Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 4

I i A itx 4 i i PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER Fri June 13 1975 Page 4 i I What's happening wa it Word for adoption I Bible Baptist Church Portage begins its VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Monday with students from three years old through high school invited The school ill be held in five sessions at 6 r30 pm Monday through Friday next week Closing program will be next Sunday with parents invited Free transportation is available" already said Wilma George adoption supervisor and social worker at Lutheran Social Services 1 Schuett said many couples adopting older children have already raised a family but still think they have something to offer 1 Mrs Waddington said there is a problem in plaping children over age 10 especially older boys 1 of an older child is she said have to defer your own gratification and say can wait for this child to love me then your chances will be Couples willing to accept an older child or one with physical or mental handicaps will receive almost immediate attention Many times adoption supervisors say couples are not aware of the so-called special needs children come in thinking the only kinds of children who are placed are healthy young said Martha Schurch DFS agency service supervisor as they talk they think that maybe they can take a child that is a little older or one a little bit more Wisconsin Horizons For use as desired By JUDITH CAPAR MILWAUKEE TUPI) Wait the most frequently heard word among couples wanting to adopt a child It may take up to three years from the time application is made to the placement of a child in the home even longer for couples wanting a healthy white baby Yet there are many children available for adoption say adoption spokesmen In 1973 the last year for which statistics were available 2459 children were placed by state and private agencies in Wisconsin They may not all be ribbon as one adoption STEWART MCELROY is spending 10 days in Oceanside Calif visiting his brothers Dave and Don who are working in the dispensary at Camp Pendleton Often many families hesitate to adopt a handicappeq child Parents willing to accept a special needs child may be because of medical expenses However Miss SchurcH says active in organizations for the handicapped or may have had insurance is available to cover pre-existing conditions nd a their own normal children and decided two of their subsidized adoption law gives families financial help wil i the be Miss medical care Fees for adoptions from both state and private agencies owm that everything have to Schurch said Two new local programs are scheduled on PORTAGE CABLE' TV' Ellen Swan is beginning a weekly exercise program which can be seen Monday Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am A talk-information-entertainment program is being prepared by Virginia Bare The program called will includesessions on the bicentennial committee Portage Project and recent art fair It can be seen Wednesday at 12:30 and 6:30 and again Sundays at 1 pm on channel 2 supervisor said but they qeed homes! have a retarded 3-year old with no home available He is moderately retarded but we believe he will be ableTo'be self-supporting as an said Linda Waddington of the of them still want healthy white babies but more are based upon the ability to pay and generally are Under Four students from Portage are among nearly 900 students receiving ACADEMIC HONORS at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville' They are Steven Anacker son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Anacker Karla Frost daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Frost Julie Harvey daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Harvey and Mary Shanks daughter of Mr and Mrs Merlin Shanks state Division of Family Services (DFS Madison regional and more people are asking for and taking a child that is $1000 Both types of agencies also handle foreign adoptions office what about the hyperactive 9-year old who drives but is Mrs Waddington said needs sophisticated parents in terms of behavior The adoption workers said their job is to try to find homes for the children not children to fit one special needs our point of view saying our responsibility is to place children coming to said Norm Schuett Milwaukee area director of the Service Society assume the responsibility to find children to fit a particular need We try to outline what is available and what is In most cases that means agencies are either not accepting applications for healthy white babies or are telling couples the wait for the babies may be longer than for other children would say the couple who can be very flexible are the ones who are more apt to be studied said Geraldine Beyerstedt of the DFS Milwaukee region you want to be very specific on what kind of a child you want NEW OFFICERS have been chosen by Portage Jaycees and Jaycettes They include for the Jaycees Larry Gross president Fred Haerter external vice president Bob Kierzek internal vice president and Mike Patik secretary-treasurer for the Jaycettes Cindy Gross president Paula Kopfhamer vice president Betty Kopfhamer treasurer Rose Kierzek secretary and Carol Haerter state director Several members recently attended the state convention in Wausau Portage MARY CATHERINE FURMAN has been selected for the publication Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America for 1975 She has completed 27 years of teaching including at rural schools in Green Lake Marquette and Columbia Counties and at schools in Rio Green Bay St Germain Garden Village and Tomahawk Family Confirmed May 18 at Bethlehem Lutheran -Church were from left: Front Row: Hal Ward' Theda Nelson Kimberly Drake Michael Johnson Debra Kramer Jeffrey Daugherty Cathryn Schambow Second Row: Steven Schehr Robert Mason Scott Benson Jean Reh-dantz Sari Tischer Michael Baek Third Row: Ruth Tow Jean Lubke Steven Kiefer Jeanne Potenberg Daniel Swift Scott Daugherty Back Row: Lyn Holmes Kristi Knutson Mark Simon Mary Kostuch of Lyndon Station and Larry Lynch of Portage won two firsts and a second in dance events in the 7 last INTERCLUB CONTEST of the skating season held at the Richland Center Roller Rink recently They are planning to skate at the Illinois-Wisconsin championship meet to be held in Waukesha Angela Holmes Faith Genrich Pastor Donald Fandrich 1 Sandra Schambow Several area students have received LETTERS OF RECOGNITION for academic achievement at Madison Area Technical College Named by the college were: Cindy Lou Froehlich Friesland Darlene Ayers Lodi Crysti Quinn and Regina Krueger Rt 2 Westfield Jeanine" Ashline Rt I and Steven Pine Rt 1 Wisconsin Dells Sally Lawrence Rt 1 and Sheryl Balliet Pardeeville Leonard Snowden and Carl i Goepfert Portage and Rebecca Olson and Robert Vitense Poynette Firm donates music to schools i JC Penney Co enriched four area school music libraries recently with its Bicentennial Music Collection I-ocal Penney store manager Larry Dodd gave the collections for band chorus and orchestra to representatives of the Portage Montello Pardeeville and Wisconsin Dells school music departments 1 The donation locally is part of a nationwide program to distribute the portfolio to the 30000 high schools in all 50 states and Puerto Rico in time for the 200th birthday celebrations next year Among the selections are works by such-popular composers as John Phillip Sousa and Stephen Foster including an arrangement of the traditional by William Bilings for band chorus and orchestra We hope the schools find these selections useful planning their programs next Dodd remarked" down time needed i- JEAN EPSTEIN a former Portage resident graduated with summa cum laude honors May 24 with a bachelor of arts degree from Concordia College St Paul Minn Society teaches people not to show negative emotions But everybody has them even people Even kind and i Cancer Society officers re-elected The Children a group of 46 junior and senior high school students from Plantation Fla will appear IN CONCERT at the North Scott Baptist Church Pardeeville Monday at 8 pm They will present a musical is ELMER VOSS has been released from Divine Savior Hospital and is now at Divine Savior Nursing Home He may now have visitors GOULET GETS STAR HOLLYWOOD (UPI) A star honoring singer Robert Goulet was placed Wednesday in the of the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard studded with stars bearing the names of movie record radio and television i i I i i loving people have them says Jane Tybring family relations specialist University of Wisconsin-Extension Try to make it safe for family members to express emotion suggest to loved ones that they are bad for feeling as they do or that they feel the way they do 1 Instead let family members blow their' cool once in a while Then they be overwhelmed by their emotions What makes a safe environment? Mrs Tybring has these suggestions First never tell anyone feel that 1 If your frustrated teenage son says he hates school and wants to quit being honest admitting his feelings Accept them And counter this anger with logic Wait until his temperature cools i i i Second let actions speak lpudly- Do something positive about anger Learn describe negative feelings Then you won have to act on them Actions taken in anger may be inappropriate harmful or destructive They could even land you in the hospital or in jail i i Talking your feelings brings relief It lowers emotional temperature and brings the situation into focus Once cooled down you can begin to look at your problem rationally Only then can you' begin to look for solutions that meet your real needs and goals Portage man to be ordained be installed there Aug 10 The public is invited to attend the ordination service There will be a reception following the service in honor of Pastor Gilmore Mrs Joseph Koberstein Portage was re-elected president of the Columbia Unit of the American Cancer Society at the third quarterly meeting of the unit held at the Red Wagon Restaurant Other officers re-elected were Mrs Ernest Risgaard and Mrs Philip Tarpley Rio 1st and 2nd vice-presidents respectively Mrs Paul Macke Portage will serve as secretary for the 11th consecutive year and Mrs Wilfred Gorsuch Arlington begins her 12th year as treasurer of the unit Delegates elected to attend the annual meeting in October are Mrs Koberstein Mr JoEn Reinhold Lodi and Mrs Donald Ray Arlington Alternates will be Mrs Alfred Wenger Portage and Mrs Martin Schoenick Arlington Board members elected to serve three-year terms: Mrs Si Swalheim Arlington Mrs Wilfred Gorsuch Arlington Mrs Grace Walker Poynette Mrs Philip Tarpley and Mrs Reed Bigelow Rio Mrs Annin Leschinsky Lodi Mrs Andrew Fadness Rio will remain on the board as an Honorary member The board approved the purchase of Betsi-Breast Teaching Model for use in the detection of cancer It will be kept in the County Nurses Office in the Administration Building in Portage for their use and for use in the schools in the county Loan closet items such as hospital beds wheelchairs sick room equipment dressings etc are available free by calling Mrs Harold Walker at Poynette or Mrs James Dott Rio Memorials given this year for loved ones who have died of cancer total $220950 and are gratefully acknowledged A recognition plaque for many years of dedication and help in the fight against cancer was given to Mrs Clifford McClyman Wisconsin Dells Mrs McClyman is now an honorary member The board expressed regret that the area executive director James Pankonien will be leaving the area The next board meeting will be held Sept 3 at the Red Wagon Restaurant in Portage Charles Gilmore son of Mrs Adeline Gilmore Portage will be ordained into the ministry of The American Lutheran Church this Sunday in St Lutheran Church 100 Oak St Prairie du Sac at 3 pun Officiating at the ordination service will be the Rev Peter Peterson pastor of St Lutheran Church Charles City Iowa The ordination sermon will be preached by Dr Richard Jensen professor of systematic theology at Wart-burg Theological Seminary in Dubuque Iowa Others taking part in the Ordination will be the Rev Eldor Fruehling pastor of St the Rev Peter Sherven of Tilleda for- merly of Lodi and the Rev John Burritt also of Wartburg Seminary Gilmore attended Dana College Blair Neb a college of Hie American Lutheran Church graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree He began his theological studies at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque in the fall of 1970 and interned at St John Ev Lutheran Church Charles City Iowa during the 1973-74 school year He graduated from Wartburg with a Master of Divinity degree May 18 Gilmore is married to the former Marcia Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Smith of Greeley Colo Hie Gilmores will soon move to Lafayette Calif where Charles has accepted a call to serve Our Lutheran Church He will CHARLES GILMORE Ordained Sunday John Breneman son of Mr and Mrs Glen Breneman Rt 1 Dalton received his Master of Theology -degree from Dallas Texas Theologi ca Seminary May 9 5 'Dvtarfo-'Sort ca-sm an Qaa-rafte ijixa ngtu aaSDSfc- DENNIS GREEN Land Surveying Percolation Tests Rt 1 Pardeeville 429-2085 oaiEwaaaire t3F 5033005 FRIDAY and SATURDAY TIME i by Jeff Smith WESTFIELD COMMONS RETIREMENT APARTMENTS Will Hold an Open House and Roll Out the -Welcome Mat to All Interested People from 1 until 4 pm Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15- A Few Vacancies Remain So Come Early and Pick Up an Application Blank for Occupancy MADSEN DEVELOPMENT CORP PO BOX 3356 MADISON Wl 53704 TOLL FREBPHONE 1-800-362-8210 An Equal Housing Opportunity fflSKI PORTAGE GUITAR SCHOOL Acoustical I Bass Guitar -1 Beginning or Advanced Students Rental Guitars Available CALL 742-7644 Between 9 am 9 pm pi rrr" (MW fi.