AY 18 - 24,1986 THE CITIZEN
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........... rik Washington
Dear Erik,
I am in high hool and I
m 17 year old. I don't h ve
ny probl ms but I do have a
que ion for you. Peopl are
al ay talking bout how bad
drugs and the terrible things it
can ma e you do. Well I have
been using drugs for two year
nd I am allright. In fact I don't
have any problem dealing with
it. I read where you are against
drug, well have you ever
thought about trying it before
to tell everyone how bad it is
for you?
G.V.,
Chicago, Ill.
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o I haven't! either have I
thought of putt" my hand in
rue to if it ill bum me.
Don't be stupjd, I am sure that
you are a of the danger of
dru . The hann it does to your
body and mind. I ould be
very inter eel to kno the
. d of p-ade you maintain
d hat your family think.
ite often people u dru
to e ape from their reality.
You didJ,l't tell me hy you
u dru or what you ere
using. T e my ord, drug
are bad for you and you ould
mea real effort to op.
Challenge yourseH d do it.
If you feel dlat you need help
then pi write me .
Sincerely,
E W ington
Dear Erik
My grandmother has come to
live with us. She has been al ne
for a long time and from time to
time she was sick. She d esn t
have ' any friend becau most
of them have died. Outside of
my wife and her other grand­
children she has no one. We
are happy to have her with us
DID YOU KNOW·
but we al want her to have a
life of her own. We want her
to start doing things, going out
again. So far w� haven't had
much luck and we don't know
what to do for her. Do you
have any thoughts?
M.G.
Philadelphia, Penn.
Dear .G., •
There e group for nior
citizen that encoura the cr -
tive and cial aspect in their
membe . You ould al thi
of your local church and a you
know there are members of all
Try to help your grand­
mother to e bli contact ith
people and develop friend.
Talk with other family m mbe
about outings and end
vi • t ell a letters d
phone calls. Thi ould help
her to become bu y and u ful
in. If none of the m to
help or m e difference then
you and your wife ouJd
with a councelor bout your
grandmother' beh vior.
Sincerely,
Erik W ington
By Robert . Taylor
DID YOU OW... th t
. according to Business Week
magazine the highest paid busi­
ne executive in .. America last
year was Victor Posner of th
conglomerate DWG. Posner
earned in salary and bonu s
$12,739,000. If you assume
Posner work an average 40
hour week his yearly income
means he earns 6 124.52 an
hour.
• ••
DID YOU 0 ... that
much of the nation's focu
on so-called missing children
may be misplaced. According
to the ational Center for
Mi sing and I Exploited Children
relatively few children are "rnis-
sing" becau they were abduct­
ed by strangers. The overwhelm­
ing majority of missing children
are kids who ran away from
home. The cond largest num­
ber of missing children are tho
who were kidnapp d by one
par nt in a custody dispute.
•••
DID YOU 0 ... that
the Internal Revenue Service
lost mispla d or accidentally
erased computer tape contain­
ing records of $3 billion in
interest and dividend income for
1983. A General Accounting
Office audit also concluded that
"billions of dollars in taxes
are lost each year" because of
similar IRS mistakes.
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