Light side M
Crossword Thick-skinned pastor
y surgical nurse was having a difficult time inserting an IV in my hand. She finally asked: “Mr. Zimmer- man, are you a mechanic or work in heavy industry?” I
said, “No, why?” She answered, “Because you have very thick skin.” I calmly replied, “Oh, that’s because I’m a minister.” Dennis Zimmerman Versailles, Ind.
Amen? One of the pastors at Calvary Lutheran Church, Richland Hills, Texas, has a soon-to-be 2-year-old. His parents wondered one day why Holden was walking around the house saying, “Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man.” They found out that evening after the dinner prayer when Holden added his: “Oh, man.” Chuck Pegg Justin, Texas
A perky prelude A little mission church worshiped in a house’s cramped quar- ters. The pianist (my mother) sat at the entrance where every- one could look over her shoulder when they came through the door. One Sunday she used adhesive tape to cover the name of her energetic prelude. After worship someone pointed to it and asked, “What does that hide?” She sheepishly replied, “Drinking song.” James H. Wente Bethel Park, Pa.
DENNIS FLETCHER
By Richard Bansemer
Mary, mother of our Lord
ACROSS 1. Mary, mother of __ 4. Samantha __, actress in Doctor Doolittle
9. British thermal unit
12. Just the two of us together 13. South Pacific island 14. Shocking fish 15. Introductions 17. Summer sun result 18. First Russian space station 19. Breathing allergy 21. South Pacific island 24. Sew up a falcon’s eyes for training purposes
25. Honorable title (Turkish) 26. Thus far 28. 13-19 31. Campaigns 33. A run from the law 35. One kind of horn 36. A desert in the Holy Land 38. Tell on 40. Airport info 41. A few last words 43. Theological teachings 45. Mississippi and Missouri 47. Is a tomato a fruit __ vegetable?
48. Untouchable tennis serve 49. Trimmings on the dish 54. One __ person 55. Devoid of ideas or intelligence
56. Mimic 57. Six pointers (abbr.) 58. Grandmothers 59. Animal’s foot
DOWN 1. Gross Dom. Product 2. Mary, __ lady 3. “__, a deer, a female deer ...” 4. Hostility 5. Angel at the Annunciation 6. Octagonal motif in oriental rugs 7. Lengths times widths 8. Potato type 9. Place where Mary gave birth
10. Group of nine in the good ’ole summertime
11. Forearm bone 16. “__ blue?” 20. Prepares to drive? 21. Small lake 22. Acute fever 23. Morning headaches? 27. Roof or road patch 29. __ bene (Latin) 30. Dead, Red and Seven 32. The compass point that is one point east of southeast
34. Beloved name of Mary 37. Jesus, “Born of the __ Mary” 39. Right-wingers across the pond
42. Ethiopian lake 44. Engine runner 45. With __ attention 46. Frosted 50. Campaigned 51. Hazard prefix 52. Evironmental Protection Agency 53. Tend tears?
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