European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990 faces n places Gulf go Calls $10,000 payoff Good enough from wire reports Navy Cook Joseph Abbott stationed in Eastern saudi Arabia with operation desert shield forces has won $10,000 in the Illinois lottery. He lost out however on a Chance at a $2 million Jackpot. A it s Good enough for me a said Abbott 32, who has been in the saudi desert since sept. 1. A just get me Back Home with my family and ill be a Happy camper the rest of my  Abbott a native of Desoto wis bought an instant lottery ticket in june and was among seven finalists picked oct. 15. Becoming a finalist guaranteed his winning $10,000. The 14-year Navy Veteran earns $17,500 a year As a Cook. He is stationed with Navy Fleet Hospital no. 5. Abbott plans to use the Money for his marriage put on the Back Burner by his deployment in the . Buildup in the Gulf. Abbott said he did no to feel too  about losing his shot at being a millionaire. A there i am 10,000 Miles from Home and in be got $10,000 More than i had yesterday a he  his own Job a Texas state clerks suggestion to use a machine to count pages could win him $10,000 but has Cost him his Job. George arroyos of Georgetown is one of seven finalists for the first prize in the governors productivity suggestion awards. His entry explained a Way to save Money for the Texas workers compensation commission. Money saved included his own $10,428-a-year salary. Arroyos was hired As a mail opener and Page counter. When someone requests copies of cases on file he a supposed to count the pages and Bill them accordingly. He said he had counted so Many pages he thought a there has to be a better Way of doing  arroyos discovered a $6 Page counter that attaches to most copying machines. After the suggestion Cost him his Job arroyos was assigned to other duties at the Agency before he resigned to take a Job As a probation  lion evictions the Monterey Calif., Harbor has become a sort of sea lion Motel where the sardines Are plenty and the living is easy. But they could soon face eviction As officials renew their fight to roust the mammals. A to the average Joe the sea Lions look like something out of a Walt Disney movie but until you go Down to the docks and stand right next to one of these monsters its hard to understand what the City is dealing with a said Mitch Whippern administrative assistant Fot the Monterey Public facilities department. Most of the hundreds of sea hons who gather off the Monterey coast Sun themselves on rocks about 100 Yards from the Harbor. But tourists lure them to the wharf by the dozens a to the dismay of City officials and fishermen. A dozen of the 300 to 800-Pound mammals recently climbed on a tugboat and Sank it. Others have prevented some boat owners from Docking. The City has spent $40,000 so far this year repairing sea lion dam a Navy Cook Joseph Abbott talks about his Good Fortune in winning a $10,000 lottery payoff rather than talking about missing out on the $2 million Jackpot. Age at the docks. Whippern said City officials have tried various methods of scaring them off to no Avail. A if we had a Guy out there with a Hose All Day we could keep them off but if you leave for a minute they come right Back a Whippern  pledge students at the Lapel ind., elementary school can boast of being led by president Bush in the pledge of allegiance. Even if Indiana native vice president Dan Quayle did no to seem interested in helping them through the Days opening ritual. The president was among about 35 celebrities principal Jerry r. Kemerly asked to make tape recorded messages to Lead the pledge. He sent out the requests with Blank cassette tapes in september and received six responses. Quayle was one of those who did no to respond Kemerly said. The school also received tapes from Purdue University basketball coach Gene Keady rep. Dan Burton r-ind., and former Brooklyn dodger pitching Star Carl Erskine now a Bank president in  coincidence a 43-year-old woman became a Mother for the third time and a first time grandmother All in the same weekend. Connie Jackson and her 21-year-old daughter Reena Bochner delivered babies one Day apart at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek Calif. Mother and daughter were in adjoining rooms. A a in be been Here 10 years and this has never happened a said Hospital spokeswoman Mary Jane Watt a i think its a Happy  a having another daughter makes me feel Young a Jackson said. A and having a grandson makes me feel wonderful a Jackson  new service Collins funeral Home does no to just want to Bury its customers. It wants to marry them As Well. The funeral Homes abundant living Center opening sunday will be offered As a place for weddings. The Standard marriage vow a until death do us part a will take on a new meaning said Collins vice president Annette Rollins. A we want to be a part of More than just the final event in a persons life a said Rollins a Cousin of company president Mary a Collins. Rollins said the 87-year-old Jackson miss funeral Home got the idea from professional journals. No weddings Are scheduled yet in the new 250-seat Center but there have been several inquiries. Customers probably Haven to considered that churches Are used for both purposes Rollins said. A a Church can be a Happy place or a sad place a it depends on the occasion. This is the  for a plug Richard Elkin figures head soon need More than pencils to plug the holes in the Bottom of his 30-foot fibreglass yacht. A my brother Steven was installing a Battery tray on the Bottom of my boat. He had this four Inch Drill. He hit  Steven rammed a Wood screw into the Hole. Then figuring his Luck had to improve he drilled a second Hole into the boats Bottom. A the hit water again a Richard said adding that it was a Good thing he loved his brother. Temporarily Richard plugged the holes with two no. 2 Graphite pencils. So far they re holding but he inspects the yacht berthed at the san Francisco Marina often just to make  t., morale Booster country music Singer Tom  Hall visited Crystal Springs miss., a town of about 5,000 to help Comfort friends and relatives of soldiers in the 162nd my co which has been sent to saudi Arabia. The Nashville networks program a Nashville now sent Hall to the tiny Community just South of Jackson after receiving a letter from resident Rose Beazley. A i just told a Nashville now that a lot of our men were leaving a Beazley said adding that Many of the 127 soldiers including her brother in Law had to leave Young children behind. Hall hosted an eight minute segment about Crystal Springs which was broadcast nationally on the Cable network. Hundreds crowded into the downtown area Many waving signs and shouting messages to their soldiers. Dear Abby i am an older gentleman who loves to dance. When i go to dances i am constantly pestered by older women who want to dance with me. I turn them Down politely of course a because most of them Are terrible dancers i go to Public dance hails to show off my dance skills. When i dance with a woman i make her look like a professional dancer so women half my age Are willing to Date me. Therefore i done to waste my time with older women. Last year i took a Job teaching ballroom dancing at $25 an hour. I made excellent Money a but i was dancing with older women and fat Young women which i hated. I quit because it was punishment to dance with poor dancers. There Are some older women who dance Well and i get plenty of requests to escort them to fancy functions. Some of these women Are widows with fortunes and big Homes. I would Many one of these older women on the dear Abby condition that the House would have to require two maids and i would be in charge of hiring and firing those maids. Meanwhile i am living comfortably and am faring Well dating younger women. What More does a Man need in life the big dipper dear . In . In Las vegas dear Abby-11116 compassion and humility for the third or fourth time this year i have Reeves a Chain letter. I throw them in the trash Basket but i have known several people who get terribly upset Abou not answering them. Some of them have been people who could not really afford the Stamps to do is a  ale area s of the Quot be a a tha i am tired of being told i will die immediately or lose my Job if i Don t Send this on none of which has happened because i believe Only the lord knows when my time is up. But other people go to nieces or this. I would turn them in to the Post off a if there was an address but there Isnit. What can we do about this stuff i wont sign my name because id be sure to get a dozen More. End of the Chain dead end a ase do not discard a threatening Chain letter Chain letters Are clearly in violation of the jaw. Send them to your postmaster with the envelope in which they were mailed. The postmark May provide a clue in locating the sender. Dear Abby some people of the jewish Faith write go instead of a a god have you Ever seen or heard of it please educate me. I would feel foolish asking anyone else. No. Puzzled in Canada dear puzzled orthodox jews consider it disrespectful or Sac rth pious to trash anything with the word a a god Witten on it. Therefore instead of writing a god a Ney write a do so the recipient need not worry be a a spa sing of it. Orthodox jewish tradition nods that anything with a a god written on it must be respectfully buried