on Feb. 13.Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Roux stopped his Ford pickup for those reasons about 5:15 p.m. on Interstate 75 a few miles south of Gainesville. When he became suspicious of the driver, he called for a drug K-9 dog to the scene.The drug-detection dog and handler found 2.2 pounds of marijuana in the tool box of the pickup sealed in plastic bags inside a sports bag, according to the Highway Patrol report. Edward F. Williams, 37, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, in addition to three related counts.
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