| It's all happening at the zoo
Going to the zoo is a lot like going to the circus. There are all sorts of animals like lions, tigers, elephants and three-week old hot dogs roaming around, but it's often more exciting to watch the humans.
I realized this while standing by the fish pond in the Reid Park Zoo this weekend, when a little kid in a Budweiser hat fell right into the exhibit. He was crouching down to gaze through the muddy water to see some koi fish swimming, and he just plopped right in. His mustachioed mother started screaming so loudly we thought it might wake the bears from hibernation next door, until she realized that the pond was only a few feet deep. The horrified child waddled around for a minute and then grabbed onto the side and hoisted himself up, while the woman still panting like a wild dog from exhaustion.
Garters and corsets and teddies — oh, my!
A couple of years ago, my wife greeted me wearing nothing but a seamless fishnet body stocking. With that image seared permanently in mind, I have since ventured out on occasion with the specific if somewhat prurient intent of buying her more lingerie. Yet walking into a lingerie store freaks me out. I can swim with the sharks and windsurf in 40 knots. I can eat raw oysters, for Pete's sake, but the thought of entering a lingerie shop and confronting all that ... possibility, well, um, er, isn't it time for a colonoscopy? And yet, we are talking about ... lingerie. Oh, yeah. Lingerie is all about sensuality, which is why we guys are drawn to it — and why it also scares the heck out of us. .
Champions enjoy a stroll
EDINBURGH CITY, the current Premier Division champions, moved into a challenging position for this season's title with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Civil Service Strollers at Meadowbank Stadium. In gale force conditions, Danny Noon volleyed a Kenny Young cross into the net to give City a first-half lead. The home team increased their advantage shortly after the break when Young neatly lobbed the Strollers goalkeeper to guarantee all three points and move them up into fifth position but with games in hand over all the teams above them. In a card decimated by the weather, Gala Fairydean trounced Hawick Royal Albert 8-1 in the Image Printers East of Scotland Qualifying Cup first round with a first-half hat-trick from Stewart Noble, followed by another hat-trick from Des Sutherland.
Authorities investigate death of 18-month-old baby in Immokalee today
Authorities are investigating the death of an 18-month-old baby in Immokalee early this morning. Around 6:10 a.m. deputies from the Collier County Sheriff's Office and Collier County Emergency Medical Services responded to a medical call at 1049 Agriculture Way. When they arrived EMS personnel pronounced the child dead. "It looks like it's going to be a medical problem," Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kristin Adams said. "The preliminary evaluation shows no visible signs of trauma." .
Recreation Calendar
Please send your Recreation Calendar item at least two weeks before the start of your event to sports@thetribunenews.com. Please include a contact number. Only events open to the public will be accepted. Items will run at least once and more times as space permits. BASEBALL • The City of Atascadero Community Services Department is offering a spring T-ball league for kids ages 5 and 6. Cost is $65 per child. Forms for registration, sponsorship and coaches are located at the Atascadero City Hall, 6907 El Camino Real. Games at Paloma Creek Park start April 17. For more information, call Courtney Jones at 470-3434. • The San Luis Obispo County YMCA and the Cal Ripken Baseball League will run the T-Ball & Coach Pitch/Machine Pitch Program for kids ages 5 to 8 and Kid-Pitch Program for ages 8 to 12 starting in March.
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