The Sachse News (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 2006 Page: 7 of 28
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already
'with the
Judy Thiesdell
Mecca
user IDs and pass-
words.
I'm all in favor
of security. I'm
the last one to
complain about
having to take off
my shoes in the
airport. I realize I look exactly like
Osama Bin-Laden and, with a name
like "Mecca," heaven knows what
sort of extremist I might be.
I have a home security system and,
although I don't own a shredder, I
have asked for one for Christmas. In
the meantime, I am a hands-on shred-
der, ripping credit card applications
into vermicelli-size strips. (I toss the
credit confetti into my kitchen trash.
I'm nol quite to the point of driving
around the neighborhood, depositing
credit curly-cues in other trashcans.)
I do a little online banking, and I'm
very happy to have an "online ID"
there. I would certainly hate to think
that anyone could tap into the vast
wealthy empire that is my checking
account and help himself to ... well, a
shopping spree at Big Lots. The bank
provided me with a PIN, which I
have recorded in a safe place. This
amount of security makes sense to
me.
But - sometimes when someone's
birthday sneaks up, and I don't have
time to mail a card, I will avail myself
a free e-card service. It's a Web site
where the user can select one of sev-
eral animated messages to send to the
birthday girl or boy. One can person-
alize it, sign it. and send it off to the
honoree's e-mail address.
Here's where it gets silly.
The first time 1 visited this site, it
asked me to establish a user name. I
.■finally decided on ... Judy Mecca. (I
was careful to use proper capitals and
lower case letters, realizing this could
be an issue later on.) Then I was
asked to choose a password. I typed
some meaningful word. Il Hashed red
letters at me, saying the password
needed some numbers. I retyped with
some numbers added and "con-
tinned."
Good News
Church buildings help bring
reminders of God's message
w
hy do
we have
hurch
Michael
Frick
buildings in our
city? Why do we
gather regularly in
those buildings'?
As we ponder
these questions,
our Good News
for today comes
from St. Paul's
letter to the Galatians.
In the Old Testament Scriptures
we learn that God's people were
commanded to observe three festi-
vals each year. The men were
required to offer sacrifices ai
Jerusalem. Three times a year they
would leave fields, flocks and shops
to celebrate a week long feast.
In the New Testament, however,
we learn that the ceremonial laws
no longer apply to us because
Christ fulfilled them all by giving
"Himself for our sins." (Galatians
1:4) Paul uses strong language in
chapter 1 to tell us that we dare not
replace the Gospel (Good News) of
God's grace in Christ with the
requirements of the law.
In chapter 2 Paul points out that
"a man is not justified by observing
the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ
... because by observing the law no
one will be justified." (Galatians
2:16).
In chapter 3, Paul tells us how
we receive this faith in Jesus Christ
when he asks the Galatians: "Did
you receive the Spirit by observing
the law, or by believing what you
heard? ... Does God give you His
Spirit and work miracles among
you because you observe the law or
because you believe what you
heard?" (Galatians 3:2, 5) Here
Paul reminds us that faith is not our
doing.
Thursday, October 5, 2006 - THE SACHSE NEWS - Section A - Page 7
THE SACHSE NEWS
Shining on the community,
events and people of Sachse
Publisher
Chad B. Engbrock
Managing Editor
Donnita Nesbit Fisher
User IDs protect wellwishers
from unauthorized greetings
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Letters to the Editor
And promptly forgot it.
Off went the birthday e-missive,
and I felt smug that I was electroni-
cally advanced enough to bail myself
out of being forgetful.
Some time later, I needed do this
again. I went to the Web site. It asked
me for my user name. This I remem-
bered because I had cleverly chosen
my actual name.
It asked me for my password. I
tried to remember what it had been. I
typed in my daughter's name. No
deal. I typed in my birthday. Nada.
Original address. Favorite Woody
Allen movie. No dice.
A sarcastic message appeared, "For-
got your password? Click on this
button that says 'Loser old person.'" I
did. A message informed me that a
new password would be e-mailed.
I had to get out of the Hallmark e-
card site, go to my e-mail and see the
new password. And it was something
easy to remember like r7391jsl9.
I copied it, pasted it, and sent the
card. This time, I outsmarted Mr.
Sarcastic F-card Web Site, and wrote
the confusing password in pencil on
the base of my monitor ... next to all
the other passwords to other Web
sites that I had forgotten when I
returned to them.
As an added attraction, I know that
if I go to some of these sites and type
in my user name but don't remember
my password, some will decide I'm a
criminal and freeze me out until I
decipher the pencil code on my moni-
tor base. It's a jungle out there.
I understand the need to protect my
banking information - etc. - but I
surely don't expect some miscreant to
burst into my home office, hack into
my computer, and send illegitimate
free e-cards. Miscreants have better
things to do with their time.
I know I do.
Well, gotta go. I'm going to copy
all of my user names and passwords
onto ... ready ? ... a piece of paper
... and hide it somewhere.
No e-miscreant would ever think
of that.
Judy Truesdell Mecca is a colum-
nist for CAS Media publications. For
sccuritv purposes, no other informa-
tion about her is available without a
Dear Editor,
It was with great sadness that I learned of Richard
Benedict's retirement as Chief of the Sachse Police
Department. I have known Chief Benedict for 14
years and can't imagine a better chief.
The reason we chose to live in Sachse is because
of the small town atmosphere, the lack of crime, and
positive interaction between the police and citizens.
Richard Benedict was instrumental in most of that.
The community-oriented policing program is
what has made Sachse more than just a city; it is a
community of friends and neighbors. My husband
was a Sachse police officer for several years and is
now a Reserve Officer for the city of Dallas. The dif-
ference is like night and day.
I know I take for granted what the police do here
in Sachse. 1 can call them because I have a snake
cornered and I need someone to help me kill it, and
they are at my home within five or six minutes.
Citizens of Dallas often have to wail hours for rob-
bery and assault calls.
Richard has always stressed that the people are
the first priority, and Sachse officers take every call
seriously. If you live here, you know that you enjoy
freedoms and safety that other citizens, in other
towns, don't have. I have also served on the Fallfest
Committee for several years with the Chief and
know how tirelessly he has given of his free time
(whenever that may be.)
I can only hope that we will find a chief that has
a heart for the city, like Richard Benedict did. He
was a good chief, but he is an even better man, and
his leaving is certainly our loss. I wish him well.
Cindy Anderson
Sachse
The cartoon in the Sept. 20 edition was
appalling. Children do not have "little minds."
They are open to all sorts of ideas. If you can't
convincingly explain an idea or action that
you are taking to a child, you may nol be
acting in a moral way.
Dr. John Fuller states, "I believe that the public
schools are the best hope for our children, our nation
and our future." His is right.
The nation is diverse, our future in higher educa-
tion is global, our opportunities must extend beyond
the borders of our communities and so must our
embrace of that which is different from "us."
(Whomever "us" is.)
Gay Lifestyles - What is it? An anesthesiologist
who takes the pain away ? A saving doctor'? A nurse ?
The teacher that helped me understand my assign-
ments'? The legislator who fought against discrimi-
nation? An artist? Writer? Lawyer? Architect?
Designer?
Death of the family - Families are different, not
dead! Schools are one of the safest places to aug-
ment the needs of children. This is one of the first
settings where they interact with the global commu-
nity. Exchange of ideas can be nurturing and perhaps
you can meet a lifelong family member.
Fun with witch craft - Please explain.
Humanism mandates - Would humanitarian-
ism or humility result from these mandates? If so,
I'm for it. The "little minds" need to be laught their
responsibility for one another's survival.
Philosophies of abortion - Abortion is not a phi-
losophy, it is a reality. How do we deal with it'.'
Many kids usually "deal" alone and scared. There is
also scant support for the fatherless child.
Rewriting history - Who's history?
Let's learn everyone's history,
art, music and literature. Little
minds can become big ideas and
concepts!
Evil of guns - They aren't allowed
in the school. I've never seen one on a college
campus. I'm not sure what this one means either. But
a gun-free environment works at school.
Evolution - Science and math are the emphasis
for the academic year. Research will give you the
scientific knowledge, you still must choose how to
use it. We evolve our ideas, we evolve bigger minds
Creating our own Gods - Jesus'? The mall'.'
Buddha? Computers'? Mohammed? The Pope'' Wal-
Mart'.' Mother Earth? The purple pill? Money? I-
pods? T.V.?
Safe sex - No such thing! Physically or emotion-
ally impossible.
Myths of Christianity - No comment.
L'nity of all religion - An exchange of ideas''
This is what communities, schools, and colleges by
their very natures do. This is what our children do
when expressing themselves. This is our moment of
silence at school! Try it.\
Anti -war pacifism - Ask a serving soldier to
elaborate. They come home and seek higher educa-
tion. They go into the armed services for a promise
of higher education. They would sacrifice their life
for a higher education!
Prepare yourself for responsibility and decision
making at your local schools and colleges. They're
free and a teacher is waiting.
Carolina Teamann.
Wylie
Read all about your life in our pages
Faith is a gift of God. God grants
faith through His powerful, life-giv-
ing Word, Which causes us to
believe what It says. This Paul
explained in his letter to the
Romans: "faith comes from hearing
the Message, and the Message is
heard through the Word of Christ."
(Romans 10:17).
So. now. why do we have church
buildings and why do we "go to
church"? If we say, to worship, is
that something we do for God? Do
we primarily offer praise and prayer
to God, as the Old Testament wor-
shippers offered sacrifices?
Or do we, primarily, gather to
receive gifts from God, to hear God
speak to us in His powerful Word ?
In His Word God reveals to us Who
He is and what He has done for us
and for our salvation. Thus we read,
"God sent His Son, born of a
woman, born under law, to redeem
those under law, that we might
receive the full rights of sons."
(Galatians 4:4-5).
Because we have a sinful nature,
which Paul clearly identifies in
chapter 5, we need to hear God's
Word again and again. Through
God's Word the Spirit empowers us
to crucify our sinful nature with its
passions and desires. Through
God's Word the Spirit brings forth
His fruit in our lives. "The fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy. peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faith-
fulness, gentleness and self-con-
trol." (Galatians 5:22).
"Christ has set us free."
(Galatians 5:1). That is Good
News' We are free from the obliga-
tions of the law. We are free to hear
God's Word, free to trust in Christ,
free to love and serve our neighbor.
Rev. Michael Frick is the pastor
of Faith Lutheran Church - Wylie.
By Wayne Trotter
When you're born. When you
marry. When you die.
Some wagging tongues will tell
you those are the only times most
people get their names in the newspa-
per. In the first and last instances, the
tongues continue, you just won't care.
And when you get married, you have
other things on your mind.
So what's the difference?
The difference is huge. Like a
stopped clock, even wagging tongues
are right a couple of times every day.
Whether joyful or tragic, important
junctures of everyday living make the
papers. You probably did get your
name published when you were born
and when you got married. You prob-
ably will again when you pass away.
But today's newspapers do so
much more than that.
Newspapers cover your life - all
your life, not just the beginning and
the end. Along the way, newspapers
will tell you things you need to know
and occasionally tickle your funny-
bone or even make you mad.
Remember when your kid was the
star of the game? Remember the way
the football floated through the air
until he reached up and pulled it in'.'
Remember the way he took off for the
end zone? How many papers did you
buy? That's right. Grandpa still has
the clipping on the wall above his
desk, doesn't he?
Well, maybe it wasn't the big
game. It might have been the recital
or the school play or Vacation Bible
School graduation or a feature picture
or a million, zillion other things that
sneak "beneath the radar" in this go-
go-go world of ours. Not all of them
are in the paper but some are.
Newspapers do cover the hard
news but they also publish lots of fea-
tures and pictures and little articles
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someone brought in.
Most of the time, the stories will
be written and the pictures taken by
one of your neighbors who goes
through the same things you do every
day. who knows about the long lines
at the grocery store and the prices at
the gas station and who wonders why
something isn't done about the same
things you wonder about. If it's a
local problem, something like that
big pothole down the street, the
reporter probably will ask somebody
at City Hall and the newspaper again
will be covering part of your life.
With any luck, you and your newspa-
per will get that hole filled in.
Even if you don't see your own
name in the papers too often (and lots
of people like it that way), newspa-
pers are still covering your life
because they are covering your times.
That's where the hard news comes in.
Hard news usually falls into two
categories. There's institutional news
such as what happens in Congress or
at the courthouse, and breaking news,
like when the airplane crashes or war
breaks out. When big hard news hap-
pens, everybody's going to lie telling
you about it and it will be in your
newspaper as well
Newspapers may not be able to get
it out first these days but they still can
do it best, they still can fill in the
details, they still can answer your
questions and some of their people
still write in a way that captures a
moment or stirs your soul. Just
because it came out first somewhere
else doesn't mean that newspaper
story doesn't contain information you
need and want to know. More often
than not, it does, and sometimes it's
the only place you can get the story
straight.
But you know what? Even though
newspapers can do a great job on the
big stories, they really excel with "lit-
tle" stories, everyday things in your
town that are probably going to affect
your life more than anything halfway
across the world or who's in the
White House.
Go to a local meeting, say your
town zoning board or your city coun-
cil or maybe some kind of hearing in
one of your courts. Is there a reporter
there ? Where is he or she from?
That's right. Nine times out of 10,
maybe more often, it's your local
newspaper. Yes, TV gives you local
news but their people usually have to
work on a broad canvas. They're
covering lots of communities in half-
an-hour while there's probably one or
more newspapers working hard just
to cover yours. If your neighbor
makes an application to put in a trail-
er next to your backyard fence,
they're not going to break into CSI to
tell you about it. You're going to read
about it in your local newspaper.
Some newspaper somewhere
probably did carry a few words when
you were born. There may have been
two or three pictures and stories
about your engagement and wedding.
Newspapers did those things then
and they do them now.
But newspapers don't stop there
This is National Newspaper Week
and the theme for the week tells the
whole story: "Newspapers - We
Cover Your Life."
It's a good slogan because it's true.
Newspapers do cover our lives.
Wayne Trotter is publisher of the
Tecumseh County wide News in
Tecumseh, Okla.
Has Ramadan begun without me this year?
I set my alarm Sept. 23 in Wylie,
Texas, USA. in order to gel up
on time to have my Sahoor, the
meal before sunrise. Sahoor is the
last food and water until sunset for
the Moslems who honor this Holy
Month of Ramadan, a month of fast-
ing and prayer.
For the past five years, Ramadan
has also been my tradition. I am not
Moslem, but my college students
and many of my friends are. My
participation in the fast began as my
way to support my loved ones -
those of Saudia, Kuwait, Oman,
Palestine, Syria. Iran, and Iraq who
helped me understand Islam as they
lived it. I was curious about the
experience of fasting.
More than that, I noticed that
Moslems looked forward lo
Ramadan and non-Moslems com-
plained as the month grew near.
Why would believers, both young
and old. love this month so much?
The beauty of the ninth is the peace
that we practice along with the fast.
Combined with fasting is also an
attitude of love and compassion.
Fasting is very effective for making
us remember God.
It also reminds us that many peo-
ple experience thirst and starvation
every day because of circumstances
beyond their control.
Yes. Ramadan teaches us much.
When people all around me were
fasting, there was a quiet and prayer-
ful atmosphere, and it translates into
courtesy ... from student to student,
driver to driver, and among families.
I will not tell you that no one in
the Arab world gets aggravated: hun-
gry/thirsty people get irritable,
momentarily, but most outbursts pass
with a smile and understanding. It's
Ramadan, no fighting.
I am no longer in the Arab Gulf,
but this is my prayer: "Ramadan has
begun without me, but. Allah God,
please let me not be without the
peace and love of Ramadan."
To those who observe this time of
fasting, love, and peace, 1 am here
Deborah Allen in traditional
Moslem dress.
and I support you.
Deborah Allen is now living in
Wvlie after seven years in the Middle
East. She i tin be reached at
dkallen4 @ vahoo.com.
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