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On the subject of being born, we are still having
excessive amounts of fun doing this, and one example is we
have a new feature that we have coveted for years. A
CROSSWORD PUZZLE!!!! Yes, our prince of dada, john
juan man fraser, begins with a challenging look at the
alternatives to starvation in Cannon Beach. Also, (back to
the whining) due to the suicide of Uncle Mike's computer
(we believe it), and the subsequent succombing to abuse of
his electric typewriter, we are reprinting excerpts from the
July & September 1994 issues, which made us giggle. So
that you don't think this is just a journalistic form of
lollygagging, we must explain that this is in fact a teaser for
the long- awaited volume, "The Best of Uncle Mike", which
will be in your local book stalls soon; no, not in time for
Christmas. But stay tuned, we will be telling you more
about that and the legendary "Uncle Mike's Guide to the
Oregon Coast", assuming we can get more kids to give us
their milk money.
More Stuff
Now, how about us Republicans!!!! The idea is to shut
down the Government until the Liberals learn to treat folks
like Newt Gingrich with the respect they are due. Your
beloved Rev. is a registered Republican, who proudly cast
his mail-in vote for the woman who will sit in the Senate
seat, which we hope has been thoroughly cleaned since it
was vacated by Mr. Packwood. The point being that the
job, the responsibility of the representative in a
representative form of democracy, is to represent. One
wonders whom Mr. G is representing ? The adolescent ego
vote? Actually, he lives in a district that gets more per
capita Government support than any other in the country.
One wonders how he will do in the coming election. In the
attempt to cut the size of government and the budget, we
spent $800 million to shut it down. And one of the more
under-reported items in that budget is the Defense Budget
which the Congress wanted to increase, even beyond
Clinton's rather generous and perhaps guilt-ridden efforts on
their behalf. Well, in spite of all this we must muddle on,
and we do in fact recommend that you all cast your vote in
any way available, in any elections you are able to. It is the
only thing that separates us from the "huddled masses
yearning to breathe free", and that even an imperfect
democracy is something worth supporting. Yes, again we
recall that we must be busy being born or we will surely be
busy dying.
"Dear Billy,
Regardless of my letter concerning Chapman Point and
the Yeon Property I believe your paper is a community asset
worth supporting.
Sincerely, Herb
Schwab
. . . and a check. In defense of Prof. Pete, not that he needs
it, his story was written before the gift was announced. The
confusion was totally in the mind of your editor. And
nonetheless we still believe he is right that there is too
much development taking place, period. Like it or not, we
all get to have an opinion.
We were reminded that the most important thing about
this messy process, is that it involves people who care
about other people and their rights, and the respect we have
for that relatively new concept on the face of this little blue
ball. Thanks, Herb, as usual you teach us by example.
The Edge is a very personal project, and when we are told
the community would be better off without it, we take it
very personally. We are considering making the community
belter off; we had planned to publish for five years and then
assess our situation and plot a new course or stay the present
one. In view of decreasing ad revenues, increased costs, and
the amount of time and trouble it takes each month to
publish, we are considering making that assessment sooner.
We will let our advertisers and subscribers know if we plan
to hang on or just step aside and let Rupert Murdoch, USA
Today, and the rest serve the upper left edge in the manner
we have come to expect.
Well, so there you have it. It's like the end of Peter Pan
or Dorothy in the Wizard of OZ; we are, as usual at your
mercy once again. Click your heels together and say,
"there's nothing like the Edge, there's nothing like the
Edge." This is the winter of our discontent, and we are
understandably cranky. If you, our readers, don’t 1) renew
your subscriptions, 2) send us your old and rare books, 3)
write a check that will clear the bank, we, like many, many
newspapers will, in fact. . . is this beginning to sound like
an Oral Roberts sermon?
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we printed the tide table for the wrong year and lived in
agony for a month for fear someone would depend on us and
suffer from our error.
This present mistake caused a great deal of agony as well,
for we hold in high esteem those people like the Wessingers
and former Mayor Schwab who give of themselves for the
good of the community. Also, we mean no disrespect for
John Yeon and the good he did in his life. But what we
regret the most is when the discussion becomes divisive.
The polarization of the rich and the poor in this country is
reaching a dangerous level. Class warfare seems to be on
the agenda of several groups of both the left and right. We
believe that it doesn't matter how much money you have,
it's what you do with it.
The final comment, "If the news media fails to do its
utmost to get the facts straight the community is better off
without it", caused a deep burning in our gut, and some
serious thoughts and second thoughts about what the hell we
are doing. Your editor is a 51 year old high school drop out
trying to raise a 17 year old and run a used book store, in
what he considers to be the most beautiful place left on the
planet. The paper started as a way to promote the local
music and arts scene. We do not strive to be the "paper of
record"; most of our articles are editorial in nature. We print
the Municipal Memo because the city asked us to. We don't
charge them for the space. For the most part our advertisers
are just like us, small businesses struggling to make the
rent, and the deadline. Nobody has enough money or
enough time.
. We take our readers' opinions seriously, and if we cause
them to think or even get angry, we serve a purpose. We
print their letters. We listen to their complaints, and share
them with the community. We try to do this with an
attitude of compassion mixed in with the outrage. We are
not, nor is any "media" perfect. Perfection is not even on
our list of goals. A free press, like any part of a democracy,
depends on the participation of the people, and it is
inherently messy.
After we wrote the above, (one of the joys and pains of a
monthly publication is that a long time passes between our
deadlines) Herb popped in the door of the bookstore, and
without comment handed us an envelope. Inside was the
following note. . .
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