Behind the wall
Larry Balter »3502 J
O .S P. Correspondent
‘V Z t THAT FRAMES
Joints D. Snowden »39013
Poerry Editor
THE EYES
" I t Should Happen T o A D o » ."
directed by W in n ie C om b, super
vised by Walter Shaw. sponsored by
Gary M cInnis, located at O .S .P . on
the night o f September 9, 1978.
The cast o f characters were: M a r
shall T a y lo r — N a rra to r; E d d ie
Dinckson — Jonah; Archie Hender
son — M a n ; H a ro ld E d w a rd —
Sailor and Angel; James G ray —
Saflor and King; K elly M arsh all,
Prop Director; Tom Harding. Prop
Assistant.
This rare and exciting drama was
only part o f a production named.
" P o p C oncert and D ra m a ."
The O .S .P C h o ir, directed by
M a ria m H elseth and w ith D an
Rasmussem. presented the following
selections. Getting to Know You —
Choir; God Is Rejoicing — Choir;
T o n ig h t, T onight — C h o ir; H ow
Great Thou A rt — Choir; They Call
The W ind, M aria — Choir; Try To
Remember — Choir; and Sunrise.
Sunset — Choir. Solo renditions in
cluded; Stouthearted Men — Ray
Helseth and Choir; Love Story —
Robert Reeve; Exodus — M eyer
Weinberg; Master The Tempest is
Racing — B obby G ru b b ; Y o u 'll
Never W alk Alone — Meyer Wein
berg; 1 Shall Never Pass This Way
Again — Dan W m niford; I ’ ll W alk
With God — Edward Bradshaw; No
M an is an Island — Gary Graul;
Through It A ll — Robert Reeve,
Julius Snowden and Choir; I Believe
— M eyer W ein b erg ; Im possible
D ream — D eone W a s h in g to n .
Somewhere — Deone Washington;
Ebb Tide — George Nulph; and Bat
tle Hymn — Jay Middleton, Julius
Snowden. Deone W ashington and
C h o ir . A rrangem ents were by
Raymond Helseth.
Names like W in n ie , D a n , R ay
m ond and M a ria m may only be
everyday folks to you. like a next
door neighbor or a person down the
street, but to 35 men who reside at
2605 State Street, their names have
become a golden treasure, sprinkled
with a ray o f sunlight.
Through sheer dedioation, months
o f planning and rehearsals, W in
nie C om bs, a m erchant; Sam
Rasmussem, a student; Raymond
and M ariam Helseth. minister and
wife; who worked to bring together a
cast and choir o f men any theatrical
lover would reward with a standing
ovation.
For many o f the inmates, it was
their first experience at memorizing a
script or harmonizing a song, but
with a sense o f pure pride and talent
the inmates were able to create an
evening fo r those sittin g in the
audience.
But all is not splendor and jo y.
When asking permission to give a
repeat p e rfo rm a n c e to a n o th e r
audience o f guests from the general
public, the request was denied.
There arc those who feel it may
not be in th e ir best interest to
question prison officials. Sometimes
it is wiser for one to remember, and
for one to never forget, that this is a
penitentiary. They are the prisoners,
social outcasts, but its sad that such a
b e a u tifu l event and such w o rk
should end as a "once upon a tim e ."
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Michelle W ahl, nine, entering her
third year in the Portland Area Camp
fire this fall, was held in a swing by
her m o th e r, K im .
Kanani " K im ” W ahl, a Portland
homemaker, felt tears in her eyes as
she watched her n in e -y e a r-o ld
daughter advance fro m C a m p fire
Bluebirds to Cam pfire Adventurers
earlier this year.
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Marshall Taylor and Harold Edwards ware among the stars of O .S .P . produc
tion of " It Couldn't Happen To A D og."
Brian, one, and sisters, Jennifer, six,
and Katie, two.
M ic h e lle ’ s the kind o f kid you
have to keep pushing," Mrs. Wahl
said. "S he would just as soon sit
back and smile at you.
“ But 1 expect the same things out
o f M ic h e lle as other k id s ," her
m o th er co ntin u ed. " S h e does
everything they d o.”
M ic h e lle , w h o ’s had corrective
surgery four times, goes to the beach
with the family and enjoys camping.
"She goes gaga' over cute boys
and goes fishing w ith us,” M rs.
M ahi said. “ When she catches a fish,
watch out! H er screaming can be
heard for miles.”
Raising a handicapped child has
been a challenge for the Wahls, but it
is one Mrs. Wahl says has been good
for her and her husband.
" W e ’ ve tried harder and we’ ve en
joyed it,” she said. " W e ’ve decided
that we are our own best friends, and
our thing is doing things together as
a family.
" I f my husband had not been the
kind o f guy who’d accept this and do
things fo r M ic h e lle ,” M rs. W ahl
added, "w e wouldn’t have made it.”
Michelle recently completed two
years in a special Bluebirds group
composed o f twelve physically han
dicapped girls. Five o f them, in
cluding Michelle, advanced to A d
venturers.
" I had tears in my eyes because the
girls were so excited that they could
do what the other girls were doing,”
said Mrs. W ahl, founder and leader
o f the handicapped girls group.
The girls, against the advice o f
others but w ith the aid o f
wheelchairs and canes, had joined a
ceremonial procession down the cen
ter o f the auditorium.
“ They’ re regular little girls who
talk to boys,” Mrs. Wahl said. " I
keep telling mothers o f the han
dicapped boys that they should start
a Cub Scout group."
In her seventh year at Portland
School D is tric t’s H olladay Center
fo r the P hysically H andicapped,
Michelle is learning to write and do
arithmetic on an electric typewriter.
She wears a special brace on her
hand that enables her to type one let
ter or number at a tim e, using a
prong on the brace. The typewriter
was given her by the University o f
Oregon Health Science Center.
A lth o u g h M rs . W a h l and her
husband, G reg, ap preciate 4he
special training Michelle is receiving,
they hope she eventually will be able
to attend a "regular” school.
" W e can’t expect a kid to go out
into the world if she’s been sheltered
all her life ," Mrs Wahl said.
A ttendance at a regular school
would help the other students un
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Girl Scout program provides activities for handicapped girls
She was atte n d in g a P o rtla n d
Campfire Grand Council Fire with
parents o f other Bluebirds who also
had
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advancem ent
requirements.
But u n lik e m any o f the other
p ro ud p arents, M rs . W a h l was
recalling her daughter's extra special
achievement.
Her daughter, Michelle, has been
handicapped since birth by cerebral
palsy. She is spastic and cannot talk.
H er arms work slowly, and she can
not walk. She uses a wheelchair and
is learning to use a walker.
M ichelle is representing U nited
W ay o f the Colum bia-W illam ette in
its 1978 fu n d raising cam paign,
which has a goal o f $10,458,559. The
campaign began September 5th and
ends November 14th.
The Wahls believe access to public
and commercial buildings need to
be improved, so they are involved in
the Oregon A rchitectural Barriers
Council.
“ W e are really concerned about
her rights under the la w ,” Mrs. Wahl
said, referring to a new federal law
that requires public agencies, in
cluding schools, to provide equal
opportunities to the handicapped.
A t home Michelle is required to do
certain chores, such as sorting the
fa m ily wash and silverw are, and
w atching her younger b ro th e r,
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dicapped. Mrs. W ahl added.
“ Children don’t mean to be cruel,
but they d o n 't know about han
dicaps. They will stand and stare and
be afraid to ask questions."
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