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' treaders' our el: Bountiful bumpers Gutter language You needn t crack a book to improve your mind during  " your sununer vacation. Just get behind the wheel of your Edit;r,:h: J:ppal[led at the anlTS, paper is the b u I automobile. The highways, praise be to Exxon, are jammed with cars, most of which carry the distilled wisdom of the language used in the lendarticle As the Pastor otl ages on their bumpers. Following are examples of the type   ofthe yoUrlanguagePaperusedlastbyweek.Mr. BarberWhile ueep.ChurChconcernhere inlorShe.lttthe of message contained on the ubiquitous bumper sticker: in counseling is the business of el this. commumty. , him and his administrators, and Wflrung is most --,a CRIMINAL I wr'/¢IA(E IT 7'07o AD IOWFDITHE OODN'W8 the language used in private ... e we wan! to b01 HELP REHABILITATE interviews between the two of citizens ot me I you is your business, the really oo not language used in a public Read a Book Today I • o IA,Or.E, FAM.L, FORJUN, FO00.1 / No ,¢bels, suh ° MASOCHISTS UNITE! Black and Blue is Beautiful A brand of folk wisdom By JOHN GAAR Reading Alexander Solzhenitsyn's commencement address to Harvard University reminded me of comments made by an old American Indian I met and by science fiction writers Ursula K. Le Gain and Robert Sheckley. What do they have in common? Let's take them in order. I heard an Indian friend explain to her grandmother how we had landed on the moon. Her rendering of "rocket" was fascinating. "A flying candle with a fire on one end," was her description. How did the 19th century react? The grandmother felt if the Great Spirit wanted men on the moon He would have put them there. She didn't sound impressed. In "Dimension of Miracles" Sheckley has another unimpressed character remark, "What's such a big deal about the secrets of the Universe? They've been overrated, just like everything else. When you come right down to it, nothing's as good as you think it's going to be." Le Guin's book, "Tile Dispossessed," traces the career of a man named Shevek as he leaves one planet for another. The journey is a philosophical one as he moves from a communist society to a capitalist one. That's a skimpy sketch of the book but I think Solzhenitsyn will duplicate Shevek's experiences. The common tie with Solzhenitsyn is this: they're unimpressed with technology and western culture. If Solzhenitsyn weren't a man of renown and accomplishment GIVE SMOKEY A HAND Kill All Campfires and Smokers language to understand. HELP PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE Steal Something From An Indian CAUTION: The driver of This Car Operates on Regular Grass Belly Carter Has ABeet Billy[ GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE Guns Kill Gooks ave Trees --Don'1" i Read: Newspapers I SAVE THE WHALES REGISTER HARPOONS At GENERAL ELECTRIC Nuclear Waste is Our Most Important Product we'd be calling him an ingrate, advising him to love America or leave it, or demand his expulsion. There's another tie. Confront a person or group with a totally new and overwhehning culture and what's the response? We get lectures on spirituality. What else can they say? Competing with the new culture is obviously impossible. Former Indian Prime Minister Nehru mastered that kind of lecture. He prattled about "mystical Mother India" and some westerners loved that hokum. Eventually India misused nuclear material and exploded an atomic bomb. Solzhenitsyn is an intelligent man but he's experiencing future-shock. He's unprepared for western life with its variety, intensity, conflicts, experimentation. Even casual visitors discern our shallowness and superficiality. More interesting will be his comments after he learns the language and ascertains the depths of some of the culture. Whether Solzhenitsyn be right or wrong is unimportant. Whether we have critics is important. Excluding political tyrants or terrorists, our critics give us more than advice. They give us their time. They understand our nation is the greatest governmental experiment in history. If we fail, well, consider the alternatives. Criticism from anyone is difficult to accept but it's preferable to court orders, imperial decrees or worker's paradises. And criticism is not divisible into candy-coated phrases like "constructive" to make us feel better. Editor, The Journal: Many years ago I knew a southerner named Harris, a slim whitehaired philosophical old chap endowed with charm, wit and eloquence. His conversation, spiced with a Dixie drawl, was a delight to listen to. One day Harris was nettled by somebody who asked him what his nationality was. "Nationality?" he queried, "Well, suh, I'm a white native son of Virginia if that means anything. In any case, black, yellow, red or white, hell difference does make? "Remember that _man's skin is of underneath, his universally the same must tell you, suh, being a white Vir American are merely labels. One's color or origin are of no whatever. I am a world." Z Disregarded signs Editor, The Journal: Not often can one find such clear cut evidence of deliberate trespass as your picture on page 4, July 13th edition of your newspaper - "A Moss Covered Cove on Pickering Passage" - taken of and on my property at McClain's Cove. However, despite your obvious disregard of "no trespass" signs, I will mainly because you of the most around. Also, if you could subscripti9n for one me at my Yakima send the paper there, most appreciative. Wm. Saved in the nick of time You think you've got problems, friend? residents Tuesday night. You don't know the meaning of the word. Read on as "Some even drove out there to see if a drug bust was in Words are o ffen " Editor, The Journal: the Shelton-Mason The full page article on Journal in the 'Sex-crazed prison sociologist enjoyed most of them. Bob Barber,' in last week's the interview with the Journal was a disgusting and was filled with ex insulting account. I found revolting. There are ways of expressing The general public one's self without resorting to of understanding vulgarity, used in a discreet I want to congratulate Steve is no need of blurting Patch for the interesting that are offensive and write-ups he has had published in Mable we present the trials and tribulations of Sally, the heroine progress or if a plane had crashed. of a film now in production in southern California. "It was nothing quite that spectacular, nevertheless, the Enioyed gym fl The following is lifted from a story in the Ramona activity at the airport was interesting. A film company fl S (California) Sentinel. from La Habra was making a movie with the assistance of "Sirens blaring, red lights flashing, and an airplane Ramona Fire Department and Mission Aviation Fellowship. Editor, The Journal: and helpers Jenny buzzing Ramona's airport drew the attention of many "The movie, called 'Turbulence,' is a Christian film that Last evening my daughter and Lisa Brown, were I "ap'-o''"ome: tells why the righteous suffer, explained its writer and and myself wentto the only hope that in [l,,J[[[[ l[l[ director, Dave Elliot. exhibition of the summer parks years Shelton keeps I..,1E1 ".1.1 "The hour-long film will cost $50,000, said its producer and recreation gymnastics program. [t ,l[[l Paul Goodman of Mission Enterprises. It's a low budget program. Bonnie Whitmore Those young boys should have a big pat were really something Poll says voters want film he admitted, but volunteer help made it possible, on the ] period i ie2'sa!nd t!t!n°r!i°uts°2!visaeriildmcgraiiai! back f°r her w°nderful j°b she were remarkably g°°d' did with these young up and enjoyed it very much. In Anita's House Are Many Mansions coming Olympic stars. , Mrs. But Only One aoset t ax ¢ Ut i Her assistant Bryce Smith ........ One day the youngster, Ricky, played by Rick Ramos,   By ROBERTC. CUMMINGS as thermalplants. But all of the accidently shoots himself while playing with agun. The Worm €lppreci •  T  l  [ [3 [l] When voters overwhelmingly revenue would be distributed mother then takes him to the local airport so he can be approved Initiative 345, they within the impacted area. apparently weren't just voting against the sales tax on food. IOYCOTT UPll A typical "blue collar" legislative recent poll taken in a district which encompasses both urban and rural areas, the prime motivation of 81.2 percent was to get a tax cut. In other words, they would have voted for any form of tax reduction which happened to be on the ballot, regardless of where it hit. Considered Unfair An even larger percentage of this same majority, however, 90.4 percent, said they wanted to get rid of what they considered to be an unfair tax on a necessity. Similarily, 81.2 percent said that if a tax increase is needed to fund education, they would oppose an extension of the sales and use tax to personal services. More than two-thirds, or 68.7 percent, said they hoped I DON'T BLAME ME -- I DIDN'T VOTE [ CELEBRATE BROTHERHOOD WEEK Take Your Brother to Lunch i I .o.,,., ,.. ,oo, OF O.L.V.L I flown to medical assistance 300 miles away. Both measures also would Official Government Vehicle THIS CAR RUNS ON HOT AIR Get Involved in Your Government Solicit a Bribe  ] ItVS YOU MUGGED YOIYR PAIENT8 TODAY. I Vote for THOMAS P. O'NEILL (D) South Korea their votes would force some sort of tax reform. They weren't asked for their views of an income tax, but they rejected it by a majority of more than 77 percent just five years ago. Tax on Energy Mulled Meanwhile, a House subcommittee on revenue is considering two proposals for taxing energy facilities. Both bills would levy a tax on hydroelectric facilities as well ,Oaoe 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 27, 1978 repeal the property tax paid by private utilities, and the excise "in-lieu-of" tax paid by PUD's. City Facilities Included Each of the proposals also would tax all generating facilities owned by cities, which presently aren't taxed either by the state or, in most cases, by local taxing districts. The same rate and method is proposed by both bills, an excise tax of three percent on the wholesale value of the energy produced. But different ratios of distribution are proposed. Radius Varies, Too One proposal, known as Draft No. 2670, would apportion 70 percent of the proceeds to the state for distribution to school districts within a thirty-five-mile radius, with the balance going directly to local taxing districts. The other, Draft No. 2617, would apportion 90 percent to the state for redistribution within a fifty-mile radius, and ten percent to local taxing districts. Draft No. 2617 also would levy a five percent excise tax on the construction costs of all facilities built after the effective date of the act. "While enroute, the plane runs into a storm - thus the title - and Ricky stops breathing. The pilot, who is a missionary, goes back to revive the boy while the mother takes over the controls. "After Ricky regains consciousness, the pilot goes back to the cockpit, but the plane hits an air pocket before he gets there, rendering him unconscious. "The frantic mother is left to fly the plane all by herself. To add to her problems, the plane loses an engine and the lights at the airport are knocked out by lightning. "However, the girl's estranged father, who is at the airport with her mother and handicapped brother, is frantically trying to get the power restored. "Back in the air, the girl is fighting with the controls when another problem appears. She's headed straight for a mountain. "But, just in the nick of time, 'she accepts the Lord,' and" saves herself and her passengers from a fiery crash. "Meanwhile, back at the airport, flares are placed on the runway in the shape of a cross to aid in the landing. Fire trucks and an ambulance await the crippled aircraft." Whew! t .eltoq- 00oo00,00Jour00al Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584, Weekly. Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $7.00 per year in Mason County $9.00 per year in State of Washington $]2.00 per year out of State EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay t Editor, The Journal: This is a belated expression of my pleasure and.appreciati6n of the Visitor's Guide (June 15, 1978) _ a beautiful job by Carolyn Maddux and Barbara Nelson in behalf of our beautiful Mason County. No, this was not lost mail for a month. It's the greater the age, the takes "to get around" a few words. My still warm. Emma B.  Mack McGinnis'  Dr. William A. Ward is blamed by a friend for the telephone executive who was also a health science buff managed to create a clone of himself. The clone was a likeness but was terribly obscene. Finally, in desperation, exec took the clone to a cliff and pushed it off, the first person to be charged with making an obscene (George Dolan in Forth Worth Two men were talking about a friend. "I can't understand loses so much money at the racetrack and yet he is so lucky plays poker." "That's easy to understand," his friend don't let him shuffle the horses at the track." r i (Charlie Wadsworth in Orlando Joe Griffith says he saw the effects of Proposition 13 California for a Fourth of July speaking engagement: "I that was led by the United States Marine Corps Trio." (George Dolan in Fort Worth Remember when debtors used to be thrown in prison? Look; we've come.., now they're offered more credit