Show WWMM rr ' -- rrrr TW i 1 Tht Hefald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 24 1998 Page 16 FOR BETTER OR WORSE Daughter does dad disservice ByAmLnndera Creators Syndicate Inc ' W DEAR ANN LANDERS: My husband and I wen mar lied three yean ego Neither one of us is a spring chicken Our first spouses passed' away some tune ago and we wanted to live out our remaining years in quiet comfort We get along together beautifully It i however my husband's daughter "Jeanette" has an agenda of her own husband A year after we married my suffered a heart attack and then a stroke This left him unable to talk or move on his own For many weeks the docton didn't give me much hope that 74-yetr- he would live let alone come back to his old self I was devastated Jeanette however assumed that her dad would never recover and proceeded to forge his name si on a loan She was under the impression that if she didn’t pay it and the (tied she would be home free Well praise the Lord her father made a miraculous recovery The collection agency is now calling us threatening to put a lien on our home We don’t have the money to pay back Jeanette's loan and her father is heartbroken The heart attack and stroke didn’t do nearly as much damage as his daughter did We didn’t expect our kids to take care of us in our old age but we certainly didn’t expect to have a daughter who was counting on her father’s death to remodel her home What should we do? — Up Against It in Florida DEAR FLORIDA: Forging someone’s name can er -- co-sign- er be a criminal offense Tell Jeanette that she must make good on the loan or you will have her prosecuted her in prove your husband could not possibly have signed that period of time) I urge you to 'That scheming woman deserves no mercy DEAR ANN LANDERS: 1 am a woman and this is my dilemma Five years ago when I wu a college student I met a wonderful young man Wb became best ftiends Over the past two years our relationship has become romantic and committed I love everythin about him and we seem perfectly compatible sharing fee same views goals and interests The problem is feat I feel very little passion far this man Our love life is the only area of our rela-- : tionship that is not perfect Still I feel so lucky to be wife him that 1 question if I shouldn't Just push that issue aside and stay wife him forever I am talk-in- g about marriage Do I end it now in hopes of finding someone 1 can share all elements of a relationship with or do I need to retMze that every relationship will have its flaws? 1 truly care about and love this man Ann Would I be crazy to let him go? — Lucky But Confused in Santa Clarita Calif DEAR SANTA CLARITA: Your indecisiveness leads me to believe feat you are not ready to think about marriage to anybody After two years of a relationship that you describe as "romantic and committed" you say you feel very little passion far the man I suspect what is really lacking u a sex life that knocks your soda off I suggest that you date others and encourage mm to do the same time will tell whether he’s fee one for you If he is and you are lucky he will still be available rrfeASfflVWMLIHMO My MOM'S Etwwm fiONBJBUTttttr ' ' wrtpunse UKE j t vt ' 2 DILBERT I CAN REPLACE YOUR CUBICLES WITH "PERSONAL '’V HABITATS" THEY LOOK EXACTLY IF LIKE CUBICLES YOU COULD BUT MONEY IS AN ISSUE START WEVtPLAOE HUGE ADVANCES IN WHAT WITH TUtHCr THE "HELLHOLE AND MOOEL THEY'RE CALLED 00 YOU HAVE PICTURES? X ARLO AND JANIS Can male hot flashes be cured? Peter H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association By DEAR DR GOTT: My husband underwent castes tion several years ago for prostate cancer He is now 87 and despite a variety of herbal and prescription drugs continues to have severe hot flashes He is very bothered by these sudden attacks but the doctors say that nothing can be done Can you help him? DEAR READER: I’m afraid not Many prostate cancers are fueled by male hormone which is produced in the testicles Although most modem urologists prefer "chemical castration” (using medicines to neutralize fee hormone in men with prostate malignancy) actual castration was prpvioiisly widely ufedto ppcomplisb fee snap - s js pow Umited pritnarily to fee (and associated symptoms such as moodiness and depression) are annoying they do not represent a health hazard ’Treating them would entail administering fee very hormone feat could stimulate fee prostate cancer Therefore I advise your husband to put up wife fee flashes secure in fee knowledge feat his previous surgery has offered him many demonstrable benefits DEAR DR GOTT A few yean ego my elderly father was diagnosed wife cerebellar degeneration We were told feet nothing could be done Now he is confined to a wheelchair and has impaired speech Do you know of any medication feat could help him? We’re afraid he will soon end up in a nursing home DEAR READER: Cerebellar degeneration is a serious neurological disorder marked by shrinkage of the cerebellum a part of the brain that controls movement and coordination The affliction is often a consequence of various GRIZZWELLS mwwem mv EEK & MEEK MOWlOBMfcMDBKlU MARRtEDUMOE breast 1‘fesulto: — identical flashes those to hot Symptoms include progressive difficulty fa' walkJnfortunately suffered by women — are a coming speaking and moving as Well as dementia The mon consequence of such surgery While hot flashes Hignnai i marie hy fT scanning nftha twain sal HordscopeSS? ' v V 1 over which you have no direct control could be By Bernice Bede Oeol Newspaper Enterprise Association For Wednesday Match 25 1998 Your birthday In the year ahead your material growth might be a proposals where fee outcome is costly today Avoid ‘ ie influences ake an effn ad understanding toward your male if he or she is In a grumpy mood It will soothe troubled waters ct LIBRA (Sept 23) Industriousness not apathy is required today if you desire to avoid similar hcadachea down the fine Do not attempt to sweep anything under the nig SCORPIO (Oct 22) If you sally into fee mall today it could prove wise to leave your credit d cards at home You might waste money on frivolous items GARFIELD 23-O- bit sluggish in the early phases However fee earning you generate should be study and substantial over the king haul ARIES (March 21 -- April 19) Do not become too enchanted today when dealing wife members of the opposite gender There is a chance you might hit on someone who is already spoken for y TAURUS (April 20) If you're putting a joint enterprise together for a commercial purpose today put all fee fine punts in writing even if it is with amend GEMINI (May 20) Associates might be only in partial accord with your basic aims today Do not attempt to manipulate anyone into a prejudiced position 20-Ma- 21-Ju- ne CANCER (June 21 July 22) Workers whose assignments you supervise will require delicate management techniques today It they aren't -- inspired they may not produce LEO (July 22) Diking risks on things 23-A- ug 24-N- ov hard-earne- SAGITTARIUS (Nov 21) Today it 23-D- ec could be that no matter how hard you try to be nice to some people nothing you do will please them Do not collect guilt for their rude behavior CAPRICORN (Dec 22-J19) Usually you’re not one to resort to tactics feat aren’t direct and forthright but today you could try to manipulate others to serve your purposes b 19) Today you mipht AQUARIUS (Jan an ALLEY OOP THIS IS THE feW WHERE THE ARE KEPT 20-Fe- direct funds slated for essentials for something rather frivolous If you operate along these lines spender's remorse is probable later PISCES (Feb 20) Be mindful of your behavior today when with friends You might devote loo much attention to a person you think could do you some good while ignoring an old ally 20-Mar- Crossword FRANK AND ERNEST March 24 1998 ACROSS 1 7 Oral 13 Nonmetallic element 14 Become electrically charged 23oaa 27 urtenerts 32 Ready—— 35 Martini garnish 34 Spotted 35 Folk parts 34 Saturated (with watari Abaofbent object li —Nevada 15 as' 17 Dry 40 Work by IS Awl Hum 47 81 33 33 34 21 Water willow WMiimuluuuuuu IIUIlUL'jIklUUUlSLJ unu wun m uurj rliULiis wuul uuu DMUUlUUUUliM huhIhunH fUHIJUlilkiByLJUlJl limkfJIIUUNLlULd 101111 fcktuy UUUJUUNlUUkiUlim UlirJLJUluUkfULdU - S'rr-'- - OH X 6tT ITI iriAZ&f te (telnvealed) 31 Gravel ridges DOWN mN61 - wyii i i I I it: M4 1 lliasing sound 2 Clinton's I L'jLumiuu a uwmuuiu j 87— aver rtomar 42 Quality af — read or tea u Up Made alwp noises Portrayed Army command (2 wda1 Soothed THE BORN LOSER birthplace Aroma 4 Climbing plant SPLofESL 5 Future Manta 7 Sibling 3 Luan rood Unite 10 Star Trek captain Poat Pound 12 Like Fails II Unger If " Fido 21 Multi-aime- d ca creatures 44 45 31 Meeting (abbt) 47 37 Left out 48 (ayUablea) in 41 80 - form) SOSnooth 22 Baaed 23 Bumbler's ay 24 Partly fused glaaa 23 Actress Baxter 20 Learn by— (memorise) 20 Skirt feature 2f Chinese (comb 43 Aware of iuitt-1-L- Li Yolo ! 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