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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.
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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.
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