Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1996 Page: 4 of 24
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PAGE 4A-THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY. APRIL 4,1996
CHURCH OF GOD - Polk County Cham-
ber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremonies
were held March 27 for Lake Livingston
Church of God, with Senior Pastor Kevin
Kleinhenz performing the honors. Sunday
services are held at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
with Sunday school beginning at 10 a.m. A
Wednesday evening service is held at ,7
o’clock. Lake Livingston Church of God Is
located at the comer of FM 350 aitti
Mangrum Road. >
Letters to the editor
Let’s compart
To the editor:
1 recently wrote concerning a
study concerning drug use In-
crease among sixth graders and
younger: I commented on the
message sent by leaders. Direct-
ly underneath was another letter
defending Bill Clinton. ("Drop
Rush Limbaugh mentality") jus-
tifying Clinton’s Vietnam war.
anti-USA protests (I suppose his
visit to Moscow was to wave the
American flag), and defending
those who used marijuana as
"flower children." The writer al-
so states that Clinton has done
good things for which he has not
received credit, particularly for
the middle class.
In typical liberal fashion the
letter states that anyone that
believes otherwise cannot "dis-
agree without being disagree-
able" and then goes on to slam,
Gephardt-wise, all those who are
not in agreement. Again, in
defense of Clinton, the theme is
"everybody else does it, so it’s
OK." The reader is exhorted to
forego the "Rush Limbaugh
mentality."
Let’s examine this mentality.
As nearly as I can tell from the
times I have listened to his radio
show he stands for troth, hones-
ty, self-reliance, achieving the
American dream through work
and study, and that the govern-
ment does not owe anybody
except life, liberty and
it Qf happiness,
devotes more of his
to people that dis-
him than those that
- frtmo™ caller to fully
their view, and then
with them to convince
^fjtnepr they are wrong. He firmly
believes in the virtues of self-
reliance, family values of truth,
honesty and obeying the law,
and returning government to the
people as our federalist founders
intended.
Let’s compare Bill Clinton
and Rush Limbaugh:
•Bill Clinton was a Fullbright
Scholar, eventually getting a law
degree. Rush Limbaugh never
finished college.
•Bill Clinton never worked a
day in his life, has never had a
mortgage payment, and does not
have to depend on the Social
Security system. Rush Lim-
baugh has wotted hard to get
where he is, and pays his taxes
just like us "middle class."
•Bill Clinton has been sub-
poenaed for trial on sexual
harassment charges. He has been
subpoenaed for trial on sexual
harassment charges. He has been
subpoenaed to testify in the
Whitewater trial. A former as-
sociate testified in court this
week that he "loaned" Clinton
money illegally. Rush Limbaugh
sells neckties on his program.
•BUI Clinton has filled his
cabinet with cronies, of whom
some are in jail and other wait-
ing to testify about acts that
could land them in jail, others
have been discharged for totally
out of line conduct, and of those
remaining some are outright
socialists that advocate total
government control of every-
thing. Rush Limbaugh does to
ball games and associates with
players and coaches.
•Bill Clinton supported a mas-
sive effort for government to
take over the health care portion
of our economy. The committee
operated in secret, illegally, and
spent many millions of dollars
more than they said they did.
Rush Limbaugh, along with
most of Congress, opposed this.
•BUI Clinton accused the
Republicans of making massive
cuts in Social Security,
Medicare and education, and
balancing the budget on the
backs of the middle class. Rush
Limbaugh cited figures that this
was not true.
The other comparisons I can
think of would be too much for
this letter. I invite others to
make these comparisons.
As nearly as I can tell, the
Rush Limbaugh mentality
causad a group of our
forefathers to dump same tea
and start a drive for independ-
ence from government repres-
sion. It inspired diem to write a
document that resulted m the
strongest republic on the fisce of
the earth. We are still the stron-
gest, but are in danger of becom-
Perhaps more of the RLM
could restore the severe damage
done by the last 40 years of
liberal control and reverse the
downward slide of morals and
vdtoes.
More to it
To the editor:
Re: There's a reason we’re
losing the microbe war, by Ian
Macormick, Pott County En-
terprise, March 21,1996,4A.
How can Ian Macormick ob-
serve evolution at work so well
and stUl believe, in Biblical
creationism? Microbes have a
very short life span and there-
fore mutations appear in a much
shorter time than with higher life
forms. Each generation that sur-
vives to pass on its genes sur-
vived because it evolved slightly
different - just enough to allow
it to survive in the latest en-
vironment \
The theory of evolution is so
well proven that it has become
the very basis of modem biol-
ogy. Science and the medical
profession continue to develop
new cures and preventive
drugs through applied evolution
principles that can control, or
even eradicate, many of today’s
diseases. Unfortunately, man has
not learned to apply these dis-
coveries in an effective manner.
Greed and poverty prevent
mankind from assuming the
responsibility necessary to effec-
tively combat new diseases and
mutated old odes.
Just as mice multiply rapidly
when man kills off thousands of
rattlesnakes that help keep them
in check, as Ian mentioned,
microbes multiply more rapidly
when man abuses the use of an-
tibiotics, allowing a new gener-
ation to build up immunity to
the latest medicine. This abuse
is in the form of not taking the
antibiotic as directed. One abuse
is to stop taking the antibiotic
before all the microbes are
killed, just because you started
feeling better. You must take the
entire prescribed amount to en-
sure that a new generation of the
microbes that made you sick
does not survive. Another abuse
is to take an antibiotic for every
illness, whether really needed or
not, thereby confusing and
weakening the body’s natural
immune system.
As Ian wrote, "There is simp-
ly no excuse for this irrespon-
sible behavior." Not just the kill-
ing of rattlesnakes, but the wan-
ton misuse of drugs, also should
be included in this statement
Man has badly upset the ecosys-
tem for short term gains, but all
of mankind will probably die of
disease if we do not continue to
strive to discover new
medicines, see that they are
properly and broadly distributed,
and the public educated on their
use.
Unless you are one of those
few theists that believe that the
end is near, how can you believe
that any god "created” such a
conflict for mankind? Belief in
creationism is self-indulgence at
its worst!
Frank Prahl
P.O.Box 5888
Pasadena
Social Security change needed
pension plan. Apparently, she
plans to stay in Congress a long
time to cash in on their pension
plan. Dr. Brian Babin, on the
other hand, stated on the Chris-
tian Coalition Voter Guide that
he favors abolishing the Con-
gressional pension plan. Mem-
bers of Congress should be
treated like other employees of
the federal government and
placed under the same retire-
ment plan as all other
employees.
There is another very interest-
Lift fees
To the editor:
Instead of lifting the bum ban
during this unseasonably (by
weather, why don’t the "powers
that be" consider lifting the fees
for household garbage disposal
to encourage citizens to bag up
and haul off as opposed to burn-
ing their refuse.
Whereas the county may lose
thousands of dollars in collec-
tion fees, perhaps thousands and
even miOionarof dollars in tim-
ber lands and property could be
saved from fires caused by
negligent burning practices.
Just a thought
Tom Montgomery
308 Liberty
Livingston
Dark hour
To the editor:
The Darkest Hoar
They followed Him without
question,
anywhere He went. He was
King and
A leader with no place to lay
his head.
Why couldn't everyone see
what
they saw when they looked at
Him?
Only men with open eyes
could see
His Diadem!
They never heard Him speak
about
the greatness that He had, but
always
pointed to the Father and did
what
the Father said.
Hit purpose was never hidden
from
those He loved so dear. Yet
they never
really understood, so when He
was
crucified and buried they ran
away
in fear.
When Mary and Martha went
to the
tomb that day, they thought
the ;. **:. ‘it*
soldiers had come in the night
and /
stolen His body away.
Fear gripped tlfeir hearts tike
never
before. They felt so all alone
and
confused. They didn’t realize
that
what seemed their darkest
hour
was the ultimate of God's
redemptive
power.
Mary E. Marshal
Flower Mound
Route 4 Box 1176
Livingston
P.O. Box 2419
To the editor:
We must have a new and un-
touchable Social Security Trust
Fund. This is one of the cor-
nerstones of Dr. Brian Babin’s
campaign for Congress. We all
know that Social Security is
going broke, but a new and un-
touchable Social Security Trust
Fund will stop this.
Retired U.S. Sen. Steve
Symms, advisory board chair-
man of die Seniors Coalition,
has stated that, "This year the
U.S. Congress will likely take
about $38 billion that belongs to
Social Security - based on the
average of $380 billion stolen in
the last 10 years." Sen. Symms
also wrote that Congress will
spend this money on other
things to help current members
of Congress win re-election.
This money will be spent on
pork barrel projects designed to
get votes. If we send Dr. Brian
Babin to Congress, he will not
be a part of the problem, but a
part of the solution.
There is another side of the
coin regarding pensions. Most of
us have to depend on Social
Security for our retirement, but
Congress has set up for itself a
pension plan that gives retired
members of Congress millions
of dollan. For example, Pat
Schroeder, who is retiring this
year from Congress, will get
over $4 million. The Congress
has feathered its own nest, while
leaving the rest of us out in the
cold with a Social Security plan
tint is coins brake.
Doma Pfcteraon, who is also
running for Congress, stated on
the Christian Coalition Voter
Guide, that she does not favor
abolishing this Congressional
ing and important point on the
Christian Coalition Voter Guide.
Donna Peterson is undecided
about Congress restricting lob-
bying of federally-funded
groups. Dr. Brian Babin sup-
ports this restriction. We cannot
afford to send someone to Con-
gress who cannot make up her
mind, especially after already
running three times for Con-
gress.
This is a very important point
since these groups lobby to get
more federal money. Money
should be given on its merits not
because of lobbying. For ex-
ample, Planned Parenthood is
the largest provider of abortions,
including late term abortions,
and. they receive enormous
amounts of federal money. They
are able to lobby, for more
federal money with few restric-
tions.
The run-off election between
Dr. Brian Babin and Donna
Peterson is next Tuesday, April
9. We have a clear choice. If you
are concerned about these
issues, we’ll i
or at early
house on Thursday, <
Lyn Elledge
P.O. Box 535
_ Livingston
;rncu aooui inese
II see you at the polls
awssr
YESTERDAY’S ROSE - Tori MariceUi,
owner, cuts the ribbon during grand opening
ceremonies March 28 for Yesterday’s Rose,
1107 N. Washington. Billed as a "consign-
ment shop for today’s woman," the business
offers gently-worn clothing ranging from
casual wear, through business apparel, for-
mal wear and children’s clothing. Items are
accepted at the owner’s discretion and mu$
be no older than three years, clean, pressed
and on hangers, and have no rips, teare[
stains, missing buttons or broken zippers.
THE GALLERY - Owner Rita Ann Wilson
does the ribbon cutting honors during grand
opening ceremonies March 25 for The Gal-
lery, Bridal Consultants and Gifts. Located
at 412 W. Milam, The Gallery offers crystal,
glass, iron works, wearable art, party plan-
ning, bridal consultants, formal gowns and
hand-made gifts. The Gallery also can ac-
commodate small outdoor weddings, bridal
and baby showers, club gatherings and
bridal make-overs. Polk County Chamber of
Commerce ambassadors helped welcome the
new business.
Totpl fires already top *95
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from page 1
"It amazes me," County Judge
John Thompson said of the coor-
dinated effort. "One more time, lo-
cal .and visiting firefighters, local
and state agencies and timber com-
panies rallied to the cause and did
an outstanding job in preventing a
major catastrophe."
Concerning the brief lifting of
the bum ban following sporadic
rainfall early last week, a decision
made in conjunction with the emer-
gency management coordinator and
area fire departments, Thompson
said, "The bum ban has been ap-
plied and removed to protect
property and lives but, at the same
time, taking into consideration
people’s needs. The overriding
consideration has to be the safety
and well-being of the citizens in
Polk County."
Again, a countywide ban on out-
door burning was ordered on Mon-
day and continues to be in effect
due to continuing dry weather and
the increasing number of dangerous
and potentially dangerous wildfires.
At the same time as the Segno
fire, a large number of firefighters
were fighting a blaze in Votaw. A
large woods fire near Shepherd, in
San Jacinto County, resulted in
closure of U.S. 59 for nearly four
hours Sunday afternoon.
Local firefighters were called
Tuesday to fight smaller wildfires
just north of Livingston along U.S.
59, a fire that involved about five
areas, according to Cochran; one
off FM 942 in Leggett, which in-
volved about two acres; and
another in the far northern end of
the county off Goat Hill Road.
The TFS reported that one of its
firefighters received bums to his
hands Mtinday when he was forced
to run through a flank on a fire in
southern Rusk County when the
fire suddenly erupted. That fire
grew to an estimated 2,000 acres by
mid-aftemoon Tuesday.
TFS crews responded to 45 fires
on Monday that burned nearly
4,500 acres before being contained.
Already this year, TFS crews havfc,
responded to ,l,582»fires in Ea$
Texas that burned an Estimated
56,579 acres. That compares tq,
1,510 fires that burned 18,469 acre*’1
during all of 1995, according to '
TFS statistics.
In reissuing the bum bait,
Thompson urged citizens’ coopera-
tion and has also called on th)e
sheriffs department to continue to
actively enforce the ban by ticket-
ing violators.
No more political letters
It is Enterprise policy that no letters to the editor pertaining to an
election be published in the edition immediately preceding that elec-
tion.
In keeping with that policy, no letters pertaining to April 9 primary
election issues will be published in the Sunday, April 7, edition.
Readers are reminded that this column is not meant to be a forum for
political candidates. Although we welcome comments from the public
concerning campaign issues -- up until the last paper prior to an elec-
tion - we do not allow reference to specific candidates for local office
in letters to the editor at any time during a campaign.
Election-related public comments in the last issue of the newspaper !
prior to the election will be confined to paid advertising.
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