May 4.2005______________________________ _________ ^ o r t l a n h f f î b s c r u r r ____________________ ____________________________ PaSeA7
"M ee tin g th e a ffo rd a b le h o u sin g n e e d s o f th e com m unity'
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B ash . C hilders
The Jefferson Dancers gracefully bounce, kick and jump their way through a recent performance.
Jefferson Dancers Take Stage
Facing budget cuts at Jefferson
High School next year, 24 youth
in the Jefferson D ancers will be
looking to keep the organization
open anyw ay they can.
O pening night o f the Jefferson
D a n c e r’s S p rin g C o n c e rt on
W ednesday, May 4 will feature a
fund-raising gala to help make up
some o f these losses. The event,
fe a tu rin g a v a rie ty o f dance
styles, will be held at 6 p.m. in
Brunish Hall on the fourth floor at
the Portland C enter for the Per­
form ing Arts.
Subsequent perform ances will
be held W ednesday through Sat­
urday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at
2 p.m. at the N ew m ark Theater,
also located at the Portland C en­
ter for the Perform ing Arts on
Southw est Broadw ay and Main
Streets.
T ickets are priced at $11.50,
$16 and $20 and are available
through T icketm aster at www.
ticketm aster.com .
Hoping for a Second Chance
continued
from Front
Some of the schools I’ve been to, if
we get out at 3:45, at 3:46, the park­
ing lot is clear.”
White said staffing is one of the
biggest im provem ents for the
school.
He said more than 70 other
discrepencies found by the state
are “being worked on with vigor.
“We have to get all o f our poli­
cies in place and we’re working on
that with a school improvement
plan,” he said, mentioning the use
of a consultant to work on every
single item named.
Closure of the school would mean
more than losing a desk in a class­
room.
“Our students are really attached
to our school. They’re attached to
our teachers and staff. It’s a special
relationship. I've been all over the
district and I haven’t seen any­
thing better,” White said.
Susan Roberts, mother of a sev­
enth grader at Victory, has been a
volunteer at the school since its
inception two years ago.
“ My perception o f the d iffer­
ence betw een this year and the
last year is not only my percep­
tion, but also o f contractors and
visitors to the school. T h ere’s
been an im m ense difference in
student b ehavior,” Roberts said.
“I’ve had one contractor say to
me this is like night and day. The
current staff is amazing. They look
at the w hole child rather than just
the academ ic side or what they
w ant the students to fall into.
Dear Deanna!
I’m in my last year of high school
and one of my girlfriends is ready to
quit during senior year. She’s stress­
ing and going through drama over
a boy that used her for sex. She
doesn’t want to come to school
because she can’t stand the sight
ofseeing him with another girl. How
can I convince her that he’s not
worth sacrificing her education? -
-Gladys; Natchez, MS
Dear Gladys:
Slap her upside her head to knock
the sense back into her. Your friend
is going through the vulnerable
stage of puppy love although she’s
been dogged by a wolf. Help her
make an appointment with your
school guidance counselor as well
as encourage her to talk to her par­
ents. Continue to be a good friend
and encourage her to hang in there
because w ithout that diplom a,
she'll join the ranks of unemploy­
ment, welfare and if she's lucky—
flipping burgers.
Dear Deanna!
My husband of 7 years left me for
a younger woman. He dogged me
and broke my heart but I’m over it.
The problem is now with this
woman. H e’s putting her through
the same drama he put me through
and she calls me for advice. The
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Macceo Pettis, a volunteer classroom assistant, helps sixth
grader Chevona McDole with a computer project at Victory Middle
School. “Some o f these kids are struggling, " Pettis said. “ They
need as much encouragement as you can give them. ”
“He had no desire to participate.
They love the kids, they spend
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Roberts said she chose to have in and saw him voluntarily at Home­
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“It’s more like a family here,” she
have high expectations.”
said.
“We spend so much time ev­
She mentions an example of a
eryday
together, most of us are
student she knows at Victory that’s
here
more
than we are with our
undergone a dynamic change in
biological
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cheat on anybody and sooner or
later, he'll cheat on her too.
Dear Deanna!
My boyfriend of 4 years cheated on
me at least 10 times. At first we had
an open relationship and we saw
other people and later began get­
ting serious about each other. Al­
though he continued to cheat, he
showed me love and came home a,
a decent time. Now he’s changed
and is always around. I love him but
I keep thinking about the phrase
“once a cheater, always a cheater.”
—In Love and Confused
Dear Confused:
Once is too many times for cheat­
ing. You played a part in this drama
because of the tone in which this
first time I tolerated her because rela tio n sh ip began. He d isre ­
she caught me offguard. I'm at the spected you but you allowed it.
point where I’m ready to tel 1 her she Count your 4 years as a learning
reaped what she sowed but I can’t experience and find a man that’ll
do it. Why? -L eslie; Boston
respect you like the deserving
queen you are. Y ou're too good to
Dear Leslie:
be seventh fiddle to a man that’s
You can definitely say she got what
supposed to be yours. No, he won’t
she deserved. I guess your husband
stop cheating, so suck it up and
saw the grass wasn't greener on the
keep it moving.
other side. When she calls again, let
her know i n your sweetest voice you Ask Deanna is written by Deanna
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