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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Thursday, March 5,1992
Issues & Opinions
Haig’s syndrome
When I was a kid, I watched
and listened to World War I
veterans, instead of TV. When
local vets of the Canadian army
spoke, they spoke with a great
disgust of General Douglas Haig.
Whenever Haig was unsuccessful
(almost always, it seemed), he
repeated the catastrophic waste
of lives, money and equipment
with even more terrible waste. He
never visited the front, and would
not allow his officers to do so.
We often engage in this type of
stupid behavior, but institutions of
all types, the world over excel in
their persistent “Haig Syn-
drome.” If law enforcement and
education is failing, pour more
money and lives into the failure.
We still don’t know if we can
create institutions that will do
more than numb human en-
thusaism and build
bureaucracies.
Douglas^Haig and his buddies
would fight-to-the-death (of
others) against peer groups. But
since they are pure democracy in
action, they are no threat to his
tradition yet.
Peer groups are true medicine
and can be great fun. Home-
grown, continuing-education (in
wisdom) peer groups could help
turn around our health-care
disasters and educational burn-
outs. Peer groups could Step
breathe life into all five facets of
interactional health:
psychological, physical, spiritual,
social and interpersonal. First
off, peer groups need an
educating facilitator (a
democratice motivator, not a
discouraged abusive dictator).
All members learn to excel in the
attitudes and movements. There
are no disinterested, impartial
observers, like tourists, in peer
groups.
They learn to create and main-
tain in action the discipline (not
just the “sense”) of the humorous
attitude, which combats the sub-
tle destruction of “I’m no good...
You’re worthless...life is a mean-
ingless mees” that is the basic
element of all disturbed and
disturbing behavior.
There would be no personal
problems too great to be
challenged by democratic en-
couraging peer groups, if we were
encouraging or strong enough to
allow their operation.
Alcoholics Anonymous and
Weight Watchers use elements of
the encouraging approach. They
are relatively successful, as any
group would be which gives up
the discouraged, dictorial “Haig
Syndrome” for deep and wide
democratic-wisdom movements.
If world events do not tell you that
this cooperatiort-as-equals is
what the world is looking for,
you’ve stayed too long on the
sports page.
Unfortunately, institutions do
not teach this healthy combina^
tion of self-learning and group ac-
tion. Universities grant degrees
based mainly upon verbal
memorization. The teach
generalized abstract theories
about no one in particular.
Above all they do not teach us
how to bring about healthy,
healthful change. They restrict
the school membership to
students .who love to play with
abstract words and symbols but
might panic over practicing
courage, love and encouragement
on a daily schedule. There is no
formal ongoing education credits
for attending lectures, even while
sitting sleepily day dreaming.
And we who society sends to treat
suicides have a high suicide rate.
High demands for perfection,
restricted training and the.lack of
skill in dealing with the giants
and witches of the real world take
their toll. ,
My age group, the elderly! are
generally as fearful as anyone
else of letting go of the “Haig Syn-
drome”. On occasion, we will par-
take of groups for structured
games, Bible study or reunions.
We still pay the high school taxes
and will willingly do so as long as
we are not forced to attend.
No one has suggested such
possibilities as teaching the
wisdom of love to children who
I ive never sat in Grandma’s lap.
Or teaching the discouraged
youth that it is possible to be old
and happy rather than suicidal.
I know that we elderly have,
since time began, been regarded
as the models of wisdom.
However, since modern pro-
gressive thinking ignores that old
tale and does not teach us crash
courses on the wisdom of
encouragement-it might be more
profitable to march to Doug
Haig’s tune and patiently await
Divine Intervention...
Dr. 0 Connell, 66, of Bastrop Is Clinical
Associate Prolessor ot Psychology In
Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine. His
current professional Interest Is In the inter-
relations of psychological and phy.lcalliealtti
ior the elderly Questions aboil aging arid
health can be addressed to hint by writing
•i* 106 Kelley Road, Bastrop, TX 78602.
Complaint calling
State Bair opens greivance line
A new toll-free phone number
1-800-932-1900) is now available to
rersons wanting to know how to
ile a complaint against a Texas
ittorney.
The State Bar’s Commission
or Lawyer Discipline and the
Bar’s office of General
founsel/Chief Disciplinary
Counsel are charged with protec-
;ing the public by handling
grievances .against lawyers and
ire responsible for maintaining
lie toll-free number. The service
s designed to provide the public
vith information about how to file
i grievance and what to expect
'rom the attorney disciplinary
system.
The toll-free phone number is
part of an overhaul of the State
Bar’s grievance system.
“Offering a toll-free number is
among the steps both the State
Bar and the Texas Legislature felt
would better inform the public
and expedite the complaint pro-
cess,” said Lonny D. Morrison, a
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Dear Bastrop Residents:
Family extends thanks
Most of you do not know us, but
we had the pleasure of meeting
Some of you last week at the home
of our daughter/sister Christy
Swanson. Unfortunately it was
not under happy circumstances
that we came in contact but
rather to help comfort Christy
and Terry in their time of mour-
ning over the loss of their son
Cory.
Christy lives without any of our
family close by, and we all
naturally brought ourselves to *
her side as soon as possible. On
our flight up from south Florida
we thought how terrible it was
that we lived so far apart and how
hard this time would be for them.
We hacLnot been in Christy and
Terry’s’home more than five
minutes to see that they were in
the best of care. Their
refrigerator was stocked with
food, their house had been clean-
ed, their clothes washed and their
out-of-town family members
accomodated.
The people of your town had
gathered to comfort them life a
family.
The funeral the next day again
Dear Editor:
The O’Connor family wishes to
extend their heartfelt thanks to
the many friends of Scott and
Cory and for the brotherhood and
friendship shown by the many
citizens and business people of
Bastrop to both families.
As a parent, it was a most grati-
fying experience to be a witness
to that farewell salute.
My family wanted this to be no
less of a tribute for Cory and his
family. The only difference bet-
ween the two was that Scott had
more time and opportunity to
reach and touch more people. For
Cory was also a carrier of Scott’s
condition of E.I.P. (Excellence In
Performance) for which there is
no known cure once you are in-
fected; and had Cory been allow-
ed more time, I’m sure he would
have spread this positive ailment
to many more individuals in his
lifetime.
Scott’s mother was a beautiful,
loving, caring person and it’s
quite obvious that he was a clone
of hers and cut from The same
cloth. ,i
As a parent and with whatever
time I have left, I hoped can ap-
proach the mettle of his
accomplishments.
Scott wasn’t materially well off
by todays scale of measurements,
but he was certainly harvested
acres of diamonds from his own
backyard-Bastrop.
To his friends and citizens of
Bastrop, there are still plenty of
diamonds left out there. One on-
ly has to look for them. Keep up
his legacy especially for the youth
of your town for they make up the
future of your village and the
country.
Hope to meet you all again st
Yesterfest.
overwhelmed us with the abun-
dance of flowers and plants, the
huge attendance of friends and
the outpouring of love from
Cory’s classmates.
The time is difficult on all of us
who knew Cory. Christy, Tterry
and Kelly will have a hard heal-
ing process to endure, but we feel
that they are truly blessed to be
a part of Bastrop.
Thank you for'restoring our
faith in our fellow man and thank
you for being there.
Sincerely,
The family of Christy and Terry
Swanson
Thanks again to all you wonder-
ful folks.
Get it straight
Parke O’Connor and Family
Dear Editor:
Applauds may be premature
Dear Editor:
I would like to point out to the
members of BCEN that it may be
a little premature for them to
cheer because the Powell Bend
expansion has been abandoned.
In the news releases from Mark
Rose as printed in the Bastrop
Advertiser, he states that the clos-
ing of Powell Bend does not close
off the possibility that LCRA
could use lignite again some time
in the future. If the LCRA is not
going to mine our land, then that
seems to leave two possibilites:
Bastrop than ours or
2. Camp Swift.
In my opinion, you will find
these possibilities -less desirable
than the mining of our land. In
our case, the costly preliminary
work has already been done. All
that was lacking was applying for
the permit.
1. The land that is closer to
If the LCRA mines somewhere
else, they will have to go through
the entire process again-thus
spending more money. Also, we
worked with the LCItA in keeping
the cost as low as possible. Other
people probably will not do that.
It appears you^fiave won the
preliminary battle, but you may
discover someday that in doing so
you shot yourself in the foot.
One more thing: I did not ap-
preceiate the BCEN’s insinua-
tions that our family would be in
favor of something that would
.harm Bastrop environmentally.
My sons and I believe the mining
would improve the environments.
State law requires that the land
be restored to excellent condition.
The LCRA would have made im-
provements to our land that we
cannot afford to make.
There was an error on the front
page of your February 27 edition.
The article regarding the cock
fight raid near Elgin ended with
a statement that “In 1986 about 20
men were arrested on gambling
charges when sheriff’s deputies
raided a cock fight off Farm Road
304.”
The 1986 raid was planned and
executed by officers frqm the
"Mas Department of Public Safe-
ty. The man who was sheriff
refused to even send a deputy out
with the officers.
I know this to be a fact because
I was Chief Deputy Sheriff of
Bastrop County at the time.
Sincerely,
June Evans Doerr
Sincerely,
Tommy Adams
Wichita Falls attorney who chairs
the Texas Commission for Lawyer
Discipline.
“Not every complaint against a
lawyer in Texas will prove to be
a violation of the specific rules of
professional conduct,” said
Virginia Bowers of Dallas, a
public, non-lawyer member of the
Commission. “But our goal is in-
creased public awareness that
there are written ethical rules for
attorneys and that attorneys who
violate the rules will be pro-
secuted through the grievance
system.”
Callers to the toll-free number
will receive information about
how the grievance process works.
If more information is requested,
callers will be sent a complaint
form and written materials ex-
plaining the complaint
procedures.
For more information, contact:
Lonny D. Morrison, at (817)
322-2929 in Wichita Falls, or Jim
McCormack, General Counsel,
State Bar of Texas at (512)
463-1381 in Austin* *
je Bastrop AbOerttser
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Davis McAuley - Editor * *
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Reporter Janice Butler
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1992
Hays reader from here
Dear Editor:
Bastrop.
Being a parent of a Hays High
School basketball player, I was
pleased to see the picture that you
placed in Thursday’s edition. My
son is one of the two Hays players
shown. The irony of the picture is
that both of the Hays players are
sons of formerly from Bastrop.
Number 30 is Michael Colter.
His father is Donnie Colter, and
his grandmother is Mrs. Ruthie
Mae Colter who still lives in
Number 40 is Scott Simpson.
His grandmother is Mrs. Mar-
jorie Simpson, and she also lives
in Bastrop.
Naturally I had to support Hays
in last week’s game, but now I am
rooting for Bastrop to do well in
the playoffs. Good luck Bears!
Sincerely,
Richard “Ricky” Simpson
Buda
Tragedy of family violence
can be prevented, says TMA
The tragedy of family violence
touches the lives of many Texans.
Besides possibly serious or life-
threatening physical injury,
abuse can take a psychological
tolL
Victims may develop suicidal
feelings, depression, substance
abuse problems and shame.
However, families can work to
prevent violence in their homes.
Parents can create an environ-
ment that discourages violence
and encourages alternatives for
resolving conflicts. They also can
consider “time out” or grounding
as alternative discipline methods,
says the Texas Medical
Association.
A CLUE IS A MAJOR
ELEMENT IN SOLVING A CRIME, CALL IT IN!
BASTROP COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS
321 5599 OR
1-800 460 8477
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