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s  For the Brain Teaser this week of something a naval officer fght say. '._P] Well, i"_.lve th t f°ur' this up, but I have had to listen to the EE PP OO CC SS -OTB- Well, I took a tittle trip last week, Some scenery I had seen before, through rain two days out of and, generally, didn't do all much that was exciting. I was in "na Arbor Michigan, for the Big Ten °-ftball Toumament. Ann Arbor is $_o ce city. It's larger than Iowa City, r to the population of Cedar, a.Ptds. However, like many 'old tes east of here, it has many nar- row streets. I don't know how old L Ar ,. bor really is, but the LTrtl ' -liaversity of Michigan was founded _] 1837 so I suppose there was some a of village there at the time. The uMeets in downtown Iowa City look .c broad thoroughfares. I basically tefo st drove through downtown a cou- f times. There was no parking to '. Ound along the streets unless you ere about 10 b!ocks from down- . own and I didn t see any parking naps there. Therefore, my trip to .nn Arbor consisted of basically gto. softball games at Alumni 3Jju an(/spending time in my motel n-t, both of which were located on esouth side of Ann Arbor. guess one of the reasons I was so ntent to just stay in my room is at I have seen Ann Arbor before, on ore than one occasion. This was out sixth or seventh time I have en there for one reason or another ps I had already seen most of the Urist' things to do. On one of my I ht dh 2ueend dv ea.l argu2idy t ho .ei_chigan Hospital. I say that ause Michigan and Iowa are in a : to maintain the largest hospital in the United States, maybe in the whole world. Having seen it from the outside before, and, fortunately, not needing its services on the inside, I ignored it. On the way home Saturday I did see something I had never seen live before. I was driving west out of LaPorte, Indiana, when I noticed flashing lights up ahead. I also noticed that the drivers ahead of me were hitting their brakes and slowing down so I figured the police were out looking for speeders and had caught one and the people in front of me were just being extra cautious. When I got to where the action was I noticed that I was wrong. There in the rain the police had a man lying on the ground on his stomach with his hands handcuffed behind him. I have no idea what the alleged offense of the person was, bu(he and the police officers on the scene were certainly getting wet. It wasn't a warm rain, eiUaer. The thermometer in my car registered the outdoor temperature as 44 degrees at that time. I've seen plenty of film of police officers get- ting somebody on the ground and 'cuffing' them, but I can't recall ever having seen it for real before. -OTB- Just in case some of you may have forgotten, I want to remind you that Friday, May 17, is Norwegian Independence Day. It was on May 17, 1905, that Norway became the independent country we know today. You may think it strange that I bring Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day and the Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, so why not Syttende Mai? I certainly have no problem with other people identifying with their her- itage and celebrating the traditional holidays of the country of their fam- ily's origin. I certainly don't expect all of you to get dressed up in tradi- tional Norwegian dress for the day. I don't do that for St. Patrick's Day or Cinco de Mayo. However, if you happen to run into me on Friday sometime and I wish you a Happy Norwegian Independence Day, just smile and nod and go ahead and think, "There's that nut rambling on about something again" -OTB- The school story I have for you this week rather forcefully brings home the difference between the aunosphere in which young people generally grow up in rural Iowa as opposed to some of our larger cities. It comes from Caralyn Carter, of Stonyford, Califomia. I teach high school English at a juvenile court school in northern California. During a literature unit, while discussing early childhood story experiences, I made reference to a lullaby! Observing some confused looks, I said, "Everyone knows what a lull- aby is, right.'?" One student, without hesitation replied, "Sure, that's the story you tell to the judge!" (Obviously his experiences more recently concerned "alibi") The Thought for the Week this week ought to be a reminder that, despite what John Wayne kept say- ing in one of his movies, it is not a sign of weakness to apologize if we have wronged someone. Winston Churchill is credited with this quote. Eating words has never given me indigestion. The answer to the Brain Teaser is: Up periscope. 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You think it is Spring, all the windows are open, and the weather folks tell us storms and hail are coming, and it is snow- ing in Montana, North Dakota and moving into Minnesota and maybe appearing in Iowa too. So when is it safe to put the plants out and stick some in the dirt. A friend told me Mother's Day is the current rule of thumb, but I can't wait that long and I've noticed a lot of other people are not waiting either. I know I thought I was going to be pretty angry with the weather master, God, if hail ruined my new, pretty petunias and pansies. Luckily the hail never reached us, so far. As a matter of fact, there has been a lot of flurry in my neighborhood the past few weeks. Graduation is the big event coming up and, as usual, homes and yards are being spruced up for the celebrations. The mad dash to have every- thing as close to perfect as pos- sible is in progress. In the midst of all this busy buzzing, I hope parents will remind their seniors to complete their pro- files for the paper and provide a senior picture. We want to honor them with a special edi- tion as has been done in the past. Senioritis is in the air and prevalent. I hope all mothers had a beautiful, wonderful Mother's Day this year. My son recently presented me with a shiny, new 2001 penny and wished me Happy Mother's Day. Some get big gifts and others little ones, and of course it's the thought that counts. May is that month in spring that is always packed to the brim with activities: Mother's Day, graduations, first com- munions, National Cancer Survivors Day, Memorial Day and the Johnson County Relay for Life, held this year on May 31-June 1. I plan to be a partic- ipant at most of these events. There should be some great pictures, moments and senti- ments to share. As I recall, there is usually a National Day of Prayer during the first week of May. Churches, organizations and other groups gather to pray for various needs, and most specif- ically for world peace. I read a phrase recently, World peace is becoming a reality---one heart at a time. With events unfold- ing worldwide as we have wit- nessed in the news coverage, it is hard to imagine we will ever gain world peace. But, as the phrase suggests, one human at a time needs to make the effort and encourage another to do the same. By consistent encour- agement and example, it can become a contagious aspiration to pass along from person to person, and generation to gen- eration. Those who pray can accom- plish great things individually and in great numbers. There is immense power in gentleness and love for one another. Showing reverence for the sacredness of one another, the people of the world will live together in peace. I pray that the leaders of the world lis- ten--truly listen--to one anoth- er and are committed to learn- ing from each other. Then they will be peacemakers. "I am the Alpha and the Omega."--Revelation 22:13 "Every parent makes mis- takes. The only one who hasn't is God. He gave the right child to the right mother. The best way to thank him is to honor her. I only have one thing to say, and I'll only say it once a weekly column by Melinda Rouse Taking Stock of My Freshman Year... • Flights of stairs to 4774 Helser Fleming: four • Elevators available: zero. • Boxes filled with belongings brought to college: 12. • Roommates for the fall semes- ter: one • Roommates currently: zero • Girls in Fleming House: 22. • Guy to girl ratio in Helser Hall: four to one. • Days it took me to discover the Richey Men's House pool table: two. • Games I've won on that table: 72. • Games I've lost: 400. • Days at school before I realized I disliked DPS Parking Division: five. • Number of tickets received from DPS: enough to finance a small country. • Days before I found the laundry room: eight. • Flights from laundry room: five. • Minutes in laundry room before I met boyfriend: 20. • Credit hours taken: 24. • Classes dropped this year because of inconvenient meeting times (8 a.m.): two. • Meals in Friley Dining Centers: 288. • Jimmy John's sub runs, 1 a.m or later: 16. • World Trade Centers: -2. • Patriotism: 100%. • Boxes taken home at Christmas: three. • Times I've been home this year: six. • Times I've witnessed the Diego Vega "Party Boy" strip show in the hall of Richey House: 10. • Hours spent in motorcycle shops, car lots and computer stores with boyfriend: 20. • Seconds before I can differenti- ate a Mustang V8 from a V6: five. • Liquid soap bottles: 4.5. • Months before I started search- ing for a job: seven. • Address of new job: 2801 Grand Avenue, North Grand Mall. • Boxes at the end of the year:. five. • Apartment number for the sum- mer: 812. • Occupancy limit for the pool at the Sterling Plains apartment complex: 110. • Flights of stairs to my new apart- ment: zero.