Editorial
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"f llhor lend, follow , or gn, out of the way’
When we firs t heard the phrase it was a call to
revolution, we thought As we have mellowed a b it. we
think it is per haps more of a call to responsibility We
believe that those who can lead, who have a passion that
burns bright, must take the reponsibihty of carrying
the torch, so that those who follow can see the light and
leernthewety And if you don t think the path is for
/ou. at least (ton , tr y to stop others from following
their own road, get out of the wa/
Too many of us who iiave a passion tend »0. out of
fear , follow rather than lead We let other s tell us
what is and what isn t what we want We know they are
wrong, but it is easier to gn along ,0 get along, and it is
d iffic u lt to point a new dir ection
But. being a follower is also a responsibility, we
must erxouragfi good people w ith good idsas to lend We
must express our support w ith our energy, our money,
our votes When we n
we push leaders ahead, and
they p ull us along And we all get there together
And what about getting out of the way? Are we
recnmmending you crawl in a hole and practice your
apathy? No, hardEy But perhaps the hardest thing we
do as social beings 15 keep our mouths shut and our eyes
open ( We know it is very d iffic u lt, personally )
What we bel leve is r igh, is what is r ight for us T he
way we do things, the way we think But that dorsn t
make it rig h t for other people And we must let others
t r y to find their own way, and not try to make their
dreams ft, our prejudices Of oour se, if we believe the
direction is wrong then we must become a leader . or a
follower of a different leader But, standing in
someone sway, without a direction of our own. is not
quite fa ir And standing in the way of danger is not
c^jite smart Oetting out of the way is often the wises,
move When we find ourselves becoming par, of the
problem rather than the solution, we should ge, ou, of
the way For example, Sen Pack wood should, we
believe, ge, ou, of the way
We are reminded of Ex-Mayor BudClark of
Portland, when nine yeers ago a, Chr is,mas. he made
the decision to run for public office Bud had never run
for anything before, and Incumban, Mayor Frank
Ivancie was considered unbeatable by every politician
in the c ity No one would enter the race against him
Bud pleaded w ith several exper lencad professional
politicians to come to the defense of the city he loves,
and rid it of a man he could not abide politically,
m o ra lly . or personally (Bud was quoted dun ng the
campaign saying that Ivancie was an S 0 B .he didn't
deny 1,, even though the quote was supposed to be off the
record His defense was "It's tru e'~ ) The point i s , hat
when no one who is supposed ,0 be a leader w ill lead,
then those who are supposed to be followers, or are
supposed ,0 ge, out of the way. must lead
And when you have done your best, as Bud did for
oight yoors. you must then get out of the way and let
others t r y And even though leading is tough, (Bud was
condemned for everything from his language to his
beard), you can make a difference, which possibly no
one but you could make ( Bud took the c ity budge, from
a very dangerous point into wha, is now one 0, the most
fisca lly responsible c ity gover nment budgets in the
country Being a small businessman, he, unlike a lot of
politicians who have never me, a p ayroll, knew that
you no, only can , operate w ith a deficit, bu, you also
have to have a rainyday fund, jus, in case everything
goes w ro n g ) This is no, only the opportunity offered
by democracy, it is the responsibility we all must
f u lf ill in a democracy
We here on the Edge hope this paper does a ll three of
these We attempt to lead our readprs toward a b e tte r.
safer, more thoughtful viewpoint We follow and
support leaders in politics, business, and the arts who
have new ideas for solutions to our old problems And
we also attempt to stay out of the way, by not getting in
between people We find that too many papers and
other media do more harm than good when they tell
3,or tes about personal tragedies like murders and
rapes and g lo rify the violence, often increasing the
pain of the victim s w eat the Edge believe there is
more than enough information about who died, and how,
and not nearly enough about who is tru ly livtnQ. and
why
So, we suggest that our headline be a New Year s
resolution for us all
Billy
I must follow the people
th e ir leader '>
Am I not
D is r a e li
2. UPPER LETT EDGE JANlifiKf IW
Hot news tro m the h in te rla n d s
The dual job editor Peter 'The Big Potato’ Siegel
broufrit back stuff from southern E cot op 1 a There
seems to be something called 'Alliance for a Paving
Moratorium ' which we think is one of the better ideas
we ve heard this decade We w ill be re p rin tin g some of
their ideas and stuff in this and other issues Bu, if you
wish to contact *hem dire ctly w rite Alliance for a
Paving Moratorium, PO Box 4347, Ara,a Ca95521
Ecotopia I - ( 7 0 7 ) 8 2 6 -7 7 7 5
Donna O sburn (aka Barbara Bush) brings us more
info about Nevada s Test Site and the ongoing attempt to
stop the testing of nuclear weapons ( We have been to
Nagasak 1, tru st us - - they w o rk ')
The Amer tcan Peace Tests Body of the Whole voted to
call for a gather mg 0, activists a, Indian Springs,
Nevada A p ril 1 -3 . 1994, where non-violence
training. Peacekeeping training, l egal b rie fin g anda
workshop on the history of the Test Site w ill be offered
Something like a Gr aduate Course in the P olitics of
Peace I, w ill look greet on your final resume You can
contact these folks a, POBox 2 6 7 2 5 , la s Vegas Nv
89126
Also from Donna 'O’ .
’ Handyman for P eace’
So this guy B ill White has a motor home, and it s got a
TV and VCR and a generator and converter. a battery
charger, a computer and p rin te r, a 26x8 f, awning, a
lot of electric and hand tools, a lockable stor.sge box
with an a la rm , a sewing machine, an iron and ironing
board, bu, then who doesn't these days AnyRVtha,
pulls into Cannon Beach can boas, these features The
difference with B ill s Banana Peel (as he calls 1,) is he
travels around to peace marches like the Global Walk
from LA to New fork and Walking Home in Canada. and
lends his tools and his hands to support the activists for
peace and the environment "My true joy in life is to
be thoroughly used for peace, the environment and
social justice actions, and I m a workaholic1 It you can
use me, please contact B ill White. 887 E rr mger S,
Simi Valley, Ca 93065 ( 8 0 5 ) 5 2 6 -5 0 7 6 me'sagr
phone
• STOP THE PRESS • RE IR A C IIO H •
We hate ,0 admit it. bu, we made a mistake Yes, we
did Ms Linda Evenrude cal led the Eilge the other
evening quite upset tha, we had in our December issue
stated that the 'form er chair ’ of the Seaside Planning
Commission had left the country Wha, wr had meant ,0
say was that the for mer "City Planner (one Dick
Pearson) had left the scene of the crim e against nature
and the people of the area called Sahhallie (He wen, to
Canada for a v isit and Ms Evenr ude wen, to California
fo ra v is it ) Ms E venr ude pleaded no, g u ilty ,0 voting
for or against the project beiause she was a, the time
working for the real estate company which was
handling the sale. Weston and fverette, arid for her to
vote would be a conflict of interest Ms Evenr udr
stated tha, this was why she disliked journalists,
because they never ge, it rig h t- W ell, we have
sim ilar feelings about planners
In case you missed it, the Planning People okayed the
conditional use perm it tor S e h h a llie a m u lti - m illion
dollar condo being b u ilt on one of the las, salt water
marshes on the Nor ,h Coast. and the site of a
prehistoric village, and the City Council 0, Seaside
voted six toone ,0 le, Cascade Trust do what 1, wishes
So, the paving of par adise goes on no matter wha, we
say or do
The ONRC w ill take the SCC decision to
LUBA but the bulldozers w ill make the point MOOT Bu,
anyway. we would like ,0 say how proud we are 0, all
the people in Seaside and Oearhar, and Cannon Beach
and Astoria and Portland who showed up at City Council
and Planning Commission meetings and wrote letters
and signed petitions and generally did wha, citizens are
suppose ,0 do when they see something wrong about ,0
happen Please, folks iton , ge, mad, get even Let your
elected off teals know tha, you are the final decision
mak er s in a democracy, and you can use the vote ,0
change the leadership that does no, respect your
decision And learn from this experience that you must
be involved in the FIRST decisions that are made in
your name and no, Jus, pay attention when someone
starts the bulldozer in your back yard
On a more compassionate note, we here in the Cannon
Beach area have a couple of fam ilies who can use our
help Fir s , , E lena S u g e y ll O u e rr e r o , a I 7 year old
Seaside High student. is s till r ecover ing from
treatment for a brain tumor and a fund has been set up
at both the Seaside and Cannon Beach branches of the US
Bank under the name E lena Ouer re r 0
More recently I ynda B en so n , the director of the
Cannon Bearh Children s center , underwent emergency
surgery at Providence Seaside Hospital Her medical
b ills exceed $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 and she has no insurance
Contributions to The Lynda Benson Fund can be made at
any branch of the Bank of Astor ta, or mai led to Bank of
Astoria BO Box 5 7 8 , Cannon Beach, Or 9 7 ,1 0
Any amount is gaing to help, and u n til this country
fin a lly adopts a Health Care Plan „ is up to us as
neighbors ,0 help, so next time you v is it the bank f i l l
out a deposit slip w ith someone else s name on it It is
the k md of savings account that saves more than money
Beloved Reverend.
I wish to thank whoever penned the
mathematical aquations showing the ratio of
traes to aggers Ratios are relationships, and
logger s are intimate w ith trees
Blaming loggers tor disappear ing forests is
like lugger s blam mg owls tor disappear ,ng
jobs
We depersonalize Nature by ca llin g s fores,
a tre e f« -m .o r an estuarine wetland a piece of
real estate
It one maxes the leap into timber industry
jargon, one can see that loggers are migrant
farm workers The same forces that existed m
th e e w ly 1900's that go, agr »cultural labor oft
the farms are at piary tator Mechanization ,0
avoid high insurance costs keeps labor costs
(town and production high
Fixing blame fixes nothing Vote w ith your
wallet ( One dollar One vote )
jo in the resistance Become a Coast Range
Association Member
A Chainsaw Philosopher
I like your raq
I like that it's free
Let ? be r em inded
I, once was a tree
- - Chainsaw Poetry
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Dear Editor
I was dr iving home ,0 Tolovana Park from
Seaside about 3 30 in the morning I passed a
Cannon Beech petrol near the second ext, going
the opposite direction They whipped around
and began their "ho, p ursuit" B y th e tim e l
neared the end of the th ird exit, the white jeep
was r ight on my back bumper I though, to
myself, Man, they must have done 90 mph to
catch me so fas,1’ Sure enough, the crazy
lights came on and 1 was pulled over The
officer said my license plate light was not
working 1 had just checked all of my lights
before leaving Seaside I strolled ,0 the rear of
my vehicle arid looked for myself I, was
wor k ing just fine I climbed back into the
d rive r s sea, The officer w ith the round face
tame up and said he smelled alcohol and asked if
1 had been dr inking I said no He asked me
again I said no He walked away The other
officer came up and said he smelled achohol and
asked where I had been He showed me d ir, on
his finger and satd the d irt had come from my
license plate Ugh, lens 1 wen, back and wiped
all the d ir, from the lens
We passed each
other at roughly 55 mph at night in the ra in 1
I can under stand perhaps being followed for
a short way a, 3 30 am,
I understand there
is a Io, of money ,0 be made by issuing drunk
dr iver tickets For various reasons
this
issue is getting tiresome There are people ou,
there toting guns and speeding and order ing me
off the road And they have badges1 I am pu, off
by this type of behavior from our public
servants I am w ritin g this as a citizen 3 alert
to our small town police state
Ron
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f d il o r /P u b l is h e r
Billy Lloyd Hulls
The Beloved Reverend
Assistant t d lta r/6 ro p h lc s t d ito r The
Humble Ms Sally Louise lackaff
Science td lte r /V o lc o of Roason/lndian
C ountry/line la M iko/otc Michael Burgess
W lldltfa/M ustc R eporter Peter 'Spud'
Siegel
( du< alien I d lto r Peter Lindsey
Meanwhile in Newport Alei lafollatle
Im provisational fn g in eer Dr rarteys
P o litical Consultant Kathleen Crushes
In vestigative R eporters Maj O' s
Puzzle Person Js Craze
Mavlas A I ood Rob Milliron
Aca R eporter in Portland Alison Pride
Mr Baseball Himself
Talas of tha N orthern Seas: Mar A Rory
t a r a i Caler Ron Logan
Peat in Residence Bill Clume
fo reig n Correspondent Bill Wick land
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