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LEAP YEAR BABIES FOREVER YOUNG.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-FEB-04 		Format: Online - approximately 1440 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: LEAP YEAR BABIES FOREVER YOUNG.(General News)(Being born on Feb. 29 has both its perks and perils, some local celebrators say)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard

You're a presidential candidate. You're an Olympic athlete. You're a "leap year" baby.

The world acknowledges you only every four years.

But that can have its perks. For those wanting to live in the White House, it means being the most powerful person in the world, if only temporarily. For Olympic athletes, it can mean a gold medal.

And for those born on Feb. 29, it can not only mean big, blow-out birthday parties when this date rolls around every four years, but a way to lie about your age while not entirely telling a fib. Or to say you have actually had fewer birthdays than your children.

"Think about it," said Springfield's Ellen Toman, who celebrates her 12th birthday today, even though she was born in 1956. "If I live to be 100, I'll only be 25. Now if I could just look 25 then."

Gladys Moeller of Springfield, born in 1904, will celebrate her 25th birthday today with friends at her assisted-living home in the Gateway area.

For Chester Pietka of Eugene, celebrating his 21st birthday in Portland with family today is no big deal. "It's just another year," said the lifelong accordion player and teacher, who is 84 today and was the recipient of a surprise birthday...

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