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! ALTO HERALD, ALTO. TEXAS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER St. Ite*
ealth Vital Before Pregnancy
are becoming in-
aware of jute taw respoo-
'or m| feair babies wUTbe
Northrup, M.D., ex-
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i boot assure their intents'
MHhh by taking certain stepa that
will probably require a change of
tfeetyle. Some of these changes and a
birth-related facts Dr. Northrup
•>ela are important, are listed below:
First of all, pre-conception nutrition
«nd health of both the mother and the
ather is a vital factor that must be
taken into consideration. Women who
tave abused their bodies through poor
nutrition or the intake of harmful
Irugs have a much more difficult task
readying themselves for the concep-
Jon of a child. Of her advice to
couples who have not yet conceived an
infant, Dr. Northrup says, “I tell them
that sperm is being produced con-
tinuously, but you (the woman) have
i&R&SSHXis
««« k* okawyH much more
easily, so I will often counsel a change
in diet with a decrease of processed
food and so on. I sometimes en-
courage someone who is not
necessarily predisposed to (a) good
diet to take nutritional supplements,
because if someone is not going to
change their diet, then a good
multivitamin is of some value.'’ In
fact, Dr. Northrup describes the fin-
ding of a study conducted in Alaska
in 1110, as “astounding," a study
which established that parents who
•implemented their diets with key
vitamin and minerals, before con-
ceivii* a significantly lowered
their of having a baby with
neural tube defects. That kind of
defect occurs, according to Dr. Nor-
thrup, among hydrocephalis or
waterhead babies, and among those
infants in which “the spinal cord is
open and the sac is coming right out
the back.” Of course, those who
mipekm and/or drink, run a much
higW risk nt giving birth to seriously
defective infants because both paren-
ts’ bodily nutrients are so markedly
reduced by their use.
Secondly, pregnant women should
“avoid advene environmental sti-
muli;’’ such as “books that are on
tragic subjects or very frightening
subjects; to keep the quality of their
thoughts high,” according to Dr. Nor-
thrup. Amazingly, she advises against
pregnant women watching horror
movies because scientists have ac-
tually proven that a frightening movie
will cause the fetus to react totally in-
dependent of its mother. “Even if the
mother is calm and not scared by the
film, the baby will nevertheless react,
says Dr. Northrup. That finding is one
step beyond the also recent, but well-
publicized fact, that babies carried to
term by a mother under frequent
stress show adverse behavioral and
developmental changes. It is not
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Have you ever noticed how people
are motivated by different means?
Motivation is the action of an emotion
or desire operating on the will and
causing it to respond. More simply, to
motivate is to move.
This cartoon is about motivation.
The very thought of hanging moves
Snake Eye like nothing else can. Fear
is one of the greatest motivators in
life- fear of pain or punishment, fear
of failure, fear of the unknown, fear of
hanging.
Equal to fear as a motivator is love
Love motivates just about everybody
and unlike fear, it is a positive
motivator. Love of family, friends,
life, country, freedom, money, self, or
God, is a powerful force in our lives.
Some people are motivated by a
challange. Linda Down may be the
most powerfully motivated person in
the world.Ir 1982, Linda competed in
the New iurk Marathon. She finished
last, over eleven hours after the race
began. Linda has cerebral palsy.
Crippled from the waist down, she
“ran” on crutches. When asked why
she did it, Linda replied, "I just wan-
ted to see if I could." That’s reason
enough.
Alberto Salazar finished first in that
same marathon. Alberto watched his
first marathon from the sidelines and
said to himself, “I can do that." So he
did—better than anyone in the world.
Self-confidence motivated him.
If your life is dull and going
nowhere, what you need is to be
motivated by something or someone.
The greatest motivating power in the
world is the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Jesus motivates people to love, joy,
peace and success like nothing else
can. Jesus is the life changing,
problem solving, mountain climbing,
power packed motivator. Need a
moving force in your life9 Get in touch
with Jesus.
William E. Jenkins
Principal Speaks
ny SI EVE COOPER
a j be:otiic increasingly ap-
parent to many in the education
systems of our country that academic
standards have been on the decline for
some time. Test scores on the SAT
have been on the down turn for the
last 10-15 years. It has finally reached
the po’nt that those in education have
had to take a long hard look at what
has been going on and what has been
going on is very little.
Throughout our nation educational
standards have been lowered to ac-
commodate students that are not
being required to work on grade level,
•social prom cion and giving grades
has been at* accepted practice at
many institutions of learning with the
resu'ts hem*, a graduate who can
neither rea^ write or perform basic
math beyoiio an elementary level.
Educators hi • nad to look at exactly
what is going on in their schools and
what they have seen is a per-
missiveness that has “rubbed off”
from society itself. This per-
missiveness in the educational realm
has been absolutely devastating.
In the past few years some com-
munities have taken a look at where
they have been and have decided they
don’t like what they have seen and
want a change. Some communities
never did stray from “the basics" and
have excelled all along. What most
schools have done is to stray from
what works and what works accor-
ding to those that are having school is
s;mply strong discipline, required at-
tendance, relevant and meaningful
Kumework, teachers that set and
maintain standards and plain old
fashioned work. In other words, in or-
der to get a good quality education,
you must work for it in an atmosphere
condusive to learning.
An untruth in education has
prevailed for many years and this was
simply the fact that more money and
teaching aids would insure a better
education. This is simply not true. It
does take good equipment and certain
aids are necessary in order to have a
viable program but more for the sake
of more does not begat more. A good
education is determined by having
good teachers who have an environ-
ment where they can excell at what
they are called to do. The education of
a youngster is a very crucial thing and
we as parents should be very concer-
ned at the quality of instruction that
our youngsters are getting. We are
fortunate in our schools to have many
outstanding teachers.
As I’ve mentioned before in this
column, I believe that the parents of
our community want their youngsters
to receive the best that we have to of-
fer. Each thing we do at Alto Junior-
Senior High School is intended to
reflect this end. Things don’t always
move as fast as we would like,
however, our direction is secure and
we are continuously making moves
and decisions to enhance the
educational product our schools put
out.
It is our belief that a quality
education can be achieved if we are
willing to pay the price not only in a
monetary sense but also in the sense
of prescribing to those virtues men-
tioned earlier. Are we willing to
demand those things from our studen-
ts that will assure them a functioning,
vital role >n society after they
graduate. Does a degree from our
school mean that a youngster that
gets one can perform at least the
basic skills to survive in society. Can
the student think and make decisions
based upon sound facts.
This is the direction we are heading,
it will takp time to get there but I’m
sure each parent definitely wants
that for their child. We solicit your
support of your schools, you have a
right to expect the best education
possible for your child. Help us
achieve it.
Church Directory
A. Frank Smith United Methodist
Rev. Wm. Jenkins
Alto Church of Christ
Steven Klein
Calvary Baptist Church, Wells
Rev. Horace Fletcher
Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal
Rev. Tom Wainwnght
Camp Ground Baptist
Rev. Marion Huckabv
Church of Christ, Hwy. 69 North
J.P. Fields
Church of Christ, Wells
Cecil Stringer
The Church of Christ Jesus
Anzie Schanfish
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
John R. Grubbs
Cold Springs United Methodist
Rev. Calvin Dickey
First Assembly of God
Rev. J.J. Anderson
First Christ Holy Sanctified
Mother B.B. Warts
Falvey Methodist, Wells
Rev. James E. Wilkerson
First Baptist, Alto
Rev. Gene Kendrick
First Baptist, Wells
Elder Mathew McBrvde
First Pentecostal
Rev. Clayton McClendon
Forest Baptist Church
Rev. Earle E. Cummings
Lynches Chapel
Rev. Calvin Dickey
Missionary Baptist, AJto
Rev. Gary Brvant
Mt. Zion United Methodist
New Hope Baptist Church
Rev. T.J. Bagiev
Old Palestine
Rev. Donnie West
Pollok Baptist
Rev. Ken Shuman
St. Thomas Chapel A.M.E., Alto
R.L. Ellis
Sweet Union
Rev. J.T. Hart
Wells Chapel A.M.E., Alto
">• Rev. R.L. Ellis
Weches Primitive Baptist
Elder Octor Mosley
Union Hill Baptist Church
i Rev. Isaac Wiley
known whether such changes are
permanent, hut the chances are high
“We also know,” says Dr. Nor-
thrup, “that the baby will move in
rhythm with the mother’s voice at bir-
th ... and is sensitive to what the
mother does and says. I think we are
finding more and more," she con-
tinues, “that there is an individual
personality ‘in utero’ who must be
treated as a person who is a passenger
but also as an integral part of your
body ’
Concerning the actual birthing
process, Dr. Northrup discloses that
new data confirms that having a baby
on your back is not rally less comfor-
table, but that it prolongs labor as
well. Walking around until the final
stage of the birthing, however, seems
to exert less of a strain on the mother
and shortens labor. It’s a simple mat-
ter of working with gravity, instead of
against it. And if the newly-accepted
birthing chairs (used without excep-
tion until the 1700’s) are utilized also,
labor time is literally cut in half!
Dr. Northrup says she has incor-
porated many of the famous Dr.
Leboyer’s techniques into her
deliveries. “There are no light? on in
the room,’ except the one that is right
where I’m working. I ask everyone to
be quiet, and then we deliver the baby
and I immediately put it on the
mother’s abdomen (part of a process
called bonding) ... We reaiiy have to
leave people alone more now with
their husbands, and family. We should
just enhance the experience,” she
muses.
With Israel?
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The Stranger
by Park Watson
1 promised myself that 1 wouldn’t
mention politics or politicians this
week. Don’t do much good anyway.
Not too many of them pay much atten-
tion to what the folks who elected
them want any way. So I won’t men-
tion politics or politicians.
But if I was gonna ... I’d try to make
some sort of a point. But I ain’t gonna
write about them this week.
But there was this colony of ants. Y’
see they were living a peaceful life in
their homes out on the golf course.
They had their families. They had
their jobs. But all was well and they
were a happy bunch of ants.
Well sir, one day there came along
this golfer, see? He lined up his ball...
sighted down the course and took
mighty swing and dug into the ant hill.
Thousands of them died. Hundreds
were hurt. Panic hit the colony. Ants
were running in all directions.
Then this guy took yet another
swing at his ball. Missed again. More
hotnes destroyed. More casualties.
More distress and panic.
And just as the guy was set to take
another cut at the ball (he ain’t hit it
yet) the Mayor of the ant colony
struggled to his feet ... bloody and
beaten ... and screamed for attention
... and as the frightened ants began to
gather he screamed ... "If we want to
save ourselves ... we gotta get on the
ball."
Now if I was gonna write about
politics and politicians this week ...
which I ain’t ... there would be a
moral in there some plat'
By EDWIN FEULNER
Despite tbs tragic events of the peat
few weeks - the assassination of
Lebanese President-elect Bashir
Gemayel and two-dozen of his
followers, and the brutal revenge
massacre that was carried out in its
wake - now more than ever American
policymakers need to exercise
restraint, both in their actions and in
their words.
While everybody conceded that
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem
Begin is unlikely to win a scholarship
to Miss Tribble’s Charm School and
Beauty Academy, the severity of the
personal attacks on him, and the
abuse being heaped on the Israeli
government are uncalled for.
It’s time for everyone - President
Reagan and Secretary of State George
Shultz included - to back off.
To understand Israel and Israeli
policy, one must understand its tor-
tured and brief history. Israel grew
out of Europe’s death camp6. It was
intended to provide a refuge for world
Jewry. It is wrong to imply, as many
piously do, that the state of Israel, in
order to justify its existence, must
adhere to special moral standards we
ask of no one else in the world - not
even ourselves.
Before we join in the chorus
denouncing Mr. Begin, we also should
remember that Menachem Begin -
sweetheart or not - is one of only two
popularly elected heads of state in the
entire region. The others - from the
Saudi crown prince to the Libyan
madman - have never seen an elec-
tion. Menachem Begin was elected
and subsequently reelected to his post
- and can even be unelected by a vote
of “no confidence” in the Israeli
Knesset (parliament).
Israel is a constitutional
democracy; the other states in the
region, with the exception of Egypt -
the only state at peace with Israel -
are run by potentates and strongmen.
What is really behind the criticism
of Menachem Begin is the West’s own
weakness and feelings of inferiority.
Western leaders resent the fact that
Menachem Begin is willing to back up
his words with might. They resent the
fact that some people on the face of the
earth are still willing - voluntarily - to
fight for what they believe in. And
they resent Israel’s long string of bat-
tlefield successes - beginning in 1947
and lasting to this day - because we in
the rest of the West no longer seem to
have the stomach for victory. We, and
the French before us, proved that in
Southeast Asia.
In other words, it made us feel good
- in a patronizing, paternalistic way -
when we thought of Israel as an un-
derdog that the United States would
someday have to rescue from the
clutches of its nasty Arab neighbors.
Israel has grown up on us, however;
and like the bitter father who refuses
to recognize his daughter’s marriage,
many Americans feel they have to
punish this naughty grown-up child.
What’s to become of Israel?
The road to peace in the Middle
East isn’t as confusing as many of the
old pros make it out to be. Despite his
gruff-talk and no-nonsense demeanor,
Mr Begin has shown he is equally up
to the challenge of pence as he la in
meeting the challenge of war. What
standi in the way of peace la not Mr.
Begin'* much-overstated Intran-
sigence, but that of his Arab neigh-
bras.
1. The Arabs must declare an end to
the hostilities. Americans seem to
have short memories. But like it or
not, most of the Arab states still con-
sider themselves at war with Israel.
Let them now declare an end to war
and sign a peace treaty with their
neighbor.
2. That will require Arab
recognition of Israel. The peace
process cannot move forward until
the crown price of Saudi Arabia, the
king of Jordan, and the other heads of
state of the Arab world accept the ob-
vious; Israel is; Israel always will be.
It’s time for the President and
Secretary of State to start twisting
Arab arms. The future of the peace
process rests with them, not
Menachem Begin.
(Feulner is President of The
Heritage Foundation, a Washington-
based public policy research in-
stitute. )
Letter to the
Editor
Editor:
Republican Governor Bill Clements
said recently that abolishing the fuel
adjustment charges that we have in-
cluded into our electric bill would not
lower our bills.
Mark White the Democratic
nominee for Governor said that he
wants to do away with the fuel ad-
justment charge and in doing so would
lower our monthly bills. I am behind
Mr. White all the way. If it won’t
lower our bills then tell me why all the
utility companies are pouring literally
thousands and perhaps even millions
of dollars into Clements’ re-election
campaign. They feel threatened, of
course. They know that if the fuel ad-
justment charge is done away with
then it would lower our electric bills
thus cutting into their unwarranted
profits (.he expense of our citizens
who just want to be cool in the sum-
mer and warm in the winter.
1 am all for Mark White for at least
trying to lower our utility bills.
Republican Bill Clements has been
Governor for four years and during
that period of time we have seen our
utility bills go out of sight. In fact, the
people of Texas are paying some of
the highest utility bills in the entire
nation. Of course, there are always
those who have a defeatist attitude
and will say that no one can lower our
utility bills. But why can’t we give
Mark White a chance. At least he will
try - that is more than we can say for
Clements. Unless something is done
real soon only the wealthy will be able
to heat and cool theii homes.
Sincerely,
Steven T. Logan
Box 381
Alto, Texas
U.S.P.S. 015-020
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