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<k . ft»* W *>*;-*SftA ><*• ■ ' ■'>/'>■ b ->-4» <to ». • Page 4, Portland Observer, February 24, 1988 Rosemont — Continued from Page 1 and violation of rules may also result in the suspension of social or recreational p rivileges, the children into giving them selves up. They were taken to the Juvenile Detention Center and booked for rioting. One other child, who had barricaded herself inside a first floor dormitory, was also arrested, said Groepper Before agreeing to come out of the dormitory, several of the chil dren demanded to be let out, re turned to their mothers, or al lowed to visit their boyfriends. None had specific complaints about their treatment at the center, but seemed, according to Hunt, to be "lashing out at author ity.” Groepper confirmed that as sessm ent, saying the girls "wanted to go home." Hunt said such complaints are typical of re cent arrivals at the school, when the staff becomes the focus of the children s anger at their parents. "Paradoxically,” he said, after a few months you have to use dynamite to get them to leave, they like it here so much." When asked what form of dis cipline was used at the school, Hunt said corporal punishment or isolation was never employed because state law specifically forbids such methods. Chores are used as a form of restitution for damaged property, he said, "Time-outs" are used only as a form of behavior control, he said, not as punishment; as soon as the child agrees to bring herself under control, she is allowed to come out of the time-out room. In the meantime, the room's door is left partially open and a counselor will sit with the child until the child is willing to come out Reinforce ments in the form of games, toys or social privileges may be used to encourage positive behavior, depending on the emotional maturity of the child, said Hunt. He noted that while the ages of the children in the emotionally disturbed unit range from 14 to 16, many have an emotional level of that of an eight or nine year-old. Risky Behavior Surveyed by Oregon Health Division Hunt said the background of most of these children is one of abuse and neglect from an early age. Many have also been in and out of home placement for long periods. "They don t have many internal controls," he noted, exp laining, "You expect this sort of thing from these children, but you don't expect them all to do it at once.” Do Oregonians take care of them selves? Does their behavior affect their health? No data base exists for Oregonians' health-related be havior. Today the Oregon Health Divison began to remedy the lack of data by calling randomly selected households to participate in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. With the data collected from this survey, the Health Division hopes to measure the prevalence of certain behaviors that are related to the major causes of poor health in Oregon. Telephone surveyors will be asking one household member questions about alcohol and tobac co use, seat belt use, exercise acti vities, cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes. Additional questions will be asked to measure the level of knowledge regarding the risk fac tors and prevention of AIDS. Anyone who wishes to verify the identification of the survey com pany, should call the Center for Health Statistics at the Oregon Health Division, 229-5897. asked, “ W hat does the person look like? W hat is the person w earing?” A fte r giving all the in form ation, the frightened caller said, “ Hurry up and get here! W hat’s going on? Why are all these people and the police out here?" The police o ffic e r on the other end of the phone is attem pting to sound calm w hile this frantic voice is speaking non-stop. Why should we as the “ good” citizens have to cope w ith all this foolishness? W ell, you d on ’t. Not anymore. Num ber one: it is not the children who are causing the problem. It's a group of adult males and the ir fem ale co un ter parts who have com e to the N o rth w e s t se e kin g o u t the young to give the ir organization new blood. Peddling drugs is the ir business. Packing big guns is the ir business. Pushing illic it sex is the ir business. All those who refuse, after atten ding one of the ir so-called meet ings, w ill be held by force. What kind of force? Try threatening your fam ily members or beating up on you or k illin g you. These people are not playing games. Not the kind of games we are fam ilia r with, anyway. If you want peace of mind, if you want a safe place to live, if you want your children back, call the police whenever there is any thing strange going on in the block where you live. If you should see a stange car parked on your block, call. If you should see strange people w alking in your area and lingering around, call. The a uthorities are requesting your help. They can’t do any thing w ith o u t your help. O ffice r Neil Crannell, w ith the “ G ang R e s o u rc e ’ ’ u n it, is w a itin g for your calls: (503) 248-5720. Or, call Sgt. Day at the N orth Precinct. These people w ill soon be all over the entire city — in every n e ig h b o r h o o d , in e v e ry backyard, and in every school. Be assured, all inform ation given w ill be kept in stricte st confidence. E T h e C ity o f R o s e s C e le b r a te s B la c k H is to r y M o n th A time to recognize the accomplishments of Black Americans who have helped make our city and country great. Move — Continued from Page 1 group that had on FILA hats and ja cke ts. There was an even larger group wearing what seem ed to be regular clo thing . The FILA-clad group congregated in the intersectio n , as if in a m e e tin g . T hen, e ve ryb o d y began to scatter. The police were everywhere. S po tlig h ts were shining all around every where. P olice were speaking in to the bullho rn s or m icrophones from th e ir cars. There were boys and g irls running and hiding in the n eigh b ors’ bushes, behind th e ir cars, and under th e ir w in dows. The people inside of their houses went to the w indow s to see what all the co m m o tio n was. They got to the w indow and peered into the face of someone hiding under th e ir w indow . That is a scary experience. Everybody and th e ir mommas were trying to call the police. “ Come rig h t a w a y!” they sh o u t ed. “ There are people running all through my yard and around my house.” The police o ffic e r Racism in Iowa — Continued from Page 2 However, it is a message African-Americans will continue to ignore and challenge as “ undemocratic, un-American and unacceptable."' African- Americans have the right to live or visit anywhere they please. That there are persons who would rather see African-Americans confined to the inner city is not sufficient grounds for retreat or the attitude of "Well, since they don’t want us out here, we better not go.’’ Racism is about exclusion, and any effort that is designed to keep African-Americans out of a particular area, whether to live or visit, is racist. As it has been since America’s birth, African-Americans must challenge racism wherever they find it, and expose it to the sun. Racism comes from the minds of people, not plants and animals; thus, the few African-American citizens of Clive are to be commended for their grit and gut. Their challenge is in the spirit of the American Constitution — a constitution that grants each man. woman and child the right to life, liberty and justice They know what many white Americans will fast learn: “ A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Like the white citizens of Coos Bay who said they didn t want any leader who represented the Aryan Nation living in their community, and like the white citizens in Idaho who stood up to the Aryan Nation, more whites must get involved in stamping out racism. They must confront it wherever they find it. They must also stand up and say, "No more racism! For too long, African-Americans have carried the weight of meeting the challenge, and, for too long, too many whites have remained silent on the issue. When it comes to racism, silence is just as deadly as the rope. It kills hope. Throughout American history, African-Americans have let it be known where they stand on the issue. For more than 400 years, they have said. “ We won’t accept it.” Now, African-Americans need to hear more white Americans say, We won’t accept it, either.” But more importantly, America needs to hear herself say it. ALPHONSOS SANDWICH SHOP £t RAGIN’ CAJUN MARKET 2428 N.E. 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