European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes Friday september 7,1990 faces in place stall tales add spice to weather Buff s speeches from wire reports sure everyone complains about the weather but one Man has finally done something about it. Fred Pfister an English professor at College of the ozarks in Point Lookout mo., has compiled a list of tall weather tales he Calls a weather windiest that he a heard on his travels around the country. Pfister began jotting Down outrageous weather sayings a just for kicks about 20 years ago. He spins the Best of the 50 or 60 weather indies in his repertoire at speaking engagements around the Region. A when you re from the Hills and you re out in the Flatland the natives like to pull your leg a Little bit a he said. A people always exaggerate about the Pfister says he enjoys playing the straight Man for old timers Gas station attendants store clerks or anyone else who can add to his collection of weather indies. An arkansans transplanted to Texas once told Pfister that comfortable summer Days in Dallas Are As rare As rocking horse manure. A North Dakota native claimed it gets so cold in his state in Winter that words freeze in Peoples Mouths and they have to wait until Spring to find out what everyone a been talking about. And South Dakotas and minnesotans alike Gripe that their states have nine months of Winter and three months of bad disappointment tomatoes grown from seeds that spent years in space done to seem much different from their Homegrown cousins Nasa researchers say. A a in be noticed that the space seeds germinate earlier a James Poindexter an education specialist at Houston a Johnson space Center said. A after that there a no difference in the growth some 12.5 million seeds were retrieved from the bus size Long duration exposure facility by the Crew of the shuttle Columbia in january. Millions of the seeds were sent to schools nationwide and student growers will submit growth data to Oklahoma state University a aerospace education services s Star is born blues guitar legend . King with More than 50 albums and four grammy awards to his credit was honoured last week with the 1,917th Star on the walk of Fame in Hollywood. King 64, was welcomed by several Hundred fans a some waving guitars for King to sign a who gathered around the new Star in front of a leather and gifts shop on Hollywood Boulevard. Asked How the Honor of a Star rated in his career King said a a it sat the top. Anybody who a walking Down the Street can come by and say a there a . Kings and you know when nobody else is looking ill be Back to see it cutting Down on the time it takes an exhibitor holds up what is probably the thinnest watch in the world. The timepiece just 1.2 Millimetres thick was displayed at the International watch and clock fair in Hong Back in anger How did George Steinbrenner get to be so blustery and impetuous childhood friends of the deposed new York Yankees owner say it was his overbearing impossible to please father Henry. Frank Treadway who grew up with Steinbrenner in a Cleveland suburb said Young George had an unfulfilling relationship with his dad. A fall he really wanted was a peaceful Loving relationship with his father a Treadway says in an interview in menus life Magazine. A i think that what we re seeing now is a result of Steinbrenner a propensity for firing managers May have stemmed from an incident in the 1960s when the father fired George from the family shipping business for taking a cruise on Lake Erie without music backdrop Kara Kennedy the 30-year-old daughter of democratic sen. Edward and Joan Kennedy plans to marry Washington d.c., architect Michael Allen to the tune of gospel music this weekend. Singers from Bostons twelfth Baptist Church will croon hymns and spirituals during the saturday ceremony at our lady of Victory Church in Centerville mass., located on Cape makes his move former . Sen. John c. Stennis has moved into a retirement Center in Madison miss., after winding up part time teaching duties at Mississippi state University. Stennis 89, checked in last week to a private room at St. Catherine a Village a a Complete life care Center run by Catholic nuns. He served in the Senate from 1947 until 1989, then was a guest lecturer in government and history classes at Mississippi state his Alma mater. Until last week he lived in a House on the Edge of the Starkville it again Sarah when folks in the Rural Tennessee town of Ethridge miss juniors Little league catch or choir practice they can Call Sarah Evetts and have her play the video on her request to station. That a the Way Evetts runs 10-Watt w10bv in South Central Tennessee a Lawrence county about 100 Miles South of Nashville. The stations primetime lineup depends on footage of birthday parties Church singing High school ballgames and a local history program called a a peek into the a a people la Call me up and say a Sarah put on that tape of my Youngsun in that ballgame a a said Evetts the stations 66-year-old owner program director a camera operator and technician. A then Call me Back and bless me out because i did no to catch their kids Good Side a she said laughing. Run As a Hobby w10bv simulcasts the old movie fare of a uhf station in Florence ala., until 6 p.m., when Evetts signs on. She estimates her 110-foot Tower sends a signal to an area about 22 Miles away. The programs go out with no editing or titles. A we done to have to. Shoot everybody knows who we Are a she said. Dear Abby to say a unequivocally a that giving a child sips of Beer and wine is a child abuse Rousky irresponsible. My father a ski is prep Ste my one of the kindest most Loving men i know used to let us kids try a sip of his wine at the dinner table when we were very Small and when we were somewhat bigger we were allowed tiny glasses of wine for ourselves. I am convinced that it was As a result of his attitude and teachings that not one of us Ever abused alcohol in any Way a not even when we were teen agers and every other kid in our High sci109i was routinely getting plastered on weekends because it was the a a cools thing to do. We knew better because our father had taught us that there was no forbidden magic attached to alcohol. We Are adults now and we All use alcohol As it was intended to be used in modest amounts chiefly to be sociable. I wish every kid in the United states could be As a a abused As we were. There a be a lot fewer alcoholics in a certain. A Joseph d. Of Brian n. Y. Dear Abby dear Joseph in the interest of fairness in a printing your letter. May i add a moderation is essential to the enjoyment of Emerson dear Abby because of All the weddings and anniversaries in my family this question has been coming up a lot lately. We were wondering what the phrase a no gifts please Means on an invitation. Does this mean give Money Only or give nothing at All a Wallingford Conn. Dear Wallingford it Means give nothing at All. A congratulatory card would be appropriate. Dear Abby in be been Reading your column for As Long As i can remember and i love it. In a 61 years old. In response to a looking beyond looks a dealing with the weight problem As a Bride i weighed 105 pounds. Now i weigh exactly twice that much please done to think i done to care How i look in be been on every diet i Ever heard about. I joined weight watchers 12 times. In be had my jaws wired shut had a Staple in my ear enrolled in an exercise class a you name it in be done it. I was married for 32 years to a Man who married me when i was thin and loved me when i became overweight. In a a widow now. I m always neat and clean dress attractively and i done to worry about my weight. I love myself because in a a Good person. I get up every morning and thank god for a new Day. In a going to be around for a Long time because in a needed. I love life and doing for others. As for being ridiculed and insulted by total strangers because in a obviously overweight i feel sorry for them because they Are the ones who Are obviously overweight a in their Heads. They re fathead a enjoying life in Florida dear Abby concerning Graves that Are neglected and void of Flowers i wonder How Many people would go to the trouble and spend the time and Money to keep up a grave if they were sure nobody else would see it a Nashville critic Universal press Syndicate
