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I / v■*Vv r• 'A* * ri; ■ 1'£*.* iA ^v •'■ '.Of' A V'L *?a7v-^0v' - ' -V ,--r V H H . '??*7 ' ^■ ,. •, ■ Vw '*;'. \':MK:i':. 5\-J*V.‘, .*■'^ ^ * jCil vVA f £ \* *~,V*v; , ’ V;v.■ ^•'M A1 'f*[/1*• 1^^..t{ ’’ . *« -'i'y'' •Bonrier ;C6unty ented in Boise, • 6lt;dtbiP^Va, : 3i at the White House^^Goitference on Children arid, Xouth by County Juvenile, OffieerCharles Remsen and three Bonner County youths, Hiss Sandpoint, Kitty Timblin, I'atsey Hadley, and Bale-Martin.Contributions from a number of local. churches and service clubs helped defray conference expenses of the Bonner County delegation.Every ten years, the White House holds this conference to assess the needs of children and youth, and project plans‘for the up coming ten years. For this reason, .both, adults and youths attend to exchange ideas and to try to find solutions to present problems.Seventeen categories were selected and both youths and adults were asked to participate in open discussion. The categories selected were, Individuality,Learning, Health, Parent and Fam-Hi IBJ■V C t •/H'i'J* Hw. ;of ^cwjrent^^tfoods and, ef*?fe etiveneSsj qf:liw.! enforcement. •- 'Bervicesppertdrf ‘delinquency■ tdid; its': preventionare lacking.; . (G.) Improvement of healthservices, for y^utharid children, includes mental '-health,' health education, special education services* _ ,(H.) Within Idaho some pro-blems can be piievehted f rom be -coming overwhelming: Pollution, civil rights, urban ghettos. Some reordering of national priorities to meet these social issues were* nsuggested.The issues which have been identified as the more important to Bonner County are: Recreation, Substance Abuse, Communications Gap, Vocational Education, Employment Opportunities, Early Childhood Education, Comprehensive Health Services, Effective Law Enforcement, and Environment.
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Sandpoint Daily Bee
Sandpoint, Idaho, US
Fri, Oct 09, 1970
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