The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 47

ADVICE Saturday January 5 1991 The Kansas City Star E-3 4 i Colorado reunites Little poem has a big message adoptees parents perfect job I married my childhood sweetheart and bought a new home Now a problem has arisen relationships wrecked caused sleepless nights with work DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN ANN LANDERS marriages and interfered performance I need help Greensboro Dear Greensboro: The aph reasons for snoring are si nasal obstruction or apnea (interruption of breathing) It is often assodaiHl with high blood pressure or obesity Yon need to be checked by a physician Surgery can alletinte the problem in severe cases If yon want more information write to the American Sleep Disorders Association 604 Second St SW Rochester Mian 559W I hope yon get the help yon Gem of the Day: Be nice to'the people yon meet on the way np because they are the same people you will be meeting on the way down For copies of Ann Landers' most frequently requested poe has and essays send a self-addressed business-size envelope and a check or money order for $483'tb her in care of The Kansas City Star that jeopardizes my future happiness and I need your help The problem? I snore laugh dead serious My wife knew I snored before we got married She has shoved earplugs in her ears until she feels like coming out her nose She is tired and grouchy in the morning and sometimes she stays that way all day long My wife my children and overnight guests feel justified in waking me up in the middle of the night to tell me I snore I know I snore and sorry but I help it Waking me up do any good It only causes me to lose sleep which means I am even more tired the next night so I snore louder Please consult your medical experts about this Ever since I can remember people have made jokes about snorers but not a laughing matter It has ruined Dear Ann Landers: We hear so many people complain that the younger generation is spoiled rotten hopelessly selfish materialistic thoughtless and ill-equipped to take us into the next millennium I do not believe this As evidence I submit for your consideration a poem written by a 9-year-old girl I hope you will find room for it in your column This child has described what is happening to our planet in a way that should jolt us back to reality (Texas) Dear Texas: What a gifted young girl and what a stunning message I am pleased to make room for it Thank you for sending it on I am the ill Earth People have cut down the trees which are my lungs They have polluted the air which is my brain They have polluted the streams which are my blood vessels They have polluted the oceans which are the chambers of my heart My wrath has gotten gigantic My wrath is hurricanes and tornadoes I am the ill Earth If people trash me I will die and so will they Misha Mayr 9 years old El Paso Serious snorer Dear Ann Landers: After several years of effort I found the Universal Press Syndicate Dear Abby: Everyone in the adoption triangle the adoptee the biological parents and the adoptive parents has rights and interests to be protected Adopted 1 people at least as adults have a right to know the facts of their birth medical history and biological heritage Adoptive parents have a right to feel secure in their relationship with the children they choose to raise Birth mothers and fathers have a privacy right to respect Neither completely nor records can balance these sometimes competing interests Gosing adoption records to adult adoptees who have a right to know does not stop their need and desire to seek out their birth parents Simply opening the records will not ensure good relations between long-separated ftatural parents and children Colorado found a way recently to balance these interests In 1989 I successfully sponsored House Bill 1 1 77 to create a appointed by the district court to review formerly adoption records for adult adoptees The confidential intermediary then acts as a go-between in contacting the birth parents If the natural parents want to contact their birth child the sets up a meeting for them If no contact is desired the respects their right to privacy and closes the files again Giving a child up for adoption to a loving caring family is no longer considered a social stigma Rather it is a sign of love and compassion Steve Ruddick Colorado House of Representatives Dear Rep Ruddick: Hooray for Colorado! hope all the other states will follow Let Mama have him Dear Abby: I am a 28-year-old single parent with one child About five months ago I met and we hit it off right away He is 27 years old and lives at home with his parents I met them just once and I could tell they like me Tom told me they approve of his dating a woman with a child Abby I am a decent person who works for a living I have my own place and live in a nice neighborhood Well I baked a birthday cake for Tom and when he took it home his mother said he should return it to me so exactly what he did I was very hurt and disappointed because it showed that Tom man enough to stand up to his mother I still like him very much but when he brought that cake back it made me wonder if I should continue the relationship -Undecided in Kentucky Dear Undecided: Wonder no more If you want a man with a mind of his own keep looking Tommy is a boy Channel 32 moving closer to reality FCC grants permit for construction of new station by TV-32 Inc By BARRY GARRON TV-Radk) Critic School District is a principal in Mid-Continent The judge also rejected the application of Kansas City Skywave Inc a company in whiph the late Brenda Williams former news anchor at KMBC Channel 9 was involved The judge's ruling found too small a connection between the ownership pd proposed management in the Skywave plan Channel 32 would be the eighth TV station licensed in the ftve-county metropolitan area others are channels 4 5 9 19 41 SO and 62 In the last round of hearings TV-32 Inc prevailed over several other applicants including KZKC which operates Channel 62 The administrative law judge eliminated KZKC because the company did not plan to offer a new service but instead wanted to move to a more desirable frequency Another applicant Mid-Continent Communications Inc was rejected because engineering plans showed its proposed signal would not cover enough of Kansas City Robert Wheeler former superintendent of the Kansas City for the station It sets in motion a six-month clock in which appeals may be filed If there are none TV-32 Inc will receive a construction permit which allows it two years to put the station on the air decided exactly what we are going to do Liepold said when asked what type of programming would be carried He said however that the programs would be of a general entertainment nature The station would be neither an all-shopping nor an all-sports channel he said Photo studio fails to deliver the goods Within two years Kansas City viewers may get another local TV station In a decision last month the Federal Communications Commission upheld the ruling of an administrative law judge that paves the way for a new station to operate on Channel 32 The FCC agreed that a construction permit for the station should be granted to TV-32 Inc a company mostly owned by Robert Liepold a retired executive vice president of United Telecommunications The company also is partly owned by Tom Jones the general manager of a TV station in Lansing Mich who would become general manager of Channel 32 The decision breaks a four-year logjam in which as many as IS applicants had sought the license AT YOUR SERVICE TERRENCE THOMPSON AND ANGELA CURRY told You said you had not realized the magazine did not publish 12 issues a year THEiVr AUDITIONS FOR SINGERS DANCERS Worlds of Fun is conducting an audition tour in search of the best in Midwestern talent to appear in our 1991 show program If you sing (pop rock show tunes) or dance (jazz only) you can earn over $6000 performing six days per week during the summer and weekends in the spring and fall Performers are also needed for the summer only At Your Service: My photograph was taken some time ago at an area discount store by National Studios of St Louis My daughter paid for the pictures but never received them We contacted the photographers twice when they were at the store They told us she would get the pictures She never did Can you please help locate the company? CP Kansas City Kan Dear CP: The address for National Studios is National Studios Drive St Louis Mo $3043 Alissa Luther assistant manager responded that your order apparently had been lost during shipment So the company now has agreed to remake your order Luther asked that you contact her directly so she could get needed information Nine not 12 At Your Service: I know whether frustrated or just plain angry In August I received a notice like the one enclosed that a payment for a gift subscription I ordered to The Saturday Evening Post was due I immediately wrote explaining I had ordered the subscription in February to begin with the March issue and according to my records it was not due for renewal I received another form letter that said my gift subscription would expire in January I wrote twice After that I got the same form letter Can you help? LF Carrollton Mo Dear Lfj The Saturday Evening Post is published nine times a year a spokesman for Magazine Subscription Service in Red Oak Iowa responded The $1297 you paid was for a subscription that ended in January 1991 we were Jazz up the New Year with The Kansas City Symphony and Guest Conductor David Amram at 1991s first NightLights Pops Concert The Symphony will be jammin' on jazz selections from George Gershwin to Duke Ellington and will play a special Thb-ute to Kansas City jazz Masters Swing with the Symphony at 8 pm Wednesday Jan 9 at the Scottish Rite Linwood and The Paseo Tickets cost $14 to $27 Get your tickets now Call 471-0400 THE CLOSEST AUDITIONS: OVERLAND PARK KANSAS SATURDAY JANUARY 19 at the DOUBLETREE HOTEL 10100 COLLEGE BLVD (Corporate Woods: off of 69 Highway and College Blvd) 10:00 AM (Registration begins at 9:30 A M) LAWRENCE KANSAS THURSDAY JANUARY 31 at the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KANSAS ROOM on Level 6 in the KANSAS UNION 3:00 PM (Registration begins at 2:30 PM) For more information and a complete audition schedule contact the Show Productions Department Worlds of Fun 4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue Kansas City Missouri 64161 (816)454-4545 Ext 1350 "All The A Stage" at Worlds of Fun from our lively rock revue STAX OF WAX to the musical spectacular at the Tivoli Music Hall to the goodtime country and bluegrass at the Country Junction Amphitheater AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS: If you are a singer please sing one verse and the chorus of two contrasting styles of song one up-tempo and one ballad Sing any type of music you enjoy (rock gospel show tune etc) If you are a dancer please prepare a jazz routine Please limit your material to no more than three minutes in length (No jobs are available for dramatic actors or instrumentalists) You must provide your own accompaniment whether it be a pianist or a cassette tape We will provide a cassette deck and a piano KANSAS CITY Missouri Arts fnfY Council LLLVJ National Endowment for the Arts Kg) Bay aril trade morning and Sunday with Star Clammed Ada To place oar ada dial lM-MM -Adv KC CLIPS Kansas Coupon Magazine See it Sunday Jan 6 Only in THE STAR new a chance to win a $250 shopping spree got in coupons and savings And NOT in the mail So if tired of the same old coupon craze relax ffiSTARj GHICKIHIS6VRC! 1.