Dear Amy advice column excerpts on art career and wedding invite limits
A 17 year old artist asks how to persuade parents to support art school while fearing career doubt. The reply urges avoiding fights, suggests choosing a liberal arts oriented art program, and using actions to prove worth. In the wedding note a father questions inviting a girlfriend living with his daughter’s cousin, arguing a practical limit while considering daughter’s fiancé and fairness.
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Amy
Torn
Wrigley Field
Dear Father Classic Family Wedding Note
A letter warns of a difficult wedding guest conflict. The couple should politely invite the cousin and his live-in partner to attend, addressing embarrassment over an oversight and requesting they bring the live-in to the ceremony. The tone urges tact to resolve the familial fracas.
Elderly Driver Gives Up Car After Near-Collision
Karen Uhlenhuth reports 82 year old Hass stops driving after a near miss and declining vision. The piece discusses how aging affects driving, the symbolism of a license, and ways family and doctors help elderly people surrender their wheels. It cites safety experts and notes a Santa Monica incident as context.
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Kansas City
Gen Hass
Hass
Santa Monica
Calif
Jack Fillinger
Fillinger
Safety and Health Council For
Missouri
Kansas
Mary Schwartz
Rehabilitation Institute
James Solomon
National Safety Council
Itasca
Solomon
Schwartz
Department of Motor Vehicles
Overland Park
Kan
Diabetics and Blood Sugar Effects on Personality
Reader letters debate whether blood sugar levels alter behavior with examples from diabetics and clinicians. Dr. Barrett of the American Diabetes Association cautions against linking diabetes to aggression while supporters cite personal testimonies of mood changes tied to glucose levels and insulin.
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Abby
Barrett
American Diabetes Association
Virginia
Barbara
Elyria High Class of 1939 Holds 64th Reunion Luncheon
The Class of 1939 at Elyria High School marked its 64th reunion July 12 at Elyria United Methodist Village with 58 classmates and friends attending. The event featured a military service tribute, readings of veterans records, and performances by the Elyria Senior Chorus, honoring graduates from 1937 to 1946 who joined from New York, California, and Florida.
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Elytia High School
EHS
Elyria United Methodist Village
Elyria High School
Jean Bowen
Bowen
New York City
California
Florida
Reunnion
Harry Benford
Doug Benford
Elyria High
Minaster
Maynard
Doc” Unger
Kay Lysaght
Elyria
Chester Hogan
Maynard Page
Phyllis @Ostall Keisler
Jean
Crisp) Bowen
Mary Sahy
John Sahy
Mary
DeMaria
Vecchio
Angela
Pronesti
Diluciano
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Knight Ridder
Barbara L Giffen Vermon
Sugarbugs
Howard Brigg
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Jim Harssema
Helen
Kahnar
Weig
Taylor
Haber
Norma
Kidd
Benford
Maynard Unger
Helen Unger
Dora Mae
Beal) Jones
Marian van Valkenburg
Mary Jean
Crosby
Gould
Beavis
Refenning
Katherine
Iischka) Carter
Dick Elliott
Velma
Pisley
Elliott
Kostya
Provenza
Louise
Law) Davies
Rita Doebele
Wazyniak
Thrush
Betty
Moss
Rundle
Rita
Baker
Kaib
Stilgenbauer
Alice
Crandall
Senning
Marguerite
Edwards
Balch
Joan
Bauer
Anderson
Edna
Townsend
Trubs
Jane
Davies
Cowen
Dorothy
Johnson
Foster) Smith
Fred Stilgenbauer
Gerry Swiers
Charleen
Meissner
John T. Kelly
Dee
Tonry
Latimer
Carol
Marshall) Bush
Jack Bush
Les Drage
Doug Birch
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