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Flathead Courrier, April 22, 1971

Xi Alphas talk origami

Xi Alpha Gamma of Beta Sigma Phi held its April 4 meeting at the home of Debbie Klein, with Libby Corbett as co-hostess.

Danette Nister gave a program on origami, the art of paper folding.

Election of officers was held March 21 at the home of Peggy Frederick: Val Broyles, president; Joan Fouty, vice president; Danette Nistler, recording secretary; Lyn Fricker, corresponding secretary; Ginger Pitts, treasurer; Libby Corbett, extension officer; Cindy Westphal, city council representative.

The second meeting was held April 18 at the home of Judy Powers. Members celebrated the chapter's birthday. The international club of Beta Sigma Phi celebrated Founder's Day May 1 in its anniversary of 58 years.

Job Service changes to meet new workplace

Jobs are changing quickly these days, and so is the apparatus designed to fill them.

That's what visitors to the Polson Job Service's open house last Wednesday found out. About 50 people meandered through the Main Street office throughout the day, according to Manager Doug Stam, who has been with the local office since June of 1971. Polson has had a Job Service office, or its equivalent, for the past 55 years

Among the high-tech job placement services available to clients is the Notifier, a computer which records job descriptions and phone numbers to call at preset times of the day or night. It helps the Job Service get in touch with clients who may be out of town during the day or are otherwise hard to reach.

The Notifier came on line in this winter. Polson is the smallest Montana Job Service office to have one, according to Bob Botterbusch, state coordinator of the service's employers committee program. Also visiting from Helena Wednesday were Tom Sutliff, area Job Service coordinator, and Chuck Hunter, administrator of the Montana Unemployment Insurance Division.

Botterbusch told the local chamber of commerce earlier in the day that the Job Service really belongs to the public, since business owners help support it with unemployment insurance payments. For that reason, the service is actively recruiting employers to join an advisory group and design programs that can benefit the entire community.

Polson's first such effort was the May 4 equal employment, recruitment and selection seminar, co-sponsored by the Job Service and the state's Professional Development Center.

Local advisory board members are Mike Hines, Larry Robinson, Brodie Moll, Jon Marchi, Bill McDonald, John Mercer, John Kaye and Stam.

The board started meeting last November.

Other new local programs include a 24-hour-a-day telephone hotline number that clients can call for information, and a statewide network of job opportunities that each local office can tap into.

What's ahead? Botterbusch said ideally, the Job Service will become a resource center for the public, cataloging information not just on jobs but also Food Stamps, welfare, training opportunities, etc.

Seniors must show respect if they want to get it back

Editor:

In response to the letter from the Senior Class Officers:

It never ceases to amaze me that people believe the only way to get their views noticed is to deride someone else's by insult or innuendo. It is difficult to give much credence to the type of statement made by the class officers in their letter since they imply that those who do not agree with their point of view are living in the "dark ages."

Having attending a few baccalaureate services, I am desperately trying to recall where and when the

"fire & brimstone" was given in those addresses. I can't recall there was any.

What I do remember about my baccalaureate and those I have attended since is the uplifting and positive approach the speaker, regardless of his/her religious persuasion, took in addressing the graduating class. I might mention that none I have listened to have shared my own religious views and yet they were still worth listening to. Nor did I get the feeling that they were hovering over a group of potential converts.

I do remember their counsel to lead a good life, to be the best that we car be to make our world a better place in any small way that we can.

I feel the authors are a little confused about religious freedom. Freedom of religion is not a right that can be given or taken away by man. Religious belief comes from within the mind.

We do live in a free land. God bless America! As adults we should attempt to convey our views in a mature manner without trying to make those who disagree sound inferior.

Come on, Seniors, let's get real! This is the real world. If you want respect for your views, you are going to have to give it to others.

Rob Sloan

Polson