| Bet on Bettie: Jump for fun; not frustration
Birthday parties are a big deal to a lot of families. Parents certainly don't want anything to go wrong after weeks or even months of planning. So what do you do when the main attraction does not show or gets there late? Krystin and Mike Johnson found out. “It was really a rotten experience," said Krystin. She and her husband allege a Jump For Fun party rental company almost ruined their daughter's birthday. The Johnsons ordered a Scooby-Doo moonwalk for their daughter's sixth birthday party. All was well until the scheduled delivery time which was between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. At 1 p.m. the Johnsons started wondering if Scooby-Doo was going to show. Their party was starting in one hour so they got on the phone. “We were told they were running late but the unit would be there within 30 minutes," Krystin said.
Bet on Bettie: Avoid unwanted "surprise" parties
Birthday parties are a big deal to a lot of families. Parents certainly don't want anything to go wrong after weeks or even months of planning. So what do you do when the party equipment you've rented doesn't show up -- or gets there late? Many families rent moonwalks for their kids' parties; it's the main attraction. So imagine how you would feel if things started to go wrong. One Austin family says a party rental company almost ruined their daughter's birthday. Krystin and Mike Johnson ordered a Scooby-Doo moonwalk for their daughter's sixth birthday party. All was well until the scheduled delivery time which was between 11 in the morning and one in the afternoon. At one, the Johnsons started wondering if Scooby would ever show.
Peoria County police break up Web-advertised drinking party
Forty-seven young people were arrested after police broke up a large drinking party Friday night at a rental home in one of the city's historic neighborhoods. The party, advertised on the Facebook.com social networking Web site, attracted more than 100 revelers. It was billed as a "triple-kegger" with an additional attraction of pudding wrestling, police said. While most of those arrested were from Tazewell and Peoria counties, some were from Bloomington and the Chicago suburbs of Hazel Crest and Mount Prospect. The arrested ranged in age from 15 to 20 and were cited with underage drinking and other offenses. "Forty-seven youths were caught at the party, and there were others who got away before we could catch them," Washington Police Chief James Kuchenbecker said Sunday. "That's what scares the hell out of me more than anything else.
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