European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Solving life a mysteries a Valessa Foster Tel Hal Firidl guest columnist w my guest columnists How wildly my heart beats. To plus probably thinks this is just a Little Light service to readers. Lets All have a Good time for a while. Then later when everyone gets serious Well kill the column. In my opinion no paper should trifle with certain vulnerable readers Methe invitation to a be our guest a so casually nestled among the sunday columns exposes my fondest Hope wildest fantasy overriding life goal to be published for my opinions. Of the Power and glory to influence lives stimulate thought brighten someone a morning. So you done to pay women a Days $2,000, or Newsweek a $1,000 or Glamour a $500 for my opinion. Neither do they. What a Money where a byline can surface say the word column arid ideas for the next 50 years whirl through my brain at glorious speeds. I have the answer for anyone who asks As Well As for those who done to. Dishwasher too big for your Kitchen Hook it up to your Bathtub. Want to go on a vol Smarch without Ever leaving the base let your car registration lapse. Car for a collapsed Bee place a tiny drop of Honey near i can advise you How to Cook without meat poultry or fish open cans of Beans dress for less live where there Are no malls raise your cholesterol 14 Points your first half year m Germany enjoy Cream pastry daily Between 3 and 6 or save Money on travel own a Loving dog who wont stay in a Kennel and wants you Home too. A Ann and Abby have nothing on me. The difference is you done to have to wait for my solutions while i seek expert backup. My opinions stand on their own. There Are unfortunately two mysteries about which i done to yet have an answer or opinion nor it a seems do my helpful Friendly sensible efficient organized and ecologically minded German relatives and friends. The first is Why can to people who scrub windows and Steps daily and say things like a a there a a place for everything and everything in its place and a problems Are to be solved a solve the problem of keeping flies in their place which in my opinion is outdoors. And the second is Why does my House have a bathroom larger than some Peoples living rooms with a giant Bathtub a Shower and two Large basins and now a dishwasher and a smaller bathroom adjacent to it with a toilet and Basin while my Kitchen sink is not even Large enough to Wash out a salad bowl. When i discover the psychology behind these fascinating inconsistencies ill let you know. That a what columnists do invited or not. Alessa Foster is a writer living in Blanken Rath Back real heroes Thomas Sweeney guest columnist hey son what a that you re watching on the latest videotape aunt. Faye sent us from the states a a co Rabunga dad its the teenage mutant ninja turtles and Captain Power fighting the evil Empire of cobra and the deceptions a its a great tape a a ooh no not those Guys a a what a wrong dad did no to you watch these cartoons when you were a kid a a the closest thing we had to these jokers when i was 8 years old was mighty mouse. Now there was a great Guy a he could sing and he did no to try to sell us a yeah i saw some tapes of him a he a kind of Boring. Did no to you Guys have any neat super heroes when you were a kid a a Well there was the a Superman i can remember its introduction now a faster than a speeding Bullet More powerful than a locomotive Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. A but my old Man made us Stop watching it after a kid on the other Side of town jumped out of a third Story window with a red Towel draped Over his shoulders. He said Superman had a bad influence on a gee dad you Guys were a come on Paddy we had heroes when i was growing up. Its just that they weren to cartoon super heroes. We had fess Parker also known As Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone. Walt Disney brought All kinds of heroes into our living room. I can remember the swamp Fox with a Tail on his hat leading the British a merry Chase through South Carolina. Then there was Kurt Russell As a Yankee drummer boy escaping from Confederate stockade a that a where he got his practice for a escape from new York a you know. A yep we had All kinds of role models. We had John Wayne playing sergeant Stryker at iwo Jima and Captain York at fort Apache. We had sergeant Saunders leading his squad across France. Lbs had a show on Friday nights that showed episodes in the lives of famous americans. I remember a really Good one about Young Andy Jackson during the a dad what a iwo Jima and who is Andy Jackson is he related to Michael Jackson a a heaven forgive me in be failed you. We need to find some books in the Library with Nice colourful pictures to clue you in on the facts of a maybe tomorrow after Church dad we re missing the Best part of the show now a see Donatello take that Guy out a of boy enjoy it for now i think i just might give these videotapes the old a Superman show treatment. Your Grandfather had the right idea. Its a sorry situation when to has you kids aspiring to be robots and turtles instead of patriots. Thomas Sweeney is a civilian working As a plans specialist at Hohenfels Germany. Family activities for fun and profit Dan Powers guest columnist Quot a Aye you come to the Point in your family life where you done to remember when you last spent time with you kids / maybe you have forgotten the. It Rameson their teachers maybe you be forgot ten the names of their friends. People who Are very Busy sometimes need to take a step Back from their daily hustling around and notice that they Are passing their family members coming and going. Parents Are on the Job and Are Active in the Community. Kids Are in school and have lots of friends and activities. There Are so Many things to do As individuals that activities for the family As a group take a Back seat. This development is almost always unintentional. But if you find yourself missing your family and craving that family cohesiveness you used to enjoy there is something you can do that wont take much time a and pays High dividends. Its called family night and its simple. Your family decides which night of the week will be family night. It does no to have to be All night. Two or three hours or even one hour of Quality time is Fine. A two hour period works Best. In that of time you can bowl a couple of games play cards or a Board game go for a walk or just stay Home and watch a video arid eat Popcorn. Everyone should have a voice in the Choice of activity. Family night is a favorite with children through age 12. Teen agers will say they can take it or leave it but they a rather take it a in spite of their Independence. And you done to have to worry about forgetting. Your kids will remind you with a chorus of a they Isnit this family night a. If your children Are Small Start family night while they Are Young and watch it grow into a tradition. If they Are older you can get to know them again. Either Way you will be doing what families Are really supposed to be doing a a meeting each others needs and caring for the children. That is the purpose of a family. Everyone is together. Everyone is important everyone counts. And its fim too it master sgt Dan Powers is a family therapist with the office of the Community executive officer. 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