AT WITS END By Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck recalls meeting a “Jock Pop” who embodies the perfect suburban man with obsessively tidy habits and organized routines. The narrator jokes about feeling outclassed by the hyper competent neighbor as she reflects on modern motherhood.
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Wits End
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Women Only Intestinal Bypass Discussion and Advice
Reader letters discuss bypass surgery safety and benefits noting modern procedures bypass rather than remove bowel. Dr Curtis acknowledges risks and hospital review, while L.W. asks about pelvic X-rays and birth defects with low doses. He finds no conclusive evidence but cautions against pelvic X-rays in early pregnancy.
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Community Activities and Club Notices Roundup
Community groups in Las Vegas publish a December schedule with charity events and club gatherings. The Riviera Hotel and Las Vegas Legal Secretaries Association join to host a Christmas party for Boulder City children with Santa and a musical act by Al Depaulis Quartet. Executives' Secretaries Inc. held a Las Vegas Country Club dinner featuring Dave Burton and a Nevada theme, with speaker Richard Bissett and Governor O'Callaghan's Las Vegas secretary in attendance. Kiwanis and Golden K clubs host a blood pressure clinic at Boulevard Mall on December 11. Clark County Community College Ski Club seeks rummage sale material, and the Baha'is of Southern Nevada announce a December 10 talk at UNLV. The Nevada Lung Association offers a free auto emissions inspection December 11 at an Arco station, plus McDonalds coupons. The Windjammers Toastmasters Club meets at Dennys on Wednesdays.
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Secretaries Inc
Las Vegas Country Club
Dave Burton
We Love
Nevada
Richard Bissett
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Ethel Whitney
Lew Whitney
Alarmco
Vonda Siemann
Stan Hyman
Farmers Insurance
Ben Waite
Howie Waite
Poly Cap. WS
Paradise Valley Kiwanis Club
Golden K Kiwanis Club
Boulevard Mall
George Fleming
Nevada Lung Association
Arco Station
UNLV Collegium Musicum Hosts Christmas Wassail Concert
The UNLV Collegium Musicum performs a Christmas Wassail Concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday December 7 in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall lobby. Directed by Richard Soule the early music ensemble studies Renaissance works. A small admission is charged for the public while UNLV students enter free with ID.
Charter Meeting of Federally Employed Women
Federally Employed Women FEW founded in 1968 in Washington DC invites members to a charter meeting and banquet with officer installation on Tuesday December 7 at the Thunderbird Hotel Virginia Room. A 6 30 p.m cocktail and 7 p.m dinner cost 8.25 dollars per person. National VP Shirley Jones and Assemblywoman Jean Ford are featured speakers.
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Thunderbird Hotel
Virginia Room
San Francisco
Shirley Jones
Jean Ford
Wassail Concert by UNLV Collegium Musi cum
The UNLV Collegium Musi cum directed by Richard Soule presents a Christmas Wassail Concert on Tuesday December 7 at 8 p.m. in the Artemus W Ham Concert Hall lobby. The program features Madrigal Singers and Early Music ensembles with recorders strings percussion flute and brass. A small admission charged to the public and students with UNLV ID can enter. Wassail punch will be served at intermission.
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Collegium Early Music
Collegium Flute
Collegium Brass Choir
Sauternes Wines Define True Dessert Style and Value
Sauternes is a dessert wine using noble rot to concentrate sugars. Chateau d Yquem stands as the peak among first growths with rare high prices, while other first growths from 1971 offer wines from $7 to $13. Names like Climens Barsac Contet Barsac and Rieusser Fargues hail from Barsac Bommes Fargues Preignac communes.
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Chateau d’ Yquem
Bordeaux
Lafite Rothschild
Chateau Dequem
Chateau dYquem
Chateau Climens Barsac
Chateau Contet Barsac
Chateau Rieusser Fargues
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Barsac Bommes
Fargues
Preignac
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