'White bird must fly , .
Clinic a product of concern
By BARB SVENDSEN
Of the Emerald
“White bird in her golden
cage...white bird must fly, or she
will die.” The lyrics to this song,
“It’s a Beautiful Day,” provided
the inspiration for the name of
Eugene’s White Bird Socio
medical Aid station.
“At the time we opened, this
song was popular, and it seemed
like a nice name, the white bird
being the symbol for peace and
through the effort of Dennis, who
is now project director, Frank
Lemons, now working for the
Veterans Administration
Hospital in Portland; and Dr.
Leonard Jacobson, who is still the
principal doctor working at the
center.
The center operates in several
capacities: counseling, medical
treatment, an information ser
vice and a bummer squad.
Thomas is the Counseling
Photo by Bill Feather
Patients await treatment at White Bird Clinic.
love, and all,” said Dolf Selten,
White Bird’s clinical director,
acting as spokesman for the
community service organization.
The idea to open a free clinic
evolved last year after several
people who had been in
vestigating free clinics on their
own, Dennis Ekonger, Dolf and
Jerry Thomas, started talking to
each other, according to Dolf.
A series of meetings over about
a three month period ensued, he
said, involving groups of in
terested professional people such
as the Eugene Police Depart
ment, University people, Lane
Human Resources, Skipworth
and I^ne County Mental Health
Clinic.
“The reason why we felt so
good about it, was because
everyone was involved in it," he
said. "It wasn’t just one group, or
one group’s trip.”
The clinic opened last January
Supervisor, and Mike Gerdes
supervises the bummer squad.
The information service
provides community drug
education through T.V., radio
and newspapers, as well as in
speaking engagements for
church groups, LCC, the
University, junior high and high
schools, Dolf said. “If you find a
place, we’ve been there.”
In conjunction to this function,
White Bird acts as a social ser
vice unit assisting the clients and
the community in the best use of
facilities existing in the com
munity, such as therapy and
rehabilitative resources, ac
cording to a summary report
released by the clinic last April.
White Bird has the co-operation
of and works with the Welfare
Department, Lane County
Mental Health Clinic, the Eugene
Police Department, the Juvenile
Department, Lane Human
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YMCA, said Liz Margoliash,
assistant project director. About
the police, she stated, “We’ve
had real good cooperation. They
respect our wish for con
fidentiality. If they find kids
bummed out on the street, they
bring them to us and leave.”
Seemingly, working with the
cooperation of the police has had
an adverse effect on the clinic.
Dolf lamented the fact that
working with the police connotes
working for the police. “Our
reputation seems to be delicate. I
don’t understand.”
“Last summer,” he said, “kids
used to bring drug problems in.
Now its not the place to go. Now
people are saying that you can’t
get help here, or that the cops
will be involved.”
“There’s no basis to these
rumors. Our work is strictly
confidential,” he said.
This situation is doubly un
favorable as the clinic’s em
phasis is placed upon alientated
youth and meeting the problems
facing the growing numbers of
members of the subculture.
“Mononucleosis, malnutrition,
hepatitis, venereal disease, the
common cold and flu, adolescent
rebellion, rejection, identity
crisis, misunderstanding,
loneliness, fear, alienation,
misplaced values, misin
formation or ignorance, conflicts
with and harrassment by the
police, drug abuse, lack of proper
food and clothing, difficulty in
finding employment, family
conflicts, etc.” are specific
problems named in the Summary
Report.
“We need support. At the same
time, we need to be able to work
with the people we want to work
with,” Dolf said.
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