Enterprise-Record from Chico, California • 14

San Diego dub answers Mensa Squabble over true Densa leader SAN DIEGO (API Mensa the high-IQ club whose members rank in the upper 2 percent in intelligence tests can afford to be particular about who belongs But members of Densa in four cities are engaged in a battle of wits over who really founded their club which parodies Mensa and represents the underachieving side of the population Jack Canaan of San Diego says he was threatened with a lawsuit by a man in Hoboken NJ over rights to the club's name Canaan however continues to sell his memberships to potential Densa members in San Diego for $30 for one year $10 for life' Meanwhile JD Stewart of Rochester who proudly carries the title CDP (Certified Dull Person i accused Steve Price of Houston's Densa of trying to gain "exclusive to the name "We better find out who the real Densa Stewart wrote Price The Rochester and Houston Densas each claim to have several hundred dues-paying pinheads Canaan said he is also trying to establish a sperm bank to ensure that Densa members can survive a nuclear attack or at least a windy day But of the status of the bank he said: "Nothing in the fridge" The debate has prompted a suggestion that the clubs settled the squabble by awarding the Densa rights to the chapter scoring lowest on a Densa quiz drawn up by Price 1 Sample question: the universe Give two Perhaps not to be outdone Mensa mistakenly labeled its November 1963 issue of its Oracle newsletter as the October issue Perhaps the gulf between the clubs is narrowingn uyff 1 Lou Sparrenbergsr Caafowua's floating postman loads Ms boat Mailman delivers via riverboat taw rom mere bedroom andj wa decor iraUable This is the right time to add STOCKTON (API If there's anything as constant as the ebb and flow of the tide in the San Joaquin Delta it is the daily routine of riverboat mail courier Lou Sparrenberger California's only floating postman For 22 years six days a week Sparrenberger has been providing most of the waterbound delta dwellers with their only contact with the outside world and neither driftwood nor tule fog nor water hyacinth has stopped him There are no telephone lines to most of small islands that dot the delta so the daily mail the Wall Street Journals and social security checks the love letters and the monthly bills are as special as their means of arrival The 60-mile route begins on land with Sparrenberger stuffing mailboxes anchored in terra firms But when the contract carrier gets to Herman and Helen's Marina Sparrenberger hauls his load aboard an IS-foot Glastron outboard and cuts through the water with the power of 90 horses Bundled against the morning chill in insulated coveralls and a sweatshirt Sparrenberger has the look of a riverboat pilot a face of deep-cut channels and blue eyes that could burn through the often-thick fog Sometimes steering by compass and instinct he has never lost his way in the 1000 miles of sloui a paradise east of San Francisco rich with coots and mudhens and isles with names like Spud and Jersey and Bradford When asked how old he is Sparrenberger says he's But the years aren't visible when he deftly slamdunks a letter into a bucket dangling six feet above the water A missed shot would be delivered to the murky depths Guiding his boat through atolls of water hyacinth Sparrenberger skirts some driftwood but never hesitates And he shows the same grace when confronting a more traditional postal challenge: the watchdog 1 1 Max want a he shouts at a waiting Weimaraner Max does and the courier tosses a biscuit ashore Max gobbles it and Sparrenberger throws a handful more like to keep the dogs He pockets a handful of puppy pleasers and lashes his boat to a landing so be can deliver a bulky pared package is too Mg for the he says wow disappear if I left it on the After bribing a noisy pooch he tucks the package near a cottage door then heads back to the boat His last stop comes at Tule Island where a pair of Cocker spaniels are glad to see the Then back to Herman and Helen's "I guess I'll retire in a year or says Sparrenberger I like this job If a man likes his Job that's Glenn events Today 7:30 pm Willows Unified School District special meeting district offices I pm Ortand Eagles Aerie Eagles Hall Friday am-9 pm American Association of -University Women Quilt Show United Methodist Church 544 North Shasta St Willows Saturday 10 am-4 pm AAUW Quilt Show United' Methodist Church Willows 5 pm Elk Creek Volunteer Fire Department crab feed and dance Elk Creek High School gym Income tax? LMVIITNTM Monday Noon Ortand Rotary Club Champ's Tuesday 7 am Ortand Kiwanis Club Yeager's 1-J0 pm section of the Orland Women's Improvement Club member's home We re licensed and we're aware of the newest laws that benefits ynu1 Also year around qualified Bookkeeping and Accounting An Accountancy tap West Weed St WUOWS S34-55S3 MCI ITWCB MCI tTUCS JACI ITSCS vura-nnnin myotom umunuaiAwi Famine position covering Orland Hamilton City and Ccrnmg area Sales experience nelpful Send resume to Irene Brosnsn Chico Enterprise Record PO Bos I Chico CA 95927.