Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 126, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 27, 1980 Page: 3 of 10
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THE NEWS-TELEGRAM. Sulphur Springs, Taxas, Tuesday, May 27,1980—3.
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Who should teach kids about sex?
Gary Don Lindsey of
Burleson is visiting with his
grandparents. Mr and Mrs.
Gerald Camper, this week.
POLLYS POINTERS
Polly Cramer
A class of fourth-graders at the Grimes Center for
Creative Learning are nine years old . . . going on
bankruptcy.
They’re all enrolled in a class of money
management and fiscal responsibility. They perform
all kinds of jobs like cleaning cabinets, dusting
■erasers and inspecting the locker room. For these
chores, they’re paid a salary with blue
mimeographed money.
At the end of the week they are paid. However, 20
percent of their money is deducted for taxes for the
teacher’s salary. Then there’s deductions for rent,
water, electricity and a special fee for using the
pencil sharpener.
Students are fired for being absent from or late to
their jobs. If the are “evicted” for non-payment of
rent, their desks are stacked at the back of the room
and their belongings piled on top.
So far the locker room inspector has been fired and
had to learn to live below his means, a couple of
students were “evicted” and a few of them had to
form a loan company and live in the “low rent” area
of the room in a cluster of desks by the door.
Is this a terrific idea? It may be just the biggest
eye-opener to hit education since page 186 of the June,
1953, National Geographies magazine in the library.
I should have had such a course when I was in grade
school. I got married thinking all money was
mimeographed and whenever a letter came with a
see-through address, I gave it to my husband and
said, “I do floors — not windows.! ”
I passed on through the miracle of genetics one of
the greatest mathematical minds of the 14th century
to my children. The first job my son got, he came in
and said, “I can’t believe it! I think I owe them money
for working. What’s FICA?”
“It’s a deduction for Social Security.”
“I don’t want to join,” he said.
“It’s not a tennis club; it’s a retirement benefit.”
“I already paid for one in another box. What does
federal withholding tax go for? ”
‘ ‘On your salary, a paper clip for national defense. ’’
“Look at these deductions! State tax! Charitable
contributions! Medical! Dues! What a ripoff! I’ve '
worked 40 solid, long, back-breaking hours for all of
this. I can’t go on living like this.”
I didn’t have the heart to tell him that if he had to
pay for his food, room, lights, air-conditioning, heat,
laundry, medical, cable TV, clothes and phone, we’d
have to move his desk to the garage and stack his
belongings on top of it.
Copyright 1980, Field Enterprises, Inc.-
By ROBERT
WALLACE, Ed.D.
Copley News Service
Should sex education be
taught to all students who
attend high school'’ This
question brought 2,621 re-
sponses from teens in Cana-
da and throughout the Unit-
ed States.
Being both a parent and a
former high school adminis-
trator, I was very interested
in the results of the survey
but surprised by the percen-
tages. Interestingly, only 55
percent (1,417 teens) liked
the idea.
There wasn't much differ-
ence between the sexes. The
girls (1,633 resoonded) an-
swered with 53 percent say-
ing the schools should be
responsible for sex educa-
tion. Of the 988 responding
boys 552 (56 percent)
thought it was a good idea
The comments were very
interesting, so let’s read a
few from individual teens:
From Siobhan O’Hare, 14.
Columbus, Ohio: Yes, too
many parents, are too em-
barrassed to talk about it.
My mother didn't find out
until she was 18 and had to
find out from reading a
book.
From Sherry Christopher,
13, Elizabethtown, Ky.: The
sole responsibility for sex
education should rest on the
broad shoulders of parents.
From Tracy Tyler, 14,
Ogden Utah: Yes! All teens
say that they know all about
the birds and the bees, but
really they don’t.
From Dawn Lyons, 19, De
Kalb, 111.: A definite yes! In
the case of sex education,
ignorance is not bliss, it’s
trouble.
From Vivian Valenzuela,
12, San Luis Obispo, Calif.:
Yes, I think kids would feel
more comfortable talking
about sex with a favorite
teacher than talking with
their parents.
Why is eye watering
DEAR DR LAMB - I have
been to three eye doctors and
they have all told me that I
don’t have glaucoma but they
do say I have a slow-growing
cataract. I would like to know
why my left eye keeps water-
ing. If I don’t have glaucoma,
what could cause this?
DEAR READER - A cata-
ract involves changes in the
lens of the eye. Almost every-
one will develop some
changes if they live long
enough. As long as the
changes don't involve the
areas of the lens needed to
transmit light and enable
vision, they’re not a big prob-
lem. In these instances, the
problem is often called an
immature cataract.
I am sending you The
Health Letter number 13-6,
Your Cataracts are Coming,
to give you more detailed
information on these changes.
Now cataracts should not
have anything to do with the
tearing of the eye. All of us
form natural secretions
around the eyes that keep the
surface of the eyes moist.
Without it our eyes would be
dry and easily infected. The
watery secretions that are
formed are simply tears.
Normally, the excess fluid
drains through a small duct at
the inner corner of the eye
directly into the nose. Here
this watery secretion usually
is absorbed or slides down the
back of the throat unnoticed.
If the tear duct becomes
blocked for any reason, such
as from swelling, then the
excess tears can’t drain into
the nose. They flow down over
the face or cause watering of
the eyes as you and many
other people describe it.
You see a variation of this
problem when a person is
crying. Crying produces more
tears than can possibly flow
through the tiny tear duct and,
as a result, tears flow over the
face.
DEAR DR. LAMB — I hope
you don’t think I’m crazy. I’m
an 18-year-old male and since
I was 12 or 13 I’ve had puffi-
ness under my eyes. It hasn’t
changed since. It’s caused two
lines under my eyes. They’re
like a groove and make me
look like I have bags under
my eves. I’ve heard that this
£an be caused by a gland
problem. What can I do to get
rid of these lines?
long-term, persistent swelling
is an enlarged fat pad under-
neath the lower eyelid. We all
have a little fat pad there. It’s
^health
A-l
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR READER — Often
men are reluctant to ask
about things that affect their
appearance, but there isn’t
any reason why a man
shouldn’t want to look his
best. There are many factors
which can cause swelling
under the eyes. It can be fluid
which accumulates in certain
medical conditions. But if
you’re healthy, that’s unlikely.
The most likely cause for
more prominent in some peo-
ple than in others. It gets larg-
er when people gain weight
and particularly as people get
older. The only way to get rid
of that fat pad is surgical
removal. You might want to
see a surgeon who does
cosmetic surgery and see
what he can do for you. The
removal of such a fat pad is
really a fairly simple proce-
dure.
Our Daily Bread
Scripture Reading for Today: Matthew 16:13-18
THE CONQUERING CHURCH
I will build My church, and the gates of hades
shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18
^"^ENTURIES have come and gone since the Lord Jesus
1 J spoke the words in our Scripture reading for today.
And in spite of all the opposition of Satan and his
fiery hosts, the church still stands. Nothing man or demons
can do will ever be able to destroy it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon relates a story that tells how
the church of Jesus Christ withstands the power of those
who hate it and wou[d try to wipe it off the face of the
earth. He wrot.e, "A medal was struck by Diocletian (cruel
emperor Of Rome) which still remains, bearing the inscrip-
tion, 'The name of Christians being extinguished.' And in
Spain, two monumental pillars were raised on which were
written: Diocletian ..., for having extended the Roman
Empire in the east and west, and for having extinguished
the name of Christians, who brought the Republic to ruin.'
'Diocletian ..., for having . . . everywhere abolished the
superstition of Christ, for having extended the worship of
the gods.' As a modern writer has observed, 'We have
here a monument raised by paganism over the grave of its
vanquished foe. But... far from being deceased, Christi-
anity was on the eve of its final and permanent triumph....
Neither in Spain, nor elsewhere, cad be pointed out the
burial place of Christianity; it is not, for the living have no
tomb."
If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior,
you're a member of His indestructible church. No matter
how severe the trial or harsh the persecution, you need not
fear. Even the gates of hades cannot prevail against the
all-conquering church. —R.W.D.
O where are kings and empires now
Of old that went and came?
But, Lord, Thy church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same. —Coxe
THOT: The church—rooted by God—can never be uprooted by
man!
Richard W. DaHaan; Copyright 1980. Radio Blbla Clan ,
Grand Rapid*. Michigan, mad by patyntolon. ,
From Lonny_ L., 15,
Springfield, Ohio: No. ft
would just make teens more
promiscuous.
From Ginger Vogt. 13, N.
Tonawanda. N.Y.: Yes, if
the class can be taught with-
out a lot of laughing and red
faces.
From Dena Beatty, 19,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Only wait until high school’’
Start teaching sex education
in junior high school. That’s
when most §irls get preg-
nant. J «
From Melissa Heiston, 15,
Florencee, Ala.: The main
responsibility of sex educa-
tion lies with the parents but
since the parents don’t do it,
the schools should.
From Paul Sutton, 12.
Fullerton, Calif.: No Many
parents may not want their
children learning about sex
at school and many others
may differ on the way it
should be taught.
From Belinda Pierce, 16,
Odessa, Texas No’ The
more sex is discussed pub-
licly, the wilder it gets and I
think it’s too wild already
I’m awarding a TwEEN
12 and 20 T-shirt to Marci
Springs. 16, of Fresno.
Calif., who said it best
“... Sex education should
be taught to teens by par-
ents and the church, but
both have failed to do it
effectively so it falls on the
shoulders of the educators.
Schools once taught reading,
writing and arithmetic But
because parents don’t have
time, the schools have to
teach driver's training,
tobacco, alcohoi and drug
abuse, and cooking, so why
not sex-ed’’’’
For Dr. Wallace's teen
booklet, 'Happiness or
Despair.” please send $1
and a 28-cent, stamped,
large, self-addressed enve-
lope to Dr. Wallace, in care
of this newspaper.
Carl Scarborough of Como
has-been admitted to Citizens
Genera! Hospital m Greenville.
Students at the Hopkins
County Opportunity Center
celebrated two May birthdays
and their next to last day of
school with a picnic Tuesday
Celebrating May birthdays
were Kelly Holland and Tony
Cline. Mrs Eddie Jo Edge
brought the party The center
will begin their summer session
June 9
COOKING
IS FUN
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hospitals
Admitted
Garland Burns, Dike.
Mrs. Lon Smith, 506 Helena.
Timothy Chenault, 303 Tate.
Mrs. Jack Seay, Alba.
Mrs. Kathryn Davis, Cumby.
Jeff Landers, Cooper.
Mrs. Morris Hill, 514 Oak.
Anita Moody, Cooper.
C.L. Johnson, 1800 Main.
Dawn McDearmont, 613
Houston.
Mrs. Beatrice Gordon, 1126
Fisher.
Mrs. Stanley Adams, Emory.
Charles Autrey, Winnsboro.
Mrs. Anna Perkins.
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Steven Braden. Como.
Dismissed
Christopher Cowling, Winn-
sboro.
Mrs. Mary Hamrick, 520
Plano.
Mrs. Dollie Pharr,
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Mrs. Lindell Booth, Klondike.
Mrs. Florence Westbrook, 401
Lee.
By CECILY BROWNSTONF
Associated Press Food Editor
EVENING REFRESHER '
• Coconut Dessert Coffee
LESLEY'S EASY
COCONUT DESSERT
A reader asks us to repeat
our 1976 version'of the dessert
usually called 'Impossible
IV '
2 cups milk
4 large eggs
31 cup sugar
>2 cup biscuit mix
11 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
‘2 cup flaked coconut
In an electric blender at high
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for 3 minutes. Turn into a but-
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place in a preheated 350-degree
oven and bake until a knife in-
serted in center comes out
clean — about 45 minutes.
Serve slightly warm or chilled.
Makes 6 servings.
DEAR POLLY — Please tell me how to clean salt
and pepper shakers that appear to be brass or maybe
bronze The tops have some green corrosion Would that
green indicate they are copper underneath’’ - CATHE-
RINE
DEAR CATHERINE — I imagine that green is
cansed by polish that was not completely rubbed off
when these shakers were cleaned. Dip a piece of lemon
rind in table salt and rub those green spots and the cor-'
rosKHi should disappear. Wash in warm soapy water,,
dry and then polish with brass polish. Be careful that no
polish lingers in any crevices, etc. or you may have
some green again. After polishing a thin coat of white
shellac conld be applied to the outside to retard tarnish.
- POLLY-
DEAR POLLY- — When I heat any cream soups 1 mix the
milk or water and the soup with a hand beater so it is extra
smooth and creamy - RUBY’
DEAR POLLY' (AND CAROL) — My mother-in-law used to
have the same problem with French fries sticking to the bas-
ket they were cooked in After many years of working in my
parents restaurant and frying tons of French fries I have an
instant answer for this Just dip the basket into the hot fat
prior to putting in the potatoes Drying the potatoes mainly
decreases the spattering of grease Hope this helps — JAN
DEAR POLLY’ — 1 have a very simple method for keeping
my garbage disposal freSh and it comes from my husband who
installs them for a living Let the disposal run for for about 15 ”
seconds after you thihnk everything is ground up and then let
the cold water-run another 15 seconds after turning off the
disposal This keens the disposal clean and prevents clogged
pipes, too. - FRAN
DEAR POLLY - I have lost some weight and my waist size
is changing I find it much easier to use a small safety pin to
fasten the elastic ends rather than to have to keep re-sewing
when it is a bit loose — LOIS
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