Warning: Camp David volleyball games can be hazardous to your health. Grammy Award-winning gospel music star Sandi Patti broke her right foot Sunday morning while playing volleyball with members of President Bush`s family and his aides. The singer was at Camp David at Bush`s request to sing at worship services.
REMEMBER THE 1980S? Is it time for an `80s retrospective? The Reagan Alumni Association (yes, there is such a group) thinks so. About 50 of the 1,700-member organization got together last week to celebrate the military buildup of the 1980s and
”revitalization of our national defense forces” that led to ”the tremendous victory in the Persian Gulf,” said former Atty. Gen. Ed Meese. Does this mean Meese drank a toast to the Patriot missile? But ex-Navy Secretary John Lehman warned the group must protect against future historians eager to ”erase the Reagan accomplishments.”
HOLD IT IN In one of the more unusual tavern schemes on this planet, or on any other, Fast Eddy`s nightclub in Edmonton, Alberta, is serving draught beer at low-low prices until some patron makes the inevitable trip to the bathroom. As soon as just one person heeds nature`s call, the price of beer returns to full price. Fast Eddy`s calls the fun on Monday nights ”Does Your Bladder Matter?” Chris Miller, manager of Fast Eddy`s, says the longest trial stretched bladders for nearly two hours. ”We definitely get a few guys in here who have been practicing,” Miller said Wednesday, ”but sooner or later somebody always goes.” One question: How do you practice?
STILL GOING STRONG In another act that seems to defy nature, a 91-year-old Missouri man is doing just fine taking care of his 2 1/2-year-old son. No, the boy has not been adopted but Jimmie Jones` genes should be. ”I wasn`t shocked,” said Jones who lives in the rural community of Licking, about 120 miles southwest of St. Louis. ”I knew I was a hell of a man.” His wife, Sandy, 42, said,
”When the doctor told us I was pregnant, we didn`t know whether to be tickled pink or shocked pink.” Jimmie Jones and his first wife, who died in 1975, had four children. He now has 17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. And a son named Roger.
HELP FOR VOLCANO VICTIMS When Lea Salonga, the Philippines-born star of ”Miss Saigon,” received a letter from her father describing the devastation produced by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in her native land she decided to help. The 20-year-old Tony winner and other cast members will perform a benefit concert for the victims on Sunday-their usual day off. Salonga said, ”We feel something has to be done for these people.”
LEWIS CARROLL LETTERS SOLD A collection of 29 letters written by ”Alice in Wonderland” author Lewis Carroll to a little girl named Agnes Hill were sold for $206,000 Wednesday in London, Christie`s said. The seller and buyer requested anonymity. Carroll, a bachelor Anglican cleric, had a hobby of writing little girls..
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