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Reagan apologizes to Kiester MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? President Reagan has apdlogized to a freshman congressman for using the word "keister" to describe the human posterior. Ren. Tim Pennv. a native of Kiester. Minn., said Mnnrlav he received a letter of apology last week in response to a letter he wrote in May about Reagan statements he deemed offensive to his hometown. In one speech, Reagan had said he was fed up to his keister with news leaks. In another, the president said he wished bankers would get off their keisters and lower interest rates. "I resolve to never use that honored name again in that context," Reagan wrote to Penny. "In all these years I have never known it was a proper name. DIaooo nrvnunii rr* * ? ror? rnt c on/^ or\r\lr\rtinc t rv trmir r?r\nctiti ipntc i iluov \*\Ji* v? uij auu apuiu^iwo iu ^v/ut vviioiuuviuo and tell them I ask forgiveness." Although the two words are prononuced the same, they are spelled differently. In Kiester, Minn., a little town of 681 people near the Iowa border, the "i" is before the "e." "Your comments have unfortunately caused some confusion and distress in our area," Penny, a Democrat, had written to Reagan. "P.S. A map of Minnesota is attached. Kiester is circled at the bottom." Penny said he was satisfied with the apology and plans to meet with Reagan next month to present him an official Kiester Jaycees cap. Friendly alligator to go to zoo ANDERSON (AP) ? Farmer Charlie Stevenson says he is giving Waldo, his pet alligator of nearly two decades, to a nearby zoo because the 10-foot reptile is so friendly. "1 hate to see her go," said the 86-year-old Stevenson, who kept the alligator in a pond on his farm. "She has been my pet for 18 years. She is just one of the family. She has a friendly disposition." But the alligator, which local legend says was brought to the county by a youngster returning from Florida, had grown so large that the family feared for its safety. Stevenson's wife said the family feared the creature would walk up to a stranger or a young child unaccustomed to seeing such a sight and scare them. "When people were fishing, they would lay a fish they had caught on the bank and Waldo would come up, eat it and go back in water," Mrs. Stevenson explained. Stevenson and several state wildlife officers lured Waldo in to a bear cage early Tuesday. Waldo is expected to go on exhibit at the Anderson County Fair for the next two weeks before being taken to the Greenville Zoo. WELCOME TO - t^ FAMOUS |m g H I VILLAGE SQUARE CENTER, LEXING !.i - SUMTER ST., ACROSS FROM USC I I. GRANBY VILLAGE CTR., CHARLESTON i # COUPON | BBQ PORK SANDWI 0 served with Slaw and Pickles on $1.29 J uameroom and Ice Cream Open til ^ Coupon Expires 9-20-83 ### # ? COUPON < I SUPER SLAW DO ? 1/4 lb. All Beef Oscar Meyer wit # Homemade Chili and Slaw, an $1.09 cm Gameroom and Ice Cream Open til ? Coupon Expires 9-20-83 s! 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I m h Mustard, 9 I 88 d Onions O I mW I m served with & I m| w & Onion ? B j||| ????##? J I I J pH^?^ rg^-^.^Tv'1^'! iBK?T" ajk :^gHMHbiap^K<' ; ^ llbiil Hk^- .-'%'? IPN University Bookstore recently. inriarv rliQnnt MMii J! ?. Judge Walter Hoffman of Norfolk, Va., who conducted the 1981 hearings. The report must be filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, but it hasn't been finished and a spokesman in Hoffman's office says no date has been set for completing it. Robert Cook, of the state attorney general's office said it could be months. Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers said he doesn't know when a decision will be made. I Tni^Ar thn I 1 Q CTTTCTX7I CTTC U.lJ. ^UlldlllUllUlI, 11 It Supreme Court should decide the dispute. While the states can file addi Hi p jj I V -^jl ^ B (ik Photo by Jenoifw ' >< " en e continues tional arguments once Hoffman's report is in, there's no appeal of the high court's ruling. The dispute dates back to land grant maps and surveyors' charts from the early 1700s. The river has meandered over the last 250 years and has changed the location of certain landmarks on the charts, causing a question as to the exact location of the border. In 1977, Georgia filed suit, seeking 3,000 acres of land and 10,000 acres of water near the mouth of the river. Any decision would also affect the location of the border 200 miles into the Atlantic. \j?zZm Jg