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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 2002)
The INDEPENDENT, February 6, 2002 Page 13 Letters to the Editor From page 12 civic participation. Mightn’t the rorist organization whose es the sooner the city officially rec words shooting oneself in the tablishment in Vernonia was ognizes this, the better. foot come to mind? commemorated by Old No. 20. The notorious state of the In point of fact, a brief list of Reading it, their natural re commercial media is also cer a community’s red letter dates sponse may easily defeat the tain and regrettable, as has published on a kiosk at a public ostensible purpose of the kiosk. been pointed out by previous park has no more claim to the This is obviously an amateur correspondents. Unfortunately, defenses allowed a history than mistake, no matter what the absolution rests not on the does a personal resumé. Both recognition of sin in others. are artifacts of unabashed I cannot see where the boosterism. The erroneous as question of “leaking” arises at sumption that those events are The Vernonia Police have all. Old No. 20 was in the pub regarded with pride in the com warning that a phone scam is lic domain. The published local munity is, therefore, natural operating in the area by some letter circulated outside the and valid. This literary form ad one seeking Social Security cadre of native Vernonians. mits no other interpretation. numbers. The world doesn’t end at Sun I agree it is fair to point out On January 28, a Vernonia nyside. What is public here in that the city relied on the work resident received a message public everywhere. Now it is of untrained volunteer ama on his answering machine ask also public everywhere that ter teurs here. Such persons may, ing him to return the call at a rorist tactics beguiled a local re indeed, not recognize a distinc toll-free number. When he spondent momentarily - tion between a history and a called, the phone was an though for now, he promises re laudatory paean or recognize swered “EDSI” by someone straint. And a local official, in an what is appropriate to each. named “Ted,” who said he did act bordering on illiteracy, char Please remember, many vis n’t know who had called, but if acterized a most polite and sin itors to Vernonia Lake may the Vernonia resident provided cere letter as a condemnation, identify strongly with persons his Social Security number, he while pleading for the author’s who were the targets of the ter “could determine who had personal belief. Puzzling that our experienced pro-growth ed itor has failed to point out this mistake. The rapidity of the en tire document’s disappearance shows this lesson wasn’t lost on everyone. Perhaps it is best to face Area targeted by telephone scam called.” Pressed for information, Ted never said what EDSI stood for, but said they were “part of the government” and were “updat ing college level educational records.” He continued to re quest the Social Security num ber and, not getting it, eventual ly hung up. As a rule, the Police Depart ment warns, it is best not to re turn calls to any number you do not recognize. Also, never give your social security number to anyone you do not know. such a situation fortified with the wisdom of the great Danish thinker, Kierkegaard. Human passion and understanding are as mud and gold. A great steed teamed to an aged nag. The best in us easily goes astray. Experience is not so much a guide as a further puzzle. And, in the end, only honesty counts. A mistake acknowledged is a mistake surpassed. Wayne Acton Vernonia Columbia Connty Sheriff Jan. 10 - Sheila M. Nolan, 53, M ist/Birkenfeld, reported a theft on Freem an Road. 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