European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ann Landers dear Ann Landers about one month after my child started kindergarten the students were Given packets issued by the Pat containing a Catalon of gifts and an order form. Each child was supposed to sell these items to family and friends. Also enclosed in the packet was a list of Knick Knacks designed to Reward higher sales _ the More the child Sells the better the Quality of the Knickknacks. An element of peer pressure also is exerted a the class with the most sales gets a party As a Reward. A needless to say the parents must foist this junk on family and friends. It s even worse when a Parent happens to be the Boss As Well. The subordinates Are subtly forced to buy or else. Ann will you please Contact the National Headquarters of the Pat to ask Why this Racket is necessary maybe it will give an answer that will make us All proud of the Pat. Thanks. Put upon Parent in new York dear Parent my office spoke with Tari Marshall director of communications at the National Pat who said the Pat is a child advocacy association that provides for the educational needs of children in cooperation with local schools. It does not encourage using children for fundraising but any Money raised by local chapters goes Back into the school or is used for Community programs and Parent child education. No school should hold each student responsible for his or her class performance. This is too much pressure. Ann Landers dear Abby my husband and i hosted a Large wedding for our daughter recently. A week later a Melanie a an old Friend of mine who is divorced called to ask for the Telephone number of the grooms Mother who is also divorced. Ill Call her Katie Melanie had met Katie at the wedding found they had a lot in common and decided to get together for lunch. She said Katie had Given her her Telephone number but she had misplaced it. I gave Melanie Katie a number a then i told her i was Hurt to think that she would make a Date to Sec Katie without including me whereupon she said i was a a Welcome to join them for lunch. I was St Hurt and angry 1 did not accept. Abby was it proper for Melanie to make a Date with Katie without including me excluded dear excluded i see nothing wrong with Melanie and Katie deciding to get together for lunch without including you. But i do see something wrong with your telling Melanie that you were a Hurt a thus embarrassing her into inviting thursday january 9, 1992 the stars and stripes today a crossword dear Ann Landers i am a 16-year-old High school Junior with a problem that May seem silly to most people but it s turning into a major Issue for me. I Don t Wake up even with an alarm clock. Sometimes i hear the buzzing but i often sleep right through it. I now have two clocks right next to me but it does t help. They still Ean t get me up. My Mother thinks the reason i Don t hear the alarms is because i stay up too late and Don t get enough sleep. This is not True. Even though i sometimes go to bed late 1 Don t feel tired once i m up. Ann. My Mother has gotten so disgusted with me that she refuses to Wake me up. She says. A it you Don t hear the alarm it s your Tough  i be been tardy for school twice in the last eight weeks and these Black Marks against me will Hurt my grades. My mom says if 1 know i have no one to depend on but myself. I la hear the alarm. So far she s been wrong. This is causing fights Between my Mother and me. I be been Reading your column for As Long As i can remember and will go along with whatever you suggest. Always late in . Dearns shop around and find an alarm clock with a loud shrill Bell instead of the newfangled ones that Buzz. Put the clock in a Metal dishpan or tin bucket. This amplifies the ringing and makes such a Racket it could Wake the dead. Also try getting to sleep at least an hour earlier than usual. In spite of your protestations 1 suspect one of the reasons you done to hear the alarm clock is because you re not getting enough Zzz Zzz and Are too tired to Greet the morn. C creators Syndicate you to join them. It would have been gracious of Melanie to have invited you but nowhere is it written that because they met at your daughters wedding they were obligated to do so. Dear Abby i have been an avid Reader of your column for Many years and now i need your help. I am a compulsive Gambler now living in Okinawa Japan. Fortunately i am a member of gamblers Anonymous which has been a Lifesaver for me. There is a . Chapter Here but unfortunately it Isnit very Well known. As a matter of fact there Are Only two members at this time. The Pacific stars and stripes carries dear Abby and everyone reads it. It would be great if More people knew about gamblers Anonymous. The stakes Are High Here and so is the divorce rate due to compulsive gambling. Please help. Compulsive Gambler dear Gambler i have had readers sing the praises of gamblers Anonymous and after this hits print five will gotcha 10 that your membership will skyrocket. Good Luck. Please give me a Progress report in july of�?T92. C Universal press Syndicate a from 1 Broa Meay bomb 8 Kipling lad a Quot on 11 mongolian Monk l9jaowa�?Ta second malt i4 0ntha right track i Stata 18 wham Follower 17 Pound of great Xury 20 of tworan 82 Shakir 28 bad or at bunched Totmina. 80 sat., . 81 motor Epa 82 sicilian Apia a 88 a Long Way to tipperary 84tavam 89 billow 84 Kyoto 11 Ino Apa Zummar bund 88 whom Uncle Sam wanted 90 god detail of a Oatly 97 partner of 22 a Fota 40 Chili Pica a Al wow 41 sheer hosiery 48 copycat 47 soda Container 42 first letter abbr. 80 songbird solution Elma 28m no. 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