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-7BW III I mw 3MK af'SSJR feaheyla Derakhshan, a student at the University of Michigan several who came to Traverse City recently as part of a two- Jrom Iran, hands out free flowers to passersby with an in- week "teaching project" to explain the teachings of the vitation to learn about the Baha'i faith. She was one of group. Student knocks schools Field Syndicate columnist ii Dear Ann Landers: I-just read the letter from the parent who was "Boggled By'Schools These Days." I agree with her totally. 2 I am in the 10th grade and can't spell worth a darn. The high school I attend is Supposed to be one of the best in the state, I haven't had a course in spelling since Grade Five.

Every year our homeroom teacher asks us to list the subjects we would like to see offered. I have put down "spelling" and "grammar" five years in-a row. So what do I get? Crazy movies which are supposed to be "educational." C. I'm a student and will be taking my college SATs next year. How am I going -to get into a good school when I can't spell a word that has more than six letters? Teachers complain that they have trouble reading our papers but they have stopped teaching penmanship.

It isn't our fault that we can't write. I hope my English teacher reads this letter because I am Your Student. Dear Student: It's refreshing to hear from the victim of the system for a change. Usually it's the parents who complain. I've been screaming for years about getting back to the basics.

Will someone out there PLEASE LISTEN? lip that looks terrible. I want to shave my arms and legs but my mother worft let me. I have been secretly putting alcohol on my upper lip to lighten the moustache. Is that O.K.? Please give me some a i a I am -Miserable. Dear I do not recommend shaving the hair off arms, especially at age 14.

You should bleach it. Also bleach your moustache. (Alcohol is no solution. It will only dry your skin and make it scaly.) Check with a beautician and learn about the henna and peroxide bleach. (Better to have it done in a shop a time or two until you learn how to do it yourself.) As for your hairy legs, if your hairy legs, if your mother won't let you shave.

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Suite A 946-1450 MIS a yet? By JOSEPH CLAYTON NEIMAN Special to the Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY Representatives from i Christian churches frequently come to bur doors and try to convince us to join -their denomination. But seldom are we invited to, change our faith from, say, Christian or Jewish, to something else. For the last two weeks Baha'is from southern Michigan have joined the few local members intensive campaign to offer this'opportunity in the Traverse City area. The purpose of this "teaching according to Randy Grain, the coordinator, is "to proclaim the name and message of Baha'u'llah to everyone. We want people to hear the word, Baha'i, so they can investigate what it might mean to become a i i of Baha'u'llah." Baha'u'llah is the religious name for Mriza Husayn 'Ali, a man Horn in Teheran, Iran in 1817.

Baha'is believe this man is the latest in a series of transcendent God. Earlier messengers, a a "manifestations," included Buddha, Moses, and Jesusj Christ. As far as Baha'is are concerned, therefore, Baha'u'llah is the return or the second coming of Christ under a different name. For them name" of God mentioned by John in his biblical book (Rev has been revealed in Baha'u'llah. It is interesting to note that this founder of the Baha'i faith began as a disciple of another religious leader called "the Bab." Like the John the Bap- "the Bab" wemVaround the near east (now Iran) in the early 1800's preaching the coming of "a new messenger of God." Again like John the Baptist, the teachings of "the Bab" brought him and his disciples into conflict with the then i i i a Consequently in 1850 "the Bab" was ecuted by the Army in an incident which the Baha'is deem miraculous.

Two. years later; his soon-to-be- famous disciple, Baha'u'llah, was also arrested in 'connection with an unsuccessful assassination attempt against the Persian shah or leader. Along with others, Baha'u'llah was thrown into the notorious jail in Teheran, called the Black Pit. There he -became aware of his identity as the promised "messenger of according to the Baha'is. And at this point, Mriza Husayn took the name: Baha'u'llah, which means "the Glory of God." Throughout the rest of his life, Baha'u'llah lived either in jail or in exile since his teachings also conflicted with the established religion of the: Persian government.

During this time he instructed disciples and wrote over 100 books which have since become the sacred writings of' the Baha'i faith. A few, like "The Hidden Words of Traverse City Record-Eagle Baha'u'llah," have been translated into English. Baha'is view these as their bible. Baha'u'llah died in exile in 1892 with the satisfaction, however, of seeing his religion spreading the Mediterranean world. eldest son, 'AbduTBaha Servant of the carried the Baha'i faith; throughout Europe and to the United States in the early While in the United States, the son of Baha'u'llah laid the cornerstone-of the Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, 111.

This house of i serves as the headquarters of the Baha'i Spriitual Assembly in the U.S. Baha'is are organized into what they call Local Spiritual Assemblies. These bodies much like Christian congregations elect a council of nine persons who make all the decisions about the-life and work of the Baha'i community. One of these decisions includes the selection of a representative to a national convention out of which the National Spiritual Assembly is elected. The process is followed further until there is formed an International House of Justice which is the ruling body of the Baha'i faith throughout the world.

Direct descendants of Baha'u'llah are also related to this world group as guardians of the faith. "We want to see a Local Spiritual Assembly, started here in Traverse City," Randy Grain explained. "To do so we have spread the word about the Baha'i faith throughout the area in posters, mailers, and special events and meetings. You migjit have met a Baha'i on the street handing out flowers with an invitation learn about Baha'u'llah." The nine informational meetings held in area schools featured an informational film followed by brief explanations about the Baha'i faith and questions and answers. The Baha'is have also put on a.

free car wash both last Saturday and today at Don's Service Station on East Front Street. A second musical performance will be held this evening (7:30) at the Glen Loomis school cafeteria featuring country and religious music. If you attended one of these meetings or meet a Baha'i, you will hear teachings on personal fullfillment by a disciplined life style, on the unity of all races, and on the need for a new world order founded upon the spiritual principles of Baha'u'llah. Many practices and beliefs will sound familiar since the Baha'is have incorporated elements of all world religions. Yet Christians, and Jews, for example, will find it strange to hear Baha'is speaking of Baha'u'llah as "Lord" or as "the return of Nevertheless the broad and noble character of their message is appealing to many Americans who are dissatisfied with the traditional Christian churches.

Whatever your belief, it is an interesting experience to meet a Baha'i. Randy Crain, a coordinator of the BahaTs teaching project In Traverse City, fields questions from a group of some 25 people who came to Central Elementary School to hear more about the faith recently. Cram told the group that one of the main differences between the Baha'i faith and Christianity is that Baha'u'llah is believed to be the new "manifestation" of God. FISHERMAN'S COVE Northern Michigan's Finest Restaurant "SERVING THE BEST IN FOODS YOUR FA VORITE COCKTAIL" LOWER DECK IS NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH DINNER! SUMMER HOURS: UPPER DECK, MONDAY THRU SATURDAY OPEN AT 5 P.M. SUNDAY 12 NOON! LOWER DECK, 11:30 A.M.

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