The Mayor to close Lover's Lane

The Midtoon Herald, February 16,

In a meeting this morning, the Mayor presented a proposal to close Lover's Lane.

This is the third time in three years that a similar project is presented after Valentine's Day. The Committee of Citizens for the closure of Lover's Lane usually protest during the Valentine's Day festivities, because of the large number of people who go to the high lookout place afterwards.

"We always have accidents", said Eleanor Smithers, spokesperson for the Committee. "This year, three separate car accidents resulted from the drivers going to and from Lover's Lane."

The accidents included the man whose proposal was rejected, the man whose proposal was accepted and the man whose girlfriend accepted his best friend's proposal. The Chief of police confirmed that the three accidents do not seem to be related. "It is proposal nigh, after all," he declared. "There are more chances of having a proposal-related incident on Valentine's day than in any other day of the year."

Yesterday morning, the Mayor of Midtoon City was considering the establishment of a special commission to study the risk incurred when driving to and from Lover's Lane. "The City will do all within its power," said John Campos, an advisor to the Mayor, in a press release. "We will not rest until every Midtooner is safe. If we have to close Lover's lane, we will"

The Consortium for the Preservation of Lover's Lane, immediately issued a threat letter to the Mayor stating that "If the city persists in trying to close our favorite hanging out spot," they declared. "We will be forced to find another spot, and they will not like it."

Sounds like a credible threat to me...

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Valentine's Day Dance Tomorrow in Midtoon

The Midtoon Herald, February 13, 2009

The only good news around Midtoon today is the celebration tomorrow of the Traditional Valentine's Dance in the L L Theatre at Lovelost Avenue. This dance has been taken place since the L L Theatre opened in 1969.

"I would love to go," said Jennifer Rhodes. "I just don't have a partner, and I find it very hard to dance with myself."

"We are going, definitely," said Mabel Campos. "If John doesn't take me, I may ask Erik and Javier to be my partners."

"We'll be there," said Reyna Marikit. "My daughter Anita will take care of the store."

At least for a day, Midtooners get to forget the economic crisis.

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Nine-2-Five may close it's doors

The Midtoon Herald, February 11, 2009

It's Confirmed. The economic turmoil the country finds itself in has reached Midtoon Main St. In an aside with the press, Reyna Marikit announced that the business is failing. "If it was not for my husband's side job, we would be closed already," said the proprietor. "Since we had to let go our three employees, Even my daughter Anita is working the store after school."

Lorenzo Gaitan, the husband of Reyna, runs 'Gaitan Greens', a vegetable delivery service around the Centerville greater area. He could not be reached for comment.

"The Nine-2-Five is an institution," said a police officer stopping for a 'Soft & Mellow' the house-brand of donuts the store sells. "Where else can Midtooners find these donuts and the giant Frosted Drinks?"

Oh! Brain Freeze!

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Vandals break water fountain

The Midtoon Herald, February 9, 2009

In what has to be categorized as one of the worst acts of vandalism is the last 10 years, an unknown group has destroyed the Liberty Fountain in Central Square.
"This is an outrage," said the Mayor, describing the incident. "we don't know who did this, but I have instructed the police to crush these vandals with all the weight of the law."
Some observers expressed the opinion that the vandals are protesting for the Mayor's early support of the war, but some contend that it is more of an unemployment issue. Recent news that unemployment levels have climbed once again, have much of the population of Midtoon tense and jittery .
"It doesn't matter if you are going through a hard time," said a police officer while carrying a huge roll of yellow tape and a towel. "There are ways to express your opinion or get help that do not involve the defacing of public property."
Sources in City Hall have confirmed that the vandals that destroyed the fountain may be the same ones that painted a moustache on the City Hall's painting of the Mayor last month.
That was a funny moustache, though...

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Viotex Requesting Bailout $

The MIDTOON HERALD, February 5, 2009

Biotechnology giant Viotex Corporation entered a plea to the City of Midtoon requesting money to pay the creditors, a spokesperson for the company said today. "We cannot survive another quarter without some influx of money", said the spokesperson, clearly affected by the news. "We have done all we can, including giving our senior executives the highest bonuses in the market, but the economic climate is just not there".

According to some animal rights groups, Viotex Corporation has been recently working in a secret project involving the cloning of animals, but the organization has not been able to obtain evidence. Cloning is not allowed in Midtoon as per Ordinance 312-23 L, subsection H-23 passed in 1996 right after a movie where Michael Keaton cloned himself. Eager to stop the possibility of being invaded by a multiplicity of Mr. Keatons, Voters elected to make cloning illegal.

The Company has not admitted or denied the charges, but has brought cloning twice to the courts, in what seems an attempt to justify their secret project. Gary Gordon, Executive Vice President of Secret Projects told us in a telephone interview that "Viotex Corporation is not working in any illegal projects here in Midtoon, and if we were, we obviously would not tell you".

Smart move, Mr. Gordon, but we will eventually get you...

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Early results “not satisfactory”, says Erik Campos, but Midtoon to abide by the will of the people.

With a strong show of emotion, Erik Campos, creator and main character of the Midtoon comic strip confided to this reporter that he is “disappointed with the early results of this week’s poll.”

As of this writing, Erik Campos had received no votes in the poll that would help decide which character will be followed in the next story arc. “I know people may want to see someone else,” he said. “But heck, I am the main character, and zero, nada, zip!”

Erik trails his younger brother Javier, his step mother Mabel, who runs second and even an undetermined character, loosely described as ‘another character’ in the polls.

These results were characterized as ‘surprising’ and ‘unusual’ by the author, who totally believes he should be a close runner up on this poll, if not the winner. “We will be conducting an audit of the automatic voting machines used in the polls,” said John Campos, who shares with Erik the dubious honor of being at the bottom of the list. “We will not rest until we get to the bottom of this.”

The Executive Producer of Midtoon, Neftali Rivera said in a press release that “even though Erik may be frustrated, we do not have any reason to suspect electoral fraud.” Rivera later added that “The polls are still open and the results are not yet final, but we assure you that after the people of Midtoon express their opinion with their votes, we will abide with it. This is one of the most important tenets of democracy, and we stand committed to respect the will of the people.”

Midtoon.com completes it's first month!

Midtoon's Executive producer, Neftali Rivera, Jumped with joy when his comic strip, Midtoon, completed its first full month.

"I am happier than a dog with two tails," said the producer. "I have always wanted to be a cartoonist and now I have been one for a month! I can barely contain myself!"

Other members of the cast were happy as well. Erik Campos, the main character was not available, because he was grounded due to the issue with the telescope.

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