News of Interest to Immature Readers Only

• (1) England's Tavistock Town Council hastily changed the wording in March of its help-wanted ad seeking a general maintenance person (a "hand," in local jargon); thus, it is no longer wording the offering as a "general hand job."

• (2) Alaska's Juneau Empire newspaper announced on February 26 a rededication ceremony for the local homeless facility, long known as the Glory Hole Shelter.

• (3) In April, the Tisdale, Saskatchewan, town council finally decided, after 60 years, to alter the widely used and inspiring town slogan (honoring the canola oil's parent, the rapeseed) -- "Land of Rape and Honey."

• (4) A Brazilian student-athlete enrolled at Medicine Hat (Alberta) College announced he would play the basketball season under his real Brazilian-German name, Guilherme Fuck (which he insists is pronounced foo-kay). [Plymouth Herald, 3-4-2015] [Juneau Empire, 2-26-2015] [Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News, 4-21-2015] [Medicine Hat News, 3-20-2015]

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