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2B Daily News – Saturday, June 29, 2013 FEATURES White hair attracts lesbians? Dear Annie: I'm puzzled about something. I'm a straight female senior citizen with totally white hair. Although I think I am still quite attractive, I do look like a senior citizen. I Annie's would like to know whether there is any truth to a rumor I by Kathy Mitchell recently heard that and Marcy Sugar today's lesbians are attracted to older women with white hair. In the past two years, I have been approached by women flirting with me, most of them much younger. I'm stared at and followed, and rather bold things have been said to me. I am uncomfortable and fear for my safety and wish it would stop. I'm tempted to dye my hair or wear hats if what's drawing this unwanted attention is the white hair. If you or your readers have any insight, please let me know. — Puzzled in Gary, Ind. Dear Puzzled: We have no idea whether other women are attracted to you because of your hair, your age, your appearance or your demeanor. If our readers have any ''inside'' knowledge, we'll let you know. Until then, try covering your hair to see if it makes any difference. You should not feel threatened because people are flirting, male or female. But if someone seems especially aggressive, don't Mailbox be afraid to call the police. Dear Annie: I am a 57-year-old disabled male who lives alone. My next-door neighbors moved in a year ago and act as if the area is their own private island. Every morning there are children screaming and hollering, dogs barking and adults yelling in their backyard. In the evening, they are joined by several friends and family members who drink and talk so loudly they may as well be shouting. This goes on every night until midnight and sometimes as late as 2 a.m. My major headache comes on the weekends. Each evening, they have music playing outside along with a backyard full of people. They give me those ''don't you dare say anything'' looks as I walk into my tiny house. I'm fearful for my safety. I have called the police repeatedly, and they always promise to send a car out, but the noise never stops until the wee hours of the morning. How can they be allowed to disturb all the houses in the immediate vicinity? — Rude Neighbors Dear Neighbors: Could you speak kindly to your neighbors and ask if they would keep the sound down after 10 p.m.? Does your city have a noise ordinance? Are there other neighbors who are equally disturbed by this racket? Would they speak to the neighbors with you or call the police every time this happens, forcing the authorities to issue citations and fines? Look into white noise additions such as fans that might help muffle some of the noise. Also, please check your local area resources to see whether there is a neighborhood organization that helps resolve disputes. Dear Annie: I had to laugh when I read the letter from ''N.Y.,'' whose 17year-old son is terrible to travel with. I can't think of anything more embarrassing for a 17-year-old boy than being seen swimming or shopping with his family. And if I sent a flight attendant to check on my son, he would be mortified. We include our children in vacation planning, which makes it more rewarding. We also try to find a friend of our son's to come along. If the adults want to see museums, we try to find nearby activities for the kids. Our best vacations with kids have been a houseboat with a ski boat included and a condo in the mountains where the boys could snowboard. Ten days at a relative's house would be unbearable for most teens. And I would never leave a 17-year-old home unsupervised for 10 days. Perhaps one of his friends would take him, despite ''the way he dresses.'' Seriously? — Mom of Four Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. Governors' muses, mistresses prompt art debate SACRAMENTO (AP) — A town normally absorbed in budgets is in a dither over dalliances, specifically whether the former paramours of California's governors are a laudable topic for an art exhibit. Where else would former Arnold Schwarzenegger lover Brigitte Nielsen be on the same wall with Nancy Reagan and Linda Ronstadt, who dated Gov. Jerry Brown in his first term four decades ago? The 10 women in artist Maren Conrad's 12-painting collection were chosen because all had a sexual relationship with a California governor, or a man who would become one, the artist's research showed. But they also share something that the artist says made them worthy of a modernday feminist art exhibit. ''They all stood up for themselves and their shared Now … Every time you run a print Display ad in DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY your online search engine results improve! How's that? Print display ads from the paper are now linked to advertisers' business listings in the Local Business Directory on www.redbluffdailynews.com and stay fully searchable for 30 days. Newspaper websites tend to have very high "page rank" scores compared to other kinds of businesses, due to their great and diverse volume of content. With print display ads now linked to specific listings in our new Business Directory, print ads become part of our website's content and thus show up higher when online consumers anywhere are searching for Tehama County businesses, using Google, Yahoo or other search engines. This is a new benefit for Daily News print advertisers! "Search Engine Optimization" (SEO) is something commonly featured as an online package option. But now, advertisers will be boosting their SEO with every print ad published in The Daily News sexual experience,'' said Conrad, who majored in art and women's studies at Chico State University. Conrad chose subjects who were open about the relationships and told the stories on their own terms. The exhibit includes Ronstadt, who when she was dating Brown said she had her own career and wouldn't be taking up first lady duties, but omits his wife Anne Gust Brown. Schwarzenegger's estranged wife Maria Shriver is there, as is actress Nancy Davis depicted before she was a Reagan. Ronald Reagan's ex-wife — actress Jane Wyman — is in the mix, too. Also among the group is a masked composite meant to represent the women called liars when they accused Schwarzenegger of groping and other untoward behaviors. No portraits are overtly sexual. ''I had trouble narrowing it to 10 women,'' said Conrad. The collection of oil-pen paintings Conrad calls ''Politically Vulnerable'' were designed to hang in a new Capitol-area nightclub called Vanguard, but they were sent back to her studio after a powerful feminist lobbyist complained to the club's owners. On Thursday evening, the exhibit was displayed at an art gallery in downtown Sacramento, drawing a steady stream of wine-sipping visitors. ''It's innocuous. It's quite tastefully done. I think the Vanguard is losing out,'' said Sacramento banker Becki Roberts as she gazed at a portrait of Linda Ronstadt. ''And all the women in the portraits should be flattered. They're beautiful,'' added her friend Frances Knight. Berries are little powerhouses of nutrition dence that DEAR DOCTOR K: antioxidants are Berry season is here good for you, again, and I keep hearand foods that ing that berries are naturally conhealthy. 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The shows will run more than two hours and will offer duet singing, with either singer Aoife O'Donovan or singer and fiddle player Sara Watkins. There also will be such ''Prairie Home'' staples, as commercials for fake sponsors, like Powdermilk Biscuits, Guy Noir Private Eye and the latest News from Lake Wobegon. ''The summer tour is a show that I carpenter together from things that I remember liking a lot over ... the last 20 years or so, and piecing these all together'' Keillor told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday. Keillor said that during intermissions, he and either O'Donovan or Watkins, depending on the date, will stroll into the audience with hand-held microphones to sing duets. ''Some people sing with us and other people just go to the toilet,'' Keillor said. Keillor has done previous summer tours and said he likes the activity. SEO Boost! Tehama Family Fitness Center Kid's Summer Fit Camps! 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