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ONG, NE What started out to be a quiet, lazy day at Howie’s Supermarket in Ong yesterday ended in near catastrophe. Fortunately for dozens of patrons who were shopping at Howie’s, however, Wally Sedman was in the parking lot when disaster struck.
Not one of the witnesses could clarify how, exactly, the calamity began, but they can all tell you how it ended.
“That young man,” said one man, pointing at Sedman. “He just ran out there without thinkin’ twice an’ saved the day.”
It all began with a runaway grocery cart. No one knows where it came from or who had abandoned it, but it was out of control. It made its way haphazardly through the parking lot, searching for victims, intent on denting doors and ruining paint jobs.
But Stedman wouldn’t allow it.
He was cheerfully carrying out a few bags of groceries to an elderly patron’s car, pleasantly making conversation about the weather. As he carefully placed the bags in the trunk of her Cutlass, he saw something moving out of the corner of his eye.
There was no time to think twice about what was happening; he had to move quickly. And he sprinted across the parking lot, thinking not about himself but about all of those customers. And all of their cars.
He had to save them.
As the brave young man approached the renegade cart, he dove to stop it. And it came within mere inches of beginning its rampage by scraping along the side of a blue Monte Carlo.
Fortunately, though, it didn’t succeed in its mission, thanks to Wally Sedman, the sixteen-year-old dynamo.
Following the incident, an unidentified patron hugged Sedman tearfully. “Thank you so much, young man,” she gushed. “You’re a hero!”
The modest young man just shook his head and said quietly, “No, ma’am. I’m not a hero. I just did my job.”
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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