A RECENT Wall Street Journal
review of. New. York: ‘City's
Gramercy Hotel art fair (in which
. artists set up their wares in individ-.
‘ual hotel rooms as patrons roam the
hallways) reported’ that as one
“ gallery’s employees left their card
game to attend to some customers,
other customers commented on the
card layout as if it were a work on
display. cae ee
“And another,‘art display was
ruined when a cleaning lady made
_ the artist's bed by mistake.

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From a recent scientific paper

“noting ‘that not everyone regards
the.-body-gas inhibitor Beano

\ oS"favorably:. For some people. “the

production of high volumes of reso-_
Mant, pungent intestinal‘ gas’ is a

source of personal pride and fulfil-..

“ment.” oop.

Paterson, New. Jersey. —

‘Defense: lawyer: Paul: Fernandez ©.

recently told 9 court why his client,

a 14-year-old boy, might have sex-”-

~. ually assaulted an 11-year-old girl:

"They were two kids who had noth- -
_/ dng. better to, do. They. don’t have
yoo cable TV, what do you do?" ||

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‘cilman’ Dave Meers, at an April

council meeting in which he argued *

the uselessness of -inviting candi-

Kingston, Ontario — City coun:

22 Sunday, July 2, 1995 ~ North Shore News

NEWS OF THE
WEIRD

. ated, - TDS
“Compiled by A.P. McCredie

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Marie: D'Amico, 53, pleading
guilty in Chicago for defrauding’
three local government agencies by
accepting high wages for ghost
jobs for which she barely showed
up. ;

prosecutor read the charges against
her, D'Amico said: “It makes me’

" sick to hear what I did.”

‘dates for the provincial legislature: ;\.

to appear before the council to give _

their platforms: “We all know that’.

all. politicians: are liars, including

ourselves.”

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_ Texas senator. David Sibley,

describing tough negotiations - in’

February .on ‘pending-state' tort fl’

reform: legislation ‘remarked:” “It .

was: like ‘playing. pick-up ‘sticks .

with your butt cheeks.”

cols

“< In- September, after USAir, had,
suffered. two. fatal crashes .in.-two
‘months, bringing to ‘five ‘the num: ;
ber of fatal crashes in five years for

- Showing tearful remorse as the.“

A Republican Party of Virginia
open house in May to attract black
voters, set up for a 6,000-seat con-
vention hall in Richmond, attracted
a crowd of nine. .

A-U.S. federal judge recently
awarded $871,000 in damages to
six Belize nationals on the payroll
of U.S. drug agents.

The six had been hired to fly
cocaine.to Miami in order to sting
the drug runners who would meet

“the plane, but at a scheduled
stopover in Honduras, the cocaine |
was detected by Honduran offi-.
‘ cials, who arrested the six and sub-

\n-the-spot

Eleanor
Godiey :

jected them to 12 days of torture .
before U.S, officials were able to .

intercede.

Andre Adkins, 23, accidentally

shot himself in the groin when,

after firing off a few shots at a tar-
get, he put the gun into his: waist-
band with his finger’ stil’ on the

’ trigger. :

And Al Rodrigues, 24, who had

a turn th ad ©
planned to return the gun he had - -years. But the fact remains

just bought because he and his wife
had decided it was dangerous to
have around, accidentally* shot

. himself in the penis as he stood at

the side of a road after supposedly
unloading the gun.

scomics

by Brett Rogers

” life instead of giving us a ;
headache, and it’s ready any time

vintage years °

WHEN I’M getting ready to
‘join you here on Sundays,
my favourite preparations

“are for.a look-at what we

came from and our passage’ the prices of all food and also all

through the astonishing

_ that we are willy-nilly part:
_. of what’s going on today, .

and that has to be taken into”

our equation. Some of it. ©
gives us the pip...
Every once in a while, .

though, there’s something that's « -

better than we'd ever expected.-
The kind of thing that simplifies. :

~ you are. Well, for this ingenious:

ivery

got to pick up the wine. That’s .-

when you will be happy to know

you can just dial 980-7300. 7

Pink Dot’s on-the spot, so to”. ;
speak,'so you phone in your. °..
needs and wishes and it comes to
your door very shortly. Yes, you ©.

pay for delivery, $5, and they'll .

- come to you anywhere on this’;
shore, and you have to have at:
least $10 of desires to make it::
worth Pinky’s time. And yes,
they’!] take your Visa or.”
MasterCard, or a.cheque if you
set up an account...) sip)

The time lapse between phone™

.call and arrival on your doors
is geared for half an hour 'so'you
should do your order-planuing in

. good time beforehand, you.don't
want to have to cali back with’
changes. Helfrick offers :10% off.

i

alcohol handling fees for us

*« seniors. It’s early days, but.

_ response already is so good h

- adding delivery of dry cleani
and home videos and drugpre-:’

“scriptions and all the other, stuff:
you need on hand to make life:
joyous. © oes i :

'... His delivery chaps are seni
men who are putting intopractise

what they’ve learned of. the art of.

living, and they will pick up all
the recyclable parts of whut they:
deliver, too, bottles and jars an

+

man I'm going to tell you about, °*

‘give him til! 10 a.m., then he'll”
~ go on till ‘midnight if you need
hime see os

he’s a chap named Marvin -

.Helfrick who saw a Good Thing,
.-'as Pooh would say, in Los”. =:

‘ Angeles and brought it home for. ::
“you and me. He calls the thing  . -

No, he’s not a wind-up toy, ..

: "Pink Dot” —- there's .a sensible. «, -

"« reason for that, I'll tell you about |.

it —- and it's a-very comprehen-
‘sive delivery service for people:
like us./[t’s a fact'of.urban life ®..

that we all at some time are stuck °.-

for something, it can be food or.

the: ‘Pi

irline,“Steven’ Fink, 1a Los |
‘Angeles public-relations specialist,
told The; Wall, Streer Journal: “To. °.
the, casual ‘observer, there seems to |’

“drink or a present for someone’s ..

: birthday or fuel for the barbecue,
and we can't go get it. We're: .

. maybe babysitting the grandchil-

-dren or we've got the flu or we.

ed here, but when you call and:
express interest ‘in the. servic
‘you'll receive’ an’ informati
pamphlet listing all the things

he’ll_ make easily ‘available
you. It could be.a real boon:
while you're recuperating fr
an ailment.’ for instance, or,whe
“. you've got responsibilities tha
os [narrow your shopping freedom:
for a while. We remind ourselves
“that going out after dark for any
. thing. is not .what,we like doing
’ much,anymore, especially. us ‘old!
“.. ladies; Marvin guarantees you'l
* get good quality stuff at.the bes

"invited people for dinner and for-.

tad DOCOLES can) “WECK.THEY

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“BIG NosES ©.

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‘Ada Leung 2°
: Pharmacist
-CAPSULE COMMENTS °
~ - This time of year, it always bears
reminding that if your are scung by '
a bee or bitten by a mosquito, you |
| ‘can reduce: the pain. and swelling:
~ by applying a paste of meat tender-"
izer' and ‘water. :Mear‘-tenderizer :
contains papain, which appears to
| break: down the protein inthe bee’
:venom and mosquito saliva.” “
: As pharmacists, we must contin-,
‘ue- learning | throughout. .our:
:- careers, It is important to keep cur:
rent with the latest in drug therapy
“go thar our knowledge | will help
you with your knowledge about the’.
“medications you’ take,” At Davies
Pharmacy, it's a responsibility. we ’
take seriously. i ee

“DAVIES PHARMACY:

ing. and that the deli

por.and don't worry: Apartmen

. dyvellers who have entry phones
‘already have that service; thos

‘without will be reassured that
caller is. the one they're expect:

ing. Boy we're lucky: 2;

“The older.we get the better,