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36 Years FREE but Not Cheap FALL 2015 36 Years FREE but not cheap Harpers Ferry Pulp Factory Ruins GARY BERGEL 2 Issue 142 Vol. XXXVII, No. 3 LIKE US ON Established May 1979 FACEBOOK! On the Web! PUBLISHER Contents www.shepherdstowngoodnewspaper.org Shepherdstown Ministerial Association SEE ARTWORKS IN COLOR! EXECUTIVE EDITOR Fall 2015 Randall W. Tremba EDITORS Marellen Johnson Aherne Essays, Art & Poetry Stephen Altman Mary Bell 3 Drug Alert: Pot, Porn, and Fox News. By Randall Tremba John Case Hannah Cohen 11 ARTWORKS Two Wonderful Women of Willowdale. By Eleanor Hanold Todd Cotgreave Sue Kennedy 14 POETRY Keegan Abernathy Mark Madison 15 EARTHBEAT In Defense of the Liberal Arts. By Mark Madison Wendy Mopsik Claire Stuart Ed Zahniser People, Places & Things PRE-PRODUCTION EDITOR Libby Howard 4 The Great Sign Project. By Wendy Sykes Mopsik SENIOR DESIGNER 5 Shepherdstown’s Backyard Chickens. By Stephen Altman Melinda Schmitt 6 Exit: Dr. Suzanne Shipley. By John Case DIGITAL IMAGE EDITOR Nan Doss 7 If These Walls Could Talk. By Sue Kennedy PHOTOGRAPHERS 10 Jeni Peterson Spreads Love With Flowers. By Hannah Cohen Jamie Lawrence Jessica Schmitt 16 My Two Grandmothers. By Isabella Snyder TYPIST 17 Books for Babies. By Monica Grabowska Kathy Reid 18 Welcome to Cymru. By Claire Stuart and Stephen Willingham COPY EDITORS Rie Wilson 20 Reclaiming Appalachia. By Brandon Dennison Claire Stuart PROOFREADERS Faith, Hope & Charity Betty Lou Bryant Carolina and Brent Ford Eleanor Hanold 21 Religious Communities Ed Zahniser 22 Donors DISTRIBUTION 23 Business & Service Directory Lex Miller TREASURER Alex Shaw DESIGN & LAYOUT HBP, Inc. Cover Artist Circulation: 13,000 copies printed Bulk mail (11,200) Shepherdstown all patrons (3,450) Gary Bergel is a multidisciplinary Eastern Panhandle artist and teacher. Building on training in Kearneysville PO, RR 1-4 (3,000) research science, photography, and studio arts, he is drawn to solitude and “seeing,” exploring and Shenandoah Jct (800) Harpers Ferry PO, RR 1,3 (2,250) capturing the “isness” of things—light, layers, occurrence, nuance, silence, mystery, faith, beauty. Bakerton (80) Martinsburg RR 3 (620) Sharpsburg PO, RR 2 (1,060) Direct mail by request (1,000) Subscription Form Stacks: area restaurants, shops, and visitor centers (1,000) If you are not already receiving the GOOD NEWS PAPER we will be happy to send it to you free of charge. Fill in Address and mail this coupon. You can also request subscriptions on our website: shepherdstowngoodnewspaper.org. GOOD NEWS PAPER, P.O. Box 1212 Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Telephone (304) 876-6466 • FAX (304) 876-2033 Name _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2015 Shepherdstown Ministerial Association, Inc. Address _____________________________________________________________________ All rights revert to the author on publication. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the City/State _____________________________________________ ZIP _________________ views of the publishers. On the Web! GOOD NEWS PAPER www.shepherdstowngoodnewspaper.org P.O. Box 1212 • Shepherdstown, WV 25443 SEE ARTWORKS IN COLOR! 3 Drug Alert Pot, Porn, and Fox News Randall Tremba Be careful how you live, not as unwise people but as They see illegal immigrants hauling drugs and Be afraid, white people. Be very, very afraid. wise, making the most of the time, because the days diseases into our country and raping our daughters. Many people watch and listen. Many think they’re are evil. —Ephesians 5:15–16 And they see radical Islamic terrorist cells in nearly getting fair and balanced reporting. But what they’re every American city about to attack a mall, a school, or really getting is hooked. One fear is a gateway to A re these evil days? a church near you, and they think our president is too another and another and another. Fear, after all, is a Parents think so. wimpy, too spineless, and too un-American to name or rush, a kind of high. Pot, heroin, and pornography are readily available confront that threat. Many good and decent people see all this dif- everywhere. Be afraid, people. Be very, very afraid. ferently. But what I see is this: a well-funded, mean- Every parent I know is worried. Yes, these pundits are scary but they are not evil. In spirited, concerted effort—from Fox News and other And it’s not just children and youth that are vulner- fact, they can be civil, rational, kind, and even humorous sources in our nation—to misrepresent reality in order able. We all are. at times. But then it’s right back to doom and gloom, to undermine the great American vision, the great But as dangerous and destructive as drugs and porn fear and more fear. experiment of unity with great diversity (e pluribus can be, there is another evil out and about that is hurting unum); to forsake the way of cooperation for the way of our people and our nation. It’s called “fear mongering,” belligerence; to forsake democracy for oligarchy. and it, too, is a highly intoxicating, addictive, danger- These are smart and sincere people. But smart and ous, and destructive drug. sincere is not enough. And it’s readily available on Fox News. If you don’t As we learned to say after the catastrophic invasion think the world is evil, just watch Fox and you’ll see. These are smart of Iraq in 2003: So much intelligence; so little wisdom. When I tell my friends that I watch Fox News they Just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you’re wise. cringe, because “friends don’t let friends watch that net- and sincere people. To be wise, in part, means to listen to people we work.” But I watch it anyway, because I want to under- disagree with, to give them the benefit of the doubt stand how others see the world. I want to know why they But smart and we’d like for ourselves. And so I have, religiously, for think the way they do. Maybe they know something I more than two years. And I’ve learned again and again: don’t. It doesn’t hurt to be humble. sincere is not enough. We don’t all see the world the same way. And so I watch and listen. I want to be open—but Some see evil and terror around every corner. that doesn’t mean I surrender my values or convictions. Others see goodness and grace. Some foment fear and For the past several years I have watched Fox News hate. Others promote hope and love. In fact, sometimes religiously, and boy oh boy, talk about evil—four of I’m one sort; sometimes I’m another. the five pundits on “The Five” at 5 o’clock see evil One fear is a gateway to another and another. These are troubling times—troubling times for our everywhere all the time. And from what I’ve heard, the In case you hadn’t heard, fearful people will turn on youth tempted by drugs and troubling times for our prime-time pundits are not much different. The world in each other, surrender rights, and gleefully applaud the nation and others tempted to buy the seductive drugs of their eyes is a grim and scary place. death of enemies. And if that ain’t evil, what is? fear and violence. For example, they see our president’s deal with Iran If I didn’t know better or didn’t have other sources We don’t have to resign ourselves to fatalism or as leading Israelis to the “oven doors.” And if that ain’t of information, I’d be terrified and angry all the time. succumb to fear. We can seek wisdom and courage— evil, what is? I’d want to take this country back! Please, somebody, wisdom to understand the way of love and courage to They see a despicable criminal, a “traitor” to our anybody, get rid of all this evil and make America undertake it with all our hearts. nation about to become the Democratic presidential great again! Yes, there is much grim news in the world. But nominee. And if that ain’t evil, what is? If I didn’t know better, I’d want us to bomb Iran there is also great joy. They see the “Black Lives Matter” movement as right now—and possibly half of Syria and northern Iraq Take joy. a ploy to stir up racial animosity in this country, where on the way over. And I’d not rule out nuclear weapons, racism hardly even exists anymore. if that’s what it takes to destroy ISIS. They see gay rights as infringing on religious If I didn’t know better, I’d get a gun and be ready to freedoms. shoot any suspicious-looking Muslim or Mexican. They see Planned Parenthood auctioning off fetal If I didn’t know better, I’d think white men were the parts for profit. real victims in our society. GOOD NEWS PAPER • FALL 2015 4 The Great Sign Project Wendy Sykes Mopsik mall towns throughout the country extend their that bear little resemblance to their odd unrelated parts. greeting to visitors in a variety of ways. Banners And with this property literally teetering on the eastern Sare strung across the main street, small flags are edge of Shepherdstown off Rte. 230, the answer of where mounted on poles placed along the road or, most com- to place the second marker was obvious. monly, entrance signs are erected to inform newcomers First the 8- to 10-inch stone bottom that comes of their exact whereabouts. Although Shepherdstown is up out of the ground has to be fabricated. As in often described as a vortex or more like a feeling than Shepherdstown buildings in the 1880s, stone would a place, it does occupy a physical space and does have anchor the sign and provide a solid foundation.
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