JULIA & LYLE
Not only did PEOPLE come through with the full scoop I'd been anxiously awaiting about the Roberts-Lovett wedding, but you offered photos and details that made me feel as though I'd been there. I have always been partial to Julia; now I know I'll become a fan of Lyle's as well. I'm on my way to the record store.
C. AINSLEY HOWARD, Charlotte, N.C.
Why is it everyone thinks Lyle Lovett got the brass ring in this deal? How many times these days does a woman get the chance to gel a nice, caring and generous gentleman?
ALMA V. ENSLEY
Signal Mountain, Tenn.
I wish Julia and Lyle all the best. But that dress—YUK! It looks like she made it in Home Ec. I give her credit, though, for being cheeky enough to go barefoot.
PAM FORD, Springboro, Ohio
Julia, in two days I could have found you an absolutely beautiful wedding gown for less than $2,000 and even had money left over for shoes!
CAROL MURPHY, Spring, Texas
Let me get this straight: He's 35, she's 25, they dated for three to four weeks, planned a wedding in less than three days and now say they'll be together for the rest of their lives. I give it two years—tops.
SHARI MOORE, Los Angeles
BETH DENTON
Cheers to Beth Denton for blowing the whistle on the Girl Scouts' eating up her troop's cookie profits. I was cookie manager for my daughter's troop this year, and I was shocked when I figured out how little profit we would make. We sold 1,032 boxes, earning a total of $2,580, ol which we got to keep $361.20. The incentive prizes we earned were patches for our vests and certificates that can be used only toward Girl Scout items.
SUSAN LOUK, Arcata, Calif.
I have spent the last 13 years in the organization Beth Denton claims ""doesn't give a damn about the kids." I have received my gold award, the highest award a member can earn. I have been able to attend more than six conventions for girls all over the country. I have been given self-esteem and empowerment by a program designed to stimulate interest in a broad range of careers and hobbies. If that's not giving a damn, I'd like to see an organization that cares!
AMY PROCHASKA, Agawam, Mass.
Because your story focused on only one of our 850,000 volunteers, it did not paint the true picture of Girl Scout cookie sales. Between 30 and 40 cents per box is returned directly to the troop; the remainder goes to the local Girl Scout council. While it is true that cookie money funds some administrative costs, il also makes possible such activities as Girl Seoul troops in homeless shelters and migrant labor camps, travel scholarships for girls of modest means and leadership-development training for adults representing underserved population groups.
B. LaRAE ORULLIAN, National President, Girl Scouts U.S.A., New York City
UPFRONT
I couldn't believe Ida Greathouse's reason for not allowing her parents to adopt her son after she passed on from AIDS. She didn't think he'd adapt to their conventional lifestyle. It is certainly not my job to tell her how to live, but doesn't she see the irony in this? Maybe if she had led a more conventional lifestyle, she would be around to care for her son herself.
PERRY KNOPP, Parkersburg, W. Va.
I was deeply moved by your story, which correctly points out that more than 80,000 children will have been orphaned by AIDS by the end of this decade. Even more tragic is that state laws often make guardianship choices more difficult for AIDS parents, sometimes ignoring their directives completely. That's why, as my first bill in my first term in Congress, I introduced the Standby Guardianship Act. This would encourage all states to adopt laws that would guarantee chronically ill parents the right to designate standby guardians for their children without giving up their parental rights. We must find ways to make the lives of those most directly affected by AIDS easier, not harder.
REP. CAROLYN B. MALONEY [D.-N.Y.] Washington
Saved by the Bell Reunion
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