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Portland Observer Thursday, July 29, 1976 Pag» I Brother* score at Clackamas County Fair W alking off with cham pionship------- at the Clackamas County Pair has become a tradition w ith the Stone family of the Wilsonville area. The four Stone broth ers. ranging in age from 16 to 18, have garnered so many trophies, ribbons, and other awards over the past nine years that, according to Andrew , the oldest, they've run out of wall and shelf space to display them. I t hasn't been an unprofit able effort, either. Since 1971 the four Stone brothers have sold 18 hogs a t the fair'« annual Junior Livestock Auction for a total take of 82,298.16. In 1972 one of the brothers, Porter, sold his prize hog at the auction for a whopping 8494.66. For two years running, his swine held the distinction of being the champion profit takers a t the Junior Auction. The boys supplement their swine in come at the auction, too. w ith sheep they raise on the family farm. T heir aheep have been winning numerous honors at the fair for almost a decade. The Stone boys - Richard (16), P orter (16). Jim (17) and Andrew (18). have been involved in livestock raising and county fair activities since Andrew and Jim ex hibited their first animals nine years ago. Richard, who was graduated this year from Wilsonville School and wiU enter W est Linn High as a freshman in the fall, belongs to the Wilsonville Top 8w ine 4-H Club. His brothers, all students at West Linn High (Andrew and Jim are seniors. Porter a junior) belong to the W est Linn Chapter of F F A and all are active in school athletic competition. The Stone family came to Oregon from Tennessee in 1948 when the father, James, Sr., obtained a job in the Portland shipyards. He and his wife, Annie, pur chased their 15-aere farm in the Wilson ville area shortly thereafter, determined. i be bas i___ . ___ . (abovel Andrew , IS , Richard, 16. P erter, 18, and Jim. 17, w ill p artid ■ate in the Clnckassas Cesssty J a a b r U veteek Anetten, (right) they emphasize, to raise their sons in the healthy, character-building environment of the rural countryside as opposed to the crowded city and its Stereotyped pro blems. They haven't been disappointed with the results. The senior Stone is a stone mason by profession, hsving worked at the trade extensively in Tennessee prior to moving to Oregon. His father had been a tobacco farmer and it was in this agricultural environment that James grew up. Eco nomic conditions, however, made the family farm unprofitable and both Stone and his father reluctantly joined the mi gration to the cities where they found employment in the construction trades. Although James Stone, Sr., works for the Union Pacific Railroad, he is still pretty much involved in stone masonry. He devotes much of his spare tim e to the ambitious project of facing the big two- story colonial-type farmhouse the family lives in with a handsome rock exterior. The rock is obtained from a quarry in the M L Hood area, transported to the farm on a rented truck, and sculptured labor ioualy to desired shape and size by the master stone mason. W hile Stone and his sons work at ren- novating the house, caring for a large vegetable garden, and raising sheep and swine, M rs. Stone, a U.S. postal em ployee, is hard a t w ork delivering mail throughout the rural countryside. There aren't many idle moments for the busy Stone family of Wilsonville. This year the four Stone brothers will be back at the Clackamas County F air with th eir sheep and hogs and w ill be vieing again for top honors and top mon ey at the eighth annual Junior Livestock Auction on August 21st. I f past perfor mance is any criterion, they should fare well. Runaway children face dangers Each year thousands of children run away from home. Most of them return home, either on th eir own or through the help of the police or a social service agency. For some, however, the results are tragic. A few years ago. several runaway boys w ere found murdered in Texas. N ot long ago, h er* in Portland, a young girl was found slain. A t the time of this w riting, she still has not been identified. Almost certainly she was on the run. The Portland Police have no way of knowing bow many runaways there are in the streets at any particular time. hundred phone calls about the unidenti fied girl, and that gives them an indica bon of how many kids are missing. Be tween January of 1976 and March of this year, the Police Bureau listed 2,448 child ren on the run. W here do they go? W hat happens to them and w hat can be done? T o get some answers to these question*, w e talked with Lew Winchester. M anager of the North Portland Office of the Children's Services Division (CSD). According to Winchester, each child has his own reason for running. But, it should be remembered th a t children are running from something. They usually are not running to anything, except that they hope it w ill be better than w hat they are leaving behind. Winchester noted: “I f a child is so alienated from his family that he is on the run, it is almost impossible to find him if he wants to stay hidden. There are people out there who w ill aid and abet these youngsters for their own reasons.“ Among those reasons: drugs and sex. Kids on the s treet* are easy targets. They are an open m arket for drugs, and often tu rn to crime to support them selves. F or a meal or a place to sleep. they often have to prostitute themselves. A 14 year old Portland girl was recenby arrested in Washington for prosbtubon. Winchester does not claim to have any easy solution*. He notes that: “W e must find w ay* to intervene poeibvely in a child's life earlier so that we can prevent these problems." CSD, the police, and other agencies do not have the manpower to track down these runaways. People in the community must assist, by not hiding these kids, and by getbng them to a source of help. A * Winchester comment ed: “W e need more and better commun ity-agency cooperation." T k k e a k to k a t th e N a v y & n e w lo o k . These days, you see more Navy enlisted men w earing a brand new uniform. Up-to- date. Modern. Really something special. Like many things in today’s Navy. One exam ple-our excellent job training. In one of over 70 different career fields, if you qualify. Add to th a t the best Navy pay ever. The brand-new Navy Campus for Achievement Program where you may earn a college de gree or a vocational school certificate. And the opportunity fo r new challenge, new re sponsibility, new places to see. H ard work? Sure. T hat’s w hat success is all about. But there’ll be good times, too. With people you’ll really like. A whole new life-style. Sound like it m ight fit you? Talk to your Navy recruiter. He can tell you w hat you qualify for before you enlist. A good job. A good life. The Navy : I t’s a good deal. NAVY RECRUITING 3 6 3 7 NE. SANDY BLVD OR CALL: 2 3 3-9 997 They do know they have received several v ie BUILD YOUR FUTURE OH A PROUD TRADTHOH. -,rno-.ni ••••* Maintenance group forms Coagress considers Black art Congressman Charles B. R an g el. (D -N .Y .) announced that the Congress is going to take acbon on his request that an effort be made to include a rt works de picting Black Americans in a posibve manner in the United State* Capitol. “The Joint Comm ittee on Arrange ments for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial has approved a plan that would provide an exhibit recognising all those Black Americans who have served In the United States Congress. The p ro ject include* a photo-biographical bro chure, and the exhibit whieh w ill be on display in the Capitol during this Bicen tennial year.” Rangel said. The New York Democrat, who repre sents the Harlem , East Harlem and upper Westside communitiea of New York inib ated this effo rt upon receiving a copy of the publication. A r t In the United States Capital. “I was just outraged that out of a total number of 700 a rt works, Black Americans w ere only depicted in five of them. I t was my belief that something has to be done quickly to rem edy thia situation," Rangel stated. R anger* major concern was th a t dur ing the Bicentennial celebration, when millions of American would be coming to Washington, they would not see Black Americans in the Capitol building. “I went to Lindy Boggs, the Chairman of the Bicentennial Committee and told her my feelings. Through her e ffo rt* and those of the M ajo rity Leader, we were able to obtain agreement on thia exhibit, which I think w ill be very posibve," Ran gel said. The Congressman's e ffo rt* are also directed a t securing permanent exhibit* placed in the Capitol. " I have correspond ed w ith the Joint Committee on Libraries who have juriadicbon over the a rt work in the Capitol. A * soon a* we are able to jointly find appropriate a rt works, I w ill be going again to the Joint Comm ittee to urge them to place these on permanent display so th a t the contribubons of Black Americans can properly be reflected," Rangel concluded. DR. 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Judge Crockett stated that the overall aim of the tour was “to obtain a better understanding of the unique and highly effecbve system of dispensing justice in China. W e hope to visit actual tria l pro cedures and to talk w ith ju ris t* at every level of their court system. W e hope also to be able to gain a better understanding of their treatm ent of prisoners and their re-education and rehabilitation pro grams." The tour w ill begin August 5th from San Francisco, w ith entry into the Peo ples' Republic scheduled to begin August 10th. The first major city is Canton, and visits are scheduled to five other cities including Shanghai. Hangchow. Nanking and Peking. M eetings are anticipated in each city w ith mem ber* of the Chinese legal com munities and in Peking w ith law profes sora, the M inister of Justice, and one or more members of the Supreme Court “W e are not approaching this visit w ith preconceived nobons about whether they system is good or bad," Crockett said. “T he vast difference* in social and eco nomic relabonships that exist between our tw o countries, especially as reflected in the taw, almost completely preclude « meaningful comparison. Crockett explained. “W e are hopeful that we can learn from the Chinese, especially in the area* of neighborhood mediabon of minor offenses and disputes, increased participation of the citizenry in crime prevention and crime detection, and some new ideas in our approach to prisoner rehabilitabon." O ther tour members include two lead ing D e tro it physicians and a college pre sident. 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