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Garfield® Peanuts® By Jim Davis WEV, SLORP, M/VVBC VOO SHOOLP COT some eve HOLES IN VOOR MASK MERE COMES MV SIPEKICK, SLURP at Or/Vl PAV?6 By Charles M. Schulz NORTHWEST HERALD Section B Saturday, August 31,1985 Pagt 5 ASTRO GRAPH By Bern ice Bede Oto l , Newspaper Enterpr ise Assoc ia t ion Alliance with someone older seen i%ir 'Birthday v« ITS TOO HOT TO SLEEP. WHEN VOU TOSS ANP TURN ANP CAN'T 6ET TO SLEEP BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO HOT... THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO P0.." LIE IN YOUR UUATER PISH.' © 1965 United Feature Syndicate.Inc s The Born Loser® By Art Sansom fbsniv^iv^ VCMT a POP-OFFI ZMMEZ&.OAH fcol̂ aaake toe mve Frank and Ernest® By Bob Thaves QUICHE. &> B.C.® mezBb THAT GO, CADDY ? c News America Syndicate 198S Wizard of Id® irs ZL&W TrfBGE.' UNDER YOUR FOOT By Johnny Hart YOGLL WEE WORK <M THIS TZ^VN A5AI ti.KiO. By Brant\Parker & Johnny Hart ir̂ (XAY..-IMEE CECMAWE, U^>lNP Eek and Meek By Howie Schneider C BARTENDER "THIS MAW IS AWMOyIMS ME.. I GOT A RIGHT X> MV OPlWlOW'.THISISSntL AWERICA ...SSW?( RI6HT V SDmLITTDTHE exit role Alley Oop By Dave Graue THAT OLK3HTA HOLD 'EM! I TOLDJUH I YEAH, BUT THAT COIL OF ROPE WOULD COME IN J PON'TCHA HANDY, DIDN'T I? - - •< THINK THEY'LL BE MISSED? EVENTUALLY, YES! THAT'S WHY WEb BETTER GET IN AN' OLTTA THIS PLACE AS FAST AS WE CAN.' MY THOUGHT EXACTLY' TU- ^ *"• , L _ By Warner Bros. PARN -that WABSrr. I ORDERED A PUCK CALL AND ME S A P/5H LUR Bugs Bunny For Better or Worse® By Lynn Johnston HI,THERE!-MIND\F We drop in? EUZBBETW'S NOf Here^ERR, She's KINdersr^EI4 i enw yc "The. mort /OU Hfl\/lN<3- *E MORNINGS "To wVooRSELF 1 LIKE, f you caN GET r LOT DONE UJHEN yoo donthave KID6 RROOND. Aug. 31, 1985 In the year ahead, you will establish a beneficial alliance with someone older and more experienced. You will be suc­ cessful in whatever you collectively pursue. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) To protect your position, insist today that the per­ son with whom you made an agreement honors the terms to which he consented. Major changes are ahead for Virgos in the coming year. Send for your'Astro- Graph predictions today. Mail $1 to As­ tro-Graph, c/o this newspaper. Box 1846, Cincinnati, OH 45201. ^ LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Up unUI today you've bfeen a popr collector regarding remuneration to which you're entitled. If you stand firm now. you'll get what's owed to you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.22) Something may arise today that will put your leader­ ship qualities to a test. Don't be con­ cerned, because you have what it takes when challenged. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dac. 21) Keep a sharper weather eye out than usual to­ day for people for whom you're respon­ sible. Your alertness will fend off poten­ tial problems. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Involve­ ments with new acquaintances may have caused you to neglect old pals late­ ly. Make amends today by getting in touch and letting them know you still care. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Ways can be found today to strengthen your eco­ nomic foundations and give you greater feelings of material security. Keep on searching. PISCES (Fob. 20-March 19) If you vent your ambitious moods today, you can get quite a bit accomplished. Use your imagination to advance your SEH- interests. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Don't hesi­ tate to request assistance today from one to whom you've been helpful recent­ ly. This person will be happy to balance Arrnuntc TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your chances for getting something for which you've been hoping are improving with each passing day. Outside contributors will enter the picture. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your mode of behavior in handling difficult situations will win you the respect of others today and enhance your reputaion and status. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Happy re­ sults are likely today regarding social plans about which you've been dubious. What you had feared was of your own imagination. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A solution will be discovered today.pertaining to a prob­ lem you haven't been able to resolve for most of the week. Now you can change something for the better HEALTH By Dr . Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. , News Amer ica Serv ice Some words on the human ear DEAR DR. LAMB: I have been told by my doctor that my hearing is deteriorating, and within six months to a year I will need a hearing aid. He said it was caused by loud noises that have affected my inner ear. What is the inner ear? He said it comes with age, also. Please advise what can be done about it. DEAR READER: Your ear is divided into three compartments: the external ear, middle ear and inner ear. The external ear includes the ear canal you can see, and ends with the ear drum. The middle ear is a hollow chamber filled with air. On one side is the ear drum and on the other side anothef membrane that looks like your ear drum. This hollow chamber is connected by an open tube to the back of your throat. This tube allows air to move into and out of the middle chamber. Its function is to keep the air pressure inside the middle ear chamber equal to the air pressure in the external ear against your ear drum. When it doesn't do this you notice ear problems, as occurs with changes in air pressure during air travel. The middle ear contains three tiny ear bones -- the anvil, hammer and stifrup -- that transmit sound waves from your ear drum to the membrane at the other side of your middle ear chamber. That membrane is called the oval window. The sound vibrations from the oval window are picked up by a snail- shaped organ called the cochlea. It contains microscopic hairs that stimulate nerve fibers. This area is called the inner ear. These impulses then pass by nerve fibers to your brain so you can recognize sound. * The kind of hearing loss you probably have is called sensorineural hearing loss. It can be caused by noise. It can also be caused by changes in circulation, as occur from changes in arteries to your brain, and it can be caused by aging. Protecting this part of your ear from noise is important in preventing deafness. You wilKtftiderstand your hearing and hearing loss better after reading The Health Letter 16-8, "Your Vital Hearing," 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, Irvine, CA 92713. Sometimes hearing will improve some if you are no longer exposed to noise when noise is the cause of the hearing loss. Everyone should be conscious of the harmful effects of loud noise. That includes excessively loud music. DEAR DR. LAMB: I have been diagnosed as having spondylolisthesis of the fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebrae with secondary degenerative disc disease. I found this out last week. I was too stunned to ask my doctor any questions, but I thought of many after I left. I am taking Nalfon for the disease. I am wdndering, does it ever get better? How does it affect you other than the terrible pain? I have had it for four years now. Does it finally eat all through your body and make you a cripple, or what? It is really just one form of cancer, isn't it? DEAR READER: First you need to know it is not cancer at all. You are going to be around a while. It usually develops around 12 years of age and may be first noticed in the 4th' or 5th decade of life. It is a slippage of the fifth lumbar vertebra off the normal position directly above the first sacral vertebra. It may cause pain, particularly with associated disc degeneration, because of mechanical pressure on spinal nerves. If it is too bad, surgery can be done to relieve the pressure and to fuse the slipped vertebra. By the way, about 5 percent of adults have this, but only a few of them devejjbp symptoms from pressure on nerves. CROSSWORD BARBS ACROSS 1 Made grid play 7 Theater area 13 Actress Dahl 14 Group of nine 15 Foods 16 Position 17 Horned viper 18 Large sea duck 20 Orel's river 21 Next to kidneys 23 Borough (suff.) 26 Noun suffix 27 Eject 31 Vines 33 Japanese- American 34 In lower position 35 Joined 36 Formal dance 37 Vehicle 40 None (Scot.) 41 Needlework 44 Cry of surprise 47 Florida city 48 Boor 51 Joked 53 Canadian capital 55 Redecorated 56 Prayer 57 Strong points 58 Mark with spots DOWN 1 Pepper beverage 2 Part of eye 3 Show appreciation 4 Understanding 5 Stopped 6 Want BRIDGE 7 Take umbrage at 8 Inside of (comb, form) 9 Literary miscellany 10 Type of fabric 11 Small nail 12 Concert halls 19 Lion's home 21 Ancient (comp. wd.) 22 Not winning 23 Lettuce 24 Layer of eye 25 Small stream 28 Farm agency (abbr.) 29 Noted 30 Rise and fall 32 Compass point 33 Exists Answer to Previous Puale Quick turnoff for those "tieVs have lunch" invitations: Just ask, "Who's buying?" Bet on it: If the restaurant has mastered the art of serving the soup hot, it will compensate by serving the rolls cold. Q & A 37 Newlywed women 38 Actress Merkel 39 Violent wind 42 Catkin 43 Explosive (si.) 44 Edible green pod 45 Speeds 46 Racetrack term 48 Drying kiln 49 Military fugitive 50 Pennant 52 Female deer 54 Small bird 1. Which of the following poets tends not to use any capital letters? (a) E.E. Cummings (b) T.S. Eliot (c) Wallace Stevens 2. What state was founded as a Catho­ lic colony with religious tolerance? (a) Massachusetts (b) Virginia (c) Maryland 3. What is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere? (a) Haiti (b) Grenada (c) Costa Rica ANSWERS Berry's World e j e i By Jim Berry (c)1985 by NEA. Inc By James iacoby Newspaper Enterprise Association It was only practice If you tend to see trees more often than forest, you had better start underbidding a little. South was super-aggressive to bid on over four hearts, and Blackwood really didn't help him. It did not matter that his side was not off two aces. What the slam would depend upon was the heart and club strength in North's hand. At best, South could have bid five hearts over four, leaving the final decision to North. Instead, South pro­ pelled himself into slam. After the ace of spades. West switched to a low diamond. Too intent upon the trees, declarer attempted to execute one of the worst plays in bridge. He tried a practice finesse. East happily gobbled up the king of diamonds. Later on, when the club finesse worked, declarer was down only one. . It is true that declarer would save something if West held the diamond king and East the club king -- one trick. But with the situation turned around, declarer simply deprived himself and his partner of a slam that depended only upon the club finesse A point to remember: Whether you're in a part-score of a slam contract, take your time and plan the play. NORTH 8 3185 • Q 10 V K Q 1 0 7 • A Q 7 • A Q J 3 WEST EAST • A 9 8 7 • J 5 3 2 • 5 4 * 6 2 • 1 0 6 5 3 e K J 8 2 • K 7 4 * 8 5 2 SOUTH • K 6 4 V A J 9 8 3 • 9 4 • 1 0 9 6 Vulnerable: East-West Dealer: North West North East South 14 Pass IV Pass 2e Pass 2 NT Pass 4V Pass 4 NT Pass 5V Pass 6* Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: 4A \