• The Mountain Messenger, Thursday, June 7, 1990 5B
Helen and Helen
1985, two thirds of the people
Row had prior felony con-
One in ten had prior homi-
In 1984, a study of
state inmates, serving time
revealed 800 had previ-
been convicted for murder and
821 people.
statements came from a
on the Death Penalty heard
Larry King Show on radio.
debaters were Professor
!Benschoff of George Washing-
llversity -- for the Death Pen-
tan Stevenson, representing
Southern Prisoner Defense
!mittee -- against the Death
points against the death
were: There is no way to
it so it is fair, just and true.
in our society dictate that
and the poor are most
to get the death penalty. Are
who shall live and who
',to die? Capital punishment re-
!that person from the human
We should move away
this "kill them" type of justice.
behavior is due to chemical
etc. The Death Penalty
not deter crime. If you are
or rich you will not be on
Row. Life without parole is all
is necessary. We will convict
)le.
can well imagine, this was
debate. We thought it was of
interest when most of the
were for the death penalty.
Benschoff said "We can't
a perfect system. We can't
'a system which will never con-
an innocent person. We can't
a system which will never re-
prejudices in our society.
our system is more fair
COmes to making death pen-
than anything else in
nmal justice system.." Studies
we do a good job of it. We
Weigh the lives of the totally
victims who are killed by
these murderers because a life sen-
tence means the person will be out
in a few years. For everyone on
death row, this means 18 crimes de-
terred.
People are being mowed down in
the street and citizens are asking for
a more effective deterrent. We can-
not throw out the system while we
wait for improvement. We have a
tremendous crime problem. Citizens
are wanting something done about it
and they think the death penalty will
do something. The studies seem to
support it although not crystal clear
one way or another. If the will of the
people is reflected in the governing
bodies, polls show positive for the
death penalty.When Florida insti-
tuted the death penalty, the first five
or six executed were white people•
(This from a caller). One University
of North Carolina study shows that
the death penalty does deter. It is up
to the anti-death penalty proponents
to prove otherwise, then the death
penalty will be gone. There are now
hundreds of inmates on death row
with multiple appeals. By the time
they are executed, people have for-
gotten what the crimes were. This
lessens the effectiveness of the
death penalty. These endless ap-
peals cost the tax payers money. As
to the rich people, they do not com-
mit the kind of crimes which would
warrant a death penalty. The draf-
ters of The Constitution thought the
death penalty was right.
The argument comes down to
this: No one is inflicting a death pen-
alty. These people went out and
committed a terrible crime and this
is the reason they are executed, not
because somebody picked on them
and said "You're black, you're poor,
so we are going to try you!
Keep listening folks, there will be
more coming up on this, we are
sure. What would your responses
have been?
Till next time,
Helen and Helen
• East Seniors
Annual Awards
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Ml~rie Spencer's class from Williamsburg Elementary School partici-
pated in the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's (WVSOM)
; G90 Science Enrichment Program.
The program is designed to give primary and secondary students
hands-on laboratory experience. Judy Westerik, Ph.D., associate pro-
fessor of biochemistry at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine, assists (from left) Jacob Ramsay, Amanda Wickline, and Jen
Hille during the Science Enrichment Program.
Jennifer Huffman's kindergarten class from Ronceverte Elementary
School and Pat Hanson's fourth grade class from Lewisburg Elemen-
tary School participated ifi-the West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine's WVSOM 1990 Science Enrichment Program.
The program is designed to give primary and secondary students
hands-on laboratory experience.
Judy Westerik helps Richie Holliday, Alexis Boone and Scotty Reaser
at WVSOM Science Enrichment Program.
Sierra Club
Bend Area
Sierra Club Greenbrier River Val-
ley Group will have a program meet-
ing at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 14,
at the Osteopathic Medical School
in Lewisburg, Room B331. Joe
Rozich, Assistant Ranger for the
Monongahelia National Forest, will
discuss the planning concerning
3,000 acres in the Blue Bend area
associated with the Hopkins Moun-
tain Opportunity Area Analysis. The
public's views and opinions are en-
couraged in finalizing the planning.
In addition Mr Rozich wilt provide in-
formation on the stocking and
stream habitat improvement project
on Laurel Run Stream, Peach Or-
chard Ridge. The public is invited.
BUS 'Roadeo'
Tickets to the June 8 John Hart-
ford concert in Ronceverte's new
amphitheater are now on sate at
First National Bank in Ronceverte;
its branch office in north Lewisburg;
Alpha Music, Lewisburg; the Ron-
ceverte Public Library; Shenandoah
Manor; The Bakery in Lewisburg.
Advance tickets are $7, $10 at
the door. Children under 10 admit-
ted free.
Seating will be festival style --
take your own lawn chair or blanket.
Zoltan Szabo will teach two five-
day watercolor workshops July 9-13
and July 16-20, at Mountain Confer-
ence Center, Snowshoe.
Mr Szabo's workshops cover
demonstrations, critiques, "paint-
alongs," group discussions and
other activities.
Author of five popular books
about watercolor painting, Mr Szabo
teaches workshops across the
United States and Canada.
Denver Bennett (left) and Rick
Keener, bus drivers for the Green-
brier County School System, re-
cently took part in the Region IV
school bus drivers competition at
Braxton County High School. Mr
Keener won second place in the
small bus class and will travel to
Poca to take part in the "State
Bus Roadeo" June 20 and 21•
Gap Mills
Gap Mills First Grade
First Grade students from Helen
Imbrock's class at Gap Mills School,
some of their parents and other fam-
ily members, all journeyed by school
bus to the Pizza hut in Fairlea to
celebrate the successful completion
of the Book-It reading program this
year.
The Book-It program encourages
reading at home. At the first grade
level, parents read to the children
part of the time and children read to
their parents as their reading skills
increase. Since all the families did
the required reading, Pizza Hut re-
warded the students with a free
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awards: Robert Toothman (left), Danny Dolin, and Joey
Second row: Windell Highlander, James Eagle, David Keen,
Marshall, and Rachel Miller
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