European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sandra Mccain standing rehearses a scene from "77ie Panama  on the family is Dave Dadid Lakenheath actress returns for an encore Bomar Mcfann . Bureau i to says you can t Jovi a b Home again bal b Sandra Mccain i my became interested u my b in acting while bomb attending Junior bbb High school at Raf by Lakenheath England where her air Force father was stationed in the Early 1970s. Since then More than 20 years of wanderings have taken Mccain to the miss Georgia and miss America pageants to television news and the new York theater scene to big parts in Small plays and Small parts in films and television. Now Mccain has returned to the Lakenheath area with her husband an air Force major and is starring this month in an Amateur production of the Panama came. While revisiting Lakenheath High school not Long ago Mccain saw a sign saying Home of the  when i went to school Here she recalled we did t have a Mascot. The student body got together to come up with a  the leopards was her suggestion. It May not seem like a very big Deal to most people Mccain said. But to see it still Here after All those years was quite  it was at Lakenheath As a teen that Mccain one of five Sisters took a school Field trip to see a Shakespeare play and was bitten by the acting Bug. Throughout her High school years she was involved in plays musicals and drama classes. However her first experience in the saturday april 23, 1994 is Dave Didio Mccain is a former miss Georgia. Limelight was not As an actress but in the Junior miss Lakenheath Beauty pageant which she won at age 14, this was just the Start. She was crowned miss Georgia in 1979, and competed in the miss America pageant the same year the last one hosted by longtime master of ceremonies Bert Parks who annually crooned there she is to the Winner. It was All very exciting to say the least said Mccain. I never dreamed i would make it to the miss America pageant it was televised of course. There was none of the backbiting and bickering you always hear  from there Mccain worked in television news and was Active in Community theater before moving to new York in 1983 to study acting and modelling full time. It was top hectic and overwhelming for a Small town girl but it was a great learning experience she said. Her performing career includes years of stage work and a couple of films including a Small part in the made for television movie White lie starring Gregory mines. Mccain does not have a monopoly on Talent in the family. Her younger sister Bobbie Eakes is also a former miss Georgia and an actress and has played the part of Macy on the television soap opera the bold and the a East re forthe past five years. Mccain arid her sister made a demo tape together in 1989, and although they considered the project fun it did t spark much interest Mccain said. Mccain s acting and singing talents paid off when she returned to England and landed the Lead in the Bury St. Edmunds Amateur operatic and dramatic society s production of the Panama came. She plays babe Williams the part performed by Doris Day in the movie. She also received a scholarship from the society which includes a few americans among its members to attend a seven Day National workshop this summer in York England. Diane Semley chairman of the 91 year old society said that each year the group sends one person to the summer Camp. This year the group chose Mccain Semley said. When the Panama came opened tuesday for a five Day run at the theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds Mccain took her place in the spotlight. There on stage she can showcase her acting and singing talents less than 20 Miles from where it All started. The final performance of the Panama game is tonight at 7 30. Tickets Cost Between 3 and 7 pounds about $4.50 to $10.50 and Are available by calling the Box office at 0284-769505. Q Money How can i teach my teen the value of one Good technique is. To give him enough Cash to meet a particular need and than let him manage it. You can begin by offering a weekly food allowance to be spent in school. If he squanders it on something else then it becomes his responsibility to either work for his lunches or go hungry. This is the cold reality life and it will not harm him to experience the lesson while still an adolescent. I should indicate that this principle has been known to backfire. A Friend of mine has four daughters and he provides each with an annual clothing allowance when she turns 1 2. It then becomes the girl s responsibility to budget her Money for the garments she will need throughout the year. The last child to turn 12, however was not mature enough to handle the assignment. She celebrated her 1 2th birthday by buying an expensive boat which Cut deeply into her available capital. The following Spring she exhausted her funds and wore shredded stockings Holey panties and frayed dresses for the last three months before her birthday. It was difficult for her parents not to intervene but they had the courage to let her learn this valuable lesson about Money management perhaps your son has never Learned the value of Money because it comes too easily. I would suggest that you restrict the pipeline and maximize the responsibility required in All expenditures. I have a defiant 5-year-old son and i m doing my Best to Cope with the assignment of shaping his will. Lately i be had feelings of guilt and self doubt Over the constant tug of War i m in. Do other parents of Strong willed children feel the same yes Many do. One of the problems is that parents have been told by experts that managing children is easy for those who do it right. That leaves them with intense self condemnation when things Don t work out. No one told them that parenthood would be this difficult and they blame themselves for the tension that arises. They had planned to be such Loving and effective parents Reading to their Panama Clad Angels by the fireplace. The difference Between life As it is and life As it ought to be is a frightening bit of reality i m glad you were Able to verbalize your feelings of guilt and depression. That a important. In response let me give you three assurances that will help you it in t All your fault. It won t always be so difficult. You re probably doing a much better Job than you think. Hang in there. Your Strong willed child will someday be a Stalwart respectable hard working citizen whose Only source of depression will emanate from conflict with his own Strong willed child. Or. James c. Dobson is president of focus on the fatty an organization dedicated to preserving the Home. Correspondence should be sent to him at focus on the family. . Box 444. Colorado Springs Colo. 80903. The stars and stripes 15