The Tampa Times from Tampa, Florida • 78

THE TAMPA TIMES, Friday, August 24, 1979 4-A PT L- U.rd i -i jiiiiiiiiiiM 1 ir 4rt Wafer scer worcs for peanut butter Sanford squi'rref skis UL -1 51 TI y' (- 'La "I just did the skiing to see if she could learn," Best said. "It's foreign to a squirrel's nature to be in the water, but Twiggy's done great." Best said Twiggy may be learning her lessons well because she is so dependent on him. The squirrel's teeth are bent back at an angle and she cannot forage for food. "She can't crack her own pecans," Best said Wednesday, holding out a peanut to his pet. Twiggy grabbed it and scampered around the room twice before tucking the nut in the corner of an orange chair cushion.

"When she's not hungry, she takes food anyway and hides it," said Best's wife Lou Ann. "You wouldn't believe the places I find peanuts." Twiggy was given to Best by a friend after she tumbled from her nest a storm. Twiggy isn't the first pet Best has trained. A French poodle who died last month at the age of 15 learned to roller skate and surf. Best has not made any money showcasing Twiggy's talents, but he said she would be willing to endorse boats, water skis, or peanut butter.

By PAULA SCHWED UPI Writer SANFORD Down at Chuck Best's roller skating rink there's a squirrel that can water ski. She replaced the poodle that surfed. The Florida gray squirrel named Twiggy will, at Best's urging, climb aboard water skis, catch a tow behind a little remote-controlled power boat, and water ski at 12 mph around a lake, her furry tail dragging in her wake. "You couldn't train just any squirrel," said the proud owner. 'Twiggy's unique." Best trained the baby squirrel to ski in just a month by rewarding her with peanut butter her favorite food.

First the Sanford roller skating rink operator coaxed her atop a floating piece of When she grew accustomed to the water, he put her on the 9-inch water skis, which are linked together with a raised bow attached to the tow. Twiggy leans on this raised portion with her forepaws. When she tires, the squirrel paddles over to Best and climbs on his shoulder to rest Charles- "Chuck" Best carefully puts his pet squirrel Twiggy on the styrofoam skis he designed, top4left, so she can be towed around a Sanford lake by a remote-controlled miniature power boat at about 12 mph. With her furry tail dragging in the wake, Twiggy gets a good grip on the raised bow that connects the skis to the boat, top right Twiggy, left, makes a professional turn in her water skiing jaunt. When she tires, she paddles over to Best to take a rest on his shoulder.

A. J(SX J0 UPI photos 1 Game board paves way fhrdg1f own traffic, to big profits saved and storing up the most rewards people drive around their cities more efficiently, then it became 'All About commerce, which distribute the games to merchants in their communities. About 85 chambers in 33 states have asked for a version, Aldo said. The rules are the same for all the games, but the different boards include shopping list while stopping at the town's civic and historical spots and be the first one home," he explained. Aldo, of Concord, N.H., was driving his mobile food stand through heavy traffic in Rumford, Maine, after stopping at a county fair in 1973, when the iAa firot nrmirraH tn him Hp hasfid his in heaven.

"And a woman who owns a gift shop in Wakefield, N.H., had me design 'New England Town which involves getting petitions passed at a town meeting in a typical New England town. The pitfalls include people arguing over the color of a sign and all the trivia people get wrapped up in passing an ordinance at a town meeting," he said. Town" games which are based on maps of actual communities around the country. So far, Aldo's company, Aladco, has sold 80,000 of the games modeled after 21 communities from Maine to In-" diana to Alabama and more are in the works. The game boards are designed in conjunction with local chambers of By CHARLES W.

GOLDSMITH UPIWriter AUGUSTA, Maine Albert Aldo got caught in a traffic jam back in 1973. And that got him to thinking. "I thought if I had a map with pictures of the buildings I could find my way around the traffic," he said. The result was the "All About Town' in 1976," he said. Aldo said he is now being contacted by many people to design personal games to satisfy their individual concerns.

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