question: Three Central Texas men were honored with the Texas Department of Public Safety's Director's Award in a Tuesday morning ceremony for their heroism in saving the victims of a fiery two car accident.

The accident occurred on March 25 when a vehicle lost control while traveling on a rain-soaked State Highway 6 near Baylor Camp Road. It ran into an oncoming vehicle, leaving the occupants trapped inside as both vehicles burst into flames.

Bonge was the first on the scene and heard children screaming. He broke through a back window and pulled Mallory Smith, 10, and her sister, Megan Smith,9,from the wreckage.

The girls' mother, Beckie Smith, was not with them at the time of the wreck, as they were traveling with their baby sitter, Lisa Bow bin.

Beckie Smith still remembers the sickening feeling she had up on receiving the call informing her of the wreck and the despair as she drove to the scene.

Bozeman and Clemmons arrived shortly after Bonge and helped rescue the other victims and attempted to put out the fires.

"I was nervous," Bozeman said." I don't feel like I'm a hero. I was just doing what anyone should do in that situation. I hope someone would do the same for me."

Everyone at the accident made it out alive, with the victims suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries. Mallory Smith broke both femurs, and Megan had neck and back injuries. Bowbin is still recovering from a broken pelvis, ankle and foot.

The rescuers also were taken to the hospital and treated for cuts and smoke breathing, Bonge said.

In addition, Bozeman not to meet accident victim Anthony Rus so in the hospital after the accident, where Russo presented him with a glass frame inscribed with" Thank you," Bozeman said. Those involved in that fateful encounter on Highway 6 credited God blessing for bringing them together.

"Whatever the circumstances, Tuesday's ceremony provided a time to be grateful for those who put their lives on the line for the lives of complete strangers," Beckie Smith said," We're calling it The Miracle on Highway 6."
1. Did anyone die?
2. Who was credited with bringing everyone together?
3. Who was the first at the accident site?
4. Who were the kids involved?
5. Who is older?
6. Was she unscathed?
7. What were her ailments?
8. and the younger sibling?
9. Was anyone else hurt?
10. Who?
11. What was her relation to the little ones?
12. Where did the incident take place?
13. Who were the other first responders?
14. When did this happen?
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answer: 1. no
2. unknown
3. Bonge
4. Mallory and Megan Smith
5. Mallory
6. no
7. both femurs broken
8. neck and back injuries
9. yes
10. Lisa Bow bin.
11. baby sitter
12. Texas state highway 6
13. Bozeman and Clemmons
14. March 25

question: When I was in primary school, sometimes I would meet a girl of the same age as me. Lisa was never active, but she was always very sweet and nice. In the 5th grade she came to my class.

She was absent a lot , and one day I had the courage to ask why. She told me she was sick, and she explained she wore a wig because her medicine made her lose her hair. We left it at that. Anytime Lisa came to class--seldom--I would hang around with her on the playground.

I received much ridicule from my friends for this because they thought I was ignoring them for Lisa. My family education taught me to be nice, and I felt Lisa's needs were much more important than others I knew.

It had been months since Lisa was in our class, and one day our teacher was crying. She explained Lisa died the day before and would no longer be our classmate. She told us Lisa had fought a battle with cancer for years.

I was shocked. Lisa never spoke of her illness as if it could kill her. Well, all these years I have kept Lisa in my mind and heart. When I go through the important events in my life, I think of Lisa.

I've had a strong wish recently to find her mother and father. I'd like to tell them that though they never met me, their daughter had a sweet effect on my life. I have no idea what her parents' first names are. I write to your column and hope you can point me in the right direction.

Lisa was such a lovely girl. Maybe her parents would be comforted by the fact that after all these years they are not the only ones who remember her.
1. Who came to the author's class in fifth grade?
2. Why was she losing her hair?
3. Why was the teacher crying?
4. Were their friends accepting of the attention they were showing Lisa?
5. Why was Lisa sick?
6. How long did Lisa miss class before the teacher learned she died?
7. Who is the author searching for?
8. Did Lisa have a positive effect on the author's life?
9. How did he feel when he learned that Lisa died?
10. What did Lisa wear because of her hair loss?
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answer: 1. Lisa
2. her medicine
3. Lisa died
4. No
5. She had cancer
6. months
7. Lisa's mother and father.
8. Yes
9. shocked
10. a wig

question: Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts. Ultratop is a non-profit organization, created on the initiative of the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), the Belgian member organization of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Two parallel set of charts are concurrently produced and published, one on behalf of Belgium's Dutch-speaking Flanders region, and the other catering to the nation's French-speaking region of Wallonia.

The music charts produced by Ultratop organization are separated along regional-language boundaries, an unusual division that is justified by the cultural differences in Belgium. So it is that the Dutch-speaking Flanders region has one set of charts of record activity there, while the French-speaking Wallonia region has another set to measure popularity in those provinces.

The charts are broadcast on several Belgian radio stations, and on TV stations TMF in Flanders and Plug RTL in Wallonia.

Ultratop creates charts based on record sales of around 500 retail outlets and legal digital downloads. Currently GfK is the market observer of the charts. The chart broadcasts on Radio Contact on Saturdays from 12:00 to 14:00. The combined number of Ultratop chart listeners on the various radio or TV stations exceeds two million every week. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the charts in 2005, a jubilee book was published. It covers all 15,282 singles from 5,882 artists thus far.
1. Ultratop makes charts based on album sales of how many retail outlets and downloads?
2. How many weekly listeners does the company have?
3. What did they celebrate in 2005?
4. What dud they publish as part of that celebration?
5. How many singles did it over?
6. By how many singers?
7. Where is Ultratop?
8. Are they a for-profit business?
9. One chart is for French speaking people from what region?
10. And where is the Dutch speaking area?
11. How does Ultratop separate charts?
12. Is that a common type of division?
13. But is it justified?
14. By what, in Belgium?
15. What is the Flanders TV station?
16. And where is RTL?
17. What time does Radio Contact air on Saturdays?
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answer:
1. around 500
2. over two million
3. the 10th anniversary of the charts
4. a jubilee book
5. 15,282
6. 5,882
7. Belgium
8. no
9. Wallonia
10. Flanders
11. regional-language boundaries
12. no
13. yes
14. the cultural differences
15. TMF
16. Wallonia
17. 12:00 to 14:00