Thoughts and Things
from The Journal Staff
to Stan grey cardboa Therewas out the shamrocks for a
a native of little more than instruc- vearin' of the green.'
on his appoint- tions for mounting photos Music lovers of all ages
of the inside the actual album, might want to make a
Inn. So, in jest, more or less, note of Amateur Night,
served as and remembering a letter held weekly on Thursday
manager and a fellow I used to work evenings beginning at 9.~0
with wrote to the presi- p.m. at Nick's Sandwich
added dent of a pencil company, Shop in Stillwater. Musi-
locale to its because their pencils clans, entertainers, and
with the wouldn't fit in any stan- comedians of all ages are
as the dard sharpeners, I decided encouraged to contact
Lee Bell's to attempt correspon- Nick's to schedule time for
wedding was &race. His attempt at per- their acts during the show.
serial communication with Last week's line-up few
--Land the manufacturer had net- tursd several good guitar
.... tar a personal reply, players, a comedy duo,
:of people I am With the same hope, I and a fiddle player, all
think spring, began a short message, from Stillwater and the
write this it is Short, howbeit humorous, surrounding areas. I
we for a postcard. I won't thought I'd mention the
farm' b~ quote it here. Suffice it to Amateur Night here, for I
this way say, within the week, in believe there might he a
cows start the return mail I received wealth of entertainment
One cow came a brochure describing the and talent closeted
new baby last brass plates--with my amongst The Journal
another postcard stapled to it. I readers that I could ex-
have just am still a little affronted, pose in future Corner
which limits My indignation over the columns. There is no
of cows we thing is only eased by charge to enter or watch
so these things featuring that the compa- the entertainment, and
interest for us. ny uses robots to handle Nick's is a family kind of
Years ago when correspondence. Folding place so you can bring the
L and Dsari were and stapling machines, t~ wife and kids.
we thought tally void of any sense of Enjoy the week...take
on the place humor, time to smell the flowers
a name. But, --Janet (if they survived the re-
Shorty the .... cent snowstorm last
the rooster A note here to let the Monday)!
|e to the frying Cimarron Valley know I --Katldeen
When it came to survived St. Patrick's ....
we could Day--not only in style-- Last Thursday and Fri-
let alone but with a bit of class, too. day the Perkins-Tryon
So that habit This past week I was the High School Journalism
of stopped recipient of a beautiful class visited our backshop
o~¢e in awhile gold necklace from my here at the Journal.
be a pretty mother-in-law, Ruby. The After typesetting the
~e that has a thing that makes this par- students' basketball and
getting here ticular piece of jewelry soschool news for several
Stock with a special is the charm that weeks now, I must admit
hangs on it; a gold Irish I was pretty curious to
to See you B.P. leprechaun sitting in his meet these aspiring young
--Earlene tophat with an ornery Ir- writers.
ish smile etched on his They arrived much
of industry face. quieter than I remem-
surprising- What little Irish luck bered ever being in class;
was the I'm blessed with held this very polite and attentive.
an inquiry I weekend as many friendsFirst we traced the path of
of and I gathered to their stories; through
I select- celebrate St. Paddy's Day mark-up, typesetting,
recent vaca- at the farm of a friend, proofreading, paste-up
The box the Afraid that the weatherand layout. This done, we
tu made refer- would be bad, we made ar- came back to the MCS
rangements to take our typesetting computer and
information "outside" party inside,several of the class corn-
which was Saturday dawned wet andposed and processed their
cold, but near 10 a.m. the imaginary stories.
deciding I sun broke through the "Space Pigs invade
one, as the clouds and chased away Earth" would have been
was a sp~ the rain for the duration of the leading Demon Dis-
the our gathering. (I knew St. patch story this week if
an Pat wouldn't rain on mythe students had had
parade--but he sure made their way.
And I me wondert) Our celebra- --Dab
else. Just tion was enjoyed by all
to look and I ~n anxiously await-
inside of theing next March 17th when
Printed--justonce again we can break
"The busy bee has no time
for sorrow." William Blake
South Main
Perkins
Member F.D.I.C.
car with our
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expanded
r new
Second to
Come by today!
Open at 7:30 a.m. Mon.-Sat.
The passage of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 46,
by the Oklahoma Senate
on Tuesday of this past
week, will be a GIANT
step forward in budgetary
process in Oklahoma.
Senate Joint Resolution
No. 46, if approved by the
voters, would establish a
permanent state savings
account for education in
our state. The measure,
which I authored, calls for
a statewide vote to amend
the State Constitution to
allow for such an account.
In addition, a ten-member
board of directors would
be created to administer
the account. Members of
the board would include
the Governor, the Lieu-
tenant Governor, the
State Treasurer, the Chan-
cellor of the State Regents
for Higher Education, the
Superintendent of Public
Instruction and the Direc-
tor of the Department of
Vocational and Technical
Education.
Others serving on the
board would be two mem-
bers appointed by the
President Pro Tempera of
the State Senate and two
appointed by the Speaker
of the State House of
Representatives. The
Governor would serve as
chairman of the board and
the members would serve
terms the length and con-
ditions of which would be
determined by the Legisla-
ture under the bill.
Consequently, the capi-
tal for the savings ac-
count, if approved by the
people this November at
the polls, would begin to
be collected July 1, 1985,
for a period of ten years.
The capital funds mak-
ing up this account are the
real "heart" of the meas-
ure. The capital funds or
appropriations by the
Legislature shall come
from that portion of the
gross production tax
which makes up the gener-
al fund (NOT retirement
funds}. My thoughts are
the gross production tax
monies are of a depletable
nature. That is, the source
is nonrenewable.
Once oil and gas is
taken from the earth and
sold, it cannot be
replenished. Thus, the
revenue from the oil and
gas will only be around
while the supply lasts. In
my opinion, we are miss-
ing a tremendous opportu-
nity if we do not attempt
to SAVE some of this
money for the future.
Thus the Legislature
would be forced to SAVE
some of this money for ten
years, under the provi-
sions of the resolution.
The Legislature could also
appropriate funds to the
account and contributions
from any source could be
accepted for the account,
too.
The measure provides,
also, that the board of
directors may invest the
account's funds in certain
investments outlined in
the bill and as allowed by
current Oklahoma law.
Under no circumstances
could the savings fund be
spent by the Legislature
for a period of 11 years. At
the end of the eleventh
year, only the 'qnterest"
or '~ncome" from the fund
could be appropriated and
only then for educational'
purposes.
Perhaps, with this pro-
gram, we will be able to
use the funds in the Okla-
homa Permanent Savings
Account for Education in'
future years to avoid hav-
ing to cut back on educa-
tion spending in lean
years. It is to Oklahom's
advantage, I believe, to
have the protection this
program would afford. I
only regret it was not in
force during the period of
time revenues from oil and
gas sales were at an all-
time high. For what is lost
forever--particularly
when it comes to provid-
ing quality educational op-
portunities to our
students.
I am always available to
anyone who might have a
(405)743-4500. tivities are impressive
booth displays at boat and
Gum Disease travel shows. They've
have excellent displays at
Dr. John A. Thompeen, Jr. both Tulsa and Oklahoma
D.MA). City in recent weeks and
Gum (periodontal) dis- were participants this
ease is the major cause of past weekend at the
tooth loss in adults. It be- Payne County Boat and
gins by causing your Travel Show at the county
gums to look red and fairgrounds.
puffy. It causes areas Since this is National
around your teeth to b~ Wildlife Week, the Socie-
come infected, and eventu- ty has outdone itself with
ally destroys the tissues an impressive program
and bone which support designed to make an ira-
your teeth. It is caused by pact on the area's popula-
plaque, a bacterial film tion. Theme of this year's
that forms on your teeth if wildlife week is : '%Vater,
they are not cleaned We Can't Live Without
everyday. It."
Gum disease strikes 9 The OSU Society has
out of 10 adults. But it presented conservation
also is found in small chil-films this week on "Acid
dren and teenagers. Rain," "America's Wet-
A pink toothbrush after lands," 'q)ownstream,"
you brush your teeth indi- and has sponsored a pho-
cates that your gums are to contest on conservation
bleeding, and this is one ofthemes.
the major warning signs
of periodontal disease. Thursday evening The
Other signs are bad Wildlife Society will
breath, bad taste in your present Dr. Bryan Glass
mouth, swollen and tender who will speak on
gums, loose teeth and "Naturalists inEthiopla"
gums that are shrinking at its meeting in LSW 202
from your teeth, at 7 p.m.
The best prevention is The Wildlife Society dis-
to clean your teeth and play booth was manned
gums thoroughly every Sunday afternoon at the
day. You should follow a fairgrounds by Joe Rack-
prudent diet that cuts lay of Maud, Oldahom&
down on sweets and Joe is an OSU graduate in
sugar~ontaining foods. Zoology and Botany. He
Finally, you should have will enter the Peace Corps
this summer for a tour of
regular professional care
by your dentist. Profes- duty somewhere in the
sional cleaning of your tropics and will be over-
teeth will insure removal seas for two years. "I
of calculus, and your den- would like to teach science
tist can check for hidden wherever I am," Joe said.
signs of periodontal "I would really enjoy such
disease, an assignment."
The OSU Wildlife Soci-
ety has a staff advisor, Lu-
LOOKING FOR ann Sewell Waters, and
OPTION two faculty advisors,
CUSHING--Cushing Scott Shalaway and Jack
businessmen are looking Barclay.
at alternatives should the The OSU display was
ICC allow Santa Fe to one of the show's most
abandon their line from popular since it featured a
Camp Station to Cushing, number of wild aninuds in-
25 some miles. Short line cluding a bobcat, quail,
operation is one alterna- coon, and opeamnn. These
tiDe, and reports are that were borrowed from the
The Perkins Journal Thursday,
question or comment An animal eahitdt z mmsi by the OSU Wildlife
regarding any issues we dety was a highlight of the recent Boat and Travel
may handle at the State Show at the county falrgrounde. Pictured above is a
Capitol My address is: Se- large coon which children enjoyed feeding.
nator Bernice Shsdrick, One of the most active
Room 426, State Capitol, and visible conservation
Oklahoma City, OK groups in Oklahoma is the
73105, or P.O. Box 843, OSU Chapter, The Wild-
Stillwater, OK 74076. My life Society, a dedicated
telephone number in Okla- organization composed
homa City is principally of wildlife
{405)524-0126, Extension majors.
572; in Stillwater Among the Society's ac-
citizens can operate them Oklahoma Department of
successfully as well as Wildlife Conservation and
small groups of business-
men seeking profits. A
profit can often be real-
izsd because small groups
can operate without
government regulation
that often hamper the
large interstate raft lines.
Union labor also can
make a difference.
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March 22, 1984 -- PAGE 3
ing year are: Claude Cash,
President; Vern Wells,
Vice-President; Alpha
Bower, Sac.frm ; Opal
Redus and Charlie
Thompson, members of
the Board.
Yuna Klo Westfail was
the mminagng committee
chairmam She got the bal-
lots ready and did a good
job. Mac Vassar and Earl
Clark were also on the
committee.
We were very sorry
Morgan Westfall, Rosa
Grimm and Mae Vassar
were unable to attend.
During the past two
years there have been a
number of improvements
at the Center due to the ef-
forts of Floyd Mansfield
and John Bseler.
We have another very
pretty quilt nearly
e
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1911 N. Boomer
{405)372-0900
a
its animal farm at El
Reno, site of the state
owned and operated quail
farm.
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The Women's Chapter
of the Izaak Walton
League in S0"water will
sponsor a gun safety cli-
him in the niKhts of Avril
4 and April 11 in the OSU
Security Police Building
on campus. There will be
two three-hour sessions
commencir~ at 6:30 p,m.
with a charge of $6. For
further information,
please call Opal Basin-
game at 372-5153.
The Sanborn Chapter of
Izaak Walton League
plans a series of activities
designed to provide mem-
bers and prospective new
members with additional
skills. These are: upgrad-
in8 the bird dog hunting
range around Sanborn
Lake, a fly-tying clinic, a
fly fishing clinic and re
habilitation of Sanborn
Lake.
SENIOR CITIZENS"
NEWS
By Mildred Cash
There was a little extra
activity at the Center last
week such as the Wednes-
day Pot Luck dinner and
then on Friday the month-
ly Birthday dinner was
held with sixty nine
present. Violet Brake was
the only one there who
had a birthday in March.
Immediately following
dirmer there was an elec-
tion of officers.
The officers for the com-
finished for Maybelle
White. The quilting ladies
quilted twenty-five quilts
this past year.
The nurse from Still-
water was at the Center
Wednesday taking blood
pressures and blood sugar
tests.
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A representative for
Beltone Hearing Aids will
be at the Center April 11
from 9 a.m. until noon.
Our sympathy to Mrs.
Letha Grimes and family
in their recent sorrow.
It was good to see Jack
Gearhart back to the
Center after his recent
surgery.
We hope the very best
for our friends who are ill
and wish them a speedy
recovery.
The inclement weather
Monday night caused a lot
of our crowd to stay home.
However, around thirty
folks ventured out and ten
musicians were there.
Our visitors were Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Fuqua,
Selling, Mr. and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Rossingnol,
Houston, Tex., Mr. and
Mrs. Royce Clapham,
Stillwater and Jim Stine
of Stillwater.
Hostesses for the even-
ing were Viola Gunkel and
Jessie Taylor.
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