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August, conic it must and locally there arc several
things on our plate. If our more wide spread readers
will indulge us this local issue, (and they might read
on because the issue might come up in your tribe )
we need to talk about the grade school.
As we see the issue, it is a tact that due to the
present location, and the current concern about
tsunami and earthquake dangers, a number ol tolks
think we should get the children out ol harms way,
there by the creek. We have also been lead to
understand that the facility is in need o l attention, so
no matter what, money will be spent. The city’s
recent purchase ol the RV Park seems to be an
indication of what some of the powers that be see as
a solution. We tend to agree that the city should be
vigorous in securing lands that serve the residents ol
the city. We could be talked into agreeing with the
RV Park as the site for the grade school, and
whatever.
As to what happens to the current property, we
have a definite opinion. But first we have asked
others with an opinion to share it here, in this, more
real than perfect, forum.
‘T he easy part was discovering the need and
desire for a new school. The hard part will be
deciding the location and usage of the school. But
the most important part is to ensure quality education
for the children of our community.
Anita Ducber
“Our children should go to school in a new, sate
building in Cannon Beach. Some say the school is
ok where it is. It is not. Our present school is
positioned in the most vulnerable spot in town it a
tsunami hits. Some say they don’t want higher
property taxes for a new school. 1 don’t want my
taxes to go up cither, they are already too high, but
we still have to consider the safety of our kids Our
taxes are the price we pay lor living in a beautiful
place. Why would we do less for our children? We
can’t wait for disaster to strike, after the fact is no
good. As long as there is the remotest chance ol a
tsunami our children and teachers are in danger every
day. The old school has served many and well, it is
time to build a new one.
Aside from being in a danger zone, the school is in
deplorable condition, sub-standard bathrooms,
asbestos flooring, leaky roofs and a tiny, inefficient
lunchroom. We could start out the 21st century by
moving to a new school if we start right now. We
don’t want the process to take 10 or 12 years.
Hopefully the school board will come up with a
workable solution soon. 1 know all the families with
school age children are counting on them and are
ready to w ork hard to make a new school a reality.”
Judy Osburn
Okay, so here’s what we would like to see; First,
w e must remember that the school board for Clatsop
County is involved in this deal and we will have to
get them to agree to what every we might be able to
agree on.
We would like to see the school left standing for
the most part, take out the portables, and sell them at
low cost to locals who can figure out what to do with
them. Leave the Quonset hut auditonum/gym and
make it available for dances and classes and concerts
in the winter, at a reasonable rental fee. The
permanent class rooms and offices, should be
refurbished and used by the grade school for, small
classes, and as a base for field trips during the day
(We can, thanks to our warning systems, evacuate a
small number of students with reasonable safety and
dispatch.) and possible adult classes and on going
education facilities, plus provide much needed office
space for community sen ice organizations. As for
the play ground, this is the big one tor us, we
propose that a cedar long house be built in the style
of the Tillamooks who sold the whale meat to
William Clark, and Sacajawea, arguably the first
tourist to visit, and get skinned by the locals. Fun,
huh?
Seriously, the two hundredth anniversary of that
event is rapidly approaching, and all along the Lewis
& Clark Trail, events arc being planned.
Though we are in danger of sounding like the
Chamber of Commerce, we would none the less,
suggest that we as a community consider the idea of
a modest and by its nature temporary facility to
celebrate our local connection with a paradigm shift
in the life of our nation.
U rrtK LETT EDGE AUGUST 11H
Mo stuff,
We were recently reminded that the only human
beings who were always in favor of change were
small children with dirty diapers. The point being, if
we arc personally, and negatively, effected by the
norm, change becomes attractive. On a more global
level, we do understand that the nest has been
fouled, and change is the only viable option. Change
to what, is always the next question. The only
functional answ er in the last several hundred years is
written on hemp, and can be found in the Nations
Capital, yeah, the Constitution & the Bill of Rights.
There have been endless Amendments purposed to
the Constitutions, lately, both National and State, for
one specific bunch or another.
We at the Edge would like to submit that perhaps
we should actually try to use what we called “the
system” in the sixties, rather than changing the rules
before we have tried to play by them. To change “the
rules” is not something one should do without
serious thought, but once the obvious reveals it’s
self, as in the aforementioned dirty diaper, change
one must. Thus, our headline , wc assume that the
results of any positive change will be, more real,
than perfect.
More real than what? The Navajo are very careful
to make one obvious mistake in their weaving, so as
to not offend the ‘gods’. The ‘gods’ being perfect ?
We think not. Our headline was used to desenbe
your beloved editor once, we didn’t think to deny it,
or celebrate it, for that matter. Perfection has never
figured in our formula. It is not an option. Reality
is on the other hand, a constant. If you would ask
us what we ‘believe’ in, music would come closest,
but physics would be the what we mean. We don t
really ‘know’ much that we can prove on a regular
basis. And even quantum physics has a serious
chaos factor. And, of course, reality is subjective.
White House Family Values
A c r o ss
2. Admitted ‘illicit’ relationship which
produced a child
3. Born a King, then abondoned and adopted.
6. Had an affair with his driver.
8. Wife allegedly had an affair with another
woman.
9. Slept with his slave.
Down
1. Died mysteriously after wife discovered
his affair.
4. Wife ‘did it’ with ‘old blue eyes’ in the
White House.
5. Lusted, in his heart.
7. He, his father, his brother and his son
had affairs with ‘movie stars’.
(Answers on Page 10)
One last word, The Left Coast Group, a non-profit
Oregon Corporation, is just about ready to print the
first of several books we intend to publish by local
writers and artists. We would like to thank our
supporters for their generous donations to this
project, and encourage others to help us get the lew
remaining dollars into the bank so we can pay the
printer Please send your checks to The Left Coast
Group, Box 1222, Cannon Beach, OR 97110.
Make your tax deductible contributions payable to the
Manzanita Creative Arts Council, and note, Left
Coast Group in the memo space. Thank you.
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ANynnr
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes
without having asked any clear question.
Albert Camus
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Subject: The beliefs of Right-Wing Christians
Born-again right-wingChristians are
superstituous, and know' little about what is in the
Bible, or how their Bible came into existence.
Because of these shortcomings, and others, they
mistakenly believe the following:
1. Their Bible is the inerrant word of God.
2 Their God is the one and only God.
3. Their God is all good, all knowing, all wise and
all powerful.
4. They arc God’s chosen people, and are made in
‘H is’ image.
5. Anyone that does not worship their God w ill
surely bum in Hell for all of eternity.
6. Jesus is the Son of God, and will soon return to
this fiat earth in all of ‘His’ glory.
7. Women must obey their husbands, and keep
silent in church.
8. If they believe in Jesus, they will automatically be
forgiven for their sins. This means they can murder,
rape, molest children, commit assault and battery,
steal, lie, etc., and they are immediately forgiven.
Man-made laws might punish them, but it doesn t
matter since they are already forgiven.
9. When they die they will go to heaven (paradise),
and live a perfect life forever and ever.
To be classified as the one and only Supreme
Being, 1 believe that such a Being would have to be
the equivalent of perfection. However, the Biblical
God is revealed as if ‘He’ is made in the image of the
humans that believe in ‘Him’. Like ‘His’ followers
the Biblical God is subject to being arrogant, self-
righteous, intolerant, cruel, jealous, vindictive,
tempramental, envious, capricious, murderous,
untrustworthy, lying and other all too human traits.
To me it is sell-evident that this God is not a real
God at all, but only the invention of humans.
Believers ‘want to go to heaven’, but they don t
want to die. 1 think this contradiction is due to the
internal struggle between their irrational belief in this
God, and their rational desire for survival. If they
really believed there is a heaven, they would look
forward to dying. It would become a celebration.
Another contradicting problem they have is that
James 2:24 says that ‘works’ are also required to get
to heaven; but in John 3:16 and Gal. 3:23-25 it says
th a t‘faith alone’ is enough. They are then forced to
‘pick and choose’ which they want to believe. Most
pick ‘faith alone’ because it is the easier path.
I believe it is impossible that a God wrote or
inspired a Bible that contains so many contradictions
and errors. I wish our media, leaders and schools
would point out to their audiences the major
problems in believing in the Biblical God. Religion
gets wide spread favorable publicity, but opposing
opinions get almost no exposure. The search for
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