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i e.f:.. St aITI' Ir. Page 13 Pec 28, 1981 i r7, J); 't LJ w.TBi. nrr-rrr- IIIWIllMijlirwnilHiimjutiiwMM Itlill Jil 1Wm: 1 tWBWllli MWW I j-f um, i ,,,,,1 I 1 Iff 1 n-n -i 1 i iiiiri.i!'"y, -TYmi-imn mnr-Tiffi" nifff n-vilrriiiiiitimiitiiwm i iiiKiimiwiim i 'V if A Staff photo by Nancy Warnecke 4i',) 11 Out for Scenery AtMeharry Child Abuse Project Set For Blacks By DAVID GRAHAM Meharry Medical College and the state Human Services Department are developing a program to combat child abuse in Nashville's black community by increasing community involvement with parents who abuse children. The program, which will also include discussion groups for parents who have abused or neglected their children, is funded by a federal grant to establish demonstration projects to lessen the incidences of child abuse, said Rodney Hammond, program director.

Hammond is a child psychologist and director of Children and Youth and Family Services at Meharry's Community Mental Health Center "IF WE CAN pull together the resources of the black community, we can overcome this time when resources from the governemnt are less and less," Hammond said. "With the decrease in federal dollars, we don't know how abuse and neglect programs will be affected yet, but it's hard to imagine there would be anything but more abuse and neglect." One of the first goals of the progam is to identify businesses, churches and clubs that would be willing to help families where abuse occurs, Hammond said. Since abused or neglected children are often from families with few community ties, the program will seek to find jobs for family members and involve them in church or clubs. "WE WANT to see if we can pinpoint what a probable source of support would be in the community for some of these families," Hammond said. The program will also involve parents in a "self-help program" where they discuss would with other abusing or negligent parents the circumstances that caused the abuse.

Parents would be referred to the Meharry program by the Human Services Department, which investigates cases of child abuse and seeks to solve the conditions that cause such problems, said Sherry Frazier, regional director for Human Services. THE PROGRAM may be under way as early as February after Meharry and Human Services "iron out some policies and procedures," Frazier said. "What's unique in this program is the attempt to increase understanding of minorities," she added. "Caseworkers try to look at every case as an individual, but there are certain stereotypes which develop. Anytime you can increase a caseworker's understanding, it is important." Hammond agreed that sensitizing caseworkers to the unique circumstances of black families is another important benefit of the program.

Many You see, well-known Nashville conservationist Shirley Patterson got the idea that Meredith Speer, 3, her granddaughter who lives in Florida, needed to be exposed early in life to the great outdoors. She decided the place to do the exposing, while Meredith is visiting here with her parents, was Radnor Lake. But before long, the entourage had grown to include all of Meredith's little friends and their mommies (above). Meanwhile, Meredith straddles a log barricade, at left, while Barbara Caldwell, 4, stays on the lookout for wildlife at the sanctuary just off Otter Creek Road. 1 fct-fni -m Plenty of Parties Planned for New Year's black families, for example, hold different values and different means of discipline that might be misinterpreted as abusive, Hammond said.

BLACKS MIGHT also be able, in subtle ways, to hide abuses from white caseworkers, he said, adding: "One needs to have a sense of the standards for child rearing and the ways in which black family members communicate and the history of living conditions of black families to determine if there is abuse." The Meharry grant is one of seven awarded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington to develop programs to study child abuse in minority communities. Massage Parlors Get Check; 6 Arrested Metro police arrested five Nashville women and a Brentwood man over the weekend during routine inspections at massage parlors here. Vice Squad officer T. Finchum said the women are employees of the parlors and the man arrested was a client. All were booked yesterday for violation of the Metro ordinance governing massage parlors.

"I CAUGHT one of the girls butt naked," Finchum said. "She was with a man who was butt naked. That's a violation." The officer was making a routine check of Nashville massage parlors Saturday night when, he alleged, he discovered the violations. Two of the women are employees of Tokyo Sauna and the other three work at Caesar's Palace Health Salon. Both parlors are on Eighth Avenue South.

Charged were: Kum S. Hutcherson, 27, of 1600 Eighth Ave. Tokyo Sauna. Eun S. Lin, 29, of 1600 Eighth Ave.

Toyko Sauna. Martha J. Morgan, 35, of 6039 Cortez Court, Caesar's Palace. Angela M. Porter, 20, of 5101 LInbar Drive, Caesar's Palace.

Jackie R. Costello, 34, of 108 Thompson Lane, Caesar's Palace. Jack L. Williams, 32, Brentwood. Finchum said Williams and Costello were charged with violating a section of the massage parlor ordinance that prohibits the "exposing of erogenous areas while in such an establishment." He said the others possessed invalid massage licenses.

Those charged were permitted to wait until yesterday to appear in court, and all posted bonds of $62.50 each. "THE ORDINANCE states that you can't expose yourself while giving or receiving a massage," Finchum said. "The license violations are basically health-related." The officer said Truly Wonderful Hearth Studio, Kathy's House of Massage and Dottle's Health Club were also checked Saturday night but there were no violations. In the Adagio Room, a couple can enjoy the contemporary music of the Mitchell Liggins Band for $50. Those who want to spend the night can do so for an additional $25.

Donna Vradenburg, owner of the Carousel, Black Poodle and Western Room in Printers Alley, has also invited Nashville for drinks and entertainment, as has David (Skull) Shulman, operator of Skull's Rainbow Room. BOTH SAY THEY WILL have special parties, but prices will be the same as always. "I care about my regular customers too much to raise the prices on New Year's Eve," Shulman said. Proprieters at Raineys on Division Street extend a similar invitation for a $5 cover charge that includes champagne and party favors. IN THE "RELAXED, elegant atmosphere of Villa Romano, a truely continental restaurant," Romano, the proprieter, invites guests to join him for a glass of champagne and meals cooked by chefs Mike Komisar and Kern Ramovic.

A Gala Affair, including a gourmet meal, bottle of wine, champagne toast and party favors, is scheduled for the Tennessee Ballroom of the Opry-land Hotel. The Establishment band will provide music and the Bellringer plan costs $82 per couple. Overnighters will pay $125 per couple. The cost for the Ryman Masquerade party with the Headliners band is $25 per person and $85 per couple to stay overnight. "SWING IN THE Stagedoor Lounge" for $50 per couple, promoters encourage, where Sharon Wiley and Special Delivery, a contemporary group, will keep the mood lively.

The party includes dancing, a midnight toast and a "traditional Southern-style buffet breakfast" with black-eyed peas and hog jowls in Rachel's Kitchen. In the Saloon, there will be "business as usual" and Mark Barnett will be entertaining in the Staircase Lounge. (Turn to Page IS, Column 1) THE HOLIDAY INN at Briley Parkway, the Marriott and other hotels are offering special room rates for merrymakers who are too pooped or whatever after the shindigs to drive home. (Reservations must be made in advance.) Such a couple might check into "a luxurious suite" at the Hermitage Park Suite Hotel and prepare for "an unforgettable evening" with an epicurean feast in the ballroom, dancing to Big Band sounds, a midnight champagne toast and a continental breakfast on the veranda New Year's Day. The price for such an evening is $175.

Or how about some "midnight madness" at the Radisson Plaza Hotel? "There will be two great ways to bring in the new year," according to Radisson promoters who want to lure Nashvillians there for cocktails, hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and "a potpourri of organized confusion." MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED by Susan Meredith Whisperin' Bill Anderson's Po Folks Band, and the price for the package is $33.95 per person. Another idea is to join the Bru and Becker Band for the $17.95 Reflections party. Then follow either party with a "One for the Road" breakfast buffet. When the eating is over, the partygoers can simply "take the elevator to a Radisson room for a night for $25 per person. 1 Rodeway Inn promoters boast of four ways to usher in the new year.

They will have a ballroom Earty with music by Simmer for $12, another cele ration with the Continentals in Durdy Annie's Lounge for $5, dinner in Annie's Cafe for $8.95 and, again, the I-can't-make-it-home room for $15. BUT IF THAT IDEA is not the right idea, then some Nashvillians may want to "bring in the new year in style" on the rooftop at the Hyatt Regency Polaris Room for $80 per couple. They might "dine in elegance" at Hugo's for $120 per couple or choose instead to waltz around the Regency ballroom where WAMB's Louis Brown Orchestra, featuring Snooky Lanson Marti Brown, will be playing. That party costs U0 per couple. 3y LANITA GARDNER Ring a bell, toot a horn, give a cheer or just eat -and be merry at the New Year's Eve party Thursday night.

What party, you ask? Well, Just pick a party. Several will be happening throughout Middle Tennessee as Tennesseans say good-bye to the old year jand hello to the new. BUT BEFORE SELECTING where, how and whom you want to ring in 1982, whether it's Wth. a bunch of jolly noisemakers or a special someone at an elegant restaurant, note that the jcost of stepping out on the town ranges from $5 to $175. v- There is something for everybody, no matter how extravagantly or economically they Want to celebrate.

For a really big party, there is the grand, ball-' Voom at the Nashville Marriott Hotel where cock Jtails, dinner, dancing with music by Total Eclipse, tSarty favors and a champagne toast at midnight is available id per couple. Stay overnight for J20more. FOR AN INTIMATE dinner for two, Albert's Restaurant has a special plan costing $59, and if lust drinking and dancing Is what you had in mind, Jjr5 per couple will buy that kind of fun at Albert's jLounge. An additional $25 will be charged to stay overnight. i Hot hors d'oeuvres, champagne and party favors are treats for the guests in the lounge at the HOliday Inn at Briley Parkway where Steve Neil will be entertaining.

The cost for that is $10 per parson, but there is no cover charge for guests in the Holidome where Dewey Hung will set the mu-ptaalmood. (4 Also at the Holiday Inn, a ballroom party where Quests can enjoy a full-course dinner, open bar and dancing with music by the Baxter Brothers Band posts $64 per couple or $89 per couple to stay the liight. Before dawn, hungry partygoers can feast On a continental breakfast buffet for $3.50. 17 3.