<1 i U j-rf April 10,1991-T h e Portland Observer-Page 9 The Reading Tree Presents Its 9th Annual Silent Auction And Punch Party Sunday, April 28th lpm-6pm2116 N.E. 18th (near Tillamook) Special Music by: Goldie Irby, Sam Jackson, Joseph Thomas, The Dorseys, etc. Auction items such as: Japanese dinner for 4, Autographed Blazer Bas­ ketball, Cakes, Pies, Boat trip, Moun­ tain Cabin for weekend, Roses deliv­ ered, etc. Help us prepare for the 20th year of the Reading Tree in Irving Park and the 4th year in Alberta Park. Tickets are $2.50 or PAY AT THE DOOR. For more information call Betty Walker at 281-1768. The Reading Tree is a summer program in Irving and Alberta Parks in Northeast Portland. It has been at Irv­ ing Park for 15* years and at Alberta Park for 3 years. The Reading Tree is a community based, positive reading ac­ tivity program where children, parents, volunteers and staff, together, can share in building reading skills, story telling, phonics and songs. The program is free. In 1969, Irvington reading Houses were established for youth of all ages within the community. In 1971 this idea was expanded to start the Reading Tree Project in Irving Park. Working together, youth and adults from Irving­ ton and adjoining area came to partici­ pate where they share and leam to­ gether. Ad Prices Effective 4/10 Thru 4/16/91 Safeway Quality Rib Half Pork Loin Be Sure To Look In Your Fully processed. Assorted Combinations. Tender, quality Safeway corn-fed pork guaranteed to please. Perfect to bake, broil or fry for terrific family meals. Now’s the time to stock up your freezer on this quality meat for your family meals. You can always expect the best at Safeway! MAGAZINE for your Safeway Shopping Guide for a complete list of specials on sale this week at Safeway! Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Review Course Portland State University’s Divi­ sion of Continuing Education is offer­ ing a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) review course that is designed to help students maximize their per­ formance on the GRE, a test that is used by many colleges and universities as an objective instrument to evaluate candi­ dates for admission to graduate pro­ grams. Taught by experienced instruc­ tors, the review course provides stu­ dents with a methodical review of material covered on the GRE, in-class student exercises, and home study ma­ terials complete with answers and ex­ planations. The GRE review course meets Saturdays 9am-5pm, April 27, May 4, 11,and 18,1991 on PSUcampus. Tui­ tion is $185. To register, send payment payable to Portland State University .Division of Continuing Education, PO Box 1393, Portland, OR 97207; or phone 725- 4832 with your VISA or Mastercard number. SAFEWAY E X P E C T TH E B EST! COPYRIGHT 1978, SAFEWAY INC. Proposed Cuts To Dart Programs Resulting From Measure 5 Johnny Jones (not his real name) is a 14 year old student who was brought in for day treatment by his parents. He had been in the public school system and several different treatment programs before he came to Tio Nicks Adoles­ cent Day Treatment Program. Johnny was diagnosed as a conduct disordered child who was also aggressive. He was too disruptive for the regular classroom environment, he was behind in his grade level, he did not respond well to the guidance of his parents at home, he had no close friends, and at times he was the target of aggressive behavior from other students because of his inability to manage his emotional responses well. Although Johnny was diagnosed as se­ riously emotionally disturbed he had to wait almost a year before an opening was available. During that time he was not in school for several reasons, most of which were included in his treatment as issues he and his family had to ad­ dress. Johnny’s parents are not eligible for Title XIX. His parents income is not enough to pay for his treatment and support the rest of their family. He is not included under the services avail­ able for handicapped students under the guidelines of the public schools. If he were not in this day treatment pro­ gram he would not be able to receive the treatment he needs. Tio Nick’s is one of the programs operated by the Center for Community Mental Health. It provides therapeutic counseling services as well as educa­ tional services for Fifteen seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents. The program is located in North East Port­ land. Il is funded through the Childrens Services Division to serve children who are not able to benefit effectively from the regular educational system due to problems with their behavior. These children need the special structure pro­ vided by a therapeutic setting with more individualized instruction and individ­ ual counseling for the child and their families. Johnny is only one of many chil­ dren in the state of Oregon who are enrolled in Day and Residential Treat­ ment (DART) Services. Johnny is among 61% of children currently served who will be involuntarily discharged from treatment should the proposed cuts by CSD be implemented as planned. Due to the impact of Measure 5, CSD has been placed in the position of eliminat­ ing services to any children whom they are not mandated to serve under the Title XIX program (Welfare Eligible). CSD is proposing to reduce the budget in several ways by cutting the budget 16.5% for all DART programs; by fund­ ing only the children on welfare; by transferring the administration of the DART Programs to the Department of Mental Health and by channeling all referrals for Day Treatment through the EPSDT (Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment) system. Should these policies be implemented 63% of the children currently served throughout the state in the DART pro­ grams would be without service (those who are not on welfare). Several pro­ grams throughout the state who do not have any welfare recipients in their programs whould close. It is not certain how the services for those children who are not on Wel­ fare would be provided. The public schools and the Department o f Mental Health are already struggling to pro­ vide services at the current level. Cer­ tainly the children deserve to be treated in a therapeutic setting that prevents them from eventually becoming part of the residential care system or the juve­ nile justice system. We are asking the legislature of the State of Oregon to consider the long term effect of the elimination of these treatment services from the state. The most needy children would be elim i­ nated from treatment, approximately 75% of the programs, located primarily in the rural and hard to reach areas of Oregon, would be eliminated as they would be unable to operate with the limited number of eligible children in their programs. ituudbi ; CHEAPER T H A N “CHECKING ACCOUNT. Cash your check at a place like this every week and it'll run you about $2.50. Buy five money orders at sixty-five cents apiece and you're spending well over ten bucks every month just to use your money. Which isn't exactly cheap, but it’s prob­ ably less than what a bank charges, right? A t U.S. Bank, you can have a checking account for as little as three bucks a month. Which means you can cash your paychecks for free and write up to twelve checks a month. After that it costs fifty cents a pop. So why are we doing this? Because one thing we realize in these tight financial times is that we're all in this together. 1 U » S .| B A IM K .. Ç 1991 United States National Bank o f Oregon. Member F.D.I.C.