Editorial II5KY IAWCH UVISITED Behind the Time« Michael Burgess Dev. Hull» 1 Depending on i»xv you k x * a t t i l e , n x -d ic a l S cience t t * * a n o th e r le a p in a I . ! -r g«-f t h a t , had tin I k H i m o f rr a nxm ent, o r at le a s t t r y . I t ' s not tlx - l>af»xxi we sh o u ld weep l o r . The tia fx x o , r e s t h is s p i r i t , i s dead. I I w*- m o r n a t a l l , we tx -u lil mourn th e l i v i n g who fe a r d e a th enough t o m i l a n o th e r on th e s lim chance i t m ig h t I«- p o s tp o n e d . T here has been, i t w ould seem, same h o r r ltd « - m su n d e r s ta n d in g . ftecent r e p o r ts in d ic a te th a t th e b a t o n ' s l i w r 1 tx iin g i ' je c t ' 1 t»y tlx - t« « ly o f a human wtx» had 62 years, t o fo n d e r h is purpose and p la c e in th in g s , ne o n ly p ra y s th a t th e u n iv e rs e g r a n ts b o th he aid the s u r g ic a l team enough tim e t o g e t th«- p o in t . Now & Then As you read this v e have a new president And as you might remember, the Edge, in its first issue endorsed Jerry Brown and promoted his efforts (We printed his 800 ■ and were the only paper in Oregon to print his thoughts on the issues in his own words ) We fina lly did, sort of. recommend anyone but Bush And are hopeful that the new president (is that supposed to be capitalized? who says?) w ill be of some help with the work we the people have to do (Ross Perot did not invent the phrase ) And we think that he should know that there are folks, here on the Upper Left Edge, who often ask themselves the question in our headline this month Mr president my friend. Mary Ann. had an idea fa dream.in truth) that she could see you w ith a book in your hand, a unique book, handmade, hand w ritte n by children, older people, people who are disabled, or can l w rite loo well, or in English people who are doing okay and getting along pretty well, but think they could help if they knew' who to talk to People who w rite poetry and draw pictures and sing songs People w ith ideas, dreams and visions for our country As we know, visions and dreams can t enter the physical plane without the help of others to make them real So meetings were held and an event was planned to create the book The chaos that is dreams and w inter and life struck and at the last minute, nothing happened Almost everything was donated, so nobody lost money, everybody lost some time, but we all lost a little dream up here on the l eft FdRe Tha' book in the hands of Our President* (I capitalize for obvious reasons here ) So we were thinking that it would he nice not a telegram, or a FAX, or a letter w riting campaign but a book, we like books Bonnie Dasse said she would bind the pages, she does wonderful work* If you would like to see that book in Bill s bookcase or on H illary s hearth, you might want to w rite or draw something and get it to Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey Box 856 Cannon Beach. OR 97110 (5 0 3 )4 3 6 2 8 5 4 And (if you must) FAX *503 435-0924 and maybe we can see a dream in the hands of our leader Now is a good time, and you are a good person, and we need all the help we can get H rn iu B T Editor P u b liib w Th« Be loved lev B illy Graphic* t)«p( C E O and A n t Editor Sally Lack*!! laproviaaiional F.nginar Dr Karkeye* Munc Director and In hou«« W ild lile Spei i i l t i t Peter 'Spud Si«««l Voice of Sanity Michael Bur Envifonaental Consullanl Kathleen K ru tb ai Foreign Cor re* pond an t B ill Wickland Nevport N evi Alex LaFellete Correspondent e large Soup Contributor* Peter Lindiey, edgl I The A d vertisin g Policy o f the Edge it th at v e try to let o u r readers know v h a i business«» or events out th e re are v o r th v h ile and if the people r u n n in g the business o r th r o v in g the e v e n t like v h a t v e do in the Edge th ey give us m oney $20 a m onth is great o r more if you can a ffo rd it o r need e it r a space Classified ads are still $S and subiecl to abuse as a lv a y s A ll ad copy and checks should be recieved by the Edge by the 15th of the m onth A c /o rr you v a n l the ad to appear Subscriptions are still $10 fo r a y e a r s v o r th of the Edge Bonnie Lively. To« Carlion, Cart Hanoi. Wendy Vorce. Old Uncle to « Cobb ley and all John F. Kennedy LETT EDGE. SUBSCRIPTION“ ' or Gi/tlt: R io » tut *»-. m uo«’ —: ce x ox * 6 x tr oxotk roa ' u i to -. lilt VfT5 LIFT FDCt eo eo» 118 oniun bikm , of ‘i ' t l l C * ' »V . ,» »* • «-.’I, | | f t t i •« ,< »k, > RMt « > 1 MMS I- I — iiiU r t? seekin g h ill out and a p p ro v in g o f such sm ut? h is in v e s tig a tiv e w r it in g still stands solid and cred ib le A ctu ally B ill h eard o f the W YR issue made the co n n ectio n between WYR and the B re a k th ro u g h F o u n d alio n /E S T /F o ru m etc and contacted me II was his know ledge and e ip e rie n c e th at alerted us to w hat we w ere d ealin g w ith and opened th e doors to contacts aro u n d the nation th at supplied the docum entation w h ic h has made it possible to block - fo r the tim e being d evelo p m en t of WYR as o r ig in a lly intended W h ile v e may not ap p ro ve o f the e n tir e co n ten t o f PDXS v e owe a debt o f gratitu d e to Bill Redden fo r his personal in te g rity v h ic h v as illu s tra te d in his in v e s tig a tio n and lo u rn a lis m in v o lv in g the W estern Youth Ranch T h a n k you B ill" 1 Bob A tkin s OusOr A lb ert J Beveridge When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were. mito a meeting? and gatherings for In freein g peoples .. our country's blessing w ill also come, for p ro fit follows righteousness Are You Afraid of (he IRS? P iia s i A note o f th a n k s to B ill Redden on h is a rtic le about th e W estern Youth R anch The a rtic le eip ressed th e view s and the c o n cern s o f people opposed to the W YR p ro g ram as proposed The issues o f at risk youth and a ffo rd a b le housing are con cern s o f people both fo r and against WYR It is the p ackag in g of c e rta in com ponents in to the p ro g ra m and the m isleading prom otions of the protect th a t has been opposed F o llo w in g its o rig in a l ap p earan ce in PDXS the a rtic le was re p rin te d in The U pper L eft Edge published in Cannon Beach and d istrib u ted 00 the c e n tra l and n o rth e rn po rtio n s of the Oregon Coast W h ile th e re was some m en tio n of R ill s a rtic le in the Newsguard and the Newstimes it waa p rin te d m its e n tire ty in The U p p er L eft Edge and w ill probably have a fo llo w up in m onths to come W h ile B ill Redden has been c ritic ize d fo r the a d v e rtis in g c a rrie d in PDXS and I have been rid ic u le d o p en ly at several I M ore s tu ff So, what does this mean. If not me. who. if not now. when? Well, it means that m a Democracy we are required to participate if we want it to work We are at the beginning of a new Presidency in Washington, a new Legislature in Salem, and a new Congress But the same old bunch of voters us So. if we want to see the much touted changes come about, it is up to us to change our way of dealing w ith our Government We must participate in the process if we want to see results The Religious Right has shown that a few dedicated people can make a lot of difference, either for good or ill if they organize and participate They have taken a page from the Civil Rights fights of the Sixties and used them m the Anti Abortion Rights Cause of the Nineties If the folks, who call themselves Liberals or Progressives, are w illing to go to the stupid meetings and get out in the rain, and go door to door, and get on the phone, and network, and w rite their Congresspeople. or Schoolboards. or Editors They have a chance to get the ideas they support made into the Law of the Land, otherwise, we would suggest you catch up on your Bible cause the hardest working most dedicated Political Force in the history of this country is set on rew riting the Constitution, and including everything from Genesis to Revelations* A WORD TO THE WISE AND WORRIED GET TO WORK*!!!