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Wednesday, February 12,1992

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Dear Ann Landers: | was
appalled by your response to the
mother who wanted to know if she
was justified in excluding her
daughter's lesbian partner from the
family photo.

ys
and lesbians is that they don't
count.

Td like you to know that we DO
count, We function like families.
We pay taxes and lead fulfilling
lives, which is more than can be

expected better from you, Get a
grip, Ann. — Seost B.M.

Dear Scou — anil the thousands
of others who wrote to protest my
answer

Please go back and read that col-
umn. You will see that the mother
who wrote said the photo was
being taken for the purpose of
recording the family genealogy.
Since I am not an authority on

ey. I checked with
who is,

Robert Sheets, president of the
American Archives Association,
said, “Legal marriage is required
for genealogical purposes unless

L

said for many straight
That column was
aging to a great many people who

the state gn

marriages.
That response, to my way of

‘Annie’s Gold J
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Schedule for Feb. 12 & 13, 1992

é Wed. 6:30 pm, Thurs. 9:00 am
* West Kootenay Today —- Katrine Conroy talks to Dal
Richards, the big band leader for the Variety Club Telethon.
Wed. 7:00 pm, Thurs. 9:30 am
* 1991 BCSSA Swim Meet — 2nd and 3rd day finals.
Wed. 8:30 pm, Thurs. 11:00 am
+ FACTS — A repeat from tuesdays live broadcast.
Wed. 10:00 pm, Thurs. 12:30 pm
* Trail Gly: Council — Gavel to gavel coverage.
Sunday, Feb. 16, 1992
* 6:30 pm - West Kootenay Today — repeat from above.

+ 7:00 pm - USCC Youth Festival - part 2.

+ 8:06-pm-FACTS - repeat from above. -
*\9230 pm - 1991 BCSSA Switn Méeét - see above schedule.
* 11:00 pm - Castlegar Realty Rocker Invitational Basketball

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scionable. philanderers, has i ever
occurred 16:you that some. of jis
find ourselves locked into rowen,

ig family

My personal opinion is that they
SHOULD be included in: family
photos, but when it comes.to

a woman who is involved with a
married man, your response jis
“chump the louse.”

While many married men whip
cheat on their wives are uncom-

My grand.

my gran

It's time I told you about

\dmother,
who was far ahead of her time and that’s why she
looked so old. One time, she was confronted by
the law for performing surgery badly without a
licence, and then she was sent to the Young
Ladies Professional development, Training and
Finishing School. She said it was’ so quiet there
that you could hear yourself file bars. It gave her
time to sort out her life so that when they let her

iages we simply
can't get out of for legitimate rea-
sons?

A husband who would never
have thought of cheating finds him-
self with two alternatives — find
love elsewhere or live without
female is

If he meets a woman who would
be compatible and he is honest
about being married she will back
off. The woman either thinks he is
lying about the sad state of his mar-
riage, or she has read too many of
your columns.

other’s

For many of us, it led to very extinguished
careers. During most of her life, she lived in an
old folks home and that's where she met my
grandfather, (who looks like me). Amulatory the
Stern, or Grouchy, as Grandma loved to call him.

Grandma

uld justify the re

longs for companion-
ship and love (not just sex) doesn’t
have many options. He can keep
his married status to himself, he
can pick up a tramp with whom he
has very little in common, or he
can live a life without love while

is miserable and — Locked in a

Marriage.

‘wrong
being honest with your wife? If the
marriage is “totally rotten and mis-
erable” for you, it can't be very
good for her. A man who wants the
comforts of home’ and the fun of
Playing around on the outside gets

out, she went to U:

Universi- gm

Actually, it's not her fault she’s a poor
doctor. She's that way because of poor
eyesight and a bad memory. Once, she
even accidently sewed two people togeth-
er, though it turned out really well. They

fell in love, had six kids and

supporte:
themselves jointly. Grandma always did her-_best

for her patients.

She got many referrals from other doctors.
The minute anyone wanted to end it all, they
were sent to Grandma. Sometimes she worked so
hard that she had to work well into coffee time
and at other times, she had a lot of time on her

+ In December, a Missouri
appeals court ruled against a life

d

the e:

victims died. The families of some
victims are claiming damages

and #, under Berdella’s homeowner's

case_for fyrther jury
into what convicted Kansas City
serial killer Robert Berdella had in
mind when his sexually tortured

policy, ng that
Berdella didn't actually intend to
kill the men and that the deaths
were “accidents” that happened in
Berdella’s home in 1988. They
say he injected the men with ani-
mal tranquilizers, beat them, elec-
trically shocked them, and had sex
with them, but really intended to
keep them alive. (The policy
would not pay off for “intentional”
killings.)

OOPS!

* McDonnell Douglas Corp.,
needing to demonstrate that 410
Passengers could be safely evacu-
ated from its MD-II jetliner as well
as the normal 287 the aircraft
holds, conducted two tests in
October in Los Angeles. Although
11 passengers were injured in the
first test, the company proceeded
with the second test, which injured
36 more people, including one 60-

during that time that Grandmas grew a little
quiet and we were worried that she had lost
some of her spunk. Then she was elected as the
President of the Dentures Club, and she just
knew she fit in. It was a position she had covet-
ed all her life. Therefor when the past president
keeled over, she knew she had a chance. During
when one of the elderlyest ladies put her denture
in upside down and chewed her head off.

News of the weir

likely. It was

sponse

Ro green light from me.
Dear Aun Landers: Our
getting

looking for anything. Should I
write on it, “No gifts, please”?
What's your advice? — Davenport,
lowa,

Deat Dave.: Drop a note and tell
them the news or send a small wed-
ding picture. While many people
will disagree, I feel that an

gift.

jail term joys
i The funeral lasted several day, bringing
together the near and dear and the far and cheap.
Grandma led the choir of reformed i
and habit-forming nuns in a rousing rendition of,
“Yes sir, she’s my baby,” and most of us

and Grouchy married in a lovely into tears. The minister, Freddy K. Designated,
two ring that took place in the bathtub
in Hannted Hollow Nursing Home. Grendpas
put in his personal appearance long before his

mechanics

you could get stamped out more ways than
one,

After that funeral, Grandma volunteered
for the Red Cross where she specialized in
Blood Letting. This is as popular an enter-
tainment as it was in the 1500's but the Red

population explosion

do about it. She said that those who practice
birth control, should practice harder. Lord
knows, she did what she could to lessen the
Population. I also asked Grandma if she has any
regrets. She said she did. She misses the cama-
raderie of our penal system. She sighs when she
thinks about her dear friends in jail and wonders
if she'll ever join them again. And she wants me
to always remember one thing: "A day on
parole is like a day without sunshine.”

d by Chuck Sheperd ____

a in the rural

senior Citi: (at
$49 a head) to comply with the
federal requirement that 15 per-
cent of the test passengers be over
age 50. A company spokesman
said the number of injuries was
“well within the FAA and compa-
ny expectations.”

+ In Key West, Fla, in October,
Vicki Childress, 38, had an asthma
attack during the night, reached
for the atomizer she keeps under
her pillow next to a loaded .38-
caliber gun, grabbed the wrong
thing, and shot herself in the jaw.
The bullet shattered her teeth and
passed through the jaw into the
wall of her bedroom.

+ In December, a Little Rock,
Ark., jury awarded Nellie
Mitchell, 96, $1.5 million in dam-
ages from the tabloid
The Sun, which had used her
photo in a story about someone
else. The other Nellie Mitchell
was reported to be a 101-year-old
A i carrier who

year-old woman who suffered a
broken spine and is now paralyzed
from the neck down. most
of the victims were McDonnell

‘spaper
had quit her job because she had
become by a millionaire
customer. Lawyers for The Sun
dm in court that the story, as

mployees, t
woman was recruited from a

well as others in the magazine,
was fictiti and that the editor

Sell it in the classifieds.

Phone 365-7848

who selected the photo did so
because he assumed the real Nel-
lie was dead. The real Nellie runs

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Slower for Every Woman.”

'|1944 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar

4-Course Dinner
for two.

ty of Mountain Home, Ark, and
had been the subject of a 1980
tabloid story.

+ In September, Charleston
(S.C.) County school leaders
selected Jeanne C. Sink from
among the five finalists to be
Teacher of the Year. The next day,
for some reason officials could not
explain to the press, the name of
one of the other finalists, Sue Fike,
was released to the public as the
winner, and a reception was held
in her honor — at which she phi-
losophized at great length on the
good teaching habits that she
believed responsible for the
award. After the reception, the
school board remedied the mistake
and announced Sink the winner.

+ DSC Communications Co. of
Plano, Texas, reported in Novem-
ber that the cause of the massive
Phone service disruption that

fected 12 million customers in
Washing. D.C., Balti .
Pittsburgh, San isco and Los
Angeles last June 26 was that
DSC keyboard operator, entering a
computer code, typed a “6”
instead of a “d.”

+ AT&T said the massive dis-
ruption in telephone service into

said that was because all three
employees at that station were
away that day — at a class to
teach them how to handle a new
error-detection system.

Your choi
of two entrees.
+ Prime Rib
+ Commish Game Hen
* Baby Back Ribs
+ Russian specialty Dish

$32.00 per couple

Includes your choice from four salads
and four delicious desserts.

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broke into a house in Newark,
N.J., in October, stole some
things, then left in a hurry without
the daughter.

(Send your Weird News to
Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 57141,
Washington, D.C. 20037)

Wednesday, February 12, 1992

The Castlegar Sun

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CARICATURES &
ILLUSTRATIONS

DUANE Weester
(co4) 36%-5059

By Toni D'Amato

recently heard that Jessica

Tandy was not born in the
United States, I've enjoyed her
work for as long as I can re-
member and never detected
any accent which would imply
foreign birth. Where was she
born, and did she ever do TV
work? — H.E., Seattle

Tandy

, one of the grande
dames of the American stage
and a devoted film actress,
was born in London, England,
in 1909. Although she is best
known for her work on stage
and on film (“Driving Miss
Daisy,” “Fried Green Toma-
toes’’), she was a familiar
sight on TV during the '50s
when various playhouse se-
ries featured big-name stars.
She and husband Hume
Cronyn, who are celebrating
their. 50th anniversary this
year, played a married couple
in the 1954 summer comedy
series “The Marriage.” Tandy
was also in the recent NBC

movie “The Story Lady.”
Err time I look at Cher I
try to see some sign of ag-
ing, but she just seems to look
younger and younger. How old
is she? — S.L., St. Ps

HOROSCOPES

February 16-22

ARIES ~ March 21/April 20
Expect problems with relatives or
neighbors this week, Financially,
you may feel that you'll have io
Testrain yourself from spending too
freely until a more stable base is
secured. Don't sign any important or
legal documents until mid week.

TAURUS - April 21/May 21
You could be somewhat short of
your usual drive this week, unless
you really put your mind to it. You
may hear of some new ideas which
could change your current projects,
and start you on a new course which
might be of particular significance to
you over the next six months.

GEMINI - May 22/June 21

A recent emotional turmoil should
Start to abate now, and after Monday
yyou'll find that things become much
quieter. You may find that some of
your plans are now coming to fruition

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
The first few days of this week could
find you inyolved with young people
or children, who will need your

in organizing their activities. Good
planning on your part could make
any activity a pleasure. Money prob-
lems? Get off to an early start to get
a handsome financial return!

SAGITTARIUS — Nov 2¥/Dec 21
Someone close to you may get even
more emotional than usual concern-
ing a disagreement about money

it probably wouldn't make for a
peaceful week if you were to reveal
your future financial plans at this
time. Delays in plans are frustrating:
you shouldn't make any important
decisions this week
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
An admirer may show his or her
feelings in an unexpected way, but
an immediate response could lead to

and that you'll be exci ly busy

for the next month.

CANCER - June 22/July 22
Premature spring fever is in the air,
and you could be having lots of fun
with your friends — perhaps making
a lot of noise about it, or setting
harmless booby traps for a chief
executive. However, if you let your
sense of buffoonery get the upper
hand, you might soon be looking for
a new job. So be careful!

LEO - July 23/August 23

If you are employed in any creative
capacity, this is the week to allow
your ideas to flow to their full extent,
for you may be more perceptive now.
For romance, mid-week should be an
enjoyable time, and the euphoria
could spill into your social life and
make you the center of attention.

VIRGO -— August 24/Sept 22

During the weekend, a little thought
beforehand could avoid an argument
with your loved ones, and your time
will probably be better used in mus.
ing and reflection than in making
positive plans for the future
Financial matters are not too stable
at the moment. Watch your savings

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Some of your friends and neighbors
could want to alter a long-standing
agreement. In your heart you might
feel that this would be wrong, and
you may want to veto it. However,
tempers could become inflamed and
you may feel that the issue is not
worth a definite stand on matters of
principle

mi: gs about your feel-
ings. You may have a big assign-
ment this week, but you'll find it dif-
ficult to concentrate on it properly
because of other matters

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
The stars show that you'll be drawn
towards some new friends in an
unfamiliar environment. Romance
could make you blind to the wam-
ings of your family. If you are laid
up from an illness or injury, you can
expect a good deal of attention. It
won't be too long before you're back
on your feet

PISCES - Feb 19/March 20
It appears that you're currently
involved in something of a financial
nature, but if you are trying to get
together a financial deal that could
benefit you considerably, the stars
don't indicate success this week —
it will be better if you postpone
finalizing such matters until some-
time around mid-March.

YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK
The next 12 months:

The coming year‘will be one of posi-
tive change, including career moves
and new relationships. Shortly after
your birthday, you'll have a surge of
energy and many tasks will be
accomplished. Your bubbly nature
and positive attitude has always been
magnetic; this year is no exception.
Just be cautious of attracting those
gloomy, depressing people who
always seem to enter your life. This
summer, travel is likely, and a new
adventure is just what you'll need!

Cher is 45. Her physical ap-
Pearance has brought her into
the exercise game, and her
new video, “Cher Fitness: A
New Attitude,” will have a se-
quel this spring.

WwW Pernell Roberts, the
actor who played
lam Cartwright on “Bonan-
za,” also a ge actor? —
J.G., Winston-Salem, N.C.
Beginning in 1950, Roberts
spent several years traveling
the East Coast in live theater
productions. In 1955 he won
a Drama Desk Award for best
off-Broadway actor for his
work in “Macbeth.” His big
break came when he won the
Adam Cartwright role on
“Bonanza” (he appeared
1959-65), but between that se-
ries and ‘‘Trapper John,
M.D.” (1979-86), he returned
to the theater. His Broadway
work includes the play ““Cap-
tain Prendergast’s Conver-
sion,” in which he co-starred
with the legendary Ingrid
Bergman.

was once a devoted “Mary

Hartman” fan, and I could
swear that the woman who
played Mildred Krebs in
“Remington Steele” was on
“Mary Hartman.” Is that so?
— S.P., Laramie, Wyo.
Doris Roberts, who played
Mildred Krebs in “Reming-
ton Steele,” filled the role of
evangelist Dorelda Doremus
on ‘Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman.” A familiar face on
TV, she won an Emmy for her
guest appearance in an epi-
sode of “St. Elsewhere.””
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