Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 6

Page 6, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Junes, 1182 Dear Ann Landers: A new neighbor has attached herself to me as if she were a Siamese twin. I tried to be helpful to Mrs. when she asked where I did my marketing, did I know of a good seamstress, a reliable dry cleaner, and so on, but now I can't make a move without including her. "Mrs. phones every morning to inquire about my plans for the day.

She has a clever way of inviting herself along. After I am trapped into saying "OK," I get mad at myself. I can't have a bridge game without her because she can see everything that goes on over here. "Mrs. is really a good soul and has kept my children overnight a few times when I wanted to go with my husband on short business trips, but how can I unwind without hurting her Headache Dear Kitch: Stop asking her to keep your children overnight.

When you no longer feel obligated, you'll be able to tell her you have plans that don't include her without feeling guilty. Dear Ann Landers: I am in love with a man whose wife died four years ago. He wants to marry me, but the problem is his 15-year-old daughter. She is a snotty kid who resents me because she wants her dad all to herself. I am 26, divorced, and have a three- year-old son.

I have tried to be nice to this little twerp, but nothing works! Her father is putting off our marriage plans because we don't get along. Please tell me how to win her over-Determined In Maryland Dear De: Sorry, not advice from this corner. I'd feel guilty if I helped you ree! the man in. Your age and the girl's are too close for comfort. Moreover, the "snotty kid" and "twerp" appellations tell me how you really feel.

She knows it, and so does her father. Do everybody a favor and hang it up. Tennis Taught A free, beginning tennis class for persons age ten to adult will be offered by Sitka Community Schools. The program will begin Wednesday and meet every Monday and Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

until the end of July if sufficient interest is maintained. Fundamental skills will be taught and will include game strategy, forehand, backhand, rules and serving. Instructor will be Stewart Womack. Balls will be provided but participants must take their own racket. For more information, call 747-8670.

Campout Set Sitka Community Schools will sponsor a free camp-out to Harbor Mountain June 12 and 13 for youth 12 to 14 years old. Each camper should take food for a dinner and breakfast, rain gear, sleeping bag, flashlight and eating utensils. Community Schools will provide adult supervision, tents, cookstoves, first aid and other group supplies. Transportation will leave Blatchley Junior High Saturday at 4 p.m. and return to.BJHS Sunday at noon.

For more information, call 747 1 8670. Kiddie Parade Set Persons wishing more information on this year's Fourth of July Kiddie Parade, with a theme of Heroes and Heroines of the West, may call Nancy McGuire at 747-8162 or Sunny Hawkins at 747-5684. Prizes will be given for singles, couples, groups, pets and non-motorized wheels. Costumes will be judged for originality and staying with the theme. Humane Society To Meet Sitka Humane Society will meet 7 p.m.

Tuesday in the Centennial Building. The meeting is open to the public. Mayor John Dapcevich will present his State of the City Message at the Chamber of Commerce's noon luncheon Wednesday. The lunch is open to the public and is held at the Shee Atika Lodge. 747-3276 321 Lincoln FOR SHORT OR LONG DISTANCE MOVING Municipal Code Veto is Sought ANCHORAGE (AP) Fearing a loss of tax revenues, the North Star Borough has joined a chorus of local governments in asking Gov.

Jay Hammond to veto legislation which would create a new municipal code for Alaska. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Municipality of Anchorage already have contacted Hammond to urge his veto of the measure. The Alaska Municipal League is planning an emergency teleconference meeting later this week to form a united front in opposing the measure which cleared the Legislature in its last hectic days. The league's membership includes 55 cities, towns, villages and boroughs. Local governments and the league are most concerned with two of the bill's amendments.

One calls for the exemption of forest land from local taxation, and city and borough assessors say they fear the exemption, if broadly interpreted, could remove from local tax rolls virtually all property containing marketable trees. The second provision redefines population to allow tem- porary oilfield workers in the North Slope Borough to be counted as borough residents. The borough would be able to receive several million dollars in additional state revenues from the population increase. North Star Borough Mayor John Carlson says the Fairbanks-based borough has calculated that the forest exemption could cut $1.9 million from its tax revenue. Mat-Su Borough assessors have estimated that more than half of the borough's surface area is classed as vacant, unoccupied land which could be exempted.

Hammond said he has concerns about the bill now awaiting his signature, and he has asked state lawyers to review the legislation. He said he feared the census section might benefit only the North Slope Borough which stands to reap a financial windfall under the residency provisions. The measure would be more acceptable if it were designed to assist any area which faced a sudden influx of temporary workers, he said. Aspirin Firms to Fight Proposal on Warning CHICAGO (AP) The aspirin industry has vowed to fight a government-proposed warning label on aspirin packages, saying studies that link aspirin to the sometimes-fatal childhood disease Reye's Syndrome are inconclusive. The declaration Monday by the Aspirin Foundation of America Inc.

came in response to last week's government proposal for a label warning parents not to give aspirin to children with chicken pox and influenza because of studies link- Former Sitkan W.A. Planck Dies in Juneau Services for William A. Planck, former Sitka resident who died Saturday at Bartlett Memorial Hospital in Juneau, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Alaska Memorial Park; Juneau. Planck, 60, had entered the hospital Friday, suffering from an apparent heart attack arid stroke.

Pastor Ewing will officiate, and burial will be in Alaska Memorial Cemetery in Juneau. Planck was born March 30, 1922, in Moorehead, the son of Mary and John Planck. He attended high school in Knightstown, and after farming for a time joined the U.S. Army. He served in Honolulu.

After his discharge four years later, he moved to Anderson, where he began his career as a meat cutter. He married Georgia Evelyn Huxhold in Muncie, in 1957. The couple lived in Florida for several years before moving back to Indiana. They came to Sitka in 1973, and Planck worked at the ALP commissary. In 1976, the Plancks returned to Muncie, living there until 1980 when they moved to Kenai.

They have lived in Juneau since February 1981. Surviving are his widow, sons Bill Planck Jr. and Rich Planck, both of Anderson, and Timothy Planck of Sitka; stepchildren Ron Conaster and Linda Anderson, both of Sitka; brothers Ernie Planck of Apopka, and Kenneth Planck of Port Richie, a sister Virgie Lewman of Knightstown, and 13 grandchildren. ing me medication to Reye's Syndrome. Two of those studies, detailed for the first time in the June 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggest children have a higher risk of developing the syndrome, which is fatal 20 percent of the time, if they are given aspirin for chicken pox or influenza.

But Dr. Joseph White, foundation president, said studies purporting to link the syndrome and aspirin are "wholly inconclusive." The. foundation also said in a statement, released in Washington, that the Department of Health and Human Services "acted hastily and without scientific basis" in calling for the warning label. White has asked for the chance to present the industry's views before the Food and Drug Administration takes further action. Terry Relley, a spokesman for Sterling Drugs the New York-based manufacturer of Bayer Aspirin, also said the company believes a warning label is inappropriate.

"We feel there is no scientific basis for a causal relationship" between the medication and the syndrome, he said. The government reviewed two Michigan studies outlined in the medical journal and several other studies before making its recommendation, said Dr. Ronald J. Waldman, chief author of the article. Reye's Syndrome generally strikes children between 5 and 16 years of age and usually develops as a child is recovering from the influenza or chicken pox, Waldman said.

He said a child may begin vomiting and become lethargic and can lose consciousness and lapse into a coma. The government action also came several months after the Centers for Disease. Control issued a warning advising that the use of aspirin be avoided for children with certain viral illnesses until more is known about a possible link between the syndrome and aspirin. Waldman, a CDC epidemiologist, said the journal report is a detailed summary of studies already reported. The disease, recognized by researchers about 20 years ago, affects 600 to 1,200 children annually, depending on the harshness of the flu season, the CDC said.

Beginning June 8, Tuesday The office of Dr. Rodney K. Vaught Dr. Robert Hunter will have a new phone number--747-5861. The number 747-5966 will no longer be in service after that date! to honor Robert Schumann's 172nd birthday Haydn String Quartet in major opus 74 no.

1 Cello Sonata opus 40 Schumann Piano Quartet in fiat major opus 47 Ghristiaan Bor, violin Arturo Delmoni, viola Paul Rosen thai, violin Toby Saks, cello Jeffrey Stilow, cello Doris Stevenson, piano At the request of the musicians, children under the age of six are not admitted to Festival performances. Festival season tickets are still a bargain They're available at MacDonald's, Old Harbor Books, and Alexander's. Concerts begin at 8:15 p.m. sharp in the Centennial Building Box office opens at 7:30 p.m. $6.50 adults students and senior citizens P.O.

Box 907, Sitka, Alaska 99835.