Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 160, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Page: 3 of 8
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lursduy April 15. 20QJ. Sjipulpu Dull) llrrald — PAGE rHREE
LUCAS
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WAR
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Good economic newt, he
said. on the horizon,
though, including a drop in fuel
prices and the president'\ eco-
nomic stimulus package that
proposed controversial tax cuts
opposed by some members of
Congress
Lucas said eliminating the
double taxation of dividends
ssas philosophically lesponsible
but that eliminating them was "a
new idea to some in Congress ”
I ucas also discussed his sup
pon for Alaskan drilling to re-
duce U S dependence on for-
eign oil and a prescription drug
benefit for senior citizens
Mad the war in Iraq not been
a necessary end to Saddam
Hussein s regime. Lucas said, a
bill to provide a prescription
drug benefit would have been
passed this spring Now that
legislation will have to wait un
til next year, fie said
Lucas also spoke about his
pledge protection amendment
When the 'nil t iumi District
Courl in California ruled last
year that the phrase "under
Ciod" in the Pledge of
Allegiance was unconstitution
al. Lucas prepared legislation
that would pul the pledge under
constitutional pnacction
lhc Supreme Court is con
sidering whether to hear the
case, and Lucas said he was
confident about the outcome
"The L S Supreme Court will
correct what I believe is a silly,
foolish ruling "
And though he said the
Constitution should only be
changed “in the most absolute
necessary of circumstances," he
will continue to gain support tor
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QWO STONE
U S. REP. FRANK Lucas. R-Cheyenne visits with some of his constituents after Monday s town haH meeting
Lucas is hosting several town hall meetings during the congressional two-week Easier break
his amendment should the
courts fail to rescind ihe deci
sum
Lucas will continue his ve
ries ol town hall meetings in the
Hrisiow
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northeastern portion of the 'rd Mannfotd.
Congressional District this Drumnghi
vtcck Orr* Slifte tan he mu hed al
Larlier on Monday Lucas 224-5IK5 or at asstedilorQsa
met with constituent* in pulptuLuhhendd < ten
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crossing over a Tigris River
bridge that was heavily dam-
aged in an auslnke. and many
helicopters Hew overhead
Looters ransacked a govern-
ment agriculture building, but
there did not appear to be the
widespread lawlessness seen in
other fallen cities Infuriated
residents complained to a re-
porter that the bridge into town
had been blocked lor days;
many said they were hungry and
sick, but U S. forces would not
let them go to a hospital across
the over
"The Iraqi people want ui go
to their own parts ol their terri-
tory their own lands," one
man yelled "Hut the Americans
are not letting them'"
A Marine in a passing con
voy shouted. "We're trying to
bring order" Later. Mamie l pi
Courtney Davis, collecting ju
tomatic weapons al a check-
point. said he d heard Irom his
superiors that there were still
pockets of resistance
With fighting on the wane.
US. defense officials said
Monday they soon would recall
two of five aircraft carrier bat
tlegroups stationed m the
Persian Gulf "I would antici-
pate that the major combat en
gagements are over.' Maj Gen
Sijnlcy McChrvstal said at the
'Pentagon T think wc will move
into a phase where it is smaller,
albeit sharp fights"
Meanwhile. Sccretais ol
State Colin Powell hinted at
EDUCATION
economic or diplomatic sanc-
tions ugamsi Syria, saying the
government is developing a
weapons of mass destruction
program and harboring rem-
nants ol the Iraqi regime Syrian
officials denied the charges
"It is time to sign on to a dif-
terent kind ol Middle East,’ na-
tional security adviser
Condolee//a Rice told a
Washington think tank on
Monday
In London. British Prime
Minister Tony Blair said Synan
Prcsidcni Bashar Assad had per
sonally assured him that his
government "would interdict
anybody" crossing the border
from Iraq "And I believe they
are doing that.’ Blair told the
Mouse of Commons
III Baghdad. Marines handed
out livers luesday. appealing to
people to stay inside between
their evening and morning
Muslim prayers, “to avoid plac-
ing coalition forces in a position
where wc must make a distinc-
tion between you and terrorist
or criminal elements during a
time ol limited visibility"
The message stopped short
ol imposing a formal curlew, al-
though Marines had discussed
putting one in place during the
weekend s lampanl looting The
liver advised pci*plc not to carry
anything resembling a weapon,
suggested drivers pull over to let
military convoys pass, and
called on public service workers
to contact Marines al the
Palestine Motel
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Willingham said Mannlord
officer Andy Howard stood by
to secure the contents ol the
trailer while he obtained a
search warrant by Creek County
District Judge Donald
Thompson
Me said that law officers
made a forced entry but were
driven hack because of the dan
gemus level of chemical fumes
SCHEDULE
After the levels ol chemical
tunics had been reduced, law of
ficers found several containers
of two layer liquids, pseu
docphedrinc pills, sulfuric acid,
and assortment of other chemi-
cal*.
Willingham said law otticcis
also found glassware and othci
material consistent with manu-
facturing mclhamphciaininc
After the site had been se-
cured members of the I nited
States Drug Enforcement
agency arranged for the envi-
ronmental cleaning of the site
He said the clean up effort
was supervised by l.t Gary
Young who is operating on loan
to the Dl A
Willingham said all of the
evidence collected would be
forwarded to the Oklahoma
State Bureau ol Investigation
for evaluation
Willingham said very little
actual meth was found at the
scene hut the process was well
underway to cook a consider-
able amount of crank
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Me said although block schedul
ing is “a great schedule, it is
very expensive
"If wc keep an A-H bhxk
schedule and reduce teachers,
then our class sizes will be too
large There will be 2b to V) kids
in a class, and that is not eon
due isc to a gcxxJ ctluv ation in ms
opinion," he said
"So when we reduce stall by
10 percent at the high school, wc
need to look at the wav wc
schedule kids.” he said
Cummins said scht*>l admin
istraU*rs have researched several
types ol schedules, including six
period day. seven period day.
modified block, sandwich blcxk
and tnmesirr
"The trimester is. in my
mind, the best option." he said
Cummins said the trimester
impacts students the least and
takes the least away from stu
dents Trimester scheduling of
fers teachers an extended plan
ning period and ?ff minute class
es that meet daily
Wc can reduce stall by go
mg Co the trimester because
teachers arc teaching a larger
pari of live day Instead of 75 per
cent of live day. thes'll he teach
mg SO percent of the day Vou
get teachers in class more, and
wc can reduce stall." he said
Me said trimester scheduling
allows class si/cs to remain
small even thvnigh staff will he
reduced by 10 percent through
attrition
Hut not everyone is ready to
agree
Diane Webster, the mother ol
seventh and eighth grade stu
dents, said a trimester schedule
will not give eighth grade stu
dents an opportunity to cover
enough information before the
Criterion Reference Test is given
m March
She helped monitor-testing
this year and said it gave her a
c huiR c to sec how important test
scores are to stale funding It
siudcnts don't cover enough in-
formation before tevting. she
leais state funding will decrease
because lest scores will de
crease
Webster said school jdnunis
tralors have rcscaichcd trimester
scheduling lor the high school,
hui not the junior high
But Cummin* said preparing
eighth grade students for CRT t'
the greatest concern to admmis-
irators m trimester scheduling,
but it’s not any different than the
current challenge ol preparing
with tlx \H block schedule
"'There arc so many things
that we do outside of the regular
school day. or nonlraditionally,
to gel kids ready for the CRT tesi
and the trimester will he no dif-
fcrenl," he said
School administrators have
set a presentation lor 7 '0 p in
today al the high scIhx>I audito
num to explain the irunc'iei
schedule to the public
Cummins said the picsenia
lion is expected to last .10 min-
utes A MJ-nunutc question and
answer session will follow
Webster said parents arc not
informed about the negatives as
sociaied with trimester schedul-
ing
"I think every parent who will
have a child in junior high needs
to he al that meeting." she said
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more than SMUmo per year and
maintaining minimum academic
standards
Staggs said students who at-
tend private institutions general-
ly pay more for tuition and
should not he penah/cd for mak-
ing that decision She said
Oklahoma already offers tuition
waivers to some out-ol-state stu
dents, and that providing that
same help to Oklahoma students
mAcs better sense
"If you vole no on this hill, I
believe you're saying you want
to subsidize out-of-state students
that come here to our schools
and umserxrties ” Ataggs said
”11 you vote yes lor this. I he
licvc you’re saying you want to
subsidize Oklahoma students
But Rep Dale Wells. D
Cushing, vigorously opposed the
hill After numerous unsuccess-
ful attempts to anxend the meas
urc. Wells debated against it.
sjytng it would undermine the
state's system of public educa-
tion.
Ihis is mu a stale versus re-
ligion issue.’ Wells said Ihe
issue to me is giving public dol
lars to private institulums when
we cannot even altord to lulls
lund our own public cducatnm
Rep Tciry Ingnnre. K
Stillwater, said the idea behind
the hill may have merit hut it
was irresponsible to consider
such a measure given the state *
current budget crisis
"Once the economy turns
around, once wc have lots of
money, then probably something
like this will he beneficial to
look at. hut I don't really believe
that right now is the time to do
this,” Ingmire said
Several Republicans argued it
was in the stale's best interest to
provide incentives for students
to attend private institutions,
which are not subsidized by the
state
"This is probably one of the
hest bargains I've seen for the
state since I sc been in the legis
laturc." said Rep Leonard
Sullivan. R < Iklahoma City "It’s
ridiculous that we re even dehat
mg it"
Wells said while there arc
many outstanding private insti-
tutions. it is not the state s re-
sponsibility to pay for tlx*se who
ihoosc to attend
"I know these pnsalc umscr
sides do an outstanding job. hut
that's not the question here."
Wells said This is about free-
dom of choice These students
who go to these private institu-
tions have made a choice. They
chose to go to these institutions,
thes weren't lorecd"
School principal gives lesson on ending sexual harassment
l)E\R\HH\ Three Gills
from /anessille. Ohio wrote
that they were sexually harassed
al their high scfuxil by a hoy
who touches, grabs and pinches
them They complained to the
assistant princ ipal, and the hoy
was given one day of detention
after which the harassment
escalated
Those girls should know that
telling the assistant principal
one time is not enough
Although your advice to tell
their parents is important, much
more needs to he done
Victims must document and
report any future incidents im-
mediately to an adult at the
school In my school, if such a
report occur*, the perpetrator is
immediately suspended
Expulsion and legal action ate
also used if the sexual harass-
ment docs not slop
Dear . . |
ABBY V ^
In addition, because the per
pctralors are often skilled al not
exhibiting this behavior in clear
view ol adults. I leach victims
how to respond so that the per
petrator is exposed Victims
must clearly and loudly tell the
offender to "leave me alone'
Don't touch me' Don't sav that
to me1" This alerts adults and
students m the school that
there's a problem Notes, e
mails or written messages must
he saved and turned over to
school officials I also review
the incident with the stall, to
alert them to he more observant
ot possible luturc problems
It is only through CON TIN
l ED communication between
the victim and school officials
that effective action can he tak-
en ami the harassment stopped
_ GORDON w HOOD,
I’KIM ll'VI, Nit HOIS
MIDDIT SCHOOL,
I \ \NS|ON. II 1 .
DT \R GORDON: Thank
you lor writing Let it he lost on
no one that although the girls
who wrote to me were in high
school, harassment also happens
m noddle school and even
grammar sch*«>|
Hear Ahh\ is w rtiirn by
Ahniail Van Hurrn. al so knonn
as Jrannc Phillips. and ssas
lourulrd h\ her mother hut I me
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