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Show mm in the tradition ofMasada and the Alamo Possibly 1997 issue the Beaver contains no advertisement supplement to the This editorial March 13, of Dear Editor, My name is Renee Jacobsen and my husband works for Circle Four, (have been tempted to write many times to your paper regarding different issues and I have decided to wait no longer. suppose some may be intimidated to write to The Beaver County Monitor. It seems unless you are of one mind with Alice Smith and have opinions likewise, you might find a ridiculous cartoon of yourself or some other slanderous remark made inside these pages. However, believe that people have a right to speak and think the ' way they choose. I would like to tell you Alice, that think it is poor politics that you not allow that same allow a person to hide anonymously behind his drawings and do courtesy to those who simply write their opinions. Please note my signature at the I County Monitor As many of you may know by now the vole at the March 5th Planning & Zoning meeting will not stand. Jolyn teko and I voted in Uavor of a motion to deny the C. UP. for the boar studfacility unless it was located farther from town. Jeff Kesler voted against the motion. Commissioner Ross Marshall abstained. Planning board member Scott Bealer did not attend the meeting. The C. U P. will be on the Planning and Zoning agenda again on March 1 9th. This meeting will be held in the Beaver County courtroom at 7:30 P.M. On March 6th I received a letter to the editor from the wife of a Circle 4 Farms employee. It has been the policy of the paper to print such letters...like them or not. Considering the tension following the 0 j meeting, I questioned the wisdom of adding more fuel to the fire. After conversation with the company, I received first a retraction, then on Monday, March I Oth, a of the original letter. It follows. complete and unedited. I hope it will clarify everyone s position, and open the door to better communication. CT - I I bottom of this letter. understand your rights as an editor to use creative judgment n your -writing. Your creativity however, seems to shade your reporting with your own personal agenda. Instead of being a constructive source to this community it appears to be a divisive tool to separate and isolate many. On your front page you had a small article on what you believed to be some fundamental issues regarding "Our Town." It dkJnl take a rocket scientist to go down your list of concerns regarding Circle Four and answer them. Are subdivisions conducive with all the hog buildings? suppose if a perhaps they are. developer planned on having people live in them in MKford-th- an How is it you. a person who has obviously committed her career to journalism a sudden expert on wind studies and water quality? Why not print what the best scientists in the state have concluded over and over? guess the truth might be too much for your readers to hope for Alice. Circle Four is a new company with all the challenges and growing pains of any new entity. It is a good company that is run by great men. personally know Rob Adams to be an honest and fair man who has more integrity than most men could dare hope for. also know he is driven and wants to see this company succeed not only for those who are employed by Circle Four, but for the positive impact it is having and will have on the community. You may fee) differently about Circle Four and the impacts it is having than I do, and that is fine. think the community could benefit immensely if we could afl agree to disagree. Whether or not you like Circle Four. It is here. Perhaps our attention would be better spent on the constructive aspects of this reality, versus finding fault and criticism. It think it is also poor politics for people especially in governing positions to refuse to open their minds to other possibilities other than their own. This Is often a painful task; truth often is. It is much easier to sit in our comfort zone and plant seeds of doubt and fear rather than accepting change. Change too is difficult, but in my opinion is one of the greatest things that can happen to a person. Life isn't meant to be a stale, journey. It is a chance for growth well. Our and as spiritualty personal characters depend on this mentally, physically growth and change. The quality of our lives enhances when we stretch out of our comfort zones and learn new things. I personally am glad Circle Four is here. I know there are many of you in this looked out at the crowd in the high school town who feel the same way I do. auditorium the other night with a strange sense of wonder. The boar stud facility was obviously not the fundamental issue being discussed. The issue is whether or not you like this new company in our town. There are people on both sides with their own (Continued on page 2 of editorial suplement) I I I I I I ve I You want truth .you've got truth When I was in second grade a new giri moved into the neighborhood. Her name was Willma. Her pigtails were just a little longer, and her hair ribbons a little brighter. Her "Wanda Walking Doll" had a complete wardrobe, and she had absolutely every "story book doll " too. Unlike the rest of the girls who wore last season's school shoes for play, Willma had "casuals'".. ...brand new ones. More than anything else, I wanted her to be my friend. I was so proud when she came to my house to play. She choose the that's the way it had to be if she was going to games and made the rules be my friend. She soon broadened the policy by requiring gifts in return for her friendship... .nothing big: a few cents, a toy or trinket. It was a small price to pay for having such a fine friend. Willma and I were inseparable. When my birthday rolled around, Auntie Martha gave me a lovely chain with a "sapphire" pendant. It was the most beautiful thing 1 had "gold" ever seen, and I vowed to cherish it for a lifetime. Willma soon hinted that if I wanted her to be my friend, 1 would give it to her. "What would I tell Auntie Martha?" I asked. "Tell her you lost it," she answered. When I told her I couldn't do that, Willma said she would never play w ith me again. She went home, and I cried for days. Finally, 1 told Willma that if she would come to play I would give her the necklace. Minutes later, she knocked on the door. Ready to keep my promise, I was unfastening the clasp when my mother came into the room. With a smile and a hug, she adjusted the clasp. "Must be more careful... you were about to loose your necklace," she said. She graciously told Willma that 1 would not be able to play today, and asked her to come back tomorrow. Mother then dished up some ice cream and cookies, which she served with a gentle lesson in reality. Friendship is a two-wa- y relationship. It is built on trust and mutual respect, not fear that gives way to exploitation From that time on Willma and I took turns choosing the games, and we always played by mutual rules. The necklace? Actually, it was a 56tf item from WoolworuYs, tarnished and discarded long ago. Mom's advise was the real treasure. 'Twas the truth then . ..'tis the truth still whether the relationship is between kids, grownups, governments, industries or any combination of the above street! it's a two-wa- y (Continued on page 3 |