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Show 1 L',5ri i-tEl;i;j!-jg'i I was hoping to have a special interview for this county-wide issue. However, aS the saying goes, "The best laid plans of mice and pen . " 301:11 interviews lor this week had to be can-jelled can-jelled due to unforseen difficulties dif-ficulties at the last moment. So 111 just say thanks again to 'the 77 kindly folks across the county who have shared Heir experiences with us -and who have made my job so pleasant. I look forward to meeting many more and hope you will not be reluctant reluc-tant to be our "Neighbor of the Week" when we call upon up-on you! Meanwhile, I read an article ar-ticle by a famous professor of child development, concerning con-cerning hippies and how they raise their children. His main concerns were the lack of principles taught the children, chil-dren, the lack of love shown them, no schooling, and learning the attitude of living liv-ing only for today. Having lived not far from some chose to drop out to flee to the wilderness and face only the challenges they chose to face. It's true no one can be completely satisfied with the state of the world or even the state of our small communities com-munities all the time. But we can work within the framework of the law to change things for the better. We have to face whatever comes and continue to build, shape, develop and leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it. I came across an interesting inter-esting checklist written by Roger Podewell showing us how we have progressed according to Genesis 1-28: Be fruitful and multiply (we've multiplied all right) and replenish the earth, (meaning to fill again provide pro-vide a new supply)? And subdue it (we're doing do-ing that certainly); And have dominion over the fish of the sea; And the fowl of the air; And over every living thing that moveth upon the earth (we've done these so well that thousands of species have become extinct and many more are endangered). It's that REPLENISHING part that needs work! We can start by doing what we can ourselves, and instilling instill-ing in our children the principle prin-ciple of reverence for life all life; gratitude for the beauties in the world around us; and help them to become independent, intelligent, caring car-ing individuals, willing to work to solve their problems prob-lems instead of dropping out. According to Dr. Landau, "You can't rear children without bothering about them. They need enormous Investments Invest-ments of time, energy and emotion." I believe that love is the most important ingredient in the make up and development develop-ment of every human being. It should begin the day we're born and never end. Can you think of a better investment? large and small communes for seven years in Southern Oregon, this interested me very much. In that beautiful, fruitful Oregon countryside, hippie communes found easy living. The climate was compatible. Their homes ranged from cardboard huts to geodesic masterpieces, usually constructed con-structed near the banks of a river so that culinary water, waste disposal, easy fishing and skinny dipping were close athand.AsIsaid.there were many different types of communes. Some depended a great deal on drugs, freaking freak-ing out most of the time, letting let-ting life slide by. Others "back to nature" buffs, were hard workers, willing to do a days work for a days pay when they felt like it - and then retreat back to their "paradise" in the hills. We came across an interesting inter-esting book written by hippies hip-pies for hippies. It contained contain-ed detailed instructions on all the home crafts, weaving, weav-ing, soap making, herbs for the sick, butchering, curing, tanning, etc., and even a chapter on how to cremate the dead. Gruesome, but informative. in-formative. Most of the time the children chil-dren stayed at home doing whatever struck their fancy. One day a few of them ran by our mountainside home with globs of green paint splashed liberally over their tiny, naked bodies. They seemed quite happy with their little green tummies. Another time Terry and a friend were hiking and came upon a group- of adults sitting sit-ting in a circle evidently meditating. He claims that he and his friend rivaled the stealthy Indian's silent retreat re-treat as they hastily departed depart-ed the scene. Many interesting groups came to the Upper Rogue Valley. One was a religious organization looking for inner in-ner peace and freedom from the hectic, troublesome, wicked world in which they had to live. Their women wore long dresses, made their own cloth and items for the home. They built log homes, a church and a school where their children were taught bible principles. They plowed, farmed, harnessed springs and streams and seemed well on the way to finding that inner peace they so desperately sought. Yet, all these people though by different methods were doing the same thing. Unable or unwilling to face today's troubled times, they |