European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 15,1989 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers you missed a great Opportunity to share information about a wonderful free Volunteer  Gram when you ran the letter from the breast cancer patient who was suffering alone and received some badly needed emotional support from a woman in the laundromat. The reach to recovery program offered by the Ameri can cancer society has been a godsend to breast cancer patients All Over the country. When a woman needs a Mastectomy or any surgery for breast cancer her doctor a Friend a family member or the patient her self can Contact the nearest office of the american cancer society and they will Send out a Volunteer who has had similar surgery. They make sure she has something in common with the patient age. Mari Tal status children Etc. The reach to recovery visitor will Call on the patient again either before surgery or after in the Hospital or in her Home. She will provide a wealth of information a temporary breast prosthesis and. Best of All. A rousing Pep talk. I understand what you re going through for i pc been through it myself she will also Tell her about other free programs that Are available. There is can support for cancer patients and their families the i can Cope group to help people face the challenges of cancer and look Good. Feel better which will help you do just that. As a reach to recovery visitor for  eight years i can t speak highly enough about these great services. But we Are unable to help if we Don t know who needs it. Please pass the word. Ann Roseville. Calif., resident dear ruse you did and i thank you. The american cancer society should he listed in your phone Book. If you can t find it. Write to the Headquarters in Atlanta for guidance and information. The address is american cancer society inc., 3340 peach rec Road n.e., at Lanta. A. 30026. Or Call 800 acs-2345. Dear Ann Landers i heard you speak in fort Lauderdale a few years ago and of said something that i wrote Down be cause i thought it was so Good. I think you should share it with your millions of readers. Here it is disciplining children is a lot like taking out the garbage. If you Don t do it. You have no right to complain later if something smells. Credit Ann Landers and sign me a longtime fan in Jackson miss. Dear Ann Landers i will be graduating from High school next year. I must make the decision about what i want to do with my life. I would love to go into the medical Field and become a radiologist. My parents keep telling me i m not College Materi Al and that i could never make it. They arc encouraging me to become a flight attendant. I Don t understand Why they can t be More support Ive. I m beginning to believe that they arc right when they say i am not College material. Am i wrong for wanting to go to College and make a better life for my self or should i become a Light attendant to please my parents Ann. Tell me what to do. I m losing Confidence. Gelling depressed in Georgia dear Georgia take a Colle e aptitude lest and you will find out whether or not you should seriously consider a medical career. Meanwhile. Be aware that Many flight attendants Are College graduates. Believe me they did not choose that career because it s a no brainer. Letter writer counters complaints on an Calls i am the Coic of the work Center that answers the phone an trouble  i Felt compelled in defense of All an trouble reporting intermediaries to refute chief warrant officer 3 w. L. Hamil ton s letter. An trouble reporting is not our primary Job. It was an additional duty levied on my 24-hour work Center several years ago. Our primary Job requires four personnel two per 12-hour shift to answer make Between 100-200 phone Calls per Day. You would t believe the phone Calls we get on the an line. We Are asked How to tune Vars and tvs asked to rerun a show or segment complained to about How scantily Clad actors arc on certain shows asked Why there arc so Many so few sports broadcasts or three part minis pics Why a certain show has extended the scheduled hours where the information for a show came from asked Why a program was cancelled and the list goes on forever. The an trouble reporting phone line is Only that. We have no affiliation with an and have no More to do with programming than the average an customer. We Are not television or Var technicians. Our responsibility is to determine if an is off in a specified locale or if a problem is limited to one building in which Case it is not a St signal come problem. I d like to offer some advice. It May save you a frustrating Call in the future. On base an customers if an is off the air Check with neighbors in the same building. If they Aren t receiving an Check with the building next to you or across the Street. If the problem is isolated to your building Call the civil engineering trouble desk. They maintain the building antennas and associated cabling. If the problem is in both buildings Call us. Be prepared to give your name a Call Back number the base and the building numbers affected. We Call 5lh signal come when we be received two or three Calls in the same area. If it s a valid outage it Only takes about two minutes to receive five to 10 Calls on the an line. Off base an customers if you receive an at All consider yourself Lucky. As St signal come stated the status of forces agreement with the West German government limits the transmit Power and Only on base personnel arc guaranteed an. If you Aren t receiving an be sure your to is tuned to Channel 26 uhf. Your Antenna polarization will depend upon the area you live in and it is published occasionally in the an guide. If you have your to Var tuned correctly Check with your neighbors. You May find out that you live too far from the base and no one in your town can receive it. However you May also find out that they receive it and your Antenna is pointed in the wrong direction. If you do receive it off base but your signal is de graded take into account the weather conditions As St signal come said. Temperature inversions fog and humidity can affect the signal Quality you receive. As anyone who is up at 0530 can attest St Sig come technicians take an off the air for 30 minutes several Days a week to do maintenance. I m sure during this time they optimize transmit signal and output Power. If your signal has degraded it s probably due to factors other than the transmitter site or repeater station. Finally i d like to c9trcct chief warrant officer 3 Hamilton s misconception that we Don t care. I be seen my people spend 10 minutes or More with a single customer on the an line. I be seen them our primary Job permitting search through four or five offices to find someone who lives near the caller to determine which direction they should Point their Antenna. I be heard them explain in detail everything i be written in this article and you can t do that in 30 seconds. I be also had them complain to me about How rude callers were. My people have been called names and cussed at because we can t control their reception. It never ceases to amaze me How military personnel believe their rank should have a direct correlation to their an reception regardless of where they choose to live. We will continue to do our Best at answering caller complaints at the an trouble reporting number. But please remember we Are Only intermediaries who have no control Over programming or weather conditions. Name and locution withheld pen pals i would like to have pen pals i am 23 and enjoy singing cooking and playing void Nyvall. Armonda e. Ablong or. V. Locum Street Dumaguet City Negros of Omal Philippines i would like my name published m your pen pal column. I am 48 years old and enjoy cooking writing country Ana Western music and Bowling i Wou Flike pen pals from All Over. Norm  502nd Avn hog Box 844 , new York 09293 00200302please publish my name in your pen pal column. My hobbies Are playing volleyball Watchung movies writing pen pal Alma Vorabo blk 6. Lot is Sta. Monica sub Subic Zam Philippines please publish my name in your pen pal column. I enjoy travelling collecting coins and Stamps playing computer games Reading novels watching movies and listening to music. Janet r. Miaco main it Sib Utan 6201 Negros Oriental Philippines i am the widow of a retired service member and i would like pen pals. Mrs. L.8. Prior 262 prior Lane Atherton Catt. 94025 please print my name in your pen pal column. My hobbies Are Reading and writing to pen pals Elt Enila Brona #14-5denoviembfesl., Silay City Negros Occidental Philippines i would like my name placed in the pen pal column. I pm 26 years old Louta Casiple Barangay go Malaran Sila Yorty Philippines i would like to have pen pals with a sense of humor. I am 29 years old Ana i am a Divorcee. My Sturos 80 Woodside re ton badge Kent tn92pb England please Prim my name in your pen pal column. I am looking Lor pen pals Between the Ages of 14 19. I am a 14-year-old male whose hobbies Are travelling swimming and writing letters Donno Ellis vanity fair Lunstead . St Catherine Jamaica West indies kindly publish my name in your pen pal column i enjoy collecting and raising different kinds of orchids watching to shows and Beta apes. Lydia s anti North Poblacion Bacong Negros Oriental 6218 Philippines t m 12 years old and would like to have pen pats worldwide. I live in West Germany. My Hob bus Are Reading shopping cooking skating Cheerie Adang Are swimming. Chulai Steczak . To 4845 Apo . 09132 i would like my name to be 10 be published in your daily newspaper 1 want to have friends. I am 15 years of and i enjoy cooking writing and Reading. Erlinda Alcor i co Juliana Akuo Candau a Dumaguet City 6200 Philippines i would like to have pen pals from an Over it world. Haidee Uia older a orgy. Mans Lingan Bacot oddity Philippines. 6100 Lam 25 years o d Ami my hobbies Are writing Reading and keeping lit. I would like to Corre Spond with americans As i Hope 10 visit America next year. Julia Pepper 21 Leysdown Maiden  nw53ht England i am 21 years of and my Hobbs Are writing pen pals and collecting stalled toys. City a. Jaravata 289 Bow Law Street Davao City Philippines european edition col Jeffrey m. Cook Usa commander editor in chef it col Suzanne l. Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. 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