Page A10-The Chronicle, Thursc HMNMMHIIUMIHmMMMHIIIMNNMNMIIHIMMMMMMMMM Close-Up form of a story. Her own parents, aunts and uncles told her stories which allowed her to expand her imagination and to develop communication skills. She says storytelling Mwas a great form of communication for me, and it should be a shared thing. Parents can read a story from a book or get to know it so well that they can tell it to their children from memory." The process, she savs. should by all means be a two-way street. ?'Parents should share their own experiences with their children and allow children to share their experiences,*' she stresses. 4There can be a lot of growth in a single Story." During her years as a performer, Ms. Jenkins has had a pretty good view of the changes in children, and she says there have been several such changes. -Referring to today *s__ youngsters as "space-age children" and "electronic chilrWn," Ms lenkins says today's young people have many technological distractions, and parents must be conscious of providing them with selectivity in what they choose to focus on. "Children have to have thoughtful parents who will help? them select what they spend their time on," Ms. Jenkins .says. 'Their parents have to be sure to select what they hear and what they watch so that the programs wiil help them grow.'* ? She also says that she finds today's babies are stronger and are able to focus on things at much earlier ages. She attributes this to . the fact that parents are exposing their children to things at earlier stages in their devefopment. Ms. Jenkins loves what she does, but it is not all she does. She is an accomplished table tenIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Columnist From Page A5 imitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitmiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiimiiiitiiiiiii "Good Morning America." In addition to the Pulitzer, his journalism honors include the 1984 UPI Award for Best Commentary, the 1983 United Nations World Hunger Media ^ Award, the 1978 Columbia University Tobenkin Award, the 1974 National Headliner Award, the 1974 Sigma Delta Chi Award, several Associated Press columnwriting awards, , two Lincoln University Unity Awards for investigative reporting, the Howard University Journalism Prize and many other honors from civic, ^ i * pru lcssiunai ana acaaemic organization. He served on the 1983 and 1984 Pulitzer Prize selection committee, and on the 1981 and 1982 News and Documentary Emmy selection panel for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A former president of the National Association of Black Journalists, Payne has worked diligently to improve media employment practices and to expand the coverage of black and Third World communities. Payne was born on July 12, 1941, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and raised in Hartford, Conn. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, he spent six years with the Army in air defense and in army journalism. While in Vietnam, he served as an information officer and also wrote speeches for General William C. Westmoreland. Payne and his wife, Violet, and their three children live in Huntington, N.Y. itiiiatiiiiiiiiiHtittimiitiiiitiiitiiimmiitiiiiiimiitiiit Fnnc *?'f *** From Page A5 an exciting and enjoyable experience. During their formative years, children spend most of their time in school. Parents play a key role in assuring that their children get off to a good start. lay, September 18, 1986 From Page A6 nis enthusiast ? and has trophies to prove it ? and she also enjoys collating business cards. And she is very proud of the collection of spinning tops she has put together during her visits around the world. But don't call her a "pingpong player." She plays table tennis - and would thank you to know the difference. 441 don't play ping-pong," she says. ''Table tennis is strenuous, and that's why I like it. I enjoy playing and 1 won a first-place trophy - although I had to win about 88 games to get it. / "I started collecting business cards because 1 meet so many in teresting people in my travels,", she says. "I meet fascinating people on airplanes and just in general. 1 met a lamb shearer once, and I met Minnesota Fats ' on a street in Chicago. He gave me his business card, which said, .'I've been Hustled;* " Ms. Jenkins estimates that she gives about 400 to 500 concerts and workshops a year. But she is? still happy with her work and has no intention of letting it go anytime soon. For now, she plans to continue to teach the world to sing. . ' "It's the kind of thing you just do," she says, flashing the smile? that appears throughout her conversations and accompanying it with a hearty laugh. "People always say, 'Ella, do you ever get tired of this?' or, 'Ella, when are you going to retire?' As long as I feel I have something to give, I won't give it up. Besides, you never fully retire as long as you have something to give. "1 feel good when I think that I've shared some of my rhythms, rhymes and games with children, and I feel just great when I meet a child who can reflect some of my songs." >3r?' 4 ? ? 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