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who know my wife and
we are very demanding
We have very high ex-
for our three children,
13,10, and 2. We expect
children to stay out of
Our children know if
get into trouble they will
to answer to us. We expect
children to make good
in school. We expect our
to go to college. We ex-
our children to help out
the house. Out two old-
children help cook and clean
house, do their own laundry,
a list of chores to do
Saturday before they can
and do what they want to
for the two-year-old, she
up her toys and knows
to clean up after herself
1 she spills something.
children's friends think
Wife and I are mean, I've
them say they were glad
Wife and I weren't their par-
My inother and my wite's
often say we are too hard
children. (Grandparents
think their children do a
~nough job raising their
Grandparents
to forget how they raised
own children and fuss
~tl their children use the
child rearing tactics they
I'm sure my wife and I will
same way when our chil-
have children.) However,
like the way my wife
I raise them. They have all
~aterial things they want,
know they can come to us
they have a problem. So
Our children have turned out
the children we have al-
wanted. Of course, in the
we live in that could all
next week.
tell you this for a reason. We
good children. They have
and they have a future. My
and I don't worry as much
about the prob-
young people in our
and, most important, we
~t our children. Also, not
lid my wife and I have to
abuse to get the kind
we wanted.
nly line of work, there isn't
too much I haven't read about
the problem of child abuse in
our society. Still, it mnazes me
how many parents feel they have
to beat the daylights out of their
children, or lilerally torture their
children-all in the name of mak-
ing their children behave. It fur-
ther amazes ine when parents
treat their children worse than
they treat the family dog and
then complain about their child
being a problem when the child
either rejects lhem as parents, is
constantly in trouble at school,
or with the pc)lice, runs away, or
lurils tO drugs or alcohol or sui-
cide in an attempt to make sense
out of their lives.
Child abuse is the deliberate
abuse of a child. No parent or
authority figure has the right to
abuse a child; child meaning
anyone under the age of 18.
With all the available help our
there for child abusers, self-help
groups, parenting groups, and
counseling at the mental health
centers, there is no excuse for
someone who is a child abuser
not to get help. Nor is there any
excuse for the people in Green-
brier County to get upset when a
football coach calls the wrong
play during the game, when
Johnny has to ride an extra 15
minutes on the school bus to get
to school because of school con-
solidation, and when children
Trick of Treat 15 minutes past
the curfew. I wish these same
people would get equally as up-
set when a child who lives next
door to them is a victim of child
abuse. What's more important?
We say we want to end the
problem of child abuse. In real-
ity we don't enough to stop it.
Many times we allow child abus-
ers to justil~r their abuse Instead
of helping them or in some cases
requiring them to get help they
need. These people must realize
you don't have to abuse a child
in order to get him who's the
boss of the house is. Unless we
begin to view child abuse with
the same importance as an East
or West football game it will con-
tinue to happen.
Until next week.
East
To Perform
Carolina Smith
Goes To Seminar
Greenbrier East High
Concert Choir will make
:lditlonal appearance as
of its December perform-
'ehedule, according to Ter-
director. The choir
Present its annual Holiday
at 3 p.m. December 16
ie Hall in Lewisburg.
include Mary Alder-
Arbuckle, Keya Bar-
Brookman, Jennifer
Lori Butler, Shawn
AI: Carter, James Car-
Cartier, JeIT1 Clay,
Crowe, Paul Curry,
)oyle, Elizabeth Duff,
Jerry Gore, Leslie
Jennifer Harvey, Cara
Mandy Heath, Dannia
Carolina Smith, a sophomore
at Greenbrier East High School,
has been selected to represent
her class at the Hugh O'Brien
Youth Foundation (HOBY) Lead
ership seminar for West Virginia.
HOBY Leadership seminars
are held annually in the spring
in each state. They are spon-}
sored by a foundation "which
motivated, trains and rewards
future leaders, preparing them
for leadership positions in their
schools and helps them to de-
velop talents that serve them
well in the future."
Caroline is the daughter of
Christine and Richard Wood of
Lewisburg and Dr. Michael C.
Smith of Hattieburg, Mississippi.
~ta Hlnterstelner, Wanda
Mary Honaker, Ted
ys, Darnell Jackson,
le Johnson, Ben Lewis.
MeCallister, Meredith
Missy Piner, Stephina
Shana Quinn, Michelle
LSey, Heather Richmond,
Seems, Margaret Simms.
Karen Stewart, Amy
and Steve Wilson.
You News
Doctor Berkley
To Be Honored
Dr Earl Berkiey will be hon-
ored at a dinner meeting at
Alderson City Hall December 17.
7 p.m.
The dinner is sponsored by
Modern Woodman of America.
Camp number 8736. Dr Berkley
is being given a special honor in
recognition of his leadership and
involvement in the community.
All Modern Woodman members
and their families are invited,
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Andrea Gainer'-
Explains The English
"Is It True What They Say
About The English?" was the
theme given by County Agent.
Andrea Gainer. She shared
many experiences she had in
England last summer, including
mlbrmation on many English
customs and history.
The meeting was at the home
of Mrs Henry Sessions with Mrs
George Raines, co-hostess Mrs
Marvin Clemens giving devotions
on "The Gift of Home'. Her scrip-
ture was Joshua 24:15. Home is
where all begins and love is
born.
Mrs J. C. Fry gave safety
hints. Mrs Jack Smith, Health
Chairman passed out flyers on
on mammograms and the neces-
sily of having them. Workers at
the Steak Dinner at the Youth
Camp in October were Mrs Sam
Bell, Mrs J. Ralph Jones and
Mrs Arnold Dixon. Mrs Fry and
Mrs William Dixon worked at Art
Craft Show.
A birthday cake was given to
Mrs Arnold Dixon in honor of
her birthday, that day, with all
singing "Happy Birihday" to her.
Refreshments were served to Mrs
Gainer, Mrs Dixon, Mrs Eggert,
Mrs Bell, Mrs Clemens, Mrs
Smith, Mrs James Dotson, Mrs
William Ramsey, Mrs William
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Lewisburg School
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Teachers bulletin boards dealing
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shared with classes that
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ties and worksheets were com-
pleted, and examples of manners
were demonstrated by staff and
students. Highlight of the week
was the door decoration contest.
Winners from each grade level
were chosen. They were: Kinder-
garten --Anne Stuart; First
Grade -- Karen McClung; Sec-
ond Grade -- Brenda Sharer;
Third Grade -- Kathy Reese; and
Fourth Grade -- Martha Lon-
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