European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers have been thrice a Bride and can test to the fact that marriage is a snare and a delusion the most overrated of All it has caused More heartache and grief than any other relationship known to some time ago you printed a letter from a widow who said she had a Parrot that swears and a cat that stays out ail she what do i need a husband for i recently became a if you can find that letter and run it again i would Delight in sticking it under the noses of the women who keep saying i simply must get myself another my happiest Days were Between How about Ann can you dig it up Reader in Lancaster dear Lan sorry i cant locate the letter you but youve certainly got the sense of it this column will do As Well As the Origi be my dear Ann Landers i have carried an Organ donor card for years eyes it gives me great satisfaction to know that a Blind person May be Able to see or someone with kid Ney failure May get a second Chance at life because of my recently 1 was talking to my teenage sons about this and they said they wanted to be donors when they got their Drivers licenses they sent for Organ donor i called the Eye and kidney foundations to be sure there was no charge to the i was assured there was of course there was a charge to transplant these organs but i expected recently a letter to the editor appeared in our local paper informing donors that their families would be charged for remo Val of organs from the this shocked when i die i would like what Little i have to go to my i dont want any such please Check this Parent in Green dear wis i spoke with hernia Breeden of the Bank in she assured me that there is no charge to the donors family for the removal of organs for trans of Hospital charges incurred by the patient when he was alive must be it is these charges that Many people confuse As a fee for removing the fee for Organ transplantation is paid by the dear Ann Landers i have never written to you but your reply to x in Queens has forced Roe into like do not and Sel Dom order an appetizer or dessert when dining i usually try to economize by not ordering the most expensive when some Jerk suggests splitting the i get furious because t know in going to be paying for part of his or her if youll the person who suggests split Ting is usually the one who has the big Gest Check never the give me a swat with a sprig of Poison Ivy and my own in Miami dear in beginning to think 111 never Bear the end of this although Ive responded to it the letters beep so Here it is for the last Teeto tales who dont care for caviar Aid when dining out with friends who do thoum make it in and Vance they want separate checks two mom the waiter before he takes the then gets Stock Tad goes Home conservation of fuel in command discussed having served 15 years in the including three separate Tours in Ive had ample Opportunity to read several letters to the editor in the stars and prior to this Howe i have never been outraged sufficiently to express my opinion on a i am stationed in West i clearly View this As the Best location of the three assignments i have had in were it not for the one unpleasant subject that has Given cause for my writing this i would feel guilty for not writing sooner to express my thanks and appreciation to the members of the Berlin who Are responsible for making the personnel serv ices within this command the absolute Best Ive seen in my army the subject of my is that since my arrival in Berlin in june it has become evident that the individuals and their predecessors who Are directly responsible for determining the Energy expenditure for the military billeting facilities in this have made Energy conservation their absolute Numero Uno prior As a my immediate Fame our friends and neighbors and their fam and my work associates Are freezing in our government apartments and when i arrived in Berlin last As All who were stationed in Germany during this last summer will the tempera Ture was More like november than in i can remember an evening German television news wherein it was emphasized that that particular july Days temperature had been lower than the pre Vious Christmas the subject of How Are you surviving at Home at night became the Summers main topic of going Home and Sim ply taking a hot Bath and then climbing into bed with the electric Blanket at was the major evenings pastime in Berlin in the summer of despite All of this complaints and constant Irritano heat was Ever turned on in the government it was interesting to read at the same time in the German newspapers that according to German when a percentage of the occupants of a building requested the heat be turned despite what the Calendar said the outside tempera Ture ought to the building landlord must turn on the during All this i was in formed by members of the command who had been Here that for each of the several proceeding Berlin had repeatedly received Usa eur awards for consistently reducing the yearly Energy expenditure by so Many percentage suddenly the proverbial Light went it was Clear that several proceeding individuals had been Able to write on their pen pals i would like pen Pate from All Over the i am interested in military ways of some of my friends would also like to write men and women n the armed Williams 199 Millwood drive 37217 t am corresponding with american teenagers Between the Ages of i am 15 years my hobbies include peo Reading and presently in in the ninth Grade and one Day i Hope to pursue a career in Wiedemann dam Strasse 19 7210 Rothweil West Germany i am a 12yearold girl who would like a pen my hobbles Are Riding and lumping listening to music and making i like unicorns and Jefferson hic 17th Sig in Apo 09757 t am 29 years old and would he to correspond with people All Over the my hobbies Are travelling and writing Bender f troop car Apo 09139 i would like pen pals from aft Over the world for my cub i would oho  to do with and for plop or Tutt  Buncom England a form 6781 officer evaluation re port support and subsequently have it entered in bold words on their efficiency that they had accomplished an even greater savings of Energy in Berlin than their there could again be mention made that they had also received the Usa eur Energy conservation Hurrah obviously the present responsible individuals like those before were endeavouring to receive the same sentence in their efficiency the percent age of heating Oil used annually to warm the Homes of the Berlin come service goes steadily and and Down Over the this Type of conservation mentality can become a bottomless i can imagine the wording of the eventual Usa eur conservation award to Berlin com Mand accomplished its goal of Zero lit ers of heating Oil used during the i beg the readers to excuse my can the present ill health of my entire our friends and neighbors and their and coworkers due to the substandard heating conditions in our government has driven me to every family in my stairwell without exception has at least one child out of school with a terrible cough or one child in our building is in the Hospital with my own daughter has both a cold and terrible cough that has lasted already for five As i Type this t have four individuals out of work at my office due to severe Ive repeatedly asked myself where is the counter balance Between what the government saves on a few liners of heating and the tremendous Man hours lost on the Job due to and oftentimes prolonged what about the hospitalization not to mention the simple human if i am not we Are told that official governmental heating standards for housing is a mean average of 65 first of not one House or apartment in Berlin averaged 65 degrees during the summer evenings of Dur ing the three Days prior to my writing this i measured the temperatures in each of my quarters and took the mean it was 59 in tired of having sick living like an Eskimo and missing valuable personnel from my in order that the Berlin come can year after keep reducing its use of heating Oil to win Energy conservation i think its time to step Back and rethink our conservation program Here in Berlin from some other withheld Berlin editors note Thorn this is a letter to All the people who answered my request for a pen pal last i must apologize for not writing Back to any of you As circumstances had changed i feel i must apologize to All the sailors who wrote As Well because being out at they look Forward to that sort of please write again and anybody else who would like i am now at a new Patricia Ashlock 198 Tilehurst Road England i would like for my name to be published in your pen pal i am 40 years old and enjoy painting and Nelson 1023 9th 24012 i am 18 years fun to be and i would like pen pals from around the Everhart 377th Apo 09166 i would like pen pals irom All Over the i would especially like pen pals who Are in the Steven Werner Goericke Duls Bernord 55 b 2000 Hamburg 70 West Germany i would he to be in your pen pal i am 10 years my hobbies Are bowline and h possible i would ice male pen pals about As Griffin Berlin Community com replies the come Berlin is committed to saving Energy without Adverse Impact on the living conditions Are just As important to us As saving Energy and we try hard to keep a proper balance Between the the weather Doest always the heating policy in Berlin is deter mined by Usa eur policy which Stales heat will be supplied Between 1 and May 31 when the average outside tempera Ture is below 60 degrees for 48 consecutive heat is not supplied during the period june 1 to 31 except for medical facilities and other special requirement Community May make exceptions to this throughout the months of june and july we monitored temperature and weather dealt with the complications of a summer heating Plant overhaul program and received considerable feed Back from the All these fac tors were considered before a decision was made not to turn on the heat and this decision was reviewed luckily the weather finally did cooperate and by mid Berlin had a High of almost 100 de we would like to have our Energy conservation efforts recognized by winning the Usa eur Energy but not at the expense of the we cant always accommodate everyone needs and but we try hard and think we succeed More often than we sincerely Hope that heating problems has been sorted out to the satisfaction of this stars and stripes Reader and that he or she is now better Able to enjoy this great place to live and european edition Usa editor in chief us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager Hinton hic Box 3372 Apo 09114 this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views or 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