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Ervin is living in the Chicago a
five days a w and comma
back to Gridley on weekends.
One night Ervin called home
Gridley. -His oldest son, Tirnaay
came to the telepone and saidvhe h
been to his. first Little League prac-
tice. Timmy said he had liked
that he hadn't been allowed to
His father asked him if he had b
the only boy who hadn't been allo
ed to.hit. Timmy said he thought so
After Ervin had hung up,
realized how bothered he was.
didn't want to make too big a de
out of it, but 20 ,minutes later
found himself making a second Ion
distance call.
This time Timmy hold his fathe
he had, indeed, been given a chanc
at bat. But he had missed the ball.
Ervin hung up, feeling a little be
ter. He took a walk around the block.
He thought of his son standing at the
plate, swinging and missing, and
then returning to the bench. The
image stuck in his mind., When Erv-
in got back to the place where he was
Staying, he called his home in Grid-
ley
for a third time. This time he
talked to his wife.
"Cindy, I want you to call the
coach and see if there's a problem
with Tim,'" he said. •
His wife was reluctant, but Ervin
insisted" she get in touch with -the
coach. Ervin waited nervously for 20
more minutes, then called his house
once again.
"The coach said that Timmy was
doing fine," Cindy Ervin said. "He
promised that Timmy will get even;
teetive. I Would kind of blown t
fE"
Suddenly, though, 'he was a
dred miles from:hom . and: his
d come, back from first b
all practice,. and' ruin had insta
become a different person.,
"I realized that my little frac
ced baby had now come toa stn
here he had to rely on just hi
," Ervin said. "He's my son
y first.child-- and now he'r'on his
n.
"I' can't go out there and do it
m On the one hand,- I remember
rom when _ I was a kid, what it felt
when your parents would come
to watch the game. You'd' get a
tle embarrassed to have your dad
ng on.
`But` I also know how cruel: kids
be, and how they. can hurt.; each
er.And how' a gung-ho coach can
ignore a laid who's not quite as good
as the others.
"I guess what struck' me was the
thought that this- was the first
organized thuag in my boy's life that
I had no control over. There will be
so many others --- his first date, his
first car, his graudation party but
all. of those.will`comelaterinhis 'life.
Playing ball with him in the yard, I
could help him out. I could: say 'Back
that foot up,' or 'Hold the bat a little
higher.' But now that's over: He's on
his own. --'
"And I was thinking: I'm only 34
years old, and Timmy's 8. In 10
years he'll be 18. Time's going to go
by so fast. And of' course I was con-
scious
of the fact' that he was down
there in Gridley, and I was a hun-
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fin- to tellh it's dangerous."
97 hey were .an the lite:
ase. wanted , up to his son, :
nt- him,
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Ervin watch d him go. ,In silence,.
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Q: I think I have an interesting
problem. I have many times done
my own sprouting of alfalfa and
other sprouts„ for sandwiches and
salads. Consequently, I have
flushed down my kitchensink
seeds and seedlings. It appears
that a erop nor,,/ is growing, inside
the disposer and every few . days
we harvest" this "bonanza." The
seedlings are fresh, and so it defi-
nitely appears as though they are
continuously growing.
Is it possible to dismantle the
sink disposer to clean out this
"crop"? If this is not possib
would you recommend pour
sommtlei killer :down ythe *tie?
Any help you , can give Will be
greatly a ►pr ate j —111.11
A: Chemical drain cleaners are
not recommended for use in gar-
bage disposals. There are, howev-
er, commercial disposer cleaners
on the market that help to clean
disposers and keep them smellhag
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coping with your problem.
Overall, the best remedy for
clogged drains and disposers is to
remove the foreign matter with a
special pipe -cleaning tool that has
an auger -type cutting blade used
by plumes This might best be -
done by a ,. professional. sure a" motor -driven, `auger -type
clean head 001 is used,anot' , hand
one. The type of tool does make`'a
difference. A snake will --puncture
a hole in the obstruction but it will
not actually clean the aides- of
the pipe as -well es an auer
would. Prior to clew... the dry
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�t tI'. i y°.. • ,
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�Q fa: , e� dim
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mo i . ti ! B 8 1 eet the IFeL -
from ,}�' Piece
nect thea trap, Now you- can look ;
into the
d,sposer:sdischarge part.
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to make sure• it's clear.
fresh.
in �: 8 tho ,rsand Cstrta a
Another Method you might $t odon;. "i`3 per cent:eta* total to
to kill . the r �M� yp' yy moy,mhe y t "wish
g8 wt ,leys t men,
'a fa #MMY ordIni { "18' YiLI:'Llr:"•vO41 .i
eral amount of table salt . into tit
dis . r. Let is set far 4I Thin`.:. _..
to an hour and tiled ;.
plenty of Cold water,
most growing, plant iti
find 'i'+f►'
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