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4 Apnl 30 . 1995 SUNDAY EDITION Opinion One nation, under God, indivisible n I- * jJiJ .r..r, ‘ »tiri ‘.ij ; ,jc\i;. jri.! ■. i. ■■ . M. ■> '.i' .1^ ; A' Dcca> di Die ^ore s s*lc Attack. • t i ->aichrtl the ( iklahriT.d ^ i:\ Barbara L. Loitsch uomlorcd how the 20,(100 people pre\cnt would ha\e divuled up on {• leelK'ii I)a\, hut at thi\ moment, it didn’t mailer The are hhi shop ot the ('atholie D kkcsc ot Oklahoma spoke, a.s did Billy (iraham, the noted csangclist. a rabbi and a number ot other eler- g> As each read scriptures, delis ■ ered messages, denominational dit terences paled under the common broihertuKKl ot faith and hope Our human oneness under the thought of ihc babies, inncKcnt small children, lives cut short so bnitally 1 thought of lives disrupted - parcnis, wives and husbands, brothers and sister. It would be vi easy to dwell on anger, grief, tuuli ty. harbonng cynicism about any purpnise to our fragile lives. Yet. in the diverse fates around the stadium, in each I was real firmed m the belief that to every life, no matter how short, there is \ re laniihar to some than others, ,U k ! '.he ' ikijhoma Cih C'hi'mle love of Cjod, no matter by what means we fmd expression, was the ^.^;e a .• riU'ii.fsirars ' Allelu.a M :;..iii NinerKaii 'if .;cr -!id .1 ,iiK . c I'pcl drr,iiigenic-ni .■! I ■ i! h ic\ \riien>.a. proKihls not dll- Li'ie I't me ha».h lim rs but jrcscTiU-d and accepted in me spirit I doersits united \ ifie’iMS.'f 111 the ^iis '.ti ecs ■r. ■ 1 I iklatii'riia and FhC' 1 , 1 c rii ' ■ n .Me h c.anu' in ifie [XMliurii I shining theme ot the entire minute service It was what America is 'upposed to bc‘ At ^ p m . luir time, as the ser SKC was beginning m Oklahoma, church hc'lls rang all across our land 1 paused, listening to the hell in the chuah I attend every Sunday, marking the rriertiorial lor [x-nple wc never knew lump came to riiy throat a a purpose Despite ihc funiicd i^if^er- standmg as to hyyv, this coulj^ , happen, those cliildren bore pur pose, not in dying, but in their living Those children, unknown to most of us, raised our sense of human connection and thcir hnef lives should stand, not as a s^ar of despair, hut as monuments to our oneness. In that stadium, wc were the American ideal one natmn. under (lod, indivisible p.S. needs to beef up its internal security i: Itv l’H IlIlM ( 1 \ k k h I'‘ Ibi- icrrurist bombing ol the ffcderai building in (yklahnma |r ;c has revised a debate as nlj ja ' the Bepuhlis How much free jitom are Americans willing to Igive up in exchange for security ' ^ h e r e are. of course, no easy » In the I’J^Os. a Senate committee beaded by Idaho Democrat F rank a hurch decided that the nation s law enforcement and counter cspi Image efforts infringed tr*) much «in individual freedom The com 'Vnittec's hearings. a.s well as a ^ n e s of court rulings forced H o w much freedom are Americans willing to ^ive up in exchange for security? There are, of course, no easy answers. Uonic cooperation by volunteer groups on the “information high way.\ The available spaces were immediately filled with people try ing to find ways to help. F*ari of this outpouring of gen- I from the law enlnrccmcm files would allow potentially dangerous suh versives to escape detection, thereby endangering the country s institutions F-or their pan. Liberals res-pond 4 <iltce departments and the F BI to ed with charges that the poll files were ”Mc(.arthyism” of the esuoy hundrals ol thousands of Jilcson subversive or iihervvisi' alangcmus groups Quite understandable ^onserva io e s were outraged They . harged the Church committee with poliii ^dl favoritism of the worst kind aJhai'v because the va.st,majority '■'I student protest groups from the 3'<'h0s supported liberal ^jemocrats And conservatives 'a i d Church and his allies wanted J i exonerate even the more vio- •H'nt protesters Also, warned con 'ervative critics, desuoymg the worst kind The government, they clamicd would use the informa tion to trample on the rights of mdiv iduals Actually, both sides could claim some points Unbridled police r couldould infnngefnnge oni individual power c in o rights But ciuzcns also have a nteciion from terrorists citi/cns for public execution of those responsible, if and when cap lured And most criminologists agree that swift and sure punish mem is netes,sary. not only to deter future acts of tenonsm. but also to close the bcxiks emotionally for the survivors and relatives of the vicums Another ol the images from Oklahoma (Tty that will endure is the willingness of ordinary Amcncans to help in rescue efforts And not only in Oklahoma City The quake in southern California, the flooding in the erosity clearly stems ingrained religious faith o f most Amcncans Church services around the country have helped citi/cns cope with the disaster and to put the bombing in per /€. In a very real sense. like The heart-wrenching pictures from the Oklahoma C'lty bombing proved that Another issue rev ived by the bombing c Midwest a few years ago and ' igo and Intki all hbors to help neigh- Hurritanes Huj ompted ships and danger were everyday Amcncans overcame such penis realiues nearly everywhere 1 prompted neight hors Complete suangers were moved to donate by coming together. With courage and compa.s5ion, we can do the cems the deathih penalty.enalty, Again, the tragic images p i 1 from Oklahoma City brought demands by ^m e aroused don ume. money a relief supplies In the wake of the same today. Behind the Headlines is a syndi- bombing, for instance, a computer service o{wmed up spaces for elec- In Our Viewpoint HOF weekend a no-vending event Tens o f thousands o f visitors w ill flock to C o o p e r s to w n at the end of July for the H a ll o f Fam e Induction W e e k e n d , but acco rd in g to the village board, it is a non-event. T h e b o a rd recently d e c ided to take the ad v ice o f so m e m e r c h a n ts in tow n w h o believe that greedy c a r p e tb a g g e r s will in f iltrate the sid e w a lks on M a in S treet, c o llect th e m o n e y fro m all tho s e v isitors, then leave, taking the v i l l a g e ’s m o n e y w ith them . B e c a u s e o f som e thing called the ( 'o n s titu tio n , m e r c h a n ts are proh ib ited from putting up booths and tables m fro n t o f their ow n establishm e n ts w ithout giving all other v e n d o r s an equal op p o rtu n ity to subm it applications for that space as w e ll. W h ile the village passed a local law to ad d ress v e n d in g , it rescinded guidelines that referred to the H a ll o f F a m e W e e k e n d , thereby d e c laring it a non-event, and subject to the v e n d in g law s w h ich prohibit selling on the street. B e c a u s e m e r c h a n ts did not w a n t o u tsid e v e n d o r s in C w p e r s to w n , no c>ne m a \ haw k their w a res T h is , o f course, also applies to non-profit o r g a n i/alio n s . A n o ther aspect is that of parking. M any people use their yards for parking, charging the tourists for the space. T h a t, according to the recently passed liKal law, is prohib ited . T h e refore there will be 20,0(K) people c o m in g to C c x iperstow n w ith very lim ited parking space. All o f this w as done by a single vote, w h ich w a s obv io u s ly not th o r o u g h ly thought out. a t the w h im of m c a han ts w h o have taken the attitude that if they can t have their w ay, n o b o d y else can sell in the village Dems' bill means spending increase By “ R A F F ’ RAPPITA KA The cost of New Yoik vuic s wd fare prt^rams has made rcfunn ol the system one of the highest pnontics tor Gov F^alaki and Rcpubbcans in the slate IxgLslatu/e The impa».iol vu-1 fare cxpcmlilures on the suic buUgci Lscnomious In I W , the suie spoil S4 2 billKHi on puhLc avsistanec p grams for 1 bS million New York- Welfare reupicnis in Nevs York (Hjinumher the population of 1' slates and Washington. IX’ sorn bincd New York is nurnfvr one in pe-reapiu welfare expenditures Unforiunaiel). sshal was eirigirulK intended lu provide temporary help for need) people has lumcd into a permanent way of life longtime advotate of wctt.ire reform. I was pleased that Gov Paiaki's executive budget meluded a ‘Workfare. Not Welfare\ pro gram designed to save laxjxiycrs money, make recipients sclf-sulfi cient and still provide assisianee to those who truly need it. The state Senate acted responsibly by pass ing, before the April 1 budget dead line, a welfare reform package which would save stale laxpa>ers S360 million and cut local taxes S280 million. The Senate measure budget should have been adopted. Avwniblv DcnuxraLs finally inuxv duced Icgislauun lhai mcrcdibly adds million to New York’s S\' billion dcltc It The speaker has not revealed how he would pay for this eura sjx-niling .-Ydditiuriallv. the welfare legisla tion iiitiodu'CJ hv Assembly IH- oms r.ii' not only tails far short of the rei.'rills jiassed by the Senate, it also t.itUd to .ruludc many of the reloriii' puf li.ly protnised by SfXMJu-r Silver -X'seiiiMv iH uiixrals have taken the Seiiaie ('assi.il welfare reform, whkh iikliideil million in com o nirol'. and lurried it into a bill that ms reaves state spending by S'lxi million I psuie counues, msluding C henango. Delaware and Otsego, would gel S169 miiltun sings which could cost upsuiU' (iroperty taxpayers 7.6 per cent more in their tax bills. ■y gave individuals the strength to carry on. As America grapples with the realiratinn that terronsm u^ay is a genuine threat — one not confined just to fanatics in the Middle East or Far Fast - - these expressions o f faith and generosity take on added importance. They go back to the ongms of our nation, when hard- passed with bi partisan supixm. More than three week afU'r the Letters to the Editor Looking for area Stiglic relatives rated column distributed by America's Future, a non profit edu cational organnation To the Editor; My name is Jo Ann Stiglic and I Lve in Highland Falls. NY. My aunt and uncle lived in Coopcrsuiwn They were Fred and Polly Stiglic and there were two brothers. \ick> and John (my father). Fred worked for years at the Baseball Museum. Polly worked for Freeman’s Journal Cooperstown Puhliihed Suniliy md Wednpsdty Caoperstown OTOc* PO Box 591. 1 OiscgoCoun f -oopentown, N Y 13126 Phone (607) 547 2545 Fax (607, 547 5587 fJneonta Published Sunday and Wednesday Onconla Offict Phone (607) 432-N F m (607)43241 €> Miller Publishing, Inc. Pubiisbrrs; Production Blreclor; Sports Editor; Editorial Dept.: Pri^uction Dept.: Advertising Dept.; Robert C Miller Judy S. Miller Dan Sheridan Darla M. Youngs Bill Francis Bill Wolcott Melissa Chianta Adtam Fromm Allen Williams Bonnie Brutkiewicz Cindy McMullen Bucci Carl Mondillo Subscriptions In Otsego County S30/year Out Of County S36/year Back Issues $3/copy POSTMASTER Send address changes to Freeman's Journal P.0, Box 591 CoojKrstown. N Y 13326 Published biweekly 104 issues/year USPS ID#; 209-820 Secofrf Class Postage Paid at Cooperstown, NY and at additional mailing offices. Ai cording to public opinion polls. New Yurkc-rv want real welfare rclurm ITic) want a cwnplete over haul ul wclf.ire.io end the cycle of dependency and control the skyrtxk- etmg costs of social services pro- ^anis. It IS ume for the Assembly Speaker to wis^k with the goverm^ and the Senate to craft legistniion that will ik.compli^ th®e objectives. a Dr Goodwin, I bekeve. The last we heard (1981 -1983). f t e d was in health They had a daughter, Barbara, who married Cliff Skini^r, and they had three children. Dni Ann, Scott and Kevin. Any information you o r your readers may have about relatives would be greatly a p p r^iaied. Thank you very much. JO ANN STIOUC 46 Chtirch St. Highland Fails. NY 10928 Folk coo» Vfstoi ihsE e v , Toas ONBC SSfiromi its Restaui^ thatpnii menttiiS CaU^C r^ervati Banl COOf vteionse T h e a * Bank at COOI time bed Street f< Green / Thistleb WiOlatn T t e i i Tiekei miks a Ben Fra Wes WES1 wiUbe! will bet byEHnc MiSnt on Nky C-lc tsAtaD*] wei^Hn Run EDM a! 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