•Ar-»* * * . • r \J T IJ o r tla n b Septem ber 15, 1999 A ----------------------------------- E D IT O R IA L A R T IC L E S - arie P ace Exscvnvr D irector o r T he L atavstts T vtorinc C enter I have observed with increasing fre­ quency as w e near the new mil lennium a wide range ofcom m ents and opinions on the effects o f hom e life on the success­ ful— o r m ore often— unsuccessful rear­ ing o f children. W ith the advent o f psy­ chology andpsychiatrymtheearly 1900 s and their attempts to modify behavior to m ake ake a a more more tractable tractable child, child, the m the "prob- “prob- Established 1970 B i R uth O ros , M ir ia m W Charles Washington d it o r Larry J. Jackson, Sr. E u s in e s s M increased risk o f disease.” A s th ree re p re sen tativ e w o m en , w e say it is ap p allin g th at in fan ts are d y in g an d g ro w in g c h ild re n ’s m in d s an d b o d ies c an n o t d ev elo p as they sh o u ld in th is, th e rich est n a tio n in th e w orld. T h at a p erso n in A m erica o f any age su ffers from h u n g er, b e it "m o d e ra te " (w h a te v e r th a t m ig h t a n a g e r Gary Ann Taylor A A d m in is t r a t iv e s s is t a n t Talunaka Washington ■• 5 D ir e c t o r of A m ean !) o r “ se v e re ,” is a crim e. W e resp ect p erso n s w o rk in g to allev iate h unger, bu t as rep o rted in a N ew Y o rk T im es article, ev en the [ m llû assive, S 3 1 V U nationw ,U a U U llY ide » lU V effort— V iiv n -rv ,v w “40,000 d v e r t is in g Tony Washington ■' A r a p h ic D e s ig n e r Heather Fairchild D . i is t r ib u t io n M B i M a r ia n W Mark Washington <1 W o n t r ib u t in g r it e r • ’ .'•» Richard Luccetti ..Æ Z Ù Ri » '.t<< 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR 97211 503-288-0033 ■ xj- . 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R E P R O D U C T IO N OI L , v z r V REFLEC z T p R E P R E S E N T T H E I O K K r r i v - --------------------- V IE W S O F g l frg f f l o r t l a n b ( iD b a e r u e r ------ — ------------------ -------------- • lem ” o f child behavior was introduced. A s a professional educator for 10 years, 1 am co nstantly w orking w ith ch ild ren and have found tw o things vital to the successful m aturation o f a child. A c u rre n t but erroneous, fad b e lie f is that it is p eer pressure w hich form s the path o f grow th. The fact, how ever, is that the p ath o f grow th is d efin ed b y tw o vital factors. W h at are they ? T h e first is the h om e environm ent. A u th o r and h um anitar­ ian, .an, L. R on H ubbard, w rote that tnat the tne ild m e block family u w ,a as s th the e hu building block o o f f any any s o c ie ty . In th e b o o k W h a t is Scientology?. It goes on to state that sound Conversely, children with a sou tanulylifeandeffectivestudy ski Ils,have apply W hat apply it it in in life life or or work. work. W hat is is excep- excep­ tionally effective about this study method is that any student can learn to use it and succeed regardless o f his o r her eco­ the reason family relationships im prove so much w ith S cientology is because it the inner strength on which to build a future o f their choosing and the ability to strive tor and achieve their goals 1 have found, through the use o f the philosophy o f L. Ron H ubbard, a sure­ fire approach to raising a happy child. If you have not explored it, then 1 urge you to find out for yourself - get the book W hat is Scientology? A nd see how you can ensure a successful future not only foryourchildbut foryour w hole family. nom ic or social situation. I have heard it said that children jo in gangs due to socio-econom ic cir­ cum stances. Factually, how ever, the m ain thing these young people have in co m m o n is an illiteracy that bars them from reading even the street sign on the com er. So how could they be expected teaches an individual to com m unicate more freely w ith fam ily and friends. fh e second is the quality o f educa­ tion. Mr. H ubbard, through exhaustive research developed an innovative tech­ nique for studying that enables the stu­ dent to not only fully grasp the subject matter being pursued, b u tto proficiently mane, ---------- K to survive on their ow n? ... . ... so u p kitch en s and food p an tries.. .w ith m o re than 9 0 0 .0 0 0 volunteers — ca n ­ not k eep p ace w ith the in creasing need. M ean w h ile, a basic right su ch as n o u rish m en t should com e to peo p le n o t o u t o f ch arity , b u t b ecau se they are en titled to it as h u m an beings. Eli Siegel, the great A m erican histo­ rian and founder o f the philosophy Aes­ thetic Realism, has explained the cause o f all injustice, including the feet that children are starving in America: it is co n tem p t H e defined contem pt as “the addition to self through the lessening o f som ething else." Contem pt, he show ed is at the basis o f o ur profit econom y w here som e few people get rich from the labor o f many. A nd in 1970, Eli Siegel explained this trem endous thing— that history had com e to a point w here the profit system had tailed and w ould never recover. H e stated: “M an has lived with econom ic ill will for hundreds o f years: but that doesn' t m ean that ill will w as ever right or, for that matter, efficient The inefficiency — ------------ j o f ill w ill is now becom ing — E delm an the m akers. Since the profits are so high, one w ould think m ost m anufac turers w on Id be w illing to sacrifice a little o f that m argin to add som e inexpensi ve safety devices like trig g er locks that m ight save the lives o f children w h o find a w ay to get h o ld o f a gun. B ut v ery few firearm m anufacturers do o r w ill u n ­ less C ongress passes a law requiring it. S o in stead sch o o ls m u st spend m oney. Itis sad but necessary in today’s A m erica that our tax m oney m ust be invested in v ideo cam eras, security guards, and m etal detectors o u r school m ust b u y to try to protect o u r children. T h is S e p te m b e r m an y ch ild ren throughout the country are returning to schools w ith autom atically locking doors, alarm s, and police officers on the premises. 1 applaud the efforts o f schools to try to create a safe place for children to learn. But i f this country w ould wake up and dem and that our law m akers decide once and for all to protect chil­ dren instead o f guns, how m uch better use w eco u ld p u t that m oney to! Schools need books, com puters, and enough classroom s and teachers earning decent salaries to ensure o ur children get the education they need to succeed in life. O ne county in M aryland near w here 1 live spent n early $700,000 this fall ju st to install surveillance cam eras in its high schools. Is this w hat it’s com e to in o ur efforts to prevent alm ost 13 children a d ay from b eing k illed by guns? U nfortunately, the an sw er is yes. B etw een 1979 and 1996, nearly 75,000 children and teens w ere killed b y firearms. T h at’s 20,000 m ore than the num ber o f A m erican battle casual­ ties in the V ietnam W ar. I lived in W ashington, D C during the Vietnam W ar and rem em ber the huge and nu­ m erous dem onstrations against the war that ultim ately forced the U nited States to reexam ine its priorities. I cannot help b u t w onder w hy I d o not see dem ons tra tions in our streets, at the U.S. Capitol, the W hite H ouse, in our state capitals, and in every city in A m erica protesting the feet that U.S. children under age 15 are 12 tim es m ore likely to die from gunfire than children in 25 other indus­ trialized countries com bined. Black children under the age o f 15 are tw ice as likely as W hite children to die o f gun violence, black youths aged 15-24 are four times m ore likely than W hite youths, and Black males in that age group are ten tim es m ore likely than their W hite counterparts to be a victim o f firearms. N early one mil lion Americans have been killed b y guns since 1968. If anything else you can think o f w as killing adults and children at these alarm ing rates, the w heels o f governm ent w ould com e to a virtual standstill until som ething was ______” W p««»this Q uestion stated by q u E e li stio S iegel: w h by a t E li S ab iegel: ro ad . “ It e s ro w ad ith . th It ese co n clu km d e s w ith th ese kind n stated w co hat n clu d ab apparent all over the w orld.” W e see this a n d c o m p letely p ractical sen ten ces d o e s a p e rs o n d e s e rv e b y b e in g in 1999, despite the lying reports about a b y E li S iegel: a liv e ? ” T h is em erg en t q u e stio n is at “booming” economy. The feet is, a few “T h e w o rld sh o u ld b e o w n e d by the c e n te r o f th e p o w erfu l p u b lic people are getting richer while increas­ th e p e o p le liv in g in it...A ll person se rv ic e film on h o m e lessn ess and ing numbers ofpeople are getting poorer, sh o u ld be seen as living in a w orld h u n g e r titled "W h a t D o es A P erso n forced to worry w here their next meal tru ly th e irs.” (S e lf an d W o rld , D efi­ D e se rv e ? ” by film m ak er an d A e s­ will come from. n itio n P ress, 1981) th e tic R e a lis m c o n s u lta n t, K e n A esthetic R ealism is com pletely T he A esthetic R ealism F o u n d a­ K im m elm an . T he film p re m ie re d at clear— the one m easure o f the success tio n is a not-for-profit educational th e W ash in g to n , D .C . su m m it m e e t­ o f an econom y is the w ell-being o f fo u n d atio n located at 141 G reene ing o f the N atio n al C o alitio n fo r the every person. Stated Eli S iegel: "W hile S treet, N ew Y ork, N Y 1 0 0 1 2 .(2 1 2 )- H o m e le ss an d is b ein g a ired on te le ­ any child needs som ething he h asn ’t 777-4490; w w w .A stheticR ealism .org v isio n statio n s aro u n d the co u n ty and got, the profit system is a failure.” In the international journal, the Right o f A esthetic R ealism to B e K now n, the Class C hairm an o f A esthetic Realism , Ellen R eiss, describes m agnificently w hat m u st b e fo r the ch ild ren o f INTERSTATE MAX COMMUNITY FORUM II A m erica to get w hat they need: A s c o m is in a K a n sa s field in su m m er, w ith th e su n h o t o n it; as T exas e a rth is ric h w ith oil; as g lo w ­ ing o ra n g e s o f C a lifo rn ia g ro w an d p e o p le p ic k th e m w ith a ch in g fin ­ gers a n d g et so little fo r th e ir la­ b o r— to w h o m sh o u ld th ese b elo n g ? A little ch ild in H a rle m is g o in g to b ed h u n g ry w h ile so m e w h e re in A m e ric a th e re a re c o w s re a d y w ith m ilk th at w o n ’t g et to th a t ch ild . A n d th e c h ild w a n ts th a t m ilk an d d e se rv e s it. T h a t c h ild is, w ith h e r fello w c itiz e n s , th e rig h tfu l o w n e r o f th at K a n sa s c o m an d T ex as oil Friday, S eptem ber 24 6 :3 0 -9 pm INTERSTATE MAX Saturday, S eptem ber 25 9 a m -noon O c k le y G re e n M id d le S c h o o l 6 0 3 1 N M o n ta n a (Tri-Met Bus 5) ! A n o th e r c h a n c e to le a r n a b o u t a n d in flu e n c e : PorMndBM KMngMw» . H o w In te rsta te Ave m ig h t lo o k w ith M A X , H o w to m in im ize traffic an d th o se C a lifo rn ia o ran g es. W e hav e learn ed from M s. R eiss that in o rd e r to k eep the failed profit sy stem g o in g at all, so that the b ig m o n ey in te re sts in A m e ric a stay h ap p y , m o st p e o p le h av e to b eco m e p o o rer, an d th is m e a n s m ore o f o u r co u n try m en w ill go hungry. In o rd er im p acts ■ Bus service w h e n M A X o p e n s > N e ig h b o rh o o d livability w ith M A X > P ro p o sed u rb a n renew al d istric t • F u tu re c o n s tru c tio n jobs to k eep p ro fits c o m in g in, c o rp o ra ­ tio n s h av e fo rced p eo p le to w ork FREE CHILDCARE. E Fully accessible. For more information, call 247-3958. Call by Sept. 21 for a languagi interpreter. T T P 797-1804. longer hours, laid o f f m en and w om en in m assiv e n u m b ers an d m o v ed jo b s ab ro ad w h ere la b o r is ev en cheaper. T he o n ly th in g that w ill brin g h u n ­ METRO TO-MET g er to an e n d is fo r e v ery g o v ern m en t o fficia l an d citiz e n to ask this eth ical done. I know I’m not alone. Survey show V that three-fourths o f gun ow ners sup­ port m andatory registration o f hand­ guns as does 85 percent o f the general public. T w o-thuds o f gun owners and 80percent o f the general public fevor m andatory background checks in pri­ vate handgun sales such as gun shows. Eighty-eight percent o f those surveyed feel that new handguns sold should be designed so that a ch ild 's sm all hands cannot fire them. A nd w hen asked if there should be a mandatory background check and a five-day w aiting period in order to purchase a gun, 82 percent o f by doctor, religious congregation by con­ gregation. school by school, and neigh- borhood by neighborhtxxl help breathe life and security again into our comm uni­ ties and nation. Join me, w on’t you? PlZ4C4vt» . - ^ U M M IN Q T(rb V1 V ILLAG E M ftW Z T P L fìC E A iï Co th. H - v u -K v fy a I g $buL ! 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