The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 46, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 15, 1978 Page: 3 of 16
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in a building for the first time,
he decided to devote his life to
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"Motivation is something you
need to come face to face
with You need to ask yourself
why am i dolag this'.. You
need to have this motivation
clear in your mind to carry you
through the ups and downs
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Volunteers Recount
Fantasies At Meet
personal specification at a
coat of more than $150,000 by
Leaf Tent & Sail, Co.
it is a complex operation
and Vargas travels with the
circus all year round, per-
forming as ringmaster for
every opening night per-
formance. driving a large
dieeel truck from city to city,
helping the tent crew, selling
tickets and taking tickets at
the door.
Persona wishing to volunteer
their services or to find out
more about the program may
call 849-7751, 849-7752, or M49-
7753 from 8-5 Monday through
Friday; and 849-4356, 297-8071,
548-2855 or the sheriffs office
at other times. '...... <
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Tues. Jan 17
Hamburger on Bun
French Fries.
Lettuce-Toma to-Pickle
Chocolate Pudding
Milk
these workers were asked to be
. present at the training session portunity to try and help these
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For Jan. 27
Films and other audio-
visual materials available to
the public schools through
Region IV Education Service
Center will be shown to
parents and other interested
citizens during a one-day
review session Jan. Tl.
The media "open house" is
scheduled for 1 a.m. - 4:30
pm.at the Media Center, 2902
North Shepherd, Houston
A later session is scheduled
for April «.
Parents and other citizens
interested la seeing a par-
ueularflmaresequeetedta-
notify Les Scott, Media
Library Manager, at 809-9105 .
at Meat UI days in advance so
the staff can be sure a print
will be on hand
Fima and other materials
are delivered to the schools
well in advance of show date.
If it is necessary to call a copy
of a particular Item In for
review, the Center will need to
notify the school and pick it up
qt a regular delivery ran.
people when nobody else can,
you will stay up," she noted.
She cautioned the volunteers
to think about why you are
doing this and what you expect
to get from it...It will make a
difference about how you
approach it." .
Volunteer counselors from
throughout the county are still
be accepted by the Brazoria
County Youth Council, with
volunteers most urgently
needed in the areas of Sweeny.
West Columbia, Brazoria, and
Denbury.
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Mon. Jaa. 18
Frito Pie
Buttered Green Beans
Candied Carrots
Ice Cream
Bread-Milk
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‘ abused or neglected.
: Child Welfare Director,. Mrs.
: Eleanor Bird, emphasized the
» importance of volunteers being
aware that child custody can
' only be terminated by the
• parents themselves, or by the
: court
: Ma Funderburk explained,
in a separate interview, that
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Fri Jaa. 20
Sloppy Joe on Bun
Buttered Green Peas
Carrot Sticks
Fruit . . •
Milk
PEARLAND ELEMENTARY
Monday. January 16
Chili pie-cheese, Buttered
com, Carrot sticks. Chocolate
cake, Bread, Milk .
Tanday. January 17
Oven fried steak-rice and
gravy, Green beans. Peach
cobbler. Bread, Milk
Wednesday, January 18
Beef stew mashed potatoes.
Blackeyed peas, Vanilla ice
cream. Hot rolls. Butter. Mitt
Thursday. Jaaaary t»
Hamburgers, Lettuce and
tomato salad, French fries.
Fudge brownies. Mitt
Friday. Jaaaary 20
Fish-catsup, Pickled beets
Pinto beas. Chilled pears.
Cornbread, Butter, Mitt
TAMPAX 40’s
CARPET SQUARES
Many colors & patterns
to cfxioee from
5/9100
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Wed. Jaa. 18
Pizza
Buttered Corn
Celery Sflck
Fruit
Milk
Than Jaa. It
Chicken-4 Dumplings
Beet Stripe
Tossed Salad-Dressing
Fruit . .
Bread-Milk
Volunteer counselors of the
Brazoria County Youth Council
J revealed such fantasy oc-
■ cupations as to be famous
musicians or world travelers
These revelations were
held during the weekend.
The fantasy occupations
were among items discussed
as volunteers attempted to
learn more about themselves
: end techniques to be used in
to provide the volunteers with
3:a crystal clear un-
3 derstanding" of the types of
cases which Child -Welfare
needs to be involved with.
"They handle the legal end
C of a lot of things and the
! volunteers need to understand
: when and how to call on
~ tarn...how to work together,"
2 she said.
2 Communication skills to be
: used in helping or counseling
«‘situations was the next item on
Rthe schedule for volunteers,
with this section of the training
.-taught by Dr. Karen Whitney
- of the University of Houston at
: Cear Lake City and Baylor
3 College of Medicine; Pam
Unbeck, director of Frend-
cewood Community Services;
; and Ms. Funderburk.
2 During this portion of the
; training, volunteers were
' made more aware of their
< feelings about people of
: Brazoria County.
2 Volunteers listed what they
• felt wre both good and bad
: characteristica of the com-
: manky. and were asked to
• keep these characteristigs to
mind when dealing with
problem situattons.
Al Ki Funderburk er-
planed in the outside in-
terviw, this section of the
training contained an em-
phaali on communications,
both verbal and non-verbal and
included role playing and
interaction in small groups.
"We are basically trying to
provide (the volunteets) with
' exposure to specifie skills end
give them a chance not only to
understand and try out these
Hulls, bid to experience their
effectiveness and understand
how they can be used in a
helping relationship." she
explained
The practical application
segment of the com:
munications Mills portion of
the training session continued
Saturday morning with Reality
' Therapy training taking place
' Saturday afternoon and night.
Reality Therapy training
was under the direction of
Cheri Cook, Jimmy Jackson
andDr. Jeff Mintz, all of whom
work with the Institute for
Mental Development in
Houston and have been cer:
titled by the Institute of
Reality Therapy.
Ms. Funderburk described
this type of training as a "no
nonsense practical approach1t
working with people’ . which
raine Jimmy Jackson
amplified to "grandma’s
xommon sense".
The director fur:
her explained that the method
, usedto establish better
Toblem solving behavior and
Thelp the lent to take
esdonsibility for his own
while iacing reality
' nd devctoptag better means
’ be held at AlvinCommunity clartfication portion of the
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for facing day to day living.
During the instruction
portion of the reity therapy,
Jackson referred to the
negatively addicted person
who has g problem with
weakness.
He noted that the worst
problem anywhere with
juveniles is alcohol, not drugs.
“It'S easier to get hold of and
cheaper (than drugs). They
(juveniles) can get it right out
of their parents' home," he
said.
The role reinforcement and
value clarification portions of
the training were held Sunday
afternoon under the direction
of Mrs Peggy Dollarhide,
coordinator of volunteers and
community resources for
Denton and Cook County
Probation Departments.
Exercises during the value
sessions for
from Alvin,
audiences to the rich tradition
of the circus as it once was
known
Vargas' first real in-
volvement with the circus
began 14 years ago in
bringing back the Big Top
Circus. and began working in
circus promotion After years
of hard work, Vargas saved
enough money to realize the
first part of his dream and he
bought the Miller-Johnson
Circus.
Vargas has personally put
together the entertainment
extravaganza you see today,
traveling throughout the
world in search of the finest
circus performers and
animals available The Big
Top, purchased for the 197
season and to be used in
Galveston to kick off the 1878
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4 West Coumbia, Sweeny, and
. Brazoria wil be trained at
■ Brazosport College on Jan. 27-
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: Volunteers received in-
: structions from child welfare
: representatives as well as
; seven different trainers, in-
: elading Youth Council
Assistant Director Aveliah
: Funderburk, during the ap-
J proximately labour training
’ * session.
2 Mrs Debra Johnson of
$ Brazoria County Protective
» Services (Child Welfare) spoke
■ to the group early in the
3 session, ezplaining her
: agency's rote in dealing with
« children
! She told the volunteers that
Multi vitamins for children under 4
juveniles with
uses
NOW
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Youth Council program, to teh—on the road.
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from the experience and how America is a total of 76
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freedom, salvation and hap-
pineal.
Efforts Were made to help
" clarify the volunteers' own
values, and to help them to
learn to deal with value
systems of other persons.
In another exercise,
volunteers were asked to make
imaginary choices concerning
who should be allowed to- live
or die in a life or death
situation.
This and other exercises
were used to help the volun-
teers to learn more about
themselves.
Mrs. Dollar hi de asked
volunteers to reveal their
motivation for joining the
problems
Thu training seasion, which
", was held at Brazosport
College, was specifically for
,* rvolunteers from the Clute,
; Lake Jackion, and Freeport
a areas.
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She explained that tractor-trailers.
Vargas is
, many el th
When Clifford Vargas was
growing up on a farm in
California, the idea of being
part of a real big top circus
was just a dream Today he
owns Circus Vargas.
Circus Vargas will be ap-
pearing Jan. 24 - 26 in
Galveston, at the Galvez Mall.
In 1972, Vargas purchased a
small promotional show
patterned after a circus. The
entire show was packed into
three trucks. There were no
tents, seats or animato. In just
a few short years, Vargas
built his show into the largest
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Morisse, Bruce H. & Fadal, Carroll. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 46, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 15, 1978, newspaper, January 15, 1978; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1612156/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.