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Local race car driver, Tim Pangborn, rolled his race buggy this weekend while attending a race in Primm Nevada.

“Everything was going fine, I was about to pass the guy in front of me and my tire hit a rut,” says Pangborn.

He rolled and flipped his car violently 4 times.  He luckly only walked away with a sore elbow and a couple of scratches and bruises.

“It was pretty scary,” says Pangborn. “Everything happened so fast, and it seemed like i was rolling forever.”

His brother James Pangborn, was right behind him.  “I saw the whole thing, from where I was at I couldn’t see what coused him to roll.”  “At least i placed before hime this time, Tim has been doing this alot longer then me so im still learning the ropes.”  He explains that him and his brother have been in to off-roading for a long time so they have seen and been in many wrecks.

“I broke my collar bone once when i was 22 when i wrecked on my dirt bike,” says Pangborn.  “I also broke my shoulder when a quad fell on me, I’m happy to walk away with a swollen elbow.”

Pangborns long time girlfriend and fiance, Cheryl Burger, enjoys watching her fiance in every race but says she is always worried about his safety.  “I freaked out! I ran to the pit area and when I finally got to where he was he drove away,” says Burger.  “I was just happy to know he was still alive.”  She explains that it was one of the worst wrecks she has seen him get in since he started raceing 2 years ago.

Pangborns car may have gotten a worse beating then he got.  “It looks like we might have to rebuild the whole thing, I won’t know for sure until I look at it closer but its not looking too good,” says Pangborn.  he hopes to have it back up and running by his next race. “It’s going to take alot of work,” says Pangborn.

Though Pangborn was upset for his loss and accident he was overjoyed that his brother placed 6th in their class.  It’s not about how many wins you get in each particular race, its based on a points system.  Pangborn is still ranked 6th overall in his class of 35. 

When Pangborn wrecked his brother managed to get around the mess of cars piled up behind him.  He finished 5th overall in the race which bumped him up to 12th overall in his class.

“I just like to do this for fun,” says Pangborn.  “I’m thankful for being able to afford and do what I love.”  He says if he ever does win he plans on donating his winnings to charity.

Tim Pangborn before his race in Primm Nevada

With the flu season hitting, some university students are expressing concern as to if the vaccination for the H1N1 virus is safe to take.  Students are worried that the new vaccine is too new and could have more negative side effects then positive.

“I was all for it at first but i just got more and more discouraged when i heard of the negativity towards it,” said Joey Criscoulo, a junior majoring in Business Marketing at the University of Nevada Reno.  So people are taking their chances with getting sick rather then getting vaccinated.

I myslef haven’t gotten the swine flu but three girls on my team have,” said Tatiana Santiago, a volleyball player for the university.  “The coach suggested that everyone on the team get the vaccine to prevent any further spread but i chose not to.”

“I heard they haven’t tested it on enough people, but i think people are looking at the negative things that could happen to make it more controversial,” said senior Travis Hesse.

Darlene Bidake, an employee at the Administrative Office at the Reno Health District said she has not yet gotten the vaccination but said they are requiring staff member to get vaccinated to avoid outbreak in the office.  “I’m not afraid to get it because it has been tested and if something were to happen its on the manufacturer,” she said.

“The vaccine is very safe and is made just like all the other flu vaccines,” said Medical Director of the Student Health Center, Dr. Hug-English. She says they have given about 600 doses of the vaccine and have no reports of any seriouse side effects.  “It is very safe unless you are allergic to some of the components in the vaccine,” she said.

People have also expressed concern with the amount of mercury in the vaccine.  “Thimerosal does contain a very small amout of mercury,” says Hug-English.  She said the vaccine comes in several different ways.  One comes in a multi-dose vials, meaning there is 10 doses of vaccine in the vial.  Those have Thimerosal as a preservative that keeps those multi-doses safe.  She said the other ways to get the vaccine, single-dose vials and the nasal spray, don’t have Thimerosal.  “The amount of mercury that is in Thimerosal that is in the vaccine is less then a tuna sandwich,” says Hug-English.

She said she has personally gotten the vaccine with no negative side effects.  She also said most of the staff at the Student Health Center have also been vaccinated with no complaints.

“The way to strengthen our country is to slow spending in Washington.” Says Jindal. “Don’t let any one tell you we can not recover or come back.” America has made it through a great depression and two world wars. We should have confidence in our future. “We have the most innovative citizens, a string military and the strongest political system in the world.” “American can do anything.”

Bobby Jindal responds to the presidents speech. He explains the republicans and democrats need to work together. “The strength of America is not found in our government,” says Jindal. He explains that is found in the people of America. “Americans can do anything.”

The government has made a law to provide health care for children. The plan makes the largest investment ever in preventative care. Health care reform can not wait, it must not wait, it will not wait another year!”

Just over half of our students get a high school diploma. And over half the people that goes to college drops out. This will soon bring down our economy because our country will become dumb he explains how other countries will soon surpass us because we don’t care about education. We have the number one drop out rate.

Energy health care and educations are the three areas to address to help our educations. We invented hybrid technology and we don’t even use it. “It is time for America to lead again.” Obama strongly states. We will double the nations supply in renewable energy. To help produce the technology the government will shell out billions of dollars a year.

The president explains that he knows how unpopular it is to help banks right now because of past administration. “Its not about helping banks its about helping people,” said Obama. If people are able to use credit again people will start buying homes and vehicles which will bring our economy back up.

President Obama begins to speek about a new agenda he has in mind. It is an agenda the begins with jobs. To put people back to work. Over the next two years the presidents plan will bring us millions of dollars. The recovery plan is the first step to getting back on track the president explains. “You can rely on our finacial sytem that’s not the concern.” The concern he says is lending. This causes our economy to fall even more. Less banks are lending and less people are buying.

The president of the United States is introduced. Everyone in the audience stands and applauds.“Our economy is in crisis because you live it everyday,” said president Obama at the beginning of his speech. His explains the weight of the crisis doesn’t determine it. “Its time for the country to pull together,” said the president. The economy didn’t fall over night. We have seen it happen to us over the years. President Obama explains that we managed to put ourselves in a debt that we have never been in before. People bought homes they knew they couldn’t afford which is caused by lenders giving to much money. President Obama expresses strongly in the first five minutes how he feels about our economy and has a plan to address it.

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