Clarence Coyote and Project Courier - Part 18 - Biff Pulls the School Fire Alarm by moyomongoose < Submission

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SATURDAY, MAY 28TH
That Saturday night was prom night for the seniors at the school in Estancia. The prom was held in the gymnasium at the high school building on the school campus, and began at  8:00 pm. There were 67 seniors who were present, out of the 83 graduating in the Class of 1960.
Chosen for 'Prom King' was Larry Cougar, who was captain of the high school football team. The 'Prom Queen' was Larry's fiancee, Daffinee Cougar, who was a high school cheer leader.
The gym was all decked out, complete with a DJ table, a dinner banquet, tables and chairs, ribbons, streamers, balloons, and a big banner that read "Congratulations, Class of 1960"...along with all the fixings for an after prom party.
There were some seniors who were reminiscing about those memorable moments in the 10th and 11th grades much in the same way old timers reminisce about things that happened 40 years ago.
Many females were showing off the bouquets of flowers their male lovers had bought for them earlier in the day.
Most of the seniors would like to have seen Jerald Coyote with his fiancee, Cindy, as Prom King and Prom Queen. The reason was not only due to Jerald being a star player on the school football team, but what carried a lot of clout among the class was how Jerald and a few others would always stand against the three pitbull bullies to protect their victims from them... However, because Jerald's fiancee, Cindy Coyote, was from a different school, her being Prom Queen was not possible.
Several seniors, like as in the case of Jerald Coyote, attended with a fiancee from outside the school, thus putting the number of attendance a bit higher than 67...And of course, Principal Clayton Wolf and several teachers were present to insure that 'things don't get out of paw'.
Jerald Introduced Cindy to his fellow classmates, "This is Cindy, my fiancee. She's graduating from Vaughn this Thursday".
After Jerald's classmates said hello, Cindy replied, "It's my pleasure meeting you all".
Mavis Husky was attending the prom with his fiancee, Vera Husky, who was from the Valencia County school in Los Lunas.
Mavis mentioned, "This is the 2nd prom Vera and I are attending. Last week Vera invited me as her date to her prom in Los Lunas. And now, I've invited Vera as my date to our prom.
"Oh hey, Jerald", Johnny Fox said, "If it's not too late, you and Cindy can do the same thing".
"We couldn't have anyway", said Jerald. "Cindy's prom is going now at the same time as ours is".
"I'd rather be here with Jerald though", Cindy said as she and Jerald embraced.
"It's too bad there's no such thing as a mystical time machine", Johnny Fox's fiancee, Angela, said in good humor, having absolutely no clue what so ever that such a machine now sits in a restricted area building just off of Highway 54, and had been in 1960 since February 9th. "That way, you two could jump back in time long enough to go to the other prom".
Hearing that gave Jerald Coyote cold feet, being that only two weeks ago, he had actually been shown the time machine that Clarence arrived in from the future.
"Kind of like straight out of a science fiction movie", Johnny Fox replied to Angela's comment. "Wow! That would be the coolest".
"Gee wiz. Just imagine. Your very own time travel machine", Danny Otter said, having not the foggiest inkling of a clue that his dad, Greg Otter, had been involved with the design and engineering of such a very machine...And as well as having absolutely no clue his dad was participating in the repair attempts of that very same machine that had taken a coyote cub from the future to 1960.
"Just think of all the times you can hot rod around to with a gem like that", said Johnny Fox. "Zoom! To the Roman Empire...Zoom! Talk with some ancient Egyptian king before he became a mummy...Zip zoom! To the future to see Flash Gordon Otter, like in live person, close up ya know. Maybe even get his autograph. Ya know what I mean?".
"Oh so cool. Sound like the upmost", Danny's fiancee, Lidia, exclaimed.
Cindy then asked Jerald, "Jerald, are you okay?...You look as though you've seen a ghost".
"Oh...I was just day dreaming...About time machines, I guess", Jerald replied to Cindy who also knew nothing of the time machine.
Jerald, Cindy and the others then decided to join the rest of the seniors in having some food, snacks and fruit punch from the dinner banquet table. There was also a prom cake...However, that wasn't to be cut until the after prom party.
No more topic came up about 'imaginary time machines'...The predominate discussions were now about what everyone has planned for the future, and about memorable moments during those school years.
At 8:20, Wally Prairie Dog, the prom DJ, announced, "Is everyone ready for our theme song?".
Needless to say, that got a unanimous and cheerful, "Yeaahhh!".
The music was via by a record DJ...After all, being a sparsely populated county of 6,497, a live band would have been going a bit extravagant.
The prom theme song nominated and voted for several days ago by the senior Class was;
1958 HITS ARCHIVE: Magic Moments by Percy Commer Lynx...(IRL; Perry Como)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6byr0PBF8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgmtOQF0CWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI9Zm3BaQFg
Nearly all the seniors and their fiancees danced to that song as it played.
After the song, those who had cameras with them took pictures...Some of the photos were cherished moments...And some were staged and comical. Some of the best of those pictures would be chosen to appear on the pages of the 1960 school yearbook.
Another song that later played during the prom was;
A 1959, dancing music version of, My Special Angel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXS8RfPwAsU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnnY-1ax1Pk
As everyone and their fiancees were enjoying the song as they danced, trouble tried to reer it's ugly head at the door...It was Biff Pitbull, who was of course after all, a graduating senior of Estancia High School. Along with Biff, was his girl friend, Sandra, who, although was a Bernalillo County high school senior from Albuquerque, she was a guest as Biff's date...But also tagging along with Biff and Sandra, were Gaston and Roxanne, who were still Juniors and had no business at the senior prom. Also darkening the gymnasium doorway with them were Biff's younger brother, Richie, who was still a junior, and his girl friend, Aiva, who became a high school drop out in the 10th grade a year ago...Thus, there stood the three pit bull bullies with their girl friends, undoubtedly plotting ways to start some trouble at the prom.
Immediately, Principal Clayton Wolf met them at the door, and told Richie, Aiva, Gaston and Roxanne, "This prom is only for the seniors here, and their dates. If neither of that applies to you, then you have no business here and have to leave".
"Oh genchie. What a kill joy", said Roxanne.
"Like, uh...I'm in Kindergarten, Cat. An' I ain't allowed at no senior prom. Ya dig?", Gaston wisecracked.
Clayton Wolf then warned, "I can get Coach Jason Cougar and a few other teachers here, and this can get real ugly real fast. Ball's in your court. How do you want it?".
"Okay okay. We're coolin' it outa here, Pops", Gaston replied as he, Richie, Aiva and Roxanne began to leave.
Principal Clayton Wolf would normally take issue with the wisecracks, but he didn't want a scene to start at the prom.
"Who are you?", Clayton Wolf asked Sandra.
"I'm Biff's date if you don't mind", Sandra replied.
"She's with me", Biff added.
"Okay then. But you two better be on good behavior while you are...", Principal Wolf began to say, then said, "Wait a minute".
"What?"" ,Biff exclaimed.
"What have you two been drinking tonight?",Principal Wolf asked as could smell alcohol on their breath.
As Biff was preparing to lie about it, Sandra wisecracked, "Some Ole Crow. Ya oughta try it sometime, ya coot".
"Get out. Both of you. This prom wasn't set up for drunks", Principal Wolf told Biff and Sandra.
About that time, phys ed coach, Jason Cougar, along with a science teacher, Leon Coyote, had made their way from the prom activities to the gymnasium entrance door.
"Any trouble, Sir?", Coach Jason Cougar asked.
"Not yet", Principal Wolf said. "But that bunch is asking for it".
"I would have guessed Biff was part of this", Leon Coyote said as Biff and Sandra began to leave with the rest of the potential trouble makers.
"We'll just drink Kool Aid the next time", Biff wisecracked. "Will that make ya happy?".
"You're really pushing it, Biff", Jason Cougar warned.
"NO! We'll just bring our cub bottles filled with milk the next time", Sandra smarted off. "YEEAAAHHH!".
Leon Coyote warned Sandra, "We have a few female teachers here who wouldn't mind scrapping you over, Missy".
That made Sandra Pitbull wake up and smell the coffee real fast.
Once the Biff, Richie, Gaston and their girl friends had left, Principal Wolf had Coach Cougar and Leon Coyote occasionally check the school grounds to make sure they didn't come back.
The prom continued to go along enjoyably being that any trouble Biff and company would have caused got promptly nipped in the bud.
A while later, the next song played, thus Prom Night still continued being a pleasurable experience for everyone.
The song being, Angel Face;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mX2WWGqzg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pVjHKxJzQU
As the song played, and the dancing continued, Coach Jason Cougar went out to check the parking lot...And it was a good thing he did...Biff and Richie's Dad's, Gotham gold, 1959, Cadillac Coupe-de-ville had returned, but there was no sign of Biff, Richie and Gaston or of their girl friends.
When Coach Cougar reported what he saw to Principal Wolf, Principal Wolf told Coach Cougar and Leon Coyote, "Check around the school grounds. And check the hallways. If you find them, you have my permission to get rough with them if you have to".
"Oh believe me. I will", Coach Cougar replied.
Clayton Wolf went on to say, "I believe they're out to ruin this prom. And I have no intention of allowing that to happen".
When Coach Cougar and Leon Coyote searched the outside grounds, that turned up nothing.
However, in a hallway, not far from the gym where the prom was being held, they heard laughing...And the laughing was not coming from the same direction as the song now playing, Please Love Me Forever;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLy2gFB3aHQ
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Upon following where the laughter was coming from, Coach Cougar and Leon Coyote found the group of six pit bull youths acting up and goofing around in a hallway.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! STOP!", Leon Coyote shouted at Richie who was only a few seconds from tripping a fire alarm switch on the wall.
Leon grabbed Richie and flung him away from the fire alarm switch just in time to prevent it from being pulled, thus sending Richie tumbling across the hallway floor.
Coach Cougar grabbed Biff and flung him against a row of wall lockers, then slammed him a couple of more times against the lockers.
Gaston took off running down the hallway with Sandra, Aiva and Roxane on their way back to the Cadillac. Biff was bounced and marched out to Daddy's '59 Cadillac by Coach Cougar, in much the same way a trouble maker would be bounced out of a bar. Richie was bounced and marched out to the car by Leon Coyote.
After the pit bull youths were back in the car, Coach Cougar warned Biff, Richie, Gaston and Roxane not to come back onto school grounds until Monday morning...As for Sandra, she was from another school. And Aiva was a drop out... Sandra and Aiva were warned not to come back to the school at all.
Being that the breath of the pit bulls reeked with the smell of alcohol, Leon Coyote looked at the front license tag of that '59 Cadillac and remembered the license plate number.
After the pit bull youths had left, Coach Cougar and Leon Coyote went to a pay phone in a school hallway. There, Coach Jason Cougar dialed zero for the operator and requested to speak to the New Mexico State Police.
Once the operator put Jason Cougar's call through, Jason heard the voice of the Belgium Shepard on dispatch duty, "New Mexico State Police, Bruce Shepard speaking".
"This is Jason Cougar. I want to report car cruising the Estancia and Moriarty area with six drunk teenage pit bulls, including the driver. It's a yellowish gold, 1959, two door Cadillac".
"Fifty-nine Cadillac - Yellow gold - Two door", Officer Bruce Shepard double checked, then asked, "Did you get the tag number"
"Yes I did", Jason replied, then said to Leon, "I need the number".
As Leon Coyote recited the number, Jason Cougar relayed it to the dispatcher.
"Where did you see them headed to last?", the dispatcher asked.
"I'm not sure", Jason Cougar replied. "We're having a prom here at the Estancia school, and we had them leave as undesirables".
"Thank you for letting us know. There's an officer cruising 66 near that area. I can have him there in a few minutes", Bruce Shepard said before they hung up.
As Coach Cougar and Leon Coyote began making their way back to the prom, Leon said, "That should keep them away from the prom for the rest of the night".
"I've noticed that bunch has to be treated like pesky flies to make them stay away", Coach Cougar added.
As the prom continued along without there being any negative incident, it was about seven minutes after that phone call was made that the six pit bull youths were about to enter Moriarty. As they were heading north on 41, they noticed a state police car slowing down as they met it. Sure enough, the police car made a U turn after meeting the Cadillac, then followed them into Moriarty.
"What the fuck did I do?!", Biff said as the police car gained up behind them.
Then the red revolving flasher came on, and the siren sounded.
"Maybe he got called to an emergency", Richie said as Biff began to pull off of the road.
"Emergency my ass! It's us he's after!, Biff said after the police car pulled off behind them.
"Gimme that bottle", Richie, who was sitting up front with Biff and Sandra, said to Gaston, who was in back with Roxane and Aiva.
After receiving the nearly depleted bottle of Old Crow from Gaston, Richie stashed it under the front passenger's seat.
It didn't take an act of rocket science for Officer Ned Bear to figure out all six of the pit bull teens had been drunk...And when Biff was asked to present a driver's license, all he had was an expired learner's permit.
It was at that point Officer Ned Bear informed Biff, "The reason I pulled you over tonight is because you all have been drinking", then demanded, "I need to have you surrender the keys over to me right now".
After Biff pulled the keys from the ignition switch on the dash and pawed them over to the officer, the officer then went back to his patrol car.
As for Biff and company, it was 'busted'.
"How the fuck did that copper even know we were drinkin'?!", Biff retorted.
"You'd think little yellow bird landed on his shoulder or something, and told him", Roxane said.
"It's like he's got magical powers or some shit!", Richie added.
At the patrol car, Officer Ned Bear radioed a for paddy wagon from Moriarty to haul all six of the pit bull teens to the jail's 'drunk tank' where they can sober up by dawn.
Just before the paddy wagon arrived, a Torrence County Sheriff's car pulled up, along with another state police car, as back up in case there would be any trouble.
"What's with the other cop cars?", said Sandra.
"Yea", said Gaston. "You'd think we...uhh...robbed the First National Bank or some shit like that".
It wasn't long before the paddy wagon arrived. That's when Ned Bear and the other officers approached the Cadillac,  ordered the pit bull teenagers out of the car, and told them what infractions they were being fined for.
"Right now, all six of you are drunk enough to be a harm to yourselves", Officer Ned Bear told the teens as they were being linked to each other in a line in cuffs. "You all are going to spend the rest of the night in the jail drunk tank so you can sober up by morning. At dawn, we'll have your parents come get you".
"A Cadillac. Looks like they were riding in style tonight, weren't they", the paddy wagon driver, Sean Airdale, remarked as the pit bull teens were being loaded aboard...all six of them linked wrist to wrist in cuffs.
"Well, they're riding in style now", Sheriff Deputy Joel Dane replied as the other officers chuckled.
"Limousine service. Courtesy of your local police", Sean Airedale said as he closed the rear doors to the paddy wagon. "Even comes with fancy bracelets".
"Gets better all the time", Ned Bear added.
At the jail, the police got the youths to tell them who their parents are so they can call them to tell them their teens are in the Moriarty jail...None of the parents liked it very well, getting that phone from the police department in the middle of the night.
Although the DWI laws back in those days did not carry anywhere near the severe penalties as they do in the 21st Century, it was still enough to keep that bunch away from the prom for the rest of the night...In addition to spending the rest of that night in a juvenile cell of the jail's drunk tank, all six teens were fined $35 each for underage drinking, which their parents were responsible to pay because of them being under 18.
Even in 1960, the drinking age in New Mexico was 21. Thus, although Biff was 18, he was also fined for underage drinking.
Biff was also fined $120 for DWI (which was like nearly $1,500 today). Biff was also fined $40 for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle on a public roadway (His expired learner's permit didn't cut it)...
...You could safely say that this was the Biff and company version of the 1960 high school prom.
Daddy Reginald Pitbull would have to pay a $20 towing fee, plus a $32 impound fee in the morning to get his 1959 Cadillac back...Sunday was suppose to be Daddy Reginald's day for chilling out with some Hamm's beer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g
...Needless to say, Daddy Reginald was one pissed off daddy pit bull.
At the prom, it was 10:30 when they cut the cake for the after prom party. They also had ice cream, chips, other snacks, cantaloupe and honey dew melon, sodas, and their was more fruit punch left. They even had party poppers and party horns. Later during the party, couples would occasionally stroll the school grounds outside a while and enjoy being alone together before rejoining the party.
The party went on until 20 minutes after midnight, and everyone there had a great time.
As for the teens coming home late, the parents did realize it was high school prom night, and were expecting their teens would be out late on that special night.
And those small towns that had underage curfews after a certain hour laxed those curfews for that one special night to allow those teens who were still age 17 to make their way home.

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MONDAY, MAY 30TH
That following Monday, May the 30th was the day they were taking pictures for the school yearbook...There were thunder storms in the area that day, and the photographer, Linden Kangaroo, got caught in bad thunder storm at some point on his way to the school. While driving through that storm, Linden Kangaroo had to slow down to 30 mph because of his Volkswagen panel van being practically blown all over Highway 41 by strong winds on his way down from Santa Fe...Lightning was popping around everywhere, and in some places along that stretch of 41, the rain was so heavy Linden could barely see the highway ahead of him, even with the windshield wipers on high speed...However, shortly before Linden Kangroo got to Moriarty, he finally was able to drive out of the storm.  After passing through Moriarty, it was only 17 more miles to the school in Estancia, in which it was pleasant driving conditions the rest of the way with some occasional lite rain.
After Photographer Linden Kangaroo arrived to the school, Principal Clayton Wolf asked him, "Run into any bad weather coming here?".
"Oh, I'll say", Linden Kangaroo replied, then told Clayton Wolf about that bad storm he got caught in on Highway 41.
"They say we're suppose to get more of it today", Clayton Wolf said to Linden Kangaroo
"That's what I so much as suspected", Linden Kangaroo said as he was setting up his photo equipment.
As the photo session began of getting graduates pictures for the yearbook, everything went along smoothly and with a friendly atmosphere. Everyone greeted Linden Kangaroo, and Linden was happy to meet the students...Of course, 1960 was also the year Biff Pitbull was graduating, although having a grade average that barely got him scraping by. When the Photographer Linden Kangaroo took Biff's picture for the yearbook, Biff, being a smart ass, stuck his tongue out at the camera.
Linden Kangaroo, now pissed off at Biff, retorted, "Oh, very funny wise guy".
The other students didn't find Biff's antics so funny either, as one them even called, "Come on, Biff. Knock it off, you jerk".
"Him, his brother, and another goof ball are the three school clowns around here", Clayton Wolf assured Linden Kangaroo.
"So I've seen", Linden replied. "I'm not looking forward to meeting the other two".
Linden had to retake the picture. On the retake, Biff put up a silly smirk, thus Photographer Linden Kangaroo, with the okay from Principal Wolf, decided that will just have to be the way Biff's picture will appear in the Class of 1960 yearbook.
"Hey Biff", Principal Wolf said. "After you graduate at the end of this week, don't pursue a carreer as a comedian...You're really not funny".
Biff replied, "After this week, you won't be able to threaten me with reform school! WOOOOOO!"
Jerald Coyote called out at Biff from the group of other seniors, "No one wants to hear it, you dick head".
"Dumb ass", Andrew Pitbull (no relation) called Biff.
"Okay, let's keep the language respectable", Principal Wolf reminded the seniors.
"I heard you got $195 in fines on the night of the prom, Dingle-berry", Lavern Lynx told Biff.
"Well yea? What's to you?", Biff replied.
As Biff left so the next senior can get a picture, Linden Kangaroo said in a low tone, "As if the world ain't got enough comedians in it already".
After the pictures were taken of the seniors, Linden Kangaroo did get that unpleasant experience of meeting the other two school clowns. Richie and Gaston, who were in their junior year, tried their darnedest to make the photographer one pissed off kangaroo when the 10th and 11th and grade pictures were being taken for the yearbook...Everything went along friendly and peaceful until it was Richie's turn to get his picture taken. Richie thumbed his nose at the camera as Linden took the picture, thus the picture had to be taken over.
"Oh for crying out loud", Linden Kangaroo retorted on the retake when Richie flipped up a middle finger as the camera shutter clicked.
"Never mind him. He's just showin' his I Q", One of the other 11th graders said to Linden Kangaroo.
"I believe it", said Linden. "A score of only one".
"I'll get who's ass said that", Richie careened around and threatened toward the other 11th graders.
"I strongly suggest you cool it", Principal Wolf warned Richie.
"You want to get someone's ass, I'm here", Moe Grizzly Bear said to Richie, "I'm the one who said that".
"Moe. Watch the language", said Principal Wolf.
"Sorry", Moe replied.
...By the way, Moe Grizzly Bear was on the high school football team, and could have mopped the floor with Richie had he wanted to.
Linden Kangaroo was able to get a picture of Richie snarling at the camera...which was considered barely acceptable for the year book.
Then, when it was Gaston's turn, Gaston made funny faces at the camera for 45 seconds before Linden Kangaroo could finally get a picture that even looked half way normal.
"You finished showing off the limitations of your talent, Gaston?", Moe Grizzly Bear called out.
"He's just being the creep that he is", Dotty Coyote assured Moe Grizzly Bear.
"Heeeyyyy! What's the big idea raggin' on me?!", Gaston retorted.
"Well, I'm not giving out lollipops, I'll have you know", Linden Kangaroo said to Gaston as the freshmen and junior middle school animals laughed.
"Grow up, Gaston",  Blake Bear called out.
"I hear you all had prom night in a drunk tank", Cory Raccoon said to Gaston as everyone laughed.
"I'm just glad there aren't a whole bunch here like that", Linden Kangaroo said. "It would run me broke in film costs with all the retakes I'd have to do".
At the middle school building, Linden Kangaroo didn't run into the likes of Biff, Richie and Gaston...Although there were a few 8th and 9th graders who tried to show off, thinking they were being 'cool'.
At the elementary school building, Linden Kangaroo had no problem other than cubs being cubs...But a teacher threatening the use of a paddle kept those antics pretty well under control.
When the 3rd grade pictures were being taken, it kind of came as a revelation to Clarence Coyote, that even though he was born in 2010, and his 3rd grade picture should have been in a 2018 school yearbook, his 3rd grade picture will be in a 1960 school yearbook.
When Rex and Clarence was where no one else can hear them, Rex said to Clarence, "Wow! You're gonna be in our school yearbook".
"If I can get back to 2018, can you save a copy for me?", Clarence asked Rex.
"Or you can take a copy back with you in the time machine", Rex suggested.
"Oh hip. That would be cool", Clarence replied.
"Hey. You're picking up on the talk and the groove", Rex told Clarence.
"I am?", Clarence asked.
"Yea...When you said, 'Oh hip, that would be cool' ", said Rex.
"Yea, I did, didn't I", said Clarence.
Well, anyway...The last day of school before the summer vacation was to begin only four days away.
By the way...Some of that stormy weather Linden Kangaroo had to deal with on his way to the school was also encountered that morning by Professor Nickolas Fox, Lola Binturong and Daren Margay in the Professor's '60 Rambler on their way from Groom Lake to Encino...Back on the 13th, Nickolas Fox did say he and the others would be back from Area 51 in two weeks to assist with the repair attempts to the time machine...And this being the 30th makes it two weeks. Thus, it was the morning of this day Nickolas, Lola and Daren had arrived at Horizon Innovations in Encino.

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TUESDAY, MAY 31ST
On May 31st, the cubs and teens at school got a long awaited big laugh on the pit bull bullies, Biff, his younger brother Richie and their crony Gaston...It was on a Tuesday, during the last week before school let out for summer vacation, with June 3rd being the last school day. It was on that day with three school days left to go that Biff, Richie and Gaston figured it would be funny to pull the school fire alarm...They even skipped out on a class to go do it. At 1:30 that afternoon, Gaston and Richie stood as look-out at both ends of a hallway as Biff prepared to pull down the red switch on the wall to sound off the fire alarm.
"Woah! hold up, Biff!", Richie called out as a phys-ed teacher, Coach Jason Cougar, appeared from around a corner.
But too late. Biff was already pulling the fire alarm switch down, breaking that little green glass rod affixed across the switch. >CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG...< the fire bell sounded off.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!", Jason Cougar shouted at Biff and Richie.
"SHIT!", Biff exclaimed, knowing he had been caught, as the fire bell continued clanging.
"GASTON, YOU KNUCKLE HEAD! GET OVER HERE!", Jason Cougar shouted as the hallways began to fill with students and faculty on their way to evacuate the school building.
"I ain't no knuckle head, Jack!", Gaston retorted as he came walking over.
"You are when you pull something like this", Jason Cougar retorted back to Gaston. "And my name is not Jack, I'll have you know".
"Jack Ass then?", Biff wisewcracked.
"How would you like for me to slam your head into those wall lockers, Biff?", Jason Cougar replied as students and teachers, who were evacuating the building, walked past where the fire alarm switch had been pulled, and noticing the confrontation.
Biff feared Coach Jason Cougar to much to take his remarks any further, thus, Jason Cougar escorted Biff, Richie and Gaston out of the building with everyone else.
Because the middle and elementary schools shared the same campus grounds as the high school, the fire alarms in those school buildings automatically sounded off as well.
When the fire bell began clanging in the elementary school attended by Clarence, Jed, Rex, Donna and their other schoolmates,  teachers told their classes, "Get up from your seats. This row file out first. Don't run. Remember the designated escape route. Now this row...This row next.....".
After everyone had evacuated the school buildings, sirens could be heard just down the street. The fire department trucks had arrived, with their sirens blaring, their red lights flashing, and their crews thinking the school was actually on fire...
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...After pulling up into the school parking lot, the crews wasted no time laying out hoses off the trucks and attaching them to hydrants. They also rushed to get other equipment deployed, such as fire extinguishers, axes and other fire fighting tools. Other fire fighters quickly explored around the buildings in search for the fire that didn't exist.
"Looks like school's out for summer now", 3rd grader, Clarence Coyote jokingly said as other cubs laughed.
"Sure looks that way", 3rd grader, Rex Coyote chuckled.
"It might take a long time for them to build another school", 3rd grader, Ginger Fox proclaimed.
"Yeah! Summer vacation all year long!", 2nd grader, Pamela Skunk cheered as other cubs laughed.
3rd grade teacher, Glenda Otter, finally spoke up, "This is not funny. You cubs need to be quiet".
Five minutes later, the fire alarm bell was shut off, and the fire department crews began reloading their hoses and other equipment back onto the trucks.
Biff, Richie and Gaston were practically laughing their asses off...That is, until about the time that two police cars arrived (1960 Fords).
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Reality really sunk in for the three delinquent pit bull youths when Coach Jason Cougar returned, accompanied by Principal Clayton Wolf and two German Shepard police officers, said, "Those three right there. I caught them right in the act".
"Did they catch someone catchin' the school on fire?", 1st grader, Zachery Bobcat Jr. asked.
"Bet-cha he's in biiiiggg trouble", 1st grader, Cindy Ferret added.
"Bet he get's paddled with the biggest paddle they got", Donna Coyote proclaimed.
"Okay, that's enough", Samantha Badger, 1st grade teacher of Donna Coyote's class, told the cubs.
Within the next ten minutes, the all clear was given for everyone to return to their classes.
"Aw shucks. The school ain't gonna burn down", 4th grader, Benny Mink retorted.
Wanda Bear, 4th grade teacher, told the mink cub, "We'll have none of that, Benny. And where were you when I taught the class there's no such word as ain't".
On the way back to their classes, the elementary school cubs began laughing as they saw officers, two German shepards, a wolf and a fox, placing Biff, Gaston and Richie, in bracelet cuffs, in the back seats of the police cars.
The pit bull youths were now getting cat calls from the very same cubs they use to bully around.
"JAIL BIRD! JAIL BIRD! TWEET TWEET TWEET!", 3rd grader, Lopez Coatimundi shouted.
"YNAH YNAH! YA CAN'T GET ME NOW!", 5th grader, Linda Raccoon called out.
"YOU'RE GOING TO ALCATRAZ!", 5th grader, Ramon Genet shouted.
"YEAH...AN' STAMP OUT LICENSE PLATES ALL DAY!", 4th grader, Timmy Badger added.
"GO TO JAIL! GO TO JAIL! SNAG YOUR TAIL, ON A NAIL!", 6th grader, Jeremiah Mongoose shouted.
Bucky Beaver, in Rex and Clarence's class, got laughs from the other cubs when he said, "They're gonna get fired. Get it? Fired".
"HEY, BUDDY! NEED A LIGHT?!", 6th grader, Diego Ocelot shouted.
The cubs let out a big burst of laughter when 5th grader, Jed Coyote sang out loud the first line of, "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire", by the Ink Spots, as Clarence pretended to be a band conductor waving a pretend baton.
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All the cat calling abruptly stopped though when elementary school Principal Monty Wolverine called to the cubs, "The next cub I catch blurting out a remark is going to the office for a good paddling"...
...And the cubs knew that Principal Monty Wolverine knew really well how to swing a paddle.
After all the commotion finally settled down, everyone was back to resuming classes a usual...except for pit bull adolescents, Biff, Gaston and Richie. They were being booked down at the juvenile jail...Except for Biff...He had turned 18 back in the end of April, thus he was due to be taken to the adult section of the jail facility...Biff would be able to see what the real shit is like.
Of course Daddy and Mommy, Reginald and Diana Pit Bull, came down and posted bail for "their poor little sonny boys Biff and Richie" (They arrived in one of their other cars, a 1959 El-Camino, being that the '59 Coup-de-ville was still in the school parking lot...
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They would have taken their 1960 Eldorado convertible, but it was in the shop for scheduled new car maintenance).
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You'd think Mommy Collindale Pitbull would have driven the '59 Coupe-de-ville with Biff and Richie riding along for that 17 mile trip back to their home in Moriarty...And Daddy following in the El-Camino behind Diana and the boys back home. Then you'd think Mommy and Daddy would lecture their sons before Daddy returned to the jobsite he had to leave off of earlier...But Ohhhh no...It didn't work that way. Reginald and Diana gave their sons a ride back to the high school in the pick up bed of their '59 El-Camino, then let their sons back loose again to run the towns and highways raising Hell in that '59 Coupe-de-ville.
Travis Kelton Pitbull and his wife Amber, who were the parents of Gaston, also came down and posted bail for "their darling son" who they didn't think deserved to go to jail...Thus, the three pit bull youths were in school the next day, but now on good behavior.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST
Ever since Marge and her husband, Al, have been married and starting a family in Duran beginning as far back as 1949, they've always celebrated their birthdays with their parents in Corona each year...September 23rd is when the family celebrates Al's birthday with his parents, Arthur, age 60, and Ruby, age 57.
This day, June 1st, was Marge Coyote's birthday, 1960 being the year she turned age 29.
Al had been granted a request at the lab that day to get off work early, thus he was already home so he and Marge can greet the cubs when they arrived home from school that afternoon...Marge had already phoned her parents they'll be on their way.
As the cubs got off the bus, they wished Mama Marge a happy birthday, then Rex asked, "We going to see Grand Dad and Grand Ma right now?"
Bus driver Stimpson Mink, who was already informed by the cubs, called from the driver's seat of the bus, "Happy Birthday, Marge Coyote".
"Oh, thank you, Stimpson", Marge replied as Al and the cubs also thanked Stimpson Mink.
"You're dad has the car here ready to go", Marge said to the cubs, as they were thrilled about visiting their grand parents on Mom's side of the family, Marge's parents, Harvey and Alma, both age 52.
As the school bus left, Al, Marge and the cubs got into the Chrysler and headed out to Corona to celebrate Mom's 29th birthday at Grand Ma and Grand Dad's house.
Along the 19 mile trip to Corona, Clarence said to Marge, "Gee, I never met your parents before, Mom...Dad's parents neither".
"You'll be meeting your step grand parents on my side of the family for the first time today", Marge assured Clarence. "Your Grand Dad Harvey, and your Grand Ma Alma".
After the party at your mom and dad's house, what do say we drop by my parents house to let Clarence have a visit?", Al asked Marge.
"Oh that would wonderful. Clarence would appreciate that", Marge replied.
"I figured Clarence might already be back into the future by the time my birthday came up in September", Al mentioned.
"We're also seein' Grand Dad Arthur and Grand Ma Ruby then", Jed acknowledged.
"We sure are", Al answered Jed.
After coming into Corona, and finally arriving the house of Marge's parents, Harvey and Alma Coyote, Marge's younger sister Elaine and brother in law Wilbur were there with their cubs Brenda and Stanley.
As Jed, Rex and Donna along with cousins Brenda and Stanley begin playing with each other, Marge and Al introduced Clarence to the grand parents and cousins.
"Mom. Dad. This is our step son Clarence we've been telling you about", Marge said to Harvey and Alma.
"He seems to be such a wonderful cub", Harvey mentioned.
"This is your step Grand Mom Alma, and step Grand Dad Harvey", Marge said to Clarence.
"This is our first time seeing you", Alma Coyote said to her step grand son Clarence. "Let me have a look at you".
"And this is your Aunt Elaine and Uncle Wilbur", Marge said to Clarence.
"Pleased to meet you. Clarence", Wilbur said as he shook paws with Clarence.
"I'm glad to meet you too", Clarence said.
"The pleasure is ours the same here too, Clarence", Harvey added.
"Hi there", Stanley said to Clarence as he and his sister Brenda greeted him. "You must be Clarence".
"That's me", Clarence affirmed.
"We were getting ready to play hide and seek", Jed said as Clarence joined the other cubs in play.
While the cubs played hide and seek, Al, Marge, Harvey and Alma made preparations for Marge's birthday party.
Eventually, Marge's younger brother Theodore and sister in law Susan arrived with their cubs Jenifer, Sharon and Butch...As soon as Clarence was introduced to them, it was now nine cubs running around playing at Grand Dad Harvey and Grand Ma Alma's place until the party began.
Finally, it was time for the party. Marge's mom, Alma, had baked a really good birthday cake, and there were plenty enough sodas, ice cream and chips that Harvey and Alma had purchased yesterday evening to go around for everyone.
Marge's dad, Harvey called out the back door of the house, "Party's ready everyone".
The cubs, Jed, Rex, Clarence, Donna, Brenda, Stanley, Jenifer, Sharon and Butch, could hardly wait to dig into some home made cake, ice cream, sodas and chips, and wasted no time coming into the house...To start off with, everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to Marge, followed by her blowing out all 29 candles on the first try.
"Yeaaahhh!", the cubs cheered as Donna proclaimed, "Mom got 'em all!".
"You got all the candles", Daddy Harvey said to Marge.
"I guess my birthday wish will come true", Marge said with a smile.
"Looks that way", Mama Alma replied.
"What did you wish for, Aunt Marge?", Stanley Coyote asked.
"I really didn't give it much thought, Stan", Marge replied.
"I do know something you've been wishing for", Al said to Marge.
"And what is that?", Marge asked.
Al then continued, "Tomorrow, I'm going to go to our bank and make a withdraw. And this Saturday, were going to see Dave Pine Martin at the Chrysler Plymouth dealer about getting that station wagon you've been wanting".
"Oh, Al! I love you! That's so great!", Marge rejoiced as she got up from her seat, came over to Al, and gave him a big hug.
"We getting that 2nd car", Jed asked.
"Yes we are, Son", Al replied to Jed.
"Wow!", Rex exclaimed. "A big station wagon!".
"Our neighbors got $300 off on their Savoy wagon", Marge's sister in law Susan said, referring to a brand new, tan, 1960, Plymouth, Savoy Station wagon their Ocelot couple neighbors bought earlier that year.
"I remember Matt Oscelot saying he and Caroline gave $2,480 for it", Marge's brother, Theodore, said. "And that's with a V-8".
"Al and I agreed on a nine passenger that I that want", Marge said.
"According to what Dave already told us at the dealership, you can't get a Savoy in a nine passenger", Al said to Theodore. "The wagon we want is going to be a choice between a Fury or a Belvedere".
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As everyone began enjoying cake, ice cream, sodas and chips, Marge's brother in law, Wilber, mentioned, "Al, before you trade that Chrysler 300 for it, let me know. I'm interested in that car".
"We're still keeping the Chrysler", Al replied.
"Aw, shucks", Wilbur said. "I was hoping I could buy it".
"We're getting the station wagon as a 2nd car", said Marge. "We've been needing a 2nd car. Besides, Al and I really like that Chrysler".
During the party, Marge received small budget gifts from the cubs (being what cubs could afford)...Of course more money was spent on the gifts from her brother, sister and in-laws...But Al's gift to Marge is the best of all of them, it being a brand new, Plymouth, nine passenger station wagon, and to be equipped just the way Marge wants it to be...Providing the ice cream, sodas and chips were the gifts from Daddy Harvey. And baking the cake was the gift from Mama Alma.
Everyone had a good time into the late evening...A while before it was getting time to go home, Marge's parents let Al use their phone to call his parents on the other side of town.
Al and Marge offered to Al's parents to drop by so Clarence can have his first visit with them.
"Dad. We thought we'd introduce Clarence to you and Mom", Al said to Arthur. "We're getting ready to leave Harvey and Alma's house right about now".
Al's parents, Arthur and Ruby, said they would be delighted to meet Clarence...
"Bring him on over, Son", Arthur said to AL. "Your Mom and I would love to meet him".
Thus, before heading back home to Duran, the family stopped in for a visit at Al's parents house.
After Clarence and Al's parents were introduced, and about an hour and a half into the visit, it was getting late...And the cubs still had school the next day, though it was to be the next to the last school day before summer vacation.
As Al, Marge and the cubs prepared to leave Arthur and Ruby's house, Athur said, "The next time you and Marge come over with the cubs, we can arrange to let Clarence meet the rest of the family",...referring to Al's older brothers, their wives and cubs, and his younger sister, her husband and cubs.
That evening, Clarence had been introduced to most of the relatives of the family. And even though everyone still had hopes of Clarence being able to return to his biological family in 2018, it was still good for Clarence to have met the rest of the family if in the event his returning to 2018 might not become possible...But however that situation might turn out, everyone did have a good time that evening, which Clarence was also happy to be a part of.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND
That Thursday was the day Cindy Coyote's senior class graduated from Vaughn High School, which began right at at noon time in the school's gymnasium.
Cindy's mom, Charlot, and her younger brother, Scotty, attended the graduation. Cindy's dad, Fred, worked as a switcher locomotive operator for the Santa Fe rail yard right there on the north end of Vaughn. Thus, Fred was able to get his boss to grant him an extension on his lunch break that day, so he can also attend his daughter's graduation.
10th and 11th graders from the high school band played the graduation march for the ceremony;
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After the graduation, there was a dinner in the cafeteria for the graduates, family and guests.
After the dinner, Fred congratulated Cindy, then said to Charlot, "I'll see you this evening, dear. We've got some railroad cars out at the yard waiting to get lined for a freight train to pick up this evening".
"Take care Honey", Charlot said to Fred. "And be safe out there".
Fred got a kick, as he always does, when his son, Scotty, said, "I wanna be a train engineer like Dad when I grow up"...
...Everyone thought that was so cute.
Jerald wanted to attend Cindy's graduation, but Jerald's class had another day of school left, in which he'd be graduating the following day...Thus, Jerald was in school in Estancia when Cindy was graduating in Vaughn that day.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD
Friday, June 3rd was the last day of the 1959 - 1960 school year in Estancia...School would be out for summer vacation after that day, which was the most favorite time of year for the cubs...that is in addition to Christmas and birthdays of course.
That Friday was also graduation day for the 83 seniors graduating in the class of 1960...Only 83 graduating seniors might not sound like many for all of Torrance County, but bare in mind the 1960 population census for Torrance County was only 6,497.
The graduation ceremony was held after school hours out on the high school football field, which it was a warm and pleasant day for outdoor activities...The reason graduation was held after school hours was so that any siblings in the lower grades would already be out of school, and can attend the ceremony with their parents to watch their older siblings receive their high school diplomas.
10th and 11th graders from the high school band played the graduation march for the ceremony;
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Frank, his wife Wanda, and daughters Dotty and Cheryl were so proud to see Jerald receiving his high school diploma. Not only was Jerald's family there, Al and Marge were also invited with their cubs, Jed, Rex, Clarence and Donna, which Al took some time off from Horizon Innovations to be there....Jerald's fiancee Cindy had graduated a day before from the high school she attended in Vaughn, which Jerald took time off from school so he and his family could attend with Cindy's family...Cindy was also invited to Jerald's graduation along with her parents Fred and Charlot, and her younger brother Scotty, which Fred was able to get some time off to attend from his job as an operator of a switcher locomotive for the Santa Fe rail yard in Vaughn...Even Dotty's boy friend, Buddy, who at the time had just past the 11th  grade, was there.
Among the 83 graduates were also Guss Bear, Danny Otter and his fiancee Lidia Otter, Johnny Fox and William Skunk...With 'Hot Rod Danny Otter' and 'Hot Rod Johnny Fox' graduating, as well as William Skunk, also known as 'Hot Rod Willy' for the souped up 1930s era coupe he drives, the school will have three less hot rod drivers when the 1960 - 1961 school year begins in September... However, surely there are those who have just passed the 10th and 11th grades who will acquire fast cars this coming fall and take their place.
Make that four less hot rod drivers with Biff graduating, who didn't show up...Biff, like his girl friend Sandra who never showed up for her graduation in Albuquerque, just simply took the attitude, "Fuck it. We're outta here. They can mail my fucken' ass diploma to me", which of course, having it mailed was an option. Biff's parents would not have shown up anyway...Daddy Reginald was busy trying to find out why a drywall crew got behind on one of his construction sites...And Mama Diana was busy hosting a bridge party at their house.
As everyone agreed, it was a good thing that Biff didn't show up anyway...Surely Biff would have figured out a way to ruin everything...And that girl friend Sandra of his probably would have helped him...Besides that...Everyone found it to be the most asinine joke of the school year when Biff suggested the most inappropriate music choice anyone could have possibly thought of when the senior class was voting for choice of the prom theme song.
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Needless to say, Biff's warped suggestion was quickly rejected as though it were the stink of rotting fish.
Truth be known, while the graduation was in progress, Biff, Richie and Gaston were out cruising around stealing gum ball machines with their girl friends.
After the graduation ceremony, there was a dinner party picnic for everyone to attend...It was certainly a great get together...Then after the event wound down for the evening, the families of Al and Marge, and Frank and Wanda, and Fred and Charlot went to The Hop out on Route 66 for a post graduation celebration.
At The Hop, the owner, Roger Irish Setter, personally congratulated Jerald Coyote on his graduation from High school...Of course, this was also the time of year that Roger has congratulated many other high school graduates who had a post graduate celebration at The Hop.
And of course, it went without saying, that Jerald and Cindy danced to some songs that the jukebox played..some of the songs being;
1959 HITS ARCHIVE: She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) - Diamonds
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtTW846sB-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-AG0obf_Po
1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Just Between You And Me - Chordettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFwsdstp9xs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMetSnOD4A8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E6NWLWXUH0
Ray Smith - That's All Right 1959
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiG9ix6aOz4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEal2a8dDuE
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Heartbeat by Buddy Holly 1959
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZyuxNxQvbE
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When Cindy and Jerald returned to their table after they had been dancing for a while, Jerald did something no one was readily expecting...
As Cindy took a seat at the table, Jerald kneeled down on one knee and asked Cindy, "Cindy. I know I don't have an engagement ring to give you right now, but I'm still going to ask...Cindy, will you marry me?".
"Oh, Jerald! I've waited a long time for you to ask me that", Cindy replied as she and Jerald both stood up and embraced". "Yes, Jerald. I will. Yes".
Everyone else in The Hop seeing what had just taken place, applauded for Cindy and Jerald.
"Congratulations, Son", Frank said to Jerald with surprise. "Your engaged".
"Thanks, Dad. It's the best day of my life", Jerald said just before he and Cindy kissed.
"Oh this is so wonderful", Wanda said to Frank.
"Our son's not a cub anymore", Frank said to Wanda as they also kissed.
"Cindy, my girl", Daddy Fred said to her. "You've just now accepted a proposal from the best boy for you. "Congratulations".
"Oh thank you, Daddy", Cindy said.
"We're so happy for you", Mama Charlot said as they and everyone else congratulated Cindy and Jerald.
The Hop's owner, Roger Irish Setter, already knew what was going on as he came out to congratulate Cindy and Jerald...After all, this wasn't the first time Roger has had couples get engaged at The Hop. Assistant cook Benny Otter, waiter Calvin Kinkajou and waitress Patty Coatimundi congratulated Cindy and Jerald.
Then Roger made an offer to the the families of Frank and Wanda, and of Fred and Charlot...And then he included the family of Al and Marge, "This goes for the three families I've mentioned, and for no one else...Anything you want from the menu tonight, it's on the house", Roger said to the pleasant surprise of the coyote families. "It's my engagement gift to Cindy and Jerald".
"My boy friend, Buddy is with us too", Dotty said to Roger.
"The offer is extended to Buddy also", said Roger.
"Oh boyyy! Ice creeeam!", Rex proclaimed, as it didn't take long for the cubs to capitalize on that offer.
"Ice cream sodaaaa!", Fred and Charlot's cub son, Scotty, cheered.
"Can I share a jumbo banana split with Clarence?", Cheryl asked with glee.
"Yea! Awright!", Clarence agreed.
"I think I have room for another jumbo shrimp basket", Jed announced.
"I wan' another root beer float", said Donna.
Well...One thing's for sure...Cubs know a good offer / good deal when they see it.
When it was time to go home, the two car hop foxes, Jane and Beth, congratulated Cindy and Jerald as the coyote families were leaving.
On the way home, Al, Marge, Jed and Rex rode back to Duran in their '60 Chrysler 300.
Fred, Charlot and little Scotty rode back to Vaughn in their '57 Buick Special (one of their other cars).
Jerald and Cindy rode to drop Cindy off at her mom and dad's house in Vaughn, before Jerald heading back to Duran in Jerald's '52 Pontiac.
And Frank, Wanda, Dotty, Buddy, Cheryl, Clarence and Donna rode back to Duran in the '55 Chevy station wagon.
That Friday had been a very special day, and a very special evening.

School now being out for the summer meant another thing too...Instead of the Mister Softee ice cream truck coming by only on weekends, it came by everyday during summer vacation, usually around 1:00 in the early afternoon.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH
Early that Saturday evening, Al made the trip with Marge and the cubs to the Chrysler Plymouth dealer in Albuquerque to pick out that Plymouth, nine passenger station wagon Al had promised Marge on her birthday.
Upon arriving to the dealership, Al and Marge began looking for Dave Pine Martin, being that Dave had made them such a good deal on the Chrysler 300 they bought back in January.
"Oh, hi there, Al. Marge", Sales Animal, Owen Raccoon, greeted. "How's that Chrysler treating you all?"
"Very well", Marge replied.
"I remember the three cubs when you saw Dave last", Owen Raccoon mentioned. "We've never met this one before though".
"This is Clarence", Al said to Owen as he introduced Clarence and Owen Raccoon. "We adopted him since we've seen you last".
After Al, Marge, the cubs and Owen Raccoon socialized a few minutes, Al told Owen that they were interested in purchasing a Plymouth, nine passenger station wagon, then asked to see Dave Pine Martin".
"Dave's on vacation until the 13th", Owen Raccoon said, then assured Al and Marge, "But I'd be glad to help you. We have a few Belvederes and a Fury in nine passenger wagons on the lot I can show you".
"We appreciate the offer, Owen", Al said. "But we did deal with Dave Pine Martin when we bought the Chrysler.
"We're willing to wait until Dave gets back", Marge said.
"That's understandable. Dave will be back Monday after this coming", Owen Raccoon said to Al and Marge, as he thought to himself, "Darn it...I could have made a good commission being the one to sell that Plymouth nine passenger wagon Al and Marge wants".
So it was agreed by Al and Marge they would come back sometime around Monday the 13th or Tuesday the 14th to see Dave Pine Martin.

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MONDAY, JUNE 13TH
Many of the graduates of the Class of 1960 furthered their education beyond high school...Some by going off to college...Others by attending a local trade school...And others by getting hired on jobs that offered apprentice training...
...Biff furthered his education beyond high school too...It was a crash course in the criminal justice system, as a criminal defendant...The law school of hard knocks you might say.
As for pit bull youths, Biff, Gaston and Richie, their trial for pulling the fire alarm at school came up on Monday June the 13th.
"All rise please for the Honorable Judge Douglas Johnson Fox", Bailiff Truett Badger announced as the judge entered the court room.
"You may be seated", Judge Fox announced as he took a seat at the bench.
Unfortunately for the Collindale Pitbull Family and the Kelton Pitbull Family, Judge Douglass Johnson Fox, who was hearing this case, was NOT among the politicians who were Reginald and Diana Pitbull's social 'good buddies'.
Of course, as anyone would have guessed by now, Reginald and Diana Pitbull hired a slick attorney, Benton Weasel, to argue, "Your Honor. Estancia High School's coach, Mr. Jason Cougar, has no witnesses to collaborate his account by which he claims the defendants, Biff Collindale Pitbull and his brother, Richie Collindale Pitbull, of ever being involved in the offence they are charged with".
At one point when Coach Jason Cougar was on the witness stand, Jason made mentioned of the track record of the three pitbull youths had of always getting into trouble at school.
"I object, Your Honor. Past conduct records of the defendants have nothing to do with this case", Attorney Benton Weasel retorted.
"Objection sustained", Judge Douglas Johnson Fox replied, then asked, "Jason Cougar. Let's stay focused on the present case".
"Okay...Yes, Your Honor", Jason Cougar replied.
"Presuming we can stay focused on this case, can you point out any witnesses in this courtroom who, other than yourself, actually saw my client's son, defendant Biff Pitbull, involved in pulling a fire alarm switch?", Attorney Benton Weasel asked Jason Cougar.
"Well...No, actually", Jason Cougar answered.
Then Benton Weasel asked, "Can you point out any witnesses in this courtroom who, other than yourself, actually saw my client's son, defendant Richie Pitbull, involved in pulling a fire alarm switch?"
"None other than myself", Jason Cougar answered
"I have no further questions, Your Honor", Attorney Weasel then said.
"You may step down", Judge Fox instructed Jason Cougar.
Attorney Simon Woodchuck, who was hired by Gaston Pitbull's parents, Travis and Amber Kelton Pitbull, called Jason Cougar back to the witness stand, then asked, "Jason Cougar. The time you alleged that my client's son, Gaston Pitbull, was accessory to the fact in activating the fire alarm, were there any other witnesses present?".
"I personally caught them in the act", Coach Jason Cougar answered.
"I didn't asked that", Attorney Simon Woodchuck reprimanded Jason Cougar. "I thought I made myself clear when I asked were there any other witnesses present".
"No. There were not", Jason Cougar admitted.
"No. There were not", Attorney Woodchuck mocked Jason Cougar, then said. "No further questions at this time, Your Honor".
Prosecutor Henry Bear, then requested that Jason Cougar remain on the witness stand, then asked, "How soon was it from the moment the defendant, Biff Putbull, pulled the fire alarm, to the moment there were other teachers present in the hallway evacuating their classes?"
"It was right away", Jason answered.
"Can you give the court a time frame?", Henry Bear asked.
"I'd say, oh, about twenty-five seconds before I saw the first of my fellow teachers in the hallway", Jason Cougar affirmed.
"And can you tell the court precisely what the defendants and yourself were doing twenty-five seconds after the fire alarm was activated?" Prosecutor Bear asked.
"I was getting them to stay in my custody just before I too escorted them out of the building", Jason Cougar answered.
"Them being?", Prosecutor Henry Bear asked.
"Biff, Richie and Gaston of course", Jason Cougar answered.
Then Henry Bear, knowing this was going to be a hit or miss, win or loose the case, asked Jason Cougar, "Were there still an exchange of words...a confrontation, going on in the presents of the other teachers who were evacuating their classes?".
"Yes there was", Jason Cougar answered. "I was still getting onto them for it. And they were back-talking and sassing me"...exactly where Prosecutor Henry Bear was hoping it would go.
"And at that time, how far were the defendants and you from the fire alarm switch that had been pulled?", Henry Bear asked.
"We were just then walking away from it", Jason Cougar answered.
"Your Honor. We need to approach the bench", Henry Bear said, now confident he has the pitbulls and their defense attorneys where he wants them.
"You may approach the bench", Judge Fox permitted.
Those who approached at the judge's bench were; Prosecutor Henry Bear, defense attorneys Benton Weasel and Simon Woodchuck, Biff, Richie and Gaston, and their parents.
Prosecutor Henry Bear began with telling Judge Fox, "Your Honor. I can subpoena the other teachers who saw the confrontation still going on between Jason Cougar and the defendants near the pulled alarm switch . I believe that will be all the probable cause I need".
"The court needs to hear their testimonies first before the jury can make that determination", Judge Fox replied. "You do know I'll have to extend this case for a later day to allot time to call them in as witnesses".
"Yes, Your Honor. I know. As of now, I am prepared to offer the defendants a plea bargain", Prosecutor Henry Bear said to Judge Douglas Fox. "Forty-five days if they plead guilty. Otherwise, if found guilty by the jury, they could each get three years".
Judge Douglas Johnson Fox approved of the plea bargain, then asked defense attorneys Benton Weasel and Simon Woodchuck, "The ball is in your parks now. What do your defendants want to do?...Accept the forty-five days, or risk the three years that they may get if they do not prevail in this case?".
Attorney Benton Weasel advised Reginald and Diana, "If those other teachers testify, we no longer have a case. You're wise for Biff and Richie to take the forty -five days".
"Is THIS what the Hell I'm paying you for?", Reginald Pitbull scorned at Benton Weasel in a low tone as not for Judge Fox to overhear.
"We no longer have a case", Reginald. "It's over", Benton Weasel replied.
"The Hell with MY son going to jail", Gaston's dad, Travis, protested. "The Hell with THAT noise".
Defense attorney Simon Woodchuck advised Gaston's parents, "Don't be stupid. Take the forty-five days. There's no way we can win this case now".
The parents of the three Pitbull youths agreed with their attorneys to the forty-five days, though reluctantly.
"SHIT!", Biff loudly retorted right there in the court room, as everyone in the court room gasped in dismay.
"One hundred dollars I fine you for your son's contempt in this courtroom", Judge Fox told Reginald and Diana.
The defense attorney representing Biff and Richie, and the attorney representing Gaston, then informed Judge Fox that the parents agreed to the plea bargain of 45 days for their sons.
With that said, Judge Fox said to the attorneys, and the defendants and their families, "You may return to your places in the courtroom".
Once everyone took a seat back to where they were before they were called up to the bench, Judge Fox announced, "Will the defendants please rise".
Biff wasn't going to stand at first, until Attorney Benton Weasel told Biff, "Stand up, you idiot!".
Once Biff, Richie and Gaston were standing, Judge Fox gave the three defendant youths a brief, but stern, lecture about the consequences their actions could have caused.
"Your actions on May the 31st were far from funny, and you three should be ashamed of yourselves", Judge Fox told Biff, Richie and Gaston, "Someone's house could have been burning down while you three had the fire department occupied catering to your act of roguery pulling that fire alarm...Someone could have been dying in a burning building while the fire department was responding to your idea of a prank".
Then Judge Fox told Biff, Richie and Gaston's parents, Reginald and Diana, and Travis and Amber, "From the blatantly crass attitudes and lack of remorse I've noticed from you all, it is obviously apparent you've never done a good job of raising your sons right...And I don't mind telling you that in the presents of this court".
Judge Fox then sentenced the three defendants to 45 days...Richie and Gaston to serve 45 days in the juvenile jail. And because Biff was already age 18, his 45 day sentence was to be served in the adult jail...as per agreed by the plea bargain...and >clack< goes the gavel.
As the bailiff and other officers lead the three pitbull youths away in cuffs on their way to jail, Judge Douglas Fox announced, "The jury may be dismissed. Jason Cougar, you may be dismissed. I thank you all for your service here today".
Reginald Pitbull paid the $100 fine to the clerk of court for his son Biff's outburst in court just before he and Diana headed back home...Back in 1960, $100 was an awful lot of money. Twice that amount would buy an old but reliable used car back in those days.
Thus it was, that Richie and Gaston spent the first half of that 1960 summer vacation from school cooling their jets in jail...And Biff's first 45 days of his work history was picking up trash along side the highways on a jail work gang.
Of course, there were the comments and jokes being spread around by the cubs in Duran about Biff, Richie and Gaston...one of which being;
Question: "What do you say to Biff and Richie and Gaston when they're all groomed up nice and pretty, with their fur all combed nice an' shiny, like they're going to an important event?".
Reply: "I don't know".
Answer: "Will the defendants please rise?"...which got a roll a laughter from the cubs.
And there was the phrase commonly heard, "They should put a revolving door on their jail cell, they get into so much trouble"...which would also get the cubs laughing.
Heck...Even for that matter...When Jed, Rex, Clarence and Donna would get the laptop and drawing tablet out, there some pictures they would draw of the three pitbull delinquents behind jail bars...some drawings depicting the three chopping rocks, doing road side maintenance on a chain gang and stamping out automobile license plates, of course which Richie and Gaston didn't do in juvenile jail...However, Biff being in adult jail did go out on jail work details picking up trash from the sides of the highways...You might say that's the beginning of Biff's work history he can put on his job resume when he looks for work when his sentence is over...After all, you can't exactly make a life long career out of going around stealing gum ball machines.
Biff's actions had cost Daddy Reginald quite a bit too...First was a damaged reputation which hurt him business wise...Second was having to get the motor rebuilt in that 1959 Cadillac that Biff had ruined the rings in. The car burning oil had gotten much worse just before Biff, Richie and Gaston's trial...Oh the cost of not raising cubs right.
The others from Class of 1960 however, pursued directions in life that were more positive than the bad foot Biff stepped out on with Richie and Gaston.
Frank Coyote still knew some of the animals with the State Highway Department where he use to work before that drunk driver struck him on a job site back in '56. Frank put in a good word for his son, Jerald, and chances were looking good that Jerald could get hired on...And having a job employed by the state highway department does pay pretty decent. And that was especially so if you can get the opportunity to be qualified to operate heavy equipment.
Jerald had mentioned about plans of eventually going to college, but was still undecided about that... The present priority were the plans for Jerald and Cindy to get married, and settle down in a place of their own.

To be continued.

As a parenthetical note, Richie and Gaston had been in juvenile detention in past times;

Back in 1956, when Gaston was age 13, he did 35 days in juvenile jail for trying to break into, and vandalizing, a soda vending machine...Gaston's parents also had to pay to replace the soda machine...Gaston had succeeded in doing enough damage to the soda machine for the machine to be considered destroyed.

It was twice in the past for Richie;
Back on June 5th, 1957, when Richie was age 14, he accepted a dare from some "friends" early that night to spin a 4 foot length of light weight, steel chain (not more than 550 lb. load rated) and then letting it fling up into some power lines in the neighborhood. Two police officers cruising night patrol in the neighborhood saw the whole thing, resulting in the chain shorting out across two lines, making a bright blue flash in the night with a loud buzz, then blowing the lines in two with a loud BANG and a shower of sparks
https://youtu.be/cH9Zfq6zjgY?t=195
. With the neighborhood now in a power blackout, and while the lines were popping and arcing all over the ground with one line popping around out in the street, one of the police officers had to chase Richie through a few residential backyards and over a couple of fences before he caught him...Richie and the "friends" who dared him spent their whole 1957 summer vacation in juvenile jail, plus Richie having Mommy and Daddy stuck with a big repair bill to pay to the power company...
...By the way, the links of that 4 foot length of chain were welded solid to each other by the voltage in the power lines.
The other time was in the 10th grade, when Principal Clayton Wolf seen fit to have Richie spend a few months in reform school due to behavior problems in class.
As for Richie's older brother, Biff, he had been lucky not to have been caught over the years doing the things he does until now.

Here is an 'in real life' video of two teenagers throwing lite chain, or cable, into power lines like Richie Pitbull and "friends" got caught doing on June 5th, 1957.
https://youtu.be/TLgExzj0S00?t=114

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