PACE TWO
ROGUE
NEWS
THU..OCT. 9, 1969
Uncle Ken Talks About:
Defacing Property
by Ken Conger
Well gang, it's happened again. We've dropped the cutoffs, lake
parties, and week-long keggers for Levi Flairs, after-game dances, and
week-END keggers. I am told our sophomores are to be
congratulated on their fine adjustment to AHS. No sooner than you
can say "parsnips and greens," our young friends have succeeded in
not only one of the most successful pencil-rolling seasons of all time,
but have etched their classic mark for eternity on a brand new
retaining wall. I'm referring, of course, to the semi-ligible '72 near
the science wing.
I've tried to sit down and objectively establish a motive for such a
nonsensical act and discovered the sophomores have proven their
possession of several traits, so I made a long list. The printable ones
follow: 1. they have very few brains. 2. they want attention.
It's long been a primitive urge in man to scarify the scenery. It all
began with the Neanderthal man. He used to sit around after a filling
bush dinner and paint sabre-toothed tigers and fertility symbols on
the walls. Not only did this kill the moss and lower the resale value
of the cave, but it made little kids have nightmares and wet the bed,
so the Neanderthals knocked it off.
The fad was picked up again much later; in 18th century America
by Daniel Boon. He hacked his famous trail on pine trees through
the Cumberland gap and wrote his history on a giant fir in
"Kaintuck." He later found out that the Indians had just spent
3,000 beads and trinkets on a federal "See America First" campaign
to beautify the forests of Kentucky and encourage colonial tourists,
and Dan'l had hacked up a national monument.
Now the urge has gotten another foothold in the primitive
recesses of someone's mind. The motive is simple: Give a child a
crayon and he'll scribble on the walls for sure.
Actually, someone should be ashamed of themselves. We've just
invested a great sum of money in a beautiful campus, then someone
invested 60 cents in a can of paint to ruin it. The act achieved no
advantage - everyone's forgotten it by now and pass by without a
glance. AH, that is, but a few. I know a contractor who takes pride in
his profession that's disgusted; I know a couple workmen who like
their work who are disappointed; I know a principal who's good
with a paddle who'd give his eye teeth (or upper plate, as the case
may be) to know who did it.
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Death Of The Dead
Indian Rock Festival
The recent cencellation of a
rock festival to be held near
Ashland has been the topic of
much heated controversy.
The "Dead Indian Rock
festival," as it was to be called,
was promoted by 1 8-year old
Roger Neilsen, a former Ashland
High School student. The event
was being held, Neilsen said, "So
people could get out in the
open, be free, and dig some good
music."
The festival was planned to
be held on property near
Emigrant Lake, owned by an
Ashland resident, Rene Bounds.
It was to begin Friday,
September 26 at 6:00 - and
continue until sometime Sunday
evening.
A crowd of any where from
500 to 5,000 was expected. The
event was advertised by posters
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Diego. Many people from as far
away as San' Diego, Los Angeles,
and Portland who had not heard
of the cancellation were
reportedly in Ashland for the
festival.
According to Neilsen, almost
continual music would have
been provided by bands
including a last minute round-up
of the famed "Jefferson
Airplane."
Other bands would have
included "Portland Zoo,"
Sabatic Goat, (formerly the
Chocolate Watchband), Notary
Sojac, Domineo Theory, Spook,
Trackstod, Hard Tack County
Spit Shine, River (formerly The
Gentlemen Wild), and Shane
Brothers. An admission fee of $5
per person was to be charged.
This required Neilsen and
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Bounds to obtain a license.
Free parking, campsites, and
water would have been available,
and for that age old problem,
chemical toilets were to be
provided.
However, due to the Jackson
County Court's refusal to issue a
license for the event, the Dead
Indian Rock festival died before
birth.
Many reasons have been given
as to why a license wasn't issued,
and many pros and cons as to
whether a license for the event
should have been granted have
erupted. According to County
Court Judge Earl Miller, the
application for a license simply
came in too late for the court to
properly evaluate it.
According to Neilsen the
reason for he and Bounds' late
submission of an application was
a simple "misunderstanding."
Neilsen said he and Bounds went
to ask about, and if necessary, to
obtain said license. He
understood, as explained to him
by an office girl, that all they
had to do was fill out and return
an application given them along
with the fee. Upon doing this,
they would be granted a license,
no questions asked.
However, to their dismay,
when they returned with the
application the Court told them
of the real procedures to obtain
such a license.
However, Judge Miller also
said, "I'm not in favor of
granting a license for this area at
any time."
Neilsen also felt the failure of
the court to issue a license was
not based on the time element,
but more on local citizen
complaint.
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