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The Raider Reporter (Winifred, MT), 15 April 1987, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/TheRaiderReporter/1987-04-15/ed-1/seq-2/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
Several weeks ago, a major change took place i n my 1 i f e • No , I didn't come ac~os~ a couple mill ion dollars or anything of the sort. In fact, the chanoe wouldn ' t . even seem v e~y se v ere to an y bod y e x cept me. This change, as man y people have probabl y alread y guessed, is m y trans . i t i on fr · om 1 i ' ·-' i no f i fteen mi Jes a w a ~ fro~ schc11:,l t o m y ne, . -1! 6 00 y ard resi den,:e in the \big cit > '·\ So, for al J the people who ha v e - :\:;ked me, \What is . it 1 ike 1 iving in town?\ - :\nd \Do yc,u 1 ike Jiving in town better than 1 iv i ng in the countr y? \ this editorial · is for ~ ,1c,u • My immediate response to the latter of the two questions mentioned i n the ~~evious paragraph is a resoun \ d i ng \ y es ' !\ Then, in the privacy and so 1 i tude of my room, I ponder the question over and over in my mind, taking into consideration ever y minute detail. think ,::,f a J J the privacy and that feeling of : - o l i tu de • I th ink of al J those earl y morninos getting up to th;t refreshing morning air, not to mentior , the fragrant aroma of the nearby feedlot. In my da y s upon days of meditation, m y answer becomes a stronoer \absolutely positiveiy, beyond-a-doubt, yes! ! \ BETHEJUDGE ... First of all the word \solitude\ is easily, and often appropriately, changed to \isolated.\ Upon observino this word, I have visions of getting up an hour early for a morning basketball practice, sometimes a s earl :, ' a~ . 4:30 in the morning. Another quick · thought r · efer: . mo? to memories of tr y ing to get to to w n in a sno w storm when drifts - :\re pi 1 i ng up acros-: - the road. The biggo?st disad v antaqe of isolation, - thouoh, is the fact thai · y our soc i a J i z at i on i s severel y cripplo?d by being an out-of-towner, especiall y if y ou don ' t ha v e a driv.?r ' s 1 icense. As for the \getting up early .. ,\ and the \fresh morning air·,\ that i s . quite far from the truth. In fact, if . J am ever risen before I w ant to be, I tend to get into moods that prevent me from enjoyino much of anything; I am - not an avid earl y riser.(Ask Dobie, he can confirm i t . ) . . Otho?r advantages of becomino an \urbanite\ inc 1 udo? ~ access to a good baske tba 1 J court, an e x tremely clos~ swimming pool, my own room with a direct door to the outside, and many other numerous advantages I have accumulated in our move. Of course, there are some disadvantages. The major one is that I have to walk that whole 1800 feet every morning, uphill! Right now, i t doesn • t sound l i ke an extremely incredible task, but in 15 to 20 years, it will. For, you see, if and when I have an ~ kids, I w i 11 see to it that the to school tradition of parents e x agerating their childhood hardships is kept inta , : t . So, i ·· n that time, I ' ll be tell i ng rr, y l< id not to complain because, \When I was y our aae, i had to walk t1ue - ~i Jes to school ever y morning up a steep mountain that has since eroded awa y .\ I have no idea wh y , but I ha•..Je this . . burning desir'i:' tc,_ ' ·: put in somethino · ~ ~out \No shoes-in-th~ee feet deep snow-uph i J 1 both ways, .. \ but Wi 1 J y Cosb y beat me to it. To tr•J J ·~ ; \:: understar,d the bacl{.gr , m · d of . m y writing t~ii, I feel that i t 11-•ou 1 d be beneficial to under·stand the circumstances under which I am workinq. This is d•Je tomorrc:;w morning and I was desparate for a topic, I was seriously considering doing the \American sanctions on Japan\ top i\c 11-•hen rn y father suooested this topic:. · - i3~r1' t p,.arents J ust shc,cK yc,u 'V with their occas i ona J • oood ideas ? Well, I dropped the Japan affair fearing I would put e~erybody to sleep. I i\tarted at 'r:00 and I 1·now:~cominq close to f i shino it up at 1 0 : 0 0 . ~d , here I page 2 CONT.
