We decided to add something fun to our blog and Facebook and Twitter pages – a weekly trivia contest!  We will post a weekly trivia question on Friday afternoons.  The first person to answer the question correctly will have their name put into a drawing for a FREE Dalton Collision t-shirt (valued at $10)!  At the end of a calendar month, we will draw one name from the weekly trivia winners to give the free t-shirt to.  We hope that each winner will agree to take a photo of themselves wearing our t-shirt so we can post it on our social media walls!

Since we’re currently in football season, some of our trivia questions will cover University of Tennessee football topics.  Other trivia will be focused on East Tennessee history.  We think this will be a fun way to get involved with all the wonderful people who follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and who read our blog.

So, here are the details of our trivia contest:

• We will post one trivia question each week, on Friday afternoon.
• The first correct answer by a Facebook or Twitter friend who is following that page will have their name put into a monthly drawing.
• The winner’s name will be posted on our social media walls the following Tuesday afternoon.
• We will draw one name from the weekly trivia winners at the end of each month.  That person will win a FREE Dalton Collision t-shirt (valued at $10)!
• We would like to get that trivia contest winner to agree to take a photo of themselves wearing our Dalton Collision t-shirt and allow us to post it on our social media walls.

That’s it!  Short and sweet, and we hope it will be something all our friends and customers will enjoy!  Look for our first trivia question this upcoming Friday, October 14th!

Make the right decision – choose Dalton Collision!

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As posted on Bodyshopbusiness.com – “Police in Massillon, Ohio, have arrested a man named Donald Duck on DUI charges, dubbing him a “frequent flyer” when it comes to traffic violations.

Duck, 51, who has four previous drunken driving convictions, was arrested Saturday after allegedly bumping another car at a drive-through pizza restaurant, WJW-TV Channel 8 reported. When police arrived, a bag of marijuana fell out of Duck’s car, and his eyes reportedly were red and glassy.

“He’s a frequent flyer,” Police Capt. Joe Herrick said. “He’s got multiple previous DUIs, multiple previous no operator’s license and operating under suspension, so he’s not that good a driver.”

Duck was charged with felony operation of a vehicle while impaired, along with misdemeanor counts of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.”

Long time friends, Mickey Mouse and Goofy were not able to be reached for a comment.

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STRANGE BUT TRUE from Body Shop Business:

Raging Bull Makes Its Own Demolition Derby
4/22/2010

Roscoe, a bull from Alachua County, Fla., reportedly got bored in his pen on April 20 and decided to take a walk through the neighborhood. Unfortunately, to entertain himself, the bull decided to take on a Kawasaki motorcycle, Pontiac sedan and two police cars.

The Gainesville Sun reported that a homeowner called police to complain the bull was loitering in his backyard around 10:30 a.m. While the man waited for Sheriff’s deputies to arrive, he saw the bull ram and lift his motorcycle, then charge at his Pontiac.

When deputies showed up, the bull charged them, and they immediately retreated to their patrol cars. The rowdy Roscoe then pushed on one officer’s car from the rear and then moved to the front of the car, where he gouged out the turn signal and lifted the car about 2 feet off the ground, according to the Sun. Next, the bull rammed the second patrol car with its head.

Like modern-day cowboys, the officers took control of the situation, using their patrol cars to corral unruly Roscoe and lead him home. The bull, walking between the two cars, was joined by its owner and an animal control officer, who walked the rest of the way with the animal.

A Sheriff’s office spokesperson told the newspaper that the deputies were wise to not use their Taser guns on the bull.

“After the six-second burst was over, he would have had no way of associating the pain from the Taser with the need to follow the deputies’ instructions,” he said. “He would have probably got up and been twice as mad.”

In all, damage to the four vehicles totaled less than $4,000, the Sun reported.

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5/6/2010

STRANGE BUT TRUE: Airborne Car Bounces Off Roof, Lands in Yard

A flying car isn’t necessarily a far-fetched fantasy from the future. A man in Stamford, Conn., proved this in late April when he drove his car into a stone wall, went airborne, bounced off a roof and landed, suffering non-life-threatening injuries.

The Stamford Advocate says that around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, April 23, the man drove into the wall, sending his car flying, end-over-end, through the air. Witnesses said the car’s rear end bounced off the roof of a house used as an accountant’s office before landing in the yard of a 58-year-old woman next door. During its flight, the car also took out power lines.

“It sounded like a bomb went off,” the woman told the newspaper. “I don’t know how he is alive. I don’t know how this man survived the accident.”

The accountant whose roof was damaged by the crash says it looks as if someone was trying to install a skylight, and he estimated the damage to the house to be between $20,000 and $30,000.

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4/14/2010

STRANGE BUT TRUE: Eight-Year-Old Crashes Family Van on Way to Get Gas

An 8-year-old Ohio boy told his dad he wanted to do him a favor when he took the family minivan for a ride during the early morning hours of April 2, crashing into a telephone pole at 5 mph and walking away unharmed.

The Associated Press reports that while his parents slept, the boy reportedly took the van’s keys from his mother’s purse, backed out of his driveway, and headed slowly down the road to put gas in the van. Barely able to reach the pedals and control the vehicle, the boy crashed into a telephone pole and was found by police.

The boy, still in his pajamas, was returned to his parents, who said they didn’t realize their son had left the house and didn’t wake up until the police arrived to drop him off. The boy explained himself by saying that he just wanted to do something nice, and his parents vowed to watch him more closely, the Associated Press said.

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