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COLLEGE GIRL BAT-TALION

Sunday’s bat story revealed once again that we all lead parallel lives. Many readers have similar bat-battling tales.

My neighbor went to college on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She lived in a huge old house for 10 co-eds, with 10- or 12-foot ceilings and long curtains draping from the windows. This huge old house was surrounded by huge old trees and, every night, gobs and gobs of huge old BATS.

Well, late one night, one got in. It made it all the way up to the fourth floor, her attic abode. It started working its way down. Soon, a bat-talion of screaming girls formed, trying to swat the bat.

They wielded pillows, tennis rackets, vinyl tennis racket covers, beach towels, album covers (Beatles, white album if she remembers correctly), shoes, HAIR SPRAY(???), and a can of Raid.

‘’Um . . . yeah,’’ she recalls. ‘’We were ready for war.’’

Finally, the screaming brought over five big, strong engineering majors with boxes and jars. In very macho fashion, they put a jar over the poor bat as it hung on a curtain rod.

It was a fun night on the U.P., she recalled fondly. Sure beat studying, anyway.

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Praise report: We thank You, Father, for progress and healing for a Christian sister. Pam (Sept. 30 and Oct. 9) has had good news that the latest “bleed” in her brain is very small and won’t require surgery. She is feeling much better, and has moved out of the ICU. Thank You for placing Chris in her life to listen to her and love her at this time. We pray for ultimate healing. Lord, You are faithful! (Deuteronomy 7:9)