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Meeting On Adoption
Of Black Children Set
Two years ago, Rev. and Mrs.
Mayo Rich went to a meeting on
^lack adoption.
? They planned to talk about how
they adopted their son, Richard, at
age 6 when their first two children
were almost grown. They hoped to
encourage other people to adopt a
child. Rev. and Mrs. Rich felt their
own family was complete. They did
not plan to fall in love with a child
themselves.
At the meeting, pictures of
children who needed homes were
Tlvailable for everyone to see on
bulletin boards. Rev. and Mrs.
Rich joined a crowd which gathered
around the pictures. Then they
stopped. They saw a photograph of
a handsome 12 ? year - old boy
wearing a light blue suit and vest.
He looked very happy and proud.
They fell in love.
Mrs. Rich turned to her husband
and said, "That's my boy." Rich
^aid to the social worker. "Take
that picture off the board. That boy
is going to be our son."
Rich was right. Several months
later, James became a part of the
Rich family.
An adoption meeting similar to
the one the Rich family attended
will be held in Fayetteville. North
Carolina, Monday. August 9. 7:30
p.m. at John Wesley United
Methodist Church. 616 Cumber
land Street.
The meeting will be sponsored by
community volunteers. The Cum
berland County Department of
Social Services and The Children's
Home Society of North Carolina, a
United Way agency. The spon
soring groups hope that this meet
ing will encourage more black
families to think about adopting a
child.
Most of the children available for
adoption are school-age, but some
black babies are also available.
Many of the children who need
adoptive homes are living in foster
homes provided by County De
partments of Social Services in
North Carolina. These children can
never return to their first families,
and adoption is their only chance to
have a secure, permanent family.
Why do families adopt? Rev. and
Mrs. Rich have strong convictions
about the value of adoption.
"I think adoption is wonderful
because it brings so much joy and
pleasure into your home, and
vou're helping someone else as
I Family
Health
By CLA^ WILLIAMS
A service ?>f the
North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
The Magic of Pels
Someone once said, "Happiness
is a warm puppy." A move appears
to be afoot around the country that
gives the phrase new meaning.
Scientists are becoming in
creasingly aware of the tremendous
benefit animals can have on the
health of people ?? young and old.
Take the elderly lady in a nursing
home who sat in a wheel chair days
f n end with her head slumped --
seemingly oblivious to all and
everything about her ? until, that
is. someone placed a fluffy puppy
in her lap. Her mood immediately
brightens and she begins to recall
the pleasures of a pet she owned as
an 11-year-old girl. There have
been similar reports of the effect
animals have had on some mentally
ill patients, heart attack victims
^nd children suffering all sorts of
"?Inesses and accidents.
The people-pet concept has been
dubbed the Human/Companion
Animal Bond. The idea is already
off the ground in the High Point
area. John Conrad, director of the
High Point Council on Aging, has
started a voluntary pet therapy
program in area nursing homes.
According to Barbara Berry, a
Vjreensboro registered nurse and
"pet-therapy consultant to the
agency, tl.e experimental program
has met with notable success so far.
Several nursing homes are being
visited by volunteers bringing pet
animals of all shapes and sizes.
Mrs. Berry pointed out that visits
are kept short and occur mostly in
the recreational area, but some
times they occur in the rooms of
bedridden patients.
? Residents are encouraged to pet
and play with the animals; though,
usually, no encouragement is
needed. A friendly wag of the tail,
and the fun begins. Mrs. Berry said
some patients sadly talk of having
had to leave their pet behind when
they moved into the home.
According to Mrs. Berry, the
effect of pets appears to be most
remarkable among old people. She
said one of the main problems the
elderly have to deal with is loneli
ness. The lack of human com
painship and the resultant loneli
ness have long been suspected of
being a significant contributor to
serious disease.
She said feelings of worthlessness
and low self-esteem are chronic
symptoms of old age. and these
feelings are often intensified by
being shut awav in a nursing home.
In such surroundings feelings enter
a vicious cycle, and many of the
elderly begin to withdraw from
society and reality. When they
withdraw from people, the lack of
social contact often prevents them
from developing and maintaining
positive attitudes.
Then there are the negative
non-verbal signals from other
people. How many of us have
emotionally withdrawn from the
elderly because they no longer
present what we believe to be a
normal and healthy image. Mrs.
Berry contends that it is almost
impossible to mask these feelings.
It is commonly known that
animals give unconditional love for
all -- no questions asked -- and that
is the true value of pet therapy.
Mrs. Berry contends that pets
provide a non-judgmental attitude
toward their companion-people
and give nothing but their best.
They act as a social catalyst,
initiating discussion about them
selves and about the elderly's own
experiences with pets in the past. In
addition, they often bring comical
relief to the sometimes tiresome
routine of nursing homes.
Mrs. Berry said the possibilities
for pet therap> are endless. As
researchers and lay persons alike
learn more about the human/com
panion animal bond, more appli
cations and expertise will be found.
The key to its success, growth and
development, she suggests, is com
passion -- a meaningful regard for
human beings and their warm
hearted friends.
well." said Rev. Rich.
"We're the blessed ones - to have
our boys," said Mrs. Rich.
"So many times people will look
at our boys and say. "Oh. you're so
fortunate that they adopted you!"
but we are the lucky ones.
"There's one thing I'd like to say
to any parent who wants to adopt a
child - they are no different from a
child that you have brought into the
world yourself.
"Sometimes, people will say
about an older child. He's set in his
ways"; but there's no such thing as
that if you love a child and make
him feel secure. You can love a
child that you've brought into the
world and you don't know what's
going to happen. It's the very same
thing, we have found, with adopted
children."
Rev. and Mrs. Rich are pleased
with some of the ways their boys
have changed since their adoptions.
Both boys were behind in school
when they joined the family. After
six months in special classes, both
boys were doing school work suit
able for their age levels.
In fact, James is such a good
student, and so observant, that
everybody calls him. "Professor".
Rev. and Mrs. Rich do not feel
that people should allow age or lack
of money to stop them from
thinking about adoption. Agencies
can be flexible about age so long as
adopting parents are within the
same age range as biological pa
rents would be for a particular
child. Good money management is
more important than the amount of
money in the bank. An adoptive
parent is not required to be
married. Sometimes a single person
or a divorced or widowed person
will adopt a school-age child.
So what is stopping people from
adopting these children?
"It's just that people have to
make up their minds," said Mrs.
Rich. "They should stop saying
that a child is set in his ways. A
child is out there wanting love and
security."
The announcement, made Fri
day. indicates that adopting a child
isn't as complicated as many people
think.
It says a person is eligible to
adopt a child it the person:
-?Is married, and has or hasn't
children.
--Is single, provided the person is
interested in adopting a school-age
child.
-Has a steady income. Mothers
can continue working after adopt
ing a child.
?Is in good health.
--Loves children.
Social workers will explain at the
meeting the adoption process and
the requirements for adoption.
Also at the meeting will be people
who have adopted children. They
will tell what it is like to work with
an agency and about bringing a
child into the family, with the ups
and downs of adjusting, as well as
the rewards of loving a child.
At the meeting also, descriptions
of children who need permanent
homes will be given, and pictures of
them will be shown. The audience
also will learn why some black
children need adoptive homes.
Assessment Program
Worries Some Growers
"As the flue-cored tobacco mar
keting season begins, a number of
growers have expressed some con
cern regarding provisions of the
new assessment program." John
Sledge, president of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau, recently
indicated.
The program is part of the "No
Net Cost Tobacco Program Act of
1982." recently passed by Con
gress. and is effective with the 1982
marketing season.
According to Sledge, producers
who elect not to sign up for the
assessment program (his marketing
season will not be eligible for price
supports and will not be able to
reverse their decision for this
marketing season. He said those
WINN ICR -? Shaun L. Belli line. son
til Mr. and Mrs. Loimie Bet hum- of
Fayeiieville. won the Bahy Contest
lii-lil Sunday at the Mi. Sinai Holy
Church of God. The Holy Church
of God Convocation is heing held at
the church through Sunday. It
opened Tuesday. Bishop John A.
Jackson is presiding.
GENUINE 14K GOLD NECKLACE
'/ 3 DAY SALE
Because of a recant major purchase and fluctuating
gold prica, our company can sell this 14K Gold S Chain
at the ridiculously low prices shown here. The only
stipulation is that you can only order a maximum of 5
chains and you must have your order in the mail within
3 daya of this ad appearing in your local newapaper
These beautiful chains will be plated and mailed to
you within 2?4 weeks Orders postmarked aftar 3
days will be returned and you will miss the opportunity
of a lifetime These chains ara 14K Gold and come in
either 15 or 18 inch lengths. ACT TODAY!
$C00
Sale price to all
readers who answer
this advertisement
within 3 days
T.F. Merchandising Unltd., P.O. Box 100, Lake Grove, N.Y. 11755
I wish to order 15* 14K Gold chains. 18'chains
I am ordering within tha 3 day time period
I am enclosing $5 for each 15" chain or 16 for each 18" chain
I may order up to 5 chains
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Fhese beautiful chains would make grsat fiftt
growers will also have "No'Price
Support" stamped 011 the ware
house sales ticket.
The Farm Bureau President
emphasized, however, that in 1983
and in future years, growers who do
not sign up will be subject to a
penalty. He indicated this will
amount to 75 percent of the average
market pr-e for the preceding
marketing >ear. "In other words,"
he said 'based on projected
average prices for 1982. a grower
could be subject to a penalty of
about SI..10 per pound or more in
1483."
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Hearth Watch
N.C. Medical Society
SUNTANNING HARMS SKIN
Thousands of North Carolinians
scrambling to get a suntan this
summer should be aware that
suntanning has no health value and
might be harmful. The North
Carolina Medical Society advises
against suntanning.
Doctors are well aware that
millions of Americans will ignore
this advice. They will flock to
swimming pools and beaches
throughout the summer to bask in
the sun. They will lie in the
backyard, on the roof terrace, or in
the nearest park. If you insist on
getting a tan this summer, despite
medical advice to the contrary,
here's how to do it without burning.
On the first day of sunning,
allow 15 minutes on each side. On
the second day allow 20 minutes, 30
minutes the third day. By the third
day the skin should begin to brown.
Thereafter tan at the best pace for
your own skin without burning. At
the first sign of redness, get out of
the sun
It isn't easy to confine sun time
to only half an hour on the first day
of your vacation. But you can't
stretch it very much. If you try to
double the exposure time to hurry
the tan. you'll burn and return
from your vacation with peeling
skin instead of a tan.
Time of exposure should also be
adjusted to time of day. The sun's
rays are hottest between 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m. After 5 p.m. you aren't
likely to burn much.
Creams and lotions can screen
some of the rays and reduce the
danger of burning, but if the cream
should screen all rays there would
be no tanning. You can still burn
through creams if you stay out long
enough. Also, water in the pool or
perspiration washes away much of
the cream in a short time.
Tanning removes most of the
natural oils from the surface of the
skin and many sunbathers find it
helpful to use a cream or oil to
relieve dryness.
Enjoy the outdoor life of the
summer months. Don't overdo the
suntanning.
Food Town's 28-weeks Sales Up
Food Town Stores. Inc. released
sales figures for the 28 weeks ended
July 17. 1982, and for the most
recent tour weeks ended July 17.
1982.
Unaudited sales for the 28 weeks
ended July 17. 1982. were $483,
032.680 compared to i342.9<>7.575
for the 28 weeks ended July 18,
1981. an increase of 40.8%. For the
4 weeks ended July 17, 1982,
unaudited sales were $72,496,157
versus $49,232,450 for the 4 weeks
ended July 18, 1981, an increase of
47.3%.
As of July 28, the company .has
160 stores in operation.
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You
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