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Minneapolis Star and Tribune Fit, April 1, 1983 The Far SideBy Gary Larson 12C. Club offers assistance to people who need shoes of different sizes Dunagin's PeopleBy Ralph Dunagin FMtwM. IMS 4-1 "Dangl Wouldn't you know tt? The only waterhole for a hundred miles and plumb in the middle is a giant squid." "I can assure you, Mrs. Fenwick Reaganomics is not an April Fool's joke." Dennis the MenaceBy H. Ketcham aisle during her church wedding: I think it would be fine.

Good baby sitters are expensive and hard to come by these days. I also think it would be appropriate for the bride's father to carry a blue or pink shotgun, depending on the sex of the child. Wally in Satellite Beach, Fla. i Dear Abby: How do you feel about adults ordering a child's portion in a restaurant? Many people, because of surgery or inability to eat large portions of food, must limit the amount of food they eat. I have been told that because I am an adult I cannot order a child's portion.

I think that's discrimination. My husband can eat an adult's portion but I cannot, and I just can't see all that food going to waste. A doggie bag would work in some cases, but not at a pancake house. (My husband loves pancakes.) We are not cheapskates, and we always leave a nice tip regardless of what we order. Small Eater Abby says: Most restaurants serve children's portions as an accommodation, but it would be economically unfeasible to serve children's portions to adults at reduced prices.

If doggie bags won't do, eat what you want and leave the rest. Dear Abby: As a single person I am tired of being at a financial disadvantage. he's single; he can afford We bachelors get stuck with more than our share all the time. In my book, two couples and two singles divide by six, not four. When I entertain them in my home, I don't buy groceries for four.

I buy for six. I'll bet you get a ton of mall on this one. Bachelor Dear Abby: I had polio as a child and, consequently, my left foot is two sizes smaller than my right. In order to get a pair of shoes I can wear, I have to buy two pairs in different sizes. This leaves me with an extra pair of new shoes that I may as well throw in the garbage.

This hurts my thrifty nature. I have at least 20 pairs of beautiful, expensive shoes in my attic (the left shoe is 4B and the right shoe is 6B). If I could sell them for a third of what they cost me, it would make me very happy. I tried placing an ad in our local paper, but the only two people who called did so to ridicule me. (They must have thought I was some kind of weirdo.) My question: Do you know of any shoe company that will sell mismat-ed shoes? My Feet Don't Match Abby says: No, but you're in luck.

There is a club you can join. It's a "mismate shoe service" for men, women and children whose feet also "don't match." (Amputees, as well.) There is a nominal fee for placing your name and needs in the registry. For Information, write to: National Odd Shoe Exchange, Rural Route No. 4, Indianola, Iowa 50125. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope when writing for information about how to join.

Dear Abby: Our daughter, "Lisa," is attending college out of state. Last full she told us she had met someone "special," but we didn't know it was serious until she came home for Thanksgiving with an engagement ring on her finger and "Charlie" on her arm. He's a quiet, well-mannered young man also a college student. We thought it was much too fast, but Lisa was so happy and so obviously in love that we accepted the situation. The kids told us they wanted a big The Family Circus By Bil Keane "Daddy! The Easter Bunny's here FOOL1" Pavlov By Ted Martin "Guess what went to the bug already! APRIL The LockhornsBy William Hoest Dear Abby church wedding, reception and all the trimmings this summer, so we started making plans.

We "met" Charlie's parents on the phone. They seemed bewildered and didn't even know their son had a girlfriend. Last weekend the kids came home and told us that they had been secretly married since Christmas. We are still hurt by this deception. They told several others, and now all their friends know and so do most of ours.

We do not feel right about putting on a big, showy church wedding and reception with all the trimmings. We spoke with our minister, and he suggested a "wedding blessing" with just the immediate family. Charlie's family live 2,000 miles away, and they don't know their son is already married. We want to do the right thing, but don't know what that is. Please help us.

Under Pressure in Highland Park Abby says: What kind of ceremony did the kids have? If It was just a civil ceremony, they could have a simple church wedding with the families and a few close friends present. Under the circumstances, I think a big, showy wedding and reception with all the trimmings would be inappropriate. Dear Abby: Regarding the bride who wishes to carry her baby down the Gannett group, said WTCN "will do as much or more news as anyone else In the market" once Gannett takes over. That would signal major changes for the station, which now only provides about half as many local newscasts as do KSTP and WCCO. But any changes are likely to be a few months in the offing.

"We're going to come in here and look at the people we have before we do anything," Davidson said. "Then sometime next fall we'll have our act together enough to tell the people that we're going to do something worthwhile." He said that he thinks KSTP and WCCO do a good job of reporting the news. "But if we do nothing else," he said, "we'll Improve the job they do in the market by offering them some real competition." Davidson said Gannett's style is to let the station manager run the show and that there is little corporate interference from Atlanta. "Even though Gannett's so big a company, it really operates on a local basis," he said. "The guy who runs this place might as well own it if he does a good job.

We don't want to be looked at as this big giant who comes in and tries to buy a town. We want to be looked at as earning respectability." WTCN has finally hired a new full-time weather announcer after a year-long search. The new man, i COLEMAN: Newscasts likely target of new station manager "Me, I'm just a man." IM3 TM Of undo Snttnl ah) Nmkww Sirndicatt we store!" "Flea market." burned meat and lumpy potatoes pecially intuitive or perceptive or free from prejudice. They usually occupy rather undistinguished jobs. Their success in the academic world can be handicapped by often peevish inability to tolerate repetition of what is (to them) obvious.

The most elite ultra-high-IQ society is the Mega Society. It has 1 1 members with requisite IQs of 193 (measured on the widely accepted Binet scale). This level IQ is exhibited in one person in about 1 million. Two members of this group have scored 197. They are Christopher Harding of Rock-hampton, Australia, and Wolfgang Jensen of Cape Town, South Africa.

The highest IQ published for a national population is 106.6 for the Japanese. Guinness Book of World Records 1983 1 April Fool's Day may be a relic of the Roman Cerealia, held at the beginning of April. The tale is that Proserpina was sporting in the Elysian meadows, and had just filled her lap with daffodils, when Pluto carried her off to the lower world. Her mother, Ceres, heard the echo of her screams, and went in search of the voice; but her search was a fool's errand. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase Fable, edited by Ivor H.

Evans "1 ft replacing Glenn Burns, is Paul Douglas, a meteorologist for the Satellite News Channel, a cable service owned by ABC-Westinghouse Cable that is headquartered in Connecticut. Douglas will start at Channel 11 in mid-May. His title will be chief meteorologist and science editor; the station plans to have him do occasional science reporting in addition to handling the weather chores. Douglas has been seen from time to time doing weather reports on ABC's "Nlghtline" when weather emergencies are in the news. Since Burns left Channel 1 1 in January of last year, weather reports have been handled by Joe Dandrea, who was hired originally as a weekend weatherman.

"Almost midnight and that dog's forgotten all about April Fools' Day." information? Fixit will answer your questions, or help you get answers. Write Fixit. in care of the Star and Tribune, 425 Portland Minneapolis. Minn. 55488.

Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. Only one question per letter and no phone calls, please. Continued from page 1C week, couldn't be reached for comment But he Is considered likely to make other changes at the station In an attempt to inject some life into Channel U's anemic newscasts. The NBC affilliate lags far behind leaders WCCO and KSTP In the ratings and is often beaten by Independent station KMSP, too. Gannett, which has a reputation for developing aggressive, highly visible news services, won't like that state of affairs.

It is used to having winners or at least serious competitors with the seven stations it now owns in Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix, Louisville, -Fort Wayne, Oklahoma City and Little Rock. The move into the Twin Cities Is part of an ambitious surge by Gannett into major TV markets. By the end of the year, Gannett will have sold its stations in Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Louisville and Fort Wayne, trading up to bigger stations in Boston, San Francisco and Minneapolis. Franzgrote will find a very different situation at WTCN-from the one he's used to in Denver. For one thing, Channel 1 1 has a bare-bones news operation, with only about 40 newsroom employees, while KBTV has about 90 on Its staff.

For another, Gannett's Denver station has been the dominant station in that community since 1975, and for a time had the highest-rated 10 p.m. newscast of any station in the top 50 markets. WTCN, on the other hand, is lucky to win 10 percent of the 10 p.m, viewing audience here. i (KBTV still draws nearly 50 percent of Denver's news audience and is far ahead of its competition. The current Twin Cities leader, KSTP, wins about 40 percent of the 10 p.m.

news audience.) Jeff Davidson, president of the FB8T Q. I have an enormous problem with i box-elder bugs. I've seen them off and on all winter, but now as it begins warm up, they seem to be. coming tout of the woodwork in droves. What can I do to control them? Is there a chemical I can spray? Must I cut I down the box-elder trees in my yard? A.

As the weather warms in spring, box-elder bugs will begin to emerge from their hibernating places. If those hibernation sites include parts of your home, it is common for some to come into the house. This is particularly 'true in early spring as outdoor peratures are lower than indoor tern-; peratures. However, all feeding and reproduction occurs outside and any bugs that find their way indoors will trapped and die. Any attempt to chemically control box-elder bugs is worthless.

Because they are moving from hidden hibcrna-I tion sites (hollow wall voids, cinder blocks, siding, etc.) spraying these places will kill only those you see. I Those hidden will remain unaffected, Vacuuming up bugs as they are seen indoors is as effective as anything I and is less expensive and messy than sprays. During the summer these insects feed on the seeds of the female box-elder tree. Tree removal in your yard is not I an effective bug control simply be- cause the trees are very common and fiTHANHASSEfcR I 4 Dinner Theotres (lo CLOSES dining APHIL2 ftp- room A comedy OM-Tlnw- Radio Coma Alhw Again OPENS APRIL 7 Lav ft Marriage? Musical Back by Papular Demand CW GOLDEN POND 1 Call For Socclal Grouo Brochure. Need Minneapolis the adult bugs are excellent flyers.

They can fly into an area from several blocks away. Fall is the best time of the year to attempt box-elder-bug management. This insect needs to hibernate, and in the fall they will congregate on the sunny sides of buildings for warmth. At this time, a spray consisting of cup Tide per 1 gallon of water can be applied directly onto the group of bugs. However, nothing repels them, so if another group forms, you will have to repeat the procedure.

Before spraying the whole surface, test-spray a small area to be sure the soap spray will not stain. The idea behind this fall treatment is to decrease the number of box-elder bugs that enter cracks and crevices to hibernate. With less hibernating in your home, you may not have them on and off during the winter when they come out on warm, sunny days or such a large problem next spring. Jerry Heaps, entomologist, Agricultural Extension Service, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Q.

What is the highest I.Q. test ever scored? Who was this genius? Are people who score very high on I.Q. tests unusually intuitive? Which nation has the highest average I.Q.? A. People of the very highest measurable intelligence are said to be not es Plus $MVMASftOltr 27th Ave. Lake Minneapolis All st.

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