Show I i 6A Standard-Examin- FAMILY CIRCUS by Bil Keane Oct 6 1990 Saturday er DRABBLE by Kevin Fagan 1 5HLL DON'T KDCXiJ 5CML0F TU£5 Family ruined by drunkenness UMAT get-togeth-ers DEAR ABBY: I come from a large family and we all live in the same town Most of us are married with children and we always get together to celebrate the holidays birthdays and anniversaries It sounds wonderful but it’s anything but The celebrations start out OK but after everyone starts drinking trouble breaks out My husband and I are not big drinkers but the others are I told my father we should limit the amount of drinking His response: “It’s none of my business how much they drink They’re all over 21 and if we try to put a lid on the drinking nobody will come” Abby these family celebrations are for the whole family — kids included — and I don’t want my kids witnessing the shouting matches and drunken arguments My mother says “Children don’t remember what happened” I say they do I would hate to stop going to these holiday because the kids look forward to being with their cousins Any suggestions? Please don’t mention the name of our town It’s small and ev- eryone will recognize us — FED UP Abigail Van Buren Universal BUTTONS ON OUR TV CUCKLRDO' It’s well worth sharing with my readers I hope no one will consider it sacrilegious It’s titled “A Prayer for the Soaps" (Well at least it’s clean) “Almighty and eternal God help us to no longer be THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Dear Abby Press Syndicate DEAR FED UP: Now that you know what to expect go to these family celebrations early — greet your relatives deposit your gifts and leave early How about having an annual “dry" party for the children’s sake? That way the cousins can get together in a quiet atmosphere Who knows the grown-up- s might learn something ve DEAR ABBY: Recently you published a humorous piece sent to you by a reader who said he had clipped it from a church bulletin I thought it was very amusing Now I am sending you something I just clipped from my church bulletin If it gives you a chuckle perhaps you will want to share it with your readers The author is unknown — AM KOGEL PINE ISLAND FLA DEAR MR KOGEL How kind of you to send the piece along “Help us O Lord to remember that we have only ONE LIFE TO LIVE and to try to build a DYNASTY “Let us remain always close to you walking not in RYAN’S HOPE but in Christian hope for our destination is heaven and not DALLAS “May the mothers and fathers of our community always say to you ‘Bless and protect ALL MY CHILDREN’ These are truly the DAYS OF OUR LIVES ( TMKLMV MA1CE-NE-VE- NEVER mU THIS BUTTON!! OML CM “The first commandment was when Eve said ‘Adam eat that apple’” PEANUTS by Charles M Schulz “And so AS THE WORLD TURNS should some of us find need to go to THE DOCTORS and GENERAL HOSPITAL may we always keep you dear God as our GUIDING LIGHT “We will then not be concerned with a foolish SEARCH FOR TOMORROW waiting for the EDGE OF NIGHT For to- gether dear Lord we will sail away from KNOT’S LANDING and create ANOTHER WORLD Amen” I 4 Bridge By B JAY and STEVE BECKER South dealer East-Wevulnerable NORTH st A A7 0 87643 A 84 WEST A KQ965 V 82 EAST 0 0 A J 9 Q 10 4 2 73 J 10 5 A 7532 A AQJ96 SOUTH A 83 V QJ 1065 OAK92 A K10 West 1 1 A carefully to get home safely Let’s say that after you duck the king of spades West leads another spade to dummy’s ace In that case you draw trumps with the queen and king of hearts then lead a diamond from dummy and after East follows low you finesse the nine! enable you to finish with eleven tricks The operative principle throughout is to shape the play so as to prevent East from ever gaining the lead That’s why it is correct to duck the opening spade lead and why you later take the deep diamond finesse Failure to make either of these plays would cost you the contract assuming proper defense 1 t CHESS QUIZ by Shelby Lyman K This extraordinary play insures W’est wins the diamond with the queen but is helpless If he leads a spade you ruff in dummy and finish with eleven tricks If West cashes the ace of clubs instead you finish with ten tricks I the contract The bidding: South J-- But even if you duck the king of spades you still have to play S7AK94 I nal with the jack to show his combination This guarantees him an eventual entry in spades that will allow him to make the killing club return that defeats the contract King Features Syndicate North East 3 Pass 4 Opening lead — king of spades Assume you’re declarer in four hearts and West leads the king of spades How would you play the hand? Actually the play is not as simple as it seems To begin with you should dude the king of spades! If you take the king with the ace and East is e a defender he will sig first-rat- Note that East cannot stop you from making the contract by playing his ten on your diamond lead from dummy In that case you would win with the king return to dummy with a trump lead another diamond and finesse the nine This safety play would a b c d e f g h BLACK WINS A PIECE Hint : Into the enemy camp! iqxtf saAOurx WN Z ilQN ” ’ £ I ipioxtf 'uoimps FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston mettPR£yajOFF rfrnr WHy DON'T yfcu TAKE-THe- the zucchini THE CASSEROLE? BUT We're more liked To EAT The MUFFINS I iyt zucchini Muffins TWO FRIENDS TWO LIFE-STYLE- yaJ DON'T APPRECIATE C S BEETLE BAILEY by Mort Walker X HAVE YOU I? 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