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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 – Daily News 3B FEATURES Student haunted by track coach's hostility dent, and you can do the Dear Annie: Earlier this same. Or you could year, I was caught up in a approach him in a mature liability issue with my high fashion and ask to put this school track coach. I had a behind you. If he mistreats knee injury and was being you, report it to the princitreated by a sports chiropal. If you are still traumapractor, with the full tized, please consider shortapproval of the superintenterm counseling. High dent of the school district. My coach, however, reject- Annie's school doesn't last forever. Dear Annie: Last week, I ed the note from the chirowalked into our computer practor and caused me horrible stress and anxiety with by Kathy Mitchell room to see my husband trythe unnecessary demand and Marcy Sugar ing desperately to hit the delete button and get rid of that I see an internist. The an email he did not want me to see. principal said I had to do it. The internist said that the school I managed to glance at the woman's and the coach were being ridicu- name, however, and asked him who lous. Several months later, I am still it was. Well, she is the one I susthinking about everything that hap- pected he hooked up with at his pened, and I sometimes become so 50th class reunion. There were obsessed with it that I suffer horri- about five hours during the weekend ble anxiety. Every time a friend asks that he could not account for. His 95-year-old mother knows what happened, I become emotionally and mentally unstable and this woman and says, ''She's such a nice girl and married. She would relive it. This former track coach treated never do such a thing.'' And she my parents and me with hostility, says the same about my husband. I and I am worried about returning to don't believe this. My husband sudschool. How can I move on? My denly can't keep his hands off of the mind is taking a beating. — Still waitresses at our favorite restaurant, and he ogles every woman who Reliving the Misery Dear Still: Any trauma can lead walks by. I won't be going to my 50th class to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which causes the sufferer to relive reunion. I can't leave him alone for the event over and over. You need to a second, and I certainly don't want find a way to break the loop in your him running off with one of my thinking. If you can do this by classmates. I don't want to go out of imagining a different, more empow- my house anymore. What should I ering outcome, great. It's also possi- do? — Humiliated Wife Dear Wife: Your husband is in ble that once school starts, your coach will simply ignore the inci- his late 70s. In some instances, as a Mailbox person ages, early signs of dementia start to show up, and one of them is the loss of inhibition. Unless your husband has exhibited such behavior during your entire marriage, we believe his problem is age related. This doesn't make it less irritating or worrisome, of course, but it's possible he could be helped by seeing his doctor. Insist that he make an appointment, and go with him. If the doctor is not experienced in this area, ask to be referred to someone who is. Dear Annie: My sympathy for ''Shady Family Business,'' who wants to change his name because some of his family was engaged in not quite legal doings. It is very likely that the majority of us have forebears who have engaged in activities that would humiliate and horrify us. Even those who discover that they are related to the rich and famous could easily uncover shameful doings in those illustrious backgrounds. Let the dead past lie. If your family has done things of which you are not proud, your lifetime can show that the bloodline is also capable of good. — Life Is a Mixed Bag 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. We speak Spanish on the computer By Jennifer Cooper Social Security Manager in Redding During National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, people across the country will join in recognizing the many contributions of Hispanic Americans, and in celebrating Hispanic heritage and culture. For years, Social Security's website has been a leader in providing information and services in Spanish. Find out what we have to offer by visiting www.segurosocial.gov. 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Following the close of the ceremony, around midnight Tuesday, Aug. 27, the flows will begin to be gradually reduced to a rate of about 850 cubic feet per second. To protect the near-record Chinook salmon return in the Klamath River, releases from Lewiston Dam will then vary from about 850 to 900 cubic feet per second until around Sept. 19, when flows will gradually be reduced back to 450 cubic feet per second. As always, the public is urged to exercise caution when recreating in or around the Trinity River. tember will receive 10 free Arizona cypress trees as part of the Foundation's Trees for America program. Through Trees for America, everyone is encouraged to plant trees for the benefit of the environment and quality-oflife. With one million members, the Arbor Day Foundation is the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. "Arizona cypress trees can be used as an ornamental tree, as a windbreak or privacy screen or as a living Christmas tree in your landscape," said John Rosenow, founder and Logue announces office hours in Orland today SACRAMENTO – North State Assemblyman Dan Logue announced Friday that his district representatives will be visiting Orland to assist constituents with state related issues 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 at City Hall, 815 4th St. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about legislation or help in dealing with state agencies. "My staff and I are dedicated to solving to the problems the people of the North State have with state agencies," Logue said. "Fighting for the district that I am honored to represent has been the central focus of my time in the State Assembly. My mobile office hours are designed to take my office's services directly to the people in order to help address any situations with the state that people may have run into." Logue's mobile office hours will be taking the services provided by his office to the people of Orland. CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. to the proud heritage of California's 143 Tree City USA communities. For the last 36 years, Tree City USA has supported effective urban forest management across California, and planting these trees will enhance the state's tree-planting tradition." between Oct. 15 and Dec. 10. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. Planting instructions are enclosed with each shipment of trees. New members of the Arbor Day Foundation will also receive The Tree To receive the free Arizona cypress trees, send a $10 membership contribution to Ten Arizona Cypresses, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, by September 30, 2013, or join online at arborday.org/september.