European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 dear Abby dear Abby you recently had a ice Ter voicing concerns about children losing their Way in the Woods or campgrounds. You suggested that they should Al ways carry a whistle which is Fine but parents can take a few More Steps to keep i hair children Safe. One or them is called hug a  this is program founded by Abe Taylor a retired . Bor Der patrolman who is an expert  1 in honed his talents to such an extent that the National Parks and recreation Agency held special training sessions with Taylor to assist their agents in finding people who had lost their Way in our deserts mountains and forests. Taylor and other volunteers carry this lifesaving message to children in our schools and summer Camps hug a tree if you suddenly realize that you have lost your Way. Sit still trackers will find you All children should have a whistle and in their pocket folded and kept As an emergency item a plastic trash bag to be stepped into and pulled up Only to the child s neck and never Over their head to protect them from expo sure to the chill of the night. And no one child or adult should go hiking without taking along a buddy " family outings arc great fun but Many end in trag Edy because the areas do not appear sinister they have Brooks Trees Small animals Birds picnic tables Etc. Because of the Friendly atmosphere we All tend to Letour guard Down. Get lost a hug a tree is easy for a child to remember and it s recommended for adults too. Muriel c. Watson Bonita Calif. Dear Muriel and a hug for you is. Watson for sharing the excellent Elf Csavina suggestions for campers. Dear Abby two years ago our son was killed in an Accident. He left a wife and two sons Ages 4 and 6. Within a year his wife i la Call her Jane met a Man who moved in with her. And our grandsons started calling him  we begged Jane not to let the boys Call this Man baddy because we Felt there was no lasting commitment in that relationship and never would be. Jane had told us that she had no intentions of marry ing again because she d lose the $500 a month in social Security she gets As a widow. Meanwhile my husband and i were always there for Jane and the boys and we kept our grandsons Ever weekend we could get them. Three months ago daddy left Jane and she started to drink too much. Last weekend we had the boys and when we brought them Back on sunday eve Ning Jane came to the door very dishevelled with a swollen lip and dark glasses. She looked As though she had been in a fight. When i asked what happened Toher she went totally out of control and struck me. I hated to leave the boys with her but since she was so hostile. I did t want to Start anything in front of the boys so i left. Now Jane refuses to let us see our grandsons. When Call her she hangs up on me. We do not want a Public court Battle but we worry about our grandson we Are desperate. What should we do keep me Anonymous dear Anonymous discuss this with your lawyer immediately and Fol Low his advice. Please do not delay Tor the Sake of your grandchildren. Jane is not a it Mother and your grand sons need to be protected. Letters Reader urges employing teens As tutors just finished watching growing up Down and out survival stories. What wonderful ideas. Is there any Way Dodds can get potential dropouts jobs to Tong the younger children who need the help if Dodds can t afford it maybe the parents of these children would pay the minimum wage for a few hours per week tutoring. That s a fraction of the Price of the professional Tutor and it helps both the teen Ager and the child who needs tutoring. Give the teen Ager a sense of Worth a reason to stay in school. The Job program sounded great too. It could save car warranty problems my husband and 1 purchased a jeep wrangler through cafes car sales and needed some warranty work done. When we bought our jeep we were told that our local cafes garage would work on All our prob lems. Well the work we needed done could not be worked on by our local cafes garage personnel. Naturally we went Back to the cafes car sales representative whom we purchased our jeep through to find out what to do. He gave us some phone numbers in Frankfurt and basically gave us the it s not my problem attitude. We were informed that the technical representative from cafes car sales would be at our local cafes garage on a scheduled Day to help us. Well unfortunately our first problem and the two other warranty problems we be had before our 12,000 mile warranty ran out did not fall on the Day the technical representative was at our local garage. So my question is whom do cafes car sales purchasers go to when they have a warranty prob Lem and the person they bought the car through smiles and gives the it s not my problem attitude Mary c. Rich Pitburg a West Germany editor s note master sol. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies new car sales purchasers Are encouraged to take their warranty problems to authorized cafes garages Tor vehicle services. Cafes garages including Pitburg Are authorized to work on vehicles under Chrysler warranty. The exceptions Are body work paint and some Glass work. When needed cafes technical representatives travel to garages and offer additional assist Ance. When your vehicle warranty expired the cafes garage arrangement to perform warranty work also expired. However if Chrysler approved repairs for your jeep under warranty cafes garages would do the work under that agreement. The it s not my problem attitude is an Altitude that cafes does not tolerate. Cafes is a caring organization dedicated to the task of providing Posi Tive effective customer service. The military Money give kids spending Money Job skills and something to do keep them out of trouble and away from drugs. Maybe if they have an unix Cusco absence from school they could be suspended from their Job for week. Teen agers can paint do clerical work Lawn maintenance landscaping Etc., fora fraction of what civilians arc paid to do the same things. What do you think help kids help themselves Tammy Walker Giessen West Germany Shelby knot not new i recently saw an article on tic knots in the paper. Since i am an old timer so years it seems to me that the Correct name of the Shelby knot is wind Sor. Richard ii. Frese Vaihinger West Germany there is nothing new or unique about the Shelby Necktie knot. Ii has been around since at least 1946-47 when i was a student at the Cretin military High school in St. Paul Minn. It is known As the half Windsor and it was popu Lar because it was acceptable whereas the bulbous Windsor was not. I wish i had my yearbook Here to show you about200 graduates in their half Windsor Black tics. There is nothing new under the Sun. A. G. Klett Nurnberg West Germany pen pals i am vory much interested in having my Nam puh filed in your pan pal column. My interests re walking listening to music and eating out. Miss Sylvia johnson50 Harry Road Majdoch St Helens. Merseyside. England wa11 Royy please publish my name in your pen pal column i am 31 years of ago and enjoy crocheting going to the Beach and  Keity 32 Gillette . St Catherine Jamaica i am writing to you in Hope of finding a pen pal. My Hobby is intoning to a kinds of  what fold 273 Binns  Swan Liverpool l13 1 is England i would like to have american pen pals. I am a 24-year-old Gorman who enjoys swimming an cooking. Peter softener  437272 Altos Tot 1, West Germany it you Are inquisitive and he to write and receive tetters then we should become pen pals. I am 25 years old and my Hobby is the English language. Ngn Delg Atte Bahn Holstr. 25 6101 Rossport. West Germany i would like to correspond with people in the armed  parting 3421 e. 42nd ave.apt.312anchorage. Alaska curo can coition col Gene c. Townsend Usan commander editor in Chiel it col Suzanne l Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manage managing editor circulation manager this Newi paper 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 Detent or the . European command. 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