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•<. • *'* * » ■MÛflMM * -i ¡ r '¿ r " ’'- • ” *<; u'À~~ ) »V * * '' • A v». P age A5 T he P ortland O bserver • A lg . 13,1997 E na M arshall Adults Help Inner-City Kids E M elinda O ’F errali . A ndray J ackson W awkrv G atimu A Children’s Fair A Children’s Fair will be held Saturday, August 16th from 10am to 3pm at the Lutheran Inner-City Ministries, NE Martin Luther King Blvd. and Skidmore St. all families, child care providers, and children are welcome to participate in games, music, dance, fun, and entertain ment. Child Care Providers will be eli gible for drawings and special cer- I tificates of appreciation from Albina Ministerial Alliance. Families will have an opportunity to get informa tion about a variety of services, meet child care providers, and try out tun activities to enhance children’s de- I velopment. There will be a D .J., stories from the M u ltn om ah C ou n ty Youth Librarians, a ch ild ren ’s parade w ith B ob by F o u th ier, storytelling w ith A skari N yw esi, “ Fishing” for ch ild ren ’s books from O regon Public B roadcast ing, face painting, a sandbox trea sure hunt, bubble play, a soccer and baseball clinic, and m uch, xperience Corps of Portland is looking for volunteers age 55 and over to help improve scholas tic achievement and the overall qual ity of life of school children. Starting in September, thisexpand- ing program will operate in si.v P ort I 1 land elementary schools: Atkinson, Humboldt, Kenton, Lent, Vernon and college Area students our deserving young high school graduates will go to college this fall thanks in part to the scholarships they received from the Phil Reynolds F endeavor. This year's students are Melinda O ’Ferrali of Jefferson High; Alena Marshall of Wilson High; W aweru have Gatimu of W ilson; and Andray Jack- Scholarship Fund. T he R eynolds scholarships arc- aw arded to A fro-A m erican high school seniors preparing to enter a college or university to achieve success in their chosen fields of son of Benson High. Phil Reynolds helped many young men and women during his life pur sue education as the more prefer able, rewarding way of life. It is to his memory as a dedicated Oregon pio- Task Force, Family Child Care Networks, Metro Child Care Re- I source & Referral. U n iv e r s ity o f O r e g o n . Jack son has selected Seattle- P acific U niversity to further his Experience Corps volunteers serve in teams and perform a variety of activities based on their talents and interests and the needs of the school Examples include fundraising, work ing with computers, and assisting with after school activities. Helping with reading activities is especially important. Stipends are available tor volunteers who commit to at least 12 education in the field ot business administration and a future bach hours a week. Call Shirley at 249-0469 for more elor of science degree. information. G a tim u grad u ates w ith high ncer that the scholarship fund was established in 1983. O ’F errali has set the medial field for her goal in tile with a future degree in the arts or sciences. She plans on attending C lark Atlanta honors from W ilson. He has an in te re st in the hum an eye and plans to enter the field ol o p to m etry . He plans to attend the U niversity in A tlanta, G a. M arshall will be attending T exas Southern U niversity in H ouston. T exas with an eye toward a doctor ot pharmacy. Serving the Community Instead of Serving Time B y M arian W right E delman m uch more! Sponsors include: Lutheran In ner-City Ministries, Albina M inis terial Alliance, the NZNEChild Care Woodlawn. W ith the number of legal scrapes that C huck Lewis experienced as a young man growing up in Southern California, Ire could easily have wound up serving a jail tcim instead of seiving his commu- . nity • ^ B u r tJ d d s a w f it to give me a chance a t a better life, ” says Chuck, n o w asergean tfo rth e Federal G ov ernment Printing Office P olice in Washington, D.C. As a boy. Chuck often spent his school days running the streets and his evenings stealing hubcaps and getting into other mischief. Before long he landed in front of a judge whose patience had almost run out but who gave him one more chance. C huck packed his bags and headed for the Army. There he met people who believed in him and taught him self-discipline. He served in Vietnam and joined the military police, discovering it was far more productive to help young recruits steer clear o f trouble than looking them up after they crossed the line. It was a lesson that he’s been applying throughout his more than 40 years in law enforcement. “W e have to catch these kids betw een ages six and 13, and m ake a positive d ifferen ce in their lives,’ says Chuck, a member of the Black Police Association and president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #2 in D.C. “I’ve learned that many of the kids who get into trouble are a lot like I was as a kid. Most ot the time they just need a second chance, some body to believe in them. 1 understand that some young people are violent and need to be separated from the rest of society for a time, but most of them arc not violent offenders. “ E verybody seem s to be talking a b o u t try in g m ore ch ild ren as adults, but we have to rem em ber that they are still kids. It sure m akes m ore sense to treat them with love and get them involved in som e thing con stru ctive and m ean ing ful before they get into trouble.” Chuck is right. Studies have shown trying children in adult courts does not d eter criminal behavior. A new stu d y in F lo rid a , fo r ex a m p le, found that those young people tried as ad ults com m itted new crim es so o n er after their release from prison, and perpetrated m ore seri ous and violent crim es than those tried as juveniles. That s because adult courts and adult prison lack the jected to harassment, assault, and rape; and face increased risk for selves. Rather, adult ja ils are crim e schools w here young convicts learn from the w orst possib le role m od- els—hardened crim inals. T h is fall the U .S. Senate will vote on a bill, S .10, w hich could m ean m ore children than ever b e ing throw n into adult prisons. 1 he H o u se a lr e a d y h a s p a ssed an equally harsh com panion bill.H .R . 3. W e m ust act now to protect ch ildren from being tram pled by gutless politicians seek ing to prove they are "tough on crim e” by vot in g fo r h a r s h e r p u n is h m e n ts against you ng offenders. Call your Senators while they are home during the month of August to support crucial changes to S. 10. Tell them that we m ustn’t allow children to be tried in adult courts and thrown into adult prison where they will only learn to be better criminals; be sub dedication, counseling, and treatment that help offenders rehabilitate them suicide. Tell them that we must invest in intervention and prevention on the front end and do something to stop the flow o f guns into our children’s communities and homes. And if our children are unfortu nate enough to land in court, tell your Senators to make sure chil dren gc, a juvenile court process and the kind o f education and psy chological treatment that will help them lead productive lives. “Not only does imprisonment rob too many youths of achance for a better life,” Chuck says, “but it robs society of the benefit of their potential good. 1 will always think of the kind of life I might be leading right now if I didn’t get the oppor tunity to start over.” Call (503) 288-0033 To Advertise In U nited States NAVY Happy Birthday W hitney Washington From your family F j A * * nW i 1 - 8 0 0 -U S A - N A V Y Diversity (The ©bscrucr We're not only the power company. We're your neighbors. 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