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US: That's quickly becoming die
complaint being voiced by older
folks regarding attitudes of the
general population toward senior
' For example, some older people,
and I emphasize the word, some, are
Crotchety. They And fault with
everything. They continually com
pare the paat with the present and,
inevitably, the present fails their lest.
They complain about waiting on
checkout lines in the supermarket.
They complain if all the windows in
tfie bank aren't staffed on the third of
|he month (Social Security checks
day). As an officer in my bank put it,
"They feel they shouldn't have to
wait more than a few minutes, but we
can't always oblige."
I He added, "I don't think we have
to cater to them just because they're
old."
The fact is that these folks who get
everyone's dander up are part of a
very small minority in the senior
population. But as everyone knows,
it's the unusual that gets the atten
tion. In the past, these examples of
extraordinarily surly or rude or even
abusive behavior was attributed to
the aging process. We now know, as
the song goes in George Gershwin's
"Porgy and Bess," that "it ain't
nrrr miHIii m ? Hft ?? At. L ; -
iiC'Cc^ottnIy sio \jricn vfiis DCTUIviof t
which can range from irksome to
bizarre, may be traceable to a num
ber of causes, including lack of
proper nourishment, a brain tumor
(benign or malignant), the onaet of
Alzheimer's, reaction to medica
tions, or an expression of rage as the
person senses a loss of power over
his or her own Hfe due to ill health,
or other causes. In any event, this
behavior can create problems for the
person exhibiting it People, who
wouldn't hesitate to help someone
suffering from a broken bone or
other physical ailment, simply stay
away from "the crazy old lady down
the street." Sadly, just when they
need the understanding of others,
these seniors are being left pretty
much alone.
As Hans Pieper, professor of
sociology and gerontology. Univer
sity of Evansville in Evansville, In
diana, has found a lack of awareness
of aging issues among police of
ficers, doctors, nurses, emergency
personnel, and even pastors, who
regularly interact with senior
citizen*. Pieper believes religious in
stitutions may be especially helpful
by holding support programs for
elderly parishioners and getting in
volved more than they have been in
the past.
Comments? Write me c/o King Fea
ture* Weekly Service, 235 East 45tb
Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.
OlSSS by Kins FmUna Synd.
I Cameron's Comment
By Paul Cameron
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Can Charlotte Hold the Final
Four?
It's barely seven weeks away and
there are some deep concerns about
Charlotte's ability to pull oft' the
premier event of the College Sports
world.
Sure, all those past NCAA regionals
?.&
Charlotte Coliseum and surrounding
hotels who are used to large
conventions But a regional is just
that-a large convention
1 ; I'm talking about an event that
pulls up to 58.000 visitors from across
the country. People who come
expecting to be entertained in the city
as well as in the arena
Frankly. I'm worried
After seeing Atlanta's downtown
gridlock during the Super Bowl, mv
gut feeling is we've just seen what
Charlotte will be like the first weekend
of April
And unlike Atlanta, which lias a
row of restaurants and nightc lubs aw a>
from downtown, there isn't a
Buckhead district in tlie Queen City
I 1
I
-just Southpark And I in not sure the
Final Four crowd will fully appreciate
the 24 hour Harris Teeter
So residents who criticize the
Charlotte host committee for
assembling a "Street of Champions''
in uptown is only criticizing
themselves
Something lias to be done lor the.
influx orhoopTveads
Even if it's a fake restaurant. I d
rather be a v isitor w ith a table titan in
a rental car wondering whv Queens
Road crosses Queens Road
With UNC winning round one in
Chapel Hill against Duke, don't vou
get the feeling we II see these two
dancing in the ACC and maybe
NCAA's again'
Buddy Ryan in Phoenix No
crowds, hot sun. snakes Yep. that's
where Buddy II coach best
Seems like Cardinals owner Bill
Bidwell and Buddy deserve each other
Gotta wonder if Rvan. the new coach
and general manager, will install his
own denial plan foi the assist.uit
coaches lie lures'' "Win or I'll kick
? our teeth in?on National TV."
AMERICA LIMITED ? WR
oonMVv ten m some tip6 fee caring
for crystal from the experts at
>LZZ.-Z.' wliether yon an
* To tar.
*Uns
* Never place items in dbhwariMr
* Air dry, or hand dry with a soA
* To Am, use a feather dueler or
OVEN MITTS - Don't throw
oal old, bodty-aoiled oven mtttr
Thejr cen be ueed as safety covert for
sharp objects when transporting
diem. My husband uaed one lo cower
a sharp drill and another to cover Ac
slicing knife in the picnic box. Sandy
I . Cottonwood Falls, Kan
MORE OVEN MITTS ? I waa
removing shoulder pads from a
Mouse and decided to keep them" in
case I wanted to use them later. One ?
day I needed a pot holder and, by
mistake, grabbed a shoulder pad It
did the job just as well. Now I uee
shoulder pads as pot holders instead
of discarding than. They can be
decorated and are washable. Linda
M., Arlington, Vs.
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?a beach of conHaa for my
f-uly. 1 ? ?J d-Covcod .
*a ofl for the ?ac^rAtotZfcZ
*codlod*odw*redk*is>I*ld
S52SSS
if 1 >?b a bale oil ia My ateaauriaa
caijvjitficky Mqwfcfc attck m honey,
aad^.l^JSiS^Ete^sS
Kaal 4SU Street. New Ywt, N.Y.
Mft
WaNa MM la aae U^a^My to
aw haaaa. Thh bcMa a latal
naanliia af aar 31-yaar aM
hoaea'a exterior. Slaw wa kava
arrcr had experience ia thia area,
wa ware wnadirtog if yea ca?U
heatpriccT fthek,,< "**
A. Yaa are right to be careful to due
ana. Yoa caa'l jaai pull a aanw out
of a phone book for diia type of work.
You have to do a lot of leework.
Line up die namee and phone eum
bata of contractor! and baHdera in
your wan Than, ?? mtkom and
ateo togaifc as to how t?j *>m do
lM Work, m WW MMOftta (MJf
usually tow m tnyttei id most of
the others, k is . good possibility that
conyy^ti using tofsriur i?tilth
?*aw3!TVfcw
yon if *w Ian tan My coue
pMnts lodged again* a particular
11 Despite the enormity of the jobs
you ve cited, there are Mill ways ia
which you cm control your coats
kitchen. you cm purrhaaa your owe
rilrkim, ftoorina. Uthu fixtures,
' V, ,T , , ???
sod appliances (doors and windows,
too, if applicable). TTien, all tkc
builder has to do is tnatall dan
However, if da buildsr has to con
sult with you and then shop far theae
items, the coat will be considerably
higher.
As for siding, you cm probably
mvc money by having the builder
install it right over the existing
m i rial a 11 ,, iS 11 w 1 La r>n.
siaing. However, wiiiie 1 Know tuts
il common practice, I don't believe
you get the beat Job that way. INs
always felt that placing siding etat
existing siding frofri shoddy. If you
cm swing h, go for the extra coal and
have them remove the old siding
Mv personal preference is vinv)
aau^y a^ars ^^a^ar^u i a*, are are a^u^a^^r a^a ? auo^F e
alillikn || V tuanlialiln r\n rtn 't t*a
siaing. ii s wasniote, oocsn i nave to
be painted or treated (like woodland
lasts a long time.
[(reflections fry Aka Ny Q?w>^n?|
Simple Arithmetic
After last week's column, you can
see why it was my husband (not mei
who taught math in three or tour
different schools before getting back
into secondary science All three of
our kids took to math, too But then
tliere is their mother1 Last week she
subtracted 23 from 31 and got 7. instead
of 8
Do you suppose it's because I'm
heading toward my later sixties'' t)r
liave I gotten as calculator-dependent
as a lot of today s kids seem to be" I
-.an remember subtracting in in\ head
and saving "seven" to mvself. sure
that I was right
I guess I've been keeping the
number "30" in my head for Cathy s
birthday All rlfrough inv mamage I
kept reminding myself thai Leon's
birthday was not the LAST da\ of
August but the day before So the
number "30" is still stuck in m.
mind (. ouId thai be w hat contuses me
e\erv Januarv"
Vlay be I can get THIS PA 11 tRN
down pat Jan 23-Mother>btrthday
-Leon s birthday. Jan 31? Cathv s
birthday I'H try it and see how it
works next year1
OihhI H liter*
Recently I started an article about
all the good w riters now writing in tile
Carolina Indian Voice, including twv
1 remember fondlv horn the l?"'f
Writing for Publication Workshop.
Derek Lowry and Y vonne Barnes Dial
I've been holding that article back, as
other things kept coming up I IF it had
not been for the workshop and Grace
Gibson's encouragement. I would
likely not have been sharing my
' Reflections'' in this column for the
past seventeen and a half years.)
If "fools rush in where angels fear
to tread." maybe I would qualify as
one Bui my purpose, as usual, is to
help other people (and myself) to look
for the brighter side of things So often
these days I see myself as a person in
the middle who tan to some extent
relate to the different ways other
people are looking at things. In W
I heard a different theor> about the
name. L urn bee. but I prefer to discuss
it personally with Derek Lowry and
Stan Knick to see what they think I
beliese it's easier to iron out
misunderstandings with more direct
communication
'To tell the truth, '/am sure that all
ot us who contribute to the C aroltna
Indian Voice are truth-seekers" w ho
are simply trying to share w tth others
what we have learned, what appears
to EACH of US to be the truth tor at
least some important aspect of the
truth, i
TihuI Resptmsibility
I hope readers will always
remember thai m\ Reflections"
consist of thoughts ideas, theories,
experiences, observations, and
^matr^o^^ojwforwhreh^Wke
past, the editot wa> 'IB ,tfl
expressed an unpopular point ot v lew
I would not ever want that to happen
again Notice the NAME on the
column If someone would like to
respond to something I ve written,
.ou ma. drop me a note at P O Box
4. Pembroke In the.summer ot IWI.
when I was writing the column. "Let's
Talk It Over", in the Robesonian. I
received a nice letter from a
Lumberton man asking why I
continued to believe that communism
was still alive, as well as commending
me on my poem. "The Mobile Homes
We Li vein " Since the views I express
are my own. I would prefer direct
communication w ith the person who
disagrees If I find that I have
overlooked something really
important. I can include thai point in
a future column
Livimg in Two Different Worlds
For the past 34 anda half yean I've
been one of thoce many people who
live in two different racial and ethnic
worlds It's not always easy. In fact. at
times it can be VbKV contusing But
I consider myself a whole kttricneras
a result of this experience!
Last Saturday I had plans for Lots
of catching up. since I wouldn't be
doing any writing that day. But then
an idea about my own "different
worlds'' popped into my head, and I
stopped 'just long enough to jot it
down." Ten handwritten pages and
several hours later the thoughts finally
stopped coming. I put down my pen.
and got back to "work."
Someday I hope to get paid in cash
for free-lance writing In the meantime,
even though I have received a little
cash in a couple of situations and have
been made in MANYOTHER WAYS
for writing "Reflections ".most
people seem to view my many hours
of w tiring simply as one of my leisute
a strong desire to write, for one reason
or another
'Actually. I see most of my wntinu
as a special kind of ministry, in w hicn
I try to share important things I have
experienced or studied, in the hope
that the lessons I've learned about life
may be of help to others. I would
greiatly appreciate vour pravers. as I
CHOdSE from among the MANY
ideas that keep coming to me. and
then as I decide HOW to put each idea
into WORDS Mv desire to let GOD
DIRECT MY WRITING
Brown is Beautiful
It looks like that long story I worked
on last Saturday is going to have to
wait for another time, after all. Mease
pray for me as I revise and get it ready
to print
*" I
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Wand Vlsts
Excited wd e^er to be released
from class. Ptuacll Swell High
Schools uudssai wasted patiently to
>1111 vv.mki was gomg *> perfonn
Wednesday. January -biaihe scfK*>i
gym
Mat Wand of East Dwbwew.
Illinois. eagcriv uMrodact himself lo
a crowd of approximately 1650
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Approximated twenty five
students and leathers uiwmtwd to
be hypnotised as each person
positioned themselves m a relaxed
manner watching a red light and
listening to Mr Wand's voice, thev
responded to rtqoea given hy the
1 pnv?ist some requests wetehilMtuns
to the audience when individuals
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Michael Jackson singing
Mr Wand assured to the audience
that with a sincere effort, individuals
could develop better study habits,
become bcttti athletes, lose weighs,
relax or any other things in their Mb
that they wish to improve
There are tapes and prapams
available of various interest. For more
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Gospel comes to
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n* Red spring* An* Council
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Cotton Patch (jotpel feature* foul
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in a down home contemporary
retelling ol the Gu*pel* of Matthew
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a c am of flxe w ho ting and dance their
wax through the miracle* amd the
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diow ha* been acclaimed by critic*
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