The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1993 Page: 2 of 14
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Anita
Publisher
Many bank on the Food Bank
From Austin to Lindale
Joanna
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As a parent, former school
teacher, and member of the Senate
Education Committee, I firmly
believe in local control of educa-
tion. Many local districts are de-
bating this issue today. I believe
that’s where debate shouldbe, with
local values and decision-making.
Forming a council to make state-
wide recommendations or man-
dating statewide programs for
“self-development skills’’ under-
mines that process.
Patients are allowed leisurely
stays of 10 days or more in the
hospital. The German plan pro-
vides luxuries that make it attrac-
tive.
The downside is that the Ger-
man government is finding it dif-
ficult to fund the plan that has
been in effect for over 100 years.
Finding an affordable health
care plan acceptable to doctors,
who will play a big part in its
success or failure, may plague the
Clinton admininstration longer
CINDY GORE, McDonald’s corporate office in Tyler, ROSEMARY
McCL AIN, Regional East Texas Food Bank Director of Food Marketing,
and HAROLD SMOTHERMAN, one of the ETFB directors. McDonald’s
recently held a canned good drive and donated all canned goods to the
food bank.
of others in need.
The food bank relies on dona-
tions of food (a great percentage
of which is supplied by Brook-
shire's), money, equipment, and
volunteers.
To offer your support, call 903-
597-3663. You cannot lose by
giving.
Watching the long and heated
debate that occurs on the local
level over local curriculum and
courses, I can only imagine the
rancor that would arise over state-
imposed guidelines. Rather than
an assault by the state, the war on
teen pregnancy should be waged
in individual communities and
school districts. Parents and school
boards must work together to find
solutions at home and in the
schools to tackle this ever-grow-
ing problem without these state
mandates.
content of those specific topics is
simply defined as “age appropri-
ate.” While mandating that Schools
have specific courses, the bill isn’t
specifying course content.
And although the bill allows
local districts to develop their own
program following the bill’s man-
dates, one has to wonder in this
present school finance crisis if
that’s really feasible. Districts, in
an attempt to save money for other
areas, might simply opt to use the
Central Education Agency instruc-
tion program—thus removing lo-
cal control from the process.
ing Senate Bill 151 to abolish the
council all together.
Many parents are appalled at
APPAC ’ s support of SEICUS (Sex
Education Council of the United
States). The “age appropriate” sex
education guidelines put forth by
SEICUS are extreme and should
not be taught in our classrooms. In
addition to opposing the guide-
lines, many individuals are angry
about APPAC ’ s suggestion of con-
fidential reproduction health care.
APPAC recommends school dis-
tricts allow students an' excused
absence from school for repro-
ductive care. That’s been termed
by many a “sneak rule” since it
allows the absence without paren-
tal notification or consent. Such
circumvention of parental respon-
sibility and rights is what some
parents believe is the basis of
APPAC’s entire existence. I stand
totally opposed to this proposal.
SB 20 is a bill to mandate Texas
public schools to include a pro-
gram in grades kindergarten
through 12 that addresses issues
from self-esteem to pregnancy
prevention. According to the bill,
instruction would be “age appro-
priate,” using either a program
developed by the Central Educa-
tion Agency or a program ap-
proved by a school district’s board
of trustees. Parents would be in-
formed of the program content
and would retain the right to opt
their child out of the course.
The many letters and calls I’ve
received on this issue point to an
overriding fear that this bill is both
too specific and too vague. Re-
gardless of which instructional
program is implemented, it must
include material on topics outlined
in the bill. At the same time, the
ute in 1990.
Various volunteer groups come
to the food bank to sort through
the packaged, boxed and canned
food for the yielding of such sal-
vaged food, and one such group
was there when I visited there. It
was really heart-warming to see
the dedication of that group to do
a job voluntarily and for the good
I had the pleasure of touring the
Regional East Texas Food Bank
in Tyler recently, and it was a real
eye-opener as to what this private,
non-profit organization is doing
to attempt to eliminate hunger in
East Texas.
This food bank serves 27 coun-
ties wherein "an estimated 19.4
percent of all residents live below
poverty." (Were you aware that
Texas is second in the percentage
of the poverty population of the
United States?)
Donated food comes to the
warehouse portion of the building
where it is sorted into various
categories, the truly damaged
goods are discarded, and usable
food items are re-packaged and
then distributed to various agen-
cies like soup kitchens, relief
agencies, meal programs, senior
citizen centers, and other pro-
grams.
Community organizations as
well as businesses conduct canned
food drives much like the one
conducted by the Tyler area
McDonald's where you could get
free fries last week if you brought
in a canned good.
I found out about their salvage
program wherein they were able
to sort through damaged goods
and come out with over 300,000
pounds of food they could distrib-
than it will care to remember.
And much longer than we will
care to remember if Clinton at-
tempts to create a national health
care plan without reforms to the
health care system that include a
cap on medical costs.
National health care is a great
concept and looks good on the
drawing board. But will it fly?
Not in this system.
LEAP
into the
New
Year
Malpractice lawsuits and in
some cases just plain greed drive
the costs of health care beyond the
reach of many Americans pres-
ently covered by health insurance.
Large deductibles and upfront
payments force many families who
have insurance to go withouthealth
care until an emergency illness
forces them to seek treatment.
Lindale—882-3146 • Van—963-8618
National health care: panacea or plague?
The health care issue is a com-
plicated one which may not ever
be worked out to provide quality
health care for each and every
American.
President Bill Clinton has stud-
ied and discarded ideas for imple-
menting the plan as well as looking
at health care plans in this country
and other countries.
A plan under consideration is a
national health care plan in Ger-
many in which quality care is pro-
vided by the government.
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Sex education a local issue
The front-page headline read—
’Task force can’t unite on sex
education.” (Austin American
Statesman, February 16, 199)
From Austin to my hometown
of Plano to many other cities and
school districts across this state,
the issue of sex education in our
public schools is currently being
widely debated. Individuals are
tom between abstinence-only
based curriculum and a compre-
hensive sex education curriculum.
Here in the Senate, we’re see-
ing the repercussions of bringing
that debate to the legislative table.
In my short career as a state sena-
tor, I’ve received literally thou-
sands of letters. No issue, including
school finance, has brought near
the amount of those on APPAC
(Adolescent Pregnancy and Par-
enthood Advisory Council) or
Senate Bill 20 (relating to educa-
tion for self-development and life
skills in public schools).
Let me begin by saying I’m
opposed to both. However, it’s
also very important to note APPAC
and SB 20 are not directly related.
APPAC was created in 1987 by
the governor to address the issue
of adolescent pregnancy educa-
tion. Since then, the thirteen mem-
ber council has presented two
reports to the Texas Legislature,
the most recent of those just last
week. The reports include statis-
tics on teen pregnancy in Texas as
well as recommendations on the
types of instruction and services
Texas and its schools should pro-
vide youth.
APPAC ’ s recommendations
have been viewed by many as not
only an assault on morals but more
importantly on parental control.
For that reason, I am co-sponsor-
C Letters to the Editor 3
Evaluation of Roe v. Wade
The hard sociological face is that
abortion on demand has been the great-
est deal for irresponsible or predatory
men in American history.
women; however, Roe v. Wade has
indeed legally disempowered women
from holding meh accountable from
their sexual behavior where that be-
havior resulted in unplanned preg-
nancy.
Roe v. Wade’s cultural message
has been more potent than its legal
impact, for it effectively eliminated
any real-world consequences for men
who use women as mere instruments
for male sexual gratification.
Is it so implausible to suggest that
many of the current pathologies in
relations between he sexes in con
temporary America—spousal abuse,
rape, “trading in” older wives for
younger women, the feminization of
poverty—have something to do with
the cultural climate since Roe v.
Wade?
Why not?
Everyone of these phenomena has
drastically increased since Jan. 22,
1973.
The Freedom of Choice Act
(FOCA) with the designation of HR
25 would further extend an even more
negative effect on our culture.
I call for others to help me defeat
this bill.
Sincerely,
Rev. F. Kent Fowler
First Assembly of God
Lindale
Why? Because whatever else it
said, Roe v. Wade freed men from
responsibly for the sexual conduct
they consent to enter.
Roe is alleged to have empowered
In summary, Roe v. Wade not only
changed our low, it changed the moral
culture of America. It did so to the
great disadvantage of women.
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