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Jasper Dorsey
Argentina Fun Country
THIS IS THE time of year that
hunters grow restless. All that can be done
is to make sure guns are cleaned, oiled and
safely put away. Clothing should be clean
ed and hung in storage closets for fall.
Everyone waits for next season.
Not necessary. Now there is Argentina.
When hunting seasons are closed in North
America, Argentina is at its best! It offers
an overwhelming abundance of game, com
bined with a long and comfortable season
for the hunter or fisherman who travels.
March through August is fall and winter
down under the Southern Cross. The place
offers the international sportsman more
opportunity for gunning and fishing than
any place in the world.
EVERY HUNTER knows that a
favorable climate, unlimited grain fields,
mechanically harvested, will produce huge
resources in game birds. Argentina com
bines all this in a most effective and attrac
tive way ... and there's no local hunting
pressure. It's better than shooting over a
legally baited field. It is like shooting over
a baited country!
It’s a marvelous place to take wives
who hunt, or even wives who don’t. They
can have a great shopping binge in Buenos
Aires before, after or during the gunn
ing . . . as the spirit moves them. Leather
goods are abundant, well-made and very
reasonable priced; so are woolens, precious
gems and furs.
There's tremendous variety in sightsee
ing as well as the hunting. Patagonia in the
south offers the beauty of Alpine
Switzerland with the majestic and spec
tacular Andes Mountains. It also offers
world famous winter sports, the world's
best goose shooting, red stag, wild boar
and superb trout fishing.
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AT THE BRAZILIAN and
Paraguayan borders of the north is the
spectacular Iquazu Falls where mighty
waters fall violently into a deep Devil's
gorge. On the Parana River there's great
fishing for the fierce and brave Dorado,
highly esteemed internationally. There's
an almost infinite variety of climate from
tropical and subtropical areas in the north
to the Pampas of Cordoba in the center,
which offers perdiz, pigeons, partridge,
quail, ducks and year-round dove shooting.
Remember that Southern Argentina
has the straits of Magellan, Terra del
Fuego and borders Antarctica, with
breathtaking landscapes and glaciers. You
can't get much more variety than
On The Funny Side
By Gary Solomon
Real Men Don’t Slide
IF RECREATIONAL softball leagues
switched from anchored bases to new
breakaway bases, injuries and their costs
could be reduced by 99 percent, a report
in the Journal of the American Medical
Association indicated not long ago.
The bases, secured on top of a rubber
plate by suction and rubber grommets,
pop loose when hit by a runner, thus
preventing damaged ankles and knees
often associated with stationary bases,
which are anchored with a nut-and-bolt
system.
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“THINGS LIKE not knowing how to
slide, poor conditioning, late decision
making on when to slide, and even alcohol
consumption all figure into the problem”
of injuries, said one of the report’s authors.
“What these breakaway bases do is help
modify the outcome of those poor deci
sions . . . (and) provide a kind of second
chance.”
Although I welcome any development
that makes the sport safer, sliding is still
one of the toughest things to do properly
in the game of baseball/softball. Of course,
by the age of 30 most men and women
know better than to slide under any cir
cumstances, but there are still times when,
as the author of the report states, runners
make poor decisions. .
R
I'VE SEEN players swear on a stack
of Bibles that they’ll never slide again in
their lives, then hit the dirt to beat a throw
in a game they're losing 45-0. I've done it
myself, as a matter of fact. The last
thought to cross your mind as you fling
your body down on the rock-hard field is,
“Why am I doing this?!"” The answer is
that it’s a reflex action brought about by
years of believing that moments like this
are truly important in the scheme of
things.
““Maybe my hustle will inspire the rest
Argentina’s.
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THE CUISINE is exquisite almost
every place. Their beef is unbelievable,
their fish and chicken superb, so are the
wines. It's an European country, 93 per
cent are native-born descendants of Euro
pean immigrants; only seven percent of
the 30-million population are foreign born.
The Spanish came first, then Scots, Welsh
and Irish arrived to raise cattle and sheep.
Then came the Italians for agriculture,
followed by Germans in the late 1800 s.
One of our hosts spoke English with a
Scottish brogue, but his Spanish was that
of a third generation Argentine. His name:
Buchanan. Another host was a redhead
named Becker whose grandfather arrived
from Germany in 1870. He owned a
2,000-acre cattle ranch and had spent a
year farming in Kansas.
A HIGH POINT of our visit was ar
ranged by Senor Becker after we'd hunted
ducks on his place. The gunners had been
pulled in boats through the canals by
mounted gauchos. The gauchos also
retrieved downed birds. The lunch was at
a country schoolhouse. The children, who
ride horses to school, had been excused at
noon so the lady teachers could prepare
the food. We were greeted warmly. The
vivacious headmistress enthusiastically
kissed each of the scruffy hunters on the
cheeks.
The schoolroom walls were rich with
posters and words of welcome. Then came
the glasses of white and red wines,
cheeses, crackers, breads and one of the
most delicious tomato and lettuce salads
you can imagine, laced with a delicate olive
oil and wine vinegar dressing. After a pi
quant potato salad came the charbroiled
tenderloin steaks, beef sausages, pork
sausages, and fruits for dessert. When the
grateful 11 hunters took up a collection for
the school of about SBS, you'd have though
we'd financed a major addition. Then they
cried. We toasted each other heartily. You
have to love these warm and
demonstrative people who work so hard.
THERE’S MUCH more than hunting
in Argentina. A sightseeing and shopping
trip is a marvelous experience and the
price is right. John W. Blankenship, Atlan
ta northsider of Brandon Mill Road, got
deep discounts for us in airfares and ac
commodations. He also can get airline
tickets to four cities in addition to Buenos
Aires at no extra charge. They're so eager
for U. S. visitors.
of the team,” you say to yourself. “‘After
all, it ain’t over 'til it’s over.” Little do you
know that while you lay there waiting for
a stretcher to carry you off the field, the
rest of the team is laughing about how
much you looked like a hippo on a
waterslide.
MOST PEOPLE never learn how to
slide properly. That's why there is what’s
known as the strawberry. Strawberries are
the red, bloody patches you see all spring
and summer on the knees, legs, and hips
of ballplayers who slide. Basically,
strawberries are places where flesh used to
be before it was ripped from the spot by
skin-eating dirt. If you search around the
four bases after a ball game, you'll often
find huge pieces of skin that perfectly
match the patches missing from the
players’ bodies.
There’s supposedly a way to slide that
prevents strawberries, but few players
ever learn it. In high school we wore bulky
“sliding pads” inside our uniforms, but the
first time you slid they rode up and pro
tected nothing but your armpits. What's
worse, they made you look fat, so hardly
anyone used them. :
SOME PLAYERS try to slide head
first, like they see the big-leaguers do on
television. What they don’t realize,
however, is that it's all done with mirrors
on TV. No pro really goes into a base head
first. One fellow I know, formerly a gung
ho kind of guy, went in head-first once dur
ing a softball game. He Banged the third
baseman in the knee with his head and was
out cold for nearly 10 minutes. The next
thing he knew, he was on his way to the
hospital in the back of an ambulance.
Like most other reformed ball players,
he now knows the truth: even with safer
bases, real men don't slide.
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Letters To The Editor
Pull Their Pants Down, Boys
Dear Editor:
Columnist Rich Jefferson (Potpurri, 6/16),
landed rather heavily on a lad{ animal lover
who had the courage to go public with her pro
test against cruelt‘y practiced at rodeos.
Jefierson's declamation was heavill[ylr rein
forced by quotes taken from a Lloyd Billingles
ly book that agéxeared to be a catalog of snide
putdowns aimed at ‘‘animalists.” Certainly the
animal lovers have created problems for resear
chers with their forays into the large universi
ty centers, but they have a lot of catchin%;up
to do, The vivi-sectionists have been at their
terrible trade for decades.
In a six-page Reader's Digest article (3/88),
by Dr. Robert J. White, a neurosurgeowo—
testing the activities of the ‘‘animalists,” White
only twice referred to the care given to research
animals: ‘“‘humanely” and “‘well treated.”
Those, of course, are elastic phrases that can
be stretched in any direction by the applicators.
Theg tell us nothing.
f course rodeos practice cruelty to animals.
Cruelty for pleasure and profit has been the
name of the game throughout human history.
Pastor Critical Of The News
Dear Editor:
Mf' gaswr’s article in our June 1 church
newsletter came to the attention of several
educators in the Chattooga County system, and
a copy reached The Summerville News. I receiv
ed many positive comments from school ad
ministrators and teachers, and also a response
from the news office.
My remarks were addressed mainly to the
1988 Chattooga High graduates in my con-
Fregation. I commended this outstanding class
or achievements such as state championships
in girls’ basketball, journalism, public speaking,
music video advertising and swine production;
for outstanding SAT scores; and for producing
a large number of prestigeous college scholar
shig winners.
encouraged the seniors to think about
these things rather than to be discouraged by
negative publicity about drug abuse, low test
scores, high rates of school dropouts and teen
pregnancies, and unfavorable comparisons with
the other school system in our county.
Although I did not call a name I made an of‘;-
vious reference to The Summerville News as a
source that ggblishes bad news about Chat
too%a High School.
he fact that so many people responded in
agreement and passed my newsletter around in
dicates that a large number of your readers
agree that you have an editorial bias against
the Chattooga County schools. Although% have
said very little about this myself, I have heard
it sioken and implied in many situations. If you
took an objective (?01l among Chattooga Coun
ty educators and Chattooga High students you
would find that a large segment of them have
strong feelings aboufethis prejudice.
To illustrate this continuing bias, let me
refer to a couple of items you have published
since I wrote my article. On Page 3-A of your
front section on June 9 you printed a large pic
ture showing where Chattooga High students
had cleaned out their lockers on the last day of
school. You headlined this as a ‘“Messy Hall”
and referred to it as “‘disorder.”'Was this the
Chattooia High subject most worthy of atten
tion on the week after honors day and gradua
tion? I do not know what your motive was in
publishing this item, but I d}; know how it came
across. I personally heard one of the school
board candidates using it negatively in his
campaign.
On the front page of your June 2 issue a
headline said, ‘‘Chattooga Scores Low on QBE
Test; Trion Students 2nd Highest in State.”
Perhaps both statements were newsworthy, but
your continual comparison between the two
systems serves no positive good. The Trion Ci
ty Schools are in a position to be selective in
regard to accglptin% or rejectiné students from
the county. The Chattooga County System
must take everybody. Many noted schools build
their reputations partially upon selective enroll
ment, and schoolg that must accept everyone
cannot compete with this.
Furthermore, such comparisons within the
county rekindle the bitterness of old rivalries
that I believe could now be put aside. The main
task of each system is not to compete with the
other, but in its circumstances to do the best
Bossible job of educating its students. When the
hattooga High Lady Indians were winning the
state basketball championship I was deligited
to see a large number of Trion people cheering
for them as enthusiastically as their own fans.
lam not a general critic of The Summerville
News. I have geen a subscriber and reader for
over 11 years. You cover news well and support
it with™ attractive pictures. You have won
honors I am sure you have earned. You have
been very good to print church news I have sub
mitted. I appreciate this. You publish a good
newspaper. [ contend, though, that your
newspaper would be more favorable both to
your readers and yourselves if you would put
Thanks To Law Enforcement
Dear Editor,
I would like to thank the Chattooga Coun- tions for their assistance in recovering a vehi
ty Sheriff's Department, the Summerville cle stolen from my used car lot last week.
Police Department, and both local radio sta- Joseph Jackson Auto Sales
Thankful For July Fourth
Dear Citizen:
Fire-works, the Statue of Liberty,
Philadelphia, and who could forget —
wat;ermeft))n. These are almost immediate
thoughts when one thinks of July the Fourth,
Independence Day.
V&?hat a marvelous time. Vacations, picnics,
family fun, and enjoyable get-togethers. With
all of the excitement one tends to forget the
world around him. Even what he is celebrating.
The greatest country in the world! Is it? The
United States of America! Are they united?
Before you set angry at my questions, let me
add that I love tgs country and its people.
Most of all, I love its freedom. However, I
would like you to look around you and seewhy
I asked those questions.
This is a country where 25 percent of the
boys and 16.5 percent of the girls respondin,
to a large survey of junior high afie child’.)ren saig
it was accefitable for a man to force sex upon
a woman if he spent money on her. As opposed
to what? The ‘“‘cheapskate’’ should go to jail?
Or what about our so-called Planned Paren
thood? This name misses with both words. One
million teen-age girls get pregnant each year
and I dare sag' very few ‘‘planned” it. And as
far as parenthood goes, don’t expect to leave
Ever study the tired eyes and u%ging bodies
of those pushed-to-death ponies that the kids
ride at fairs and carnivals? That's cruelty to
animals —at least they think it is. The task is
to define cruelty bueti on the animal’s terms;
not human terms.
Jefferson's apparent at.tem{)t to cloak the
rodeo movement in a mantle of evangelism by
introducing rodeo impresario, Charlie Lowry,
as a bom-a%ain Christian, is ludicrous — it
draws chuckles, not converts.
One wonders just how loudly Jefferson and
Lowry would scream if they were slammed sud
degly to the g}rlouxtl)d, their pants yanked down,
and a searing-hot branding iron pressed against
their derriere. Hey, that woultf be animalism,
wouldn’t it? No, as a matter of fact, it would
be riotously entertaining humanism.
Jefferson’s multifaceted polemic contained
several loose shots from the lip that deserve
book-length treatment, but sglace is of essence.
Perhaps we can pick up on this thing between
pra)l"er sessions at the rodeo.
om Greeson
LaFayette
aside some of your prejudices and bury some
hatchets.
(I express in this letter my individual opi
nion, and not that of my congregation at Sum
merville First Baptist Church).
Sincerely,
Jack Colwell
(Publisher's Note: Thank you for your letter
stating your views. We provide the Letters to
Editor column for just that purpose. I would
like to respond to several point you try to make
in your letter about The News.
First, your accusations that we are “‘biased
and prejudiced’’ are completely untrue. What
we at The News strive for is tle best possible
school system that we can have here in Chat
tooga County. We have no bias. We do not com
pare schools. We print the test scores of both
the schools because they both are in the coun
ty. If one does better than the other, then that'’s
something we can’t control. Would you say
anything if Chattooga scored better than Trion?
I'm sure that the educational people you talk
to say we are biased. But as far as the vast ma
jority of the people, I feel, that they overwhelm
ingly sugport our position, and that is truthful,
unbiased reporting of education.
Your remarks, “To illustrate this continuing
bias, let me refer to a couple of items you have
published since I wrote my article. One on page
3-A of your front section on June 9 you printed
a large picture showing where Chattooga High
students had cleaned out their lockers on the
last day of school. You headlined this as a
“Messy Hall". .. Was this the Chattooga High
subject most worthy of attention on tie week
after honors day and graduation?”’
To stretch the fact that this was bad news
or negative news is stretching it a lot. Buddy
Roberts, who made the picture out of total in
nocence, is a member of the class of 1988 and
I might add, a honored member of the class,
reported it as just one of the things students
do on the last day of sehool, much like college
kids throwing their caps when they get their
diplomas. Buddy, on several occasions, has
written complimentary columns on teachers
and education in general. But also in the same
paper, we had a full page devoted to the honors
day, including eight pictures. We had two pic
tures on the fummerville Middle Sclfi)ol
graduation; and several other scholarship win
ner photos. So, to answer your question, it is
obuvious that the most played-up news WAS the
honors day NOT the picture of the messy hall.
In the June 2 paper you mentioned, we did
have a story on the gBEy test scores on the front
page, but above it in bigger headlines was the
graduation story and pictures and inside were
TWO full pages of I ndlz?an Lore we donated the
space for to announce various awards and
school news.
If you remember, in my personal letter
recently to you, I had counted some 16,000 col
umn inches of ‘“good news’’ and only around
1,000 column inches of what you considered bad
news during the last school year. In these two
papers you mentioned there were 69 column in
ches o)‘);he two ‘‘messy’’ pictures and the test
scores story and 838 column inches of scholar
ships, honors, vocational and other good news.
So if anything, we are “‘biased” toward over
whelmingly printing good news about our
school system here.
We appreciate your loyalty as a reader and
would life to say that we hope in the future to
continue printing church news, school news and
any news that happens here in Chattooga Coun
ty, all the news, not just what we want to hear.
We hope with help from the people of Chattooga
County we can erase any problem that we may
encounter with enlightenment, teamwork and
a sense of pride to obtain the best we can for
our kids . . . our future leaders. — Gene Espy,
Publisher).
those clinics with a “‘bundle of joy.” Allow me
to now take you to the other side of the s%ec
trom where mothers cry at night because they
just don’t know how to answer their child when
it asks, Whly don’t we have anJy food?”’ Where
fireachers (claiming to know Jesus) tell their
ock, it's okay to live in adultery, just pay your
tithe.” Maybe you haven't seen the fellow J;wn
the street dying to be held and told that
somebody cares, hiding in a bottle of liquor.
Enough of the negative! The best thin
about this country is Li%eyty! Freedom to stang
up and sai “No, that's not right." Liberty to
sacrifice that dollar you would have spent on
soft drinks, and let that mother answer her
child. Choice to go and tell the man that we do
([:Jarse :nd want to help. That's why I love the
This Fourth enjoy yourself, but don*t forget
the reason why you are able to celebrate —
Somebodi' thought enough about you to
preserve liberty and freedom so that you could
el o you give of yourself, too?
on’t you give of yourself, too
Debbie Hed?ecock
Summerville Seventh-Day Adventist
Church
The Summerville News, June 30, 1988
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