European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers i just read an obituary in your column that touched my Haggerty s family decided to go Public about the cause of her death in the Hope that it would be a warning soothers. On feb. 17, 1988, the Day Elizabeth Haggerty died from co Caine abuse i entered a treatment Center for cocaine addiction. Know too Well the pain and suf Fering that dear woman must have endured. It is impossible to describe the terror that occurs with cocaine addiction. You want to Stop you try to Stop you hate doing it but you simply cannot live without the stuff. The drug is sneaky. At first it s fun then it s like a Vise whose grip won t let you go. Unless you have experienced this Nightmare you can t understand it. Only a person who has Bee through it can rejoice in the Freedom that recovery thank god every minute for giving me a second Chance at life. I wonder Ann when i was still using would i have Given any thought to your article seriously i doubt it. The addiction has an insidious Way of making you believe you can handle it and you Don t want to Pray for Elizabeth and for those who loved her. I Pray too for All your readers who need help. Forgot s Sake get it and escape from this terrible Addic Tion that will land you in a living hell. Recovering in Cleveland dear Cleveland thank you for a poignant and powerful testimonial. Only a person who has been there could have written to anyone who wants to get off cocaine. You can t do it alone. Call the National cocaine hotline at 1-800-cocaine or the National Institute on drug abuse at 1-800-662-help. Dear Ann Landers please Settle an argument and save a Friendship. My Friend Mildred insists that she has a relative who had All her Teeth pulled and now wears dentures made from her own Teeth. I say this is not says the relative s dentist told her when he presented the new dentures Here you Are. You no have your own Teeth i say he was telling her that the new Teeth looked so much like her own that no body could Tell the difference. Mildred insists i am mistaken and that she is realize you have Many More important questions to Deal with but i would appreciate an answer. Mrs. W.a.c., York a. Dear York dentists do not use human Teeth in dentures no mat Ter How Good they Are. You win this one. Now kiss and make up already. Dear Ann Landers i am a 60-year-old grandmother and i still Don t have any common sense. I always do or say the wrong am so bumbling and inadequate that i can hardly stand myself. It s almost As though i deliberately sabotage my life. I quit a Good Job recently and now i m depressed and stuck at Home where there is Little m not smart enough to get another Job and i m miser know this letter is too Dull and poorly written to make your column but i m praying that you la give me a break. Desperate Dumbbell in Kentucky dear Kentucky first try to get your Job Back. Failing that go out and get another one. Your biggest problem is Lack of self esteem. Your feelings of worthlessness go Back to Early childhood. I urge you to get counselling at once. You area lot better and brighter than you think. Trust me. The St is and Al Spessa to european edition col Jeffrey m. Cook Usa commander editor in chief it col Suzanne l. Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by. The . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of de sense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex rational origin age. Marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or questions on child care Are answered i would like to know where my rights Start on this Issue. The other Day the family child care lady knocked on my door and said i hear you baby sit i told her no i watch a 5 i year old after school because she lives on the Economy and with usin quarters it gives her some kids to play the other child they turned me in for was my own he is mixed i guess they thought he was not mine. Now a lot of my friends have infants so i have Playpen and a Walker and i do watch their kids at times As they do mine for free. They say you can Teven Trade if it s More than 10 hours a week. Well if it s not for Money it s not baby sitting so who care about the hours now i guess there is a time limit on my son friends coming Over and because i live in quarters i can t Trade weekends with someone in quarters who also wants to see Germany. I have rights. There Are a lot of us out Here i guess some harassment charges and lawsuits must Start Fly ing because it is a shame that a 5-year-old can be Latchkey child on her own but she can t stay at my House for a few hours to play with americans and Bemy son s Friend. Someone better Wake up look at these rules an redefine them. Because baby sitting is for Money. Exchanging favors is not baby sitting. Also if some one dislikes you and keeps calling on you when do they Stop listening to the person calling and Star listening to me name and address withheld editor s note Bonnie storm child development services program manager Usa eur Community and family support Agency replies your letter brings up a number of issues and questions about the rules governing the child development services cd program. I appreciate the Opportunity to answer ask where your rights begin when providing child care in your Home. Apparently you care for a 5 to year old after school on a regular basis probably two to three hours every Day. If this is the Case your serv ice Falls under cd family child care acc Gram. This program governs child care in government quarters regardless of whether you Are paid if the care totals 10 or More child hours per week. Therefore if you want to continue you May choose to become a certified acc provider and enjoy the full benefits of the program. Another Issue you bring up is the trading of child care services with neighbors under which you care for a Friend s child one Day or a weekend and she or he watches yours on another. We Don t Monitor such Pri vate informal arrangements. Cd regulations also Donot apply in situations where friends come Over to play with your children. Presumably the friends parents Are available if an emergency arises. I agree that a 5-year-old should not be a Latchkey child left alone after school. If a Parent leaves such a Young child alone he or she can be charged with child acc providers Are certified they Are trained in first Aid car child growth and development another helpful topics such As business management. Providers also receive referrals of interested parents get liability insurance and meet other providers and acc staff to gain support and solve everyday prob lems. Acc providers find that they enjoy the training and support and that they feel professionally recognized upon receiving their certificates. They also Are grateful for the help they receive in dealing with parents. Please Call me if you have additional questions abets 379-7838. Reader wants facts on picking up Pov no this is not another horror Story of shipping or receiving your privately owned vehicle. After Reading the problems people encounter i have just one ques Tion. Why does the stars and stripes state one thing and the local Pov contractor another recently i called a tic Bremerhaven to inquire about my Auto. A few Days later my name was in the stars and stripes to Tell me my car was waiting to be picked up. The stars and stripes states you can use this list As the written verification the Pov contractor requires before a pickup appointment can be sched then called the Pov contractor. The representative said he needed certification from Bremerhaven. Sta Sand stripes says one thing and the Pov controller says another. What Are the facts i think printing people s names in the paper is great Way to alleviate the phone Calls to Bremerhaven. Also i would like to express my thanks to or. Am Brose in Munich for his patience and never presented a bad attitude after repeated Calls to his . Dennis Conkright Berchtesgaden West Germany editor s note cmdr. Mark Cramer office of the Deputy chief of staff logistics he Usa eur replies we appreciate your timely letter. In answer to your question if your name appears in the stars and stripes your car is at Bremerhaven. Of course the contractor is going to double Check with their office in Bremerhaven but if it s listed in the paper it is there people who find out by Reading the stars and Stripe that their Pov has arrived should bring the paper with them when they set up a delivery Date. A delivery order should be made at that time. Your comment about the courteous service is note with pleasure. Pen pals please publish my name in your pen pal column. My hobbies Are Reading cooking and sew ing. I am 24 years old. Erlinda m. Importante Bor Macheco compd., Tanguy Bacolod City Philippines please publish my name in your pen pal column. I am 23 years old. Rachel s. Dluzon 187 crossing Pulan Tubig Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines please publish our names in your pen pal column. Juliet Tabunan 14 Jane Tabunan 17 315 hang hang St. Polo Molok South cot Abato Philippines 9705 i would like very much to correspond with someone. I like music dancing walking and read ing. I am 42 years old and divorced. Polly Davis 19. High Meadows Fiskerton Lincoln ln3,4hb England i would like my name published in the pen pal column. My hobbles Are athletics travelling underwater diving swimming fishing making friends and Reading. . Justin co or. . Lougheed 1028, Gordon Road Peck am London be 15 3rp, England i would like to have pen pals. I am a Spanish american living in the Chiem Gau area. I would especially like to write to people in Bavaria. Angel Ruiz Bermudez co Essex school of English see stresses 8210 Prien West Germany any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patron. Military address the stars and stripes Apo 09211. International mail the stars and stripes Postrach 11 14 37. D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany. 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