ae ; on : BS. CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 1, 1981 Ann Landers = ; Deor Ann: Yesterday my husband's former wife telephoned here and yelled hysterically for 30 minutes. She d HIS six-y Id son of lly mol a five-year-old neighbor girl. It seems the two children were discovered with almost all their clothes off, examining each other, * My husband became very: upset, | did my best to , calm him down. Will you please say something In your column on this subject? I'm sure it would be helpful toa great many parents of young children. Is this really sexual abuse? If not, what is it? Thanks for yourhelp, ay — NO BIG DEAL IN, CONNECTICUT Dear Daal: ft is not uncommon for five: and six- year-olds to take thelr.clothes off and examine one | another. No, it is not sexual abuse. ft. is natural curlosity, We used to call 1 “playlng doctor.” I's a good Idea to check.periodically on young d, it DUSINESS Telephone. 365-5210 Now Insertions, copy ch ie cancellations foi r the iness Directory W' be weet ed bofere the first Wete nesay issue of each month only. Dunwoody & Co.“ Chartered Accountarits 410 Columbia Ave. . . Castleger Complete: . Ph. 365-2151 ‘, Septic Tank Service ' . ‘ Sand: )” Gravel (°° Topsoil: Excavating len Folkman, B.Com., C.A.. Resident Partner : children at play. If this sort of thing Is dis should be made clear that private s are private and clothes should be kept on at ail times. Best not to dwell on It, After the point is made, bring in refreshments and change the subject. ey ee Dear Ann: This is not o matter of life and death, but a friendship is hanging In the bal: - Please tell me who is right. Awhile back | price, plus tox. ‘ ¢ Recently | decided to move out, | inquired about taking the object with me. She insists it is hers, even though | paid for it, I'm sorry { djdn't smash the thing to smithereens, because now she has a slightly damaged object and a brand new one that I paid for. * What do you say? = 8 : — MAD IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Dear Mad: The object you bought was a replacement for the one you damaged. It belongs to her, It would have been nice, however, if she had of- fered you the slightly damaged one. -Dear Ann: Three years ago | became friendly with a man who sold us a new roof and other improvements on our house. After seven or eight visits the inevitable happened. We fell for each other. . a Six months ago my husband passed away. | know | should stop seeing this man, but | am so depressed and lonely it's vary hard to make the break. Last night. 1 looked in his wallet, and when | saw . the pleture of his wife and three kids 1 felt like a rat. What is‘a lonely widow to do? : : — CRYING A LOT IN EL CAJON, CALIF. Dear Crying:.So you are lonely? 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English language ~-has a defender : EDMONTON (CP) — The editors of the new Oxford American: Dictionary say “practise” is spelled “prac- tice” and there is little you or I can do about it. - But the English language has a defender in C. Robert Dickey. . Going by the nom de plume Richard Roberts, Dickey writes’ a weekly column called The Queen's English for the Edmonton Journal in which he snipes at -every- thing from amusing error to verbal atrocity. ‘He finds them largely in The Journal itself, but some- times extends his comments to publications like a city brochure on a new hillside convention centre. A draft copy of the brochure des- Valentines ‘stamped in Loveland LOVELAND, COLO. (AP) — Lovers who want to give their valentines a special sign of affection can send their eards to Loveland, where they will be stamped with a postmark from the “Sweet- heart Town” and remailed. The‘ valentines will be stamped in red ink with a four-line poem and a special postmark reading “A Sweet- heart of a Town on Valen- tine’s Day.” The poem will read: “Dan Cupid's gone a-questing, “All tonely hearts to find; * “And thru his sly endeavors, “Every heart is valentined.” More than 300,000 valen- tines are expected to be handled here this year, the 35th year the service has been performed. Dennis: Anderson, of the local Chamber of Commerce says the valentines come from around the world, in- cluding Poland and Czecho- slovakia. . Valentines should be pre- stamped with adequate pos- tage, then placed in an outer wrapper and addressed to Postmaster, Loveland, Colo., 80537. The service is free. - cribed the centre as “soaring four stories into the earth.” Roberts, .as he prefers to’ be known inadvertently be- gan his career as language critic about two weeks ago when he wrote three letters to the newspaper. Publisher J.P. 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