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P o rtlin d /O b s e rv e r Thursday January 25, 1973
High school girls
challenge stereotype
PORTLAND -a? OBSERVER
world of w om en
Nixon eliminates
'paint poison” program
Volunteers prepare to d eliver meals to the homes of elderly
"sh ut-in s” as p a n of the Loaves and Fishes Program .
Meals are prepared in the kitchen of the Piedmont Loaves
and Fishes C enter.
Loaves and Fishes
serve shut-ins
Loaves and Fishes is a
program designed to serve
m eals to elderly persons.
Persons over 55 years of age
are served by the program .
The Piedmont Center, lo­
cated at the PiedmontL’nited
P resbyterian Church at 5760
N . E . Cleveland Avenue, is
open three days a week. Mon­
days. Tuesdays and F rid ays.
Many of the program users
gather at the center to talk,
play games and listen to
music.
They enjoy the fe l­
lowship as much as the
m eals.
Others, who are not able
to leave th e ir homes, are
served
by
"M e a ls
on
W heels.”
The c o m p l e t e
meals - - which are nourish­
ing as well as attractively
prepared — are taken to the
homes by volunteers.
The
Piedmont Loaves and Fishes
Center provided 419 Meals
on Wheels in December.
The Piedmont Center, un­
like some of the other centers
which use a common kitchen,
has facilities fo r cooking the
meals on the premises.
T here are twenty centers
in the Portland area, and each
has an atmosphere and acti­
vities that fit the communities
in which they are located.
M ost of the work of Loaves
and Fishes is done by volun­
teers, many of who are older
citizens themselves. Volun­
teers are always needed fo r
cooking, serving, clean up,
planning a c t i v i t i e s , and
especially
fo r
delivering
meals.
Coll 288-9145
Hotline Northeast is a telephone service for people
in Northeast Portland to receive emergency help, infor­
mation, and personal counseling.
The hotline is open
during hours when most city agencies are closed. We
answer calls during the following hours:
Monday - Thursday
5 p jn . - 9 p jn .
F rid a y
5 p jn . - 1 a jn .
Saturday
9 p jn . - 1 a jn .
Sunday
4 p jr .. - 11 a^n.
C a ll 288-9145 fo r help. Hotline Northeast is actively
seeking community people to train and serve as volun­
teers fo r the hotline. Contact Joyce Pedersen, volunteer
coordinator fo r fu rth er information.
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The adm inistration’s re­
bat this problem . The HEW
ported intention to elim inate
program was one of the im ­
federal programs to prevent
portant resources listed from
lead paint poisoning would be
which local officials could ob­
"tra g ic a lly shortsighted” and
tain assistance.
would represent " a blow to
“ It is ironic that just as
the hopes of black and other
local o ffic ia ls a re g e ttin g th e ir
m inority group Americans,
hands on some of the tools
who are most afflicted by this
to combat this serious prob­
crippling condition," E d d ieN .
lem, the adm inistration de­
W illia m s , president of the
cides to take the tools away,”
Joint C enter fo r Political
W illia m s said.
Studies, said today.
"T h e proposed elim ination
According to press reports,
of the prevention p ro gram ,"
the budget fo r The D epart­
he noted, " w ill mean not only
ment of Health, Education and
increased human suffering,
W e lfare to be presented to
but also that m ore money must
Congress
late this month
be spent la te r to care fo r
would include no money for
the victim s of this disease.”
the current lead poisoning
As noted in the J CPS report,
p rogram . It makes grants to
each child who experiences
local governments to develop
moderate brain damage w ill
screening and treatm ent pro­
require
special care and
gram s, and fo r educational
training fo r about ten years,
program s to make people
at a total cost of $17,500
aware of the problem. Ad­
per child. This means a na­
m inistered by the Bureau of
tional expenditure of $56 m il­
C o m m u n ity
Environmental
lion a year, as 3,000 children
Management of HEW, it is
are added to the toll each
currently funded at $7.5 m il­
ye a r.
lion.
Besides brain damage, the
Lead paint poisoning occurs
effects of lead poisoning in
when young children eat chips
elude
blindness.
cerebral
of paint containing lead which
palsy, convulsions, kidney di­
has flaked from walls of older
sease, learning defects and
homes, usually in d eterio rat­
behavior disorders.
ing neighborhoods such as
The JCPS report notes that
ghettos. Each year it causes
recent statistics show that
200 deaths, and leaves 800
black children are more su­
children severely brain dam­
sceptible to lead poisoning
aged. 3,000 suffering moder­
than are other youngsters.
ate to severe brain damage,
The Joint Center fo r P o lit­
and another 16,000 requiring
ical Studies is a private, non­
treatm ent fo r lesser damage.
partisan organization, funded
These figures are reported
by the Ford Foundation, which
in a booklet published this
provides research, inform a­
week by the Joint C enter for
tion, technical assistance and
P o litical Studies, titled " C h il­
educational services to black
dren and Lead Poisoning.”
and other m inority group
It was designed to assist local
elected officials, and to other
city officials, especially those
individuals and organizations
with
large populations of
which serve the interest of
blacks living in older houses,
m in orities.
in starting programs to com-
Women on highway crews
seem to be a novelty, but six
fem ale students at Washing­
ton High School plan to chal­
lenge
sex-stereotyping
of
highway surveyors.
The young women are en­
rolled in a 22-week course
which introduces them to job
opportunities
in c iv il en­
gineering and teaches them
fundamental skills of sur­
veying.
The course is a cooperative
e ffo rt of Washington High
School, C ity of Portland’ s
Engineers Office and M ult­
nomah County Department of
Public W orks.
With the aid of a math
teacher and county surveying
engineer, students learn to
read maps, compute math
problems and use technical
equipment such as a transit,
level and chains.
Women fly
for Navy
Secretary of the Navy John
W . W a rn e r today announced
selection of eight women to
enter the Navy Flight T ra in ­
ing P ro g ram .
The eight women, four of
whom are curren tly on active
duty in the Navy are to train
in a test program established
for equal rights and opportuni­
ties fo r women throughoutthe
Service.
The four active duty selec­
tees w ill report to Pensacola,
F lo rid a , on M arch 2, of this
year to begin flight training.
The four civilian selectees
w ill report to Navy O ffic e r
Candidate School for Women,
Newport, Rhode Island on Jan­
uary 23, where they w ill ob­
tain Navy commissions p rio r
to commencing flig httrainin g.
Norman
o. Nilsen, the
State L ab o r Com m issioner
and chief adm inistrator of
Oregon's Human Rights Laws
has strongly urged ratifica­
tion of the proposed Equal
Rights
Amendment
to the
United S û tes Constitution.
In testimony before the
House State and Federal A f-
fa irs Comm ittee at a Legis­
lative hearing in Salem, N il-
sen said that Oregon should
continue its position as a
frontrunner in seeking equal
treatm ent fo r all persons.
” 1 urge the Legislature to
ra tify this amendment." he
concluded. " I want us to say
that the United States Con-
stution — the foundation of
our aims and purposes as a
people — should provide full
equality before the law re ­
gardless of sex.”
It is sometimes said that
d ifferent treatm ent affords a
special shield fo r women, a
special
protection
of the
fa m ily .
With due respect,
from our experience, we have
come to question whether this
shield really exists. It c e r-
u in ly is easily pierced.
We have found problems
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Day C are is curren tly,con ­
sistently facing attack as to
A total of 24 Washington
its validity and financial ex­
High School students are en­
penses often without any at­
rolled in the course.
tempt to explain the services
The 18 male students have
offered by various programs
the
option of working as
in exlstance. Albina M in is ­
chtinm en one day a week with
teria l Alliance Day & Night
Multnomah
C o u n ty
road
C a re is an integral part of
crew s. Presently 10 of them
the 4 -C Agency and child w el­
are gening on-the-iob ex­
fare services providing child
periences as chainmen.
care to parents in training
The female students are
o r employed.
making arrangements to join
AMA Fam ily day and night
road crews in 1973.
Rightt
care provides child care for
now they are working part
children. Infancy to 14. The
tim e in civ il engineering of­
children are cared fo r in p ri­
fices of city and county gov­
vate certified homes under
ernm ents.
the supervision of the AM A's
According to Andrew P le -
staff.
novi, work experience co­
There have always been
ordinator at Washington High
people in our society who
School,
"Students
aren’t
needed a helping hand In what
qualified to Itelp surveyors
seems to some as affluent
as technicians.”
A m erican.
They need help
"W e encourage the stuilents
for several reasons, all stent­
to take a civil service exam
ing from the fact that they
and continue to work fo r the
have not been allowed by our
department
which
trained
great Am erican Society to
th e m ."
progress.
“ However, to be licensed
AMA by no means has tlie
as a s u rv e yo r," continues
solution to this nation-wide
Pienovl, " a student needs four
problem but feels that it is
years of college and four
doing its share in Portland,
years of on-the-job trainin g.”
Oregon.
It offers several
Students receive academic
advantages to those parents
c re d it and wages at the rate
who. In spite of the system
of $1.60 per hour fo r the time
in which they I've, keep try ­
spent on the job. T helrw ages
ing to progress. We feel that
are paid by county and city
in having a quality day care
departments of public w orks.
program , parents can grow
Since
Washington
High
financially and emotionally
School initiated the course
and eventually find a place in
in 1969, Pienovl maintains
society.
Equally important
" o u r class in surveying has
are the children in our pro­
been the impetus fo r several
g ra m . F o r they are allowed
students to go to college and
to develop to th eir full po­
study to be surveyors.”
tential fo r th e ir age. AMA
"Surveying is an excellent
has quality I )CII. access to
c a re e r fo r young men and
nurses and child development
women.
And. the demand
specialist, monthly v is it by
fo r surveyors in the labor
child care coordinator and
m arket can't help but in­
an outstanding day care home
cre a s e ,” explains Pienovl,
situation.
"because surveying is es­
sential in Initial stages of
all construction projects.”
in insurance, pensions, in­
heritance taxes, finance and
credit, workmen's compen­
sation, unemployment bene­
fits, public accommodations,
rental and purchase of hous­
ing. T here are problems of
access to education and tra in ­
ing, which are extrem ely sig­
nification to the problems of
employment.
It seems to us that the best
shield
is
constitutionally
guaranteed rights.
.
I want to mention an area
of special concern to m e.
Federal and state laws pro­
hibiting sex discrim ination in
employment cast doubt on the
validity of laws setting work­
ing
conditions
rules
fo r
women only. Recognizing that
need fo r protection adheres
to the job, not the sex of
the person In the job, O re­
gon took a forward step and
gave the Wage and HourC om -
mission
authority
to set
working conditions fo r all
employes, not women only.
We were proud that Oregon
took this step.
D e a r Church Goer:
M y comments to question
2, getting the church to relate
to younger people, I ’d like
to turn that statement around:
To getting younger people to
relate to the church. When
the
church,
its principle
leaders, and Its membership
begin to practice with sin­
c e rity and honesty, then |
can’t see the church having
any trouble getting younger
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new experience. The agency,
therefore provides a continu­
ation of training fo ro u rP C M e
and allow them to attend P o rt­
land Community College.
AMA allows parents towork
o r get training while tlie lr
children , usually very young,
adjust to a motherly type s it­
uation in a small group, 1 he
children and parents are be­
ing exposed to new situations
and ideas whereby both parent
and child are developing and
adjusting to themselves and to
the society in general. Hope­
fully this w ill allow them one
day to turn the helping hand
loose.
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Serving
Real Oregonians
since 1887.
HEADHCENTI
by Tom Bootlie, Ph J ).,
P rofessor of Communications Heuristics
D e a r D r . Boothe:
I am a religious G od -fear­
ing man, and I have watched
the
ideals of my church
d ete r late almost to the op­
posite of what it stood for a
few years back. And our con­
gregation Is about half ofwhat
it was then. Even the people
who do attend are lifeless.
O ur congregation is made up
of very young children who
don't know what's going on
and older people who just sit
and rem em ber tiow it used to
be. We have very few people
attending church in the age
bracket between 16 and 30. I
have visited other churches
and found this age gap to
exist in those churches as
w e ll.
Don't you think this age
gap should be telling us
something; mainly, that the
church is just not reaching
tlie younger people.
I am
quite
frustrated with my
church, and I am w riting to
see
what suggestions you
might have to o ffe r concern­
ing:
(I) Getting more life
and meaning back into the
church; (2) Getting the church
to relate to younger people.
Old Church Goer
The maximum number of
children that the AMA Agency
can place in a day care home
Is four. The numlier of chil­
dren tlie Day Care M other has
of her own w ill determine the
number she can take care of.
We feel that each child should
be given individual attention
and this could not he done if
there were a large number
of children in the home.
The children in the program
have access to « nurse in
case of an accbient o r illness.
The nurse is immediately
called in to take the neces­
sary procedure fo r tlie w el­
fare of the child. |f a prob­
lem of development(physical
ly o r mentally) is detected
by the child care coordinator
a child development special­
ist is called in to observe
the child. She w ill then rec
ommend what action should le
taken to correct the problem.
Child
care coordinators
coordinate letween the Pay
C a re M other and tlie parent.
They make visits to the pay
C a re Home to insure that the
child
is receiving quality
care, to discuss any problems
that the D a y C a re M other may
1» having, and to remind tlie
P C M of th eir importance. The
Child C a re Coordinator re ­
ports tlie progress o r prob­
lem of the child to the parent
in th e ir visits to tlie parent.
V is its to parents are usually
made a fte r parent working
hours.
I he
recruitm ent.
study
evaluation and development of
homes fo r day care is tlie
most important aspect of AM A
Day C a re . The agency must
be sure that tlie potential day
care mother has knowledge of
child development, understand
children and o ffer them se­
curity ami opportunities for
Stufte Cbrttholi
timan Emphasis
Equal Rights Amendment
supported by Nilsen
The Equal Rights Amend­
ment to the UnitedStatC3Con-
stitution is undergoing ra ti­
fication by the states that is
necessary before it becomes
law. The b ill curren tly before
the Oregon Legislature is re­
ceiving opposition from those
who form the ammendment
w ill bring about the drafting
of women and integrated toilet
fa c ilitie s .
Supports comes
from persons who believe the
law w ill bring equal pay and
equal job opportunity.
Child care programs give service
people to relate to it.
When the church begins to
demonstrate and practice the
qualities
of
truth among
themselves, honesty among
themselves, and sincerity in
th e ir dealings with others,
they won't have any trouble
attracting young people, older
people, o r people period.
D e a r D r . Boothe:
I had a relative visiting
with me during tlie holidays.
W hile she was visiting, our
dog had a litte r of puppies.
She said she would like to
have one of the puppies when
they w ere a little older.
She lives In New York, and
she said that I could ship a
puppy
by
m a il.
Is she
kidding m e.
I never heard
of mailing pets.
Not a pet m a ile r
D e a r NAPM:
She is right.
You may
m all the pet to h er. The best
way is by a ir . Check with
the airlin es for the particu­
la rs .
(R E M E M B E R :
Human E m ­
phasis Is your column. W ith­
out your input, there is no
hum an
emphasis.
Tom
Boothe)
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