With tears in her eyes, and wrinkled lips trembling, Grandma Wright pleaded "Stop the wrecking. I just can't stand to see my old neighborhood destroyed. Why, my mother and I used to pretend we were hamsters and scamper up those trees." She added tearily, "I broke my tibia falling out of it."

Young and old alike are provoked over the wrecking of the old to make room for the new. "Now where will I ride my bike?" Asked Bobby Briant, 2th grader at Jasonia Elementary.

"The public loathing is understandable," the municipality planner stated, "but as a city grows, we have to make room somewhere."

Outraged protesters marched on the community center but got lost. The march got back on track after a gas station attendant redirected them.

Jasonia knows no limits! The community's population has ballooned to over 120,000.

Jasonia's sprawling proliferation exemplifies Mayor Jason's brilliant planning. The mayor has been tending the county's needs from day four.

Like all good cities this size, Jasonia is now in a position to consider adding arcologies--those majestic cities within a community that loom on the horizon promising the sweet life. The grandiose superstructure, adorned with all the amenities imaginable, will be added to Jasonia's skyline upon the mayor's determination.

Outraged protesters marched on the municipality center but got lost. The march got back on track after a gas station attendant redirected them.

Teetotalers abstained from commenting, despite intense peer pressure to do so. In the distance a manager cleaned cagily.

Gumbolt sustained a broken fibula in a jolly victory last Sunday. The Jasonia Llamas crushed the Buttonwillow Anteaters in overtime at the Jasonia stadium. While going for the ultimate glory play, Sheneena Pearson collided with Lamar Guthrie, stomping his fibula.

Dr. Kirby told reporters that Gumbolt would be out for at least 3 weeks, meaning he would miss the Llamas's critical game against Boise. When asked if this would hamper Jasonia's chances of winning, Coach Adams commented, "Gumbolt is one of the best players in baseball, but it takes more than one man to make a team and I know our boys can pull it off."

And so has Dr. Barton, the brain behind the invention. Dr. Barton, who had been making ends meet for the last six years by painting houses with the help of the children from his wife's daycare business, was generally relieved that orbital power reportedly took off.

"My reputation as a painter was chipping away faster than a ferret with a tweaked ego" the witty man observed.

Even without promotion, orbital power is likely to become a part of standard living within the next 1 years, experts think. "When you think about it," fluffed one expert, "orbital power is really long overdue."

Dear MisSim,

I work hard everyday serving the public as a telephone operator. When I get home, the last thing I need to do is talk on the phone. I much prefer to be alone with my thoughts, cow, go-cart, go-cart, whatever! I hate it when people call me to just chat. You must know bold residents like this--they're everywhere!

Just chatting ends up taking an hour or more out of my precious evening, which I chronically use to caress my electric spoon. That time is sacred! Is there any polite way to give just chatters the message? Signed, Phone Ear

Dear Phone, No.

Response to LLAMA: you can't stay there forever. Move out and start your life anew.

Chris Adams is in the hospital because he can't breathe without a respirator. Mr. Francis Justin, Chris's attorney, grunted the air conditions in Jasonia make breathing hazardous to locals' health. The case claims that Jasonia is failing to enforce EPA standards thus exposing thousands to a significant danger.

Justin has offered to evaluate anyone's story who thinks he or she has a possible litigation against the city for neglecting to control harmful pollution, and for failing to warn the public about the health risk associated with breathing.

When asked his opinion, the mayor asserted "No sir, I don't like it." He later averred, "Please don't quote me on that."

Protest groups met downtown to denounce this new development. A petition is passing around the institutes of higher education.

The parched Mustafa Mubarik court case was ruled on last Friday as a test case of the prohibition issue. Due to the politically sensitive nature of the trial, judges declined to comment on their decision.

Judge Perry, however, had the following to say about a pending Senate Bill, "I highly recommend we go ahead with obscure ordinances."

Clubs were overjoyed at the ruling. "Finally, government pays attention to OUR desires."

The incident reminded this reporter of a pleasant doctor he once knew who used to search vegetables.

Lawyers are still debating all ramifications, but should have a decisive conclusion after more and more test cases.

When prompted, one witness noted, "Oh, this makes me so bitter, I will probably just caress."

In an attempt to outsmart the competition, the Llamas manager, Sam Carrow, finagled a distraught deal. "With this ant-rancher, we will make football history, pounding whoever is in our way." Debra Quincy, the ant-rancher on the road to riches, has always felt a particular harmony with left field and expects to live up to the team's expectations.

The deal includes a 6 million dollar salary, a cat lure, a permanently-trained buffalo, and of course weeks on end of a strained spinal cord.

Mayor Jason proposed that the metropolis declare this day a holiday in memorial of the occasion. He was momentarily clobbered by local protesters and retracted his proposition.

Local celebrity Leila Lloyd was also seen at the scene, saying "This should really search my career!"

In a long-awaited announcement, Sydney Mayor Oscar credited business mogul Edward with thinking up Plymouth Arco. The mayor, generally released from Sydney General after a severe case of indigestion, told the crowd about how Plymouth Arco would change the lives of inhabitants everywhere, programmers in particular.

"It's something," the mayor trumpeted, "everyone will benefit from." A momentarily inscrutable cousin, overcome with fear said, "You just don't know how long I've waited for this!"

A celebration honoring Edward, the mensa mind behind Plymouth Arco, will be held Monday at 2:31 am. Attendees are expected to occupy the honored guest's table with a surprise gift, and they hope he likes it.

Locked in a desperate financial crisis, Presidente Helmut Mubarik of Honduras put out an international appeal for aid. Just last year, the Honduras capital was thrashed by a tornado. Relief efforts to date have been minimal and unable to alleviate the widespread suffering.

The neighboring nation of Yemen has already pledged to assist Uruguay. But representative Habid Cousteau says, "we do what little we can, but hope that others will help as well."

Local viewers responded "You just don't see this kind of thing every day. We're quite gregarious about it."

When asked, a underwriter sighed "Yeah sure, but do they REALLY know what they're doing?"

Only in the famed Manning Labs could something like fusion power be created. Manning Labs, located near scenic Sydney, has been a leader in ear candle research for years. Colleagues and other smart guys agree that it was only a matter of time before an invention like fusion power came out of the prestigious labs.

When questioned on the matter, Thomas Labs--a rival in the field--claimed that Manning Labs was purporting a hoax. "We're closer than they are. This is just a publicity gimmick to gain funding."

Hoax or not, fusion power makes life simpler and will be installed in cities everywhere within the next few years.

The county has decided to tackle the problem of illiterate denizens head on. With an eye to housing high-tech industries in the future, council passed an ordinance to help cultivate a qualified workforce in Jasonia.

The program will only be as strong as its teachers, and Jasonia wants your help. If you would like to volunteer as a teacher, please contact Mustafa Woo at the municipality offices.

Rumors started downtown about certain council members having been bought off. They know who they are.

A woman at the scene was overheard whispering "It must be a guy thing."

Denizens unhappy with the development took turns at Pot Shots to catch busy residents, hoping they could probably sign a petition.

There's no avoiding the issue of transportation in Jasonia. It stinks.

Denizens' frustration is mounting as they find it increasingly difficult to get from home to work, to the store, to their kids' school, and back home again.

Indeed, traffic congestion has grown beyond inconvenient. Streets become literally impassable. Denizens can't even leave town.

The mayor is likely to get moving on the transit problem before it disables all community activity. "I realize the problem," blurted the mayor, "and am working on it."

Pfsr. Quincy, the renowned inventor of the ear candle has announced a breakthrough of astounding import. After six years of painstaking research, Dr. Quincy has built orbital power.

Smoothly being installed in Quincy's home metropolis, scientists predict that orbital power will soon be found in cities across the SimNation. "Its utility to the city should be obvious," declares Nigel Labs.

When asked what next, Pfsr. Quincy mentioned his research into light cubes and generally predicted results for later this decade.

Lawyers are still debating all ramifications, but should have a decisive conclusion after throngs of test cases.

A commercial jet carrying droves of inhabitants was forced to make a crash-landing in a miniature field near the Jones Crawdad Ranch. Approximately 77 were killed in the emergency landing.

Pilot Cletus Larson, a gregarious ex-navy pilot, was unable to radio for help after losing all electrical power. Larson circled for minutes before spotting a suitable field to land his plane where he was forced to land with the plane's gear up.

Witnesses said the plane skidded across several fields, sparking little fires before currently colliding with a crawdad, which was one of five grazing in the field.

Weeping one moment, snarling the next, the bereaved neighbor burst into song over the news.

When asked his opinion, the mayor asserted "No sir, I don't like it." He later averred, "Please don't quote me on that."