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Letters to the Editor
Remember those who served
To the hdilor
Twenty sonic years ago my fine
young friend was just beginning the
prime ol his life Me solunteered. he
ssjs a Marine Mis life was lost on
a numbered hill Last Saturday a
Memorial was dedicated honoring
his and the others (rom ( n utilia
County's supreme sacrifice
I would ask your readers to honor
their gilt by a thought for all who
served, that died and especially lor
those injured or handicapped
veterans Possibly, we could spend
an hour or an afternoon at a
Veterans' Hospital iW alla Walla),
with a local handicapped veteran or
in some small service to those that
we owe so much
(v)Tcd l. Sampson
Kt 2. Bos 621
Irrigon. Oregon *»7X44
Measure No. 3 changes unenforced law
To the laJitor
A stale lottery, which is similar to
a rattle, is now legal in Oregon, hut
church, school, d u h . organization,
lodge, and grange rallies remain
illegal
Ballot Measure V il passed, w ill
amend ( fregoli's Constitution to per
nut the legislative Assemble to
authorize rallies operated by certain
charitable, Iratemal. or religious
organizations and foundations The
voters o f this state have given their
support to the concept o f a state lot
lery to support economic develop
ment It scents unlair that people can
legally buy tickets for a state lottery
hut it is against the law to purchase
a local church or school ralfle ticker
Article 15, Section 4 o f the
( Iregon Constitution absolutely pro
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hibits rallies lor any reason Present
ly rattle, or "d o n a tio n " tickets arc
still being wild, most for benevolent
purposes, and most people do not
realize they arc in violation ot state
law We need to either enforce ex
isling law or change it Mils Measure
offers reasonable and lair change
Measure So * is designed to pro
tret the public against possible
abuses from organized crina: The
Legislature is to regulate which
groups are eligible, how often rat
fies can he held, and the size ol
prizes
If you believe in this traditional
method ot raising funds lor needy
causes and special purposes, vote
" y e v " on Measure No I
Sincerely.
(slLiz Van Iccuwcn
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To the I d itor
M aking hnglish the o ffic ia l
language o f the U S is an idea
whose time has come
It is something that generations of
immigrants have taken tor granted
when coming to the Cnitcd States,
one learns Lnglish In fact, those im
migrants were proud to have learn
cd l nglish If an American were to
naive to France. Germany »>r Spain
he or she would expect to learn
French. Gentian or Spanish The
American taking up residence in a
foreign country would expect to
learn that language, hut would not
exped to fuse street signs ami public
services nude available to him in
Fnglish
It seems u n tjir tor foreign speak
ing groups to come to the U S and
demand a right from their country to
not only have their language pul on
street signs and used in the delivery
o f government services, hut als*> to
have their children taught in their
own languages, rather than in
I nglish
The sons and daughters ot the
previous »lex.nil’s ol immigrants have
objected to the demands ol the cur
renl crop o l newcomers who have
the audacity to insist that their own
languages he used as public
languages in their new land I hose
objections have been met by a surly
gathering o f 24 Hispanic and Asian
groups who recently denounced their
hosts for wanting to have l nglish as
the official language ol the land
Those who want to have a com
mon language so that communication
can he facilitated, national harmony
promoted and economic prosperity
maximized are denounced hy the
Hispanic Asian coalition as anti
immigrant and xenophobic They
claim that these xenephobes object
to people who are bilingual
Well, let's take a look at the
charges I am bilingual, having
learned Spanish during the 2 1 years
I have been married to my wile who
was horn in Panama and whose first
language was Spanish Vis wife is a
naturalized American who passed
her c itizenship examination using the
Lnglish which she has mastered
quite well In this respect, my wde
ls no different I rom the millions ol
immigrants who came to America
and learned 1 nglish as a matter ot
course
I r t 's fact it The drive to nuke
Lnglish the official language ol the
country cann<4 he characterized fair
ly as an effort to stamp out other
languages and cultures It is an et
tort to have a common language,
even to have hihngu.il people, but to
have one plane ol communication on
which all can meet Countries such
France. Germans and Spain
which have an ofTiclal language ccr
tainly have no lack o f bilingual
peopk-
Secretary ot Iducation W illiam
Bennett has put this matter well
" There ought to he no confusion or
embarrassment over our goal The
rise in ethnic consciousness, the
resurgence- ot cultural pride in recent
decades is a healthy thing ihc tradi
lion we bring with us, that our
forelathers brought with them to this
land, arc loo worthwhile to he
discard»*] But a sense ol cultural
prulc cannot come at the price of
proficiency in l nglish. our common
language "
The word bilingual has come to
mean contradictory things
In
Canada, the bilingual laws resulted
in a French only policy in the pro
since ol Quebec The divixivencss
that resulted became so oppressive
that businesses tied in droves to On
tarn*
F in a lly , the economic
downturn was so severe that the
French speaking voters ol touches
decided that they were tired ol star
sing in French, and wanted to get
hack to work in l nglish They threw
the Anglophohe government out
The kind o f rhetoric that we hear
about bilingualism from some ol the
Hispanic groups espec lu lls . sounds
much it* much like the rhetoric that
was heard in Canaila that resulted in
the disisiscncss that so »lanugc-d that
nation
• Better control ot the 20 cloy
deadline for changing parts a ffilia
tion before Primary Flections Bet
1er control o f timely notification to
other counties o f voter registration
transfers thus eliminating the chance
o f siging in two places Better con
trol of uwtusKm m the p ilin g places
with tewer Voter Certificates issued
and more names in the Poll Books
To lop it off. the bilingual eviuca
lion programs adsixatevl hy the non
I nglish speaking extremists are quite
different from what they v*und like
The "tra n sitio n a l" approach to
teaching Fnglish to nun Fnglish
speaking kids turns out to he a way
ot not learning Fnglish Pic instruc
lion is not unlike the way I was
taught Spanish in high school an
hour at most a day . and then I spoke
I nglish the rest ot the »lay . not only
at home hut at school as well It was
not until I happened upon another
method o f studying Spanish that I
was able to master the language
From all of the teachers who have
contacted Fnglish First, it is clear
that an intensive period o f instruc
Hon. perhaps as much as a semester.
should he pros ided so that a student
can study Fnglish lu ll time during
that period l"hcn the student is reads
to study the other c«»urscs in the
curriculum in Fnglish
Lhc goal o f bilingual education
should he to nuke the stuilent hil
ingual Bilingual should not h<xome
a »ode word for refusal to speak
Fnglish
To continue with the current fail
ed policies characterizing much of
bilingual education w ill produce a
growing number o f high school
graduates who cannot speak Fnglish
Pies w ill not he bilin g iu l. and they
w ill not he employable
For the sake o f our nation's unity
and economic pmsperity . let's nuke
I nglish First The voters of Califor-
ma have a great opportunity to take
the lead in this effort because this
November they get to sole on nuk
ing I nglish the official language ol
their slate Ibc eyev o l the country
w ill he upon them
(siluw rcncc I) Pratt
President l nglish First
SM i i cciburg Pike
Falls Church. Virginia 22<MI
day to a one day cutotf shows that
Oregonians w ill respond lo a
registration deadline At the Primary
election, very few voters attempted
to register on election day. even
though they had Ixxn allowed to tor
over a decade I am o f the opinion
that our citizens are much smarter
and more aware than the opponents
o f this measure give them credit
ft»r "
"Oregonians in A cth'n" the spun
s»*rs o f Ballot Measure I .' are lo be
commended for their supp'rtise et
torts in upholding integrity within
the Oregon elections process by en
ding voter registration 20 »lays
before elections
(siGlona MeFwen
I incoln County Clerk Flcstions
The l»*nger lime frame for process
ing registrations w ill eliminate the
need for extra part time perwmncl
thus cutting I lection Costs "these
reavins |ust staled w ill supj*<rt cost
cutting and impnise compliance with
laws, both ot which arc extremely
important and are why I vigorously
reject claims hy opponents o f
Measure 11 that county elections ol
Director
fioals support the measure priman
ly to nuke election administration
more convenient "
F lig h t In s tru c tio n
Also rejected is the notion that
Private Pilot License
large numbers o f voters would he
denied the right to vote because ol
the cutoft requirement "O u r recent
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change from registration on election
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lo the Lditor
In my position as County
Clerk I lections Director ot Lincoln
County. I strongly support Ballot
Measure I V which proposes a con
sdtutional cutoff ol voter registration
20 dass he tore an election
Some reasons and comments lor
supporting this proposed measure
are
Passage ot this measure w ill close
an avenue ot opportunity" tor elec
lion fraud that exists under current
law which allows voters to register
up to V p m on the das before an
election Pie legislature, not the
Counts Clerks, established the 20
»lay residency requirement in this
state "There is no way Flection
Directors can conclusively prove
that a voter registering that late has
lived in Oregon lor 20 days as the
law requires Ms point is that the
current law prevents me fromenfor
cing that law hy not providing me
with a means o f »letermining a
fraudulent vote until alter the elec-
tion which is too late
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