Morning Fire Misadventure Ends With Empty Smoke
A quiet morning spirals into a near disaster as a routine shower reveals a missing heating stage and a smoky house. Fire engines arrive to vent smoke from a burned motor while the author jokes about the scare, Christmas shopping, and surviving a furnace scare with humor.
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Ann Landers Advice With Wordy Angst And Stranger Mail
A reader asks Ann Landers about vanity and flaws while a neighbor’s tenant and trashy magazines raise concern about privacy and loneliness. In another note a teen car owner warns against hitchhiking after a gun incident, and Ann suggests a booklet titled The Key to Popularity plus address for requests.
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Designer Roswithan Adams Builds East Bay Clientele
Berlin born designer Roswithan Adams works from Castro Valley designing feminine clothes for private clients. Her fall line in silk crepe de chine was photographed for a San Francisco boutique ad in Vogue. Adams advises patient study and European training for aspiring designers and notes women increasingly enter a field once dominated by men. She loves Yves Saint Laurent and Nina Ricci, prefers custom garments, and collaborates closely with clients to select fabrics. Married to Richard Adams, they moved from Germany in 1984 and plan future Europe trips to improve language skills.
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Why grow old sun cause of spots
Q and A column answers reader questions on sun spots from exposure to direct sunlight and hormonal interactions. Causes include sun, beach exposure, and pills. Remedies include bleaching creams or dermatologist treatment while watching for allergic reactions and avoiding sun during peak hours. A widow's hump at age 65 is often due to faulty posture or neck vertebra changes.
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Exercise sequence prone to knee bend and arm raise
Describes a physical routine starting with feet together and bending knees then fingers to floor. Instructs straightening knees returning erect while lifting left knee and raising elbows to ears with fingers toward the floor behind the back. Alternate movements through a deep knee bend and switch to the right knee.
AAUW Hayward to Host Living with Legs Potluck Meeting
The Hayward branch of the American Association of University Women meets January 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Castro Valley Community Center 18988 Lake Chabot Road. The theme Living with Legs highlights economical dishes with prizes for best salad main dish and dessert based on contributor recipes.
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