Portland O bserver Thursday, July 19. 1979 Page Interested in current books about African Liberation? C on co rd ia N eig h b o rh o o d A s s o ­ ciation and Dekum Court Tenants Association invited City Council m em bers for an on-site review of the land they are asking the city to purchase, but only C o m m is ­ sioner Connie M cC read y show ed up. The Housing A utho rity of Port land sold the p ro perty ad jacen t to D ekum C ourt fo r private de velopment. and w hen the tenants found that ail of the open space e x cep t fo r a steep in clin e had been sold they asked H A P to re purchase a portion of the land HAP refused, but the City Coun cil w ill decide n e x t W ednesday w h e th e r to use federal Housing an d C o m m u n ity D e v e lo p m e n t funds to purchase a small portion of the land. visit: JOHN REED BOOK STORE In the Dekum Building 519 S.W. 3rd Avenue Sixth Floor Or Call: 227 2902 PCC child care suffers fund shortage Growing demand for child day care will probably not soon slacken, according to a Portland Community College administrator, because “ the economics of today’ s society dictate that both parents in most families work.” And no cine is going to tell a mother she has to stay at home and take care of children, said Commery Warrell, chairman o f PCC’ s home economics department. “ Single parent fam ilies are becoming more prevalent to o ,’ ’ W arrell said. “ Who expects that parent to remain home and be deprived of a decent income? There are a lot of young parents not willing to go on welfare.” Lending urgency to the day care situation, for both college training of day care specialists and persons who would like to use the facilities, is what W arrell calls the “ ro lle r coaster” approach to funding. A shortage o f state financing at present makes it d iffic u lt for community colleges like PCC to turn out enough qualified personnel, Warrell cau­ tioned. “ 1 guess the situation is a reflec­ tion o f how our society looks at children. Good child day care is not babysitting. Skilled people are needed to help ensure the proper development o f these small children,” she said. “ Trained people, of course, don’ t come for free.” At its peak, PCC’s early child­ hood development program had enrollment of 60 students, with more names on a waiting list. This fall, W arrell doubts there w ill be 40 students signed up. “ In the past we’ ve had to lim it enrollment because o f the heavy em­ phasis we put on field work. That takes lots o f staff time,” she said. PCC offers a two-year associate of arts degree and a one-year certificate in early childhood development. “ Our students are in demand because child day care is in demand. That’s the bottom line,” the depart­ ment head said. "A lm o s t all the students we turn out in this program ate snapped right up by employers.” There is also a movement afoot, W arrell said, that would make students eligible for day care sub­ sidies. “ Hardly any parent can afford the cost o f good quality center care, without the center being subsidized. Students are especially hard- pressed,” she said. Portland C om m unity College operates two non-profit day care centers as laboratories for its early childhood development students and, Warrell added, as a service to students. The centers are located at Sylvania and Cascade centers. É-. T bl«< h womd»i r o uM be A m f t K is h op» »hesadnW ed N e g ro College F u n d g r a d u a * * h o cculti d td N