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Opinion
Thursday, March 27,1986
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This Week
In Portland
'Highlights And Sidelights'
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graduation ceremonies at Baylor
Law School at Waco. East, a 1969 G-
PHS graduate, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roger East, 208 Carmel.
1 YEAR AGO
-1985-
In their efforts to learn more about the candidates, two local church
groups have distributed surveys to all city and G-PISD candidates. The
First Baptist Church has distributed a survey which addresses issues
such as family values, abortion, pornography, euthanasia, homosexuali-
ty and AIDS. The survey also asks candidates where they stand on allow-
ing church schools as well as private and church day care facilities
freedom from state control and asks candidates how they feel about
allowing parents to teach their children at home.
A survey distributed by Grace Baptist Church addresses similar
issues with broadly based questions. This survey also asks questions such
as this: Are you saved (born again, John 3) — do you know for certain if
you were to die today that you would go to heaven. ? What is the purpose of
government? What is your opinion of schools? Is it true that religion and
politics don’t mix?
By Linda Castleberry
As the date nears for both the city and school board elections, con-
cerned voters are seeking out answers about both the candidates and the
issues in the local races.
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the inevitable disappointment of un
fulfilled expectations, we should ex-
pect only of ourselves. In this way
we will free others to be themselves
while we stretch and grow to our
fullest potential.”
He discusses passion for joy, for
self respect, for food, dignity, plants,
animals, change, of overcoming
frustration, of giving, growth and
acceptance, of life itself, learning,
celebrations, a better world, com-
munications, empathy (so impor-
tant) and all stages of life.
In his conclusion, he speaks so lov-
ingly of his father: “When I feel age
encroaching, I remember the things
about Papa that defied time. I am
again reminded that what is essen-
tial in all of us is ageless. Beginnings
and endings are united when we
understand that aging may simply
be a continuous process from inno-
cent childhood to sophisticated
childishness.” And he concedes, “It
is not death that we should fear;
rather it is the possibility of a life
unlived — that is the real tragedy.
Perhaps the closer we come to
understanding this, the more easily
we will come to accept death, the
more fully we will learn to live here
and now.”
This is a book you must read for
yourself: You will undoubtedly find
your own personal “quotes.” You
will discover bits and pieces in it
that will stir your thoughts and emo-
tions and, hopefully, give you new
meanings to ponder.
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10 YEARS AGO
-1976-
Debbie Blunk, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Blunk of 1732 Denver,
has been awarded the Camp Fire
Girls’ highest award, the Wohelo
Medallion. She also was honored for
completing 10 years of Camp Fire
membership.
BELL-WHITTINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday - 9 a.m. to
7 p.m.; Friday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday -10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 31
Rotary Club - noon, Community Center
Alcoholics Anonymous - 5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Overeaters Anonymous - 7 p.m., Coastal Bend Hospital cafeteria con-
ference room
Rader Institute Awareness Hour - 7 p.m., Women’s Health Care
Center - topic - “Eating Disorders”
G-P Booster Club - 7:30 p.m., high school cafeteria
Al-Anon - 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
Full Gospel Businesmen’s Fellowship International - 7 a.m.,
fellowship breakfast, Motel 11
Alcoholics Anonymous - 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
SUNDAY, MARCH 30
Alcoholics Anonymous - 9:30 a.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Narcotics Anonymous - 7 p.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic
Church
FRIDAY, MARCH 28
Portland Newcomers Club - 9:30 a.m.
Portland Al-Anon - 10 a.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic
Church
Alcoholics Anonymous -5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Overeaters Anonymous - 7 p.m., Women’s Health Care Center, 1700
Wildcat
THURSDAY, APRIL 3
Story Time -10 a.m., Bell-Whittington Public Library
Alcoholics Anonymous -5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
TOPS 638 - 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church
Gregory Lions Club - 7 p.m., fire station
Alcoholics Anonymous - 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
Kiwanis Club - noon, Chamber of Commerce building, 902 Elm
Alcoholics Anonymous - 5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Portland Sea Gulls Square Dance Club - 8 p.m., Community Center
THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Alcoholics Anonymous - 5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
TOPS 638 - 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church
Jaycees - 7:30 p.m., Community Center
Alcoholics Anonymous - 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
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Sec.-Treas. & Business Manager
JOHN HENRY TRACY
Vice-Pres. & Sales Manager
CHARLES SULLIVAN..........Editor-Sports
LINDA CASTLEBERRY.........Editor-News
ARMOND ASHWORTH........./.Advertising
JOYCE SHAW..................News-Society
DIANA ROSALEZ.....Composition Supervisor
JEANIE COONROD..............Bookkeeper
VICTORIA A. NERIOS............Bookkeeper
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5YEARSAGO
-1981-
Reynolds Metal Co. confirms that
it has laid off approximately 55
employees at its San Patricio Reduc-
tion Plant. Approximately 750 peo-
ple now are employed there.
...o...
Postmaster Russell McFarland
announced this week that the U.S.
Postal Service has selected a site for
the new main post office here.
...o...
There were 287 men, women and
children of all ages, and from as far
away as El Paso, registered to run in
Saturday’s Portland Pioneer Days 2-
mile and 10,000-meter runs.
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er six were put on watch.
Governor Mark White took
the campaign trail in earnest,
touring the steel mill and blam-
ing President Reagan for al-
lowing a “foreign invasion” of
Japanese imported steel, and
adding his staff is putting to-
gether a $324,000 grant pro-
gram to retrain the laid-off
steel workers.
In doing so, White missed
his usual weekly press confer-
ence, but he may regard that a
blessing. Now that the state-
wide televised debate looks
hopeless, White’s Democratic
opponents are vowing to show
up at his own press conferences
in an effort to get Mark White
to debate the issues.
One, Andy Briscoe, drove a
tractor up the Capitol steps
last week and, from the drivers
seat, explained his farm plat-
form. Briscoe, from Dallas,
AUSTIN—The Texas econ- claims growing rural support.
Changing the Reforms
The second major contender
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to
Portland News, P. O. Box 14, Portland, Tx. 78374.
omy took two hits last week,
one when the Lone Star Steel
mill in Northeast Texas con- _________________
firmed its layoff of 2,000 work- to dump White, Don Crowder,
told the Capitol press he wel-
comes a political fight with
Public Officials Have Privacy Rights
Because the responses to at least one of the surveys will be published
in that church’s newsletter, several candidates are under the mistaken
impression that the Portland News is co-sponsoring and publishing these
surveys also. We are not. Rather, as these two groups collect the
responses to their surveys, we would ask them to consider carefully their
purpose for distributing them.
For while public figures often are required to share more of their
private life with the public than the average citizen, they, too, deserve the
right to some privacy. That this privacy is being encroached upon is ap-
parent, since most of the questions in the two surveys deal with issues
that would never come before a local school board or city council.
In recognizing this fact in a letter accompanying the First Baptist
Church survey, the Christian Community Concern Committee writes
“But, the way you answer them will reveal to us a good deal about you as
a candidate for public office.”
We would also remind both churches of the protections this country’s
founding fathers placed in the Constitution of the United States, the pro-
tection which guarantees freedom of religion. Could we not also translate
that protection into “freedom from a religion other than your own”?
Portland’s Past
20 YEARS AGO
-1966-
The prospects for a golf course for
Portland were advanced by the
Portland Chamber of Commerce at
its meeting Tuesday.
...o...
B.J. “Buddy” Ganem recently
was honored by the city of Portland
for having completed 20 years of ser-
vice with the Portland Volunteer
Fire Department.
...o...
Kathy Purdum, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Glen W. Purdum of 112
Seventh St., celebrated her 10th bir-
thday Saturday with a party at her
home and skating at Taft.
...o...
Michael Glen Coker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Coker of 117 E. Broad-
way, celebrated his sixth birthday
Saturday with a party at his home.
Be sure to read the instructions in
your tax package. They can answer
most of your tax questions.
letter on their stationery en-
dorsing White’s reelection was
“a fraud.”
Party Chairmen
Texas GOP state chairman
George Strake has all but
endorsed state Sen. Buster
Brown to replace him this sum-
mer and is trying to get him
the votes on the party’s execu-
tive committee.
Brown was prevented from
running for attorney general
by Strake and Texas courts on
a constitutional point of order.
The only announced candidate
is party vice chair Diana Den-
man of San Antonio.
Texas Democratic chairman
Bob Slagle was recently ap-
pointed by White to the Red
River Compact to handle oc-
casional problems with other
states. The job brings a
$23,000 salary plus expenses.
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Jody Marie and Michael Pierce
Frownfelter announce the birth of
their daughter, Christine Danielle,
on Saturday, March 23, at Coastal
Bend Hospital.
...o...
The G-P Ladycats won their first
team championship of the 1985 track
season Saturday at Cabaniss Field,
winning the girls division of the an-
nual CCISD Invitational.
...o...
Laura Mitchell was honored on
her 95th birthday at a party and
family reunion on Saturday, March
23, in the Portland Church of Christ
fellowship hall.
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Other Highlights
• Texas Land Commissioner
Garry Mauro said a new veter-
ans loan program will be ex-
panded to include repair or re-
modeling of homes, a move
that will boost veterans frozen
out of the conventional market.
Mauro said the program is not
run with one penny of tax
money and will create new
jobs.
• Treasurer Ann Richards
drew criticism for holding a
$4,000 lakeside retreat for 29
staffers to discuss trimming
the budget. She responded her
agency couldn’t back out of the
contract signed before the
executive order to cut the bud-
get.
• Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower last week
signed an agreement with Mex-
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TUESDAY, APRIL 1
Chamber of Commerce board of directors - 8 a.m., Chamber building
Alcoholics Anonymous - 5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
City Council meeting - 7 p.m., City Hall
Eastern Star - 7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge building
Community Education Program - 7:30 p.m., Women’s Health Care
Center
Alcoholics Anonymous - 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
"The Bookshelf
Buscaglia's'Bus 9'
Appeals To Better Side
By Lyra Sparks
Leo Buscaglia has written several
best-selling books, books that have
been translated into many
languages all over the world. They
always challenge us as they appeal
to our better side with happier, more
sensible behavior patterns.
His latest, “Bus 9 to Paradise: A
Loving Voyage,” is inspirational
also, but it has another theme or
phase that intrigues me: It has so
much of his own life in it, references
to his family, etc., that it makes me
wish he would write a straight
autobiography that I might
understand something of “what
makes him tick.”
He is the son of Italian im-
migrants: Obviously his parents had
a great influence on him; some of
the. references he makes to his
travels, the experiences of his life,
make me want to know more.
The title of the book comes from a
bus schedule he saw painted on a
sign when he was traveling in
Melbourne, Australia. The sign
made him think of many things. He
came to the conclusion that life is
paradise for those who love many
things with a passion: People, food,
flowers, music, the dance, books —
an endless list. There is no need to
seek paradise in some far-off future.
The more passionately we love
many things, the closer we come to
living our paradise NOW.
Again: Life is a paradise for those
who love many things. You cannot
have too much love; only love has
the power to unite without taking
away another’s dignity, another’s
self. Only pure love holds no jealous
possession over people and nations.
Only love is capable of putting
humanity before ideology or race,
and an expression of love is the most
basic of human assurances. The
author gives a warning: “To avoid
...o...
Carl Duncan, Portland Volunteer
Fire Department chief, Tuesday
night received a plaque from the
Pilot Club in recognition of the
department’s dedication and con-
tinued service to the city.
...o...
Nathan Andrew East recently
received his juris doctor, degree
following the winter quarter in
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Texas Economy Takes Two Low Blows
ico to trade farm, ranch and
other products and help the
Rio Grande economy.
• A Travis County congres-
sional hopeful was removed
from the GOP ballot when
many names on his petition
were declared invalid.
• The son of a Texas House
candidate is being investigated
for impersonating an IRS
agent tp get information about
his father’s opponent.
His dad is George Lawshe,
running against Al Granoff in
Dallas. The son got the idea,
he said, from the “Rockford
Files” TV series.
• The State Commission of
Judicial Conduct last week
wouldn’t seat a Conroe man
who was first appointed, then
withdrawn, by Gov. Mark
White. The governor’s office
withdrew the appointment af-
ter it learned that Dwain Read
had filed as a Republican for
county judge. Instead, a Sul-
phur Springs man was ap-
pointed.
• Texarkana state Sen. Ed
Howard will retire this spring
to become a lobbying partner
with former House Speaker
Rayford Price.
State Rep. Sam Russell is ex-
pected to seek the seat in
summer special election.
• A former state represents^
tive, Walter Grubbs of Abi-
lene, is expected to run as a
Democrat for the seat being
given up by GOP Rep. Gary
Thompson. Grubbs lobbies for
West Texas Utilities; Thomp-
son will lobby for the state re-
tirement system.
ers, and the second, when the
feds took control of two state
lending institutions and anoth- Dalias tycoon H. Ross Perot,
who chaired the panel which
created the “no-pass, no-play”
school reforms.
Crowder wants to alter the
reforms, and Perot vowed to
beat any candidate who tried
to tinker with them.
So far, Crowder hasn’t
backed away from anyone this
campaign, but Perot isn’t
exactly faint-hearted himself.
Tests, Taxes
For the first time since the
education reforms were enact-
ed, Mark White last showed
signs of retreating from his
hard-line stance. Speaking to
a high school honors class, he
expressed his fear that the re-
cent teacher competency test
would cause the loss of good
teachers.
Whether that was an off-
the-cuff remark or not, some
Capitol watchers feel that
White’s only chance to stay in
the Governors Mansion is to
make peace next month with
public schoolteachers.
So far, teachers haven’t en-
dorsed a candidate and while
teacher groups protest when
Mark White appears, theo-
retically the door is still open
for a reconciliation.
Last week, Texas Education
Commissioner William Kirby,
a White appointee, asked par-
ent-teacher organizations to
tell the Legislature to prefer
higher taxes to cuts in educa-
tion.
Meanwhile, the American
Federation of Teachers said a
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in him should not perish, but
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