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May 14. 1986, Portland Observer, Page 7 Video Letter to Corinto /»v i geography. but the children also joyed visits Irom Port landers who been lo Nicaragua, said Chaconas visitors told stones from their trips showed slides ami photographs, H"b li >ih 11 h i Apryl Ivans and Stephanie Cla) smiled<io the) » Jish id ilietiisehes sing and c I. uk e I I k - two Portsmouth Middle V tus.l sislh graders unit lour classmates ssere watching the side., ihes made and plan In send li. Nicaragua Their len minute "side« letter i « i I'lirmiu will Ms.n I k - on iis way lo children in IA h i I. iik I » Nicaraguan sister ells He' ssallied lo shoss them hoss much ssecaied. said Aprvl Stephanie .hlik'.t H e aie hoping lor a sislet» tape Irom them I he sis soung women Irom leasher Penelope ( haconas sixth grade class iik - i alter school lot filmmaking twice a week loi live weeks | I k - independent learning projccl grew oul ol sixiul studies segment on Central \,iK-ric.i Ihes lilmed thenisclses in class, at home. Irohcking at a plasgioimd. plus mg basketball, skateboarding. singing and dancing I I k * sound track includes risk and reggae music, and a nan.it ion in Spanish \ musing rendition ol ' H e Are the Hoi Id. sung bs the students, concludes the film II s just a really powerful siaieiiK-nt ol Iriendship, said Judith H ild. a sid eogr.iphei w uh the Northwest Him and A ideo ( enter and coordinator ol the se himl I i I iii protect W ild will edit hours ol tape into a tight ten minute video Students at Portsmouth will see it first, then it will be sent to C orinto through the Portland Corinto Sister Cits Commit lee. H ild said Corinto ss.is adopted as the newest ol Portland's thiee sister cities by the ( its (. ouncil last spring The sister cits committee will send along a donated s iileo cassette recorder I S ( Rl so that Corinto children can watch the Portsmouth students' video, H ild said She ami the Portsmouth filmmakers look forward to slewing a tape Irom Corinto. she said I he idea is to have soiik - communi cation bc-twen kids in the two coun In es." H ild said Communicating then lives through I i I iii prosed to be a good learning pro ject lor the students because- it ke|M them interested. Chaconas said They need exjvneiK e." she said "lex th o o k stu tl" in the Central AtiK-rica segiiK-nt included hislorv and en had The and she said H e also did a lot ol work with maps, said Chaconas The students said they van now pick oul Nicaragua and other Central Amcrxan countrx-s on a map Ihc» also learned concepts like "d ictator." and "They know there’s a war going o n ." Chaconas said Not only did the children learn about Central Amcin.i. but they learited how lo make a I i I iii . H ild said they wroll out the script ami slttryboard plan, and they operated the caim-ra Irom its tripod and in the' hand held position Alter their tinal lilimiuking session last week sixth grader Jamcctla Mitch ell explained how to locus and operate Ihe camera JaiiK-ena and her sister lilmmakers then watched with rapt alenlion as H ild placed lot them the- lapx- they had made that a I ter noon Ml agreed that oik - ol the Ivst things about thc-ir video letter to Corinto" will lx- the look on l lx- faces ol Nicaia guan children when thev see it ( hher children who appear in the film aie I m v \nn Blown. Stephanie IX- ( oteau ami Shen Trecmonl Several other girls ami boys started on the pio ject but dropped out tor vanous jk - i sonal reasons H ild said S ix lh -g r a ili rs fro m Purl sun m ill Middle SchiKil review a v ideo tape lhal will he a pail of a len-minute "A ideo I elter lo C orinto." Judith \ \ ild. Heft, rear I, coordinator for the project and teacher Penelope ( haconas, i right rear), also watch the tape. Phofo hy Richard J. Brown PLAIN TALK. EASY BANKING. Sometimes, it can almost seem as ifyour Hank speaks another language Because the words and phrases it uses are complicated, and often haw unclear meanings W hich nukes for w ry nice Hank talk And wry pcx»r people talk ROLLOVER CPR Course Scheduled lake tlx- word "rollow r" as an example. Io most people, it sounds like a trick you teach a dog Not a word used to describe what you can Jo with your money in a Savings Certif icate when it's time to a-inwst I lie s | kci . i I skills needed to perform Intant CPR will he taught bs the Red Cross on Tuesday. Mas 27. at Red Cross Headquarters. 11 1 1 N \ an couser Ave . Irom 7:00 to 10 00 p m Inlant CPR < lass w ill cover 11 intant cardio-pulmon.its resuscitation. 2) first aid lor choking, and I) mouth lo mouth lo-nose breathing Participants will earn Red Crosscer llftcalion upon completion ol the class I he class lee is $X 00 \ || participants must pie register and pie pas I o regis ter call 2X4 7090 >1 Vet ewty day Hanks use these terms. And others Leaving it up to you to f ind out what they mean. Except at The Benj. Franklin. We’re committed to plain talk. That’s why were oAering a free txx»k. It has Hanking terms from A to Z explained in plain English. You see, our plain talk makes Hanking easy And to make it ei<en easier, vw'w dewloped ewry thing from a 24 hour rate hotline to a way you can open an account o w r tlx- phone. You can ewn get nationwide access to your cash with Ihe Exchange teller network Plus, we re woiking on more services for 1986 We’ll He adding mare tellers at rush hours. Reinforcing our “plain talk" employee training with special rewards. And paying close attention to how wu think we can impraw. Just lor starters. PENALTY FOR EARLY WITHDRAWAL Child Abuse Awareness Training Children need to be protected Irom birth physical and sexual abuse Camp I ire. Inc is responding to this need bs its Child Awareness Training (C \ I i program which began hi September 19X5 C A I is an informal program de signed to prosnle I ik .I s and skills lo children to present abuse, including sexual abuse, lo gise children the con lidence lo protect themselves and to proside solutions in the event they arc- abused C A I is unique in that it is taught lo Camp lire leaders who in turn teach Camp Tire boss and gills at their regu lar club meetings these- leaders base already estab lished trust w uh the children and leas h mg the children in lanuliar surround mgs enhances the success ol the prog rani Adults Irom other south oriented agencies base also taken C A I train mg and are teaching C A I lo south in small groups To dale, the C A I program has been taught lo 2.X.19 children AT (hough the C A I program l.xuses on youth in giades I 6. the program is so adaptable that solunleeis can leach it lo children kindergarten through college Ireshman C A I has also crossed cul tural barriers and been presented to Asian and Hispanic groups Cum-nlly. X5 adults are C A I trained \ special C A I w.nkshop lor adults will be held on April 21 at IMn land Cable Access. 5507 N lauubard from I 4 110 p in I Ins workshop will be recorded on side., to be used as a teaching aid Other workshops will ■ rain camp stall lo teach the program lo an estimated I.X00 how and girls who attend Camp Tire day ami resident camps this summer C A I is lunded through a grant Irom I uited H ay . < Iregon ( '(immunity Foundation and I I k - Junior Leagite ol Portland Tor im.re inlormalion or an inters tew about C A I . contact Kathy Buss. I)i rector of Response Programs. 224 7X00 LIQUID ASSETS And what about "liquid assets?" What probably comes to nund is water But in reality its an inwstment that can He turned into money in a hurrv So change to The Benj. Franklin. D rop in and pick up your free book today And »top wondering what’s meant by the “ penalty foi c *v withdrawal” YIELD Then there's “yield" In the language of banks, it has nothing to do with letting another car haw the nght-of-way And a lot to do with the true rate o f return you can hope to get on your investments during one year. YIELD SELF-DEFENSE W ORKSHOP OFFERED: On Wednesday. May 2Xth. al b Ml p m the H oiik - ii ' s Union at PSI will sponsor a sell defense workshop in conjunction with a forum on acquatn lance rape The 2Vi hour workshop will be conducted by Diane Garrison of the Pacific Rim Martial Arts Academy Pre-registration is necessary Ihe cost i,.i the woikshop is $ 1 0 0 0 I" iceistei and/or obtain more inlormalion call PSI! W omen's Union at 229 4452 x 13, or come by our office in SM( 442 Port land State University . * • r O v e r 30 offices in th e g re a te r P o rtlan d area to serve you. ' -, - ' ' • : y
