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Students in this com- munity still don't know where to gojthey don't know where to turn.... .,• - Referring to speaker Karen Harbeek's having no , place to discuss her lesbianism, \It would have been nice to give a message of hope.... \Some of the statements I be- lieve* furthered stereo- types...and did noV serve the gay and lesbian community well.\. : \It would not be a bad idea for parents to receive notification of all* the assembUes...I don't feel if s a consent issue.\ to Breitenbach's | students who op- speak -%*»* I fgmgfc a^y|ttipg,;t;hat whatsit heard tonight from the mouths o^babes^lFthey^could': come forward, anyone could.\ Go^QnPiur|ngtoci, _. \I wa& not afaar# there Was such an assembly scheduled, but why wou)d Ibe? It^rests s with\ v the principal of the *scnoot antf his staff, not the school board, or a single school board mem- ber.... \We believe our students should internalize values so they become good citizens...and get a commitment to build a just society.... \Why would any board or group restrict the staff from teaching such a fundamental value?... \I wonder if the assembly had been about persons with disabil- ities, would there have been such a response?.... Reflecting on the mentally retarded who were experi- mented on and killed during the Holocaust, \I thought of my own children who Would have been taken from me by a society who lacked the values we were teaching this week in Guilder- land schools.... \When I grew up, it was common to talk about rolling homosexuals...The bashing — psychological and physical — still goes on and it will Until we teach tolerance.... .We've come a long way> but evidently we haven't come far enough.... \I simply want to thank you, Jack Whipple, [and those others] in the front lines ....and shame on all the rest of you who have disrupted such a noble and excellent program.\ William Brinkman ^ \With controversy comes op- ^$or1dnity./:. B ' \- Judy Palmer Reflecting oh Daniel $;dU|5^g' the ItaSM^Jt^to. .W. ^Mf%-be^yfs.^le e^dugh^m^^^ broke my-hearti;*'' ' •'•«'®n M ''''feBl^^ with Karen fiirbeck despite thinking *©& ^ersilf -as opJ|n- minded: \I have \a bumper stic^Or on my car that says, '%i^s mlfev4ike; ; parachutes; they only Inction when open'....I exacted something I feltA^afi^;^(ifb....I needed jto realize just because someone used some words and humor that made, me Uncomfortable didn't mean she was wrong.... JfcJRBSQBSfa®- Abe, teJUIng of powerful and painful experi- ences does not preclude the use of humor, i.Even if it fell a little within what I consider poor taste, the choice was hers.... \She was a real person with a sense of Jmmor who had painful homophobic experiences. To me, that is, a message of hope...She's found a supportive community in which to live.\ Thomas Nachod \I can only judge by the evi- dence... [which] would seem to indicate the Guilderland school system:..is raising standards of excellence by allowing stu- dents to hear alterna- tives....The real world is full of choices.... Of the assembly, \The stu- dents supported it. It sounds like it worked. Most of the peo- ple who opposed it were not at the assembly. Maybe they should go. DavidAbdoo \In high school, there weren't any homosexuals...because they were buried so deep in the closet....\ On his roommate \five short years later\ revealing he was gay: \He said, 'This is so ter- ribleVyoU may not want tb,be my friend anymore. T thought he had killed someone...He said, s$p.«rm i n%fo mnt hit} meiNo-piqbleni;,' ' \4 ^Imfri Had no fears ' towar^sl.'gays.'., '.'... w Satufday^I:h#ar4 the news on t%$ M$p #oigit the l gay toler- ance assembly^ We w>re going to b:ave'... it' v^oh4ored until ioliil^'IbjB^^e done the right thingt-. • T hiaije 4ecided we have done the right thjng. I realized most ojttn 1 ose who opposed the program, 1 tfee ohe thread was fe.ar ^ fear of IpSih^ control. It began to swing, Until our stu- dents stood up. They have no fear..;.\ Michael Bopp \From what I've seen the stu- dent population has coped with this in a way it was intended.... \To the extent we presumed the community was more ready, perhaps there should be future steps—. \It's hard to start a dialog, when you throw a bomb in a room and everyone, runs for a comfort zone...Had the whole process Been more open, perhaps it would have been less con- frontational.\ Robert Mastxo After 10 years on the school boacd, \I've never been more proud of the district than I am today....\ Thanking Daniel O'Neal for his participation in the assem- bly: \My son is a gifted oboist. Dan is an incredible oboist....an inspiration for my son. He wanted to be like Dan. As painful as his years at Guilderland may have been, he had a profound influence on someone, who never knew him.... ,, \[Gay students] deserve to be respected. Tt'bey deserve to be left alone by those who would like thorn 4a i hurt more. I'm sorry Fm getting angry now.\ Animal lover succumbs to stroke at 89 By Bryce Butler NEW SCOTLAND — The phone in New Scotland Town Hall rang off , the hook Wednesday, according to Town Ciork Corinne Cpssac. Word had' spread of an ambulance Call to Frances Bishop's resi- dence on New. Scotland South Road, friends were calling for n6w$. Friends received the news that she had died With mixed feelings. Mrs. Bishop was 89, chair- bound and |n pain from arthri- tis. It's been a n?is£rable cou- ple of years in that wheelchair,\ said Marilyn Holmberg, one of many good friends. Perhaps more important, she had fulfilled her firm ambition of4|ih#a|%^^pfi|n^%as i^ro- n^p^l^e^^JAwajay Medi- cqt cJfen^tji'^Ut the' '.massive stroke that killed her rendered hefe unconMous before she was taken from the farm east of the railroad tracks where she had raised terriers, tended the wild bahy animals hfer husband brought home, and fed the end- less stream of cats people left off at her home. M^^^ishop i^as born Jnne Slingerlands in 1940, she opened Meadowbrook Kennels. There she raised Welsh and wirehaired terriers, as well as a smaller number of West highland white terriers and Japanese chins (Japanese spaniels). She also boarded dogs, which helped pay the expenses of breeding the terriers. Her husband, Clinton Bishop, worked at what was, then the Delmar Game Fann« \He was constantly bringing home baby animals,\ said. Bishop's friend Frances Spadaro. \She would have baby bears^raccoons and squirrels. Baby bears have those sharp claws; she didn't have a curtain left in her house. Raccdns Would do tne same, and baby squirrels, too.\ Mr. Bishop's death several years ago ended the invasion of wild animals, which had included a bear cub she once brought to a hairdressing ap- pointment at Marilyn Holm- berg's. Mrs. Bishop kept up the kennel until the last few years. She fed the cats, according to Andrea Dunn, another friend, even when she was sick. Earlier, she had enjoyed Survivors include a sister, Gertrude Makarwich of Schen- ectady; and several nieces.and nephews. The Rev, Thomas Kendall will perform the memorial ser- vice at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Meyers Funeral Home, 741 Delaware Ave., Delmar. Calling hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. 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