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Thursday
August 24, 2000
August 24, 2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's birthday
This year, friends inspire great projects and help you follow through on them. Accept the applause in September. Rearrange things at home in December. Make time for love in January so you can give more attention to your work in February. Let a critical help you achieve perfection in April. An older person helps you reach the prize in June. A friend gives you the confidence to relax in July. Your drive pushes you to take action next August.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day. 0 the most challenging.
Aries: Today is a 6.
Taurus: Today is an 8.
Expect plenty of work today — and maybe some thing that you need to learn. No problem. Take on a challenge. You'll figure it out, but it might take a while.
Gemini: Today is a 5.
Your tension level should go down as the day goes on. Knowing that, you should be able to relax earlier when you're under the most pressure. Consequently, you can have a nice day — on purpose.
You'll have to deal with a bit of confusion, but don't worry. You'll solve the problem. A shopping trip may be required, and money may be tight, so be patient — and imaginative.
Cancer: Today is an 8.
By this evening, you should be in excellent shape. You might even learn a new trick from a good friend. Go ahead and try something different. You could discover a talent that you didn't know you had.
Leo: Today is a 5.
Get together with your team early and figure out what you're going to do next. Then, split up and run the play. Meanwhile, keep an eye on them. Somebody may drop the ball.
Socializing, meeting new friends and getting involved with a group project look good tonight. Earlier, however, all sorts of difficulties could require your attention. Just take them one at a time
Virgo: Today is a 7.
Capricorn: Today is a 7.
Put on your best power outfit. It's important that you make a good first impression. Do a little home work, too. If the person you want to impress likes blue, wear blue.
Libra: Today is a 5.
Aquarius; Today is a 6.
Scorpio: Today is a 7.
Your life is about to get easier. You might go out tonight. Before that, however, you'd better divvy up the loot. Somebody needs to get paid before you spend any more on yourself.
Pisces: Today is a 7.
Sagittarius: Today is a 5.
Thursday: Enon, Be Non and the Starlight Mints tonight at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. Starlight Mints review page 3B.
Life may look too hectic at first. Don't try to do everything by yourself. Get a helper to take some of the load so you don't get squashed flat. By tonight or tomorrow, you'll have time for love. Set up your date for then.
today
First thing this morning is the best time for love.
Make the contact or the phone call then. Later on,
you're apt to get busy with a demanding project.
Don't make a date for tonight. You'd have to break it.
Your experience is to your advantage. Do what you know works already. That should make your workday relatively efficient so you'll have time for pleasurable pursuits this evening. Make the date early for motivation.
Hot Spots:
Meet with your partner and work out your schedule. This other person has a lot of strong ideas about who's doing what. Go along with a good idea, but only if it works for you, too.
Friday: Hair-band fans unite at the Kiss, Skid Row and Ted Nugent concert at Sandstone Amphitheatre in Bonner Springs.
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Friday: Chuck & Buck, a dark comedy about childhood friends opens tomorrow night at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Synopsis, page 5B.
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Notes: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Saturday: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, SUA features Jaws at its Floating Flicks at about 9:30 p.m. by Potter Lake.
Saturday: Celebrate your humanity at Pawr Fest, a day-long concert to benefit the Humane Society, from noon to 9 p.m. at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. Story, page 3B.
Jayplay would like to feature a blind date on its cover this fall. If you're interested in participating, please contact BriAnne Hess at 864-4810 or
jayplay@kansan.com and leave your name, age, interests and a phone number. The deadline for applications is Friday, Sept. 15.
What is the best reality-based TV show?
T. Big Bang Theory (SBS)
Kansan.com poll
Need a date?
Big Brother (CBS)
Road Rules (MTV)
Drinks of the week
Log on to www.kansan.com to cast your vote. Results will be posted in next week's Jayplay.
- Mait beverage: It's almost autumn! Put down the Bud Light and celebrate with a nice, cold cider. Try Hard Core, a sweet, dry cider from Boston, Mass.
The Real World (MTV)
Survivor (CBS)
The 1900 House (PBS)
Mixed drink: '57 Chevy, it's a classic! Mix equal parts of amaretto, sour mix and Southern Comfort.
By Katie Hollar
Non-alcoholic: Cool off with a non-alcoholic Purple Cow. Scoop some vanilla ice cream into a tall glass of chilled grape juice.
iowa man takes stab at eating slab of beef
GRIINELL, Iowa — Denny McNurlen said he was willing to sacrifice his body for publicity when he sat down for a free meal to help a restaurant set a world record.
The Grinnell man attempted to eat a 205-ounce steak. The massive 4-inch-thick sirloin weighed almost 13 pounds, the size of a small dog.
"No brains, no headaches.
That's my a lot of times."
McNurlen said last week before sitting down with his steak knife at AJs Steakhouse.
"I take on some things that I probably shouldn't," he said. "I will bloat myself just to see what I can do, I guess."
The odds were against him from the start.
McNurlen, who weighed 255 pounds before the feast feat, has lost most of his bottom-row teeth and knew he'd have to use his gums to chew.
The restaurant's owners didn't care whether McNurlen cleaned his plate. They only needed him to attempt it, so they would have a shot at the Guinness Book of World Records. The record is 200 ounces.
McNurlen took his first bite at 5:05 p.m.
"Good." he declared.
Good. He describes.
He would eat quickly, he said, "so my brain won't have time to tell my stomach I am full."
By 9:45 p.m., he took his last bite, finishing 150 ounces in all, or more than 9 pounds.
Spanish see red during tomato-throwing fest
BUNOL, Spain — Armored in goggles and fueled on wine and beer, some 30,000 revelers got
pasted yesterday in one of Spain's most popular summer festivals — the annual tomato-throwing festival.
Partiers hurled and kicked truckloads of tomatoes at opponents, lobbing the red fruit at one another and covering the village streets in tomato juice, seeds and slime in the fiesta known as La Tomatina.
The festival kicked off with a ham-on-a-stick contest, where competitors raced up a greased pole to retrieve a smoked leg of ham. When the ham was cut down, revelers donned eye protection and cried for tomatoes as five trucks dumped the squishy ripe produce onto the village streets.
Some residents covered their homes and businesses with plastic sheets. Others dumped buckets of water onto the revelers.
Within an hour, the streets, the partiers and nearby buildings were gooed.
The tomato fight in Bunol, some 25 miles north of Valencia on Spain's east coast, has become one of the country's most popular summer festivals, often drawing crowds from abroad.
Local lore says the fiesta, held the last Wednesday of August, started in the 1940s when a group of kids threw their lunches at each other one day in a downtown square. They met again the following year, this time pelting passersby as well and creating the tradition.
MIMAMBURG, Ohio — Park officials are trying to keep an Indian burial mold nicely groomed by using weed-eaters — the animal variety.
Hungry llamas help park deal with weeds
Two liamas — pack animals native to the mountains of South America are nibbling away at weeds and
other vegetation that grows on the steep slopes of the 65-foot-high monument.
"We were having problems managing it with our staff," said Debbie McLaughlin, parks and facilities superintendent.
The slope of the mound makes it impossible to use mowers and other heavy equipment. Park workers had to tackle it on foot with weed eaters, shears and hand-held chemical sprayers. That was time-consuming and expensive, McLaughlin said.
This year's wet summer caused the vegetation to grow even faster, putting an extra burden on the 12-person maintenance crew that must mow and trim all the city's parks and baseball fields.
McLaughlin said city officials looking for a solution first suggested goats. Then, a city worker who knew someone with llamas recommended them because they eat all kinds of vegetation, including poison ivy.
The flames have been on the mound for about a month, confined by a fence at its base.
"We're really satisfied," McLaughlin said.
Eye-popping plot fails to get hitchhiker ride
GASTONIA, N.C. — A female hitchiker who said she hitched to attract a ride instead attracted a state trooper who charged her with indecent exposure.
The German tourist told the trooper she was hitchhiking from Atlanta to Norfolk. Va.
At least eight motorists called 911 on their cell phones instead of stopping, said Ann Reese, an operations supervisor with the Gaston County Telecommunications Center.
Trooper K.R. Robinson, who charged the woman, said she was standing at an exit ramp carrying her
Oddities
coat, a change of clothes and a passport.
The woman, identified as 43-year-old Hamza Schwenking-Ben of Nuremberg, Germany, told the troop she'd been in the United States about a month.
She said she left Georgia about a week ago and was hitchhiking and walking her way along Interstate 85, hoping to meet a friend who lived in Virginia.
Code sparks spirited criticism in Colorado
DENVER — Maybe they should have seen it coming.
Owners of three shops say they were blind-sided when undercover police stormed in to see if anyone was engaged in fortune-telling, clairvoyance or palmistry.
Michael West, owner of Spiritways which offers classes on meditation, said officers came in waving copies of the city's 27-year-old ordinance prohibiting fortunetelling and threatened to arrest violators.
"I mean, we need ordinances, but this ordinance needs to be off the books." West said.
His shop and two others were targeted during the past few weeks. No arrests were made.
The law bans anyone from practicing "fortunetelling, palmistry or clairvoyance" for payment, unless it is for religious reasons exempted by the Internal Revenue Service.
Records show the ordinance is rarely enforced. The city hasn't written a citation for it since 1998. Violating the code is a misdemeanor and usually involves a small fine.
Denver Assistant City Attorney John Poley said the ordinance is not at the top of the city's agenda.
"It's kind of like urinating in public," Poley said. "We don't have a task force for it, but if a police officer saw someone doing it, they'd write a citation for it."
Sports Combo Pick Up & Sales
Students: Pick up your Sports Combo for 2000! A limited number of Sports Combo Passes will be on sale!
Pick up & Sale Times & Locations:
LAWRENCE
JOURNAL-WORLD
Monday, August 28
5th Annual Get Ready Rally Saturday, August 26 6:00 - 9:30pm Memorial Stadium
KANSAS FOOTBALL
Wednesday, August 30
Tuesday, August 29
9:00am - 4:00pm
Friday, September 1
9:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am - 4:00pm
Thursday, August 31
Memorial Stadium West Side Ticket Booth (pressbox side on Maine Street)
9:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am - 4:00pm
9.00am - 4.00pm
9:00am 4:00pm
Dell 2014141 for more information
Call 864-3141 for more information.
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