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HOME Daybreak editor: Camille ftichols Cooper 377 6444 The Idaho Statesman Saturday November 28 1992 Obligations of rich and poor Claudia DrussReligion3D Daybreak GARDENING2D TV6D C0MICS7D SOCIAL ISSUES Volunteers keep up for now I i i 1 111 Teens pick favorite CDs Robbins CALENDA By David Proctor The Idaho Statesman Today Idaho Theater for Youth "Moss 2 and 7 pm Morrison Center Recital Hall $3 students $5 general at the 7 pm performance Matinee: "pay what you can" ad mittance policy 345 0060 Barrel Tasting Holiday open house and barrel tasting noon 5 pm today and Sunday Pintier Cellar Winery 467 1200 Comstock Leather Sale 10 a 9 pm today and 10 am 4 pm Sun day Western Idaho airgrounds Center and North Expo buildings $1 donation 377 4880 Nampa estival of Trees "A Christmas Prevue" 10 am 7 today and 10 am 4 pm Sunday Nampa Civic Center 311 3rd St Nampa 153 adults $1 children 12 and under Proceeds benefit Meals Ecumenical Soup Kitchen Total estimated meals served per year on riday Saturday and Sunday: 1988 5500 1989 6000 1990 7000 1991 8000 1992 12000 (year to date) "If there any jobs needto keep says Mary Lou Weimer who has run the Soup Kitch en since 1983 "And I think that need is going to be there for a while Boise Rescue Mission Total meals served per fiscal year: 1991 1992 37879 "Young people seem to be there but with us not a question of volun teers a question of services and says John Drzewiecki the executive director "Our facilities are taxed I hope we can keep up with the As Boise grows so does the number of people who need help with food and shelter Tra ditionally Boiseans have been generous But will we be able to keep up with the increasing need? Will the younger generation be there in a few years? Not ev eryone is sure the answer is yes C'X El Ada ood Services Total meals served per year Monday Thursday 1991 19722 1992 22860 "The problem going to go away but I think be able to handle what comes our says Geri Wil liams El Ada food services manager St Vincent de Paul ood baskets donated at Thanks giving 1989 105 123 1991 146 1992 200 plus "What we really need is a catalyst an energetic charismatic personality to bring all the agencies together to centralize our efforts and eliminate the duplication and the hoops the poor have to go through to get says Charles Nilles executive director of St Vincent de Paul Center at the Soup Kitchen got problems because too many people have a commitment to says Kojis "Adults are too busy or spend their time watching TV so young people seeing older people helping others They have no role Kojis addresses that problem by requiring students in her Teen Living and Home Living classes to find a community need and fill it "I want to instill in my students the idea that you have to make a says Kojis "When you do it builds your self esteem Volunteerism is especially strong during the holidays This week for instance Boiseans donated more than 100 turkeys when The Salvation Army put the word out it needed help to meet the Thanksgiving need It is this sort of response that produces the "Boise is such a generous mantra echoed by so many people in the assistance business Still there is a lingering concern that the problems facing Boise are bigger than volunteers and donations can fix Government could prevent some homelessness if it would counter rising rents with more low income housing says Joy Buersmeyer business administrator for The Salvation Army But as things stand now Buersmeyer wonders whether the Army will be able to keep up with the increasing year round demands being put on it "Will we have enough income to go beyond the she asks The answer may depend on more than generosity "A lot depends on the says Sharlene Brown executive director of the United Way Volunteer Connection been very fortunate but if that changes more people will have even more "The entire nation has to come together to fix this says Dick Henry executive director of El Ada Community Action Agency "We have to be our keeper but finding out we have a lot more brothers than we 9 9999 Name: Tiffany Jorgensen Age: 17 School: Senior at Boise High School Interests: Lis tening to mu sic and hang ing out with friends On music: listen to music for fun and because entertain ing I really get anything spir itual from My top 10 CDs: 1 New Order: "Substance" 2 Depeche Mode: "Music for the Masses" 3 Dead or Alive: "Youthquake" 4 Camouflage: "Voices and Images" 5 Yes: "90125" 6 Violent emmes: "Violent emmes" 7 U2: "Achtung Baby" 8 The Cure: "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me" 9 Erasure: "The 10 Soft Cell: "Memorabilia The Singles" Cut rate greens You can get some of your holiday greens from your own yard by pruning evergreens now and sav ing the cuttings Plunge cuttings in cold water overnight then remove them and place the stems in a bucket of water When stored this way in a cool basement or garage they will stay fresh and crisp for many weeks A A list of community activities and events Like so many teen agers Carissa Robbins was sure everyone was better on man she was Then in October she began to volunteer at Ecumenical Soup Kitchen 1191 Grand St The things she has seen there convinced her maybe her life so tough "One kid looked about mv age savs Robbins 13 an eighth grader at East Junior High "He come up and get something to eat because he was afraid we might recognize him He ran up and grabbed a cookie and ran into the other Sometimes the people she served were even younger infants and toddlers who came in with their parents "I imagine being that young and not having enough to says Robbins who volunteers every fourth Saturday Her goal now is to become part of the solution would like to do something like Mary Robbins says of Mary Lou Weimer who has run the Soup Kitchen since 1983 Unfortunately Robbins is in the minority says Mary Ann Kojis the home economics teacher who placed Robbins and several of her classmates Katharina JonasThe Idaho Statesman Everybody gets an armload of food to carry to the car even year old Jamie Davis Dorothy Darrow assistant director of the Love Center Inc piles up food for Pren Patterson 1 Salvation Army Total of Thanksgiving meals served either as sit down dinner food box or delivered to homebound: 1986 450 1987 282 1988 616 1989 794 1990 578 1991 859 1992 690 The need for holiday meals runs hand in hand with growth says Joy Buersmeyer The Salvation business administrator "People are coming here because the job situation looks good but most of the jobs are in the service area which tend to be low she says i iciiw aiu au uigii peupie are Most of the volunteers are retired doubling up or going people but young people respond if Government could help with afford they are approached in the right man able housing she says but individuals ner says director Chad Estes can do a lot too a iff I Boise agencies say be able to meet noise volunteer agencies look back at the number of people served and ahead to see if Boiseans especial ly young ones will be there to meet the needs of the future Operation Love Center igures are for annual donations of food to families One family may re ceive more than one donation during a year 1989 2900 1990 3100 1991 7500 10000 The Love numbers have in creased for two reasons: The need is there and the 12 year old program has widened to include 12 churches and recipients in Canyon and Owyhee counties i Will I OKKOKtot i ish wb 14 3 iff 4 8 9 wteSfl i 3 A 1 I 5 9 to xi XX Ax' Xx i a 'J i BT Bf 3 I 9 1 vW ft I 11 3 TELEVISION on Wheels 465 2252 'unniest' features Idaho impersonators bouncing baby By Karen Bosslck The Idaho Statesman i Treasure Valley residents will keep America laughing Sunday night Three local people are sched uled to appear on unniest which airs at 7:30 pm on Channel 6 Randy Davison and Jim Ston er two Boise State University students will do their Archie and Edith Bunker imperson ation with a twist Stoner a 200 plus pound 27 year old will powder his hair and finger Ar cigar but will sing like Edith Davison a slight 21 year old will top himself off with red lipstick wig and dress but will sing part "The twist is what really makes it says Stoner who used to watch "All in the at his knee Davison is getting to be a ha bitual star on unni est In fact the show invited the theater major to con coct another impersonation af ter he appeared on the show as Popeye being Elvis "I was at work when it came on I even know I was on until people told me seen me Then one of our cus tomers brought me a tape made of the says Davi son who works at "It was pretty Brandon Humble a 1 Vi year old from Middleton will be the third Treasure Valley resident in the spotlight Sunday night He will be demonstrating his unique way of crawling bouncing across the floor on his little butt like a frog "My other son Corey did it too SO it must he in the trenos Maybe we have a frog in our says Dianne Hum ble proud mom "Whenever we take Brandon out in public people just die laughing because of the way he crawls So when we heard the show was going to be taping at Karcher Mall we decided: Whv Jim Stoner left and Randy Davison sing like Archie and Edith Bunker with a slight difference estival of Trees St Alphonsus estival of Trees 10 am 9 to day and Sunday Boise Centre on the Grove $4 adults $150 chil dren Benefits Orthopaedics Insti tute at St 378 2121 Antique Show and Sale 1 1 am 6 pm today and Sunday Western Idaho airgrounds $3 344 9931 Play Northwest Nazarene Col lege presents Reginald Rose's "Twelve Angry 3:30 pm NNC Science Lecture Hall Dewey atHolly St Nampa 467 8011 Eagles Dance 8:30 pm 12:30 a 7025 Overland Road Music by The Rebels $3 members $4 non members 376 0115 Meridian's 13th Annual Winterland Parade Noon Meridian Loop from Speedway north on East 1st to airview end at 2 St and Carlton 888 2817 Homedale Chamber of Commerce Cowboy a holiday parade at 1 pm in Homedale Somalia documentary ivioaei iman wants to "put a face on by getting her BBC documentary on the suffering in her native Somalia broadcast in the United States "Somalia is not a uauun oi Beggars Iman and looters I want people to know what it used to Iman 37 says in the December issue of Vogue magazine in an account of her return to the war tom starving African nation with a BBC documen tary crew I lw people JB wwawa 1 I'll II I MH I II II ill mu 11mwwer a boy a new member of the royal family of Monaco a son bom to Prin cess Stephanie and her former body guard boyfriend Daniel Ducruet Louis named for his great great grandfather was bom at 10:10 pm Thursday weighing 68 pounds "Princess Stephanie and the child are doing the press office said The boy will have little chance of ever taking power coming in line af ter brother Albert and her older sister two sons Andrea and Pierre i Typecast Actor Jonathan rakes says he mind if he ends up being type cast because of his role as Command er Will Riker on "Star Trek: The Next "One of the rea sons I enjoy direct ing is that should Kj rakes I get so typecast that I don't get other work as an actor hopefully be able to continue to direct and even rakes said in an interview published riday in the Nashville (Tenn) Banner Stewart Boulevard Jimmy hometown of In diana Pa on riday renamed the street where the actor grew up to hon or his contribution to the town's "wonderful life" Part of 7th Street was renamed Jim my Stewart Boulevard "as a token of our appreciation for all that Mr Stewart has done in remembering his said a proclamation signed by Mayor John Varner Stewart 84 did not attend the cere mony but was represented by a boy hood friend Bill Moorhead 337 3323 Miss Treasure Valley Pageant 8 pm Nampa Civic Center 311 3rd St Nampa $5 465 2252 Sunday The Nutcracker 8 pm Nampa Civic Center 31 1 3rd St Nam pa $10 adults $5 children 13 and under at the door 465 2252 Treasure Valley Singles Dance 8 pm midnight Potomac Place 7070 Potomac Drive Members $3 non members $4 376 3411 Benefit Dance with Auction and Monte Carlo 3 1 1 pm Mardi Gras 615 9th St Suggested do nation: $5 to benefit child's medt cal expenses 344 3170 Concert Idaho composer and concert organist Griffith Bratt at 4:30 pm St Michael's Cathedral 8th and State streets 342 7307.