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School counselors work afterschool at the Education Center for the CaU-A-Counselor program.
Help's Just A Call Away
Charlotte Mecklenburg Counselors Organize a Youth Help Line
"Adults talked about their frus
trations with their friends. Kids
usually don't talk about what's
bothering them," he said.
Some kids may not be able to
handle the strain of having a
tree crash through their IMng
rooms, or having to live In a
primitive fashion due to no
electricity.
Monday through Thursday five
school counselors answer tele
phones from 5-8 p.m.
Cochran said kids are gener
ally afraid to voice their prob
lems and talking to peers Is not
always an alternative.
'Teenagers know how to use
the telephone, they feel confi
dent on the phone. We are play
ing to their strength," he said.
When Hugo roared through
Charlotte Cochran said Call-A-
Counselor was open for special
hours.
'There were several elemen
tary school children who were
staying home alone after the
storm. Parent's called wanting
to know how to help their kids
cope with the trauma of Hugo.
Elven teachers called wanting to
know what to say to their stu
dents when they returned," Co
chran said.
Cochran, a counselor at Co
chrane Junior High School, said
that sometimes young kids and
teens need to talk about their
troubles.
While sorting through the af
termath of Hugo's destruction
some people may feel a surge of
unsurmountable stress.
Dealing with this stress can be
especially difficult for adoles
cents.
To help alleviate some of the
burden from the shoulders of to
day's youth, John Cochran
started Call- A - Counselor.
This is a program that receives
calls from school-aged youths
In order to try and help them
sort through their problems.
On a dally basis Call-A-
Counselor deals with anything
from young latch-key kids to
teens with problems. The num
ber Is 379-7100.
Passport
Game
Featured At
ZooFest
Take a fantasy trip to Africa.
Win a cuddly toy elephant by
“guessing the weight of a real ele
phant. Enjoy mu.slc and dance
from around the world.
It Is all possible during 2k)o-
Fest, the North Carolina Zoolog
ical Park's annual celebration of
animals , autumn, and the arts.
It happens every weekend In Oc
tober.
Just for ZooFest, the zoo's ed
ucation division has developed
the Passport Game, a fun filled
activity for visitors that will al
low them to go on a make be
lieve Journey through Africa.
Each Saturday during October,
zoo-goers will be Issued a spe
cial passport at the zoo's Smart
Carts.
These are mobile yellow
classrooms that feature games,
photographs, and specimens to
help teach visitors about the
plants and animals at the zoo.
Participants will use Informa
tion boards at various habitats
and observe the animals to an
swer questions contained In
their passports.
"It's an opportunity to have ex
tra fun while learning more
about the African animals found
at the zoo," Sara I^an, the zoo's
curator of education, said.
To help kick off the Passport
Games the zoo will be weighing
four of it's African elephants us
ing special truck scales provid
ed by the N.C. Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Visitors at the elephant habi
tat overlook will be able to sub
mit cards with their estimates of
the elephants' weights. The en
trant coming closest to the
weight of each elephant will win
a plush toy elephant.
The songs music, and dances
of various countries will be pre
sented In performances on Sun
days In the Zoo PLaza or Am
phitheater.
NBC-TV "Today" host Bryant Gumbel has revealed plans for a
pro-am golf tournament benefiting the United Negro College
Fund to be played Oct.22 at the Wedt Disney World resort. To an
nounce the Bryant Gumbel/ Walt Disney World Pro-Am presented
by Amtrack, the television p>ersonallty took a swing at Dlsn^r's
Lake Buena Vista Course with Micky Mouse eind Goofy.
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also articles, poems or illustrations created by young people.
Please send submissions to: Word! c/o The Chariotte Post, P.O,
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drink
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11. Old Norse
work
12. Little
children
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14. Prescrip
tion term
15. Nourish
17. Weather
Bureau
(abbr.)
18. Male sheep
21. Blunder
22. Old-
fashioned
fur coat
24. Land
measure
25. Foreign
26. Pronoun
27. Unites,
as metal
29. FUh
30. Attempt
31. Bank dra'ft
(abbr.)
32. Extraor
dinary one
(slang)
Female ruff
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month
(poss.)
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nut (P.I.)
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nickname
(poss.)
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tion ems
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beverage 1^' Mistake
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plaver 20. Rhythm
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3-1973 5. If life Must Die
6. Riley King
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Relying on your memory as the sole soure of infor
mation can prove disastrous. Be prepared withmore
written data.
Earning power is on the increase. You deserve it
more than the average person and it is long over
due.
Review your budget. Tighten the strings where nec
essary and give some thought to the future.
Your popularity is at its peak. Give that party you
have been thinking about - it will be fun.
Discussion with your family can only muddle things.
You must act on your own this time.
while you mean well in trying to help a friend, you
could be accused of meddling.Give it some thought.
Family and friends make this a fun week for you and
your spouse. A party brings the week to a climax.
Romance has reared it's lovely head. Your vivacious
personality is hard to resist by one and all.
Would you be surprised If you recelvedan unexpect
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Health and happiness make life a joy. Spread s
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You have excellent aspects to back you. Career op-
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BY JOHNHARVET FURBAY PH.D
BUTLERS DO NOT SERVE
FOOD OR ACT AS DOOR
MEN
Many of our words have become
badly confused through centuries
of use and misuse. A good example
is the word butler. It can have
only one meaning. Being derived
from the word “bouteillier" ibotlle
bearer), its meaning is limited to
the function of serving wines and
liquors. Strictly' speaking, a but
ler, then, cannot act as doorman,
or serve food; he is exclusively
devoted to pouring from boUlc.'
When he turns from this work, he
is no longer a butler—he is then
something else.
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By John Harvey Farbay, PhJ),
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The gorilla has long been de
scribed by explorers as a deadly
beast, always beating its breast,
roaring and killing men who dared
to come near, Carl Akeley, in his
book. "In Brightest Africa,” says
these animals are really indifferent
to the presence of man, and are
sometimes inquisitive enough to
come quite close. He says accounts
of the ferocity of gorillas have been
written from imagination, in order
to pinvide the necessary element
of "danger” to explorations.