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The INDEPENDENT, April 15, 2010 Page 21 Letters From page 14 Here are 7 ways campuses and the community can help prevent sexual assault: 1. Educators teach non-vio- lent, non-bullying, conflict reso- lution skills 2. Coaches emphasize skill development and teamwork over competition 3. Young people talk with one another about ways to show respect 4. Local media designates a week to focus on positive im- ages of girls and women 5. Health care providers talk with patients about healthy sex- uality 6. Employers establish and enforce sexual harassment and anti-bullying policies 7. “Wear a pin; share a pin” Wear a teal ribbon awareness pin and give one away with in- formation about local services. Ribbons will be available at Norma’s Place, 124 Little St., in St Helens. If you or anyone you know has been the victim of sexual assault or rape and you need someone to talk to please call 503-397-6161 or you can e- mail me at brandih@ccwrc. com. Thank you, Brandi Huntzinger Sexual Assault Advocate Columbia County Women’s Resource Center www.noexcuse4abuse.com Criticism of letter is offensive to writer To the Editor: A couple citizens of the com- munity did not like my warnings of what is being done to female college graduates, in their twenties, across the U.S.A. I do believe I am doing something substantial by warning parents, and all young girls as to what to watch out for when they get out of college. As I said, an evil scenario is repeated over and over across the country. I prayed for the local girl for the past three years, that she would not become a victim of the sexual predators, and would not ever get into pornog- raphy, which she now has done with her internet business called ‘Hottiegram’. You can have your choice of not one, but three different women pos- ing ‘nude’ on these cards. The saddest part to me is, this girl is beautiful and could have had a lucrative job in acting in real movies, and also used her body for modeling clothes in fashion shows. Why would the newspaper or anyone else ap- prove the exploitation of any girls, let alone two of our very own local young ladies. Very disturbing indeed! I am mostly astonished that the two citizens I have known for over twenty years, approved of this “local talent,” as they put it, with “YOU GO GIRLS!” What is talented about removing ones clothing? It is not a “tal- ent” dear people, it is the world’s oldest profession! Go where, Girls? I hate to even think about it! These two citizens seem to know a whole lot more about Cocaine than I do. Hmmmmm! I am also astonished that the newspaper would publish a half page advertisement of pornog- raphy and call it ‘news’. I hate to see the darkness of pornog- raphy come to Scappoose, es- pecially via the newspaper. Seems our local newspaper has really changed since it was bought out, along with many others, by one company. Why is pornography being sneaked into the paper, and why will it come with an R or PG rating from now on? Is more pornog- raphy planned for the future? If so, maybe they should put the paper in a ‘brown bag’! Better yet, maybe the subscribers should decide ‘No News is Good News’, and stop sub- scriptions! The newspaper cer- tainly knows the difference be- tween ‘pornography advertise- ments’ and ‘news’. This is the first ‘toe hold’ of a pornographic newspaper in this community, and if not stopped here and now, will become a runaway horse! The old newspaper had a lot more integrity than to in- clude porno in any form! I am saddened also that the world is getting full of ‘Clairol Christians’, which appear as 1938, in Hillsboro, to Raymond Ju- nior and Lulu Pearl (Weaver) Gann. He was raised in Hillsboro. In 1999, he married Nancy Al- lene Finch. They made their home in Forest Grove. He worked for the Bird’s Eye Cannery and later for Gray & Company as a Hyster oper- ator. He was preceded in death by two sons, Michael Cole and Jason Cole. Survivors include his wife of Tacoma, Washington; eight chil- dren, Debbie of Washington, Eddie Finley, Kenny Gann, Becky Her- bert, all of Beaverton, Tammy Gann of Hillsboro, James Cole of Banks, Sarah Gann of Corvallis, Mary Gann of St. Helens; five sis- ters, Pearl Crisman of Tigard, Pauline Miller of Boring, Shirley Johnson of North Plains, Rosie Elsey of Rockaway, and Louise Krouse of Long Beach, Wash.; grandchildren; great-grandchil- dren; nieces and nephews. Remembrances are suggested to HIS Church Building Fund (For- est Grove Foursquare). Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home was in charge of arrange- ments. ‘genuine’ but are ‘counterfeit’! “You Go Girls,” doesn’t sound like real Godly counsel to me! Marie Hatcher Scappoose Editors Note: The newspaper referred to is not The Indepen- dent. Please see page 22 From the Sheriff’s Desk… From page 20 The cost to the community is high. The complexity of the task – if taken seriously – is monumental. But it is worth it, on both counts, to make a difference not only in our community, but in the lives of each person we touch – either through our day-to-day contact with them as inmates or through our regular contact with the family and friends of those incarcerated within our walls. I am very proud of the voters of Columbia County who had the foresight to provide such a great facility to conduct this aspect of the people’s business. The employees and contract staffers we have and the volunteers who assist us, give us the best chance to alter the paths of those who disrupt the peace in our communi- ties. It is a privilege to serve with them, and I thank the voters of Columbia County for giving me this opportunity. State Farm ® Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 Bunny Girt, Agent 1229 N. Adair PO Box 543 Cornelius, OR 97113-0543 Bus 503-357-3131 Fax 503-357-9667 bunny.girt.b71g@statefarm.com Obituary VIRGINIA “ELLEN” FRANK Virginia “Ellen” Frank, 98, Prineville, died April 10, 2010. Graveside services will be held Fri- day, April 16, at 2:00 p.m. at Ver- nonia Memorial Cemetery, with Reverend Roy Frank officiating. Mrs. Frank was born October 22, 1911, in St. Johns, to Virgil M. and Zoe E. (Kribs) Whitsell. They lived for a short time in Forest Grove before moving to Vernonia. She graduated from Vernonia Union High School in 1929. In 1929, she married Elgus Per- man Frank. They made their home in Vernonia, moving to Garibaldi in 1933 before returning to Vernonia in 1936. In 1993 she moved to For- est Grove, then to Prineville in 2004. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, James R. Frank and Richard C. Frank; three brothers, Kenneth Whitsell, Robert Whitsell, and Russell Whitsell; and one sister, Louise Bell. Survivors include a son, John Frank of Prineville; five grandchil- dren; and three great-grandchil- dren. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home is in charge of arrange- ments. RAYMOND JUNIOR GANN, JR. Raymond Junior Gann, Jr., 71, Forest Grove, died April 1, 2010. A celebration of life service was held April 9 at the HIS Church in Forest Grove. Interment was in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove. Mr. Gann was born August 12, EUGENA “BETTE” MEAD Eugena “Bette” Mead, 90, Banks, died March 31, 2010. A cel- ebration of life service will be held Saturday, April 17, at the Manning Bible Church at 2:00 p.m. Recep- tion to follow at the home of Mark and Lili Mead. Mrs. Mead was born January 16, 1920, in Independence, to Bliss and Evelyn (Bennett) Byers. She was raised in Monmouth. She completed a teaching degree at Oregon College of Education. In 1940, she married Ervin Edgar Mead. They made their home on the Mead family home- stead on Green Mountain, near Banks. They also lived in Vernonia and Banks before building a home on Green Mountain. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Linda Kay Mead. Survivors include three sons, Mark and Steve, both of Banks, and David of Union; a sister, Blissie of Salem; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Remembrances are suggested to the United Cerebral Palsy Asso- ciation. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home is in charge of arrange- ments.
