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THE COURIER-JOURNAL FEATURES COMICS TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2000 D6 5 1 State moves in, investigates spanking 1 pwwafwgtetwwwit wwwtarewwMWHyinww wawWuiWtwiwqtKai 1 i 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 MfH I A GcJSor 53 this, and they assured me it would be taken care of. That worked for three days. Since then, they have done nothing to ensure that their cats stay on their own property. These neighbors are nice people, and I don't have any other problems with them, but the flower bed is near my front door, and anyone who comes to visit is confronted by the awful odor. I am planning to put my house up for sale in a few months, and am concerned that potential buyers will smell the cat odor and walk away.

Is there something I can put in the flower bed to stop the cats from using it? CAT-ASTROPHE IN TENNESSEE Dear Tennessee: Call your local pet store, and ask if they have any products to discourage cats from fouling your flower beds. A veterinarian may also have some valuable suggestions. Help is only a couple of phone calls away. Good luck. Ann Landers appears daily in Features.

Write to her at P.O. Box 1 1562, Chicago, III. 6061 1-0562. Creators Syndicate Dear Ann: My 6-year-old granddaughter was being unruly the other day, and announced to her parents that she was going to call 911 if anyone laid a hand on her. We figured she learned it from her teacher.

She had misbehaved that morning, and her mother had spanked her. She went to school looking sad, and was questioned by the teacher about the red marks on her hands and legs. My granddaughter informed the teacher that she had been bad and that her mommy had spanked her. Believe me, Ann, the spanking occurred after everything else had failed. The teacher reported the incident to the principal.

Two days later, someone from the Office of Children's Services knocked on my daughter's door to investigate. Her family is well-known in this community, and we are a devoted family. My daughter and her husband are devastated. What is to become of us if we cannot discipline our children in our own homes? GRANDMOTHER IN NEW ORLEANS Dear Grandma: I'm all for disciplining children, but when the "discipline" leaves red marks GoldStar 5,000 Btu, 115 Volt Air 8.0 EER 2 speed fan Thermostat ptshr 'Fixed chassis 18V 12V 88488 319 Whirlpool 10,000 BTU 450Sq.Ft. 88630 $449 Whirlpool 18,000 BTU 1,000 Sq.

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Children should be disciplined through rewards and punishments. There is no reason to hit a child, especially a 6-year-old. If this young girl is giving her parents as much difficulty as you say, I recommend family counseling to find out what is really going on, and the best way to deal with it. Dear Ann: I am a homeowner who takes a great deal of pride in how my property looks. Recently, new neighbors moved in.

They have two cats that roam around the neighborhood freely. Normally, this would not bother me, but the cats like to use my flower bed as a litter box, and the smell is absolutely horrendous. I talked to my neighbors about HOBBIES: COMPUTER GAMES By Aaron Curtiss tradition. Both Claire and Chris has his or her objectives and each unlocks different pieces of the story. So players who want to understand everything can plan on spending a month of leisurely horror to play through.

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