| Show WWI2MINftAS Youth Village benefit dated The Salt Lake Tribune Dear Ann Landers: I couldn't sleep tonight if I didn't write and let you know how I feel about that 77- woman whose daughter is year-olpressuring her to care for a sister who has emotional and physical problems My husband and I are in our 30s We took care of my husband's ailing grandmother for four years until she died Those four years seemed like 40 We had to feed her dress her and change her (She was incontinent) We lived our life around Grandma's needs which meant we had no life of 20-ye- our village's ambassador at large Youth Village now owns and operates three teaching family homes for girls two in Kearns and one in Pleasant Grove and a teaching family home for boys in Sandy The village also provides the treatment supervision for a teaching family home for boys in Price and provides the training for all structured foster homes in Utah This year the village opened three therapeutic family homes in Salt Lake and Davis counties These homes help both boys and girls There are only two youths per home and the homes are owned by treatment parents ZCM1 will show fashions with Susan Collins fashion director and Faye Shifflett special event coordinator Kim Johnson anchor at KTVX will be mistress of ceremo- can't imagine in my wildest dreams a woman doing what we did We were young and healthy when Grandma came to live with us and it nearly killed us That crazy daughter who tried to make her mother feel guilty should try caring for an invalid herself for a couple of weeks I assure you she would sing a different tune — Donna N Northampton Mass Dear Donna: That letter created a fire storm of angry responses from readers furious with the woman for laying a guilt trip on her mother It's been a long time since I've saen such angry mail Read all about it: Dear Ann Landers: When I finished your column yesterday I was so mad I wanted to scream I'd like to take that daughter and shake her until her teeth rattle How in the world could she expect her mother to take care of an invalid? Does she have any idea how exhausting it is to care for a disabled person? I did it for four months and ended up in the hospital with a sprained back and a case of nervous exhaustion Your advice was correct but I wish you had landed on that idiot harder — Vancouver Wash From Vicksburg Miss: Please woman Ann tell the whose nutty daughter accused her of being selfish because she doesn't want to take care of her invalid sister if she agrees chances are good the sister will outlive her It happened in our own family My dear mother died at age 66 after she took aunt for two care of her years Auntie had a series of small strokes and was mentally incompetent She used to hit my mother and throw things at her Mother was a saint When she had a black eye or a bruise on her lip she would say "Aunt Nell doesn't know what she's doing Don't be angry with her" Mamma died of a heart attack and you guessed it Aunt Nell is 96 in a nies Merilyn Harvey is chairman of the benefit with Heidi Crocheron co- chairman Assisting are Phyllis Todd Nancy Graham Marjorie Laughlin Ethelyn Braun Hazel HarNatalie Mallinckrodt Janet Seamons Glee Richrison Faye Lundquist Phyllis Pardoe and Friends Ruth Pexton DeAnn Wahlberg Dorothy Burton Colleen Gubler and Bea Clark Reservations may be made by calling the village office listed in the phone book under Utah Girls' Village Self-estee- group m Mary CG Fleming will be leader for a support group and for Women meting April 10 through May 24 1:30 to 3 pm at the University of Utah Union Building Women's Resource Center The group will explore improving and increasing assertiveness through small group discussions and interactions is required at the Women's Resource Center Fee is $30 for community people $20 for stafffaculty $10 for students A sliding fee scale is negotiable Self-Estee- 't n - self-imag- e g e 19 4' Landers home wearing out the attendants From No Name No City No State: d By Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah State University Maybe conservation never went away but it has been keeping a low profile for the last 10 years After the price of gasoline stabilized many people stopped recycling and conserving water and Rto manufacturers started bragging about their big engines again Gas prices are still stable but a new improved version of conservation is back It is a combination of consumerism conservation environ- mentalism I Dennis iC: 1 Ilinkamp do change If you have to put a name on it you could call it Green Politics or Green Consumerism The Green movement and Green political party are probably stronger Fall menswear to follow floral path By Valli Herman of what West Coast looks might catch on nationwide New lightweight woven (not knitted) men's sweaters seem a likely candidate they said Previews of fall fashion in New York indicate that highly touchable fabrics in lofty wool chenille or boucle sweaters could be popular options Quilted garments including quilted denim are also beginning to be shown to store buyers from both coasts "A key word in construction and fabric is soft" said Chip Tolbert the MFA's fashion director That means suits lose their hard tailoring pants take on a fullness with pleats and a smoothness from rayon Hoods and drawstring waists are also a key look they said Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — Fall clothing for men likely will continue the trends established this spring That's the word from two New York fashion experts The floral patterns that took root this spring probably will sprout up on shirts and ties this fall said Tom Julian associate fashion director of the Mens Fashion Association a New York-base- d trade association He also predicts that colors for suits and other basics will remain in muted tones such as putty gray taupe and olive Outerwear takes on z —gazd look with leather — and not fur a popular option for trims The pair scouted Los Angeles stores and showrooms to get an idea DOCTOR Open House What Can Make ACUVUE Disposable Contact Lenses TheEYE MS The V U 61 magoonamommormanommornmongit ' ll'tL' d':: r I 1111 : I till ---- ' West Valley Center 2964 W 4700 South 9654674 Provo Center 74 E 500 South 2924ATH (6284) Salt Lake City Center 2645 Parley's Way CottonwoodSandy 1935 E 6100 South Bountiful 7 rpq 3325 N 53i? 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