European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wadna Day May 7, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letter dear Ann Landers i have thought several times about writing to you but this time i did t even finish my cof fee. Your dog s plea outraged me. The poem was great until i reached the i last paragraph How can any True animal Lover suggest ruling his pet to sleep As the owner of three dogs and two cats i can assure you that no mat Ter How old they get i would never consider destroying them. These dear animals look to me to care for them and i shall do so unlit natural death lakes Over. It is not up to me to decide when they go. If the life of an animal can be terminated because he is old and not having any fun Why can l this same principle be applied to humans you Are treading on dangerous ground and Lam outraged in Orlando dear out because i have no pets i decided Losk a Bood Friend and longtime owner of cats and dogs to respond. This letter is from my. Waller Canute. Dear Ann Landers Lam glad you asked me to reply to the woman Iri Orlando who could t finish her Coffee. A while Back 1 sent away for a living will. This document states that if the Lime comes when 1 can no longer take part in decisions for my own future and there is no reasonable expectation of my recovery from extreme medical or physical disability i be allowed to die and not be kept alive by medication artificial Means or heroic Mea Sura i can do no less for my pets. We have had two dogs in the lost 38 year. Both lived to the Ripe old age of 17. The first died of natural causes Buzzie however did hot grow old gracefully. He became Blind arthritic and incontinent it was heartbreaking to see him bump into furniture and cry from the pain that wracked his tortured body. You were visit ing us when Walter and i took Brzic la the vet and asked that he be put out of his misery. We now have a cat. We expect dancer to live a Long and Happy life with a painless peaceful death at the end. If she becomes terminally in or the infirmities of old age make her miserable we would not hesitate to ask the vet to put an end to her agony. People who love their pets do not let them suffer. Betsy Cronkite . Dear Belay Bleu you and the most  i knew you would come up with a Beautiful response and you did not disappoint me. Dear Ann Landers / i just read your unbelievably dumb reply to the Mother of two to can Agen who wanted to know if it was of to Lei her kids have writer who believes cafes policy unfair gets reply lots of Coffee became you will have to stay up All night to know Wal goes on we have a 16-year-old son and a 13 year old daughter our daughter s Best Friend spent Many a night steeping Over and we thought nothing of it until we discovered quite by Accident thai the fiend was sleeping not with our daughter but Wilh our son. Sleep oven Are great when the kids Are Small. After the age of3 forget it surprised no More in new hex Ico dear new Mew your Story certainly bad an of Henry ending but i m inclined to believe thai your experience was the exception rather than Ibe Rale. I d say Ibe vast majority of Scep Over teens stay in the bed assigned to them. Lerica Erndl i have a question about what i consider to be a very unfair policy of cafes. I wrote a Check that was returned due to insufficient fund no excuses i did not do it on purpose but it happened do not mind reimbursing cafes to include the Sis service charge. What i do mind and dislike immensely is to pay for it twice. I received the dishonoured Check notification on Jan. 27, and opened it in front of my first sergeant on Jan. 30, 1986. I Fri aimed the Money order to pay for the returned Check As per instructions from cafes. Little did i know thai cafes was at the same time deducting the same amount from my pay without notifying me. According to their letter they would Only do this if i did not mail them a Money order. Upon calling the number  cafes Teller for clarification i was in formed that it would Lake weeks for cafes to get the Money from finance and maybe months to gel it to me in my new duty station in the stale. I offered to Send my original Les showing the Deduc Tion but was lot no  i consider in is an unfair collection practice Imd in certainly should not be condoned. Would Aal is please publish and Post n policy Teller Ahkii glancing Hull if you ate due to rotate and write a bad Cheek far whatever reason Don l bother to try and Malte re dilution As we will Lake it out of your pay any Way even Hough we told you  won ii doubt in it seems the iwo  i Uil cd to at  were Correct when they pointed oat that we Lake no chances with anyone of cafes yen have $265 of my Money. Will i be Able 10 draw interest on it while you hide behind your bureaucracy the dishonest incident of writing a bad Check did by Accident. Your Lishon Sty was on purpose. Hell of a system huh name withheld Tau Holder Germany editor s note master sri. Bruce /.iclsdiirf, customer r clot inns specialist. Public affairs office to makes Europe replies no it s not a perfect system but Nec Essary nonetheless. Let me Sci the Back ground and explain what we be done la Reader offers healthy advice is it a saturday sunday or a Holiday and you have nothing to do Here in Europe a a Little driving. Familiarize yourself with the route to the nearby civilian Economy Hospital that is giving support to your us military dispensary or health clinic. Learn the location of the emergency room of that Hospital and the parking lot too. As examples the Schinnen Hospital is supporting the 6th general dispensary of Brun sum Netherlands while St. Lukes of Brussels is the place to go for emergencies if you Are assigned around nato Brus Sels i am not familiar with set  in Ger Many. You see even the Best . Military medical Center in Europe does not have All the capabilities to solve the medical prob lems of an Active duly member and his her family much less a . Military dispensary or health clinic that is sometimes manned by one medic not a nurse not a doctor and by a physician on Call after duty hours on weekday during weekends and during holidays. Let s say you Are having severe breathing difficulty from swollen Throat or Airway or severe bleeding or a heart attack. If the physician on cafe lives 25 minutes drive from the . Dispensary it will take him More than 25 minutes before you can be seen. That physician on Call is Tike anybody else he goes to the commissary to the Exchange to movies or to parties. Some limes he gets to places where telephones Are not available. What if his her Beeper i not effective shape to which i belong is Fortu Nate to be surrounded by Many not too Dis Tant civilian hospitals to which patients can be referred. I myself have been a patient Many times in one the Brussels military Hospital. I can say Walhout hesitation that the services 1 received there Are very Good. I hate to end this letter without the world knowing Whitt Bah provides free Laboratory and medical services to . Military Active duty and Allied forces. Nantt withheld shape Belgium editor s note Cape Gary l. Sadlon professional strike administrator 7lh medical come replies Many of the observations cited in the letter Are excellent and worthy of further evaluation. In fact 7lh medical come has recently comped a comprehensive study thai Indi Cates thai most of Ibe health care facilities located in Host nations Are capable of  Viding us. Personnel expert medical treat ment 14 hours Day. In our continuing Effort to ensure that americans serving in Europe receive the Best health care possible closer look will a Given to making maximum use of Hospi tals and clinics operated by our Host nation allies. In the meantime the writer s suggestion to Taum the location and Mote about the civilian Hospital in Ibe Are in which you Lite is sound advice. If an emergency should arise you or your loved ones probably Hill be transported la the medical treatment facility closest to you. In such a situation familiarity and Confidence in the services you receive Are vital to recovery and continued Good health. Stop complaining she says. F r a i Here in Europe we americans Are far More fortunate than most europeans will Ever be. We have our commissaries at which to shop our various stores on bases to buy quite an assortment of items. Gee. Nol exactly Back Home but close. We Don t have to shop on the foreign Economy and pay Host Sleeper prices. No Exchange rate just to buy neck untie things necessary for us but not so for those in other countries. Groceries particularly belter meat. Furniture. No 33 percent plus interest rate like Many face in the United kingdom. Yes there s anti americanism terrorist threats bombings but this in t America please please to All americans stationed abroad where we Are Slop complaining about 35 cd Nix for Coffee. About High Gas prices. Stop complaining and Start appreciating what a foreign country offers. Cafes u doing a Lough Job quite Well. Please appreciate that we americans Are being taken care of far far better than most people in this world. And beside at our salaries regardless of our financial commitments we can afford More than 35 cents for one cup of Coffee. Amy Pacheco London All lenten to in editor Musl Coulin the fall printed name and address of Ibe writer and must be it Ned. We a not read unsigned inters hit tre Itell with hold your nne on request and protect your Rincy. All lenten Are subject to editing. Make in better. Our mechanized Rulu Rcd Check by slim was originally programmed to  process t request for an Imol tintary pay deduction for those indebted to cafes Wilh loss than 90 Days Ternai Nln on heir european assignment. The intent to collect Money due before the Midler or airman departed Europe and or the Santee the result More successful collections but Seerat caws of frustration and confusion just like you experienced. So what s been done to ease the Burden we e recently modified our Macban izod system to allow 30 Days for voluntary pay ment for those Ferric member Otting less than $400, or Vruth less than file dishonoured Check before initiating finance office deductions. This Effort should Hetter serve the Soldier or airman who has made an no Natl in slake. While Slit allowing reasonable time to col Lect from time its Tinti Osl Short i Mars. 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