European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 10, 1993 the stars and stripes 21 doctor not guilty for obesity in family dear Ann Landers you missed the Mark in your response to heavy duty problem whose borderline diabetic daughter was sneaking sweets. What do you mean by asking where is your family doctor your question should have been where is the girl getting the sweets she is sneaking unless the family doctor is grocery shopping and cooking for this family he should not be held accountable for the prob Lem. The person shopping and preparing meals is largely responsible for the weight gain in and the 16-year old girl who is 35 pounds too heavy. To get on the right track this family needs 1. Dietary counselling for the entire family. Ann Landers 2. Diabetic instruction. This girl is 16 years old. She needs to accept some responsibility for what she puts into her Mouth and understand that diabetes in t a curse it s a manageable condition. 3. Family counselling. Why is mom worried about a 16-year-old not having a Date Shell have plenty of time to Date once she gets her eating disorder under control. Dad also needs to get is eating under control. As Long As he condones what his daughter docs she will continue to sneak food and get fatter. Finally mom needs to take responsibility for the food brought into the House if she is the Cook. Being from the South myself i understand How easy it is to Fry everything instead of trying to Cook in a Way that is healthy. Gem of the Day credit Robert Frost half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can to and the other half consists of people who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago. Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate nuns dressed Pupil in cruel clothing dear Abby i winced when i read the letter from the Man who recalled that when he was a youngster his Mother punished him by making him Wear a girl s dress. I experienced the terrible unhappiness of being placed in an orphanage six weeks before my Lith birth Day. The Sisters who operated the orphanage also re sorted to that kind of punishment. Although i do no recall the exact nature of my mis conduct i was forced to Wear a girl s dress and Parade Back and Forth in the corridor on the girl s Side of the building. Needless to say i shed copious tears at the humiliation and Public embarrassment i endured. You can see what a profound impression that left on me since at age 73,1 recall the episode As if it happened yesterday. To this Day i wonder what prompted the nuns to use such a perverted form of punishment. The Rev. Basil r. Janasik franciscan Friar Green Bay wis. Dear Basil Janasik what prompted the nuns to punish you in that Man Ner More than 60 years ago is the same kind of thinking that is prevalent today the ultimate humiliation for a boy is to be stripped of his masculinity and forced to appear girlish. Dear Abby recent letter in your column from teen age twin brought Back memories of my youth As an identical twin. My brother and i both experienced the frustration of relatives who could t or would t take the time to Tell us apart. In our Early teens my brother and i decided to get our revenge at the next family gathering. I believe it was dear Abby thanksgiving when we got our first Chance. Whenever we were called by the wrong name or referred to As whichever one you Are we would respond politely and with total respect but with a totally incorrect name. For instance if aunt Ruth asked for the sugar bowl we d pass it to her with Here you Are aunt if Uncle Fred wanted " the Footstool we d place it in front of him and ask did you need anything else Uncle Bob this Only occurred a few times until people began to realize what we were doing. Nobody s feelings were Hurt and we got our Point across. Soon All our relative began calling us by our Correct names. Even today almost 40 years later my brother and i still Start the name game at family gatherings and it never fails to bring pack wonderful and funny Mem ories of the past. The other one in Columbus dear other one thanks for sharing a precious memory and an in genious solution if carried out with obvious Good humor and a twinkle in the Eye. Dear Abby i am Only one of thousands of soldiers stationed in Kuwait but All of us at he co Argent training an Security Kuwait would like to extend our appreciation to All who participated in operation dear Abby. Our unit received thousands of letters cards and hundreds of boxes filled with cakes cookies and gifts from schools businesses and just Plain Good folks who took the time to make our Christmas a very special one. The True spirit of Christmas reached us Here in Kuwait through your program and those who participated in it. Bless you and the people who sent a Little piece of Christmas to the soldiers in the Sand it made Christmas Complete for All of us. Cpl. Terry mullen1x letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054. press Syndicate. Today s crossword across 1 flour a 4 shadow1 door Tram part 12 Way Back when 13 assistant 14 author 15 Chic in the 60s 16 fir All the guns atone 18 barroom seen Climax 20 Deposit 21 re it spi Olborg flick 24 Toulon Tarn 28 touched 32 Garnr Teh of fashion 33 card Gam 34 Hallow a party Standard 36 Hopr can dutsch7" 37 Rud. 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