The Castlegar Sun Canadian Quiz-Cross Ann Landers Syndicated Columnist Dear Aan Landers: Youve given some pretty empty-headed answers, but the clinker to Carl in Akron sure takes the booby prize. Maybe you wouldn't charge YOUR kid interest, but not everyone has your income. I am expecting two copies of that cockeyed column in the mail any minute -- one from our college gradu- ate son who makes more money i one year than my husband and I eam off our investments in five and the other from our marned daughter who can't seem to control her spending. We chose to help our kids, but we didn't want to end up in the poor house. We cashed in some certificates of deposit and charged the kids the same rate of interest we had been getting. Our kids all live in more expensive houses than ours, and any time they feel as if we are ripping them off, we will be happy to take our money back and reinvest it. - E.K., Somewhere in Wisconsin Dear E.K.: I'm with you. Read on for more on this subject ACROSS Blots out Dear Ann Landers: Don't you pansoie jer know it's illegal to lend money to your kids without charging them interest? © You must always declare uncollected interest as income, and the Internal Revenue Service can tax you on it. — Portuguese Sat oe 5 Lean-tos Experienced in Montecito, Calif coin ORE PSB! OF Eats Sedative Race Upon participant 7. Fertilizer Smallest of a Crow cry litter Speed up Claim Actor Alan damages Belonging to 5. Grassland that man Stop light color 5. Door crosspiece 7. Make cryptograms Commit perjury Settle a bill Male offspring Name fora bunny Place at intervals Necklace. Noah's Financial landing place windfalls i” re Japanese a ot tae assembly Dangerous Dear Montecito: According to Ed Simkin, my accountant, it is NOT ille- gal to give interest-free loans to your children. The IRS, however, CAN tax the parents on the assumed interest, whether or not the children are actually paying it, depending on the amount of the loan and -what it was used for. All parents should talk to their accountants when considering loaning their children money. Daub on Drive crazy Aircraft type Center starter Geronimo Military assignment Meat dishes Organism body Mercenary Document addition Society bud, for short Recipe abbr Most magnan imous Dear Ann Landers: I simply must respond to that jackass who said women who stay home and keep house have it easy. This is a sore subject because. entinely too many people have Molasses this ridiculous notion and it bums me beverage up. 48 — Tve been a homemaker, housekeep- (Nolte film) er, repair person, cook, laundress and Stead slave for more than SO years. My hus Grape juice band retired 15 years ago. He does not Vquor lift a finger in the house. He plays golf visits with his buddies, comes home when he gets hungry and sits on his fanny Women do not retire. The house work and laundry go on. The market ing, cooking and cleaning never stop. The only good thing that has happened LOOK FOR THE ANSWERS to the CROSSWORD in our in the last few years is that my husband has stopped bothering me in bed. So. Ann, please tell that idiot who wrote to stuff it. - B.B., Wheeling, W.Va. Dear B.B.: You did and every homemaker in America thanks you. WEST KOOTENAY: ADVERTISER Coming out this Saturday | Calvin and Hobbes With THESE. SNORKAS, WE CAN STAY UNDER WATER ANOEFINITELN CANIN, T DONT WANT YOU UP IN THAT TREE BABY BLUES JUST THINK Wednesday, May 19, 1993 by Bill Watterson WELL SO FAR, THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR DYSAPPONTHENT SOME OF THE BRANCHES: ARE DEAD AND THEY MIGHT BREAK COME ON DOWN by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott | {HERES MOMMY AND 20€ BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE \ sre/es/ae HERE'S MOMMY HELPING LOE OPEN HER CHRISTMAS ~~ DOD THERES 20€ |: BOY' DOES THAT BRING HELPING MOMMY OPEN BACK MEMORIES OR WHAT ? ZIHER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS... “r= 7 ——— Bui) J REALLY LIKE THIS TIE YOU ONE BIG HAPPY (“USE EACH OF THESE. \{ WORDS IN A SENTENCE: CAT, BED, CHAIR, PAN.” > (eR LET’S SEE WHAT YOU CAME. UP WITH OE. PIKE 2E ALLY? (TWAS THE Rt ‘ (TOUT. >)( peer FIRST ONE $ t — SHE RUINED, * vy VEE x by Rick Detorie RUTHIE, | THINK YOU THE BED IS BIG. CAN BE’A LITTLE MORE THE CHAIR IS BIG. CREATIVE. THAN THIS. THE PAN |S BIG. = VW | b-

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