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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Police are chasing WHO! Jean Replogle Wolf


Jean Replogle Wolf's son Don worked in Florida for Southern Bell Telephone.  His job took him far and wide across Florida over the years.  One day he and a co-worker were driving in Volusia County near the small city of Oak Hill.  They pulled their company vehicle to a stop at a crossroads.  Don looked at traffic crossing his path. 

A police car was chasing a large sedan with a woman at the wheel and a man sitting in the back seat reading the newspaper.  A bit amusing, but not hazardous to the company employees.  

The woman was obviously speeding and the man was obviously engrossed in some article and paying no attention to the cruiser or the driver.  The woman evidently was paying no attention to the officer either as she kept up her above-the-limit speed.  

Don studied the car a bit more.  It was highly familiar.  Wait!  Don recognized what he really, really did not want to know.

The driver was his mom!  The man in the backseat was his dad!  And neither of them saw the police...nor him.  His mom was focused on the road ahead and kept on a-going.  His father turned the page.  Don turned the corner to follow his parents and the police.  

Mom became the deserving recipient of a Volusia County speeding ticket but did not get hauled off to jail. Don, a very good storyteller, got a new story to tell his friends and family including his sons and grandchildren. This story has received much laughter and he has been asked to tell it many times.  His mom would merely smile when the story was shared in her presence.  Caught! Comical even to her and very funny...even now!


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