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Letters To The Editor
Superintendent Cites Band
Dear Editor:
I want to take this opportunity to express
fi appreciation and admiration for Mr. Ron
, band director, Mrs. Donna Davis, assis
tant director and the Chattooga High School
Band for their outstanding work and perfor
mance in the field of musicc. ™
I especially want to commend them for their
recent triumphs in the area band competitions.
TheK received superior and outstanding ratings
at the “Fort Mountain Marching Band Com
petition” on Saturday, Oct. 8. Th% also receiv
ed superior honors at the ‘‘Valley Arts
Festival” in Alexandria, Ala., on Oct. 15. Last
Saturday at the First Annual Marching
Festival “Northwest Georgia Classic” in Cass,
they received straight superior ratings for each
area of scoring. OnFy two of the 17 participating
Thanks To Sen. Fowler
Dear Editor:
On behalf of consumers who shop for value
and the discount industry which provides that
value, I extend our appreciation to Sen. Wyche
Fowler for his courage and efforts to protect
both consumers and legitimate discount
retailers.
Senator Fowler was deeply troubled by a re
cent U. S. Supreme Court decision that not only
threatened the survival of the discount industry
but also raised the potential for consumers to
pay higher prices.
Senator Eowler responded by working with
29 Democrat and Republican Senators to pass
5.430, The Retail Competition Enforcement
Act of 1988. This legislation, which was heavi
lg' lobbied against by some ‘‘Big Business
pecial Interests,” was an attempt to protect
legitimate discount retailers and to prevent full
price department stores from pressuring
manufacturers to force discounters either to
raise prices to customers or to stop supplying
us with merchandise.
Senator Fowler Praised
Dear Editor:
Legislation to designate wilderness areas in
the Rocky Mountains of Montana may seem far
removed to Georgians. But because anti
wilderness interests and their allies in the
Reagan Administration tried to use the Mon
tana bill as part of a plan to change forestry
laws everywhere incl‘l)lding Georgia's Chat
tahoochee National Forest, the bfil suddenly
grew in importance. Fortunately for conserva
tionists everywhere, Senator e’Vyche Fowler
stepped forward and stopped them.
Unlike major legislation which is subject to
days of debate and well-publicized votes, most
wifiierness bills are the result of discussions
within a state's congressional delegation. Once
agreed to, they pass quickly, without lengthy
debate. Sometimes, however, special interests
try to use these bills to slip in the loopholes and
exemptions that weaken environmental laws.
In this case, within a bill protecting some of
Montana's most beautiful forests and moun
tains as wilderness, there was a provision
removing some U. S. Forest Service planning
decisions from the purview of the courts. This
loophole, changing federal law for one state,
Bake Sale Successful
Dear Editor:
The benefit bake sale held on behalf of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Willmon on Oct. 8 at Wal-Mart
was an overwhelming success. Total proceeds
from this effort were in excess of $2,000.
Words are inadequate to express this fami
ly's heartfelt thanks to those wfio donated bak
Gore Thanks Community
Dear Editor:
The Gore Area Volunteer Fire Department
wishes to thank eveal:[yone who attended and
supported our annual carnival and helped to
make it a success.
A special thanks to all those who helped and
Seriptures Wrested Wrongly
Dear Editor:
It saddens my heart just to think of the way
the denominational wor{d defines Christianity.
They add to, take away, bend and twist God’s
holy scriptures to teach their un-biblical doc
trines. There are many honest and sincere
heaven-seeking souls out there that are misled
by the Devil's tool — false doctrine.
The warning of false teachers is recorded
several times in the New Testament. One of
these is found in 2nd Timothy 4:3-4: ““For the
time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine, but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers having itching
ears; And they shall turn away their ears from
the truth, andy shall be turned unto fables. .. "
Friends, I question you — To whom is this
warning given? Listen to this warning which
is given in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9: **And you who
are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that know not God and obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
&’ho shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord and
from the Slory of his power? What does this
phrase, ““Obey not the Gospel”’ mean?
Denominational doctrines teach salvation
by ‘‘faith only”’ or “‘grace only” and that man
has no part at all in the salvation of his soul.
Well, if the gospel is God’s power unto salva
tion, as it is clearly taught in Romans 1:16, then
one seeking eternal life in heaven would surely
want to obey it.
In the first gospel sermon recorded in the
New Testament, Peter taught these honest
truth-seeking souls what it meant to “obey the
gospel.”” Notice Acts 2:38: “Repent, and be bap
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
“In the name of”’ means by the authority
of” just like “stog in the name of the law”
means by the authority of the law.
“For the remission of sins” is often misinter-
Yreted as ‘‘because of the remission of sins.”
f this means ‘‘because of’ in Acts 2:38, it
would also have to mean ‘‘because of'’ in Mat
thew 26:28 when Jesus instituted the Lord's
mer: “For this is my blood of the new testa
ant which is shed for many for the remission
bands received this excellent rating.
The band members are to be commended in
the outstandinfi way they represent the Chat
tooga County High School and the communi
-3 in these competitive events and they should
so be recognized for the diligence in l:‘:ractice
and the effort they have exfi)ended which has
enabled them to receive such honors. Mr. Bec
ton and Mrs. Davis are to be commended as
leaders and teachers and their ability to
motivate their students.
I hope the band will continue to reap the
honors they so rict:alé/ deserve and | hoge they
will also be esteemed and praised for these ac
comg;lishments by the school and community.
incerely,
Don Hayes
Superintendent
Upon learning of Senator Fowler's effort to
assist in f)assage of this important pro
consumer legislation, a fullscale effort was
made by major business interests to pressure
him into curtailing his efforts to pass the
legislation. Despite intense pressure, Senator
Fowler fought for the rights of consumers and
legitimate %iscounp retailers. e
The House version of this important legisla
tion was passed b[-‘,' a unanimous voice vote last
November, but the Senate version ran into a
filibuster by Senators Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Unfortunately, the
Senate ran out of time to be able to pass the
legislation this session.
We want Georgia residents to know that
they should be proud of Senator Fowler and his
effort to irotect their pocketbooks and their
right to choose where they shop.
Sincerely,
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse
Monroe G. Milstein
Chairman of the Board
would have broken with a procedure agreed to
eight years ago by Congress for grappling with
forest and wilderness bills in 25 states, in
cluding Georgia. And once the door was open
ed a crack, industry lobbyists had another bill
ready to expand tKe exemptions further.
Senator E‘owler, chairman of the Conserva
tion and Forestry Subcommittee which
oversees our nation’s forestry management
laws, would not let the Montana bill slip by. In
stead, he worked to block the bill's passage un
til the offending language was eliminated and
Montana conformed%?xlly to laws governing all
national forests.
In the crush of business before Congress ad
journs, it is not easy or popular for a senator
to step in front of such a bill. But because of
it, a legislative end run was averted, and our
forestry laws remain secure and balanced. Since
these quiet actions get so little attention, we
wanteg you to know what Senator Fowler has
done for us all. i
Sincerely,
Tim Mahoney
Washington Representative
Sierra Club
ed goods, money, time and to those who made
purchases.
Special thanks go to Wal-Mart for the space,
Wometco for tables, Trion Facts, The Summer
ville News and WGTA radio for publicity.
Barbara Peek :
Sybil Williams
to all those who donated cakes, for our sweet
walk. Everyone had fun! Hope to see you again
next year.
Gore Area Volunteer Fire Department
Clinton E. Young
Chairman
of sins.”
Does this mean Jesus shed his blood
because our sins have already been remitted?
Certainly not! Just as ‘‘for’’ means ‘“‘unto’’ or
“in order to” in Matthew 26:28, so likewise this
is the correct meaning of ‘‘for the remission of
sins’’ in Acts 2:38 . ..
The truth about baptism is not taught to
many honest and sincere seekers of the truth.
Men (and women) are not baptized because
their sins have already been blotted out, but to
obtain the remission of sins through the clean
sing blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. He shed his blood for the remission of
sins and we repent and be baptized for the
remission of sins.
Christ’s death on the cross is God's part in
the plan of salvation, and our obedience to the
gosgel is our part. To say that we can do
nothing in order to receive salvation is totally
a false doctrine.
I urge you if you have any questions con
cerning this Biblical teaching, contact any of
the churches of Christ in this area or call me,
Tommy Odum, to obtain a free Bible cor
respondence course. Remember, there is no
charge for this material.
Cgall 734-3780 Monda{ through Friday after
4 p.m. Remember — There is no promise of
tomorrow. Today is the day of salvation.
Tommy Odum
Member of the church of Christ
That Meets at Pennville
News Clips—-
HOT AIR
Reputation is a large bubble which will
burst when you blow it up yourself. — At
chison (Kan.) Globe
WISDOM
When we discuss, we show our in
telligence, when we argue, we display our
ignorance. — Grit
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The Summerville News, November 3, 1988
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"It Was Announced Earlier Today During A Live
Interview With The Recently Rescued California Gray
Whales, That They Have Hired An A%ent Who Is
Presently Negotiating Book And Movie Rights As Well
As Future Personal Appearances
ko Cheri’s
By Cheri Teague
Eaten Up With Gall
I'M STARTING to get adjusted to college life. I've
retired the campus map and the copy of my schedule that
I was constantly checking during the first week.
I'm no longer in such a rush to get to class on time.
I really like all my classes except for algebra. I'm just not
a math person. I like subjects that I can relate to people
and see the significance of. It's hard to see the importance
of a x b x c equals 0.
I particularly enjoy my political science class. The pro
fessor, Dr. Loch Johnson, is excellent. He is very
knowledgeable, experienced, and sophisticated. Yet, at the
same time, he is a great communicator, speaker, and
writer. He also has a terrific sense of humor.
I WOULD like to relay to you a true story he told us
about a racecar driver, Bruce McLaren, whom he knows
personally.
Bruce was competing in a race in a very small town
in France. This town consisted mainly of a racetrack and
a convent.
Bruce owned a big sweater that had become like his
good luck charm. But, that wasn't t{:e only reason he wore
the sweater. ' & W LS 3
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THE PART OF the race that he had to drive was 12
hours long. In that time, a person is bound to get hungry.
So Bruce always stuffed the sweater with fried chicken.
Whenever he got on a straightaway he would whip out a
drumstick and chow down.
At this particular race, the nuns, assisted by a woody,
a station wagon with wooden panels, were running a type
of ambulance service.
AS BRUCE CAME around a curve, he saw he had
three choices: he could run into the stands, the pit, or the
car that was in flames in front of him.
He decided to gear down and evacuate the car as best
he could.
HE WOKE UP on a table with nuns standing over him
with strange looks on their faces. Bruce realized that when
they had started to remove his sweater they had found
a mass of crushed bones and flesh, without knowing it was
chicken instead of Bruce.
In an attempt to calm the nuns, Bruce picked up some
of the flesh and ate it. Two of the nuns passed out.
Ha! Yes, it is a true story. Thank you Dr. Johnson for
that wonderful tale.
AS ALWAYS, I welcome and appreciate your com
ments and suggestions for ‘‘Cheri’s Copy.”
P 0 tp”urri from editorial p;ge
NOW, WHO IS it that has misrepresented Dukakis?
Those blaggarts at the NRA? George Bush? Or Michael
Dukakis, when he says what he thinks conservative, gun
owning Democrats want to hear?
Back to trick-or-treat for a moment. Chattooga Coun
tians, along with other overwhelmed Georgians, will need
to vote on 15 Amendments to the State Constitution. The
first two are real important, and I will vote no on both of
them. Amendment 1 calls for appointing a commissioner
of education to replace the elected superintendent of educa
tion. That would mean all top state education officials
ultimately serve at the pleasure of the governor, and that
gives him too much power in education.
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AMENDMENT 2 would give state representatives and
senators four-year terms. There would be no elections for
representatives and senators in 1990, but there would be
again in 1992, I say vote no. Aren’t we safer with those
fellows campaigning frequently than when they have free
time to devise new ways to spend our money? This elec
tion sure could be trick or treat.
Not to worry about Halloween, though. Dukakis has
thought of everything. One report said he appointed an
official “‘priestess of witchcraft” for the famous town of
Salem, Mass. The report said he did it against the will of
the Salem City Council.
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WHOEVER SCHEDULED elections close to Hallo
ween has a diabolical sense of humor.
GROCERY SPECIAL
Shopper examining product in supermarket: “There's
a lot more food mixed with the additives in this one.” —
Wall Street Journal
On The Funny Side
By Gary Solomon
Food Stamp Cheaters
THE WOMAN was fuming when I
entered the family grocery store where she
works as a cashier.
“0000, that makes me so mad I can
hardly stand it!"’ she growled to no one in
particular.
“Pardon me?" I asked, afraid I had
come in the “‘out’ door.
“DON'T PAY any attention to me,”
she replied. *‘l'm just talking to myself.”
“Something wrong?" I questioned.
“Yeah, welfare. That's what's wrong,”
she shot back. I was in no hurry, and since
there weren't any other customers waiting
in line, I asked what she meant.
“DID YOU see the lady who was leav
ing as you walked in?"’ she asked. I nodd
ed, remembering a short, slender woman
with a small sack in her hand. ““‘She’s ex
actly the type that gives welfare a bad
name.” Not knowing much about welfare,
I again asked her what she meant.
“That lady came in here waving a $lO
.food stamp coupon and bought a piece of
candy for a nickel,” she explained. “When
a person buys something with foods
stamps, the law says I'm supposed to give
them their change in food stamps, too. But
the smallest denomination of food stamp
is one dollar, so I gave the lady nine one
dollar coupons, plus 95 cents in regular
coins.
I NODDED to indicate I was following
her so far, and she continued.
‘“Next she picked up another piece of
candy and handed back one of the $1
coupons I had just given her. I rang it up
and handed her 95 more cents in change.
“THEN SHE proceeded to do that
eight more times. By the time she was
finished, she had $9.50 in real money.
When she broke the last food stamp, she
winked at me and said, ‘Going to the club
tonight.’
Jasper Dorsey
Dukakis Lousy Choice
IN THE CURRENT campaign for the
Presidency of the U.S., conservatives
must have earned at least a modicum of
respect when the candidate of the Left
feels compelled to lie about it; about the
basic left-liberal views he has held during
his whole political experience.
Great news, also, for Southern conser
vative Democrats is the indication that
Gov. Dukakis is going to be wiped out in
almost all Southern and border states.
Maybe the left-liberals who have exercis
ed close control over the Democratic Na
tional Committee and the convention for
decades will be driven out of power even
tually. Liberal Democratic Presidential
candidates obviously can’t win down here.
Carter won only because most thought he
was conservative. He lost when they
discovered he was not. -
NOTICE, TOO, that the proliferating
political polls are commencing to focus on
state results rather than the popular vote
nationally. Somebody must’'ve
remembered that U. S. Presidents aren't
elected by a national popular vote, they are
elected by 270 or more votes in The Elec
toral College. So, state polls reveal much
more than any nationwide polls can,
especially if you wish to choose the pro
bable victor. Moreover, a candidate with
a majority of one vote in a state, wins all
of the electoral votes of that state. Indica
tions are now that Mr. Bush could win in
a landslide elctoral vote.
Another factor in the Bush rise is that
this election features a liberal Democratic
candidate who cannot be accused of
charisma or philosophical coherence.
FURTHERMORE, the governor is
planning to put upon taxpayers a much
larger federal bureaucracy to administer
a host of new programs to manage our
lives. He plans more taxes, too. That's
another hazard to any candidate’s health,
because voters have become sophisticated
enough to know that any increase in taxes
is used for only one purpose: to increase
government political power. It is never,
never spent to balance budgets.
Simply put, Gov. Dukakis tries to
curry favor with a ‘“free lunch’ offer.
Nobel Prize winning economist, Milton
Friedman of the Hoover Institution, says
T wanted to reach across the counter
and slap her,”’ the cashier went on, "I
mean, I don't have anything against food
stamps if people need them. A lot of peo
ple who are elderly or down on their luck
need them to survive. But when something
like this happens, it makes the whole
system look bad.
* * *
“WHAT MAKES me even madder is
that last year when my husband and I
were going through rough times, we got
turned down for food stamps. We were
struggling to keep food on the table for
ourselves and our kids, but they said that
since we both had jobs, we couldn’t get
any help.
“Sure, we both had jobs, but they bare
ly paid minimum wage. We figured we
might get some assistance until we got
back on our feet, especially since we were
holding down jobs and trying to help
ourselves, but we couldn’t get a thing.
“AND NOW this lady uses hers to go
to the club. It's just not right,” she said,
visibly angry.
“Couldn’t you refuse to give her
change?" I asked. ‘lt seems like what she
did is fraud.”
“NOT ACCORDING to the law,” the
cashier replied. “We can't refuse to give
her change any more than we can refuse
to give change to somebody who breaks a
bunch of dollar bills so he can get enough
quarters to wash his car.”
We talked a while longer before I final
ly made my waly to*the qtoor.
“LIKE I SAY, I don't begrudge food
or assistance to anyone,”’ she repeated.
“I'm glad it's available for people who
need it. But when someone abuses the
privilege like that, it leaves a bad taste in
your mouth. They give the whole program
a bad name.”
I told her I agreed.
D
the main lesson he's learned in a lifelong
study of economics is that there is no such
thing as a free lunch. Everything else, he
says, is only elaboration. Any increase in
taxes will just be spent by Congress, never
to reduce any deficit. Deficits are caused
by overspending.
IN THE FINAL debate, Mr. Dukakis
boasted he'd appointed to Massachusetts
courts only the best judges, “not those
who are ideologically attuned one way or
the other.” Sen. Patrick Leahy (D. Vt.)
claimed the same thing on a McNeil/Lehrer
Newshour, saying that a President
Dukakis would not be influenced by his
membership in the ACLU to appoint
judicial activists of the Left. Both
predicted only Centrist appointments.
That ain’'t so either. The only two
Dukakis appointments to the
Massachusetts Supreme Court, Justice.
Paul Liacos and Justice Ruth Abrams, are
committed to the radical agenda of the
ACLU and to forcing it on the public by
judicial “amendment” of the Constitution.
Their judicial records prove it in spades.
Both are leading candidates for U.S.
Supreme Court appointments by a
Dukakis administration, according to a na
tional legal publication. Taking great
credit for all his appointments, the gover
nor appointed Justice Liacos over
strenuous objections from the state bar.
TO GIVE READERS closer insight in
to Washington problems, consider:
Perhaps the worst thing that ever happen
ed to the federal government was the in
vention of air conditioning.
Before that, life during summers in The
District of Columbia was unbearable.
That's probably why D. C. was chosen for
the nation’s capital. The Congress, the Ad
ministration and all bureaucrats who
could, left the capital in April and went
home or to a more salubrious place until
winter. Serving in congress was a part
time job. Members earned their living at
home in the professions or as merchants,
ete. >
THE COMING of air conditior{lng
ruined a good situation for the nation.
Ever since, we've been plagued by full
time, career politicians. X
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