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THE WHEEL THING - DAREDEVIL CYCLE SALE IS NO STUNT

JEREMY STEVENS
MATP
534 words
8 October 2005
Daily Telegraph
q - Weekend Shopper
1
English
Copyright 2005 News Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Weekend Shopper is the perfect forum for buying or selling your
treasures -- this weekend a teen thrillseeker wants to find a new home
for his circus-style unicycle

Genius can be learned, earned or stolen but so few of us are born with
it. Young Jack King is selling a unicycle he mastered on first sight
but the lad has bigger fish to fry these days and one lucky Weekend
Shopper can have Jack's magic machine for just $250.

Along the way he has developed an entrepreneurial savvy akin to a
Branson or Trump in his quest for newer toys.

As a result the circus bike has to go. "I'm only selling it to get
money because I don't use it much any more. I've had it about a year,"
the 13-year-old says.

He found his balance straight away and off he charged over hill and
dale without biting dust or concrete. "I can bunny-hop too; you hold on
to the seat and you jump. It's hard to do but I can go down gutters and
stuff. It's heavy duty," says the daredevil teen.

Ever launched off your mum's dining table? "Never," chimes mother
Jayne, not entirely convinced. Any maternal concerns were quashed by
the child's dexterity and dash. "He just seems to be very flexible; he
has an Olympic trampoline as well he takes bikes on, the ones without
wheels, and skateboards too."

The teen weighs in: "I've had stilts as well and I bought a $1600
downhill mountain bike. It's all fun trying new things. You have thin
unicycles but you can't do all this kind of stuff on them so I got a
heavy duty one. I've gone downhill on it and made it in one piece. You
pedal backwards so it slows you down. I got one of those electric bikes
too but I sold that, a motorbike and my car."

Your what? "Yeah, I had a Commodore. We live on an acreage and I bashed
it around the yard then sold it to get some new stuff," he says.

What next? Base jumping, big wave surfing or F1? "A Monaro would be
good," he deadpans.

Mum is quite impressed with his entrepreneurial abilities.

"What he usually does is start off with a trampoline, bike or a phone
and then sells them to fund a newer toy; he sold his PlayStation 2 to
get upgraded stuff.

"The money goes towards what he wants; new games for the PlayStation
Portable or credit for his mobile. But he doesn't do much work around
the house. Now he really doesn't have a use for his unicycle; there's
no point it just sitting around in a cupboard."

You can help fund Jack's next adventure by phoning 49817606.

Weekend Shopper is here to help you find that special treasure or sell
a pre-loved item. If it's priced under $300 your ad runs for free. Log
on to weekendshopper.com.au and follow the prompts.


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JJuggle

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

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Read carefully, this one tickles my fancy.

TAPPING INTO HISTORY BARS KEEP OLD BEER SIGNS EVEN WHEN BREW IS LONG
GONE

John Petkovic; Plain Dealer Reporter
750 words
7 October 2005
The Plain Dealer
Final
24
English
© 2005 The Plain Dealer. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
All rights reserved.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY MIKE LEVY THE PLAIN DEALER The 1970s Stroh's Beer sign
over the bar is one of the most recent to hang in the Beachland
Ballroom and Tavern.

The Erin Brew sign reads "Balanced for Taste" even though it hangs
crooked over the Beachland bar.

The old Little Kings sign sparked so many requests for the brew that
the Beachland's Mark Leddy had to stock it.

AFTER DARK

The Bud bikini babes can prance about all they want. Mark Leddy still
won't let them strut through his doors.

The co-owner of the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern is more likely to
cast his eyes upon a kooky clown. A flickering slice of yesteryear. A
campy send-up.

Leddy, you see, is the King of Beer Signs. He has them all around the
Beachland, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland.

Some pay homage to long-gone local swill. Some to working-class
standards like Pabst, Ballantine and Strohs. But they all have that
something the Bud babes lack: a vintage charm.

"Old signs have personality," says Leddy. "You can tell right away they
have that old style."

To some, old equals archaic.

"I've had beer distributors offer to give me new signs," he says. "They
think I just haven't gotten around to updating. But the last thing I'd
want is some cheaply made modern sign full of bimbos and jocks."

You won't find any here. Now, a clown on a unicycle is another story.

"Erin's Brew what a cool sign," says Leddy. "It was an old Cleveland
beer."

The plaque hangs over the bar, crooked even if it reads "Balanced for
Taste."

"That wasn't intentional," says Leddy. "Someone must've bumped it."

Leddy, who started collecting beer signs 30 years ago, stepped up his
quest for the ultimate cool beer sign when he opened the club in 2000.


"This bar was built in the 1940s," says Leddy. "So I wanted the signs
to convey that era."

Little did he know patrons would start drinking as if they were from
that era.

"They'll come in and see the signs and order the beers," he says. "The
problem is, they don't make a lot of them anymore."

Leddy does serve some oldies, though: Strohs, Ballantine, Pabst.

And he vows to serve Erin Brew if the long-gone beer ever makes a
comeback -- even if the clown on the unicycle looks like he's had one
too many.

Bud babes can't touch this

Bar land is overflowing with a sea of tacky bikini-clad beauts. But
these joints are rare islands of old-fashioned beer style:

The Blue Grass Inn: Never heard of Country Club Malt Liquor? For good
reason: The low-rent Pabst-family brew isn't available in Ohio. But
that hasn't stopped this honky-tonk, at 1821 Denison Ave., Cleveland,
from stocking a snazzy Country Club sign behind the bar. It's right
next to the vintage faux-Tiffany-glass Pabst and hot-red Genesee signs.


Willoughby Brewing Co.: This joint bills itself as Lake County's first
brewpub since Prohibition. Maybe, but it was also founded only seven
years ago. Still, the watering hole, in a refurbished railway car
parked at 4057 Erie St., boasts some odes to old-time drinking. Check
out the Leisy's banner, which celebrates the now-defunct Cleveland
beer.

Der Braumeister: If the jolly ol' beer-swilling Bavarian guy on the
front door doesn't put you in the mood, the beer signs sure will. The
Old World-style bar and restaurant, at 13046 Lorain Ave., Cleveland,
boasts walls and walls of vintage signs full of cheery madchens, burly
guys in lederhosen and the kind of mountains and castles that make one
say, "Welcome to Bavaria; now shut up and start drinking." Prosit!

Verlie's Cafe: The Verlie family has been running this West Side spot,
at 3355 West 46th St., Cleveland, for more than 40 years. You can tell
from the decor, a hodgepodge of vintage and homespun signs, posters
and, yep, beer signs. The vintage Pabst sign is appropriate; folks have
been drinking the stuff since before it became hip again. But what's
the deal with the Steel Reserve sign? Malt liquor, anyone?


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Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

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JJuggle wrote:
A tidbit to **** us off in so many way.



Funny stuff. My question is this: is Jagur taking on Apprentices? With
all those transactions under his young belt, this kid would definitely
qualify to spend some time at the feet of The Master.


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'Here in USA-today' (http://tinyurl.com/86zq4) are teachers reported who
receives each $2,500.-

Meg Greiner has a project called TEAM (Together Everyone Archives
More). It involves unicycling and other circus-techniques. It goes not
just from school, but it goes home and gets family moving. It's
targeted to young kids.

During the school-year there will appear a larger article on each
teacher.


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leo wrote:
'Here in USA-today' (http://tinyurl.com/86zq4) are teachers reported who
receives each $2,500.-

Meg Greiner has a project called TEAM (Together Everyone Archives
More). It involves unicycling and other circus-techniques. It goes not
just from school, but it goes home and gets family moving. It's
targeted to young kids.

During the school-year there will appear a larger article on each
teacher.



More info:

Meg Greiner

Independence (Ore.) Elementary

Physical education, grades kindergarten-4

Years full-time teaching: 19

Nominated by: Gay Timken, university colleague

She: Created TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) time, in which the
entire student body and staff convenes each morning to dance, stretch,
sing and sign together for 20 minutes. Afterward, the group salutes the
flag and recites an affirmation; Teaches 225 students in 10-11 classes
a day, taking time to learn each child's personality; Won grants to
fund a climbing wall, exercise equipment, pedometers, unicycles and
other circus arts equipment; Integrates special-education students into
all classrooms, structuring lessons so each child can succeed:
"Students come to understand that the people with whom they play are
more important than the game itself," says nominator Gay Timken; Has
children experience cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness and loss of
limbs through activities, videos and articles during National
Disabilities Awareness Month; Has children reflect on their attitude,
behavior and effort and rate their "level of responsibility" at the end
of lessons; Uses pedometers to help children visualize accomplishment.
Students graph their progress and check them out to take home and teach
families. "So it goes not just from school, but it goes home and gets
family moving, which is what we want to do," Greiner says.


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