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The West News - Thursday, March 8,2001
Another Point of View
As promised, we continue our
defense of creation according to
the Bible vs. creation according
to some scientists whose
intelligence is suspect. In the past
several weeks, there has been
considerable news in the press
about the completion of the
decoding of the genome. First, a
simple explanation of what a
Genome is. It is a collection of all
the genes that exist in the human
body. There are 30,000 of them.
This is only about a third of the
number that science predicted.
It is hoped that breaking the gene
code will provide all sorts of
medical breakthroughs. We have
had gene engineering in plants
and animals for about 30 years
and there have been some
spectacular results. Last year
there was enough gene altered
corn produced that there were
several million bushels for sale
in the commercial market. When
some of the corn turned up in
food for human consumptions,
there was quite a stir and all of
the products produced for food,
using the gene altered corn, had
to be recalled. In Europe,
consumers have boycotted
vegetables that have been
produced from gene altered seed.
Now, science is poised to start
improving the quality of life in
Tea Held in honor of
George Washington
The Elizabeth Gordon Brad-
ley Chapter, National Society
Daughters of the American Revo-
lution held their annual George
Washington Tea at the Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs House in
Waco. Members and guests alike
enjoyed an afternoon of meeting
with old and new friends while
eatinga lavish array of fine foods.
Head hostess Rusty Corwin
along with the other hostesses
set a wonderful table. They were
Julie Buchanan, Melanie Capps,
Gene Cox, Suzanne Duett, Mar-
garet Evans, Martha Lou Hol-
land, Fredda Murff, Mildred
Plummer, Lee Ann Radell, Vicki
Slate, Vicki Treadway and
Eleanor Weatherby.
Regent Martha Akins was
pleased to introduce to the guests
the chapter's winner in the re-
cent Heart of Texas Regional
History Fair. Sean Brady, a stu-
dent at Tennyson Middle School,
shared his individual project on
the History of Money. He was
accompanied by his parents, Ed
and Robin Brady of Waco. Sean
gave a very interesting and en-
lightening presentation of his
project.
The chapter's next meeting
will be March 27 at 10 a.m. at the
Federation of Women's Clubs
House in Waco. For more infor-
mation concerning the chapter
or DAR, please contact Martha
Akins at 776-9346.
medicine, communications,
transport, entertainment and
even the environment. How soon
will it happen? I wouldn't hazard
a guess, but it will take longer
than anyone suspects. What
science has discovered is that the
human body is very complex and
that knowing the Genome code is
not the definitive answer. Some
researchers are now theorizing
that the Genome may provide
cells with instructions to make
as many as 300,000 different
proteins. This means that the
Genome isn't a blueprint, but a
building materials list for
proteins.
By understanding proteins,
scientists believe they can final ly
solve the basic biochemical
mechanisms, underlying
sickness and health. One
biochemist has said, "We know
what components go into a cell,
but what do they do? There is a
host of interactions that make a
cell healthy or unhealthy."
Another problem is while science
has the sequence of the entire
Genome, they do not know the
identity of all the genes and the
proteins they encode. So, it
appears to me that they have
solved a small piece of the puzzle,
but there are some missing pieces
and these must be discovered
From muckraking to fluff making
before an accurate picture can be
obtained. As I read these
pronouncements of new
discoveries, I get the distinct
impression that there are
scientists who have, as a goal,
the creation of human life. It is
not going to happen! I say this
with the full assurance that God
will not allow it. He has said in
His Word that He will not share
His Glory with another. I believe
that creating man was a
demonstration of His Glory.
From a layman's pointofview,
it would appear t hat the evolution
scientists have a whole new set
of problems with this scientific
discovery. First, the human body
and its functions are a lot more
complicated than they have ever
imagined. It makes proving that
man evolved from a one-cell
protoplasm very difficult indeed.
Perhaps God has allowed man to
get as far as he has because God
wants man to accept the fact that
He made it al I and He wants us to
recognize it and praise Him for
it.
By Jim Hightower
There once was a boisterous
bar in my hometown of Austin,
Texas, that had a rollicking,
good-time slogan: “Too Much Is
Not Enough.” Unfortunately,
this could be the motto these
days of big business executives
and Wall Street investors who
no longer are happy to make a
good profit or even a fat profit.
They want to make a killing, no
matter who or what gets killed.
I’m not only talking here about
the high-tech greed-heads, glo-
balizing downsizers, and profi-
teering polluters, but also about
companies that once showed
some commitment to public ser-
vice, such as the newspaper busi-
ness. For sure, few newspapers
ever spurned profits, but now
the insistence on ever greater
profits is killing journalism it-
self. Good-to-great papers have
prided themselves on solid, in-
vestigative muckraking, mea-
suring success by stories that
bring the arrogant and avari-
cious to account. But instead of
competing against other papers
on the basis of high journalistic
standards, the chain owners of
America’s press now vie on the
basis of high profit margins—
and too much is never enough. A
10 percent return on investment
would provide owners a mighty
handsome living, but Wall Street
analysts now scoff at such a level,
demanding 25, 30, 35 percent
annual return-and more. With
newspapers having a hard time
increasing sales, this level of
profit has to come by cutting
reporters, along with reporters’
investigative budgets. For ex-
ample, Knight Ridder, owner of
the proud Philadelphia Inquirer,
has made such cuts in order to
more than double profits from
that paper since 1995. But 19
percent return is not enough,
say the chain owners of the In-
quirer, so they’re now cutting
another 100 people from the
paper’s staff, seeking to put a 21
percent profit margin in their
own pockets. And you can bet
that this won’t be enough, ei-
ther. More cuts will come to sat-
isfy insatiable investors at the
expense of readers, who’ll get
ever less muckraking and ever
more fluff making from their
daily press.
Radio talk-show host and author,
Jim Hightower is a fomrer Agricul-
tural Commissioner of Texas. His
latest book is ‘If The Gods Had Meant
Us To Vote, They Would Have Given
Us Candidates” (Harper-Collins).
^Keeping cut 'Eve &n
Diminishing Debt
Texans continue to borrow money and increase their
debt. Today's average Texans are earning approximately
$21,000 per year and their debt to
income ratio is steadily climbing.
Nationally, the average house-
hold has 10 credit cards and
the average credit card
balance is $7,000.
Tips for reducing credit card debt:
1. Pay by credit card only in emergencies.
2. Payoff as much of the balance each
month as possible.
3. Transfer balances to a card with a
lower interest rate.
4. Track your declining credit card balances.
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SOURCES: Carole Keeton Rylander,Texas Comptroller (www.window.state.tx.us), the Office
of Consumer Credit Commissioner and American Consumer Credit Counseling.
During their annual George Washington Tea, these members enjoyed and
afternoon of food and fellowship. They are (standing) Regent Martha Akins, (left)
Mary Price of Marlin and guest Betty Tucker of West.
Rylander kicks off poster contest
The orange is actually a type
of berry.
During their annual George Washington Tea, Regent Martha Akins (right)
introduced the chapter's winner in the Heart of Texas Regional History Fair.
Sean Brady, a student at Tennyson Middle School, did his project on the History
of Money. Standing behind Sean is Mary Ross, historian.
Newly-translated book on Czech life available
A newly translated book de-
pictingearly life in east Bohemia
is now available. The book por-
trays legends, fables, fairytales,
stories and historical events of
the people in the village of
Cermna near Lanskroun.
Bohemia is now located in the
western part of the Czech Re-
public.
Residents of Cermna com-
prised the first group of Czech
immigrants to Texas in 1852.
Their journey is a tale of hard-
ship and heartache. Only about
one-half of the group survived
the ordeal. The 38 survivors fi-
nally crossed the swollen Brazos
River in March of that year,
nearly five months after setting
out on the journey the previous
fall. They made their homes in
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The poor economic conditions
in East Bohemia motivated over
one-half of Cermna’s 3,000 in-
habitants to emigrate in the lat-
ter halfofthi: 19th Century. Most
came to the U.S.A. The popula-
tion in Cermna today remains at
the reduced level caused by emi-
gration over a century ago.
The book mentions some of
the emigrants to Texas. It con-
tains surnames such as Adamec,
Andrle, Barta, Betlach, Dusek,
Faltejsek, Filip, Jansa, Lesikar,
Marek, Merta, Motycka, Novak,
Pechacek, Silar, Vacek, Vavra,
and many other names common
to Texans of Czech ancestry. An
index and footnotes were added
by translator and editor Marvin
Marek of Missouri City. The foot-
notes are based on extensive re-
search conducted bv Marek dur-
ing his extended visits to his
ancestral villages.
For more information concern-
ing the book, you may write
Cermna Port raits, 2802 Camelot,
Missouri City, Texas 77459-
2623, or telephone (281) 499-
2249, or e-mail
marvin marek@msn.com.
AUSTIN-Texas Comptroller
Carole Keeton Rylander today
invited Texas elementary school
and middle/junior high school
students to send her a drawing
depicting 'What I Want to Be
After College' for a chance to win
Texas Tomorrow Fund scholar-
ships.
The Texas Tomorrow Fund
Poster Contest is open to all
Texas students enrolled in el-
ementary or middle/junior high
school. The grand-prize winner
from the elementary school cat-
egory and the grand-prize win-
ner from the middle/junior high
school category will each receive
a four-year Texas Tomorrow
Fund scholarship sponsored by
Belo Corp. and Farmers Insur-
ance Group.
This year, a third grand-prize,
the four-year Intel Math. Sci-
ence, Engineering and Technol-
ogy (IMSET) Scholarship, will
be awarded to an elementary or
middle/junior high school stu-
dent whose contest entry depicts
a career in a technical or scien-
tific field. To be eligible for the
Intel scholarship, contestants
must mark a box on the contest
entry form to indicate that they
want their drawing to be judged
in the IMSET category.
Three runners-up in the Texas
Tomorrow Fund Poster Contest
will receive one-year community
college scholarships sponsored
by Fannie Mae.
To enter, send a drawing de-
picting 'What I Want to Be After
College' to: College Scholarship
Poster Contest, Texas Tomorrow
Fund, Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts, P.O. Box 13407, Austin,
TX 78711-3407.
The entry deadline is April 9,
Winners will be announced dur-
ing the week of April 23. For
complete contest rules and a en-
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the Texas Tomorrow Fund Web
site at
www.texastomorrowfund.org.
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are also available from local
schools and libraries.
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