Dear Erik, I am a fat oman I am 5 foot 4 inche and t my 1 t wei ting I s well over 175 lbs. I know that I am a big oman and I don't h ve any regret h t ever. I don't plan on dropping any pound cau I am h ppy and he lthy. The only problem i dealing ith men. Some of them don't know how to deal with a real woman like me. I have . been on blind date and there h ve been time when they have ju left me in the middle of our date. I ju don't kno h t to do about men. I go out for a walk near the par. I am always hoping that I will run into or meet a nice guy. For m re son no one want to kno the real me, on! the part of me that is pretty to look at. .ED. Elberton, G Dear E.D., First of aU I don't think its ery of you to be out late in the e enin · lated parle 10 . a friend to Th • ery dan rou for troubl. Are you ill· hool? Becau the campu · a vary good place to meet peopJe. There group d roriti that you could join d meet De people. You co Id attend dan or dance d or JO a health d b. Or a girlfriend to m e introduction to meone nice. the church . you attendin& one. And you can ays introduct yourself to a guy of your choice. Tb Ie · need for you to .,e lonely you can ely open your- If up. Don't I hope for a mend to pop up out of t do it T.S., Orlando, Florid E • • "Got a problem? Need an annver? Or do you just want to talk? Then write to Erik W.shignton in care of this newspaper or to: 1J� Erik', Times Square Station, P.O. Box 755, New York, New York 10108-0755- - - Dear Erik, I'm 17 yem old and quite often men tell me that J am ery pretty. But the problem. . that I am very lonely. I live alone and 1000etimes in the hen I am feeling bad u ITED INSURANCE co P YOF A ERICA 321 PIPESTONE ST. Benton Harbor, I 49022 OPEN: Mon.-Fri. 10:00 a.m .• 5:00 p.m. I WILL BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOON 616/925-5964 I1r. Jo H. cOo . , N.D., D.c * Dr. J C.B. Mc:Oo Dr. Paula Sc as; D.C. cOon Id C iroprac ic CI one 925-BACK JA UARV 13 - I,., 1 THE CITIZE 13 avy Seaman Recruit STEVE A. YATES, son of Donald J. Yate and Billie J. ' Rockwell, both of iles, MI, ha com pleted recruit training at avaI Recruit Comm nd, Great Lakes, IL. arine Pfc. JULIUS C. HOOD, son of Sheil M. Hood of 634 Lulu St. Kalamazoo, MI recently reported for duty with 3rd Marine Divisi on, on Okinawa. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd 'Class DO ALD R. G REE , son of Donald E. and Vie M. Green of 1191 S. Broo Road, Mu egon, MI, was promoted to -his present rank upon grad- • IC or 925·3232 Across 'from J • ervice uation from M chinery Techni­ cian School. Marine Pfc. DAVID A. CHRISTMAS, son of Thorn s and Sandr Christma of 2051 Marva, Mu egon, I, has been. meritoriously promoted to his I pre nt rank upon graduation from recruit training at Marine j Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. Christrna received the early promotion for his superior per­ formance during all pha of the l l-week training cycle whi h emphasized physical con­ ditioning If -di ipline and teamwork. Marine Pvt. RICHARD C. CLARK, son of Richard and Marie Clark of Route 2, Bu­ chanan, I ha completed re­ cruit training t arine Corps . Recruit Depot, San Diego. avy S aman Recruit JEF­ FREY . McCOY, on of Jimmy L. and Sachiko J. c­ Coy, both of Benton Harbor, I, recently gr duated u the Recruit Chief Petty Officer of his company from Recruit Train­ ing Command, avaI Training Center, Great Lake ,IL. The highlight of cCoy's b . c training came when he led his company during recruit grad­ uation ceremonie . Marine Pvt. JAMES L. HOSKO, son of Julius L. and Gertrude L. Ho 0 of 6517 artin Ro d, u egon, MI, recently reported for duty with 2nd arine DiVision, Camp fte Marine Pfc. THONY D. PEARCE, a 1982 graduate of u egon Heights High School of uskegon, MI, recently re- turned from Western Pacific deployment. • He is member of 3rd Batt lion arine 3/! l st arine Divisi n, Camp Pen­ dleton, CA. avy Seaman Recruit RICK L. SHBY, on of Robert L. Ashby of 211 Homer St., Kalamazoo, MI, ha completed recruit training at aval Re­ cruit ommand an Dieg C avy Petty Officer Ist 1 RICHARD K. ACKLI G, on of Richard F. nd Joan Mackl­ ing of iles, MI recently com­ pleted the Recruiters Orientat­ ion Course conducted at the aval Training Center Annex Orl 0, FL. Marine Lance CpI. SILAS JOHNSO , on of Mr. and Mr . Ro Fleming of 846 Superior Ben ton Harbor, I recently completed Amphibiou Re­ fresher Training conducted at the aval Amphibious Base little Creek, orfolk, VA. Johnson is currently st tion­ ed with 1 st Battalion 6th arine, 2nd arine Division, Camp Lejeune, C. Marine Pvt. DAR ELL CAR- GILE n of Curtis nd Ruth Raine of 539 Lulu, Kalamazoo I, h completed recruit train­ ing t arine Corps Recruit DeP San .