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by Stephani Veff
Opinions Editor
Passing the ‘Dad’ test
County streets
to remain safe
with ‘yes’ vote
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How much do you value police protection and what would you do if
you didn’t have it? These are very important questions to ask yourself
as the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Levy comes up for voter approval
May 19.
The new levy is replacing the current three year levy which ends
June 30. The new levy, also for a three year period, is for $33,826,755
which will be an increase of only .14 cents per thousand dollars of
assessed evaluation. The new levy is to continue the existing staff levels
and programs and does not include additional personnel, equipment
or programs.
During 1986 the Sheriffs Department performed many important
duties for the public including responding to 44, 069 calls for service,
investigating 13,148 criminal cases and reducing the incidence of
crimes against persons over 1985 such as sexual assaults, robbery and
assault. If this levy fails there will no longer be deputies patrolling the
streets and stopping the crimes listed above.
Is Clackamas County prepared for such a thing to happen? Pro
bably not. Crime is not something to be ignored because it will only in
crease with time. Clackamas County needs to feel safe and without
this levy how can it?
As a voter it is your duty to keep the streets of Clackamas County
safe. You can do this by voting ‘yes’ on ballot measure 3 - 9 on May
19. How safe do you want to feel? Think about it.
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Virginity:not just a word
by Dean Gray
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Virginity.
Concept? Emotion? Reality.
According to the dictionary to
be a virgin is to never have had
sexual intercourse. It adds that
this is especially for women. Of
course it was written by a man. Is
virginity a thing of the past? Or is
it a hidden occult practiced by
those whose parents drilled such a
fear of immediate destruction in
to their children that the thought
of loss was equal to death.
Virginity isn’t just the thought of
intercourse; it encompasses much
more.
In the past, to be a virgin was
to be pure, untouched, chaste. It
was regarded by men with the ut
most respect and women stayed
:haste until marriage. The idea of
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virginity was a nonmentioned re
quirement of marriage. That’s
nice. After all isn’t the idea of
making love to one who has
never been with another before
you pleasant? Of course it is, you
chauvinist pig. But mostly what
you want is your cake with the
ability to have another piece
later.
A lot of women want to share
that special moment with so
meone who is going to care for
them, love them for life, maybe
a husband? A good deal of men
just want to share that moment
with whoever will let them and
are relatively free of disease. To
be male and be a virgin takes a
lot of courage and self control.
It’s almost a nonexistent thing.
The concept is not any longer
a reality. Those who are get
teased by those who aren’t.
Why? Possibly because the men
who went ahead and had sex
want to relieve their guilt by
making it a mandatory thing to
have had sex. They tie it in with
being a true man. Well thank
God there are a lot of true men
in this world. It’s time for some
lesser men to take a stand and
show that abstention is better
than sex that goes no further
than the nearest bed or couch or
back seat, etc.
Virginity, as I began, may not
be the quality of how it is given
(taken), and it is definitely not
die quantity since it is a one
time thing (something to keep in
mind), but more importantly it
must be put into perspective. If
it is lost it can be regained in the
mind.
It’s 7:00 on a Saturday night
and your date is going to be pick
ing you up at any moment. You
are dressed to kill and you are
really excited about the night to
come because it will be the first
time this guy has taken you out.
Then it happens. Dear old Dad
drags himself out of the
workshop to come meet his “little
girl’s” new boyfriend.
If you are a girl, I’m sure you
have had this same frightening
experience happen to you. Boy
meets girl. Boy asks girl out. Girl
says “yes.” Boy picks girl up.
Girl’s father picks boy apart. It’s
a typical scenario.
Fathers need to feel that their
little girls are safe at all times.
They know that no matter how
much they may like to they can
not be there to protect them from
all the crazed lunatics in the
world. So they do the next best
thing, they find a boy to take care
of their little girl.
Meeting new guys isn’t too dif
ficult and getting asked out is just
a little harder, but the hardest
thing to do of all is to keep a
boyfriend after they meet your
father.
Fathers know just what ques
tions to ask when their daughters
bring home what they consider
potential sons-in-law.
“Well, son, how do you plan
to support my daughter once you
are married?”
■ “Daddy please, we haven’t
even been on a date yet!”
Our reactions are usually ig
nored and the interrogation con
tinues....
Questioning is not the only
part of the interrogation,
tolerance is tested by the telling of
jokes and stories of Dad’s
childhood. If the poor guy can
pass this test he may then be forc
ed to tour the father’s workshop.
If the guy can correctly name and
give the use for at least 10 of the
tools, he passes yet another test.
But what happens if the guy
passes all of these tests?
Well, that means that we final
ly get to leave on our date. Of
course by this time the guy is so
frazzled by the long interrogation
that he can barely enjoy himself
on the date. Many guys may br
ing you home early so they can
return home or go out for a fevr
beers to relieve the tension that
has built up inside them. If a guy
asks you out after this point, he is
either crazy or very brave, most
likely a little of both.
By the time of the second
date, if luck has it that there is
one, the father has already
chosen a nickname for the guy
and begins calling him the name
from that point on. If the guy
can keep a straight face while
father is calling him this name,
he wins, if not, there will pro
bably not be a third date.
Anyone who lasts through
three dates can be considered
“marriage material” and father
may begin suggesting just that.
When this point is reached
many guys will not ask a girl out
again, they are too afraid of los
ing their freedom and the girl
goes out to look for yet another
brave soul.
No matter how long time goes
on, as long as there are fathers
and as long as there are potential
sons-in-law there will always be
this process of elimination called,
“So you want to date my
daughter, well, we’ll see about
that.”
Dads don’t mean to make it
difficult on their daughters
dating lives, they just want the
best for their little girls. They
want to make sure that the guys
aren’t as dangerous as they were
when they were dating. So,
Dad, next time go a little easier
on the guys, and daughters bare
with Dad because there will be
at least one of them out there
that even he can’t scare off.
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