Portland observer., March 29, 1979, Page 4, Image 4

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SERVICE & Q U A LITY MAKE OUR REPUTATION'
Behind the Wall
STEWARTS CLEANERS
Drapery Clearing Spec la hate
Juhta D . Snowden 938013
Poetry E dito r
Larry Baker 135021,
O. S. P Correspondent
Mon Frl 8-6:30 Sat. 8-5
F A S T -Q U A L IT Y DRY CLEANING!
State R epresentative Sandy
Richards should be complimented
for the deep concern she showed in
the Oregon Legislature for juvenile
problems. It has been brought to this
Correspondent's attention that Rep­
resentative Richards is presenting a
bill that will allow incarcerated
people to show young people what to
expea if they wish to pursue a life of
crime. The bill will allow youth to
tour Oregon's penal institutions and
actually join in discussion groups
with people who are confined, in
hopes that they may persuade young
people there is no future in crime.
It is a known fact that this type of
bill may insult a few people who
work for the State in the criminal
and juvenile justice field. Because it
may be very em harassing to many of
the expens of this field if people who
are in prison do an outstanding job.
It has always been strongly believed
by many that experience is still the
best teacher!
Representative Richards is not
alone in her belief that such a bill be
presented, she also has strong sup­
port from Representative Ben ‘Kip’
Lombard; Representative Chick Ed­
wards, Salem; Senator Tony Meeker;
Senator Jan Wyers; and Senator
Lenn Hannon. It was Senator Han­
non, from Ashland, who stood on
the floor o f the Senate and suggested
such tours be done.
'Behind the Wall' wishes to reprint
a 'Later to the Editor' titled “ Worth
Trying.’’ The l a t a was written by a
well respected prisoner among the
inmates as well as staff, who's name
is George W. Nulph. Nulph is the
president o f the Master’s Men Bible
C lubatO .S.P.
S ID E T R A C K E D L O C O M O T IV E
Sidetracked in a weed-overgrown
rusty forgotten railhead
seasons pa ts like snails on glass
and inside shrivel up like smoked beef.
I’m a locomotive building up steam
but unable to move except in
circles around a tumbling down
roundhouse going nowhere but producing
miles like poor produce babies.
Engineer is a crazy one-eyed
slobbering fool o f a drunk whose
hands shake when yanking at throttle and brake.
Red rimmed eyes, blistered skin touch me,
watch for imagined imperfections to
surface, leaving me feeling dirty, old.
Conductors and train-men play cards,
using oily torn decks with extra jokers
as they wait for the signal to climb aboard.
My wheels are kicked and cursed by
these ill-equipped laborers and bums,
frame scrubbed scratched and spit on
powerhouse torn apart uncaringlv
reassembled by blind men and beggars.
That my redrust infected wheels
turn at all is a miracle, an accident.
The stationmaster says 1 may soon
return to duty pulling other peoples
goods from dirty, decrepit depots
to whitewashed sterile greedy homes.
But I'm an antique steampowered workhorse
who can't compete with flashing
streamlined passenger trains.
The heart that beats inside this
smokeblackened mileworn frame
longs for a place on the tracks,
a loving hand to refurbish and
replace the worn out, useless parts
Where is my track, is there a load
I can carry to some forgotten town?
Or must 1 creep along after the other
trains in dead of night feeling
guilty and out o f place?
God of rails, build a track for me.
and the other ancient trains.
Guide my willing, faithful wheels to
worlds that have not forgotten their
beginning, and need my strength to
pull them through fiery deserts, over
unchallenged snowswept mountains
past thick air bluegreen oceans
to a waiting depot paradise.
To the Editor;
The March 7th docum entary.
Scared Straight, televised by KOIN-
TV depicts a project that should be
o f interest to all judicial systems. The
documentary projected the realism
of penitentiary life in a m anna that
seemingly commands a high success
Robert F. Reeves
Evie Crowell seeks School Board post
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percentage o f Black students in the
distria. She is concaned that white
students in depressed areas are not
included in desegregation planning,
since social class is also a factor in
learning.
Based on the Coalition's survey
and her own ob servation s, Ms.
Crowell believes about 87 pacent of
the Black parents arc satisfied with
the districts' current desegregation
program. She opposes the current
scattaing and agrees with Dr. Blan­
chard’s proposal to limit the scat­
taing while leaving options open to
parents.
H a main concan is that w h a e v a
Black children attend school they re­
ceive the kind o f education that will
open opportunities for them. This
task she lays at the feet o f the
teacha — who is the most important
com ponent in education. If the
Albina schools are not offain g the
same quality as o th a schools — and
she is not sure that they are not —
this could be due to a combination of
factors including teaching, home en­
vironment and discipline.
Ms. Crowell believes the school
district is doing a good job o f
education and turning out good
produas. She is interested in expand-
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ing programs for gifted children and
would like to have a certified
librarian in every middle school and
som e o f the larger elem entary
schools.
Ms. Crowell is genaally satisfied
with School Board procedures and
does not believe all discussion of
issues should necessarily take place
at the public mertings. Preparation
of motions and discussion o f aaions
prior to the meaings does not bother
h a because that makes the m eaing
more produaive. As a pason who
doesn't do much talking during the
meetings, she objeas to some o f the
unnecessary discussion — questions
asked when the answ as are already
known — and the irrelevent remarks
made by some Board m em bas are
believe business could be taken care
of more expeditiously.
Ms. Crowell believes she has the
independence and courage to vote as
her own opinions dictate and that
perhaps this has not become ap­
parent because of h a short tenure
on the Board. She considas h a s a -
vice on the Board as one o f many ac­
tivities to contribute to the commu­
nity and v a y much wants to be elea-
ed to this position.
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“ Dialogue,” a public savice pro­
gram designed for the minority com­
munity will be aired for the second
time on Sunday, April 1st at 10:00
p.m. on KPTV Channel 12.
The show features Nick B am at,
Direaor of the Metropolitan Human
Relations Commission, and Gregory
G udger, a Human R elations
Specialist
under
the
sam e
organization. D iscussion will be
based on their basic funaions, and
how they can serve the people of
Portland.
Ullysses Tucka, Jr., the produca
of the program gained his first solo
experience as a host o f the show. .
Tucker was recently hired as a
“ Public Affairs Assistant" by KPTV
a fta complaing his intanship. On
April 6th, he will film a show with
newly elected N A A C P President
Lucius Hicks. Keep your ear in tune
for the airing. If you have any
suggestions for show ideas, contact
the station at 222-9921 (Public A f­
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Oeoree W. Nulph
rate in the deterrence o f the juvenile
crime rate.
Not all co n d itio n s, in every
penitentiary, exist to the extent that
they do at Rahway State Prison.
Revision o f the program may be
necessary for individual prisons, but
the struaure o f the program should
be easily adaptable to any prison
system.
We wish to express our support in
the developm ent o f a sim ilar
program in the Oregon State
P enitentiary. We object to the
language used and to the conditions
described. The idea cannot be discre­
dited, howeva. It is reality.
If the abusive language and eye­
opening reality o f mental and bodily
injury, death, and hom osexuality
keep our youth from continuing on a
path o f juvenile delinquency and in­
creasing crime, so be it.
With convicts being interested
enough in the youth in our sociay
and willing to develop and put their
hearts into such a program. I pray
the public shows the same intaest
and support.
George W. Nulph,
Master’s Men Bible Club,
Oregon State Penitentiary,
2605 State St.,
Salem
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M A R C H 1979
On the Season of Spring:
Spring is nature's a c tiv ity o f renew ed sub*
stance.
On Self-Control:
I c o u n t him braver w h o o v erco m es his
desires than him w h o conquers his enemies; for
the hardest victory is the victory over SELF.
A ristotle
On Self-Reliance:
The greatest thing in the w o rld is to kn o w
how to be sufficient unto oneself.
M ontaigne
On Reward:
The rew ard of a thing w e ll done is to have
done it.
Ralph W aldo Emerson