Experience' offered single parents
By Cindy Ralston
Staff Writer
Tom Tison
.. .'single parent' instructor
A "Single Parent Experience" class is
being offered at Clackamas Community
College winter term for men and women
who are separated or divorced and have
children.
The class is taught by Tom Tison, social
services coordinator at St. Vincent De Paul
Child Care Center in Portland. Tison has been
coordinator at St. Vincent De Paul for
four and one-half years and trained last
summer with Mel Krantzler, author of
"Creative Divorce."
Since 85 per cent of the families at St.
Vincent De Paul are single parent families,
Tison felt there was a need for a single
parent class.
"The course is not a lecture class," said
Tison. "It is a course to help individuals to
better cope with and direct their lives in a
more sufficient manner."
kibbutz experience offered
College students who are interested in
w Middle East are being offered the chance
o work and study in Israel from June
9771| May 1978.
Thel Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insti-
ute of Religion (HUC) and the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC)
te sponsoring a program which is designed
Or a group of 25 to 30 capable students
i/ho have completed at least one year of
ollegel These students will take part in a
ormalland informal educational experience,
^eluding working and living as a kibbutz
member, taking academic courses for a maxi
num of 39 credits and traveling throughout
srael.
Closes include coursework in Hebrew,
Sociology, History of Contemporary Israel,
History of Modern Thought and Theology
af the Bible, and Hebrew Literature. Trans
cripts are issued by the New York branch
of the HUC upon satisfactory completion of
the academic year. The HUC is a member
bf major national and regional college asso
ciations.
The only requirements are that the stu
dents must have completed at least one
year of study at an accredited college or
university. A copy of the student's college
transcript is required, as is a medical exami
nation and an interview which will be con
ducted in the student's geographic area by
a representative from the HUC or UAHC.
Students will study at Kibbutz Ma'ale
HaHamisha, eight miles southwest of Jeru
salem in the Judean Hills. All classes will
be conducted in the Kibbutz.
The cost of the program is estimated
at $3,350. This includes international air
fare, room and board, laundry, all scheduled
travel in Israel and tuition. HUC is an
eligible institution under the federally in
sured student loan program.
Applications are to be filed by March
31, 1977. A detailed brochure giving addi
tional information about the program and
coursework and an application form can be
obtained by writing to: Office of the Dean,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, 40 West 68th Street, New York,
New York, 10023.
Many individuals faced with separation
or divorce feel very insecure and unsure of
themselves. Tison said his class teaches in
dividuals where to go for housing, trans
portation, child care, child problems and
help with other problems facing single par
ents.
"We are dealing with feelings," said Tison,
and the class is to help individuals cope
more effectively with stresses and strains."
His class is designed to become a support
group for all members to be beneficial
with its sharing and consciousness raising.
The class offers options and additional
skills to deal with problems and assist in
parent-child relationships.
"If a parent feels insecure," said Tison,
"a child will feel insecure." Tison's class
is meant to deal with this problem, among
others.
Tison said it is an informal, small group.
Films, lectures and discussions are provided
to help understand and cope with single
parent problems.
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Deaf and hearing-impaired taxpayers can
now call the Internal Revenue Service toll
free to obtain information and answers to
Federal tax questions through the TV-phone
teletypewriter (TTY) system.
There are some 250 known hookups in the
Portland and Salem areas and others are
located throughout Oregon.
The telephone number for this year-round
service is 800-428-4732.
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CELEBRITY ATTRACTIONS
Physics students plan energy fair
The Experimental Energy Exposition will
host al two-day energy carnival on the cam
pus of Clackamas Community College in
May. The exposition will be sponsored by
the General Physics (PH202) class as a two-
semester project.
The planning committee welcomes any
ideas for exhibits and information. Both
private and industrial sources will be in
vited to exhibit. Visitor participation will
be the keynote of the festivities.
r Soine of the activities planned so far
are solar or methane-cooked food for sale,
solar jewelry making, displays of heating
andjhnsportation alternatives, and energy
conservation methods.
When asked why an energy exposition
was leeded, Mike Aronson, the class' in -
structor said, "Everything you do has energy
in it, both directly and indirectly. The
family energy budget is up five to ten per
cent nhis year. Cheap energy will not re
turn.] His expectations for the fair are that
people will "come, enjoy and take away a
skill."
The E.E.E. will be publishing a news
letter at irregular intervals to describe their
progress and to invite participation and
suggestions.
AUDITORIUM
*TUES., FEB. 1, 8:15 P.M.
Tickets •4.00, *5.00, »4.00, Boxes *7.00
Tickets available Celebrity Attractions, 1010
SW Morrison, Portland, 97206, 226-4371. Mail
Orders: include self-addressed, stamped en
velope and 25 cents for handling.
Eckankar
a way of life and
spiritual unfoldment
Lecture, movie, discussion
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.
Community Center, Room 117
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