European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 b the stars and stripes sunday june 16, 1991aces n places pm from wire reports residents of a Long Island Community have adopted a novel approach to the problem of prostitution a they Are writing letters to the wives and mothers of the Owens founder of the Gordon Heights Community watch said thursday the letter writing Campaign started after Suffolk county police arrested 19 men on May 13 for soliciting a policewoman posing As a prostitute on a local Street. A we obtained the names and addresses of the men from the police blotter a a Owens said. The letter addressed to the women to the household of the arrested Man reads in part a your husband or son was arrested for patronizing prostitutes in Gordon Quot height so and a we arc asking you to keep him out of our Community.�?�. The letters have generated two irate phone Calls from the Owens said that if the men seeking prostitutes can be discouraged from going to Gordon Heights then the prostitutes will leave. Jane Fonda Selling ranch Jane Fonda has put her California ranch on the Market for $5.75 million. She bought the 157-acre ranch near Santa Barbara in 1977. Fonda is engaged to Ted Turner the Cable television tycoon who lives in Atlanta. The ranch includes eight houses with a total of 27 bedrooms a bunkhouse a theater a gymnasium a dance Pavilion a swimming Pool a Pond a hot tub a baseball Diamond Riding trails and gardens. Famous Feather leaves la. Jaime Escalante the calculus teacher whose coaching of inner City students inspired the movie a stand and deliver a has announced that he will leave Garfield High school when the school year ends next week. Citing differences with his colleagues and a desire for a a change of scenery a Escalante said he is resigning from Garfield High in East los Angeles where he has taught for 17 years to take a similar position in Sacramento. Escalante a successful work with poor hispanic students at Garfield was chronicled in the 1988 film. His students results in 1982 were so stunning that the educational testing service which administers the advanced placement exams invalidated his students scores. Most of the 14 pupils retook the test and again attained passing scores. Escalante said he would teach calculus at Sacra Man to a Hiram Johnson High school an ethnically diverse Campus where Only six students passed the advanced placement calculus test last Yeai a princely selection a japanese Magazine recently printed pictures of Crown Prince Haruhito sporting various hair styles. The spread accompanied the results of what it said was a Survey of 100 Young women who were questioned which hair style they preferred. On dear readers today is fathers Day. What so soon again is it just my imagination or Are All the holidays getting closer together Well Happy fathers pay to All you fathers out there. This year lets pay special tribute to those men who were a a just like a father to a family whose a a real father died disappeared or Walju snot around for one of a thousand reasons a Garland of orchids to Stepfather a you men who married women with a ready made families and managed to overcome and the obstacles that Only men in that situation can know. How often did you hear a a you re not my real father a you can to Tell me what to do a Diamond in the Crown of the father who for one reason or another had to be both father and Mother to his children. He not Only brought Home the Bacon he cooked it a a resounding Happy fathers Day dear Abby. Twenty seven years ago when i was 15, i gave birth dear Abby to a Beautiful baby Hoy. I gave him up for adoption for reasons known to Many who had the same experience in the �?T60s. I gave him up out of love and wanted him to have a better life than 1 could have Given him at the time a Quot a a. Y a a two weeks ago i received a Telephone Call from an intermediary who said my son was looking for me alter 1 recovered from the initial Shock to called the number i was Given. Abby 1 was so choked up i could hardly speak but my son put me at ease immediately by saying he Felt no ill will toward me for having Given him up. Then he thanked me Lor having chosen to give him life instead of having an abortion. He assured me that the parents who raised him were the Best and if i Ever had any doubts about whether i did the right thing in giving him up i should set my mind at ease. The Point of this letter is to thank my songs adoptive Parent for having raised such a Fine compassionate Young Man the credit belongs to them entirely. I a so. Want to thank them for assuring my son that i did in Ann Landers. Dear Ann Lanc Eris my husband was deeply moved by this letter which he received from our 13-year-old son last fathers Day perhaps you would like to share it with your readers it is so refreshingly honest and full of Wisdom. I asked a a Jimmy if 1 could Send this letter to you he replied a Check no i would die if my name were printed in the when i told him i would ask you not to print his name he said a wok. But done to Tell the so Here it is Ann. My husband had a hard time hold inn Back the tears when he read it and so did i. 6 _ no name in Omaha dear Omaha. Y thank you for sending your songs letter. It is truly one of the sweetest letters in be Ever read. In a sure my readers will love it dear dad i wish i had some Money so 1 could buy you a neat present for fathers Day but i am broke so please let this letter be your present. A a even though you done to Wear a suit and tie to work like Tommy a dad i Trade you for anything. Tommy a dad brings work Home from his office every night and even on weekends. They never go to the zoo or play Ball in the Park or go fishing off the pier. 1 like the Way you talk to me when i am Down. You always make me see that things Arentt so bad and that they will get better which they always do. Mike the Way you done to let me get away with much. Sometimes i act mad when i Don t get my Way but deep Down i am glad you Are strict. I would be scared to death if you let me do anything i want. I like that you and mom agree on the rules around a Here. At Tommy a House if his mom says he can to do r something he. Goes and asks his dad because he knows his dad will say of just to get rid of him and then there is a fight. Kids hate it when their mom and dad fight. I like the Way you Tell re the truth about everything. When 1 grow up and have kids i want to be just like you. A a in a a a a a a a a a yours truly Jimmy dear Ann Landers 1 get along Fine with my Mother in Law. But i be Learned it is Best in the interest of peace to let her Juve her Way she visits us three or four times a year and stays for 10 Days. My children adore her and she is. No trouble at All. But there is one Nanna a As the grandchildren Call her loves to a save me Money by clipping grocery coupons. At least three times a week when i go to read your column there is a Hole in the paper. Our is year old daughter who. Is your no. 1 fan was very upset yesterday because All the kids at. Her school were discussing your column about super aggressive teen age girls. She did no to Sec it because Nanna had Lorn out the coupons which were on the other Side. A 1. A a a. Can you Tell me a tactful Way to suggest to Nanna i that she not rip up the paper before we read it thank you. A a. Buffalo . Dear Buff a Subtle suggestion wont do it. You Are going to have to Tell a a Nanna in Plain language what son your mind. Here a a Sample. A please done to tear anything out of the paper. After the family has read it ill give it Back to you and you can then Cut it up to your hearts that should a a do it. A a a a a a ,.a Quot a a a a. A a a a a c creators Syndicate deed love him and that giving him up was the Best Way to prove my love for him. Abby i am getting married soon a for the first time. And when i told my son he said a you gave me Awa out of love now i would like to return the favor and give a the Bride away a then we will be Ano signature or City please. I want every adoptive Mother to know that this is meant for herewith love and gratitude for her richly rewarded birth Mother dear Abby May i share the message i read recently in a cartoon it shows a teen age boy and his Grandfather. The boy says a gee Grandad it sir generation did no to have All these problems with sexually transmitted diseases. What did you Wear to prevent them a ,. Grand replied a a wedding ring.�?�. /. John m. Kelley. Sweetwater presbyterian y Church Hickory . A c Universal Pross
