European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers i have suddenly become aware that the years Are flying by. Time somehow seems More precious. My parents suddenly seem old. My aunts and uncles Are sick and i car they Don t have Many years Fofi i Haven t seen my cousins for several years. 1 really love my family. Ann. But we have grown apart. I am also thinking of my friends some i be known since childhood. Those friendships be come More precious As the years pass. Nothing warms the heart like sharing. Laugh with someone you be known for years. ". Then my thoughts turn to the dark Side. 1 remember the feelings i be Hurt and i recall my own Hurt feeling the misunderstandings and line ended fences i have a close Friend in new York t Haven to spoken to in three years. Another 14-year relationship in Seattle is on the rocks. We re both 41 now and Lime is marching on.-. ,. I think of my Mother and her sister who Haven t spoken to each other in five years Ai a result of that argument my Cousin and 1 Haven t spoken either. I Don t know if she has children. Neither of us has met the other s husband. What a waste of precious time i m sure there Are millions of people in your Reading audience who could 1i1 similar stories. would t it be terrific if a special Day could be set aside to reach out and make amends we could Call it reconciliation everyone would vow to write a letter or make a phone Call and mend a broken relationship. It would also be the Day on which we would All agree to accept the Olive Branch extended by a for Mer Friend. This Day could be the starting place. We could go from there to heal the wounds in our hearts and rejoice in a new beginning. Vannuys dear Van Guys. What a . In the absence of a National Holiday it would be non a Cruft if every person who sees your letter picked up the phone today and oiled someone with whom he or she has had a Fulling but -. Are Yon Tsune folks i la guarantee some heart warm ing results. Go ahead and do it Don l wait for the Tele phone rates o change. And please write and Tell me All about it. " " dear Ann Landers ,. I Hopt you will print this letter and warn others who might be As stupid As 1 was. I had an obscene phone Call last night. When i said i m not interested in talking to you there was a Click and a woman who Idelli Finif herself As an at Toper Ator broke in and said keep this Man talking for at least five minutes. This Call is being monitored and we want to Trace the so. I played along with Thor creep encouraging him to continue with Ris Rotten fill talk. I called new Jersey Bell immediately after inc conversation was Over eager to know if they had traced the Call the operator said we would never ask a customer to do such a thing i feel like a fool. Please pass the word to others and spare them inc humiliation. Gullible in new Jersey do n t be Loo hard on yourself. Most people Mould have been taken in As you were. The Best Way. To Deal with obscene phone Calls is to hang up instantly. Don t react. Just hang up. a a tit no und Rawn conc Imreh Linnow it Lawai Van tar pm 2rn to a a Etui and , Apo wjn., us cafes responds to criticism by writer i just heard for the 100th time about How cafes is for the Scricc member and will not raise prices be cause of the new pay raise. Let s look at just How much they Are for the Scricc member. Who can afford Christian dior Ralph Lauren or London fog not to mention the designer children s Wear the Only people who could realistically afford these clothes and items Are High ranking cos and officers. They probably order their clothes and items like some of us have to. To save Money and have a belter s be realistic the majority of the shoppers arc e 6 and below including spouses. We can t afford the prices the items stay on the shelf and so things remain the same. When i say order i order from . Penney and Sears. I do save Money even with shipping and Handline charros. So you Tell me if cafes saves you Money. The selections arc 10 times better too in the shop Pette it is worse. We Are not Lucky enough to have the commissary open seven Days a week so on closed Days if we need something we have to go to the shop Pette. At the Shoppe the a half gallon of milk costs si.60 at the commissary it costs 96 cents. A Carton of cigarettes costs $8.50 at the shop Pette at the commissary it costs $5,57. But both places gel the cigarettes from the same companies. A Jar of Ger bar Rice Cereal costs 49 cents at the Shoppe tic at the commissary. 28 cents and again they Are both dealing with the same company. So if inc commissary can gel Good deals Why can t cafes or is there a wide margin for profit in these prices. Cafes Don t try to suggest to the people that you arc for us. Cafes is for the profit or else you would t be Here,1 what has occurred is a monopoly. The Only retail business not under cafes control or that the have a hand in is inc commissary and the Only reason for that is because cafes has t figured out a Way to gained Nirol. Let s face it cafes now controls All liquor on every Post in Europe with the exception of the club systems. They Are in the process of trying to control All of the cigarettes too. Do we really want a monopoly Lobene fit from our purchasing Power " about the pay raises cafes May not raise prices right away but they will probably wait until they Hope we won t notice which will be soon if it s not already a., if a Walmart or k Mart were Pul next 16 the Exchange the Exchange would lose in a heartbeat. If cafes can serve us in Europe Why can t these other retailers also do the same i think the big reason is that cafes would . Also please Don t spout off about 16 percent savings and compare and we have All heard this and it s losing its Appeal. I have compared and cafes is a real loser but All of us in Europe Are at cafes s mercy and they know it Patti l. Callahan Heilbronn West Germany editor s note u. Col. Charlie while Public affairs Oill cer he cafes Europe replies cafes does sell name Brand doll inn such As you describe because we know some ens Tomen desire these items. However we also sell Quality lower priced cloth ing under the extra value prop am for those who Are looking to save some Money to addition to the extra value program we also hate Priale labels. The cafes private labels include Ca Alton i hurls and sweaters fro men and ladies Duncan Row for men Sil Leaf for ladles Arbor Creek for juniors Royal Manor for boys pretty met for girls and gum balls for infants and toddlers. You will find great savings with these labels. Twice a year stores review their sales history of the different clothing categories and Brand names. This is done in conjunction with the fashion distribution Cen Ter fac profile meeting at these meeting manag ers and supervisors determine Haw much name Brand clothing extra a tone and Pri tafe Label clothing will he ordered for their individual stores. Every store has a different mix and therefore different buying habits. This is where your comments Are necessary. Input from customers on what brands and types of clothing they want to see in their Exchange is necessary for stare management. Talk to you manager or fill out d customer comment form and let them know what you want. As for our prices compared with the commissary you can t compare them. Cafes was established in order to create earnings to provide far morale welfare and recreation programs while the commissary is run with appropriated funds and a sen ice charge that goes to Ward commissary facilities. We do not try to suggest that you should do All our grocery shopping at the Shoppelle is provided As a convenience to you for those times when you need something and i he commissary is closed. Makes now has control of All liquor because we were tasked with this by Congress in order to streamline operations. Congress fell this would save Money and. Thus generate More Carn irtes form or programs. The pay raises you received were for Cost of living. They were provided in order to keep your pay til line with inflation. We Are also affected by inflation. Inflation makes merchandise More expensive for us and therefore More expensive for you. Inflation is beyond our. " control. -. -.-. To a Choice of stores would certainly a Nice for Eiery one. However major retailers do not want to open shop in Europe. Cafes provides for 16 businesses in Europe from the tiny troop store on a Mountain lop in Turkey to a major shopping Complex in Kaiserslautern. We pro ride automotive repair Catalon sales concessions film processing food plants restaurants and franchised food operations. Military clothing sales stores new ear sales personal services retail stores school feeding Shoppelle Heaters troop stares and vending machines pen pals my a Ljusi Dakra is id Luw Fri pm put m2lybrnjid.dflhyf.anlfw door i Mav Honor in Niom Iha 6 have our Carrm. Pub Stod i i foce ii p i i cd 4 i us. 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