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Show Owl else, so it took a long time. I didn't want you to go to jail! Jcsie paused thoughtfully and said, "Well, it was out of season, sea-son, wasn't it?" This little story illustrates much of the "double standard" philosophy that many parents hold toward today's young people. peo-ple. It is a commendable thing when radio stations in our area announce late in the evening, 'Parents, it's ten o'clock, do you know whore your children are? But perhaps, in many cases it would be more appropriate appro-priate if the announcement read, "Children, it's ten o'clock, do you know were your parents par-ents are?" WHAT DO YOU THINK? Youth Council Committee "Parents, It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your children are?" "Out of SeasDii" Jcsic Perl was a fascinating woman who lived during the early mining days of the west. She mined, cooked, managed a hotel, nursed the sick, ran a miner's boarding house, and during the summer months took in boys between the ages of eight and fourteen. The boys enjoyed the sum- mer's fishing and in roaming the mountains around Josie's ranch home. One day the game warden and his wife dropped in to pay a visit on Josie. One of the boys was playing in the back yard and Josie called to him to come say hello to the visitors. The boy answered "In a minute." By the time the visitors were ready to leave half hour later, he still hadn't put in an appearance. It was said Josie failed around the corner so fast you could have played checkers on her coat tail. She demanded: "Bobby, I want you to tell me why you didn't come and say good morning mor-ning to the warden and his wife. I'm trying to train you boys to do the right thing." Bobby explained, "Well, Josie. I was burying the feathers of that sage chicken we killed yesterday and they were flying all over the yard. The minute 1 cleaned one spot the wind would blow them somewhere |