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PAGE FOUR ROGUE NEWS Fri., Dec. 3, 1971 Reading Aid Available Through Laubach; Program Will Assist Students and Adults By Julie Harrison Helping a severely disabled man to advance enough to be admitted to a college class, teach ing a retarded young man to write well enough to record a simple telephone message, and tutoring many adults who can not read up to the sixth grade level are representative of the achievements of the Laubach Literacy Program sponsored by the Oregon Literacy Council. Certified tutors of the pro gram work on an individual basis with students, helping them to advance their literacy skills. Tu tors also work with students who are learning English as a second language. Though the program was de veloped primarily for adults it is also used to help junior high and high school students who fall be hind in their studies simply be cause they cannot read or write well enough. Many students slide through school without learning necessary reading and writing skills. In Jackson County alone, about 3000 people have reading and writing problems which are ser ious enough to prevent them from obtaining jobs or from ad vancing in their jobs. The Lau bach Literacy Program is at tempting to reduce this number. The Ashland Laubach Pro-, gram is quite young. The major ity of its 28 tutors were certified only last October and have not yet taken on students. Previously the Ashland program worked through the Medford program which is three years old. The biggest problem, accord ing to Ashland spokesman Mrs. Clarence E. Diebel, is recruiting students. People do not general ly like to admit they cannot read. Clubs Student Council Executive Council members hosted a meeting of the Council of Southern Oregon High Schools at the Pillars November 27. The possibility of inviting speakers to talk to all high schools in the area was discussed. This would reduce expensive transportation costs as all schools would share the burden. Student Council is still revising the Constitution. Innovations Committee Recently a number of "work parties" have been held in the student reading room, which is being decorated. In order to stock the reading room with books, the Innovations Commit tee has instigated a book drive. Books should be left in the Stu dent Body office. HAMBURGERVILLE 1415 Siskiyou Blvd. Radio, television and news paper publicity lets people know that a literacy program does exist. The Laubach Program gets most of its students through em ployers and the Community Ac tion Center. A training workshop was held Employment Outlook Is Grim The following article was written as a result of a lecture Mr. Richard Gordon, Director of Personnel at Ashland Community Hospital, gave to the Work Experience class. By Dale Nelson and Jeane Hoadley Job opportunities in the Rogue Valley are not abundant, would-be employees must be prepared to deal with a high degree of competition. There are more than enough applicants for most jobs which would attract students. Since employers need only a limited number of work ers, only the most qualified will be able to capture and hold jobs. Employers are generally look ing for the same qualities. Basic ally, they want efficient workers. "Efficiency" consists basically of these qualities: 1. Dependability. The em ployer wants persons who are not frequently absent, and whom Bullfights, Jungles, Pyramids Included in Student Mexico Tour Once again Mrs. Grace Tapp will take a group to Mexico during Christmas vacation. The group will leave December 18 and return January 4. The itiner ary is full of opportunity. The tour will be made by chartered bus. The group will visit Laredo, Monterrey, Ciudad Victoria, Pachuca, Mexico City, Puebla, Toluca, Guanajuato (or Friendship City), Guadalajara, Mazatlan and Nogales. The members of the group will do such things as: sleep outside by a jungle river, par ticipate in the Posadas (Mexican Christmas procession), attend urniture PLAZA try in T Pioneer Shopping Center November 13 at Trinity Episcopal Church for people who wanted to become tutors. About 45 people attended from all over southern Oregon, many of them from Medford High Schoo. "We felt that it was very successful", commented Mrs. Diebel. he can trust for good work. 2. Quality of work. The em ployer wants employees to pro duce satisfactory quantities of intelligent, complete, compre hensive work. 3. Friendliness. The employee should "get along" well with other employees, and his em ployers. Attitude is very im portant. 4. Intelligence. The employee must exercise good judgment; if the worker continually evidences intelligent judgment, he will al most certainly advance. But these are things that the employer watches for after the job is taken. When a person goes to apply for a job, the employer will be interested in the appli cant's marital status, personality (very important), school records (for instance: did you have a high frequency of absences, personal appearance, willingness to learn, and how much he knows about the job already. midnight mass in the 1 6th cen tury cathedral at Puebla and principal mass at the Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, see Indian dances on the steps of the Sun and Moon Pyramids in Tenochtitlan, tour Mexico City, attend a conert of the Ballet Folklorico and a bullfight, visit the Mayan ruins at Tula. In order to take part in the trip a student must have his birth certificate and $250,which covers everything. Mrs. Tapp in sists that her passengers travel light, taking a minimum of lug gage. For more information con tact Mrs. Tapp at SOC. Bob's Lunch BAKERY Danish Pastries Truck on (Q ) down W I place "jX 21 town. 111 Lii3til .lilj Caught during a rehearsal fo "David and Lisa", David (Dave Koch) is shown seated near Lisa (Jo Goff). The play will be staged on December 9, 10 and II. JHorldfatdc Jnpulatunt (LTcmtral ftariict of Zp5 Rational Jffuri Zero Population Growth (ZPA) is a non-political, non-profit or ganization working to cut down the population boom both na tionally and internationally. Their objective is to balance the family to one child for every parent. (In other words, two children per family.) Population Growth Dropped In U.S. There is a chapter of ZPA in Ashland, and meetings are held downstairs in the Public Library. Currently they have not been meeting, but working individually on several projects. When they do meet, it is announced through the media. Paul Ehrlich, author of Popu lation Bomb, is one of ZPA's T'-i DON APPLIANCE. Inc. 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