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Page 4 Portland Observer Thursday* December 8, 1977 Vocational teachers needed OREGON BOYS CHOIR Choir Boys schedule concerts The Oregon Boys Choir has been invited to join the L’.S.A delegation to the Ninth International Boychoir F esti val. to be held on December 28th to January 1st in Monterrey, Mexico. Joseph L. Correa, their Founder-Di rector, said that the choir has been invited also to participate in four major concerts and in a network television broadcast from Monterrey. The boys of the choir are invited to join the massed choir of boy singers from Mexico. Canada. U.S.A. and various parts of Central America for some selections, and they will sing independently of the massed group at various concerts. A special invitation has been received from the singing Boys of Monterrey. Mexico's most famous boychoir, to study the art and choreography of bull fighting and of the corrida, a Mexican-type rodeo. The local boys are invited also to various parties and piñata celebration and to a fireworks display and gala on New Year's Eve. According to Mr. Correa, the boys are anxious to make another international concert debut and to join with the boy singers from various parts of the U.S.A.. Canada and Mexico in the New Year's Celebrations, but that the choir board must first secure financial help for niak ing the trip possible. The total cost for each boy will be approximately $400 dollars. The boys have been involved in various fund raising projects since last summer to raise the needed funds, but some of them still need sponsors to meet their financial obligations. Anyone wishing to help can mail contributions to the Oregon Boys Choir. Inc., Mexico Tour Fund. P .0. Box 20392. Portland. Oregon 97220; or call 281 8393. The following dates are concerts of the Oregon Boys Choir for the month of December. Thursday. December 15th. 7:30 p.m., Schrunk Tower, 8832 N. Syracuse; Satur day, December 17th. 8:00 a.m., Hilton Hotel at Downtown, Pavillion Room. Nordstrom Annual Christmas Party; Monday, December 19th, 7:30 p.m., Hollywood East. 4400 N.E. Broadway; Tuesday. December 20th, 8:00 p.m., OBC A nnual C hristm as C oncert, King Neighborhood Facilities Auditorium. 4906 N.E. 6th; and Wednesday, Decern her 21st, 8:00 p.m., OBC Annual Christ mas Party. Hughs Memorial Church. I l l N.E. Failing Street. Persistent reports of a teacher glut and the difficulty of getting a job do not apply to those interested in teaching vocational classes in junior high, high school or community college. Gaylon Huff, Portland Community Col lege education department chairman, reported a "severe increasing shortrge" of people qualified to teach young people such marketable skills as clerical work, mechanics, electronics, food service, eon struction and child care. If a person has business or industrial experience in one of these fields, or teaching experience, the addition of PCC's Associate of Applied Science de gree in vocational education is a good way to qualify for these jobs. Huff indicated. The education chairman said nearly all of the 200 graduates since 1973 are now teachers. “I know of only two people who are not." he continued. Half of the PCC graduates have been placed in Oregon positions. Huff said, with others in New York, Alaska. Ameri can Samoa and across the country. Starting salaries range from $11,000- $13,000, according to Clifton York, per sonnel specialist for Portland Public Schools. Seniority, journeyman exper ience or additional college credits can cause salaries to rise to $19,000, Huff said. The vocational education program at PCC is designed for people already employed as teachers and for those with three or more years experience in a technical trade. All classes are evening ones with stu dents working at individual paces. Huff said that most students work full time taking one or two education classes per quarter. Many take five or six years to complete the degree. Most of the fifty some students com pleting the program each year go to work at once. Others transfer their PCC degree to Oregon State University to finish a Bachelor's degree in vocational education. The four year accreditation gives the person the capability of work ing in vocational administration, where Huff said there is also a shortage of qualified workers. To get the PCC degree, students complete courses in the methods, philo sophy and psychology of teaching, as well as student teaching for those without classroom experience. Froven work experience in the trade to be taught may count toward completion of the Associate of Arts degree. Those without the experience take appropriate vocational courses at PCC. "Whan our integrity declines, o u r ta s te does a ls o .” La Rochefoucauld "Be in general virtuous, and you w ill be happy." Benjamin Franklin "There is always room at the top." Daniel Webster COOKIE TREE CENTERPIECE Material« needed tor two trooe: 1 roll refrigerated sugar slice and bake cookies 4 inch, 3-inch and 2-inch star shaped cookie cutters or patterns cut from paper Butter cream frosting, tinted green (about 1 cup) Red hots or other decorator candies 2 round styrofoam bases, each 1-inch thick and 4-inches in diameter 2/3 yard 1-inch satin ribbon (to trim base) 2 8-inch bamboo skewers (from a craft shop) 3 packages Life Savers*1 candies 2 large gumdrops for top stars TO MAKE THE TREES: 1. Soften cookie dough at room tern perature. (For easiest handling, roll out half the dough at a time.) On lightly floured surface or between wax paper, roll dough 1/4-inch thick. For each tree cut out three 4-inch stars, three 3-inch stars and two 2-inch stars. (If dough becomes too soft to handle, refrigerate Friends hold annual reunion Many Portland homes began the Holi day Season with the last two weeks of November. This is true of the James Heffner. Charles Rawlins, and the George W. Jordan families. They began celebrat ing November 13th with out of town guests arriving through the 20th of November. These families have made it an annual affair to celebrate The Thanks giving Season together with their friends they have known since childhood. The meeting place is in a different City each year The Oregonians were hosts and hostesses this year. The out-of-town guests were: Mr. and Mrs James Davis. Gary. Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Cheeks, Detroit. Michi gan: Mrs. Johnnie Rivere, St. Louis, Missouri; Mrs. Clara Hall, Toledo, Ohio; and Mr. Charles Heffner, Gary, Indiana. Helping with the entertainment were: Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Williams, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Chatman. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. E. Shelton Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hallmark. Mr. and Mrs. Vertis Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sayles, Mr. Lenard Arnold, and Mr. Armstead Johnson. Entertainment consisted of shopping, sightseeing during the day. dinner par ties each night with bridge, whist, poke- na, and dancing as the highlights. Plans for next year will be Montreal, Canada. PCC aids weight reduction Holidays bring feasts, rich foods and, for many, unwanted pounds to shed in January Portland Community College teaches students how to remove those pounds safely and keep them off in "The Psychology of Weight Control.” Instructor Kitty Wilkinson is offering the course to fit a need she discovered in her other psychology classes. “Many students in the introductory psychology course had weight problems that severe ly concerned them," she said. Ms. Wilkinson added, “One of the functions of a community college is to offer a course at reasonable cost where students can learn psychology and apply it to a problem of concern to them.” The course will cover learning theory and behavior modification. Ms. Wilkin son said those students who are not obese will find the class useful “in changing any kind of habit you wish to change." Ms. Wilkinson expects to find her class filled with those wishing to reduce. She K said half of all Americans, including one-fifth of those just out of high school, are overweight, Students will set goals for weight loss, make an agreement to keep that contract, keep a log on what they eat and learn to identify problems in their environment or life which set off overeating. The course will also teach students nutrition, the psychology of eating and fasting, a scientific analysis of popular diets, how to avoid feelings of deprivation while on a restricted diet, how to exercise to control weight and the emotional and phy>cal damage that obesity causes. The course offering three hours of transfer credit in psychology has no prerequisits. It will be held from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Class size is limited to 35. Ms. Wilkinson graduated from PCC in 1972 and has taught at the college since 1974. She completed her bachelors and masters degree at Portland State Uni versity. SHOP IENOWS The Friendliest Stores In Town Srnce 1908 FOR " somethhm clee .* Prepare a mouth-watering mixture of ground beef, b e a m , chopped onion and green p ep per and spoon it on cornbread. Then, a d d KRAFT Natural Colby tor a special taste treat. BRANDS you know VARIETIES you lib' SIZES you w ont • 4 1 1 S .I. 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Carefully make a small hole in center of each star cookie with toothpick 5. Pin ribbon around edge of each styrofoam base. Insert skewer in center of base for "trunk" of tree. 6. Assemble tree by alternating each star with two Life Saver»* on bamboo skewer, starting with 4-inch star. Top tree with gumdrop star.
