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
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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
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the people’s business. The employees and contract staffers we
have and the volunteers who assist us, give us the best chance
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ties. It is a privilege to serve with them, and I thank the voters of
Columbia County for giving me this opportunity.
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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.