European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 2$ 1994 Geff ing the Lowdown on gossip dear Ann Landers our family has been torn apart because of gossip and i am devastated. So Nany people in the world need to see this piece again. Will you please do a repeat sad in Savannah dear Savannah Here it is. I Hope it helps. Remember me my name is gossip. I have no respect for Justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cunning and malicious and gather strength with More i am quoted the More i am flourish at every level of so \ -. My victims Are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me because i have no name and no track me Down is impossible. The harder you try themore elusive i become. I am nobody s i tarnish a reputation it is never quite the same ,. ,.-", / -. V. My name is gossip. Dear Ann Landers my husband and i Are both in our 30s and have just moved to California. We consider ourselves to be a de cent caring and honest couple who love to go places and have fun. Yet we Don t seem to have any friends. Ann Landers maybe we re doing something wrong. We can t count the number of times we be encountered people who at first seem enthusiastic about starting a Friendship. They say let s get together. Well give you a Call. But they never do. It happened again recently. A woman i had seen at several functions confided that she had no friends. I told her i was in the same boat. We agreed to get to Gether and exchanged phone numbers. I decided to take the initiative and Call her first. We made plans and settled on a Date and time. She said she would Call me and confirm the night before. The Call never came. I phoned her again and left a message on her answering machine. She did not respond to my message. What is going on Are californians too Busy to make friends or Are they just Plain rude is anyone else hav ing this same problem ". B baffled dear Baff it takes time to make friends in new Don t judge All californians by that one strange lady. Maybe she became 111. Perhaps she has an emotional problem and is fearful of making new friends. Some people who come across As gregarious Are realty loners. a. Call her one More time. If there is no follow through cast your Friendship net elsewhere and Don t take her rejection personally. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Eon 11562, Chi Cago. Lit. 60611-0562 ".-., c creator Syndicate " " v l6v/ng care Lor dear Abby i have read your column for Many years often Start ing my Day with you. You have always been a wonderful source of information. I Hope that you will find this a worthy topic to share with your readers every Day we receive Telephone Calls from fright ened sad and desperate people who Are dealing wit the terminal illness of a Friend or loved one. We Are Able . we Are hospice. Contrary to what Many beige Jcj hospice is not a destination. We Are a service provided by More than 1,800 affiliated medicare licensed agencies dedicated to the care of dying people and their families. When All avenues of cure have been exhausted the terminally ill their families and physicians turn to us. Hos pice doctors nurses Counselor aides and volunteers work to ensure that patients live comfortably at Home until death. Professional and skilled care givers attend to the physical psychological and spiritual needs of both the patient and the family. So what s the problem not everyone knows that hos dear Abby pice exists. Both the Public and the medical Community deserve to know what hospice offers. Some important features. -. A 1. We work with the patient s doctor taking order Sand directions from him or her. 2. All available and appropriate techniques to control pain and other symptoms Are applied. 3. Most hospice care is done at Home. The great majority of our patients live and die in their own Homes ,. 4.the Cost is covered by medicare and Many private insurance companies. 5. Hospice provides care without regard to age diag Nosis or ability to pay during the final months of life. 6. Hospice specializes exclusively in the care of dying people. / r " a by facilitating at Home care hospice saves Money and keeps the patient in the environment of his or he Choice. The care is both Cost effective and compassion ate. For information about hospice services across the nation write to the National hospice organization . Box 9998, Arlington a. 22209 Jane d. Evans director hospice of Central Arkansas letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris. Iii. 51054. C Universal press Syndicate the stars and stripes today s crossword Page 21 across. 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