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ity" — as Miss Clovis.
It's this platform, and the oppor¬
tunity she will have as Miss Clovis
to speak to young people ahout this
issue, that motivated her to pursue
the title of Miss Clovis.
Teaching self-respect through
self-restraint is one of the aims of
Petersons platform.
This platform is two-pronged. In
the first prong, Peterson encourages
adults to spend quality time with
young people and build relation¬
ships with them so they can openly
speak about their sexuality. The sec¬
ond prong is to challenge young
people to say "no" to premarital
sexual activity.
Peterson said that research has
shown that adults who invest time
and care in a young person will
have a powerful influence in
choices young people make.
Peterson's message to young
people is that "they were created
with a purpose and a destiny, and
that they have value apart from
[their) sexuality, and that premature
sexual activity has physical, emo¬
tional and relational conse¬
quences."
Peterson is confronted daily with
issues young people have to deal
with in her job at a local junior high.
"I want to challenge young
people that as easily as they can
control their urge to drive above the
speed limit, and use self-control to
involve themselves in athletic ac¬
tivities, they can control their sex
drive. In the same sense that they
can just say no to drugs, they can
just say no to sex until they're mar¬
ried," Peterson said.
Peterson, as Miss Clovis. is
hopeful that she will win the Miss
California tHIe. However, her pri¬
mary goal is not the crown, but the
greater opportunity she would have
as Miss California to present her
platform all over the state.
Whether Peterson becomes Miss
California or not, she says she will
have emerged from the Miss
America organization as "a more
well-rounded person, who is better
able to express her Convictions, but
not having changed the essence of
who I am."
"I have never felt like it's a
beauty pageant," Peterson said.
"(The program) has helped raise my
consciousness of the importance of
my physical fitness, challenged me
intellectually, and broadened me in
my awareness of social issues."
Peterson's "talent" for the Miss
Clovis pageant was her singing,
something Peterson loves and con¬
tinues to work hard to perfect.
"I want to integrate music into
whatever I do, because it's a very
big part of my life." Peterson said.
Beyond the Miss California pag¬
eant, Peterson has several important
goals for the future.
Peterson is not only a full-time
student and Rodman scholar at
Fresno State, but is also an instruc¬
tional aide at Alta Sierra Middle
School, where she helps students at
risk of failing.
She takes ballet and voice les¬
sons, teaches Sunday School at Val¬
ley Christian Center, and is train¬
ing to be a Hope Team member
through Crisis Pregnancy Center.
Peterson is a theater major who
was recently on the crew of Por¬
table Dance Troupe, and looks for¬
ward to involvement in future pro¬
ductions.
She hopes to attend the Ameri¬
can Conservatory Theatre and pur¬
sue a career in performing arts,
eventually be a full-time mother
and perhaps do short-term missions
in Africa.
"But whatever I do. music wi)l
not be put on the shelf. It will con¬
tinue to play a role in any area I
choose to go into." she said.
Reagan
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by 1986.
But. the federal government was
still spending more than it took in.
Without inflation as an option, and
lacking the political will to reduce
spending, it began to increase its,
borrowing. The annual amount bor¬
rowed increased from W5 billion
the year before Reagan look office
to $220 billion within five years.
This was not caused by de¬
creased revenues after the 1981 tax
cuts. Actually, revenues increased
alter the tax cuts, by a cumulative
total of 52 percent during Reagan's
eight years in office. This was
caused by the dramatic increase in
the GNP triggered by the extra capi¬
tal.
The problem was that Congress
simply found new ways to spend
the extra revenue. The 52 percent
increase in revenue was more than
matched by the 64 percent increase
in spending during the same period.
Some still seek to blame Reagan
for the deficits. One technique is to
blame defense spending.
Not mentioned is that defense
spending was never more lhan a
third of the budget, declined for the
final four years of the Reagan Ad¬
ministration, and bought victory in
the Cold War. To the contrary, the
bulk of federal spending was do¬
mestic spending.
Reagan opposed much of this
domestic spending and would have
cut it if he could have (this was why
Congress denied him the line item
veto). Inexplicably, though. Reagan
is somehow lo blame lor the defi¬
cits lhal resulted from this spend¬
ing.
Another liberal technique is to
blame ihe tax cuts of 1981, even
though they triggered an economic
boom for the simple reason that the
people can use our hard-earned
wealth better than the politicians
.and bureaucrats can.
Ft's nq coincidence that the
Carter Recession ended with the
1981 tax reductions, and the
Reagan Prosperity ended with the
1990 tax increase.
The Reagan economic record is
one of solid.accomplishment. The
nation waits for Bill "the era of big
government is over" Clinton to do
the same.