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CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 28, 1980

Motorists told to slow dow

in Alberta's national parks

Motorists heading to .Banff and Jasper National Parks are reminded of the reduced speed limit of 90 km/h that will take effect Oct. 1

William C. ‘Turnbull, Parks Canada's western re- gional director, reminds trav-

ellers on the Trans-Canada Highway through Banff Park, on the Yellowhead through Jasper National Park and on’ the Icefields Parkway which links the two parks to be alert to the change in speed limit, 4

“Bafety of park visitors

and wildlife are the two big reasons for the reduction in the maximum speed allowed ‘on these roads," said Turn-

ull. The lower speed limit is ‘ with adjoint

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‘ ry is one requiring exceptionally good judgment, ‘particularly where the ‘assessment’ o! behavior . is conce! . Much will occur that is not what It seems, Disappointments may con- ;: good. may be

ick disappointments. It is vital to the success of any enterprise it those:

human

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1@ Be dispirited 61 A sweet

16 Nebraska Indian 63 Three: comb.

form 64 Refuses + 68 Obvious. «pretense

67 Soft mixtures 69 Sarah's slave 70 High home

71 Bristles

72 Kind of mining 122 Wicked 74 Petty quarrels 123 Turgenev 75 Certain (slang)

* 78 Operate

79 Self-reproach 81 Wild plums

82 Turku. 83 A single 30 Hawaiian musical occasion instrument - 31 Certain Slav. $3 Green or black M Teamsters 36 A gentle push 38 Harvesters 40 Goal of women's lib 41 Forbearing

91 Meager . 92:Lounges

44 Flagrant . 7

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1French painter 59 Mr. Landon, to his friends

60 Pale colors

85 Playing card

indolently 48 Explorer Johnson 93 Miss Claire 95 Sun rooms

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15 Badly: a prefix 73 Créscent-

16 Critical

“A Christmas 17 Different:

comb. form

18 Regions

122 Once surnamed 25 — Murphy Clay 29 Constellation

113 African pygmy 32 Vintage auto

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108 Kind of skirt 110 Character in

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* shaped figure 74 Rail birds 75 Actress Massey 76 Competent’ 77 Tibetan gazelles 80 English

at the decision- making level beable to dis- cern the difference betw: is beneficial to’

mately of real value. Not to do so may to attain

TAURUS:{April:20-May 5) Personal confuse career issues early f in the week. Rest on your. laurels when and where you can. (May. 6-May 20) -- 4D; Unless you rely at least: as. much’on reason as on your emotions this week, you will impossible, , rela- fail where new projects are’ eek,

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expense of future failure. ersonal relationships

may suffer early in the week

from a lack of time on the

‘8 end however, friendships should be faster and romantic asso-

’ ciations firmer, all as a con-

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heroihe 124 Donkeys 125 Prophet 126 A valley

vessel 49 Not Rep. 51 Mentally alert’ 52 Italian coins

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58 Son of Priam

57 Goddess of - agriculture

60 Large cat

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states of mind

8 To free 9 Sophisticated

101 Fits of pique

103 The tarsus

104 Portable peep “show ¢ ‘

105 African

antelope 106— Marner - 109 Letter phrase

47 Quay 48 Nourished 50 French school ‘54 An attic “"'55 Greedy hoarder 58 Propelled a gondola “915,

98 Hunting dogs 102 Glossy fabric 103 Brightest star

in Scorpio 107 “— Liebe Dich”

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70 Relevant 71 Nose (collog.) ‘72 A support

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fairway ; 117 Yellow bugle 119 Corrida cheer

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tie altuation from becoming maudlin in. tone ar

, such viruses broadly classi- fied into type “A” and type “B.” To distinguish the causa- tive agent in various epi-

nships demic situations, health sci-

entists classify the viruses according to the place and di Py the yearin which a particular virus is first identified.

be offered by the West Koot- enay Health District in “Oc- tober will protect against:

3 {Sert. 8-Sept. 22) — Ti e off early in the week to et your own house In order before’ you begin to organize another's domain.

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: | CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 28;

; Eppie Lederer, better” ‘known to ‘millions of readers worldwide as Ann Landers, is celebrating her 25th. an-

“niversary. as an advice .

columnist. She spoke to Syd- + :

ney Weisman, a freelance writer, recently in her apar- ‘tment on Chicago's Lake . Shore Drive. The interview appeared originally in .The Reader, a Chicago weekly! ’~ This is an edited version.

‘My real name is Esther Pauline. But that's.much too long, so It's. shortened to Eppie. No friend ever calls me Ann. if 4 hear.Ann, I never turn my head because V'm_ always ‘sure they're talking ‘to someone else, | don't respond to Ann. .__

-Vou'reatwia? —” i Yes, arn

Whet's her real nome’ opie «Her. name ‘is. Pauline Esther. (Now Dear Abby). We were born.on the Fourth

-of July, naturally, ‘in Sioux City, lowa,;in 1918, We stayed in Sioux City and went . to Morningside College ‘there for. 31%

‘years, And ‘then we had.a double wed- ding. We were the closest of twins: yo

‘t we were absolutely in- you twins? itd . Biologically, yds. St a,

did you in college? oe Mostly’boys (laughing). We were not serious students but wa made very good grades, ! studied Spanish, actually, arid" * it was the one thing that | felt was.a - great advantage. I'm still able to speak Spanish in Mexico City, or Madrid, ; or San Juan, or wherever Spanish. is spoken. But l was never career minded. It wasn't the vogue. It wasn’t. . . well, irls didn't think about careers In those lays. It sounds like I'm talking about. the Stone. Age, but young ladies from upper-middlé-class Jewish families with Midwestern backgrounds .didnt think about careers, You were married, had.a ‘family, and then went to work in the + community. That was it. ~ Then how'did you become Ann Londers, con- you sought fo be... ? ~ 1 ge Well,, J was always energeti nd. . "Rad asense of service; Ten Twi to" dé something: But ‘it was always volun-, teer work. tn Slowx City? Bor) No, this was after | was married and © we lived in Eau Claire, Wiscohsin; And ! -was involved in the American Red Cross Gray Lady work. | started a League of Women Voters chapter in Edu Claire, | became interested in politics. And heing

‘lf was a ‘gutsy : thing | did’

a citizen of Wisconsin, I recognized very early, | think earlier than most, that our senator, Jos@ph. McCarthy, was.a, :serious -threat {to freedom.. To «the

security of the people of this country. So, '.

-I decided to. do something about. it, about Sen." Joseph. McCarthy. And -in those days, there were very few Democrats‘in Eau Claire County. Those who where: Democrats weren't saying’ very “much,, about it. People were terrified of'Joe McCarthy. i . | In retrospect, it was a gutsy thing | did. ! organized a group of women, and some men, to increase tha number of Democrats in our county so that we would have a voice at the state conven- tion in Madison. No Democrats had any © position of importance in:.the ‘state, . whatever..1 was. also acting national . uni of ‘the- Democi , Party for the state of Wisconsin. And this was great fun because | was able to go to. Washington and meet people who .., were politically active on a national level, BS : Then we decided we needed some money for the-local Democratic Party in Eau Claire. So’ we invited that mar-. Naellous new: mayor of Minneapolis, Hubert Humphrey, to come and speak at a dinner. And there" was great ex-

even Rep would come to hear Mayor Humphrey. ‘So, about that time, we were having an election, and, you know, when x b ved in hing, the first thing that happens ts they want to make you chairman. | was suddenly elected chairman of the Democratic Party: We had a wonderful fund-raising dinner. And Hubert Humphrey was our speaker. And that was the beginning of the tevival of the Democratic Party in the state of Wisconsin. : ‘

After that, we worked with Madison and we elected (two people) who are still senators. We elected Pat Lucey as

*governor and the whole state ‘turned around. The New York Times sent a correspondent to find out what hap- pened in this little corner of Wisconsin. In addition to that, we had. . . the first selection to be held in the United States after Eisenhower was elected president. lt was.a special election for the. Ninth Congressional District in Wisconsin. "Never had been held by a Democrat.

Well, they wantéd me to run for the seat, but | was'not interested in running for office: | wouldn't then and | wouldn't

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now,. There was no way | would leave my home and my daughter, who was’ then about seven or eight, I couldn't live - part-time in Washington and part-time in Eau Clatre. But, I'm certain, had trun, ° t would have’ been elected...In fact, the man we selected to run was elected and + he served many, many years. And it was, the first time that. district. went Democratic and it was a great thrill. To be able to turn something around,

- something so formidable, ‘it was really ‘exciting. So I began to feel that | could be effective and I knew then that | didn’t want to bea professional politician,.but! had to decide what I wanted to be. Well, twas content just to work behind the scenes, to get people elected arid to bring ‘out issues | thought were impor-' tant. t also had the financial means to do

it,

My ‘husband was vice-president of the. Presto presture cooker company, which was the big industry in that city. And so money was no probl. | was ©

Ann Landers

use an assistant, at least | could learn how to do it. So, { called Will and asked about Ann Landers’ column and he said, “Well, Epple, It's strange you're calling today about this column because Ann -Landers died last week.”

Talk abow!

if js a Talk about timing. So | said, “What are you'doing about the column? Will it continue?” “Well,” he said, “she was a . couple of weeks ahead. But there's an awful lot of mail just sitting on her desk and we don't know what to do with it, We're running a contest. There are 28 women in this contest.” ° Se ‘ 0 | asked him who whey. were. “Well, they're women who've had. writing experience, they've written on: .

newspapers, they've written for

*) magazines. A couple of them have been

women's editors.” And he said, ‘They're all professional, but | don't know why * you can’t come down and talk with our. new editor, a guy from the San Francisco Ct le, Come on over and talk to

able to go to Washington, | was able to travel and go to political meetings. That went on for 10 happy years. Then, ‘my. husband ‘accepted a position as president of a Chicago company. Rigmove. Sos PY It was a big move.and ari important move becausé:I' knew many people in politics here. ! knew Jack Arvey. He was a dear friend and a dear man. But he was a “very -‘practical, wise, and -_ ‘seasoned politician. He said, “Eppie, | \, don't think you'd work out very well in .the political climate that ‘we have in Cook’ County. You ‘would fighting with everybody." - Batons ae wee you were 50 feisty?” ek . Because | think 1am highly. prin:- : cipled: Iam not.a deal-maker: or .com-.. ° “promiser. So. Jack: Arvey,, shat darling: man,, was talling-me Id better.notthink . about q political career in Cook County. ° unless:'l) wanted to :be one of.- the organization. And: he knew:'me well enough to: know that he couldn't quite see me in the organization. “Now” he said, “if you'd like to'cun for office, you would be a terrific candidate. You're young, you're ,attractive, you're - ° energetic, you're smart, you'd.-be a good . candidate, you'd: be a good cam-

paigner:"’ And | said‘ no. Well, that °°

closed the door on the political situation, - * for me. And 1 thought, well now what ‘dmigoingtodo? .. *.

: And ‘1 began to cok at the newspapers. And | saw a column called * Ask Ann Landers in the Chicago Sun-* Times. 11 was an advice column.-And had seen Dorothy Dix for years and | wasn't. very impressed with her. Her column seemed gs if it werg strictly for the woman who had her hands up to the ° elbows in dishwater. For the whining,

den, abused wife. She never addressed ‘ herself-to male readers or teenagers: It always seemed it was one ‘woman con- soling ahother and sayin

‘is a rotten life: Yes, dear, men are.redlly : lousy. Yes, dear, it is.horrible out there. but we're trapped and you'll just have to maka the best of it."-, i

But this “Ann Landers,” in the Sun- Times, looked to me as if it was done by a@ good writer. Her, name was Rut! Crowley, | was-later. to learn, and she

. was a registered nurse. And she talked. .

: about children’s’ problems. -And I thought, this looks a little more in- teresting. But there was no humor, or at least very little, And it seemed to me she never consulted with experts. And‘ thought to myself, a column of this. kind, if it’ were! well written, could be a tremendous. tool for education. This: could ‘really touch people, teach them something. And, | thought, wouldn't this be terrific? .

Well, the colunin was there. | didn't know how well: it was doing. So, | thought I'd investigate. It never once oc-

* curred to. me that you have to be a writer to do this, To this day, | don’t really

- believe you have to be a writer to do this. A friend of mine at the Sun-Times, Will Munnecke, was then the business - manager anda vice-president, and ! knew Will from the days when | lived in . . Wisconsin. | thought maybe she could

~, the jo!

Larry Fanning and see what he comes up with.” So t went down the Sun-Times, at :the suggestion of Mr. Munnecke, and the next day | met with him. tee And | liked him immediately. He was

‘> ‘Thad never: written before’ -

me feel ve that | was

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Had. |. eve fn ed in‘G pul - On @ newspaper? Wel him, I'd never. work looked at me in utter

more. important. tha,

Were you intimidated? °° :

No, Iwas not intimidated.-|.was sur- «prised thot | had the sheer guts. to.go in ‘and do this,:1 felt commen +f: much

that I didn’t have the aca tials, that.didn't' bother me because by that time I'd met a great umber of

said, “Do you: mean ‘to ‘tell me-you've

. never had a job at any time?” And I said

that that's ‘what | was telling him. And he said, "Well, | certainly do. admire your chutzpah to: come

metropolitan newspaper and ¢

into a° to get as a columnist. You really have nothing going for you.” | And I said. “You're wrong. | have a lot going for me. Number one, | really

* .€are about people and I think that’s what

an ‘advice column. is all about. I don't think it’s about degrees and journalism school-and professional experience. Do you really care enough to work your tail off. to get the answers, to contact the consultants, authorities, to reach out and get the best information for people? it's not about journalism school.” Well,

e looked at me.in utter astonishment and _said, “Well, | think, maybe you're righf.”. And- 1 told him | cared about people and {| would work hard and | would just like an opportunity to enter. this’ contest. And he said, “Consider yourself in.”

7 : ‘No; | was not : . . f: f intimidated So he gave me a mimeographed sheet of paper that had 25 letters, Dear. Ann Landers letters, Real letters taken off Ruth Crowley's desk, And all the con- testants were’ getting the same 25 let- ters. He told me to pretend | was Ann

Landers. He. told me space was a problem, so he told me to keep the an-

- :swers brief. There are three letters a

-‘day. So prepare seven days of columns,

. that was the assignment. That's 21 let-

ters and then there would be some left out. Decide on which ones,-he told me. He said, “Eppie, use simple language. . Remember, that these people out there aren't Phi Beta Kappas. Talk to them. Give them the best information that you can and use a little humor. Keep the sen- tences short. Don't ft’ involved. in language.” He was really trying to show - me how to do it. I'm sure he felt sorry for this dumb lady who came in off the street with no experience, looking for a job that really required a high level of expertise. =

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} twins di to 3; at right, newly appointed colum-

the ‘Going over them, tryin, - best approach. And ! #

“me he'd be right back to me,

c damn foals. People who were educated beyond their intelligence and it really showed. But! knew i'd really taken’ on quite a project he | was determined to do the best! cou

How old were you? :

t was 37,-My daughter was then 15 and she was going to Francis Parker. And I felt that’ Margo didn't need. that uch time to the colu :

- | was 37. My daughter was then 15 and she was going to Francis Parker: And l felt that Margo didn’t need. that

: much more.mothering, that | could give

‘as much time to ‘the column as was Necessary it wasn’t as if | had to neglect small chi

was new inthe city and hadn't become involved in anything .else. So, 1 was

going home and | thought about that old. . French proverb: "Be careful of what you

pray for, you might get it.” And 1 thought, "What if 1 get it?”. Well, that night I-was up until two in . on the to figure out the ought really the way to do it was to use a different ap- proach, the offbeat. | had to: catch the

*. eye of the judges so they'd know I had a

little imagination. The question was,

” how todo that? % 2 Well, the first letter was from a.

‘woman who had a walnut tree that was growing on the .border line of the Property that foined ‘the next door neighbor's lawn. And most of the walnuts were falling on the neighbor's yor. Do they belong to the woman who

as ‘the tree or do they belong to the. -woman on whose lawn the walnuts are

falling? Well | thought this was an in- -

teresting question. | asked myself. how

. high up.could | go in the legal circles to

impress the judges. “Ah-hah,” | thought, “the Supreme Court of the. United States.” ‘

So J picked up the phone and I called

. Bill Douglas, who was an old friend ‘of

mine. Justice William O. Douglas. And I said, “Bill, this is Eppie: | want to ask you a question. Now, if a woman has a walnut tree that is growing just on the edge of her neighbor's property and most of the walnuts are falling into the neighbor's yard, to whom do these walnuts belong?” He started’ to laugh. He said, “I can't believe this.” And ! said, “Now this is not funny. This is a legal question. And there must be some sort of precedent. Now, Bill, you can find it.” And he said, “I will find it, but first, tell me, .what is this all about?” So | ex- plained | was in this contest, and In the meantime, he was cracking up. And J ‘said. “This is not funny, this is very serious stuff. Now you go find the answers." So he said he.would and told

In about 20 minutes, he called me back, ‘still laughing. And he said, “This is the answer. The woman on whose lawn the walnuts are falling may eat the walnuts, she may cook with the walnuts, she may give them to friends, she may

. turned out that coming, as she did every Christmas, and * he’ saw’ no relationship ‘between his

dren, she was my only child. | -

Pp nome, : would make a wonderful di‘ference.

-Then | called Father Ted Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame, a good friend, - about a problem involving a Catholic- Protestant marriage. And | called the chief of dermatology that | knew ot a

: Washington hospital about a mon who

broke out with hives about the 20th of December every yeor for eight years. It is mother-in-law was

hives and his. mother-in-law.. But the dermatologist pointed out that it could due to an emotional problem. Where did all these renewned contacts come

l always made it a point-to know in- téresting people, all over the country. In my early days. even in my college days, if a good speaker would come to town, I

"Good morning; ' .Ann Landers’

would meet them and we would become friends. And.it-seems one interesting person leads you toanother. 5 yeuge te your Ana Lenders exam? Oh, yes, well, i took my answers and Larry Fanning read them in my presen- ce. He looked up at me from the page said, “Do you really know these

- people?” And § said, “Now really, you don’

t think I'd use names of people’! don't know. You‘can't make up this stuff, It's dishonest.” And he said, “Do you mesan to tell me you phoned up these people?” And-I said yes. And he said, “Well, this is remarkable. How long do

* you. think you can keep this up?” And 1

told him | could keep it up just as long as | have to. He gave me some more questions and he soid at the end of the next day, he'd let me know if | was still in the competition. He said they were going to eliminate eight or nine women. So, he gave me the second set and later called to soy § was still in the com- petition. Then he added, “In a‘ very big way.”

Well, we had three such runs. Finally, it was down to me and another woman who was a very experienced newspaper reporter. And | thought 1 would never beat her. So, | really slaved over that last batch. | brought them in to Larry Fanning and he said they'd let me know Monday morning. This was a Friday. That was some weekend for me. 1 was keeping my fingers crossed, | was’ also kind of ambivalent ofter the con- test. 1 thought, what if | get it? This is really a responsibility. So, Monday mor- ning there a phone call from Marshall Field, who was one of: the judges. And he said, “Good morning, Ann Landers.” | said, “Do you really mean it?” And he sald, "I certainly do. Congratulations.” And that’s how I became Ann Landers.

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