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Page 16 NORTHWEST HERALD Section B Wednesday, August 21,19B5 Garfield' By Jim Da\is . . : •• V v. RATS I' < I HATE IT WHEN THIS HAPPENS TOME t*WTI/V\E T. INSOMNIA . Oq \ o . V A E?AV?6 2r71 By Charles >1. Schulz eanuts ACTUALLY I LIKE STANPIN6 IN LINES I KEEP REAPIN6 THAT OVERPOPULATION 15 A PROBLEM.. EVEN THE PE5ERT IS 6ETTIN6 CROUJPEP BUT I DON T MINP... 'i ; 1965 United f eatu'e Syndicate Inc S- 21 ASTRO GRAPH By Bern lce Bede O»o l , Newspaper En te rp r i se Assoc ia t ion Year ahead will be romantic <Your birthday The Born Loser By Art Sansoni rn.ejMW mi oa#? HOUfcWALL l£UT LEVEL & THAT A FA6T1VUELL.6W6 6TAL&1/ A M666A6E INH6NIWAWT W6APVI££/ I'LL Af5tC FOR ITIV""" -Mfinu r~i i \/1./. Hi , rn M A I \ / I V/ / I V I xl W/ I Frank and Krnest Bv Boh Thaves OTM THP WAY x rp, Y>uj? H<>Nop, IGNORANCE \$ ON ^>i»p JipF op THf LAW ANP p<J/>F/̂ ION 1/ ON MINE. 8-i/ B. C. By Johnny llart I 6KE*/ UP IN A PEAL stupid town HOW STUPID WAS IT ? THE 'KNKSHTS OF COLUMBUS' APVOCAT6D THE ' FLAT WORLD' THEOfc/.' & Wizard of Id By Brant Parker & Johnny llart TOtMV^ THAT cJ@ol STUPlP. janitor' rOB&IVE Kek and IVleek By Howie Sehneider MV^S lift ARE Bugs Bunny" ILL HAVE THE' CHEPS SPECIAL. By Warner Bros. RIC5MT HIS SPECIAL IS HALF T POC.' N/eiSOM. ME5 A PgTlRgD ; VVCgSTL^I^- For Better or Worse' By Lynn Johnston youvID? COMMIE, ~THRTi3 UJOMDERFUL1 SOLD IT, HUH. BOV, it'sgonnrbehrrd 16 imhqine someone. ELSE IN VOUR HOUSE, LBWKEMCE. - VeBH. I WONDER WHO'S GONNBGer MV BEDROOM. Aug. 21, 1985 The year ahead will be romantically ex­ citing and fortunate. The relationship with the one you love will grow stronger and more idealistic. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Weigh issues carefully . today, especially domestic ones. Once you've made an assess­ ment, do not act against your better judgment or common sense. Major changes are ahead for Leos in the com­ ing year. Send for your Astro-Graph pre­ dictions today. Mail $1 to Astro-Graph, Box 489, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10019. Be sure to state your zodiac sign. / VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Keep your mind on the task at hand, even if it's one you can perform routinely.- You may make mistakes with things that usually come easily. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Don t be stingy in your involvements with friends today, but, by the same token, don't im­ pulsively grab the tab.for.those who al­ ways sit on their wallets. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.22) Usually you're a decisive person, but today you might have trouble gettincj,off dead cen­ ter because of an iftat5ility to decide whether to do this or that. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Do not make promises today that you know you'll have trouble delivering. You may be just stalling for time, but others will hold you to your word. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) If you re looking for a good buy today, you're not likely to find it in a store owned or oper­ ated by a friend. Search elsewhere for your bargain. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. i9) Don't bank too heavily on your luck or charm to achieve your objectives today. Pay­ offs will be awarded only for ability and industriousness. PISCES (Feb. 20-Merch 19) Do not talk about confidential matters today to a person you know distorts facts when he recounts them. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take time today to review your expenditures for non-essentials. Start saving where you've been wasting. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Take posi­ tive action, instead of merely talking about what you hope to achieve today. Your conversation makes good listen­ ing. but won't produce results. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Do not gloss over small mistakes today at work. What you think is insignificant could be the flaw that springs a leak in the dike. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Be prudent in the management of funds today, whether you handle your own money or that of another. HEALTH By Dr . Lawrence E . Lamb, M.D. , News Amer ica Ser v i ce Woman dependent on pain killers HEY. JOHN... MEEK WANTS ID KNOW IF I CAW KEEP A SECRET m G01UG iUHATS HIS SECRET? / HEV, CAM <rOU KIDDING? LICK GOING HOME' KEEP A 5E-CRET? By Da\ e Graue Alley C)op IT'S TH' CASTLE OF GLASS,TOKO! I GOT A HUNCH WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO QUEEN -^-ROWEENA'S SON/ HEV, WE'RE OUT OF FOG! WELL. IT'S ABOUT TIME! I ... HOLY MACKEREL! TAKE A LOOK AT THAT! DEAR DR. LAMB. I have taken Darvon for 20 years and finally admit­ ted to myself that I am addicted to them. I started taking them for unbearable pain in my hips and legs, which the doctor said was caused by in­ flammation from my bad back. I began to notice the difference in my energy when I took one, and before long, 1 began taking one whenever 1 felt tired and still had lots of work to do. The last few years I have read about Darvon being a narcotic. I tried to stop taking them and it's rough. Once I went about a day and a half without one and actually thought I was going to die. I couldn't lie still for a second. I'd get real hot one minute and the next minute I'd be freezing to death. It is very hard to explain how I felt, but eventually I gave in and took a Darvon, later on another. I want so much to get off them but I'm worried that if I just completely stop all at once I might harm myself some way. If I were sure I wouldn't harm myself I would gladly go through what I fear were withdrawal symp­ toms to get off them. I'm ashamed to go to my family doc­ tor or even confide in my friends and relatives because I have always been against any kind of drugs. Can you please advise me? DEAR READER: Yes, you can have a drug dependency from Darvon. And your letter certainly sounds like you do. Anyone who has taken Darvon a long time or in large amounts has that risk. I note in the rest of your letter that you take two capsules at once. It is a shame that you ever got started on Darvon on such a daily basis, but you have gone through the hardest part, admitting the problem. And writing to me may have helped you so that you can now talk to your doctor about it. You shouldn't have any serious harm occur from stopping it. But I do think you would have more success with some help, or at least emotional support, which will require discussing it. Many people get dependent on various common drugs. I have listed these in The Health Letter 12-2, "Sedatives, Hypnotics and Tran­ quilizers: The Pill Problem," which I am sending you. Others who want this issue can send 75 cents with a long, stamped, self-addressed envelope for it to me in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box 19622, Irvin, CA 92713. As discuss­ ed in this issue, many of these pills work together and none should be used with alcohol. That includes Darvon. So avoid »i™hol, antihistamines and CROSSWORD other medicines until you can lick this problem. DEAR DR. LAMB: I am 23 years old. I have a problem with cold sores. I don't get just one at a time. I get from five to eight at a time. I'm taking lysine now and I thought it was help­ ing, but six little blisters sprouted over the weekend. Is there anything I can do? I use Dalidyne as a drying agent. It helps but it takes about a week for the sores to heal. DEAR READER: One reason I in­ cluded your letter in the column is for all those people who have written to tell me that lysine cures cold sores. The weight of scientific evidence is that it does not. Cold sores are caused by the herpes virus. They come and go. For that reason it is natural for them to disappear even if you took nothing. And they may not occur for years. In other cases they return within the month. That is why scientists need to do double blind studies to find out if any medicine helps or just seems to help. Studies do show that acyclovir (Zovirax) used as an ointment or taken orally can help. Topical anesthetics or drying agents may make you feel bet­ ter but do not shorten the course of the outbreak or control the virus. See your dermatologist and let him help you. BARBS ACROSS 1 Man's name 5 Ball of yarn 9 Religious sister 12 Pain 13 Shush 14 Sob 15 Ages 16 Grafted, in heraldry 17 Chemical suffix 18 Gave food to 19 Depression ini­ tials 20 Drink to health of 22 Nigerian tribe 24 Furrows 26 City in Washington 29 Insect 33 Envelop in paper 34 Lump of earth 36 Over (poet.) 37 Month (abbr.) 38 Worm 39 Viet guerillas 40 Postpone indefinitely 42 Senses with tongue 44 Young woman 46 Ordinal ending 47 Lamps 50 Almond 52 School organiza­ tion (abbr.) 55 Flower garland 56 Applies frosting 58 Grafting twig 59 Along in years 60 Biblical prophet 61 Sacred image 62 These (Fr.) 63 Aromatic ointment 64 Sooner State (abbr.) DOWN 1 Cook 2 Angler's bait 3 Uproot 4 Mountains (abbr.) 5 Dear (Fr.) BRIDGE 6 Relating to the moon 7 Superlative suf­ fix 8 Sharpened 9 College group 10 Plant containers 11 Veto 19 Name (Fr.) 21 Full of (suff.) 23 Hit (si.) 25 German submarine (comp. wd.) 26 Pairs 27 Ogee 28 Surface measures 30 Dental cleaning aid 31 Unaspirated 32 Energy units 35 Chinese measure 38 Equivocation 39 Time zone (abbr.) Answer to Previous Puzzle G Y M 1 X i A ' O T A U S E R 1 D s • N R 1 R E S K 1 L o L ' T E R U R S U S E L 1 • H E Y • s 0 E A T L E I • K 1 N S M A N H A B 1 T U S O E R A S R E A R R A N T S Y N C A G E D R E A M S O L O M O N P I N Y E T B A R G M T • T E D S T 1 R S N O S k L E S S G 1 N A N T • L A S E O L E T O Y s L5 L E D R E E Phil Pastoret When a company states it's devel­ oping a posture concerning a situa­ tion, chances are it'll need a corpo­ rate chiropractor to straighten things out. One advertising claim that doesn't exaggerate, when they say the paint covers in one coat. Everything in sight. Q & A 41 Law degree (abbr.) 43 Industrious creature 45 Sarcastic grin 47 Political group 48 River in the Congo 49 Caps 51 Secondhand 53 Implement 54 Actress -- Magnani 57 Civil War initials (abbr.) 58 Labor group (abbr.) 1. For what is the energy measure­ ment Btu an abbreviation? a. British thermal unit b. Basic temperature unit c. Boiling threshhold unit 2. How many leading manufacturing companies are included in the Dowk Jones Industrial average? a. 100 b. lC c. 30 1 i 2 3 .. 5 6 7 . 9 10 11 12 " 14 16 J I " 18 • • 20 • 22 23 • 26 27 • 29 30 31 32 33 _ • 35 36 37 • 38 _ • 39 40 41 42 45 1 47 48 L • 50 i r 53 54 55 • 56 57 • 58 59 60 61 62 63 1 64 3. Whose record did Carl Lewis match,; when he won four Olympic gold med-* als in 1984? a. Glen Davis b. Jesse Ow-5 ens c. Jim Thorpe ANSWERS Berry's World 1 . q £ a Z * I, By Jim Berry 5 (c) 1985 by NEA. Inc 21 L "My attorneys said I would probably be sent i a 'country club prison. By James Jacoby Newspaper Enterprise Association Digits work marvel ... | HBDHLOTOP GOOD drebms in Here Would you like a digital calculator that takes up very little room, needs no batteries, costs nothing and is ideal for bridge? Well, you already have one, since I'm referring to fingers arid toes. Here's how today's declarer put his 20 digits to good use. North and South got to a shaky slam, which they might have missed had West sacrificed at five clubs over South's four-diamond cue-bid. North should still have bid the slam but might have been a little nervous about his small doubleton club. A six- level contract was precarious in any event, but declarer justified his opti­ mistic bidding with careful play, remembering to use his fingers and toes. He trumped the opening club lead, drew two rounds of trumps (noting that East had two hearts), and then played king and ace of diamonds and ruffed a diamond. When West's queen fell, it was clear that East had started with four diamonds. Declarer then trumped dummy's last club, played the diamond jack, on which he dis­ carded a spade from dummy, and then stopped to think and count. If East held as many as six clubs for his four-level bid, he could have only one spade. So South played a spade and played low from dummy. East won the singleton 10 and had to give a sluff and a ruff for the contract. Even if West had played high enough to win the trick, he would have had to play away from the spade king, and tlie siam would still have been made. NORTH 8-21-85 • A 8 7 2 V A Q 9 6 2 • K 3 48 2 WEST EAST • K J 9 3 • 10 • 4 V 8 7 • Q 8 4 • 1 0 9 6 2 4 9 7 6 5 3 4 A K Q J 1 0 4 . SOUTH 4 Q 6 5 4 tK J 10 5 3 • A J 7 5 4 Vulnerable: Neither Dealer: South West North East South IV Pass 3V 44 4* Pass 44 Pass 54 Pass 54 Pass 5* Pass 6* Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: 45 > »