Peer counselors aid high school students in crisis
Christie Wallace describes a program in the Grant Wood Area Education Agency where about 400 students serve as peer counselors. They listen, maintain confidentiality, and refer to counselors when needed, addressing issues from drug use to pregnancy and dating, aiming to prevent problems becoming crises.
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GWAEA
Carole Harder
Harder
Rachel Haverkamp
Linn
Benton
Jones
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Washington
Haverkamp
Reality 10
Foundation Two
St. Luke’s Hospital
Youth Bureau
Police Department
LaSalle High School
Wilson Junior
Prairie High School
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Vinton
Linn-Mar
Marion
Amana
Tipton
West Branch
Clear Creek
Clarence-Lowden
Iowa Department of Substance Abuse
Phrasemaker battles red tape and crocodile fighters
Sid Taylor, a former Pentagon analyst, propounds SYSIM system simplification to curb federal paperwork. He argues Carter should favor elimination over reorganizing, calling for fewer crocodile fighters and more swamp drainers to curb the bureaucracy.
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Washington
UPI
Bartlett
Sid Taylor
Pentagon
Taylor
American Taxpayers Union
President Carter
Carter
Congress
Treasury
Education chief fights era of incoherence
UPI reports Ernest Boyer, U.S. education secretary, insists on clear language in Office of Education letters and policy. The ex-SUNY chancellor, 49, aims to modernize schooling with direct writing, a midcareer break idea, and expanded adult education through Empire State College.
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U.S
Ernest Boyer
Federal Education
Washington
UPI
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Boyer
Office of Education
State University of New York
Dayton
Ohio
Stephen
McLean
Scouting explores environment work for Baltimore explorers
In Baltimore the Exploring division of Scouting links Explorer posts with corporate sponsors like Koppers Inc to study pollution control. The Baltimore post earned a special citation from the Boy Scouts of America for environmental work and its exhibit at the 1977 Explorers Exposition, recognizing its exceptional efforts.
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Exploring
Koppers ,Inc
United States
Explorer Post
Boy Scouts of America
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