Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 19

Sbttene I TOMOBBOW Cowgirl at heart Author Joyce Roach Abilene Club luncheon speaker tomorrow led the way in recognizing women in the American West i Thursday May 4 2000 i New station to I 9 carry more sports UPN programming Fins of Big 12 and extreme sports baseball and shows from the UPN network should be hiippy this fell once a new TV statirn goes on the ale Thu folks at KIDY-KIDZ-TY who brinj us all the Fox programming and some erf the UPN programming plan to have another station on the air in August or September The call letters for Channel 15 wUlbeKXVACK Roman numeral 15 get it?) Ftax programs like and of the and sporting events like NFL football and Major League basebaU wUl move to the nw station ii 5 A Professor Robert Barnes studios and lives the philosophy of the lata Viennese therapist Viktor Frankl Known as togotherapy this phlloeophy i the Importance for Individuals to find meaning In their lives meaningful life Meanwhile back on KIDZ the entire UPN lineup not only will be available locally for the first time but the shows will air when they air around the rest of the country Currently only selected programs such as and "Star Trek: are broadcast on KIDZ amt usually at alternate timtm Fb? the uninitiated UPN (United Para nount Network) is one of the so-caled networks (alor with The WB and PAX) that are rt yet available everywhere (Not wen the 13-year-old Fbx is avail ible everywhere) The WB has been more successful in fee ratings than UPN with such shows as and the Vampire but UPN has rat lied a bit this year with "The and Sharon Bloodworth program director for KIDZ said the bottom line tin: area viewers is that there will be more choice particularly for people who don't subscribe to cable TV and who love sports Once the new station goes on the aii tlere will be room in the schedule for plenty more sports Because UPN does not broadcast Saturday or Sunday evenings and has yet to Jump into daytime TV KIDZ will fill the broadcast day with more Big 12 football and basketball games Texas Rangers and Houston Astros games wrestling and boxing Also on the schedule is a program about extreme sports like mountain biking rock climbing and other games seen in Mountain v- By Brim Bethel Reporter-News Staff Writer not the load we carry but haw we choose to carry if Each of us has the freedom to decide how we will respond to the circumstances of our own I -Robert Barnes i cumstances Literally translated logotherapy is "health through Triumph from tragedy The development of the discipline would dever have reached its current state if it had not been for die incredible life Frankl managed to lead A former professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Vienna Frankl was a German Jew who found himself in not one but three Nazi prison rampw during the Holocaust Witnessing the death of his pregnant wife their children and numerous relatives the camps were proving grounds hi a way a place where Erimkll theories underwent trial by fire is very difficult for an outrider to grasp how very little value was placed on human life in he writes in Search fir Meaning One literally became a number: dead or Frankl soon came to see that the only meaning fix1 him inside the prison camps feced with so much death and horror on a dally basis was help- ing fellow prisoners restore their psychological health "Logotherapy views mankind as a threedlmen-sional Barnes said "The dimension some: would call the human spirit is a major resource in the healing process and it is extremely important! that we acknowledge that part of ourselves Life has meaning under all circumstances even miserable Life does not offer us pleasure Instead it offers something for more worthwhile meaning That philosophy brought to the fore by the late Viktor Frankl a noted Viennese therapist and student of the human condition forms the core of local Hardin-Simmons University professor Robert life Known to proponents as logotherapy the philosophical and practical heart of ruminations have colored Barnes' days even before he had a name to go with what he was knowing and feet ing "Bob is a fine man and he does embody the principles of fogotherapy like few others ever said Michael Whitehom vice president of student development at Hardin-Simmons an inspiration to me and I know that he is to others who are familiar with him and the program I think it's a great way to find meaning in own life" Stricken with polio at the age of 13 a mere two years before the vaccine for the condition was available Barnes chairman of the department of counseling and human development learned first-hand that life offers lessons that are sometimes unpleasant How one chooses to respond to those lessons is the key toperaonal development and the quest for meaning in life he said "If 8 not the load we carry hut how we choose to Dew commercials carry Barnes said relaxing in the surroundings of his home studyoffica "Each of us has the freedom to decide how we will respond to the circumstances of ourownlife We are not merely victims of our own First illuminated in 1946 book Man's Search Jtir Meaning logotherapy has became a major if not yet mainstream force in modem therapeutic practices here in the United States Abroad his works are quite well received and widely utilized Worldwide introduction to the concept has Bold more than 10 million 'copies The discipline takes its name from John 1:1 in which it is explained "in the beginning was the in Greek is rendered as "Logos translated as meaning or Thus the logotherapy process is about helping individuals find meaning in their lives even under dire dr- KIDY (KIDZ in Abilene) we haven't had the room to play the game we wanted to and do it Bloodworth said "KIDZ will lion more toward The company is still going through channels for permits and permission In Abilene If all goes as planned KXVA will be cm the air in time for the start of the 2000-2001 TV season this folL LOGOTHERAPY 2D Renegade Pancho Villa now part of the family Striking a pose The unions representing the actors and actresses who perform in television commercials went on strik-this week in a dispute over how they get paid for their work And at first glance this sounds great Will anyone miss those prescript ion drug ads where they say thin i like effects include tooth xrt toenail softness and uncontrollable snoring while Bui when professional commercial sidon strike commercial producers must use scabs a even worse people who own their own businesses For every Dave Thomas of a zillion business owners with voices like rusty hinges and turnip-like personalities stumble over their lines attempt to ride bucking hones or use cheesy dal eifects to give the Illusion they are riling magic carpets over the local as they prattle on abou' their insanely low prices and easy iredit terms Pk ise let it not come to this Contacr entertainment writer Brim Mupty at 67B6730 or at mutfvtM)lnmdcan fee local post office for two decades and fighting blazes in the Ranger Volunteer Fire Department for 40 years Arturo fought in World War enduring much of the conflict as a prisoner of win: under the Japanese Today his sen Arturo Camacho Jr 43 helps run the town of Ranger as city secretary Bad manners' Meanwhile fee old quiet demeanor continues to obscure ing the days of revolutionary Fancho Villa that saw his parents flee for a better life north qf the border Today like most days if you go by home find the American flag alone flying out front That goes whether Cinco de Mayo or come September 16 Mexican Independence Day a holiday that commemorates the Mexicans throwing off the shack- les of Spain I know the Arturo said of the increasingly popular Hispanic holidays when I stopped by his tidy Ranger home with friend Bill Herod the other day "Sometimes we celebrate than sometimes we he said as if that settled the matter Arturo's sentiments are easy to understand Besides toiling for Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo but for 78-year-old Eastland County native Arturo Camacho Sn the idea of celebrating the Mexicans booting out French imperialists has only so much appeal Although Mexico continues to vibrate withrevolu- tionary fervor Arturo prefers to concentrate more on what he sees as the good life in the United States pondered quite enough tire strife and bloodshed that overshadowed the land of his ancestors It was violent politt cal particularly dur- Arturo kinfolks found sate refuge in America during Pancho tentage raids WHITAKER 2D 3 1.