The Mail-Journal, Volume 18, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 March 1981 — Page 5

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(Continued from page 4) seems at times like that to hide & r one's nakedness. now!” What a relief! I knew they'd have to come off — but so So, I rang the nurse and she help me —that's worth fighting picked up the urinal and just for. _ j U st a smidgin of decency before she disappeared from and dignitv!!! * sight she held it up and LOOKED AT IT! — Oh, my soul, will this Now a day we hear a lot about a never end? person being allowed to die with dignity Well, I’m not planning I pulled the cover over my head right now on dying, consequently and bhished! Here was a girl I'm not so interested in that as I looking at what 1 had done in a should be — but my, oh my, what X urinal of aU things! I wouldn’t give to be able to live these next few days with dignity! As she returned, she pulled back the curtain and there sat a I had never used a urinal box on the floor with the idenbefore. but I could tell by the tifying letters. - ICU surroundings that 1 surely would Pronounce it! “I SEE YOU! ‘I use one there, for I didn’t see anv thought, “111 bet somebody did doors marked "Men.” In fact, I too.’’ (And I’m supposed to get didn't see any doors — just help in these surroundings!!!) curtains! Wed. the specialists began to ' Father, are you still there? move in for X-rays, E.K.G.’s Send me a male nurse, and Echograms, Etc. quick!” The prayer went unanswered! No male nurse was The ICU is efficiency perforthcommg but the necessity for sonified It s not quiet, but it s the urinal was! Finally, under efficient, pressure I said. (to this girl * “Could I have a urinal, please’’’’ Dr. Bloom came during an And I really did mean “Please .” echogram (a 45 minute to one hour procedure.» She caught my distress signal > and accommodated me. (Now It was great to see a man If how do I use the infernal thing?) only he had come sooner! Where Well, dummy, you do what comes was he when 1 needed him naturalh —that's all! It's amazing how helpful a thin.sheet Well, ultimately everyone needs

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a bed pan! — Even preachers! And I thought. "These gals are great, this is their work and they are used to it and it's no problem for them, why should it be for me? But it was! So I said, as matter-of-factly as I could, “Nurse, I believe I need a bed pan.” Actually, I wasn’t only believing it, I KNEW IT! I had waited as long as I dared. She came in and scooted a chair out in the middle of the room and said. "Rev. Richey, you may use the commode! Call me when you’re through.” (Golly. I wish she could have just said. "Mr.”, or “Richey,” or “Hey, You." but no. she had to use “Reverend" and this didn't seem appropriate under those circumstances! > Again, she pulled the curtains as well as she could. She left about six inches on each end and just a curtain between me and the lady in the next bed to me. So. I got out there in the middle of the room, and mounted the throne and didn't feel at all comfortable — trying to be quiet, because of the lady in the next bed (As compared to this, the run out past two chicken houses in the “out house" when I was a kid was heavenly!!!) I would have personally carried it to the river rather than have a young girl carry away my body waste, but they had taken my pants, and 1 was there for the duration. When she put the pan back in place. I said: “Thank You!"That was the very least 1 could do! (We tip waitresses to carry food to us at the restaurant. A “Thank You’ under these . circumstances seems so utterly inadequate ) We must work on that, in our society! About the time I became accustomed to this after 24 hours, they came and wheeled me out for a scan kind of thing. When they returned me — "we went home another way! I ended up on the "Heart Floor" but wonder of wonders. Mary was there waiting my arrival (Bless her) and there was a bathroom — WHEEEEEE!!!!! And 1 had “Privileges!" As a frequent caller in the hospital. I never could figure out why it was so important in the healing process when people got “Bathroom privileges!" NOW. I KNOW!!! 1 think, from now on when folk share that confidential information with me. I'll burst out with the singing of the Doxology — and that's not intended to be sacrilegious! After a day on the Heart Floor and having identified a “Calcification" in the Aorta and somewhere else, and a valve problem. Dr. Mishkin said, “We're going to send you to Indianapolis." 1 said "St. Vincent's please!" Walt delivered me back to Leesburg and I tried to get some things ready to be away. Then to Mary's father’s for the night and on to Indianapolis and St Vincent’s on Thursday for an examination at Dr Nasser s office at 9:00 A quick examination and into the CCU at St. Vincent's Woe is me — starting all over again!!! — except that now I'm an old hand at it. Mary took everything home except-a comb, tooth paste, pencil and paper and pajama bottoms! Talk about helplessness — and then the whole series of tests again! Doctors and nurses galore! They listened to my heart! 1 have a murmur! “Congenital" that means that I've always had it. What can one do about that? One listens and then another, and another, and then outside the room to compare The head person asks of the students. "What did you hear?" In response to the inquiry I heard a lot of things which they said

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One said, "1 think it's really neat.” (She had to listen again and have a better description!) Another said, “It has a squeek." A Doctor said, “It’s a classic textbook murmur! Sometimes, when pressed by a supervisor for a description, they’d just giggle! That didn't pass either. And remember, this was my heart which was so curious!!! The word got around, passed on by each successive shift of doctors and nurses. “May 1 listen to your heart?” was a common question! My old defective heart valve almost made me a celebrity! I told them toward the last that I was going to set up a toll booth, or they could take a number and wait their turn! (That never happened!!) They were a great bunch except for that infernal needle! How I hate it! They punctured me repeatedly for blood samples! (1 know they had to do so. > On one occasion, I was lying cm my side When the needle pricked my skin, my right leg came up with a reflex action which hit the nurses elbow and consequently drove the cotton pickin' needle right through the vein! OUCH — now that one did hurt! I'll be ' more careful about reflex action from now on — count on livery, very careful! On Friday; after being in the hospital almost constantly since Monday afternoon. I asked for a urinal like an old pro. The nurse said, “Just a minute. I'll close the door!” I said. “What for? No one else has this week!" These temperature taking gadgets are something else — digital read out with a buzzer when it reaches your temperature. None of that shaking the thermometer and turning and squinting — and guessing — just read it and write it down. It starts at 94 Degrees and when the temperature catches up to that, it starts moving up 94.1. 94.2, 94.3. etc. until it arrives at your temperature. Interesting! I watched it a couple of times and when it came to 98.6 I said “Buzz” and it did! And now, 1 got moved to heart floor at St Vincent s. Again, wonderful nurses, bathroom privileges, company, telephone, T V Now. that ’s really living! A floor nurse came in and said — "How are you, Mr. Richey ?" 1 said. “Fine! What time are the wheel-chair races in the hall tonight?" She gave me a “Drop Dead" look — and left I haven't seen her since — and I'm glad, for I thought for sure she was going for a big blunt needle! All 1 was really saying was that I was “fine.” 1 should have quit with that, while I was ahead! The food is excellent, the personnel are wonderful, all of them working to restore health and wholeness to these unbelievably wonderful and complex bodies of ours, just temporarily in need of a little preventative maintenance. We continue to learn deep philosophical things about ourselves. I've learned this about me — "I'll never be a streaker' or a , •flasher’ — never! ” 1 even hope for a male undertaker! Go ahead! “l-augh until you cry ... who cares?" J ROSS RICHEY

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Points to dangerous influences

Dear Editor, There have been two articles in the “Cruzin Around ’Cuse” column the last two weeks that prompt me to write this letter. Mr Beemer ’s articles pointed out the dangerous influence of the teachers' unions on education; I wish to point out some dangerous influences on the educational system. Mrs. Reinholt’s article reallysurprised me since she states in her article that the teachers unions at local, state and national levels “work together to improve the quality of education in this country." Is that why we have job actions and illegal strikes byteachers' unions, to improve, the quality of education? Mrs. Reinholt also made the statement. “Schools are run byschool boards who seldom have members who have teacher training ” I disagree with this last statement completely as I think school boards have verylittle to do with running our school system The public school system was originally established with the primary purpose of providing a good education for the youth of the community and was to be administered according to the wishes of the taxpayers and voters of the community. As time has moved on this original concept of community control of the educational system has been wrested from the community as such and now control is concentrated in three areas. The state and federal beaureaucracies through the influence of financing and its threatened withdrawal for not complying with these regulations, are imposing their will in the operation of the schools. Secondly, w-e have the administrators, superintendent and others who are specialists in school financing and administration, each of whom is determined to make their particular school the envy of the neighboring communities regardless of cost and regardless of whether the expenditures improve the overall educational climate for the students. Being experts in the fields of financing and regulation as pertains to schools, they are in a position to "advise” the school board members, who not' only lack training in these fields but on their part-time basis cannot make decisions on their own but must rely on the “advice" of the superintendent, which they do. Thirdly, we have the teaching staff. They most certainly participate in the operation and control of the schools and their influence becomes more apparent as the teacher s unions become more powerful Our teachers should definitely have an influence in the operation of our schools, but it should be the result of their own thinking and not dictated by a militant, politically-activated union such as the IST A is and which is the most powerful lobby in this State. A good school and educational system is the result of a good faculty and a competitive student body and cannot be measured by cost per pupil or by an elaborate physical facility with a beautiful facade and landscaping The teachers should be concerned with the budget cutting proposed by the administration as at the same time they were discussing cutting the budget approximately $40.000 00 for educational supplies and summer fees, in the same breath they were discussing building the new school at Milford for $3,500.000 00 And a lot could have been done to

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improve education with the $2,500.000 00 they spent on the girls’ gym The school board and Supt. Arnold have just as much of an aversion to calling it the girls' gym as teachers have to calling the LCEAaunion Robert J. Mauzy Quayle asks allies to help rebuild western defense U.S. Senator Dan Quayle asked Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, to “work closely with our NATO allies to ensure they understand that while the United States is willing to increase its defense budget, we expect to see a similar commitment from our allies." Quayle addressed his comments to Weinberger who was appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking for an increase of $5.8 billion over the next two years in the Pentagon budget “I think that an overwhelming number of American taxpayers are willing to increase the defense budget," Quayle said “However. I also think they would be interested to know just how far our allies in Europe and Japan are willing to go to help defend themselves." Quayle said he would have "no trouble” in voting to increase Defense Department funds, but warned the Pentagon that they have a “greater responsibility” than the other departments to “ensure that the taxpayers’ money is being well spent.” Quayle said that the Pentagon should resurrect’ the signs from the mess halls that said “take all you want, but eat all you take." "In this case, we are saying we will give you the money you say you need, but you had better spend it wisely.” said Senator Quayle State Police report Lt. John Siegel, District Commander. Indiana State Police at Ligonier Post, announces the following activities for the month of February- m Kosciusko County. Hours worked —1.034 Miles traveled, state 'and county roads —16.465 Accidents investigated — 23 Arrests effected —lO5 Warnings issued —lB5 Motorists assisted —142 Kosciusko County is staffed by five troopers and one sergeant. Ligonier District serves the six northeastern counties of the state. Units assigned to Ligonier conducted 66 criminal investigations. resulting in the arrests of 14 persons The fatal accident total in Kosciusko County is one person killed in 1981, as compared to the same period of 1980 when there were no persons fatally injured on state and county roads. District wide in the six counties. seven persons have lost their lives in 1981. as compared to four persons in 1980; an increase of three persons Mfitn I* going to team tennis.. M TMt ROM 4 s«*r SHOW- \ Mort* 20 21 22 / at THt AM*O«V WMSAW

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Weekly Report From Senator Johnß Augsburger

The General Assembly recessed two days this week to work on the budget and other matters. The senate is wrapping up work on Senate bills and hs begun to hear House bills in committee; the reverse is taking place in the House where they are now hearing Senate bills in committee. As of Friday, March 6 the General Assembly will have completed 38 of their 61 working session days. The main reason for the two day recess this week was to give some time for legislative fiscal experts to work on the budget. Recent figures indicate that state revenues will be even less than were originally anticipated, and the state budget must be trimmed accordingly Since Indiana has a constitutional amendment stipulating that there can be no deficit spending, every effort is being made to match Expenditures with revenues. However difficult the planning job is. most of us feel that this assembly can pass a balanced budget without a tax increase. The recession Indiana has faced during the last year has been a burden to all Hoosiers, but it won’t last forever and the state should come through in good shape . Another reason for this week’s recess was to save some session for reapportionment. Not all of the 1980 Census data is in and so the issue of redistricting mayhave to wait until late in the

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Fithian supports bill to end 'marriage tax'

WASHINGTON Congressman Floyd Fithian has cosponsored a bill to eliminate the "marriage tax" and met with the bill’s sponsor. Republican Congresswoman iMillicent Fenwick (NJ) to personally give his support. “Things are tough enough for families today without penalizing working couples for being married by making them paymore in taxes. Tax reform is one of the top items on our agenda for the 97th Congress, &nd I wholeheartedly support this bill to eliminate one of the most unfair tax policies facing Americans every April 15." Fithian said Fithian added there is "growing evidence that the marriage tax’is working to deter marriage and acts as an incentive for the legal separation of those who are married " . “Certainly the federal tax law ought not to encourage couples to live together in an unmarried status over living together as husband and wife, he said “There are profound sociological implications steming from our present tax laws." Under current tax laws a

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session. Some action was taken this week however, when S B. 85 passed the Senate by a vote of 879. The bill provides that redistricting could not break election precinct lines, when drawing districts up for Indiana House. Senate or congressional seats. Another bill heard in committee this week which deals with redistricting is S B. 84. The bill specifies that state legislative and congressional districts must fall within a 5% deviation range. S B 163. which I sponsored, would have restructured the alcoholic beverage laws in Indiana. but did not pass out of committee Instead, there will be an interim committee created to study the issue. Also, a resolution passed the full Senate this week which requires that the concept of S.B. 163. including the free enterprise system, must be included in the study Below is a list of three bills that I am sponsoring in the Senate. H.B. 1312. stiffens the penalty for writingTiad checks. H.B. 1409. allows for a longer period to detain a shoplifter. HJR 1. allows corporations to represent themselves in small plaims court The Senate toll-free number is 1-800-382-9467, Please call me if you have something you want to talk about, a problem you’re having, or an opinion you want A me to know about I’d be glad to hear from you My mailing address is c o Senate. State House... Indianapolis. Indiana 46204.

husband and wife whose combined income is $25,000 a year pay s6ll more, or 18 per cent, in federal taxes than if they were single If their incomes are SIO,OOO they pay 40 per cent more "That simply isn’t fair." Fithian said. The bill. HR 1700. would allow two-earner couples the option of being taxes as if they were single It would preserve the benefits of filing jointly for one-earner couples and would not change the tax rates for singles "The marriage tax creates a disincentive for a married woman who wants to work because it taxes the first dollar of her income at the same rate as the last dollar earned by her husband This means that more than half the country ’s married taxpyers — 38 billion Americans — are paying more just because they choose to marry. “It’s a hard fact that two incomes are necessary to support many families in these times. Fithian said "We must move ahead to balance the budget and get inflation in line. But. in the meantime, we should take those steps we can to ease the burden of working families."

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