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As a veteran resident approaching his 33rd year in Japan, I would like to offer some simple advice to tourists, newbie’s and fellow gray beards as well.

Which Is:

Do not die here I\’ll wager you will not enjoy it. This is not a comment about final destinations, or even about the port of embarkation.

For I suspect in the larger picture of life, Tokyo or Osaka are just fine for dying as Tahiti, Palm Springs or Maui.

At that point, one is suppose to savor the moment and not the locale.

It\’s what comes next that I would like to warn you about: the bill.

Now I myself have not yet died, although readers will sometimes question the health of my prose. Whatever, I did Live with a dead person about 4 days in December 2004 and thus consider myself somewhat of an expert on death\’s resounding knock especially when it comes to paying for it.

No matter the country, funeral companies rarely offer discounts. Mark Twain once commented on how the price of a plain wooden box can skyrocket if you stick a corpse in it still, when my elderly father – law passed away December 22nd, 2004, I was unprepared for how much would soon go up in smoke with him.

Grandpa–that feather of a man who had dwindled his last few years as a mellow member of our family–was on his death bed my brother-in-law had called to inform our family here in Kitakyushu, after a lengthy cry, my wife went to telephone family members about the details while I prepared for our trip to Wakayama City some eight hours away by Bullet train and local trains.

It gets worse: a recent survey found that if we do nothing, over the next ten years, out-of-pocket expenses for Americans with health insurance could increase 35 percent in every state in the country.²

In an effort to put the past year\’s debate over health insurance reform into perspective, we\’re

Attorney General Tom Corbett (photo) said the agreement, known as an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), requires the Humane Society to offer refunds to any consumer who can demonstrate that they purchased a burial plot in the pet cemetery, which was located adjacent to the Humane Society facility on North Ramona Road, in Myerstown. The refund offer must be advertised for the next 30 days on the Humane Society website and also must be published at least once in various Lebanon county newspapers along with the Humane Society newsletter.

\”Consumers purchased burial plots under the belief that their pets\’ remains would be treated with respect and maintained well into the future,\” Corbett said. \”While this agreement cannot recover these beloved pets, it does require compensation for owners along with changes in the operation of the Humane Society which are intended to prevent future problems.\”

Press release

MARCH

2^nd – Read Across America

3^rd – Gr. 8 Parent Orientation – 7 PM @ AHS

9^th – B.O.E. Meeting 7:30 PM

10^th – PTO Talent Show @ RWK 6:30 PM

12^th – PTO Dance – 7-9 PM Gades 5 – 8

16^th – PTO Meeting

16^th & 17^th – Gr. 8 Course Selection

24^th – 6:30 PM Special Ed. Parent Advisory Committee Meeting

7 PM – NJHS Induction

30^th – Marking Period Ends

School emergency closings will be broadcast on KYW Radio 1060, channels 3, 6, 10 and Fox 29. The emergency closing number is 591.

Mt. Ephraim Schools are in need of substitute nurses. Please call 931-1634 ext. 108 (Mrs. Corbett) if you are interested.