Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 75, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 December 1981 — Page 5

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Dear Abby: Funeral services: Bereavement is not what it used to be

DEAR ABBY: Recently my husband attended the funeral of a fellow Legionnaire. (I was informed that my presence wasn’t necessary.) Services were at 2 p.m., and afterward the relatives and members of the Legion met at the Legion Hall for a supper with the widow and her two teen-aged children, which was all well and good, but then they proceeded to dance! I don’t know how many other members of the funeral party were dancing, but I am told it looked like some kind of celebration! Well, as luck would have it, my 19-year-old daughter and her boyfriend just happened to drop by the hall at 11:30 p.m., and the first thing my daughter saw was her father dancing with the bereaved (?) widow! Abby, is this something new, that people have so little respect for the dead that they would bury a spouse in the afternoon and dance the same evening? I am no prude or saint, but I can’t imagine anyone doing this. I am ashamed of my husband for being a party to this disgraceful scene. Please give your deep-down “gut” feelings about this. CONFUSED IN INDIANA DEAR CONFUSED: On the face of it, it would seem most inappropriate for mourners to dance only hours after burying a loved one. Your husband is the only one who knows what really occurred and why. I suggest you ask him for an explanation. * * * DEAR ABBY: I think this women’s lib thing has been

Eggs have international flair and are nutritious too

By CECILY BROWNSTONE Associated Press Food Editor For years and years we’ve heard about a snack, esteemed by the British, called Scotch Eggs. For this dish, hardcooked eggs are encased in pork sausage meat and breaded and then deep-fat fried. We never did taste this savory because frying hard-cooked eggs didn’t send us; somehow or other we didn realize that the covering would act as insulation and the eggs would stay tender. It wasn’t until we acquired a new electric fryer-cooker that we were tempted to try the recipe. Now we’re an addict of this British standby. We’re also ad-

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dicted to the fryer-cooker because it’s light in weight and easy to handle and has a temperature signal light and a calibrated dial control. It also has a perforated deep-fry basket, a practical handle and a seethrough cover. A colorful fruit-and-flower decoration embellishes its white exterior. You can serve Scotch Eggs several ways. Fresh from the fryer, to eat out of the hand as a snack. Or sliced in half lenghwise with a spicy tomato sauce and rice; this way, along with a tossed green salad, Scotch Eggs made a good main dish for lunch or supper. They’re also good, halved and

By BARBARA CARHART Banner-Graphic Family Editor Sally Gray’s classroom these days is the Putnam County Court, her students are defendants in the 2,000 criminal cases that have come before her this year, and the lessons she conducts today are liable to teach both judge and defendant a thing or two. Judge Gray would be the first to admit that being Sally Gray, the professor, was not so different from being Sally Gray, Putnam County Court judge. From either vantage point, whether behind a desk or behind a bench, there is always a room full of learning going on. JUDGE GRAY, WHO HAD been an economics professor at DePauw University, managing attorney at Legal Services in Terre Haute and a deputy prosecutor before donning her judge’s robe this past January, admits missing teaching. “I miss the classroom encounter, but I learn a lot from researching cases -- applying findings of facts with case law.” Judge Gray, who is responsible for hearing Class D felonies (e.g. non-support cases, drunk driving, theft cases etc.) and misdemeanors, believes that the public on the whole is ignorant of how the court functions and says she “welcomes anything that will inform the public on what the court is all about.” That “anything” this year means a pamphlet on the court and participating in a mock trial with DePauw pre-law students starring as characters in a real-life court room drama. GRAY’S REAL-LIFE COURTROOM drama involves hearing a high number of alcohol-related cases. Between 70 and 75 per cent of the cases Judge Gray hears are alcohol-related. Alcoholrelated crimes are ones the judge does not take lightly. “The most serious offense I see in my court,” claims Judge Gray,” is drunk driving because the potential harm to others is so great.” She believes one of the reasons for the increase in drunk-driving cases is economic.

carried too far. When 1 took my children (ages 2 and 3) to see Santa at our local department store, we found that “Santa” was a woman! She was dressed in a regular Santa Claus outfit only “Santa” had long dark hair hanging to her shoulders. And she wore lipstick and eye makeup, too. “Santa” spoke to the children in her normal feminine voice, making no effort whatsoever to come across as the jolly, bearded, whitehaired old man the kids had expected to see. The kids were confused and I was shocked. Abby, I’m all for employing women if they can do the job as well as men, but a lady Santa Claus! I think that was unreal. What do you think? HORRIFIED DEAR HORRIFIED: Traditionally, “Santa” is not a lady’s bag. * * * DEAR ABBY: We have a beloved family member (I’ll call her “Aunt Letty”) who poses a rather sticky problem for us all. She’s widowed, no longer young, but she’s spry and good company. Aunt Letty is adored by us all, but when she is invited to dinner, she always brings at least one other person along and very often two or three! She never rings up to ask, or even to tell us she’s bringing someone she just appears with her “guests.” This, of course, creates problems with place settings and food portions for a planned dinner. As a result, we have omitted Aunt Letty at times, but we

served warm or cold, around potato salad as part of a buffet. SCOTCH EGGS 9 large eggs 1 pound bulk pork sausage 2 tablespoons flour Vz cup fine dry breadcrumbs 6 to 8 cups shortening or oil Hardcook 8 of the eggs; shell and dry on a kitchen towel. Di-

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vide sausage into 8 equal portions; on wax paper pat each portion into an oval large enough to encase an egg. With your fingers, pat the sausage around each egg so it is completely covered. Slightly beat the remaining raw egg. Roll sausage-eggs in the flour; dip in the raw egg; roll in the crumbs. (If necessary, use more flour and crumbs.) Pre-

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“It seems,” she reflects, “that when there is an economic down turn, there is an increase in drunk-driving cases.” WHATEVER THE REASON for the increase, Gray believes solutions for the drunk-driving cases involving first offenders does not lie in the court but rather in a counseling session and classroom. “I am looking,” she stated, “for solutions in treatment and education. Everybody in my court gets one crack at rehabilitation.” She believes there is also a practical reason for choosing rehabilitation over jail sentences for first offenders involving non-violent crimes. “If we had to put all the first offenders in jail,” Gray believes, “we would not only need the jail but also the hospital to house them.” JUDGE GRAY BELIEVES that solutions other than incarceration for non-violent crimes committed by first offenders is a more positive approach. “Alternative sentencing programs,” she believes, “have a positive payoff.” Judge Gray submits that preventing and treating criminal cases when they enter her court is difficult in part because crimes tend to build on each other creating a vicious cycle. The seeds for crimes, she believes, are sown very early on. “THE ONE CLEAR LINK between violent crimes against people and their perpetrators,” Gray says, “is that the criminal usually was a victim of child abuse when they were young.” Judge Gray believes prevention of child abuse would be a sound investment. “It’s far cheaper to start doing something about child abuse now,” she said, “than to spend $30,000 to sustain a criminal in Michigan City later.” Ultimately, Gray believes the most effective place to curtail crime is in the home. “Trying to raise healthy young people,” she says, “is still the

always feel a touch guilty because she’s such a dear. How is this best handled? THE RELATIVES DEAR RELATIVES: Lovingly, of course. But in the future when one invites Aunt Letty, she should be given a stern warning that she is not to bring anyone along without first consulting her hostess. * * * DEAR ABBY: What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist? KANSAS CITY QUESTION DEAR QUESTION: A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (physician) in addition to being trained to treat mental and emotional disorders. A psychologist is trained to treat mental and emotional problems, but is not a medical doctor. * * * Do you have questions about sex, love, drugs and the pain of growing up? Get Abby’s new booklet: “What Every Teen-Ager Ought to Know.” Send $2 and a long, stamped (37 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Abby, Teen Booklet, 12060 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 5000, Hawthorne, Calif. 90250.

heat shortening in an electric fryer-cooker according to manufacturer’s directions; reset control to 375 degrees. In the fryer-basket, in the hot shortening, fry 4 of the sausage-eggs until a rich golden-brown 8 to 10 minutes; drain on brown paper. Repeat with remaining 4 sausage-eggs. Serve hot, warm or cold. Makes 8 servings.

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best deterrent to crime.” After nearly a year on the job, she is actively aware of the challenges she must face and the magnitude of the decisions she makes. “THE MOST DIFFICULT PART of writing a decision,” she says, “is discerning the facts of a case. More often than not, it’s one word against the other.” Gray knows her decisions are a crucial link to whether the offender’s first visit in court will be his last. “I have an obligation,” she explains, “to sentence in a way that will assure that the person will not get involved with the law again.” Despite finding the job to be full of pleasant surprises (“I deal with a variety of cases-from consumer issues to landlord-tenant laws.”), she admits there are some frustrations. “IT’S SAD TO SEE PEOPLE with a disease like alcoholism,” she states, “come in conflict with the law.” With the increasing case load, the judge finds her lack of time for other endeavors to be a continual frustration. “It’s hard to get a block of time to do things like legal research and other projects, and that’s frustrating.” Keeping your chin up is more than a worn-out cliche for the judge. “You have to have a sense of humor and a sense of perspective,” she believes. OFTEN, EVENTS DURING THE day provide the needed comic relief. For those times when a sign or a spurt of laughter are not enough, she keeps a journal given to her when she accepted the job to record such pleasant moments. “I haven’t had much time to use it,” she shrugs. Despite the fact that her philosphy on life is identical to the title of a popular situation comedy the shoe (or in her case the robe) definitely fits. “I just take,” the teacher says smiling, “one day at a time.”

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