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Council Corner by Councilor Kitty Mackin
We are in another election season. As a member of the Dayton City Council, I believe we have a mission...to promote education and peace.
I grew up with the idea we must be careful with our words. Be aware of what your words will do to the one being spoken to.
I have recently joined the Rotary Club of Newberg and found this idea to be the basis for what Rotarians do.
They put the idea into formal words:
THE FOUR-WAY TEST of the things we think, say or do.
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
I also live by a notion put forward on the Science Channel...Question Everything! Whatever you believe, believe for your own reasons, and be able to defend your beliefs.
Everything we face here in Dayton and world-wide can be thought of in terms of United We Stand.
Peace to all.
Councilor Kitty Mackin
