Edie Simms is a 102-year-old woman with an unusual item on her to-do list. And, thanks to some officers in St. Louis, she was able to cross that off. Simms wanted to be arrested -- handcuffed, placed in the back of a police cruiser, the whole nine. "She was so excited that she can ride in a police car and she said, 'Do you think you could put those handcuffs on me?'" Michael Howard of the Five Star Senior Center
"A St. Louis County car pulled up next to the police and Edie holds up her hands with the handcuffs on. She's just a riot."
Edie has produced over 400 handmade items -- scarves, eye glass cases, pot holders -- for the seniors at the center,
Last Friday, she made her usual delivery, but this time she was ferried to the center in the back of a St. Louis PD car.
"We're
more than happy to do these type of things," said Sgt. John McLaughlin.
"We love it and we get more out of it than the seniors do."
Simms couldn't be happier.
"It`s a great world if you just open your eyes and look at it," she said.
The players highlighted here aren't the benchwarmers who rarely saw
court time — the 323 players who qualified for consideration all played
at least 41 games. Because when a losing squad reviews its season and
wonders what could have been, the finger of blame isn't pointed at the
roster filler who barely got to play. It's aimed toward the guys who had
the chance to prove themselves but couldn't seize the moment. The 25
players deemed least valuable by PVI ultimately should have seen a hefty
portion of their minutes allocated to more efficient contributors.
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