Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 207, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 April 1985 — Page 4

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, April 30,1985

Dear Abby: Cycling association can teach even the biggest of kids howto bicycle

DEAR ABBY: This is for Ashamed, the male college student who never learned to ride a bicycle. 1 m a 27-year-old male who’s never learned how to ride a bicycle either. I can t believe there are two of us! I certainly can identify with his shame and embarrassment. Ironically, I recently completed a motorcycle course and obtained my license. MIKE IN WICHITA DEAR MIKE: Don’t give up. Read on: DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to the letter from a young college man who did not know how to ride a bike and was embarrassed to ask. Bicycle USA has trained cycling instructors in virtually every state. Contacting a local bike shop, bicycling club or Bicycle USA (6707 Whitestone Road, Suite 209, Baltimore, Md. 21207) directly should be

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Kelly Ann Kerkhove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerkhove, Attica, and James L. Whitaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whitaker, Cloverdale, will be united in marriage at 2 p.m. June 29 in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Attica. Miss Kerkhove is a 1984

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sufficient to put anyone interested in learning to ride a bike in touch with a certified instructor. No matter what the age of the rider, instructors have the skills and experience to be of assistance. Often instructors teach through local park and recreation offices, or through bike shops. Bicycling safely becomes more and more important as more people commute to work, ride on the weekends and make cycling a family activity. We stress safety! I hope you can find room for this in your column, Abby. SUSAN BAXTER, INSTRUCTOR, EUGENE, ORE. DEAR SUSAN: Find room? I’ll make room to promote safety in cycling. Especially since May is National Bicycle Month. * * * DEAR ABBY: I have a business

graduate of Purdue University and is employed as a quality control analyst by R.H. Donnelley Co., Terre Haute. Whitaker was graduated from Purdue University in 1983. He is employed as a sales service representative by Bemis Co., Terre Haute.

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partner whom 1 must telephone at home between five and 10 times daily. He has two small children, 4 and 7 years old, and the competition between these children to answer the telephone is a great source of irritation to me. My partner allows his children to answer the telephone and also screen his calls, and every time I call I am subjected to these competitive kids who obviously are fighting over who should answer the phone. This is so upsetting to me that I want to scream! Am I wrong to feel this way? GOING OUT OF MY MIND DEAR GOING: No. You can’t help how you “feel,” but in the interest of maintaining your sanity, you should tell your partner what’s on your mind before you go out of it. * * * DEAR ABBY: I’m sure you’ve heard this question before because

Heloise Shower curtains provide economical curtain liners

DEAR HELOISE: I have a pair of open-weave curtains that I wanted to line. I looked at sheets but decided they were too expensive. Instead, I got a shower liner and it’s perfect. The holes are already provided to slip over curtain hooks, it’s opaque yet allows light through, it’s rubber (or plastic) and therefore is more of an insulation factor and can also be easily cleaned for storing. The best thing of all is that it cost a fraction of what the sheets would have. Amy Spillers * * * That sounds like a very good Idea to help cut down on energy bills. Heloise BABY FORMULA Dear Heloise: I received this great tip from my good friend. Since I don’t have a microwave, a real easy, quick way to warm bottles of formula (the kind that uses Vi

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it’s been around for a long time, but I’ve never known anyone who came up with the answer: Which came first... the chicken or the egg? I.M. SERIOUS IN MOLINE, ILL. DEAR SERIOUS: According to the Bible, the chicken came first: God said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” (Genesis: 1:20) * * * DEAR ABBY: Concerning the statement credited to Bum Phillips when he was asked why he removed his cowboy hat at Houston’s Astrodome: “My mama taught me that a gentleman always removed his hat when he enters a home, and the Astrodome is home to me.” Your reader was wrong on all three counts. The hat wasn’t a 10-gallon cowboy hat, it was a houndstoofrh sports

formula and Vi water) is to make up bottles half full with full strength formula only. When you need a bottle, fill the bottle with hot water. It warms it just right. Sure made it easier than using a pan on the stove. Helcher BAG OF TOYS Dear Heloise: I store many of my young children’s toys in baskets. When putting away the toys, the smaller pieces in the basket remain unnoticed. Periodically, I sort through the basket and reorgnize the toys. I collect the toys from the bottom and bag them to be used on rainy days or on long car trips. The children are often amused for a long period of time with these old but newfound toys! Linda Larsen BIRD’S CRUMBS Dear Heloise: After getting crumbs all over the kitchen floor numerous times while trying to empty the toaster in the trash, I now empty it outside. No more messy floor and the birds will love you for it Diane * * * I’m sure they will. Heloise TOOTHPASTE HOLDER Dear Heloise: I found a handy way to keep a tube of toothpaste at hand in the medicine cabinet. I cut the original cardboard box in half crosswise. Then place the tube upside down in the bottom half of the box. The square bottom half of the box holds the tube erect and takes up very little space in my cabinet Fran COMB-IN CONDITIONER Dear Heloise: My hair is thin and needs a lot of conditioner. Instead of putting it on the regular way, I put a line of it on my comb the length of the comb. When I comb it through it gets on all my hair from the scalp on. It saves on using so much conditioner and that means saving money. Kim Santiago, age 13 SILK FLOWERS Dear Heloise: I use bunches of silk flowers for my father's grave rather than fresh ones that last such a short while. They stay very nice in most types of weather. I change them for holidays and change of seasons. They are always nice even after being out for a long time. I hate to throw them away. Instead of discarding them, I hunt for an old grave which has been forgot ten. I put the older flowers on that grave. So the flowers get used twice instead of once. - Also it gives a neglected grave the appearance of not being forgotten. Carolyn * * * What a nice gesture. Thanks for sharing with us and for sharing your flowers. Heloise ipEwiii ARON'Sp [W \ 400 N. Jackson ||lr Greencastle «pj ms INCUBUS 1 tgjj Rock From Lafayette ll| Wm Drawing far FREE J| to be given away each night J|| ©HOME BREWS rjf WED. 25’ BEER LADIES'

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fedora; the man wasn’t Bum Phillips, he was Bear Bryant; and the place wasn’t the Astrodome, it was the Superdome. * * * DEAR ABBY: I have decided not to pay the S2OO insurance bill on my house. I’m letting others pay it for me, so please send me a S2O contribution to help pay this bill. I am sending this request to nine others, but I’m sure only you will respond, as

Calendar of events Wednesday Greencastle Woman’s Club will meet with Mrs. Lyndon Sendmeyer Wednesday, May 1. Mrs. James Loveless will be the co-hostess. Mrs. Fred Silander will have the program. The Crescent Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Dan Hanna at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. Mrs. James Johnson will present the program. Greencastle Chapter No. 255 Order of Eastern Star will hold a stated meeting at the Masonic Temple at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. Mothers will be honored. Grand chapter reports will be given. All members are welcome. The League of Women Voters will have its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 at Whitney Morrill’s house, 633 E. Seminary St. The cost of the meal is $6. Call 653-8954 or 522-6281 by Monday, April 29 for reservations. The Putnam County Playhouse and the Putnam County Bar Association will present the comedy-drama “Night of January 16” in the restored circuit courtroom at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 and at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 3-4. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the county court office or at Gjesvold’s Photo and Art Center. Father’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 1550 will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 at the post home. Thursday Main Street Greencastle will present final plans for building guidelines and urban design during a community reception at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at Meharry Hall in DePauw University’s East College. Samples of street furniture will be available for public viewing. Friday A Brown Bag Recital, one of a series of noon hour mini-recitals will be held Friday, May 3 at First Christian Church, intersection of Indiana and Poplar streets, Greencastle. Recitalists are Vera Kierstead, soprano, and David Noble, euphonium. The music will be presented from 12:05-12:35 p.m., after which those who bring sack lunches can eat in Fellowship Hall. Church Women United will celebrate May Fellowship Day Friday, May 3 at the Christian Church of Fillmore. The theme will be “Our piece of the action.” The project will be items for the health services clinic of Putnam County. All church women are invited to attend. Installation of officers of VFW Post No. 1550 will be held Friday, May 3 beginning at 7 p.m. This activity will also involve the Ladies and Father’s auxiliaries. Food will be served and a dance will follow. Greencastle Barracks No. 114 and the auxiliary will hold their regular meeting Friday, May 3 at the VFW Post. There will be a pitch-in luncheon at noon. A joint meeting will follow. The charter will be draped in memory of Buddy Sweeney. Saturday Temple Lodge No. 47 F & AM will hold a called meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Work will be in the E.A. degree. Members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. The Madison Township Volunteer Fire Dept, is having a tenderloin and chili supper Saturday, May 4 at the fire house. Serving begins at 5 p.m. The station is located three miles west of Greencastle on West Walnut Street Road. A euchre party will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4 at the Putnam County Senior Center, 9 W. Franklin St., Greencastle. Doors open at 6 p.m. Suday Parishioners of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Greencastle, will celebrate the Silver Jubilee of their pastor, Fr. John Schoettelkotte with a reception Sunday, May 5 after the 11:15 a.m. Mass in the Parish Center. All members of the parish are invited to attend. Auditions for the Putnam County Playhouse production of “Glass Menagerie” will be held at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5 and 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 6. The Tennessee Williams drama calls for one mature woman, a daughter in her 20s, a son in his 20s and a gentleman caller in his 20s. For more information, call Jim Poor at 653-6234. The Hendricks County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5 in the Lizton United Church. Mrs. Vici Weaver, Danville, will review “So Brief a Frontier” by Don Alan Hall. The church is located on the first street south of the railroad and a block west of State Road 39. The public is welcome. Monday The Fortnightly Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 6at the home of Louise Hubbard. Edith Browning will present the program. The Monday Book Club’s annual luncheon will be held Monday, May 6 at noon in Room 208 of the DePauw Student Union. Regrets should be called in by Thursday, May 2 to 653-5309 or 653-5776. A Girl Scout Leaders neighborhood meeting will be held at the Nazarene Church at6:3o p.m. Monday, May 6. Leaders and assistant leaders are asked to come and bring a salad or dessert. Tuesday The Alzheimer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 at the Putnam County Mental Health Office, 7 N. Vine St., Greencastle. “Whispering Hope” is the film that will be shown. Over-the-Teacupe Club will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 at the home of Mrs. Louise Middleton, 101 N. Arlington St. Miss Mary Glenn Hamilton will be the hostess. The program will be given by Cynthia Cornell on “Men, Women and the English Language.” Wednesday Dinner reservations for the Cloverdale High School Alumni Association annual Alumni Banquet on Saturday, June 1 must be received by Wednesday , May 8. The PTO will prepare only the number of meals requested by that date. Registration for the banquet itself will begin at 6 p.m. inside the west doors of the Cloverdale Elementary School gym. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. The registration fee is $6 per person. nmrsday Grove Lartieß Aid will meet all day Thursday, May 9 with Delilah Adamson, 603 Indiana St., Rockville. Meat, bread and drinks will be furnished.

the nine others will probably tell me that if I don’t care enough about my $150,000 house to spend S2O a month to protect it, I can go whistle Dixie. And while you have your checkbook out and are in a generous mood, please send another S2O to public TV, as I have decided to join the 90 percent of those who enjoy this service and let others support it for me. HARRY HOWE, : ST. PAUL, MINN. :