European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Arm Landers dear Ann Landers i recently read that Timothy Leary the Radical Ltd Champion of the 1960s, told a group of col lege students in Alabama that people should have the right to use drugs if they want to. He also said America s War on drugs is really a War against Freedom of Choice. As a former drug abuser. 1 would like to say that or. Scary is wrong. Most people who abuse drugs Are not i control of their lives. A person May choose to Start using a drug but after a while the drug begins to us him. If this were not True please Tell me Why a person using drugs and or alcohol will forfeit All his Money his right to drive a car and his personal Freedom by committing crimes and being jailed and destroy relationships with those he loves most in order to get his hands on a drug that his body and or his mind craves. I Hope everyone who is being used by drugs will find the strength to move toward conquering his or her addiction. There is plenty of help out there and much of it is free or covered by medical insurance. -c.g.c. thanks for a Fine letter. A Good place to Start is witha Call to a drug abuse hotline. Here Are thre very Good ones 1-800-alcohol, 1-800-662-help Spanish hotline 1-800-66-Ayuda and 1-800-cocaine. Dear Ann Landers please say something to people who can t let go of a loved one who has died. They leave his or her room exactly As it was and turn it into a shrine. Pictures Are All Over the place. It gives me the creeps. Why can t people accept the fact that dead is dead and life is for the living or. Realist in Illinois dear realist if people want to leave the room of a loved one exactly As it was what business is it of yours Why begrudge them this Small Comfort Eib person must handle grief in his or her own Way. There ii no Standard that should be adhered to so Light Enop Boater. Dear Ann Landers several months ago i Learned that a Friend was get Ting married. I have known her 20 years and our parents Are close. I knew that the family is struggling financially so i offered to lend her my wedding gown and veil. She was thrilled. The wedding is two weeks away and i have not received an invitation although my parents have Bee invited. My Mother was told confidentially that the family is having trouble keeping the numbers Down. I am angry and Hurt. My parents find themselves in a very awkward position. 1 was looking Forward to seeing the Bride in my gown. Am i out of line stunned in California dear stunned to be married in a borrowed gown and not invite the person who offered it is in the wont possible taste. That Bride most be a brass plated world class Klutz and her parents Are no better. This is the ultimate in chutzpah. Dear Ann Landers politicians Are supposed to be the longest winded members of the human species. Can you Tell me who holds the record for non Stop talking . From Portland Ore. . It was a member of the is. Senate from your own state Wayne Morse. In 1953 he spoke on the tidelands of Bill for 22 hours and 26 minutes. It made the Guin Ness Book of world records. Page 11 letters is Oki a Chewer Birdman of Fulda praised by teacher Edgar link the Able school custodian of Fulda american High school in Fulda West germ any is a True Bird Lover. Herr link first came to my biology classroom in january of 1989 when he had noticed a window Bird feeder i d placed outside. He told me he enjoyed Birds immensely and that he had placed Many Bird nesting boxes in his Orchard near the East Ger Man Border town of Hilders. I d gotten the plastic window feeder As a free gift for having subscribed to the Magazine of the National Audubon society for the last year. Pur school is built around an enclosed courtyard. This area is a perfect place for Birds. It s relatively free of natural predators and is landscaped with attractive shrubs and evergreens. Herr link had noticed a Defi Nite increase in the Bird population in our was due to the Small window Bird feeder from the National Audubon society. My students also enjoyed watching various Birds visit the feeder from time to time. Herr link offered to make and erect several nesting boxes for us. Our principal assured us that this area would be kept free of students. What a great Bird Sanctuary it is becoming Herr link constructed four neat Bird nesting boxes and placed them in some concealed areas among the Pine Trees. Last Spring we had several Birds use the boxes and rear families. Now Herr link has added a super Bird feeder to the Central area of the courtyard. Already finches arc beginning to Sample our Sunflower seeds. Many classrooms the Library and several offices look upon our courtyard. How relaxing to gaze out upon this Serene area and watch our Birds feed Fly sing and rear families. Bravo Herr link the Birdman of Fulda High school for your efforts at conserving our wonderful Bird life. By the Way Herr link and or the cleaning lady feed our fish and water our plants while we re away on vacation Michael Fulda West Germany service member lauds action in Panama being a member of the United states armed forces i would like to take this Opportunity to commend the participants in the United states military offensive in Panama. I would like to congratulate president Bush Secre tary of defense Dick Cheney and the men and women of the United states Southern come for a Job Well done. I like Many other members of the United states army Navy air Force and marines am not a War Monger. But i am tired of seeing our men and women in Panama being ill treated by Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega and the panamanian defense forces. It i about time that something like this was done to show Gen. Noriega the United states is not playing games. My sympathies go out to the families and friends of those service members who were killed and wounded in this recent operation and other recent acts of aggression against . Personnel but it is a necessary evil that sometimes comes with military service. When Gen. Noriega declared a state of War Between Panama and the United states i hoped that president Bush would not take it lying Down. He did not. I have the utmost respect for president Bush Secretary Che Ney and those of the . Southern come who participated in the operation and again would like to congratulate them on a Job Well done. Now that Panama has a new president and knows that president Bush is not playing games maybe a Little peace will help the panamanian people bring in the new year. Spec. Timothy s. 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