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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
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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
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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.”
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