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IIA1 TON HILLS OUTLOOK Saturday PsgeZI op Lifestyle BRIDGE James WEST 10 NORTH EAST 10 Opening lead Trump force backfires By James Jacoby It was aggressive bridge or South to bid over two hearts After the take out double by West North did not fig to have as much as nine highcard points But South prided himself on his dummy play so he invited a game by showing his diamonds North had a flat hand but the diamond queen was a good card and his threecard heart support was excellent He bid the game West led clubs and without much thought continued the suit That put declarer In control provided that the heart suit split 32 tie tramped the second club and led a heart to dummy He trumped another ciub and relumed to dummy with a high heart Then he trumped the last club with his remain heart A diamond to dummy queen enabled him to pick up the last outstanding trump with the high heart left in dummy and three more dia tricks gave him 10 tricks and his contract It not easy to see but the club con tlnuatlon by West at the second trick gave declarer his contract If West simply makes a neutral play of a trump at trick two declarer can no longer reverse the dummy by ruff log tore clubs since be will lack the needed entries to dummy Lesson When forcing the declarer to ruff may be helpful to him look for a neutral play that lets declarer do his own work without aid from the defense Household gifts handy Still making out your shopping list for the holidays Some of the nicest gifts may be practical ones such as small appliances that earned high rat this year from the engineers at Consumer Reports For Instance a compact micro wave oven that fits into a small space Is always handy or warming slices pie thawing veggies and popping mi popcorn It can also tackle more substantial cooking chores One to consider is the Samsung MW4530W It has a well pronor lioned Interior and easy stand controls The prices of the and other appliances are mate retail before discounts J A good coffee maker extracts the best from the blend and holds the brew at the right temperature The coffee drinker on your list should ap preciate the top- rated Braun Aromas tcr KFBO The Krups Coffeelime 165 also fine toffee even in quantities as small as two cups But it more expensive not convenient as the Another good choice would be the Krups Brew master 150 Steam irons come plain and fancy For now and then touch two plain ones to consider are the Sanyo A 1900 and the HD1860 Of the two the Sanyo has the edge Fancy irons are better suited for use on a variety fabrics Both the Black Decker and the Sanyo ACM arc recommended A walkabout stereo is a great gift for someone who enjoys stereo go New models are smaller I and fancier Consumer Reports electronics en gmeers tested both combination ra lo- tape players and tapeonly players Cardboard tubing bolsters blocks DEAR POLLY The cardboard tubes from paper towels and toilet pa per make excellent additions to my little boy a pile of blocks They are useful as pillars when making build ings and be uses them In Other ways too To make them prettier you cover them with adhesive plastic or paint them T M DEAR These make great blocks for toddlers since they hart when the kids bop each other over be head I used these for my own daughter along with bolter boxes covered with decorative adhesive plastic Other small boxes are useful too Also the blocks are big enough for tiny hand to manipulate easily Your helpful Pointer earns you the Pointer of the Week award a copy of my book Pollys Pointers J Helpful Hints for Mskbtg Everything Last Longer Others who would like this book may order It for Mate check payable la POLLYS POINT ERS and send to POLLYS POINT ERS PO Bex HSU Cleveland OH POLLY PHOTO REPRINTS appearing in The Herald 8772201 REGULAR TIME CLEANING POLISHING CLOSETS CUPBOARDS LAUNDRY WINDOWS FTC REFERENCES We Tailor Our Service To Your ANNOUNCEMENT The Milne Homecare and Prescrip tion Centre wishes to announce that Ken Milne PHMB has completed a course sponsored by Camp Inter national Inc Your Doctors prescrip tion for back braces and other or thotic devices knee cervical etc can be filled for you at our new store THtmiinc HomecARE mid 83 Mill Street Georgetown 8731010 Open 9 am 6 pm Mon Fn