An El Lay kind of Grandpa: A...

An El Lay kind of Grandpa: A Sylmar resident found a flyer in her mailbox that was signed by Grandpa Mike, who announced he was available for handyman work. Plumbing, carpentry, repairs, you name it. Twenty-five years experience. So, when her garage door malfunctioned, she gave Grandpa Mike a call.

He arrived in a shiny Mercedes (with requisite car phone). Dark-haired Grandpa Mike, who looked to be about 40, was fashionably dressed. When the resident’s dog came out to greet him, Grandpa Mike sidestepped the animal, explaining that he was, after all, wearing white slacks.

Then an old car pulled up. Out stepped a young man in work clothes, whom Grandpa Mike introduced as his assistant.

Grandpa Mike mentioned, in case anyone was interested, that he’s a real estate agent.

Follow that teddy bear!LAPD Officer Bill Carter saw a driver gathering up some toy animals that had spilled onto the Pomona Freeway when another motorist scooped up a giant teddy bear and fled. Carter, who was off duty, gave chase.

Eventually, the thief tossed the teddy bear into an alley and disappeared. The officer retrieved the toy. Carter, who figures that the stuffed animal is “probably worth $150 to $200,” is holding it in protective custody until the owner claims it.

Let’s hope that Deep Throat doesn’t leak the names: With the Dodgers’ Peter O’Malley and Tommy Lasorda on the Host Committee, L.A. will be well represented for the Nixon-Eisenhower All-Time Baseball Greats Luncheon in Yorba Linda.

Seats are priced at $200 and $500 for the July 15 event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace, leading us to believe that there won’t be any scalpers outside.

Inside, ex-President Nixon and son-in-law David Eisenhower will reveal their all-star teams for the “era from 1925 to 1959 and the expansion era from 1960 to 1991.”

We feel it would have been more pertinent to divide up the players into pre- and post-Watergate teams.

Foreign aid: Jackson, Miss., which contributed the famous Elvis float to the Tournament of Roses Parade a few years ago, is sending something even more meaningful to L.A.--10,000 pounds of chicken for this city’s poor. The food will be served at the Los Angeles Mission on July 3. Kane Ditto, mayor of Jackson, says the event will demonstrate “the necessity and feasibility of cross-continental cooperation to attack the homeless problem.”

Self-Park Land: Four-year-old Betsy Scheibe of Encino heard a catchy radio jingle for what sounded like a fun place near LAX. Her parents tried to tell her it’s just a private parking facility but Betsy wouldn’t listen. “I want to go to Wally Park,” she demanded.

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Those beautiful-sounding Spanish phrases: Calle Maleza near Palmdale translates as Weeds Street.