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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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founders. How effective the Or
ganization has been might be
seen from the recent statistics
on population growth-it has
dropped in the U.S.
Abortion Referral
An abortion referral clinic has
been set up by ZI'G in which
people can call and get informa
tion concerning abortions. The
organization also works with
Planned Parenthood.
ZPA is currently planting lit
erature around Ashland, leaving
pamphlets in doctor's offices,
laundromats, and other places in
which people might see them and
pick them up. They also are plan
ning on working with the school
board to initiate some form of sex
education in the schools.
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