European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers letters dear Ann Landers am a i a year old girl who has had a Loi of experience with a sex abuser. My parents were divorced when i was 4, and i had to visit my father every weekend and one month in the summer. He began to abuse me when i was about 7 Yean old. I was so confused because he told me ii was a father s place to teach his daughter How to love so that she could be a Good wife. He made me Promise never to Tell anyone our special  when i turned 11 i knew it was wrong and warned him to leave me alone or i would to to my Molher and spill everything. He never touched me after that. Last Spring a wonderful teacher sensed that i was a loner very insecure and withdrawn. She broke through the Wall that i had built around myself. Once the flood Gates were open i told her everything thai had happened to me. Thai dear woman arranged for me to have counselling and now after six months i feel like a different person. If any child who is Reading this has been sexually abused or is being sexually abused right now please Tell somebody about it. If you can t let someone in your family Tell a teacher or someone at your Church or a Friend smother. You must not let this awful thing go on. The Best Way to Stop it is by telling. Remember it is not your fault. You did nothing wrong. It started Long before you were Able to understand what was happening to you. Sure therapy is scary. It s awfully hard to talk about such a personal thing but you must. It is like a Poison thai Wilt ruin All your relationships unless you gel it out of your system. Talking to a Counselor is a piece of cake compared to what you be been  dear Rockford i Hope every youngster who is trapped the Way Yon were will take your advice. You told your Story in a Way i never could. Thank you. Dear Ann Landers in a recent column you made reference to a study that showed that rats after having been exposed to several hours of uninterrupted Rock music had clinical evidence of brain damage. I tend to doubt that re search based on my own experience. I live in the Bronx. We have had rals in our apart ments for As Long As 1 can remember. We also love Rock music and play it Day and night. Loud the Way it was meant to be played. The rats Here show no sign of brain damage. In fact they Are pretty darned Clever. They know Bow to steal cheese out of traps and have been outsmarting us far years. The rat used in the Experiment you cited were probably bred in some ritzy lab. If researchers want accurate results they should use some real rats like the kind we have in the Bronx. Tony and Mabel Dew Tany and Mabel i m not knocking Home research but the Bronx rats come out of their holes Only now and then. The rals used in the lib Experiment were subjected to a continuous barrage of loud Rock music the kind kids listen id by the hour. Dig me dear Ann Landers you be been selected to Settle an argument. My brother says the no. 1 Singer in the world based on number of albums sold is Elvis Presley. I say it is Michael Jackson. Who wins the pizza dinner battling b s in Burbank dear b s you both lose. According to the guinness Book of world record la s Julio Iglesis. He his sold 100 million album and is still going Strong. Writer dogs pet owners who Don t care As i write this letter i m full of anger anger Over the apathy neglect and abuse of the dogs Scean Ducar about All the Lime in the housing area of our base. I recently saw a bumper sticker thai said dogs deserve better people and boy is that the i Ruthl my neighbor s dog a gorgeous Golden retriever sits in his Yard Day in Day out he never goes inside or outside of his Yard. He eats his dinner at 10 30 or 11 30 every night out of a bowl that s probably never been washed. His Yard is overgrown and filthy. Many people would say this dog is not abused be cause he gels fed once a Day. Maybe i am Nosy and should mind my own business. But this dog like so Many others on this base is neglected. And neglect is a form of abuse. He has t had a Bath or a brushing in Over a year. He is never shown even an ouch of affection. His food bowl is right outside the Back door so his owners Don t even have to step outside the door to quickly dump his food and shut the door. When 1 asked these people if they wanted to sell him or give him away As 1 know someone who would love him they said of no he s my companion. I could never get rid of him companion this dog which never gets any love care or exercise which eats and drinks out of filthy bowls which sits outside moaning with boredom and loneliness Day after Day in All kinds of weather i would t treat a companion like that. Recently his owners came Home with another dog. A Little House dog. They neglect one dog and then go out and get another one. These people Are never Home so the inside dog cries All Day. The outside dog now has not Only to worry about Why his masters Don t love him. But Why he was replaced. Other people leave their dogs inside All Day every Day while they Are gone. Then they conic Home to find the dog has chewed the baby s Loy or relieved himself on the carpet and punish the dog for this. Instead of training the dog usually inc dog ends up in a Home for unwanted dogs. Just want to urge to plead dog owners to Lake Good care of their animals. If you work consider ways to share the responsibility of coring for inc dog so thai he gels exercised on a regular basis. Dogs should be treated As members of the family. Train your dog As Early in life As possible. Go to obedience school with your puppies. An uncontrollable dog is a misery to live with. But if he is bad in other words untrained it s nobody s fault but your own. Dogs do not train themselves. Puppies need constant attention love daily exer Cise and lots of Bones and things to Chew f you work full Lime consider gelling an older dog. Puppies will Chew whatever they can gel to so Don t leave things around they Aren t supposed to Chew when you Aren i Home. Consider carefully Loo the Breed of Doe. You choose. Working Breeds like the Golden ctr invert and Labrador need lots of exercise and might not be the Best Choice for a family with Young children or where both parents work. Ask your local veterinarian for advice on the Best Breed of dog to choose. Please pasc love your dog. They need so much love and training. A dog that is so Loving that gives so much love to you should not be neglected. If you can t care for him and love him then give him to someone who will love him. Name and Twa Liun withheld Soldier proud of Mia pow Bracelet i am enlisted in the United Stales army. I am proud to Wear my military uniform. Along with my uniform 1 Wear an Mia pow Brace let. It sickens me to see so Little else being done for the return of soldiers who were captured while defending the Basic freedoms that we Lake so much for granted. I have had superiors Tell me that my Mia pow Bracelet is unauthorized for Wear with a military uni form. Army regulation 670-1 states that an id Braclet May be worn while in uniform As Long As it is not worn on the same wrist As a watch. 1 had a Superior Call my Bracelet a faddy  which a 670-1 clearly states is not authorized for Wear with any military uniform. Webster s ninth new collegiate dictionary defines fad a practice or inter est followed for a time with exaggerated Zeal  in my opinion Hula hoops and Hacky sacs Are fads. I Reader tired of reformer reformer 88 in t quite Over yet but i truly wish it was. Now i know How the earthlings Felt in the to series  it s like being invaded they re everywhere in the Exchange commissary booking itt Tours and even making appointments at the photo Center. I am referring to the stateside units that the . Govern ment has paid billions of dollars to Send Over nere to participate and train to their fullest to be prepared if the worst should Ever come. Instead it has turned out to be a free mini vacation in Europe. It should have been called see Europe 88  Shelia m. Norris Werthem West Germany do not understand How a non commissioned officer can Call a simple Bracelet that represents inc life of a Soldier from their same corps a faddy device for the most part these superiors were old enough to see and understand the War White my generation was still learning to walk. The Vietnam War m Many ways for Many people has not been resolved. 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