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Thank for a Job Well Done
I would just like to say, that I very much appreciate your paper.
Though there are many news letters in the community, I feel that your
paper stands out from the rest.
I had to write a note of appreciation, and please accept the enclosed
poem as a way of saying thanks for a job well done.
Thinking positive in N.E. Portland. Thanks.
The Unseen Poet
Starry Night
Wondering, how the stars shine so bright.
White, gold and yellow turning darkness into light.
Hanging in the sky or floating through space . . .
When day begins where is it's resting place.
If space were not so very far away, I could reach
Out and touch this wonderous place. Starry Night
. .
A wandering star into the night, gliding on air to
Who knows where . . . Can I hang with you tonight,
Starry night.
Shine bright for me tonight, starry night.
Take my hand, come fly with me . .. across the land . . .
Above the sea. There is paradise within the stars . . .
Space, to keep us apart. I'm reaching out to touch
This place. Starry night. Closing your eyes . . . let
Your thoughts become on with mine . . . Such a beautiful
Sight. Starry night.
Clockwise from upper left: certified nurse practitioner uiane 0010
mon examines Toni Dykstra in the prenatal care clinic; Kathy Oliver
(left), executive director of Outside In, talks with some clients on
the front porch of the center; and Anita Quiton, Outside In's youth
employment manager, gives job counseling to Tony Lee (left) and
Grow strong with me, and you will see . . . my world, our
World as it should be. Look toward the sky, open your
Mind. Gaze upon a s ta r. . . reach out. Space keeping us apart.
I wonder how a star shines so bright, and I'm wondering
How darkness turns into light.
Outside In: Caring For The Community
Shine bright for me to n ig h t. . . STARRY NIGHT.
Written by
The Unseen Poet
ALL RIGHT RESERVED
The poem above may not be
reproduced in any form.
Thoughts At Bedtime
A modest two-story house in downtown Portland that began as a
medical and drug counseling center for young people in 1968 now serves
a different population. Today, Outside In Socio-Medical Aid Station, a
United Way agency, provides medical and mental health services for low-
income people and a program for street youth.
Outside In operates on the philosophy that medical care should be
available to everyone, regardless of income.
"Each patient is asked for a donation and those that can't afford to pay
usually barter with us," says Kathy Oliver, executive director of Outside In.
"W e often exchange fee for service. Clients will wash windows, clean
chimneys, or do whatever needs to be done around here. Prescriptions
and lab fees are given free of charge if the patient can t afford it.
Outside In is the oldest community health clinic in Portland and
although there is no residency limitations, most patients live in Multnomah
County. Last year, the agency's staff of 21 volunteer professionals served
I write what I feel . . .
Feel what I write.
Mind over matter . . .
With matter on mind.
A thought with a plan . . .
And room to expand.
1,084 clients.
Outside In's prenatal care clinic offers prenatal and postpartum care,
counseling/education for pregnancy and birth, and referrals for low cost
delivery. More than half of the clients are single and between the ages of
16 and 21. Last year 213 women were served. The clinic is a satellite o
Oregon Health Sciences University's State Perinatal Program. Besides
United Way, funding also is provided by the Multnomah County Hea t
Motion to m ove. . .
Worlds to improve.
Satisfaction to the rule.
Using mind as a tool.
Do not understand? Neither do I . . .
One more try.
Services Division.
Walk-ins and ongoing counseling is another service provided by Out
Postive actiori . ..
Is my reaction.
side In.
, . ..
"M any of our clients are young people who don't fit the state s de i
nition of chronically mentally ill. We deal with les severe case and mainly
Under co n tro l. .
So we are told.
Quality Copies -
Decisions to make . . .
Choices at stake.
We
cus on teaching coping skills."
More tahn 75 percent of the clients that seek counseling are between
and 40 years old. Last year, Outside In clocked 1,000 hours of counsel
q to 300 patients.
A large part of Outside In is the Street Youth Services program which
cently received $10,000 in funding from the United Way. Additional
oney comes from Multnomah County's Mental and Emotional Disabilities
¡vision, the Health Services Division, State Homeless Funds. Community
ction Agency of Portland and the Private Industry Council.
"The kids we take in are the ones where home in no longer an option,
lany of them leave because of sexual or physical abuse, or because of
coholic parents." says Oliver. "M any kids believe that once they leave
ome they'll be free. But because most of them don't have a high schoo
iploma, they can't get a job. They soon learn that their only options are
restitution, stealing or dealing drugs."
Services offered to youth include emergency services, a transitional
ousing program, an employment program and help for youth involved in
restitution.
.
Oliver has many sad stories to tell, but there are some with happy end-
TCJS
"Last year we had a young man that went through our 90 day transi
lonal training program. After completion he entered Portland Community
College and became the first to finish the program and go on to col.ege,
ays Oliver. "He worked part time while attending school too. As a matter
>f fact, he got so enthusiastic about school, he would use the ' opy
nachine in our office to reproduce textbooks he couldn't afford to buy.
Jnfortunately, we couldn't allow that to continue, but like many of the kids
ie was a survivor and was willing to do what he had to in order to make
it."
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Empty thoughts in my head . . . tired . . .
Time for bed.
¡Ip people who are in a temporary crisis situation," explains Oliver.
In 1985 almost 20 percent of all pedestrian injuries involved children
under 15 years old. Oregon AAA asks motorists to drive very carefully
Remember, many youngsters are still learning the pedestrian safety rules.
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pKk up vour onginais md deliwr tnsp d o r cop« nght to wur door
The mind is powerful.
So I will give it a rest.
For this is best.
it will wander until I fall asleep . ..
For no time it has to keep.
Good Night!!!
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Written by
The Unseen Poet
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
No part of this poem may be
reproduced or copied in any form,
without permission from the songwriter
School's Open —Drive Carefully
School is open, and Oregon AAA cautions motorists to drive very care­
fully. AAA also asks that parents make sure their children know the safest
route to school and how to interpret traffic signals.
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