Oregon daily emerald., July 14, 1977, Page 7, Image 7

Social agency hires head
All my
children
By GLEN OZONEWOOD
Of the Emerald
If Center City is any indication, they know how to make drugs
on the east coast. Ask Donna Beck.
Billy Clyde, that little greaser pimp with the sleazy southern
drawl, slipped Donna a goofball. The plan was to wait til she was
good and gone, pump her full of heroin and add her to his “stall.
The little party was broken up by Donna's pal Estell, who busted a
bottle and, pointing the jagged edges at Billy Clyde, suggested he
leave the room.
Meanwhile, Donna s been going through a trip only a TV
script writer could imagine. Monsters, endless running, oceans
chasing her down the hall, it's all there, and all partially obscured
by video feedback and spacy music.
Luckily, Chuck and Benny got wind of Donna's condition and
beat feet to Center City, getting there just as Donna was about to
fail from a window A little t-l-c from Chuckles, plus some pills from
the little black bag, and Donna was as good as new.
The whole experience has left Chuck realizing how much he
loves Donna, and there seems to be little standing between them
and a life together
However, not everyone is so lucky. Jeff Martin had a rough
week; he found out about Kristina s plans to move in with David.
Responding to his own heart chords, Jeff advised Kristina that
she shouldn t jump to any hasty decisions, and she decided not to
move in. A decision that sent David straight to Jeffs house.
“Just stay the hell out of my life, was the basic message
David had for Jeff An understandable reaction from someone
who just had a good setup blown
And the Brents had their problems, too Tara got up to wake
little Phil up from a nightmare and on the way back to bed tripped
on a skate and fell hard to the ground. Phil finally called Dr Joe
and he and Ruth came over to check it out
While he was talking to Ruth, Phil kept saying how it was little
Phil s fault for leaving his skates out (a statement that only rein
forces my feeling that Phil is exceedingly stupid) Little Phil over
heard Phil s tirade, and the result is they may not be pals any
more It would serve Phil right as far as I'm concerned
And there s new blood in town. An old neighbor of the
Martin s (actually she s only about 41) and her teenage daughter
have moved back to Pine Valley. Seems that husband and father
split with some young hussy leaving both his wife and daughter
high and dry. Right now they re both having trouble adjusting to
their new life style and home, but look for them to have real
problems pretty soon. A young divorcee shouldn t have too much
trouble finding someone to get involved with. Maybe Paul Martin?
With his wife off at the asylum he s got lots of time.
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Lane County government’s
largest department, Community
Health and Social Services, which
serves citizens’ needs in health,
mental health, environmental
quality and social services, re
cently acquired a new department
head.
Robert Whittaker, 43, formerly
an administrator in Merced, Calif.,
began his position at the begin
ning of July. He will manage the
department which employs some
325 full-time employes, as well as
numerous part-time and volunteer
workers, and serves about
200,000 persons in social ser
vices in the county.
By DINA MILES
Of the Emerald
He was appointed to the post in
May by the commissioners.
Whittaker s position puts him in
charge of coordinating the variety
of social service divisions within
his department, which provides
services ranging from food
stamps to checking restaurant
cleanliness to counseling, to
name a few. With such a broad
diversity of responsibility, Whit
taker sees his role as one which
must provide balance and har
mony among the divisons to "pre
vent overlapping holes among
the areas.
To accomplish this goal, Whit
taker believes he is like "a
caretaker of funds and says he
will become an "advocate for more
funds for certain areas which
demand social aid. The depart
mental budget for the 1976-77
fiscal year included more than $11
million in federal and state funds.
Whittaker said the amount of so
cial services his department can
provide is largely based on these
government monies.
time is short
Whittaker says he brings no
major ideas of change to his new
job, at least not yet. He is still
learning about Lane County and
Oregon in general.
“I’m not coming in with any
pre-conceived notions,” he said.
‘“That would be unwise.”
One new change in the organi
zation, however, is the fact that
Whittaker will manage only the
Community Health and Social
Services department, and will not
direct a department divison as
well. The former director did just
that and, Whittaker said, much
confusion resulted.
Whittaker said as director only,
he wants to focus his ideas on the
whole department. “It will be
easier for me to look at broad
needs of the community, rather
than program needs,” he com
mented.
Due to recently-awarded funds,
Whittaker said the department
has expanded its service to per
sons seeking alcohol abuse help
and it has broadened the CETA
r
Manpower Services. He plans to
meet frequently with Lane County
Commissioners to focus on
people’s needs in the county.
For the past seven years, Whit
taker was the director of the
Merced County Department of
Human Resources. He coordi
nated programs in child welfare,
homemaker services, family
planning, aging, protective ser
vices for adults and others.
He has also served as head of
Family and Children's Programs
for Stanislaus County in Modesto,
Calif., and was the Child Welfare
Supervisor for San Diego County.
Whittaker received a master’s
degree in Social Welfare from
Florida State University and a
bachelor’s degree from San Diego
State University.
The new director replaces Kess
Hottle, who vacated the position to
become director of the Commun
ity Services Administration Divi
sion within the department. He
had been the department head
since 1971.
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