One office contested in ASB election
The office of AS President is
the only contested race in
today’s ASB elections.
James Cox and Larry
McFadden are running it off
today in the only race that
hasn’t already been decided.
Lisa Hitt and Lois Owens are
running unopposed for vice
president and secretarytreasurer respectively.
Both candidates for president
admit to never having attended
a BOC meeting.
Larry McFadden said he’d
like to see more interest in
student activities. “I’d like to
see more interest in dances and
a lot more interest and
activities in Pete’s week.”
McFadden said.
Cox said he also would like to
see renewed interest in such
activities. Neither candidate
would comment on how to
increase interest, or on what
they hope to accomplish if
elected. Both candidates said
they will be returning to PC
next fall if elected or not, and
were not influenced to run by
the tuition waiver the ASB
president receives.
Under the revised
constitution, ratified April 23,
all candidates for president,
vice president, and secretarytreasurer must have earned 24
units of credit prior to election.
All candidates with the
exception of Ms. Owens have
earned substantial credit hours.
At press time Ms. Owens was
still counting on a made-up
incomplete grade to fullfill the
requirements.
Along with the credit
requirement all candidates
must have a 2.0 cumulative
grade point average in order to
run for office. All the candidates
have a 2.0 cumulative grade
point.
If elected Ms. Owens will be
the school’s first secretarytreasurer, as the two offices
were combined when the
revised constitution was
ratified.
Also included in the revised
constitution is a removal from
office clause that makes it
possible for the BOC or 20 per
cent of the student body to
initiate removal from office
proceedings. A removal from
office election would be held 10
days after the proceedings had
been initiated and with a twothirds majority approval any
elected BOC official could be
removed from office. The old
constitution had provisions for
impeachment but not for
removing from office.
Following today’s election a
dance will be held at 9 p.m. in
the PUB. The band will be “Flyby-Night,” and admission will
be free to all PC students with
ASB cards. Election results will
be announced at the dance.
475 in 2nd walkathon
By NANCY WHITE
The March of Dimes
Walkathon May 3 was billed as
a “20 mile leisurely walk to save
human life.”
It wasn’t all that leisurely. We
have some doubts that it was
even 20 miles. However, the
$10,829 dollars pledged will go
toward saving human life.
Dawn Fry and I started out
with the other 473 walkers
Saturday morning full of
confidence. We were both
veterans of former walkathons.
My father, who’s been one of the
faithful sponsors, could only
complain, “You are
walkathoning me to death.”
We may have walkathoned
ourselves to death.
It was impossible to quit
early. When walking with
persons much younger or much
older than you, you don’t dare
risk hurting your ego. Dr.
Wemer Quast, one of our
sponsors, had said: “They
won’t make it more than three
miles, especially if it rains.”
With thatin our ears we made it
— and it did rain.
All but three of the walkers
finished. One of those who didn’t
was a 22-months-old baby.
Another one who did was a boy
in a wheelchair. He was pushed
the entire way by his brother.
What do you do to kill time on
a 20 mile walk? We solved it by
eating.
Every grocery store along the
way was deluged with walkers
buying candy bars, pop, and
other forms of junk. We were
right in there with the best of
them fighting to get to the
counter. The National Guard
also kept the walkers supplied
with water, sandwiches, and
cookies. Itwas our big chance to
work off five pounds, but it
almost worked the other way.
One poor German shepherd
dog will never be the same. His
house was directly on the route.
By the time we had passed him
he had almost barked himself
hoarse. There were still many
behind us. As we walked down
the road we could still hear him
barking.
He is not the only one who
may never be the same. Most of
the walkers suffered from a
common affliction — sore
bodies. It is shorter to say
where it doesn’t hurt rather
than where it does.
Three boys from Roosevelt
Junior High School made it in
two hours and 15 minutes. The
late walkers finished in around
seven hours. We made it in six.
To all of our friends who
didn’t think we would make it:
Ha, Ha, Ha
Battle lines drawn on Fluoridation issue
“Who am I to believe? I’ve
heard both sides in this
fluoridation issue and both of
you have a mile-high stack of
‘studies’ to prove your point and
you both sound completely
believable!” said a confused
student at a meeting sponsored
by the Aroused Citizens against
Fluoridation.
On May 2, four meetings were
held around Port Angeles by
people concerned for and
against fluoridating the city’s
water supply. The questions
raised concerned the
environment, safety to human
health, human rights and the
costs of installing the system
versus the cost of dental bills.
Last March the Medical and
Dental Societies of Clallam
County proposed fluoridation
because they “had seen too
many three-year-olds with their
teeth rotted out, 14-year-olds
trying to adjust to dentures, and
were alarmed because within
six months Public Health
Assistance has already spent
$36,000 on dental care in this
county,” said Mrs. Robbi
Mantooth, one of the organizers
of what has become a
campaign for fluoridation.
The natural fluoride level in
Port Angeles water is one-tenth
■of one part per million.
Supporters of fluoride seek to
have that increased to one part
per million, the level where the
reaction of fluoride on teeth
ceases to be helpful.
Dr. Robert Faine, the
regional director of health care
and a strong supporter of
fluoridation, said there are
enough studies to support the
belief that fluoridation is of no
danger to human health; that it
would not cause cancer, birth
defects, kidney malfunction or
cause damage to the action of
enzymes. Dr. Faine also said
the opposition to fluoridation is
using “scare tactics” to
convince the public that fluoride
is dangerous.
The cost of installing’a
fluoridation system here would
be about $7,000 and operation
costs would be about $2,200 per
year, or about 15 cents per
person. Dr. Faine said fluoride
in water has proved to cut the
number of cavities in children
from three to one. He prefers
the 15 cents a year to dental
bills.
Dr. Faine assured Dr. Quast,
a PC staff member, that
fluoridated water would not
affect his goldfish, coffee, or
home brew. But he had nothing
to prove that it had no long term
effects on the environment.
Aroused Citizens against
Fluoridation engaged two
speakers, private citizens who
had done their own research
into fluoridation. RoyWagner of
Redmond said there had not
been enough research to prove
its safety. He said that people
opposed to fluoridation had
been labeled “Birchers,
Christian Scientists and health
food fanatics,” and he was not
any of those. Because of this,
people were afraid to listen to
his side of the argument, he
said.