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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, August 15, 1984 r-- <} ° f ° The Terrace Bay-Schreiber News is pvolished every Wednesday by: 3 Ll t42Q i Sere Laurentian Publishing Co. Ltd., Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario. POT 2W0. 4 ee Telephone: (807) 825-3747. . MANAGING EDITOR....... AS A a .aeeeeessesess Lynne Badger BPHE ADVERTISING SALES. ......-0:seceeeeeeeeeeereeeees Vivian Ludington SUMMER ASSISTANT......-2--00eeceeeecenneeeeee .. Sandra Phillips PRODUCTION MANAGER.........-++++++: (ee ...++Mary Melo T jc» _ DEADLINE: Friday NOON : eenagers 7cn Subscription rates: $12.00 per annum (local); $18.00: rome | per annum (out-of-town). Second Class Mail A. at Registration No. 0867. te 4s S VS. All week I was edgy, Check. It is a quiet drive ever heard music on a __a smaller scale worried about some- (like acalfto slaughter), 12" speaker when the But when 8 en thing but unable to put to the high school. Inwe volumeiscranked to 10? -- right down to it it my finger on it. Then go and we are greeted Wellit comes across like wasn't that bad ae the Parents by VIVIAN LUDINGTON This is for all you pa- rents out there who have children who may just be starting high school an or approaching it with- in the next few years. If you don't have kids, I know you were once a teenager and will relate to this experience. With school starting in just 20 to 25 more days I Anchor 'thought it would be nice if I gave all of you parents fair warning. My husband and I had experience school year that would leave some people with irreparable damage or the biggest man looking like a zombie. But we along with 4 teachers and 2 other parents sur- vived. We chaperoned a high school dance ... It started with a nice phone call from a friend of my daughter's. "Hi Mrs. Ludington this is Dave are you and your husband doing anything next Friday night?" Off hand I couldn't think of anything and said so. Well that did it, he pop- ped the question and I was at a loss for a good excuse. last Friday came and I was brought back to reality by a loving daughter. '""Mom be home early and if you are talking to Daddy at work tell him that the dance starts at 8:00 p.m. sharp." Think, think hard should I have a root canal or break a leg and then just bow out be- cause of pain, and keep my sanity. Count down. It is 7:45, she (daughter) is out waiting in the car. I have my purse, let's see . aspirin, earplugs, everything is here? by the vice-principal with a smile on his face and a piece of paper in his hand. "These are the rules for tonight and have fun."' One piece of paper measuring 10" x 15"' to protect yourself from 200 (but looks like 1,000) kids ... pardon me I do mean teenagers. Is this guy for real? I mean I was expecting billy clubs or mace, even a whistle would have help- ed in case you were caught alone between the girl's washroom and another adult. Have you a sonic boom, and they don't believe in lights. I felt like every time I walked into the room I had a red flashing light on my head. It is like they all have radar and they know when a per- son over 30 enters the room or even if you just walk by the door. Every- thing in the place stops and it is so calm and quiet it is downright scary, and going into the gym at all is a very big no! no! The whole even- ing was somewhat the same as being in The Chambers of Horrors on teenagers were just the same as we were when we were their age. My Mom and Dad com- plained about our mu- sic and I guess that their parents did the same with them. So if you get your call (and you will), 1. hope you don't say no, because if you do it will be one less story you will have to tell your grand teenagers. Vivian Ludington (Mother of 2, one boy and one girl both in high school so if you think of it mention me in your prayers). Good attitudes by REV. FR. K.W. POTTIE Do you ever wonder how our attitudes affect one another? The dictionary defines an attitude as "posture expressing thought and feeling. then our behaviour and relations , behaviour, relationship of persons f we have and develop good attitudes, hip toward one another will be healthy and trustfulness, gentleness, In today's world, in our work places, entertainment, we are constantly bombarding a: with the bad attitudes of ourselves and others .. pride, resentment, unforgiveness, back-stabbing, and self-control." in our homes, in our schools, in our nd being bombarded by and . fear, prejudice, bitterness, deceit, lying, narrow- happy. In the spiritual life, what are good attitudes and His Spirit help us have good attitudes? In Romans 12: 2, St. Paul tells us that if we want to have good attitudes then "'don't model yourselves on the behaviour of the world around you, modelled by your new mind. This is the onl: and know what is good, what it is that God wants, to do." If we keep this in mind, be ones of respect, love, understanding and encouragemen truth. The good attitudes we have an the Spirit, and living the life of the Spirit, Baptism. The good results of being led attitudes, are quite evident as St. Paul tells Spirit brings is ... love, joy, peace, patience, ? How does the Lord Jesus but let your behaviour change, y way to discover the will of God what is the perfect thing then our attitudes toward one another would t, honesty and d develop come as a result of being led by the Spirit that is given to us in our by the Spirit, and hence the good the Galatians (5:22): "What the kindness, goodness, mindedness, being or claiming somet and not open to the Holy Spirit and His power working in us and in others. attitudes within us. We would make this an do it. We will be happy if writes: 'Be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to raise your temper. God's righteousness is never served by people's anger. So away with all the impurities and bad habits that are still left in you ... accept and submit to the Word which has been planted in you and can save your souls. But you. mu been planted in you and can s Word tells you, and not just list who looks steadily at the perfect will be happy in all that he does. Rev. Fr. Kenneth Pastor, St. Martin of Tours Let's work at and develop the good a better world to live in. With God' we have good attitudes as St. James W. Pottie s help we c ave your sou hing we're not, not open to ,change, st do what the Word which has Is. But you must do what the, en to it and deceive yourselves. The person law of freedom and makes that his habit ... "? (James 1:19-25) Roman Catholic Church There's bi "Goose pimples rose all over me, my hair stood on end, my eyes filled with tears of love and gratitude for this greatest of all conquerors of human misery and shame, and my breath came in little gasps. If I had not known that the Leader would have scorned such adulation, I might "have fallen to my knees in absolute worship..." Those words were written by a fanatic. A modern-day fanatic, deep in the throes of religious ecstasy as he describes his ... Leader. Does it matter which leader? Whether it's Jehovah or an Ayatollah or a Generalissimo or a Politburo Chairman? Not much. Religious fanaticism is a lot like rabies -- once' you've got it, the details are father irrele- vant. _ : Religious fanati¢ism comes in different packages. There's the deluxe Iranian model, with which a woman can be thrown in jail, VT Moon is serving an even, stoned to death -- just for unveiling her face in public. With the Iranian variation it is also okay to use adolescent child- ren as land mine detectors. They walk in front of advancing troops and tanks. If the kids get blown up -- that's good. It means it's safe for the soldiers and tanks behind to go ahead. Over on this side of the water we concoct generally milder brews of religious, fanaticism. Milder, but no less reprehensible. We have spawned our share of kooky cults .. .and behind every North American cult there stands a smiling Leader. Usually accompanied by his accountant. There's big bucks in cults and I'm glad to see that some of the gurus are getting caught with their hand in the till. The Rever- end Sun Myung Moon (whence cometh the Moonies) is currently doing time -- if you can call it that. i 18-month g bucks in cults sentence in the Federal Correct- ions Institute at Danbury. Con- neticut. That's where the Water- gate conspirators were '*punish- ed', remember? If you're real naughty at Danbury, they cancel your tennis court privileges for a 'week. At least Moon is in prison, no matter how velvet the bars. And he has the distinction of having been snared on the same rap they nailed Al Capone with -- Income Tax evasion. Of late, there's been an un- usually fetid stench rising from many of our better-known cults. Last week in Britain, a High Court judge condemned the California- based Church of Scientology as "corrupt, sinister and danger- ous."' The judge called the church "training for slavery' and said that its real objective is "money and power for its founder, his wife and those close to him ..."' There's been no response from the millionaire founder, L. Ron Hubbard -- but then he's been in hiding since 1980. No response from his wife, either. She's in prison. Odouriferous as they are, the Scientologists and Moonies would have to bathe in Essence de Skunk to even approach the depths of another evangelical charlatan currently raking in the bucks. I refer to the lugubrious Rex Humbard. Have you heard about his latest scam? He's mailing out packages to the faith- ful -- packages that contain two Mexican coins: a one-peso, and a 20-centavo piece. This doesn't cost Rex and his minions a lot of loot -- together the two coins are worth less than one penny Cana- dian. . Here's the pitch: Rex's letter which accompanies the two al- most-worthless coins, invites the recipient to keep one coin as & "point of faith'. But the reader is . told to take the other coin, "wrap your largest bill around it and mail the coin back to me-imme- diately." Humbard is not even above invoking God as Big Brother- Enforcer in this disgusting dod- ge. "Be honest with God" warns the letter, "He is watching you A gimmick like this is doubly revolting because it takes advan- tage of the most gullible portion of the population -- the people who can least afford to part with any bills, let alone their biggest. But I guess that's Showbiz. When you're a big-time Spiritual Lead- er, you can't afford to be senti- mental. Oh, the quote at the beginning of this column? _It comes from the autobiography of George Lin- coln Rockwell, one-time head of the American Nazi Party. The Spiritual Leader he was raving about was Adolph Hitler.