The Goodland Daily News / Monday, October 29, 2001 5 kit and carlyle herman Kids and candles are dangerous mix DEAR ABBY: Please help me to heed your advice and “candle with inform your readers about a com- abigail care.” Thank you for helping them mon cause of home fires. We’re do that. heading into the season when there van buren Readers, if you don’t have access is a marked increase in the use of to the Internet and would like more candles. Already booming in popu- •dear abby detailed information about candle larity, candles become the staple safety, send a long, business-sized, decoration during the winter holi- self-addressed, stamped envelope days. They grace tabletops, man- candle fires than from other fires. to Dear Abby — Candle Safety, tels and windows from Halloween These are frightening statistics. NFPA, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA through New Year’s Eve. However, However, candle fires don’t have 02269-9101. Please allow four to these cheery and inspiring holiday to spoil the holidays. Candles can six weeks for delivery. decorations can generate more than be used safely IF consumers fol- DEAR ABBY: My husband is flickering light. They are the cause low a few simple rules: desperate for friends. He allows a of nearly 10,000 fires and take — If children are present, super- recently divorced co-worker to do more than 100 lives a year. vise lighted candles at all times, his laundry in our home. He ex- According to the National Fire making sure they are displayed on pects me to cook meals for people Protection Association’s fire data- stable surfaces well out of reach of he barely knows. Most of them are base, the number of candle fires children and pets. nerds and losers. that occur in the month of Decem- — Always use sturdy candle I have my own circle of friends. ber is almost twice that of any other holders large enough to collect I’ve known many of them for more month. Nearly half of all home dripping wax. than 25 years. We are a tight group. for better or for worse by lynn johnston candle fires start in the bedroom — — Avoid purchasing candles in I don’t need or want to know his and sadly, young school-age chil- which flammable decorations have friends. dren have a higher death risk from been embedded. Please help. His kindness toward — Keep candles well away from others is driving me crazy! — all items that can catch fire, includ- LONG-SUFFERING WIFE daily horoscopes ing clothing. DEAR LONG-SUFFERING — Extinguish candles before WIFE: You don’t have to like all leaving a room or going to sleep. your husband’s friends. But mar- — Never allow children to keep riage is a partnership, and as much or use candles in their bedrooms. as you may enjoy your “tight — For emergency lighting, use group” of longtime friends, it’s flashlights, not candles. time to expand your horizons and Your readers can download free, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001 be less judgmental. arlo and janis by jimmy johnson detailed safety tips for candles and P.S. Your husband sounds like a other holiday decorations by visit- Your ability to enhance your ca- sweetheart to me. He could pitch ing the NFPA Web site online at reer or work situations will make for in to help with the cooking, how- a most outstanding year ahead. Your www.nfpa.org. — GEORGE D. ever, on the evenings he wants you unique talents and abilities will re- MILLER, PRESIDENT, NA- to feed his friends. sult in the chance for advancement TIONAL FIRE PROTECTION and more pay. ASSOCIATION Dear Abby is written by Pauline SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — DEAR GEORGE: With Hallow- Phillips and daughter Jeanne Your ability to instantaneously think een and Thanksgiving just around Phillips. difficult tasks through from begin- the corner, I hope my readers will ning to end, before you even start the job, makes you very productive born loser by art and chip sansom at work today. Trying to patch up a celebrity cipher broken romance? The Astro-Graph Matchmaker can help you under- stand what to do to make the rela- tionship work. Mail $2.75 to Match- maker, c/o this newspaper, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092-0167. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — An unexpected change today may later prove to be a very lucky break, even though it might not ap- pear so when it happens. Fortu- nately, you’ll let events run their dilbert by scott adams course. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Surprisingly, there may be a lot more bacon to bring home today at the end of the day than you may have anticipated. Several unforeseen gains could be the reason. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Better keep your schedule as flex- ible as possible today, because it’s most likely that something unan- nounced may pop up you’ll want to participate in. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — daily crossword peanuts by charles m. schulz You should never discount logic when making evaluations, but today ACROSS 48 Musical toy MOP ADD AM I S 1 Cobbler’s tool your hunches and intuition could be 50 Intensive ADA AVER F I NE 4 Beat walker pronoun P I G BABA FLAT right on the mark. You’ll know 7 Tibetan monk 52 Hotel name SNEERS GROAN which to follow and when. 11 Luau dish 53 — avis ROT ERNE ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A 12 Chenille item (unusual thing) AGORA FOND 13 Matty of 55 Once named PAL D I ET SEEM friend or an associate for whom baseball 56 MP’s prey you’ve done a favor in the past may 14 Source of 57 Face feature ODDS METS I OU be more appreciative than you real- warmth 58 Hardened, as T I PS CANNY APED BEA ize. He or she might surprise you 15 — the Red cement 16 Unhearing 59 Say with RATON ENABLE today with a very nice reciprocal 17 Waiting to bat (2 gestures L I DS ED I E RON deed. wds.) 60 Owns AERO BOGS ANY TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 19 Bygone 61 Dulles abbr. GLEN RTE TEA You’ll have to act quickly today 21 Carnegie or frank and ernest by bob thaves Evans DOWN 24 Ums’ cousins when possibly two unrelated oppor- 22 Bastille Day 1 Lhasa — 25 A tide 40 Drink rapidly tunities come your way. They will season 2 Cut or scrape 27 Cleopatra’s 41 RN employer be quite beneficial when acted upon, 23 Paradise 3 Singer Ronstadt snake 44 Verandah but the chance to do so will be fleet- 26 Broadway 4 Wine-bottle 28 “Mamma —!” 46 Thick offering feature 29 Actress Sheridan 47 Ice pellets ing. 30 Shuddered 5 Sapporo sash 30 Close relative 48 Fuzzy fruit GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 34 Peccadillo 6 Black tea 31 Shade 49 Unit for Niels People who live at a vast distance 35 Yes, to Miss 7 Roofer’s need 32 Clock Bohr from you could be the very ones Piggy 8 Helm position numeral 50 Novelist 36 Kitchen utensil 9 — and groan 33 Unpaid, as a bill Murdoch who’ll be fortunate for you today. 39 Whinny 10 — Wiedersehen 37 Long-sleeved 51 Goat cheese You might unexpectedly hear from 42 High mountain 12 Subside garment 52 Meadow male one of them via the Internet or tele- 43 Ballpark figure 18 Alt. 38 — out (uses 54 “So!” phone. 45 Govt. agents 20 Inc., in England thriftily) CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 123 456 78910 big nate by lincoln pierce Don’t discount your instincts today, especially in competitive develop- 11 12 13 ments. Much to your delight, acting on one of them could give you the 14 15 16 edge to enter the victor’s circle. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your 17 18 19 20 mind could be so sharp today that it might even startle you as to how 21 22 quick you can grasp the essences of the most complicated issues or men- 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 tal gymnastics. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be- 30 31 32 33 34 ing content with the status quo isn’t apt to sit well with you today. You’ll 35 36 37 38 garfield by jim davis take it upon yourself to make con- structive changes when dealing with 39 40 41 42 any condition not to your liking. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — 43 44 45 46 47 Chances are your first thoughts to- day are likely to be your best ones. 48 49 50 51 This is because you’re able to think 52 53 54 55 on your feet and make good snap judgments without any hesitation. 56 57 58 © 2001, Newspaper Enterprise 59 60 61 Assn..