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Page 2, Portland Observer, April 10, 1906 Census shows average street teen to be 16-year-old male dropout A just -completed census o f teen agers who visit The Salvation Army's Greenhouse Center — a downtown drop-in facility for street youth — shows that nearly half o f the kids sur veyed have been living on their own for at least two years. Forty-five percent of the respond ents, age 14 to 21. said they had been completely ‘ 'independent" o f their families for two or more years. But roughly a quarier o f the 283 total kids responding to the survey said they had been on the streets two months or less. And three o f the older teenagers said they left home ten years ago. The census, conducted by staff o f the Greenhouse Center, which is co sponsored by the Rotary Club o f Portland, was prompted by the fact that no other similar study existed. "W e intend this as a service for other helping groups and for the pub lic," said Lt. Col. David P. Riley, commander of The Salvation A rm y’s Cascade Division. The census shows a typical street teen to be a 16-year-old boy who has worked the streets o f downtown Portland for the past three years. Reared by his mother in a Portland suburb, he dropped out o f school before running away to the streets. He occasionally shares an apart ment with several other street youths, but will often sleep in doorways or low cost hotels in the downtown core. Other findings o f the census indude: • Twenty-four percent of those sur veyed, a slight majority, indicated that they arc 19 years old Most of the kids fall into the 16-19 year age group. Riley cautioned, however, that many street kids routinely lie to inflate their ages. The youngest child ever to seek help at Greenhouse was an eight-year-old run away. • Thirty-four percent of those re sponding were Ictnale — a high figure that surprised Salvation Army work- ere. Previously» female teens were thought to have comprised 25 percent o f the total population. • A great gap exists between "new” and veteran street kids. While 29 per cent o f those surveyed said they had been on the streets between two and four years, 23 percent indicated they came to the streets less than two months ago. • An overwhelming 8 1 percent of street teens who participated in the census study are white. Minorities represented include nine percent Black, six percent Native American, three percent Hispanic and one per cent Asian. Riley noted that Portland's street teen population is highly transitory so that the census will soon be out dated. "M a n y times we'll see seasonal fluctuations, three times o f the year when more kids leave home,” Riley said "T hat coupled with the fact that these teens are always on the move gives our census a very limited life- span." 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The tour will present an oppor tunity for the public to hear first hand the effects o f U.S. foreign policy on the region's educational systems, as well as accounts o f the real living conditions in each country. These ed ucators have had a wide range o f experiences and hold a variety o f po litical views. The teachers arc: Maria del Socorro Rodnguc/ Ijigos, the current President o f F O M C A and a member o f the National Executive Committee o f the National Associa tion of Nicaraguan Educators (A N D E N ); Dtonista Cossio Vasquez. the sec retary general o f the Reformist Front o f Panamanian Teachers (EREP); Carlos Octavio Escobar, Repre sentative o f the National Associa tion of Salvadoran Educators (A N D E S 21 de JU N IO ); Carlos Zuniga, the current presi dent of the Hondutan Professional Teachers’ Training Guild (C O L P R O - S D M A H ); and Waller Oswaldo Valencia Garcia, the international representative o f the National Teachers Front o f Guate mala (F N M ). 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Prophet joined the Portland Pub lic Schools in 1982, after serving for four years as superintendent o f the Lansing (Michigan) School District. He served as deputy superintendent of the l-ansing District from 1972 to 1978. He also has been an adjunct profes sor at Michigan Slate's College of education, and coordinator o f the Education Policy Fellowship Pro- Winner II shoes for the whole family gram (Michigan component). Insti tute for Educational Leadership, under the auspices o f George Wash ington University. A former officer in the U.S. Army, Prophet has received eight civic and 17 military awards, including the Legion o f Merit Medal. Prophet and his wife, Freddye (Adams), live in Portland. Their chil dren are Michael, 29; Matthew I I I , 26; Tony, 25; and Michelle, 22. The Alumni Merit Award is pre sented to alumni who have distin guished themselves in their particular professions or fields o f endeavor in such a way as to reflect credit upon their alma mater. One Merit Award winner is chosen from each of North- western's 10 schools by award com mittees appointed within the schools. White promoted at bank Valeria L. White has been promoted to vice president and manager of U.S. Bancorp's employee services department. Valerie moat recently wee eseistant vice president and manager of U.S. Bancorp's employee relations department. She joined the bank In 1975 end wee appointed employee relations officer In 1981. She graduated from Whitman College in Walla Welle, Washington. 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