Oregon choir boys represent US in Mexico
From, behind the wall
by Larry Baker «35021
O.8.P. ( orr»i.mndent
On January 9, 1978...the O.S.P. Educa
tion Department opened their classroom
doors to three young ladies who are
presently residents of the Oregon Wo
men's Correction Center, for the purpose
of receiving equal education through the
college education programs at O.S.P.
These young ladies will actually be
taking courses alongside incarcerated
men ut O.S.P, Up-grading their educa
tion will eventually prepare them for
release to a transitional (Half way House)
so that they may attend college full time.
This type of integration is not new to
O.S.P., O.W.C.C. women attended classes
at O.S.P. Newgate Program which was
established within the walls several years
ago. The project proved to be very
successful for individuals in prison, to
grasp the feeling of a more realistic
classroom setting closely related to state
colleges and universities.
Those who are responsible for re-estab
lishing this co-educational program at
O.S.P. should be highly praised, because
education plays a very large part in any
type of rehabilitation, regardless of ones
definition of the word "rehabilitation."
Having the pride of achieving one's
highest potential in the arademic field is a
valuable tool in life.
This precious
opportunity should never be denied any
one living in the United States today,
regardless if they're Black or white...rich
or poor...or even a man or woman
incarcerated behind prison bars.
In a brief interview with Joe Fabis,
Supervisor of O.S.P. Education Pro
grams. Fabis stated, “We are working
toward integrating at least ten percent of
the residents at O.W.C.C. into our O.S.P.
college program.”
The O.S.P. is moving in the right
direction.
TH E E YE |l| W IT H IN T H E MOON
A cosmic voyeur, peeking through wood works
woven by natures delicate hands, a foliage of
palms sway in the stillness of night,
A cosmic voyeur spying down from the summer
sky, a soothing breeze stirred the palms of reality,
and through them one could see a silver white moon
punctuated with a breath of doubt;
A cosmic voyeur contemplating the riddles of man -
Kiddies? To an imbecile in the dark a candle is
the greatest riddle of all!
by Julius Snowden «38013
REACHING FOR A STAR
A POEM W IT H O U T T IT L E
Dreams
a configuration
of obscured
realities
Interwoven
fibers of
tranquility
suffers as
miniature fossils
of agitation allows
Dreams,
the thoughts,
a procession of
yesterday’s life
It's presence
to be known, and
fingers of acute
confusion manipulate
the peace of a once
quiet soul
Flowing into
tomorrow...yet
existing today,
As on and
on the struggle
continue to flow
And life
is only a
procession
toward death, - as
From puberty to
adolescent to young
adult --
Dreams compounds
the capacity
of reality -
The many
stages of growth
emanates.
So too does
life, through love
defy death.
by Julius Snowden «38013
•SHE'
Expounding the
depth of
necessity or fear
A T N IG H T T H E COLD W IN D BLOWS -
Although it’s morning, and the little stream is at flow,
when nightfall comes, the wind will blow.
She always writes me letters,
Once or twice a week, at least
Always asking "How you doing?"
“Will be happy when you're free."
The sun has risen to the middle of the sky,
and again tonight the stream will cry.
As you see the little stream is afraid,
when the sky darkens and the clouds turn gray.
She sends a couple of dollars.
So I wouldn't go without.
Sends a birthday card to let me know,
That I've still got a friend left about.
Watch out little stream, please don't cry -
the sun has fallen from the sky.
Up to now she just thinks,
She’s just another friend.
I'm scared to tell her different,
Scared of what we have will end.
Tonight when all is at ease,
you can hear the whisper as the little stream pleads.
Go away cold wind, please don’t blow
I've done you no harm, I just want to flow.
Well, Lord, I've told you my story.
Guess, I'll get up off my knees.
Put my Bible in my pocket.
And keep on wishing I was free.
The wind is cold again tonight;
the little stream is full of fright.
The trees go wild, the little stream flows;
and again tonight, the cold wind blows.
Do I have the right to love her?
Does she have the right to know?
Prison walls and Prison bars.
And Twenty Years to go.
by Richard D. Reinhart «36755
by Larry Baker «35021
“D ISAPPEA R IN G STARS OF LIG H T" '
Have you ever been on the beach at night.
and seen the little sparkles of light,
when the water rushed away from your feet in little scans,
as you walked along the glistening sand?
It looks like little stars on the beach,
that run away in disbelief,
as man walks upon their land,
they scatter themselves in little bands!
PORTLAND, OREGON - The Oregon
Poison Control and Drug Information
Center, located at the University of
Oregon Health Sciences Center, begins
this month to fill a need long felt by
Oregon health professionals and the
public.
The Center will be open around the
clock, seven days a week, staffed by
nurses, physicians and pharmacists, all
specially trained to respond to incoming
calls about poisons and drugs.
The reorganized and improved service
has been established by combining the
resources of the Drug Information Ser
vice of the School of Pharmacy at Oregon
State University and the Poison Control
Center at the University of Oregon
Health Sciences Center, together with
grant support of $28,900 from the Oregon
State Health Division and $19,913 from
CETA.
Ixx’ated in University Hospital, north
unit, the Center is part of the division of
emergency medicine.
Heading the Center are associate direc
tor for operations, pharmacist, Lee Wan
ke, who has been with OSU’s Drug
Information Service since 1974, and phy
sician co-directors Dr. Emily Tufts, direc
tor of the UOHSC Poison Control Center
since 1970, and Dr. Marc Bayer, associate
director of emergency services at Univer
sity Hospital. They will be assisted by
Dr. Tom Elo, assistant professor of
emergency services.
A toll free line, 1 800 452 7165, is
available to people outside the free
calling areas of Portland (as listed on
page four of the Portland Telephone
Directory).
Sell expression is one of the many benefits from the Oregon Boys Choir to all
children in our community.
were Mr. Taylor, who was in charge of
the Oregon delegation, and Mr. and Mrs.
Sypher, who were responsible of fi
nances.
In the pursuit of building better youth
with music, the Oregon Boys Choir is
searching for more boys between the
ages of eight to twelve who would like to
be involved with this community effort.
Anyone interested in learning more
about the Oregon Boys Choir, Inc. should
call 281 8393 or write to P.O. Box 20392,
Portland, Oregon, 97220. This is the
Oregon Boys Choir building better youth
with music.
With the newly consolidated center,
the general public, for the first time, will
have a resource designed to answer its
questions, many which arises out of
emergency situations, such as a child who
has accidently swallowed a poison or
some other possibly harmful substance.
Both the Poison Control Center and the
Drug Information Service previously
have existed to answer health profes
sionals' inquiries. However, there has
been growing demand from the public for
information about both drugs and poi
sons.
The Poison Control Center, established
in 1958 to serve physicians only, in fact
received the greatest number of calls
from the public. About half of the calls
were actual poisonings, and the rest were
requests for information.
The former Center was only marginally
funded and staffed primarily by resident
physicians in pediatrics and emergency
services, who were assigned to the
Center only for short periods of time.
Now, all calls, from physicians and the
public alike will be handled initially by
nursing staff who will respond according
to specific protocols. If more specialized
knowledge is required, they will seek
direction from the Center's physician or
pharmacist staff. Nursing staff also will
make follow-up calls.
A Poislndex system, which contains
information on thousands of known poi
sons, and a large selection of reference
materials will be available to the staff.
In October, 1977, the Drug Information
Service was moved from Corvallis to
University Hospital. Wanke and his staff
will continue to serve as the state s
center for drug information and will
respond to health professionals' inquiries
about drugs, dosages, drug effects and
related questions.
Wanke now holds a joint inter institu
tional appointment as assistant professor
in the School of Pharmacy at OSU and as
assistant professor in emergency medi
cine at the UOHSC.
Prevention of accidental poisonings
and improper drug use through educa
tional programs also is an important
emphasis for the new Center.
Wanke will coordinate educational pro
grams on drugs for the public and health
professionals. This spring he hopes to
begin publishing a newsletter for profes
sional people, by subscription, on drugs
and drug effects.
Co-director, Dr. Marc Bayer, said the
Center also plans public education pro
grams for the community to inform
people better about where to keep
medicines, what steps to take if a person
inhales or ingests a dangerous substance,
and whom to call in an emergency.
To sustain the new Center, it will be
necessary to seek continued funding from
state government and community health
care agencies. Center officials also hope
the general public will want to support
and contribute to its continuation.
The Center is unusual, the officials
point out, because the consumer
the
worried mother or the health professional
does not pay for the service and the
life saving information received by a
telephone cail.
. . . UNION OR COMPANY
by Richard D. Reinhart «36755
DENTAL INSURANCE
is a valuable a s s e t. . .
American State Bank
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Center offers poison control drug information
by Julius Snowden «38013
I)o I have the right to love her?
Does she have the right to know?
Prison bars and Prison walls.
And Twenty Years to go.
The United States and the City of
Roses were represented by a delegation
of eight boys from the Oregon Boys Choir
at the International Boy Choir Federation
held in Saltillo, Mexico. The Federation
consists of boy choirs from South Ameri
ca, Central America, United States, and
Canada.
All of these choirs, whose total consist
ed of over 200 boys, joined together for
four days to work, get acquainted, and
have fun. The language barrier was
non existent. As the performances con
cluded, and the end of the trip approach
ed, many tearful goodbyes were said. “It
is like sports, when one wishes to divide
the experiences of one field and return
home with a pile of new things relating to
the game," explained the representative
of the United States delegation, Joseph
Correa. Adding that not only is it the
musical program that unites the boys, but
the hours of work and fun they share, like
shopping trips, invitations to meals, the
charro festival and other activities in
which they participated in.
Within the education that is given to
the boy singer goes that which helps to
form a life of discipline. Although, at
times, this may seem insignificant when
compared with the wealth of the gift of
the voice. In this respect, Joseph Correa
pointed out the necessity of forming the
character of the boys, and to be really
"special" or they would run the risk of
their own parents wasting these quali
ties.
Also they are made aware of the
importance of work time, trying to
accomplish their responsibilities in the
least time possible and with efficiency,
not only to shorten those periods but to
avoid over-tiring themselves.
Finally, the reward for the group, as
well as for the public that benefits from
the different program of high musical
quality. The group stands before the
public resplindant, uniformed and orga
nized. There was daily television and
newspaper coverage, and the Oregon
Boys Choir also taped a 30 minute special
for the National Educational Network to
be broadcast all over the Mexican nation.
Other representatives from Portland
2 7 3 7 N.E. Union
Use it to protect
your health
and
appearance
282-2216
ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
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Corner of 8th and Skidmore
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.
Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m.
(Second and Fourth Sundays)
You are Welcome to Worship at
Reverend Thomas L. Strayhand, Minister
BAK
WE H A N D LE A LL TH E D E T A IL S OF
COMPLETING YOUR C LA IM FORMS
T H E ARK OF SAFETY CHURCH OF GOD PENTECOSTAL, INC.
“A warm a;iMt of fellowship always"
The Honorable Bishop U.V. Peterson, D.D. “The Holiness Preacher," Pastor
Sunday:
Sunday School
9:15 .m
Morning Worship
11:15am
“Showers of Blessings Broadcast”
KG AR 1550
11:30 am 12:30 pm
VnC
6:30 pm
Evangelistic Worship
8:00 pm
Tuesday-Friday
Noon Day Prayer
Tuesday:
Bible Band/Jr. Church
Wednesday:
Choir Rehearsal
Friday:
“The Pastor S;ieahs"
84 N E KilUngsworth
281-0499
NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED
Come in at your convenience
ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH
806 N.E. Alberta Street
Reverend Bertram Griffin, Pastor
281-4429
PARK FREE-Any Park n Shop Lot
Maaaea I
5:00 p m. Vigil - Saturday
10:00 a.m. Choir - Sunday
12:00 p.m. Folk - Sunday
HOURS:
Dr. Jeffrey BRADY,
ST. ANDREW COM M UNITY SCHOOL
491» N.E. *th Ave.
Nerita Kelly, Principal
Phone: 284-1620
Grades 1 through 8
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Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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8.W . 3RD A Y A M H IL L ST., PORTLAND, OREGON
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