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P. 2, Perry Daily Journal Saturday, June 22, 1996
Downsized Husband Loses
Friends as Well as His Job
by Abigail Van Buren
© 1996 Universal Press Syndicale
DEAR ABBY: I’m writing in
response to two of your readers who
complained about “ghost syn-
drome,” which occurs when some-
one suffers a tragedy such as
divorce or terminal illness, and for-
merly supportive friends withdraw
or disappear.
My family suffered another kind
of tragedy that resulted in the same
insensitive treatment. My husband,
a highly placed executive, lost his
job in 1990 because of company
downsizing. We had been part of a
large circle of friends. After the lay-
off it was as though we had caught
a contagious disease or had fallen
off the face of the earth.
Please let your readers know
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I
are retired and live in a gated
(guarded) community occupied
mostly by retired persons.
Our neighbors are lovely people,
very friendly and sociable. “Sue”
and “Al” are especially nice, and
assist us in numerous ways. Howev-
er, I can’t set foot outside my front
door without drawing Sue’s atten-
tion. The minute she sees me, she
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comes over and initiates a conversa-
tion, usually of great length. This
happens during the day, at night,
on my porch or yard — anytime I
stick my nose outside my front door.
Abby, I like her and her husband
that the loss of a job is like having very much and try not to hurt their
the rug pulled out from under you. feelings, but the stress is becoming
Illnesses surface, self-esteem plum- unbearable. I feel like a captive in
mets, marriages are stressed and a my own home. I actually dread
general feeling of hopelessness per- going out my front door!
vades each day. How can I convey the message
It would have been so helpful if a that I don’t wish to chat with her
friend had invited us over for din- every time I am in her sight? It
ner, or had taken one of our chil- seems she purposely waits for me to
dren to a movie. ■ come out so she can engage me in
My husband and 1 finally found conversation.
jobs out of town. We were grateful DESPERATE IN CARLSBAD
not only for the income, but also for
a chance at a fresh start with the DEAR DESPERATE: Your
opportunity to make new friends — neighbor could be a lonely
because our old ones had vanished woman with few social contacts,
LINDA W., FORMERLY or she may be the biggest pest
OF TOLEDO, OHIO in your gated community. But
treat her as you would want to
DEAR LINDA: I’m sure your be treated if the situation were
letter will strike a chord with reversed.
many of my readers. Job loss is Make yourself less available
one of the most challenging cir- for long conversations. Explain
cumstances a family has to face, gently, but firmly that you have
It is a time when the compas- many things to do, and have no
sion and sensitivity of friends time to chat.
and family — helping with gro-
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update a resume, or dropping
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SUING OLIVER STONE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
A convenience store clerk is
suing Oliver Stone, claiming
“Natural Born Killers” in-
cited two teen-agers to go on
a robbery-shooting spree that
left her paralyzed.
Stone’s 1994 movie stars
Woody Harrelson and Juliette
Lewis as a couple who kill 52
people in three weeks.
Sarah Edmondson has told
authonties she and Benjamin
Darras, both 19, watched
the movie before taking a trip.
She is accused of shooting
clerk Patsy Ann Byers on
March 8,1995, while robbing
a Time Saver store in Pon-
chatoula. Darras is charged
with a killing in Mississippi
the day before.
Byers’ lawsuit, which seeks
unspecified damages, was
amended to include Stone in
March. But Stone spokesman
Stephen Rivers said Thurs-
day that the filmmaker had
not seen the suit.
“The concept that someone
... could be held legally re-
sponsible for the criminal
conduct of someone who
may have seen a film or
watched a TV show is
bizarre,” Rivers said.
Today In
History
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, June 22,
the 174th day of 1996. There
are 192 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 22, 1945, the
World War II battle for Oki-
nawa officially ended; 12,520
Americans and 110,000
Japanese were killed in the
81-day campaign.
Ten years ago: Spain’s rul-
ing Socialist Party, led by Pre-
mier Felipe Gonzalez, re-
tained its parliamentary ma-
jority in national elections.
Five years ago: An esti-
mated 200,000 Albanians
turned out in the capital
Tirana to cheer visiting U.S.
Secretary of State James A.
Baker III.
One year ago: House and
Senate Republicans an-
nounced agreement on a
compromise seven-year bud-
get-balancing plan that would
■ . .... cut taxes by $245 billion and
is well water tainted bv pesticides? slow spending for Medicare,
Y Pvovluvo: Medicaid and dozens of
bonate (not absorbed) and 500 mg of other programs. Riot police
elemental calcium (the active prod- formed a hijacked jumbo jet
uct). Therefore, to obtain the 1,500 mg in Hakodate, Japan, freeing
of useful calcium a day, the amount all 364 people on board and
recommended for post-menopausal capturing a lone hijacker,
women, a person must consume three Today’s Birthdays: Movie
of the calcium tablets director Billy Wilder is 90.
When calculating how much calci- Author Anne
um to take, a patient should figure the nor Anne Morrow Lund-
amount of elemental calcium, not the
Therefore, you’re probably running calcium that is inactive (but may still
no risk by drinking boiled water from be listed on the label),
your well. You might also speak to To give you more information, I am
your farmer neighbors and attempt to sending you a copy of my Health
persuade them to use less fertilizer Report “Osteoporosis.” Other readers
and pesticides on the land directly who would like a copy should send $2
run-off is a serious cause of aquifer surrounding your well. plus a long, self addressed, stamped
contamination in many parts of the DEAR DR GOTT: Please address envelope to P.O. Box 2017, Murray Hill
world. Coliform bacteria from grazing the subject of elemental calcium. Not Station, New York, NY 10156 Be sure
animals may leach into drinking water everyone is aware that the milligrams to mention the title.
supplies, making them unpotable. In indicated per tablet are not totally 1 1996 NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN
addition, pesticides, fertilizers and absorbed Many post-menopausal
industrial pollution can taint a well. women, directed to take supplements
Excess quantities of nitrogen in to avoid osteoporosis, may be misled
well-water usually reflect the pres- into believing that they are receiving
ence of organic pollution, either from adequate amounts of calcium,
fecal matter or from chemicals. The DEAR READER: You’re correct
nitrogen itself is harmless, but it may that some forms of calcium are not
be a “marker" for other, more haz- absorbed into the body in sufficient
ardous compounds, such as pesti- quantities to provide protection
cides, which may cause cancer against osteoporosis
Boiling water will usually kill any For example, one major brand con-
bacteria, but the practice will not de tains 1,250 milligrams of calcium car-
By Peter H. Gott, M.D.
DEAR DR. GOTT: We have a pond
on our land that is close to our well.
Local farmers use a lot of fertilizers
and pesticides that drain into our
pond When testing was done through
our local health department, they indi-
cated we could drink the water (as we
have for 50 years) if we boil it for three
minutes prior. The nitrogen will not
be compromised by boiling, and 1 won-
der what effect this mineral will have
on my body if I drink it. At this stage, I
am buying all my drinking water.
DEAR READER: Ground-water
toxify other organic contaminants
that can remain stable enough to
cause harm.
I suspect that your well water con
tains either coliforms or fertilizer
residues. If the health department
tested your water for organic solvents
and other dangerous chemicals, the
lab would have reported the presence
of such compounds.
Mirrors Of Yesterday
By CAROLYN CHOPP
Ten Years Ago
Newly re-united in a meet-
ing last weekend in Perry
were Dee Johnson, Okla-
homa City, and her mother,
Myrtle Fifield. Woodward —
Mrs. Fifield gave her daugh-
ter up for adoption shortly af-
ter her birth; Miss Johnson re-
cently had found her birth
mother after having searched
since she was 18 years old;
the reunion was held at 1-35
Inn.
Twenty Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hoff-
man, Ponca City, would be
honored with a reception Sun-
day, June 27, in observance
of their 50th wedding an-
niversary — the event would
be from 2 to 4 p.m. in the St.
Rose of Lima Catholic Parish
hall — Cecil Hoffman and
the former Hilda Wagner
were married June 28,1926,
by Rev. Willbrord Voogden
in the St. Rose of Lima
Catholic church.
Thirty Years Ago
Diners at the plush Foun-
tainhead Lodge on Lake Eu-
faula this summer were being
entertained by Miss Thelia
Sewell, talented daughter of
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bergh is 90. Fashion design-
er Bill Blass is 74. Actor
Ralph Waite is 68. Senator
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is
63. Singer-actor Kris Kristof-
ferson is 60. CBS news cor-
respondent Ed Bradley is 55.
Actor Michael Lerner is 55.
Singer Peter Asher (Peter and
Gordon) is 52. Singer-musi-
cian Todd Rundgren is 48.
Actress Meryl Streep is 47.
Actress Lindsay Wagner is
47. Singer Alan Osmond is
47. Actor Graham Greene is
44. Rock musician Garry
Beers (INXS) is 39. Rock
musician Alan Anton is 37.
Actress Tracy Pollan is 36.
Rock singer-musician Mike
Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 32.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Sewell of
Perry — Miss Sewell, who
graduated this spring from
Southern Methodist univer-
sity. Dallas, was employed as
organist and accordionist in
the lodge dining hall for the
summer.
Forty Years Ago
Mrs. Bill Hodge was host-
ess to a pink and blue show-
er recently complimenting
Mrs. Harold Kukuk — re-
freshments were served to
Mrs. Chris Schieffer, Mrs.
Frank Tetik, Mrs. Martin Piel,
Mrs. Jason Deal, Mrs. Gene
Davidson, Mrs. Donald Tetik.
Mrs. Herman Kukuk, Mrs.
Orville Crane, Mrs. Carl
Feken, and the honoree, Mrs.
Harold Kukuk, and the host-
ess, Mrs. Hodge.
Fifty Years Ago
Around The Perry Square,
Billye Good and Genevieve
Willett were stirring up some-
thing, H. C. Jones was meet-
ing Perryans, Newman Wol-
leson was answering a ques-
tion with a "No", Dr. R. S.
Taylor was driving down Del-
aware, Maxine Tobin was
holding a sore jaw, Billy Wil-
liams was returning from a
fishing trip.
Thought for Today: “He,
HOGAN IS KANGAROO who will not reason, is a big-
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) ot; he, who cannot, is a fool;
— Paul Hogan’s a kangaroo, and he, who dares not, is a
or so he says, slave." — William Drum-
The self-proclaimed best- mond, Scottish writer (1585-
known Australian is a know- 1649).
it-all when it comes to the
land down under.
“I know all about this coun-
try. I am a living kangaroo,”
Hogan said Wednesday at a
news conference to promote
the movie “Flipper.”
The star of the “Crocodile
Dundee" movies said he con-
siders himself an ambassador
for Australia.
“Whether you like it or not,
I’m the best known Austral-
THIS WEEK
AT THE V
REGULAR
SCHEDULE
June 23-29
Sunday, June 23—Clos-
ed.
Monday, June 24 — 6-
ian in the world,” he said. 6:45 a.m., Early A.M. Step; |
Hogan was once a low-paid 8:30-9:30 a.m., Morning Wa-
worker on the Sydney Harbor ter Fitness*; 10-11 a.m.,
Bridge before he became a Youth Weight Training Class; ’
TV comedian in Australia 10-10:45 a.m., Morning Arth-
in the 1970s. During his cur- ritis Class; 5:30-6:15 p.m.,
rent trip to Sydney, he stayed H20 Conditioning*; 5:45-
at a hotel in the bridge’s shad- 6:45 p.m., Aerobic Power
ow. Hour*; 6-7 p.m., Aquatic Fit-
"I can look up and smile ness*.
that I’m not on it any more,'
he said.
HEIRS ARE SUING
Tuesday, June 25 — 9
a.m.-5 p.m., Girls Only; 10-
10:45 a.m., pool closed -
Frontier Swim Lessons; 11-
Con
IVE
LOS ANGELES (AP)— 11:45 a.m., Young-At-Heart;
Heirs of Myron Selznick, 6-7 p.m., Step It Up*; 6-7
who owned part of “Gone p.m., Aquatic Fitness*.
With the Wind,” are suing the Wednesday, June 26—6-
film’s distributor for alleged- 6:45 a.m., Early A.M. Step;
ly failing to account for the 8:30-9:30 a.m., Morning Wa-
movie’s proceeds over the last ter Fitness*; 10-11 a.m.,
10 years. Youth Weight Training; 10-
The breach of contract com- 10:45 a.m., Morning Arthri-
SINGER'S NEW LOOK
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Toni Braxton fans won’t for-
get that voice, but thanks to
the singer’s new look, one of
her security guards had trou-
ble recognizing her face.
A gatekeeper outside her
home in Atlanta recently
stopped her.
“The guard asked who I
was, and when I told her, she
didn’t believe me,” Braxton,
28, said in Sunday’s Los An-
geles Times. “She called the
front office and said, ‘This
woman says she’s Toni Brax-
ton, but she doesn’t look any-
thing like Toni Braxton.’”
She joked about the long
“bought” hair she wears in
her new “You’re Makin’
Me High” video: “You too
can have this for $1,200.”
It’s a switch from the close-
cropped look of her self-titled
debut album three years ago.
Her new album, “Secrets,”
comes out Tuesday.
plaint filed Tuesday contends tis; 12:10-12:40 p.m., Noon
Turner Entertainment under- Aerobics; 5:30-6:15 p.m.,
reported revenues, misallo- Water Fitness*; 5:45-6:45
cated revenues and withheld p.m., Aerobic Power Hour*,
money owed to the plaintiffs. Thursday, June 27 — 9
The complaint says that a.m.-5 p.m., Sun & Fun
nearly $30 million in rev- Youth Trip; 10-10:45 a.m.,
enues from “Gone With the pool closed - Frontier Swim
Wind have been improper- Lessons, 11-11:45 a.m.,
ly recorded. Young At Heart; 6-7 p.m.,
Selznick, a talent agent who Step It Up*; 6-7 p.m., Aquat-
died in 1994, is the brother of ic Fitness*.
producer David 0. Selznick, Friday, June 28—6-6:45
Turner declined to com- a'm-> Early A.M. Step; 8:30-
ment on the lawsuit. 9:30a.m., Water Fitness*; 10-
10:45 a.m., Morning Arthri-
tis; 5:30-6:15 p.m., H20 Con-
ditioning*.
Saturday, June 29—The
YMCA Saturday hours are 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
* Babysitting available.
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