The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 103, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1994 Page: 4 of 34
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Thursday, February 24,1994
Issues & Opinions
Texas Public
Schools Week
declared
Dear Editor:
February 28 to March 4 has
been designated by Governor
Ann Richards as Texas Public
Schools Week. Because educa-
tion plays a vital role in today's
society, it is important lor every
citizen of the Bastrop Indepen-
dent School District to take the
opportunity during Public
Schools Week to visit our local
schools.
No other country in the world
has provided the same focus on
equity in education and lifelong
learning with the same positive
results as the U.S. Education is
big business in the nation, in
Texas, as well as in Bastrop. In
Texas, public schools binding
takes the largest single bite from
the tax dollar. How is this
money being spent? What are
the children learning in the
schools? Will each child be able
to live and work effectively in
our society?
Bastrop ISD educators be-
lieve that they have positive an-
swers to these questions, and
they extend an invitation to the
community and state represen-
tatives to visit the public schools
during this spccial week.
Specific activities planned by
local campuses will be an-
nounced next week.
Marilyn Kuhn
Assistant Superintendent
Insurance coverage
may not be needed
Dear Editor:
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Prccinct 3 and Rockne resi-
dents.
It's tough times in Texas.
Parasites and blood suckers
make it tougher.
Today my husband was ap-
proached by a CANCER insur-
- ance policy salesman. He
bragged about ones he had sold
to.
Are you, my good people,
aware that any insurance will
pay for treatment should you
contact cancer? You do not in-
sure yourself and pay to get
cancer!
I implore you to read your
policy and pay no more money
to anyone who comes to your
door to COLLECT blood
money. And to cancel immedi-
ately this abuse of your faith.
How 1 love you all. I will not
allow you to be abused.
Mrs. Del Goertz
Rockne
Food pantry
offers workshops
Dear Editor:
I am glad to inform you that
beginning in March, the Food
Pantry will be offering a series
of workshops. These will be de-
signed to help families become
more self-sufficient and manage
their financial resources more
efficiently.
Some of the topics we will
cover will be: nutrition, meal
planning and financial planning.
If there is a particular topic you
^ would like to learn more about,
please let us know.
Our first workshop will be on
how to stretch the family bud-
get It will be held at the Food
Pantry on Thursday, March 24
from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. We hope
that you will be able to attend-
please feel free to call if you
have any questions.
Yours in Community Ser-
vice.
Jewell Hodges
Director, Bastrop Food
Pantry
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ANYTHING—I'M JUS' HERE
T'SEE WHO DOES
SO I CAN BORROW IT/
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Wiginton offers voters honesty and honor
Dear Editor:
I have known Lamar Wigin-
ton for almost 20 years, having
first met him while in law
school, and later trying many
cases with him. Lamar is unique
in that before he began practic-
ing law, almost IS years ago, he
was already both a successful
businessman and college profes-
sor while he and his wife, Joyce,
were busy raising four out-
standing children and playing an
active role in their church and
community.
Lamar and I have tried and
worked on many cases together,
from clients charged (and
cleared) of first degree felonies
to representing citizens who
have been wronged by insur-
ance companies. In addition, I
believe. Lamar and I have repre-
sented more people without be-
ing paid than any two lawyers I
can think of, simply because it
was the right thing to do. Lamar
is a man whd cares for justice
and is always ready and willing
to help people in need.
Lamar Wiginton has made a
difference in his life by being a
good citizen and contributor to
society, taking an active role in
his community and church, al-
ways being ready to fight for
those who are not always able to
Wehmer thanks patients for past support
Dear Editor:
To My Friends and Patients
of Bastrop and Bastrop County:
During the past nine years I
have dedicated my life and time
to the health care of the people
of Bastrop and the surrounding
vicinity. This was done many
times at the sacrifice of my
family.
Many of you know of the re-
cent death of my one-year-old
nephew during the Christmas
Penick deserves
re-election
Dear Editor:
I am glad to count Charles
Penick as a friend and col-
league. Charles is a professional
prosecutor who has devoted his
legal career to helping make
Bastrop County a safe and de-
cent place to live.
It is j»ma*ing that a political
opponent would attack Charles
for not trying more cases.
Charles' office tries roughly the
same percentage of jury trials
that other offices do around the
state. When the time has come
to try a case, he has not hesi-
tated. I can recall a number of
99-year sentences for murders
or rapes which Charles has ob-
tained in just the past few years.
' Bastrop County has a good
District Attorney's office.
Charles has recruited excellent
assistant district attorneys. He'
has conducted himself in a pro-
fessional manner which brings
credit to the whole county.
Charles Penick deserves to be
re-elected.
Ken Anderson
District Attorney
Williamson County
holidays. Because I had obliga-
tions here, I was unable to at-
tend his funeral and offer sup-
port to my family. This event
has made me reassess my prior-
ities.
As you have read or heard, I
am closing my practice in the
near future. I am doing this so I
may spend time with my wife,
children and ailing parents.
I am currently in the process
of finding a physician to take
over my practice. I will continue
to practice here until my re-
placement arrives.
Thank you for the support
you have given me while I have
lived and worked here. You will
continue to see me in the local
area as I plan to periodically
work in at the Smithville Hos-
pital emergency room.
Sincerely,
Ralph Wehmer
Bastrop
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Love is misused
do so for themselves and raising
an outstanding family of two
daughters and two sons who
share his values and sense of
right and wrong.
In addition to being an out-
standing lawyer, family man,
citizen, volunteer and hard
working person, Lamar Wigin-
ton is the finest, most honest
and honorable man I have ev§r
known. The people of Bastrop
County would be fortunate and
proud to have such a man as
their district attorney.
Yourstrtdy,
Gerald E. Smith
Austin
Anyone reaching our age
must know by now through ex-
perience that love is the most
misused word in our language.
We are saddled with just one
word which more often than not
is used to hid greed, domination,
dependency and sentiment.
We can even use love to
cover up our appetites. Like I
love fried clams. But I do not
help the little creatures grow
and expand. Indeed, I do the
opposite and would have de-
voured them all, if pollution and
my moved to Texas did not in-
tervene.
Sunsets have always been
crucial to south sea islanders,
because they were used to pre-
dict weather and to make
needed preparations. We get our
weather from the media, so we
employ just one word to cover
all the variations of color, which
we probably do not even notice.
Eskimos are keenly aware of the
variations of snow so have
many words for subtle differ-
ences, I'm told.
But millions of lives become
misery-making, "looking for
love in all the wrong places."
Addictions are of all sizes and
shapes. They are usually killing
to the psyche, soul and spirit.
However, positive addictions
are possible and could help the
world to grow.
If we all knew the real
meaning and importance of
love, and how to give and get it,
we wouldn't have crises such as
health care, drugs and violence.
Hiis issue is of such extreme
value to everyone and every-
thing that none of our institu-
tions teach the art and science of
loving movements.
We dont have but one word
for love, so I guess someone in
authority thought it was unim-
portant for the masses and serfs
to know about value, mood and
emotion. God, were they ever
wrong!
Almost all of our actions are
hidden efforts to feel worth and
belonging. And we create art,
make monuments, raise off-
spring and connect with nature
and the rest of the universe in
attempt to feel this natural high
of worth and belonging forever.
Other languages do not have
quite so severe a problem with
love. Hie Greeks have used
three words for love. I guess
they are saying that love is at
least three times more important
for them than for us. And when
the Gospel of St John was
translated into English, it suf-
fered accordingly.
In John 21, Jesus was asking
Peter if he loved him with agape
(true love of the heart), while
Peter was answering with
friendship (or philos). That in-
teresting distinction is lost in
our words.
About a generation ago, the
term "unconditional love" be-
came popular in my trade. It
was what die good psychothera-
pist was supposed to always
have toward the client I always
had a uneasy feeling about the
behaviors that would match that
ideal.
It was assuring to me that all
die members of the Senior 4H
group seemed to share my puz-
zlement As a group we have
lots of fim, laughter and learn-
ing, following the ideas of the
wise and checking them out
with our goals. But this time we
all disagreed with our learned
wiseman when he wrote that if
you show unconditional love to
others, they will see it as love.
The problem is that the
wiseman was not into the busi-
ness of trying to change per-
sons. It may be that other per-
sons are not that important to
him, and so he can smile and
nod without emotional attach-
ment to the worth and belonging
of others.
But all of we Bastrop wise-
folks knew that when you give
people feedback on their hidden
goals of wanting power from
excitement and attention,^ being
bossy, taking revenge or in dis-
playing discouragement, you get
few smiles. That is why as a
therapist I spend time in devel-
oping a strong relationship and
explaining where we are going
and how the client will resist.
In fact, if the client would
simply follow the therapist's di- ,
rections, change would be quick
and sudden. But we do not live
in a Reaganese world where just
say no is so easy. People like
you and me and those others all
want to get esteem and belong-
ing somewhere.
If the kids can't get it in
schools and homes, they'll get it
through gangs. But pampering is
not unconditional love because
it is destructive to self-esteem
and community feeling. Pam-
pered people are given goods
and services with no helpfid
feedback about mis-behavior.
They often have to feel better
than others and uninvolved in
life to get their own narrow
sense of worth and belonging.
Unconditional love in the
sense of pointing out mistaken
attitudes which will block true
esteem and belonging is true
agape love and very rare. People
are too often concerned with
their own needs for power
(social influence), prestige and
possessions to include our need
for self-esteem in their life
plans.
Maybe true maturity is
reached when we expect uncon-
ditional love only from God.
Strange thing is that humans
demand that from other humans
who are not skilled in giving it
And perhaps we really want
pampering and not die strong
and courageous love that trans-
forms people by prodding us out
of our numbed existence.
Hell is a state of mind that
will not accept the uncondi-
tional love of God. And when
prophets try to bring about
change with fiery images de-
scribing inner discouragement,
we just go on misery-making.
We think they are talking
about eternal punishment, rather
than concern for our Hellish in-
ner conditions now.
Once again, message sent is
not message received.
Dr. O'Connoa, 38, of Bastrop ia for-
mer Clinical Aasociato Professor of Pay-
etiology in Psychiatry, Baylor Cctega of
Medicine. His current professional inter-
est is in the interrelations of psychologi-
cal and physical health for the ekfcny.
Questions about aging and health can
be eddreeaed to hm by writing to 108
Keley Road Bastrop, 1a 78802.
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