European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and strikes Page 11 Ann Lander i i Lii ii p with the world s worn hangover. 1 Tooi a coi pm of aspirin. Stumbled Irlo the Kitchen made myself Coffee. And grabbed the  pm pro. The headline seemed to jump off inc Page. It read 2-year-old and Mother killed in hit & run acc l " i Dent police on state wide manhunt. & t As i read inc Story i go a sick i . I could t remember anything. About last night. 1 ran to look m my cur. My heart Sank to my Knees. The bumper was twisted and inc from fender was smashed. I would t leave the scene of an Accident no Mailer How drunk 1 was. Or would  thoughts raced through my. Mind. What should i do now Call the police " get a lawyer. ,. 1 Aspel Rifici reached for the phone and started to dial Hipel ice. Then i stopped. V they would ask me All sorts of questions. What could say 1. Was drunk. I Don t remember. T could almost hear the jail door Clang shut behind me just then my brother in Law walked into inc Kitchen. What did tic know had the police arrived i put Down the phone and ran toward him in tears. He said. I m sure ii s upswing to hit a Deer Honey but you la get Over  i could t believe what i had just heard. Did he say had hit a Deer. I swear with my hand on the Bible i will never drive drunk  Learned.  Des Monics. It s Mil easy inshore a night Marc. Thunk you for Rioin ujust that. I wonder Hariw Ninny people in Are wading this coir urn have Druven drunk and made it Home safely. If i urn talking la you a thaw thank god fur g tink you apus. -. And dim a Russ your Luck deaf Ann Landers  i was arrested for shoplifting. Humiliating a. Dutil was a Relief. Lei me Tell you Why sonic alcoholics i and. Drug abusers seek help but often not Tinnil they hit Bottom. For me Bottom was gelling caught. The Idamc of being handcuffed and escorted to the Security office was awful. I could feel All those eyes on me. I m sure inc people wondered Why this Nice looking Well or esd lady would be stealing from a store. Going to jail in. A police car handcuffed was another degrading experience. 1 started off As a.  i Don t know Wheir or. Why i began to Lake things. I had enough Money to buy whatever i wanted. Bit getting away with it was fun. I rarely kept the so Olin items to gave most of the things to the women Al work who could t afford any fancy extras. 1 was Given a stiff Fine no jail thank god because it was my first offence put on probation and told i could not go Back into that store t immediately went for counselling and now 1 know my stealing was a sickness. I urge anyone who tits my description to please get professional help before you get caught. Your judge might hoi be As kind As mini cerr1tos, Calif do it. Calif you in Sigild it All. Ail i can say is thank us. Adj a gelt i time Lynd in you can la 10 rvs in cd Al f is \ column in la Noath alcaniv4 y it slavs and slopes Apo 0 writer s solutions to common complaints 1 have come up with solutions to problems in Ger Many thai seem in constantly plague the communities. Programming at aft has been under constant fire. Most of the scheduling has been admirable but t pro pose to move dynasty  Falcon Crest and knots Landing to a new Lime Slot sunday morning from 1-7. Everybody who wants to watch them can Lime shift and leave prime time for More cerebral adventures like professional wrestling or a Bunch of Don t shop when you re hungry no no no commercials. There is a seeming inverse relationship at Mer chants Bank with the number of customers and the number of Tilers my turn to write the editor since everyone else and his brother docs. 1 want to it the weather forecaster next to an to and cafes. We. Try to do our Job to the Best of our ability and Mill everyone is not Happy. The weather forecaster gels blamed for poor to reception not enough Snow to ski very cold tempera Tures very hot temperatures too Tiuch rain Loo i talc rain poor flying weather Etc Etc. You name Ilund we get blamed for it. I Juil want to Wake everybody up and say. Icy tire weather forecaster is in sales not  we just predict inc weather we Don t Nike it. Even with All our sophisticated equipment we can still be wrong. If anybody has Ever observed weather conditions he win agree that it s hard to predict How can anybody forecast for sure that yes this Tornado will hit your House but jump Over the other House i you Are stationed in Germany or England there s a Good Chance thai the sky will be Cloudy. If you want Sunshine go to the Mediterranean. Even cloudless Days arc not promised in the Mcd. So if you Don t like the weather move. If you can i move you la just have to live with the weather in your area. Don t blame the weather forecaster for bad weather ii s Only Mother nature. 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