WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - SIRCHIE LAB

SIRCHIE LAB CLASSROOM

SPLAT...

DAVE PAULY CAPTIVATED US WITH BLOODSTAIN SPLATTER ANALYSIS WHILE ROBERT SKIFF HAD US GET OUR HANDS DIRTY PERFORMING A PRESUMPTIVE BLOOD TEST.

YES, IT WAS BLOOD!

HUMAN?  NOT SURE - BUT DEFINITELY BLOOD!

(ACTUALLY, IT'S KINDA DISTURBING TO PONDER - THERE WERE A LOT OF KITS - WHERE'D IT ALL COME FROM?)

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - PARKING LOT

A PARKING LOT FULL OF CRIME

PICTURE THIS:

EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU COULD IMAGINE

ALL IN ONE PLACE -

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRUCK...

GREENSBORO COPS...

GUILFORD COUNTY COPS...

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT...

MOTORCYCLE COPS...

ATV COPS...

DIVE SQUAD...

CANINE UNITS...



UNMARKED CARS...

FIRE DEPARTMENT...

AMBULANCE...

ALL THE BIG TOYS, ALL IN ONE PLACE...

INFORMATIONAL OVERLOAD!!!



WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - JAWS OF LIFE

THE JAWS OF LIFE

ONE OF THE FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE ACADEMY WAS "THE JAWS OF LIFE"

OF COURSE, THAT'S A LAYMAN'S TERMINOLOGY - THE FIREMEN CALL IT "THE HURST"

WE WATCHED A CAR GO FROM THIS:

WAIT FOR IT...

WAIT FOR IT...

(I think there's a "how many firemen does it take to..."  joke in there somewhere

but I'm not going to go for the cheap laugh!)

TO THIS:



IN UNDER 15 MINUTES!!!

THESE GUYS WERE AWESOME.

WRITER'S POLICE ACADEMY - THANKS

A HUGE HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO LEE LOFLAND,
 NANCY METZNER, SISTERS IN CRIME,
GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE &
SIRCHIE LAB FOR ORGANIZING THIS EVENT!

AND MANY THANKS TO ALL THE INSTRUCTORS AND VOLUNTEERS

WHO DID SUCH A SUPER JOB!

CAN'T WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR!!

LITTLE ANGEL

Okay - so August was another hectic month. New (first) grandbaby!! Welcome to my little angel!

ALIVE & WELL

JULY WAS A HECTIC MONTH!  WE MOVED INTO A NEW HOME AND EVERY DAY HAS BEEN BUSY.

I'VE MISSED BLOGGING & CHECKING OUT OTHER BLOGGERS, BUT UNPACKING IS WINDING DOWN NOW & LIFE SHOULD BE CALMER.

SO I'M BACK TO READING & WRITING
(MY 2 FAVORITE SPORTS!)

GEORGIA MEETS VIRGINIA

RELEASED JUNE 22, 2012

A rich widow hires Ginny Travis as her new chef but instead of flexing her creative muscles, Ginny is dragged around the town of Doyle, Illinois, investigating a murder.

She's not checking her soufflé or stirring a pot - she's checking out alibis and stirring up trouble.

Ginny's new boss isn't interested in food, but will stop at nothing to serve up justice.

Can Ginny handle her newfound, non-kitchen responsibilities or is this a recipe for disaster?

1st in the Georgia H. Mysteries.

'Georgia Meets Virginia' is 25,664 words.