Windsor Beacon from Windsor, Colorado • 14

PAGE FOUETESN WINDSOR BEACON Thursday, July 13, 1172 A Bad Show Too Lazy to Walk a Few Steps ering to climb out and walk 10 or 15 steps to the restrooms in the bathhouse! Before somebody gets nervous, let me addthis- hasn't happened often, at all. My point is, it shouldn't ever happen. Sometimes one wonders if we will ever be able to overcome pollution, when people are. so concerned with their own needs and convenience, and so oblivious to those of others. WE HAD OCCASION to go down to the swimming pool during the noon hour one day last weekend.

The water was clear as a mountain stream the pool bottom was white, and spotless. It was absolutely beautiful! Do you know sometimes they have to order all swimmers out of the water while the lifeguards remove excretion from the water. Someone has had a bowel movement in the water, instead of both The Need for a Real Choice Could it be possible that George is turning into a 'politician'? Ugh! that dirty word. Well, it is my fervent hope that George is the nominee! J. D.

Morgan Fort Collins" Like Mr. Morgan and, I hope, a lot of Republicans I pray that at long last the American people are given a real choice two candidates different e-nough so that public opinion can make itself known on a number of issues. IT WAS RISKY, all right, but two weeks ago I headed an editorial, "Do I need counseling?" I'm rather proud to report there was only one reply, and it relatively good-natured: "In answer to your editorial in the June 29th issue of the Beacon Yes! You need counseling. By the way, what happened to McGovern's 'One man one vote' stand as concerns California's delegates? The great 'populist' has conveniently ignored the fact that Humphrey got the most popular vote (nationwide) Heads or Tails Guess Which fx I 1 8 ft ft ONE THING ABOUT NIXON it's fun to guess what he'll do next, because we all know it'll be something original and; different. If the Democrats do finally wind up with McGovern, then Nixon would be likely to assume a more liberal image still to the right of McGovern, but liberal enough to take in some middle-of-the-road voters.

One way to achieve this image would be to fire Melvin Laird and Spiro Agnew for sounding off too far to the right. First, of course, he'd lead Laird and Agnew to make even more outrageous statements than in the past. Haven't we been hearing some of these already? Nobody can know exactly what our President might do tomorrow. But it's sure fun to guess! I'VE BEEN REAL PLEASED with the summer recreation program this year. Of course, now that our boys are older, I no longer feel obligated to warm the bleachers two nights a week.

Still, as with nearly every public project, the editor is always involved to a certain extent. I've been particularly proud of our summer rec director, Barry Pennucci. He has not only the talent, but the desire, to write interesting summaries of the ball games. Through his efforts kids feel their diamond encounters are of real interest to Windsorites and they are, to the extent that all Windsorites share a sense of pride that youngsters in our town are having a worthwhile summer vacation, learning to know each other outside the classrooms, and more important, not only striving together to win as teammates, but also learning to win or lese with dignity and good humor. We've had all varieties of summer rec directors.

Some have been the tough, Marine-sergeant type characters, who also had something to offer kids; something similar to what boot camp offers the army or navy recruit. But I think a guy like Pennucci has something far more valuable to offer, and I'm glad the civic committee hired him this year. IN ORDER TO MAKE the program more interesting for the kids participating, Pennucci and his coaches changed the rules of the game a little for the different age groups. The coaches agreed to follow the special rules, and from all I hear, the kids (and most parents) are very pleased with the program. -Remember, in the Windsor summer rec program, "rec" stands for recreation.

Someday perhaps we'll have a regular little league with paid coaches and umpires, trained to handle belligerent parents. At present, our program is still "recreation," and the kids seem to be enjoying it. But, as seems to happen every year, some Windsor parents behave as though they were at the Roller Derby or professional rasslin' matches. They aren't doing their bit, as spectators, unless they give coaches and umpires a bad time. Vandalism to his car, and threats of bodily violence, wouldn't bother a- Marine-sergeant type of rec director, but they do bother Pennucci.

Some parents no doubt like to think of our summer rec program as a sort of kindergarten boot camp, and I'm sure this editorial will bring forth nothing but contempt from that type 'of mentality. HOPEFULLY, most Windsor parents would like our summer rec program to teach the kids something more than regimentation and athletic warfare. And, hopefully, these parents will be courageous enough to at least put a damper on the perennial bad sports in our midst. About all I can say to. Pennucci is, "Keep up the good work.

This year it's exceptional." Might Be a Possible Solution ALL THE AIRLINES are getting a lot of heat these days, and I fully sympathize with their sky-jacking problem. I can think of no suitable solution. But there's another policy followed by the airlines which irritates me very much. It happened to us once in Iowa, flying United. And last week it happened again, with Western.

When something happens to delay a departure more than a few minutes, passengers and well-wishers are told that there's a mechanical problem they hope to overcome it soon. Seasoned travelers are immediately, suspicious and grow more so as time drags on. Soon some "abandon ship," switching to the next flight which immediately causes that one to be sold out. And the problem snowballs, messing up the schedule for hours. Harried clerks are forced to bump all but "confirmed" tickets, and a sort of panic ensues as travelers think of their friends or relatives waiting to pick them up at the other end of the flight.

I think all the airlines which lease space in an airport should be forced to form a pool and keep one or two standby planes on hand at all times, fueled and ready to be called into action if needed, with their own crews also on call if necessary. So what if a passenger buys a ticket from Western but actually flies in a TWA or Frontier plane? I'm sure most passengers would find this far less upsetting than the way it's done now especially if they're convinced all the airport personnel are now working on the problem. Chess Will Never Be the Same to bring psychology into it, and then excuse it by saying it's all part of the game. To me, what the guy is saying is, "I'm not good enough to beat him without cheating a little." But what the guy actually says, and it's echoed by most sports writers, is "He simply outsmarted his opponent." THE GAME OF CHESS may never recover from the antics of America's Bobby Fischer, quickly joined in by Russia's Boris Spassky, prior to their "world championship" chess match in Iceland. I guess I'll always be a far right conservative when it comes to sports and games.

Skill should be the quality deciding the contest; all too often people try.