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pi March 18, 1987 Feather River Bulletin Portola Reporter Page SB Indian Valley Record Chester Progressive Drug abuse idea State official to visit legion district IPuppeti. sflnow 'sews' pir2wimtfnoim truth, Using sing-along tapes, By Betsy Curry Week She promotes the use of puppets as a way of preventing substance abuse from beginning. Known as BABES (Beginning Alcohol Addictions Basic Education Studies), the puppets originated in 1979 from a women's project in Detroit, where BABES has since been incorporated into the public school system. It is now being introduced in forty states, Germany, South Africa and Australia. rehearsed scripts, seven puppet characters and a narrator, the BABES program starts with a skit aimed at promoting children's self-images.

Buttons and Bows are two kittens living with an alcoholic father. There is a gossipy squirrel who tells them, "Alcoholics are bad people," or "It's not okay to cry," and a wise old owl who teaches them to learn the difference between make-believe stories and the President Gandy is expected to bring greetings from the Department of California and explain the auxiliary programs such as: Americanism, Children and Youth, Education, Legislation, Poppy and Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation. Special emphasis will be on Children and Youth, stressing Teenage Suicide, Missing Children and Drug Abuse Prevention. President Gandy of Merced has as her eligibility her spouse, Richard Gandy. She is a member of Atwater Unit 361 in District 12.

Virginia Gandy, president of the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of California, will make her official visit to District 3 on March 22 at 12 p.m. at the Memorial Hall in Susanville. Members of units and posts are invited to attend. Interested guests are welcome. President Gandy has chosen the theme Service to our Veteran and Family.

Her slogan is Ride the Rails with the Auxiliary. District Presidents are the Engineers. Department chairmen are the Gandy Dancers. She has chosen the Membership Program for special emphasis this year. Decision making, peer pressure and coping skills are addressed with the aid of "Recovering Reggie," a recovering alcoholic and drug abuser who tells the children how it used to be for him and how it is now, and why substance abusers behave the way they do.

A floppy-eared rabbit represents what Teodecki calls "the silent children who have trouble expressing their feelings over problems with drug abuse at home. The Greenville group has elected to make their BABES puppets come alive by sewing adult-sized costumes. Teodecki's enthusiasm for the new program has evolved from eight years of sobriety as a former alcohol and drug abuser. After her father died an alcoholic and her mother also developed problems and was institutionalized, Teodecki moved from orphanages to juvenile halls to correctional schools. "My first education was on the streets.

I've worked in bars and been around alcohol and drug abusers all my life," Teodecki said. "The (substance abuse) problem is everywhere you go. Plumas County isn't any different from any other county. And I'm here if anybody wants to talk about it." The women's support group meets each Friday morning in Greenville. For more information, contact the clinic at 284-6135.

'SHOULDN'T YOU RELAX AS WELLl Staff Writer On Fridays at the Northern Valley Indian Health clinic in Greenville, a women's support group has combined talk sessions on the problems of alcohol and drug abuse with their sewing skills. The women's goal is a traveling "live puppet" show performed for young children at schools and churches in Plumas County. The idea to use puppets to educate children on substance abuse was introduced to the group by Liz Teodecki, an alcohol and drug counselor. Employed by Northern Valley Indian Health, she counsels Native Americans over an eight-county area. During the past five months, Teodecki has been providing one-on-one counseling in Greenville, as well as setting up the women's alcoholic self-help group.

Although created to assist Indian women, the group is also open to non-Indians, and those who attend are not necessarily alcoholic. Some women come because of problems with alcoholism in their family or to educate themselves about new drugs to which their children may be exposed. "Drugs like 'crack have no smell and can be transported in a small vial, so they're easily hidden from session helps parents to be able to talk to their children about drugs. But even if it's the family dog that has the problem, all women are welcome," Teodecki said. AS YOU DO EVERYTHING ELSE? hen the work is over, slip into the MSTmui i mi -1- i i ica's number one selling portable spa.

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405176 It for the program are: applicants must be 18-years-old or older; previous experience as as family day care provider with some children five years of age or younger; and formal or informal educational experiences, which FRC will provide if necessary. A bilingual specialization program is also available. Those interested in the Funding is still available from a federal grant awarded last year to Feather River College (FRC) for day care provider training programs. According to FRC coordinator Sandra Brooks, Plumas County residents who would like to acquire state credentials as child care providers may get their training locally through FRC. The instruction is individualized, based on each providers- needs- and- previous-experience, and instruction can begin immediately.

Approximately 12 providers already are enrolled in the program, which was created to increase the number of quality child care providers and to improve access to other government programs which support childcare services. The credential program is based on six competency goals: to establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment; to advance children's physical and intellectual growth; to support social and emotional development and provide positive guidance; to establish positive and productive relationships with their families; to ensure a well-run, purposeful program responsive to community needs; and to maintain a commitment to professionalism. Most of the training takes places on-site at the provider's home or childcare setting. Additional instruction, is provided through classes at the college. Eligibility-, requirements MANAGEMENT TRAINEE training program may contact Sandra.

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The long awaited half-scale Vietnam Memorial Wall will be open to the public for viewing 24 hours a day from March 21-29 in Idlewild Park in Reno. The parade route, which starts at 9 a.m. this Saturday, will weave its way from the corner of Mill and Riverside Streets to Idlewild Park, next to the rose gardens, where commencement ceremonies will begin at approximately 11 a.m. The memorial will then be open to the public. There will be military guard on duty 24 hours a day.

Take the Keystone exist off Interstate 80 West. Go south until you cross the river, then March 18 Apple juice, baked chicken and mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, coleslaw, muffin, banana bread. March 19 Grape juice, macaroni and cheese with polish sausage, broccoli, green salad, hot roll, carrot cookie. March 20 Pineapple juice, meatloaf, baked potato, carrots, mixed fruit, hot bread, ice cream. March 23 Grape juice, swiss steak, mashed potatos, broccoli, hot roll, spice cake.

COMMUNITY NEWS-Begins with you. If you are holding a fundraiser, meeting, social or other event, let us know so we can tell others by calling Feather Publishing at 283-0800 in Quincy, the Indian Valley Record at 284-7800, the Chester Progressive at 258-3115, or the Portola Reporter at 832-4646. 3 i 3 I County Calendar A BEAUTIFUL NEW YOU Non-Surgical Face Lift OUR CWLISS Wednesday 1 i nriririhrrn A tffl mil 111111 nf. un.iii.i i nil ft MARCH 18 Long Term Care Council The Plumas County Long Term Care Advisory Council will hold its March meeting at the Quincy Library at 1 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.

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