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The INDEPENDENT, July 12,1995 ] I Letters to the Editor » ■ 1 1 the Bookends By Charlene Bechen Banks Library Volunteer Magician Bob Eaton will entertain on Thurs day, July 29 at 2 p.m., with a fast-paced come dy act full of fun, surprises and lots of audi ence participation. Readers enrolled in the “ Blast Off With Books" and Teen programs will receive a book award if they achieve the goal selected at the time of registration. Friends of the Banks Library will host a booth selling strawberry shortcake at the Tual- itin Valley Kennel Club’s Best of Breed Dog Show Sunday, July 23, at Banks High School. The show runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Friends are looking for volunteers to staff the booth and help with other activities at the show. If you can help, please call Donna Mc Call at 324-3404, or Mary Lu Savara at 324- 7365. New books this month include John Brad shaw’s Family Secrets: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, Gail Sheehy’s New Passages, and the latest by John Grisham, Rainmaker. The Banks Library’s summer reading pro gram is now in full swing. Sign-up continues through July 27. There are three parts to the program this year: “Blast-Off With Books” for grades 1 through 6, “Teen Summer Reading” for junior high and high school students, and “Time to Rhyme” for preschoolers. "Time to Rhyme” runs through August 3. The other two programs will continue until August 3rd, but reading records will still be accepted until Au gust 31. Two “Time to Rhyme” performances geared for the preschoolers will be Thursday, July 20 at 2 p.m. and Thursday, August 3 at 2 p.m. On July 20, Jacque Hermens will tell stories and provide activities relating to the theme “col ors”. Caldecott award books will be the topic of the stories and activities presented on Au gust 3. The read-to-me kids are welcome at "Blast Off With Books” presentations as well. On Thursday, July 13, at 2 p.m., old friends B.J. and Scampy will return, performing in their delightful, energetic style. Rumor has it that there may be a surprise appearance of their assistant, Razzle Basil. From page 2 trout season (walk-in only). This may include vehicle ac cess during big game sea sons, but that may be limited to weekends only. Stim son has security patrols and of ALL SEASON RADIALS I 1 I I P 19S ,75R -14 « 0 5 ,7 5 9 - 1 5 « 1 5 ,7 5 9 - 1 5 « 3 5 ,7 5 9 - 1 5 « 3 5 , 7 5 9 - 15 LT19S/759-14 L7215 ,7 5 9 -1 5 17235,759-15 27/O.5OR-14 3 0 /9 .5 0 9 -1 5 3 1 /1 0 .5 0 9 -1 5 ¡3 1 /1 1 .50R -15 XL C c c c c c c LOAD ULE RANGE PRICE ULE price 11.04 SS.74 00.11 74.93 84.51 80.30 88.37 94.37 01J3 99.43 107.28 118.27 SOI To the Editor: I feel better now, don’t you! Student athletes must expect less privacy, because they are in the “public eye”. Is this why a num ber of W hite House Aides, are currently in drug ab use c o u n se lin g ? When our public officials, i.e. Sen Kennedy, fills out his public disclosure forms about income, he states “over $1 million”, does he have a loss of privacy? Once again, the Supreme Court, has ruled against law ful Americans. What next, will A m e rica n s have to “ p u r chase” their rights? Don Schwarz Nazareth, PA Wants her kids to be tested for drugs fers phone inform ation only during business hours. Longview Fibre Company, phone 429-2605: Longview Fibre has the most liberal ac cess policy of local tim ber- LOAD RANCI Court decision sure made him feel better Wed, and Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m . Thure. 1-7 p .m . F ri. 1-5 pm . Arfdreee, Cíítlc Village Shopping Center, 669 S. Main Street. 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The best rule of thumb with Longview Fibre (and tim berland own ers) is “if in doubt, call before e n te rin g .” Lo ng vie w Fibre provides a phone answering machine which includes infor mation about current closures or reopenings of timberlands. They also have a security pa trol. PUIS RET Mobile Tire Service for Heavy Equipment For Info: 357-3136 GREAT VALUE “ W a lk -in ” m eans using your two feet, a bicycle or a horse. No motorized vehicles are allow ed. Cam ping and fires are not allowed on any timberlands. If we all learn to treat these lands with respect, hopefully, further restrictions will not be applied. To the Editor: With all of the national at te n tio n th a t V e rnonia has been getting lately due to the recent U.S.Suprem e Court decision on drug testing, I feel compelled to speak out in defense of our school's poli cy. On June 27th’s edition of Good Morning America, legal analyst Arthur M iller stated that with this ruling “we are telling our children that they are second class citizens”. I c o u ld n ’t d is a g re e m ore. I think we are telling our chil dren th a t we care enough about them to notice any drug use, and to get them some help, if needed. My children have a tte n d e d se ve ra l schools where the principal didn’t even know their name, nor did he/she care. I have never met anyone more con cerned about our child ren and their future than Randy Aultman. I feel very fortunate th a t my c h ild re n go to a school where the principal truly cares about them and their well being. If my kids want to partici pate in school sports when they are older, I would want and expect them to comply with the drug test required, if for no other reason than to set an exam ple fo r the younger children who may look up to them as role mod els. 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Almost every employ ment ad has “drug screen (or test) required" stipulated in it. If you want to be a p ro fe s sio n a l a th le te , you w o u ld have to submit to drug test ing. If you refuse to take the drug test because of y o u r constitutional right to privacy, you w ill not even be c o n sidered for the job applied for, nor will you play professinal sports. I have never heard of an employer just taking your word for it. Just because James Acton and his family consider him to be “above susp icion” does not mean that he should be an exception to the rule, nor should the rules be changed for him. If you think that there is no drug problem with our youth, you are only fooling yourself. I would not want my children looking up to some one who is in v o lo v e d in school sports and is a known drug user. Believe me, kids know much more about their peers than we do. Unfortunately, in the ever degrading society that we live in, tough choices have to be m ade. I th a n k G od th a t Randy A u ltm a n has the courage to make those choic es, for my kid’s sake. Sincerely, Mary Maynard Vernonia July 4th celebrated in grand tradition To the Editor: We are very proud of our community’s response to and help for the 4th of July cele bration, so we are thanking the community as a group— the many people who made and helped put up de cora tions before the 4th; those who put out the money jars, then collected them; the help given by last year’s fireworks committee, who ordered the fireworks for us and gave us great guidance; the people who worked, cleaned-up and sold food in the Booster Wag on; the m any w ho h e lp e d make our Kids' Parade a big success. We thank each and c.*very one of you who marched in the parade! Uncle Sam was great! Thanks to the police department for helping during the parade; the band for great music while we waited for the fireworks to begin; the people who ran the c h ild re n s ’ games; the firemen who set up and trig g e re d the fir e works, all of which ran very s m o o th ly ; the EMTs w ho watched over us all. Please see Page 12
