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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1971)
Portland / Observer Thursday A p ril 29, 1971 Rev. R ichard P a rk e r (right) D ire c to r, an d Tdella B irch , C o o rd in ato r, a re shown in the office of the Em ergency Day C a re C en ter. Emergency day care byJoeH aran i arents, with young children, who are visiting the M u lti- Service Center, 5022 N. Van couver Street in the Model C ities area of Portland, should take advantage of the child- care services offered by the Hughes Emergency Child CareCenter, located in the same building, r he Child Care Center, which is sponsored by Hughes Memorial M ethodist-Church, Rev. Richard Parker, Pastor, offers children from age two through 6 years many edu cational activities in which to involve themselves while their parents transact business in the M ulti-S ervice Center build ing M rs. Idella Burch is the Asst. D ire cto r. " ployment interviewing, medical and dental service. Some types of assistance that is available at the M ulti-Service Center are: food stamps, e m - The Emergency Child Care Center, which is open from 8:30 a. m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through F riday, is staffed by trained personnel who carefully supervise thechildren’ s a c tiv i- ties. An average ofbOchildren per week are utilizing the E m ergency Child Care Center. Night care is offered until 10:00 p m fo r children on an occasional basis or whose parents are attendingmettings in the building. Age fo r those children is 2 - 8 years . There are many educational m aterials available fo r use by Center. Among these are manipulative toys, such as puzzles, pegboards, large beads and take-apart trucks. There is clim bing equipment, if the child desires to participate in physi cal activity designed to exercise the body’ s larger muscles. There are manual dexterity toys, and blocks; transportation toys, such as toy trucks,busses, etc.; There *s even color tele - vision, fo r viewing childrens * educational programs. Children are served a hot lunch, as well as a snack in the morning and in the afternoon. There are also cots so that the children can take naps If they wish. A rt m aterials for coloring with crayons, are available. A ll of these activities are un dertaken in a physically safe en vironment. The staff of the Emergency Child Care Center has un dergone extensive training. Be fore the Center opened, staff members were given an orientation course designed to expose them to the many facets of the Day Care program. I hey visited Head Start centers, where they observed activities and programs in progress, and were given training in supervi sory situations. There were discussions re garding the various m aterials used fo r arts and crafts a c t i- vitie s. The staff members v is it ed the Albertina K e rrtla y Care Center, the Jewish Community Pre-School Program , an«J the Hughes M emorial Day Care Center. M rs . Joyce Vetranegave a presentation on ways young children can develop, explore, and discover creative activities by using m aterials of different kinds. Two nurses Dorothy resources. M rs . Rachelle Bagley, a home economist, and M iss V icki Magnuson, an edu cational aide on the staff of the Point of Information and Re fe rra l, presented a film on ways of preparing colorful and n u tri tional foods fo r young children. The staff members at the Hughes Emergency Child Care Center, are enrolled in courses given by PCC at the Cascade Center and w ill continue • to re ceive in -s e rv ic e training at Head Start units one and Three, which are mobile tra ile rs u t il i zed by four and fiv e -y e a r-o ld s . ¿n keeneye ’ s tips ON SHOOTING Crows provide good hunting during the summer months and insure a higher duck population in waterfowl nesting areas. A crow will kill each year about 110 ducklings and eggs. D is trib u te d a s a p u b lic s e rv ic e by N a tio n a l R ifle A s s o c ia tio n (Alameda Theater! I I I 3 0 0 0 N.E. A lberta i 2 8 4 -9 4 4 8 I M YRA BRECKENRIDGEJ Raquel Welch, I Mae West-Calvin Lockhart ’ Starring — JO H N & MARY — Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow starring Open Fri.-Tues.-6:45; Sun.-1:45 no one under 12 admitted CLOTHING LIQUIDATORS Manufacturer's Closeouts! 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Lampkin says his publication’ s indexing efforts w ill center around the following categories: A frica , A r t and A rtists,C h ild re n and Youth, Economics, Education, Employment, Entertainment, General Information and News, Health and Medicine, History, Housing, Law and Enforcement, Lite ra tu re , Media, M ilita ry , P o litics and Government, Race, Relations, Reference Sources, Religion, Sports, Urban and Rural Issues. In addition, each category w ill have up to 13 sub headings, and considerable attention w ill be given to miscellaneous w ritings and events that do not fit neatly into the established categories. In its fir s t issue, the periodi cal indexed some 100 articles, books, and reports. A rticle s from the index, at this point, are expected to come from some 80 regular publications, but Lamp kin said an attempt w ill he made readership might not norm ally see — even theses and unpubli shed m aterials. 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