Show r 6A Standard-Examine- r Saturday Nov 24 1990 FAMILY CIRCUS by DRABBLE by Kevin Fagan Keane BU Caregivers for others can use a little TLC too them rehearse them conduct the ceremonies and remain for the pictures So often as they leave the church they say “By the way Reverend we’d love to have you and your wife come to our DEAR ABBY: This is for “The Lonesome Caretaker" who cared for her husband who had Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years She is to be commended for her loyalty and devotion It is all too common for one person to bear the burden of caring for an ailing spouse parent or loved one with little help from other family members We have a fairly new help group in Gadsden Ala We caregivers meet with other caregivers exchanging information and fmd- ing comfort in the company of others who share the same kind of loneliness and problems We have a gentleman in our group who has taken care of his wife for 16 years (She suffers from Alzheimer’s) We call our group “WIM" which stands for “Women in the Middle” Anyone wanting infor- mation on how to start a WIM ' group in his or her area should send a stamped : envelope to: Women in the Mid- die Inc PO Box 2811 Gads- den Ala 35903 This group is not exclusively ' for women — it’s a support group for the entire family We call ourselves “women” in the middle because caregiving — the ’ Dear Abby Abigail Van Buren Snbate 501ETME laundry cooking cleaning and nurturing that go along with caring for those who are unable to care for themselves — has traditionally been the role of women Please print this Abby and spread the word — CAROL J HAMILTON g COLLINSVILLE ALA DEAR CAROL: Your letter could not have been more timely Congress has officially designated Nov 24-3- 0 as National Caregivers Week Thank you for alerting other caregivers that there is strength as well as comfort and camaraderie in organizing DEAR ABBY: I have been a church pastor for many years during which time I have officiated at hundreds of weddings and attended almost as many wedding receptions Some of these h weddings are for members who suddenly need a minister to marry them I counsel Abby my wife and I agreed long ago to attend only receptions to which we had received formal invitations I always decline such invitations I wonder graciously why so many couples extend these verbal invitations to a wedding reception that had been planned months in advance? If we were sincerely wanted why were we not sent an invitation in the mail like all the other folks who were properly invited in that fashion? — ANONYMOUS PASTOR DEAR PASTOR: I have heard from brides over the years who have said “We’d really like to have our pastor and his wife attend our wedding reception but we hesitate to mail them a formal invitation because it might look like we’re fishing for a wedding gift” However having seen both sides of this sticky wicket I am still of the opinion that the officiating at weddings should be sent formal invitations last-minu- te CiMCVKm Oft by CoM toic Inc “Instead of a mouse do they have one with a kitten?" PEANUTS by Charles M Schulz 'insufficient'?' HERE YOUR LETTER came back marked ’’INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS' 5ANTA CLAU5 nc Newspapers Dan Quayle will become the first vice president to be inducted into the baseball’s Little League Hall of Excellence joining the likes of Tom Seaver and Sen Bill in August for divorce Dodrill’s husband Douglas Matteson filed Oct 30 for divorce Rinehart whose 1989 campaign theme was “Take an Honest Look” said he would continue to serve on the city’s ethics commission Museum in Williamsport Pa No president has played Little League baseball — though President Bush has coached a team COUPLES: Elizabeth Taylor reports that her two-yething with Larry Fortensky the fellow Betty Ford clinic alumnus 20 years her junior is proceeding nicely (“regardless of what the rag papers say”) but in a dramatic departure for her she rules out marriage “I don’t think I’ll ever get married again” she said in a recent USA Today interview adding that the pressures of youth and family were no longer present ar Quayle The actress added that she was off all her vices “Oh God it’s his family-owne- d Huntingdon awful" she says “I’m getting so (lnd) Herald-Pres- s pure Thank God there are one “Vice President Quayle was seor two things left” noting that lected for this prestigious distincsex was one but “that’s not sintion on his qualifications as a Or fattening leader role model for children ful” and his commitment to exceMayor Dana Rinehart of Collence” said the Little League lumbus Ohio has apologized for president Creighton J Hale Of- lying about an affair with Brenda ficials said Quayle’s eligibility afDodrilL 32 the city’s fidavit and original team roster director Rinehart 44 said were extant but his playing stats he had branded the reports “an weren’t outhouse rumor” because he was The vice president will donate trying to protect his two children his old glove to the Little League by his wife Carol who sued him human-servic- es Will Sylvester Stallone ever get off Brigitte Nielsen’s case? “Brigitte was physical perfection” he goes on in the current People magazine “I thought that’s what I needed and when I fell out of love with her that need just toShe started tally disappeared out shy and every day became a little more outgoing until she was totally outgoing After a while the marriage became a little like a sitcom” THE MUSIC BIZ: You’ve waited long enough — video is here and the Judds are the first to have it The country duo’s farewell tape “Love Can Build a Bridge” due out next week will sell with two pairs of glasses 3-- D MAYBE YOU SHOULD UNDERUNE ALL THE WORP5 AND PUTIN SOME UYPHEN5- - GARFIELD by Jim Davis WE CATS WAVE A SIXTH SENSE ABOUT THESE THINGS Vice president to be inducted Kmght-Ridde- NORTH POLE WHEREVER THAT 15 ZIP COPE WHO KNOWS? 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