Observers of hope
In tlüs ever changing, trouble-
ridden, often thought to be
h o p e le s s world, with constant
reference to the ills ; one needs
for nuturing the s p irit to expe­
rience hope. Without hope there
is not much fuel left to face tlie
onslaught of livin g in today’s so
called ’ ’ modern w orld” .
We are pleased to report at
least one day last week when we
were firs t hand observers of
hope. It was real, existed in
terms you could see and under­
stand and not merely lieing
"k ille d with w o rd s". The expe­
rience we re fe r to happened
Saturday from 8:00 in the morn­
ing to 5:00. And we believe that
the results w ill last much much
longer. We are speaking of
Model C ities Citizens P a rtic i­
pation Workshop. And we would
like to share with you some of
our impressions of what we ob­
served.
F irs t
of
a ll
we
were
impressed not only with the ob­
viously well handled mechanics
of organization which is needed
to make any such activity a suc­
cess; and not only with the obvi­
ous excellent planning which
was evident; and not even with
the fine contributions of the
guest speakers. What was ex­
ceptionally noteworthy was the
Quality of people who were
present. ’ ’What the world needs
now is lo ve ," the popular tune
plays. Also what Is vital fo r this
love to manifest its e lf is fo r the
people to have the opportunity to
join together in intelligent dis­
cussion of what may lie d iver­
gent opinion. A ll this took place
Saturday.
We are not saying that now all
w ill be grand and beautiful or
that some problems w ill be
solved even. What we are saying
is that we believe that whenever
people are able to assemble in
an atmosphere of individual re­
spect and with intelligence, the
end result is bound to be long
lasting and beneficial. We look
forward
to continual e v e n ts
from Model C ities as the one
Saturday. It indeed proved with­
out doubt that "people are beau­
t if u l" .
Statement by
Paul Howe
Following is a statement by
Paul Howe, member of the
Portland Hoard of Education and
th e Board’s representative in
consultations with the Portland
Association of Teachers:
"Follow ing several weeks of
consultations between the Port­
land Association of Teachers
and the Hoard of Education, the
talks were recessed at the re­
quest of the PAT Tuesday.
The meetings thus far have
been used to explore the re ­
s p e c t iv e positions of the two
parties. It is anticipated that an
economic counter-proposal w ill
lie made by the Hoard by m id-
February, when talks are ex­
pected to resum e."
W O R K S H O P PAR I It I P A N I ’S, the y stop long enough
to ta lk over Resident P a rtic ip a tio n and involvem ent L-R .
W ilson S m ith , N eighbor D eveloping office (P IM ’ j James
Loving, ch airm a n of I T A P , and p la nn in g hoard of Bosie
d is tric t. C h ris Thomas, Irv in g to n d is tric t, Fred Flowers,
Jr. M a y o r appointee of the M a y o r d is tric t. Seated L -R ,
M a rio n S cott, Vice t h airm a n of the C itizens p la nn in g
Board, Joe N u n n. C h a irm a n (not p ictu re d ) M a rjo rie R us­
sell, S ecy (t P) Regina Flowers, C h a irm a n o f C. P. w orking
com m ittee, M rs. James Loving.
Drugs + Kids = D eath
There is much conversation
today about drug abuse. Parents
are blaming the society and the
f a s t tim es of the day, while
teachers are blaming the par­
ents for the influx of drugs into
the community.
Teenagers are becoming ad­
dicted
at an alarm ing rate
while eager police officers are
seeking users and pushers to
put into the already overcrowd­
ed ja ils . To be sure, drugs and
drug addiction are a major
problem of the tim e.
But the m ajor point here is
that it doesn't m atter where and
why a youngster becomes ad­
dicted. What is youngster be­
comes addicted. What is im ­
portant is that the society gear
its e lf to prevent the abuse of
drugs and, at the same tim e, at­
tempt to save some of the lives
that have been damaged through
the w illfu l misuse of drugs.
There is no age lim it to drug
addiction. The youths who be­
come involved in habitual use of
drugs are not mindful of th e ir
own chronological ages. By the
tim e they have become addicted,
they have aged by at least 50
years. This is one of the things
that we must seek to alleviate.
The pusher who supplies the
youngster with drugs w ill have
to be the m ajor target for the
police and the parents who are
seeking a place to lay the
blame.
Today on almost any school
campus within our community
one need only to express a de­
s ire for drugs of any type, and
within a matter of minutes they
are in the process of being de­
livered.
' ’ R e d s '* o r "uppers and
downers" can be had for mere
pennies by any school kid who
wants them, and a ll the tim e
parents are sitting at home be­
moaning the fate of some kid
whom they heard about through
the newspaper o r television, not
knowning o r dreaming that their
very own child is experiencing
the same sensation at that very
minute. They are either too in­
volved to notice the change in
the habits of the child o r they
are "ju s t too busy" to pay any
attention.
Whether we like the idea or
not, many of the present trends
among young people today can
be attributed to the use of drugs
and this certainly includes the
m o r a l decay that presently
plagues our nation.
Things like venereal disease
and ille gitim ate births, murder,
MRS. B R E N D A G R E E N
rape, indecent and im m oral acts
can a ll be traced back to the
C itize n P a rtic ip a tio n C o­
fact that many youngsters were
o rd in a to r fo r m odel citie s
experimenting with drugs when
smiles w ith d eligh t over the
the act took place.
success at Cascade College
There are those who argue
last Saturday.
that marijuana should be lega­
lized; that it is harmless; that
it doesn't have the effects of al­
cohol on its user. But it must
be presumed that the users re ­
ferred to in these statements
are a ll over the age of 21.
How can a 15-year-old boy or
g irl be expected to have the
By DEWEY TAYLOR
judgment of a full-grow n adult?
With a few businesses moving
This is where the problems out of Albina fo r various d if­
begin and, unfortunately, a ll too ferent reasons there are some
often end.
loyal American Citizens who
are
staying. They refuse to have
In the main, adults are re­
sponsible fo r their own actions. made good money a ll these
They are alleged to have the years and now let fear o r some
other excuse make them leave
a bility to reason out what is the community.
right and what is wrong. But a
M r . Max Sagner, owner of
juvenile often mistakes desire Sagner's Motors says, "We like
fo r wisdom and makes the
it here in the Albina D is tric t,
wrong turn down the wrong that is why we are here and we
road.
are here to sta y."
Unless some kind of compre­
M r. Sagner has owned the car
hensive drug education program lot at 3103 N.E. Union since
is put into action, things w ill get 1948. Every year he makes
worse before they get better and some improvement. In fact,
many youngsters w ill have to there is an addition of another
suffer.
office under construction now.
.As parents, teachers, and
leaders of this society, we must
come face-to-face with the drug
ENROLLMENT
FOR
problems of the day. No longer OPEN
can we afford to hide these BASIC EDUCATION COURSES
problems away in some dark
Enrollment In Basic Educa­
closet as though they didn't t io n courses throughout the
exist.
P o r t la n d Community College
We must bring them into the d is tric t Is "open-ended" - stu­
open and expose ourselves and dents may enroll at any tim e
our children to some of the ex­ and work at their own speed.
pert help that is available
Gene B arrett, PCC coordina­
through the many drug inform a­ t o r for adult basic education
tion and drug abuse clinics that programs, pointed out today that
are presently in existence.
organization of the work in
Only through these aforestat- these classes is on an individual
ed measures and close parental and sm all-group basis, thus a l­
supervision of our chilren can lowing persons to enter at their
we be assured that we are doing most convenient opportunity and
everything possible to lick the to progress with th e ir work in
dreaded drug problems that the courses at their own speed
plague our society today. They and convenience.
Courses are now under way in
are our problems and only we
can solve them.
the following locations, and stu­
dents can enroll at any tim e in
any class:
LOCATION
TIME
DAY
Columbia County
Vernonia
7-9:30 p.m. T&TH
Washington County
Sherwood High School
7-9:30 p.m. M&TH
Mid High
7-9:30 p.m. M&W
North Plains (Hillsboro)
7-9:30 p.m. M&W
Buxton Grade School (Forest
POKTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 28, 1971
Grove)
7-9 p.m. M&TH
Portland
Sagner M otor
rem ains in
Albina
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