European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes thursday March 22,1990 faces a no places real heels Bare their soles trying to stink enough to win from wire reports it tikes i lot of hard work for teen agers to get then entries just right for the annual Rotten sneaker contest in Montpelier it. A a in be run them through barbed wire dragged them on the pavement while i was Riding my Bike wore them without socks and wore them when i was with my Uncle who s a plumbers said 14-Ycar-old Russell Mcdonald of Toronto. His sneakers were among More than 30 varieties of athletic shoes entered in the 15th annual contest tuesday. The contest was won by Matt Greenhalgh 14. Of Greenwich . Attention to detail is important because the judges set High standards. Quot we look for the most miserable looking broken Down. Horrible smelling beat up things imaginable a stud or. Herbert Lapidus a contest judge. The judges rate the sneakers in eight categories l apidus said smell is the most important then they gauge How decrepit the parts of the sneaker Are a the sole laces grommets. Toes heels a and Overall wet love tap hurts a High school biology teacher in Pittsburgh received a love bite from an amorous i 75-Pound male Dolphin. Chuckles the Only Amazon River Dolphin in Captivity in North America was in his reproductive stage when he bit the Finger of zoo Volunteer Nancy Sakach while apparently trying to pull her into his tank Pittsburgh zoo officials said. Sakach 32, received several stitches on her Finger but did not Harbor ill feelings toward the Dolphin. His natural instincts had just taken Over she said. A it was play time and i was brushing chuckles with a sponge Brush a she said. Quot i was t really shocked when he bit me because you know that getting bitten is a possibility when you re dealing with dolphins in the reproductive Isnit Green with envy president Bush May not like Broccoli on his plate but he got a big kick tuesday out of seeing a lobbyist wearing a stalk of Broccoli As a boutonniere. Bush broke into laughter when he spotted George s. Dunlop president of the United fresh fruit and vegetable association wearing the Leafy Green vegetable dressed up like a Carnation on his Lapel. It was a jocular protest against Bush a reported edict Banning Broccoli from the menu aboard air Force one the presidential aircraft. The encounter came As Bush was shaking hands with farm lawmakers and lobbyists attending a ceremony at the White House. Bush signed a proclamation designating tuesday As National agriculture Day and urged Congress a to help us pass a Good fair farm when he came to Dunlop Bush did a double take laughed and insisted his photographer get a picture of him with a the Broccoli Dunlop said Bush added that folks who a like the taste of Broccoli really ought to eat it. Its Good for them. Just because i done to care to eat it it does no to mean that others Bush a taste in food runs to pork rinds Taco salads with hot Pepper sauce and chocolate bars mixed with oat bran. And what did Dunlop plan to do with his boutonniere a Well i think ill go Home and eat it a he is no country Punkin a this cat burglar has nine lives and 14 crimes on his rap Sheet. And police in West Lafayette ind., Arentt very Happy about it. It seems the Meier family pet Funking tripped a burglar alarm in his owners Home 14 times while the family was on a three Day vacation. The Tippecanoe county sheriffs department is willing to forget three of the trips made to the Home to investigate but it wants the family to pay $925 in fines for the other 11. Besides setting off the Security system Punkin a stint left a pet Gerbil dead and telltale traces of a litter less Kitty in the family a House town hits brakes the 1,237 citizens of Dover a town in North Central Tennessee Are braking for the 20th Century a the towns first traffic Light. Its going up where . 79 and state route 49 Cross. A i done to think we be had a Large number of accidents per seat the intersection a said police chief Steve Watkins. A however we do have a traffic flow problem sometimes lengthy Waits and things like that Ever since the state put the four Lane Highway but Dover has no tickets to Issue those who run red lights. A i guess we can use the citations we have for running a Stop sign for a while a said City recorder Jimmy Law ripped off Ever had the urge to rip off the Pesky tags on pillows and mattresses its Legal in Colorado. Gov. Roy Romer put to rest consumer fears by signing a Law monday that deregulated the mattress and bedding Industry making it Legal to tear the tags off bedding items. He formalized the Law by gleefully tearing a Label Matt Greenhalgh holds winning Stinker sneaker. Off a Pillow at his state Capitol office. Ken Mesch a legislative Liaison for the Colorado department of health said the Laws were enacted half a Century ago to certify that bedding materials were sterile. Rep. Jim Pierson who introduced the Bill told Romer that As a child he was concerned �?o1 might get in trouble by accidentally tearing that Label a a in be been worrying about the mattress inspector jumping through the window for years and i Hope this removes that a the governor , publisher at Odds author James Michener said he May defect from random House. The prolific novelist who has had More than 30 books published by random House issued a statement monday saying he May leave for Quot some Small House obedient to the old Michener author of a a Hawaii and Many other Best Sellers said he had been a devastated by the series of Hammer blows my company has suffered in recent the writer cited the forced resignation of Robert Bernstein As random House president bernsteins replacement with Alberto Vitale whom Michener described As a not a Man reared in the traditions of american publishing and the forced resignation of Andre Schifrin As managing director of pantheon books a random House subsidiary. Vitale expressed dismay Over Michener a remarks and wants to discuss them with the writer. Dear Abby a few Days ago out of the Blue i received a phone Call from a Man that i have neither seen nor heard from in years. We dated for two years during which time he led me on promising that he would leave his wife and marry me. Then his wife found out about us and he dropped me cold refusing to accept any of my phone Calls. Our Beautiful love affair ended abruptly a that was eight years ago when i demanded to know Why lie was calling he said he just wanted to know How i was that he had been thinking about me a great Deal lately. I was so shocked and angry i told him very sharply that i had nothing to say to him and to please never Call me again. Then i Hung up on him. Abby i am now happily married to a wonderful Man and i have Long forgotten any feelings i once had for this Man. I also would never want my husband to know that this person was calling me. What could have possessed this Man to Call me after dear Abby All this time and act As though nothing was wrong i can Only imagine that he wanted to resume some kind of relationship. Perhaps i overreacted but i was really annoyed that this Man had the nerve to think that after dropping me like a hot potato he could just walk Back into my life again. Now in a worried that he might Call again and its very upsetting. What should i do if he Calls me again or should i Call him and Tell him that i am now happily married and i do not want to see him again a Shook in Illinois dear Shook done to Call him. But if he Calls you again Tell him emphatically that you want nothing More to do with him. Then hang up. Dear Abby Here a one for your a my How things have changed file enclosed Are two Hospital Bills. One i received from the Easton Hospital in May 1946 after iving birth to my first child. For a 10-Day stay in the Ospital the Cost was $ 124. The other is a copy of the Bill my daughter recently received after she gave birth to a premature son. He was in the intensive care unit for two months. The Cost was $126,000 a Tillie w. Bricker Easton a. Dear Abby i am writing to you on behalf of my Friend. Her son not quite 2 years old has ears that stick out very noticeably. In fact that a the first thing you notice about this Beautiful child. Recently she was at the grocery store when a woman she had never seen before walked up to her Anu said in a voice loud enough for everyone around to hear a boy look at those ears he looks like he s Gonna take off a needless to say my Friend was shocked and Hurt. She wanted to say something Back to that rude strange but did no to know what to say. What should she have said or done Abby a hurting for her dear hurting. Since its not possible to educate an insensitive boo ish stranger a especially with other strangers look k on a an appropriate response might have been 11111 you he is a Beautiful child Isnit he a
