Two complote apprenticeship
Behind the wall
Larry Baker #35021,
Juba. D. .Snowden #38013.
Poetry Editor
O.S.P.
by John H. Hamilton HI
scored higher than I ever hoped possible.
In short, to "me" being here means a
chance to better myself. Not only from an
academic stand|>oint but from the moral,
social and spiritual aspect as well.
I t simply boils down to this: - it is up to
the individual! The way and means are
here. I might add as a closing thought:
O.S.P. is a very nice place.. .to stay away
It wax a typiral Saturday morning here
at Oregon State Penitentiary.
Overcaat sky, a sharp nip in the air and
the invariable bustle and flow of human
anxieties rushing and brushing past my
friend and I.
When a man that I have come to
respect and know in a casual way, came
up and happened to ask the question:
“What does it mean to you - as a Black
man being here at O.S.P.?”
At first a thousand "pictures” flashed
across my mental screen.
I did not
answer the question at the time because I
actually had never really thought about
it. However. . .later in the evening.
Within the confines of my cell I gave the
matter serious thought.
The first thing I realized of course was,
the "pictures” that flashed through my
mind were, in reality my desire for the
things 1 wanted. . .The things I missed
from the “free world." This was not the
answer to the question. . .but a reflection
of pent up emotions and lingering desires.
Upon realizing this I immediately set
about to do a bit of serious introspecting.
What my final conclusion came to 1 can
only say that as an individual. . .this is
what my period of incarceration means to
A t the State Street Jaycees regular
April meeting, the following were elected
officers for 1978 79.
President, Chuck Hein; 1st Vice Presi
dent, Ed Bradshaw; 2nd Vice President,
Doug Romero; Secretary, Stephen Mil
ler; Treasurer, Steve Haines; External
Director, Kim Toring; Internal Director.
Paul Buzard; State Director, Les Frank
lin; and Roving Director, James Cham
bers.
The State Street Jaycees chapter
provides an annual program of public
service for the inmates at the Oregon
State Penitentiary. These services in
clude music concerts, holiday sporting
events, and holiday refreshments. Funds
for their activities are raised with the
club's on going Photo Project, which
provides inmates and relatives and visi
tors an opportunity to have photos of
themselves.
For further information, contact:
Chuck Hein, President; John Newell,
Staff Advisor; 2605 State Street, Salem,
Oregon 97310, Phone: 378-2446.
I had only completed the eighth grade
in elementary school. Now. after three
months of attending the educational
facility here, 1 am working and solving
geometry problems.
I recently took the G .E.D . test and
Charles Sheppard, and Cleveland
Williams, have just completed an inten
sive six week pre apprenticeship pro
gram in tilesetting. By taking the pre
apprenticeship program they have ac
quired enough skills to become eligible
for the regular three year apprenticeship
tilesetters program.
Bill Stevenson, Commissioner of the
Bureau of I.abor, who certifies all com
pleting apprentices said the program is a
realistic approach to making equal oppor
tunity a reality.
“Individuals, who have not always had
the opportunity to take shop classes in
high school, can have the hands-on
experience in pre-apprenticeship that
makes them competitive in qualifying for
apprenticeship programs,” said Steven
son.
The program is sponsored by the
International Masonry Apprenticeship
Trust (IM A T ), Bricklayers and Allied
Fields Ijocal #1 in Oregon and our
tilesetter Joint Apprenticeship and
Training Committee. They are national
pacesetters in providing effective ave
nues to equal opportunity according to
Stevenson.
The students, five women and eleven
men, now must find jobs to complete the
three year apprenticeship before achiev
ing journey status. Under the appren
ticeship program, apprentices start their
On-the-Job-Training at 50 percent of the
journey wage for tilesetters which is
currently $11.83 per hour. Students are
rerated by their Apprenticeship and
NCAC elects board members
Training Committee at 1,000 hour inter
vals and raised to a new pay level if their
skills have progressed satisfactorily.
According to in s tru c to r C harles
Phelps, the skill level of his students is
equivalent to an apprentice who has been
in the program for six to twelve months.
He said that the intensive classroom
instruction teaches (.hem how to use the
tools of the trade, handle the material,
and enough math to calculate materials,
center w all,, and lay out designs.
“I think that the most important aspect
of this learning situation is that students
not only learn but also practice the work.
In the classroom, we are not worrying
about making a mistake that might cost
the company time and money. T h e refo re ,1
the students have the opportunity to
learn through their mistakes and develop '
basic skills which are productive for their
employer,” said Phelps.
North Community Action Council held
elections for its' Board of Directors at
four neighborhood locations last Friday
afternoon April 28th. These four area
Representatives and one Community
Representative were given strong man
dates by their constituencies:
Betsy Geddes, Community Representa
tive of the Poor; Barbara Simmons,
Representative of the Poor from the
Farragut Area; Mina Ross, Represents
tive of the Poor from the Killingsworth
Area; Helen Kelly, Representative of the
Poor from the Portsmouth Area; and
Lizzie Jackson, Representative of the
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THE NIGHT OF HORROR
One night I sat in my cell,
The hour was late and most slept a restless sleep.
First one, then another, punished man cried out
Dry sobs, piercing screams, man was ravaged by the horrors of his dreams.
Dreams, but then really not just dreams.
For these are the sum total of our minds reaction,
We react to the drudging reality of our daily routine.
The hate, fear, sorrow, and pain of the tim e warp through which we live.
At night man’s soul must release it’s grievious burden.
And if you are foolish enough to remain awake.
Hoping thus to evade your own horrorful ordeal
You end up experiencing and living a m ultitude of others.
You
You
But
For
then know the meaning of fear and seek a haven.
try to sleep, to cringe and hide from this reality.
alas, you fear even more the closing of your eyes
to do this w ill reveal the scenes of the Hell you overheard.
This is the afterm sth, the
The cross you bear in the
These dreaming nights, or
You can not evade or run
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sum of your now. known existence.
night of every passing day.
worse, these sleepless nights.
from, for you are locked inside a cell.
Each lightless night is worse than the last.
You fight harder so that your sanity doesn’t crack.
For if you surrender to the will of these horrors.
You will live them every second that your heart shall beat.
Qne day swells as if it were a year,
One year is like onto a thousand years,
A lifetime never ends,
Deathl, could well be the only answer.
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