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By Times Wires
Published October 24, 2007

Bows and arrows

Complaint on target even if archers aren't

There is currently no archery going on in Archery Park. The park has been a place for people to practice their skill with bows and arrows in Eau Claire, Wis., for more than 20 years, but it was closed to archers in September after a neighbor found a stray arrow in his yard. "The person has a legitimate concern," said parks superintendent Phil Johnson, noting that it was the latest in a series of occasional complaints on the subject over the past 15 years. The park is set up within wooded hillsides and a series of earthen berms to contain the missiles, but some people really can't shoot straight, apparently.

I see Paris ...

If pants are falling, the fine is rising

The town of Port Allen has become the eighth community in Louisiana to ban droopy drawers. Pants there must be secured at the waist so they do not fall below the hips and expose underwear or create indecent exposure. "Underwear is called underwear for a reason," said council member Hugh Riviere. Violators face fines ranging from $25 to $500. But at least one woman brought an interesting argument against the measure: Stephanie DeLaney said that she has recently lost a lot of weight - congratulations on that, certainly - and that for that reason, a lot of her clothes are pretty loose these days. "I'd hate for someone to call the cops on me for that," she said.

Updates

Collapsing Earth

A sculptor named Eino has reconstructed his work at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Spaceship Earth, which was a work intended to evoke the fragility of the planet, collapsed on itself in December, just three months after its installation. Eino has spent the past four months putting the 175-ton bronze and stone piece back together. Initial reports were that the glue failed, but the artist says he found chain marks around the neck of a figure on the globe, and tire tracks nearby. So he suspects someone helped the glue fail.

D.C. dry cleaners

Roy Pearson, the administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., who lost his pants at a dry cleaner, then lost a $54-million lawsuit when a court rejected the case, is about to lose his job, too. The Washington Post reports that the commission charged with appointing the judges voted against bringing him back. The decision is not final, and could change. The panel's meetings are not public, and the Post used anonymous sources. One other thing: If they cut Pearson loose, he could take them to court.

Compiled from Times wire services and other sources by staff writer Jim Webster, who can be reached at jwebster@sptimes.com.

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