A California animal advocate succeeds against the rodeos, until they organize and increase their own lobbying, 4-part story, part 1 begins at: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2003-06-04/feature.html/1/index.html A tacky-sounding food fair re: asparagus, featuring asparagus chocolate chip cookies, plus fried twinkies: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2003-06-04/foodfetish.html/1/index.html PS for those who don't know, Twinkies are well-known junk food. Tom Billings