Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 2005 — Page 3

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2005

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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NEWS BRIEFS ► Continued from Page 1 Conference and honorary co-chair of the Republican National Convention in 2000. Statesman, ordained minister, political commentator and athlete, Watts' concerns encompass the world - from AIDS relief in Africa to issues in his native Oklahoma. New Year’s Eve at the Indiana State Museum Family New Year's Eve festivities at the Indiana State Museum will include jugglers, magicians, live music, face painting, crafts and much more. It will be Saturday, Dec. 31 from 6:30-9 p.m. with a balloon drop in the Great Hall at 8 o'clock. New this year is a recreation of Cowboy Bob's popular "Chuck Wagon Theater” at 6:30 p.m. The celebration is $5 for museum members, $10 for non-members and includes admission to the permanent museum galleries. Admission to The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition is additional. Christmas tree recycling Indy Parks and Recreation will have Christmas Tree Recycling Program now through Jan. 31 at eight parks. The following parks are designated collection sites for the program. Trees may be dropped off during normal park hours (dawn to dusk), seven days a week: • Broad Ripple Park, 1610 Broad Ripple Ave., main parking lot. • Ellenberger Park, 5301 E. St. Clair St., main parking lot. • Garfield Park, 2450 S. Shelby St., MacAllister Center parking lot. • Krannert Park, 605 S. High School Rd., northeast parking lot. • Northwestway Park, 605 S. High School Rd., parking lot. • Perry Park, 451 E. Stop 11 Rd., soccer field parking lot. • Riverside Park, 2420 N. Riverside Dr., tennis court parking lot. • Sahm Park, 6801 E. 91st St., soccer field parking lot. 500 Festival princess deadline near The deadline is approaching to apply for the 2006 500 Festival Princess Program. The application is available and may be submitted online via the festival’s Web site, www.SOOfestival. com, now through 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6. The 500 Festival will interview entrants from across the state on Saturday, Jan. 21, narrowing the selection to 66 women. The judges will then conduct secondround interviews on Jan. 28, selecting the final 33 to serve as ambassadors to the 2006 500 Festival. Princesses will participate in statewide outreach programs, including visits to hospitals, schools, nursing homes and media outlets, among others leading up to the month of May. One princess will be chosen to serve as the 500 Festival Queen.

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JUST CAUSE ► Continued from Page 1 According to Jen Wittman, director of catering for Just ‘Cause, the city of Indianapolis had yet to see what healthy, clean and diverse food tasted like. After living in Italy and California she returned to Indianapolis and realized that there was a trend and a need in providing healthy food in the city. She also said that Americans throw away 27 percent of our food. With those ideas in mind, she created the outline of the three Just ‘Cause menus. They purchase the food fresh and use it to create culinary freshness, health and diversity. Businesses can order from two types of menus. The corporate menu

is a simple, standard spread where companies can choose a few items at a set price. On the breakfast menu, there are items like homemade muffins and croissants, a parfait with fresh orange juice or coffee. From the lunch menu businesses can choose anything from a garden vegetable tuna wrap to lemon sage and garlic roasted chicken. The special events menu is a “create your own” custom menu with items like grilled fruit skewers, red beans and rice or mocha-toffee brownies for dessert. Pricing is at market value. Just ‘Cause’s main focus is on contract catering in schools and social service organizations. We’ve all been

bombarded with messages of “fat America” and Just ‘Cause is using their ideas to curb juvenile diabetes and obesity. “No one in the city is currently providing healthy options to children,” said Witman. “There are lots of schools that don’t have their own in-house cafeteria or don’t even have their own kitchen, so they bring in fast food every day or other caterers because of cost. Those caterers will provide food that is of lower quality... this teaches lifestyle skills.” Just ‘Cause is currently targeting charter and private schools. All of the proceeds from Just ‘Cause catering go directly to Second Help-

ings Inc. Second Helpings then uses that money along with food donations to provide the meals that go out to the shelters. While battling in a very competitive market, Just ‘Cause catering and Second Helpings team are using their ideas to revolutionize feeding the hungry year round. “(With the proceeds) We send out 3,000 meals every day. We get busy in our lives and we forget that people are hungry year round,” stated Gina Brooks, executive director of Second Helpings. With the New Year knocking on the door, we must remember, there are hungry people 365 days of the year.

COUNSELING ► Continued from Page 1 “A lot of what we see revolves around relationships,” said Gentry who is a licensed mental health counselor and is working on her doctorate of ministry and pastoral counselingatCTS. “All of the clinical diagnosis that you would see in other mental health sites, we see those here. I was amazed at the variety of clients that we see.” Though the center’s counselors are dedicated to provide mental, emotional and spiritual help, a person’s treatment is customized to meet their particular needs whether or not they have a spiritual or religious background. “We welcome all faiths or no faith, and we’ll talk about faith if they want to. Therapists do not do any proselytizing. The talk about religion or spirituality comes from the client,” said Dr. Flora Bryant, the Counseling Center’s interim clinical director. “Some of our counselors and residents are ministers, but they don’t begin counseling from their ministerial hat. They begin it from their therapist hat because we are a counseling center.” Bryant adds that though the center has counselors from all religious backgrounds, having a religious footing is not a requirement for coming to the program. Receiving help or talking with a psychiatrist about a mental illness is still relatively new for African Americans, says Gentry, one of eight Black counselors at

the center, which includes two men. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only onethird of Americans with a mental illness or a mental health problem get care. Yet, the percentage of African Americans receiving needed care is only half that of nonHispanic whites. One study reported that nearly 60 percent of older African-Ameri-can adults were not receiving needed services. “I think there are a lot of stigmas around mental health in the Black community. The stigma is worse because you’re already mandated to not be OK and you don’t want to verify that fact,” Gentry said. “I think it’s also hard because there are not enough therapists of color. It’s hard to come in and say you need help to someone who doesn’t look like you because you’re afraid that they’ll judge you.” There are a few distinctive things about the Counseling Center. One is their subsidized fee schedule in which clients pay according to their income. Apatient receives an income and fee scale review every three months. “If they are unable to pay, we work with them,” Bryant said. “We can reduce the fee to a very small amount and work with them to help them to be able to get their income on a footing so that their family is not at destitute level. We do not turn anyone away.” Another is that all 41 coun-

selors receive therapy while giving therapy. “Any program that is a quality program will require that their therapists be in therapy themselves,” says Gentry. “I know that (a therapist) can’t do an effective job with someone else unless you’re dealing with your own stuff.” The center’s Medical Director Dr. Paul Riley says that one of the most unique things about the program is that patients are able to enter into long-term treatment. “We are able to change people’s lives through ongoing therapy,” said Riley, who is also a psychiatrist at St. Vincent Hospital. “The counselors are willing to do it for as long as it’s necessary and at many places they only offer short-term counseling.” There have been several positive changes at the Counseling Center over the past 30 years including reaching out more into the community, the inception of its off-site charter school, KIPP and the ability to accept patients on Medicaid and Medicare. “It’s often said that 5 tolO percent of people at any given time who need help receive it,” said Bryant. “We model the idea that getting help is what healthy people do to stay healthy. If you call the Christian Theological Seminary’s Counseling Center and mention this article you will receive a free initial, 90-minute consultation.

Tanya Walton Pratt Cathedral High School Class of 1977 Bachelor of Arts Spelman College, 1981 Juris Doctorate Howard University, 1984 Judge Marion County Superior Court Cathedral High School deserves full credit for giving me the educational foundation and confidence that I needed to build a career of public service in the legal profession. You felt that the teachers and administration cared about you. After leaving Cathedral, I was able to compete academically with students from all over the country when I entered Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and, later, Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Cathedral prepared me for a profession that involves thinking critically, analytically and creatively. It was important to me and my parents that I receive a faith-based education within a diverse student body, and Cathedral filled the bill. Developing friendships and being a part of the “Cathedral Family” remain some of the greatest professional and personal values of a Cathedral High School education. I am forever grateful for the mentoring, advice and instruction I received as a student at Cathedral High School. I am blessed for the opportunity to provide a Cathedral education for my daughter, who is now in the class of 2009.

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Daimler-Chrysler Indianapolis Foundry workers receive federal aid

Special to the Recorder The Indiana Department of Workforce Development recently announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that former employees of the DaimlerChrysler factory will receive federal aid known as Trade Adjustment Assistance. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) is a federal program established under the Trade Act of1974, which provides assistance to workers who have either lost jobs entirely, a reduction in work hours, or wages because of production shifts. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development gives TAA on a state level. In order to be eligible for TAA, a company executive, union representative or three or more former employees must submit a petition request. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) must approve the request before the benefits can be released. TAA provides benefits and services to help unemployed workers prepare for future employment. Joe DiLaura, spokesperson

for Indiana Department of Workforce Development states that the TAA provides former employees with training assistance skills in order to develop skills for a new job. He also states that Gov. Mitch Daniels administration’s main focus is on job and income growth. DiLaura explains, “We are focusing on existing workers...lots of them don’t have the skills where the newjobs are coming from.” The Daimler-Chrysler factory closed in September due to production jobs being sent to other Daimler factories in Brazil and Germany. According to the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) the latest unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted for Indiana is 5.3 percent as of November. And according to STATS Indiana, Marion County is ranked No. 1 out of the 92 counties for employment estimates. According to Daniels’ press secretary, Jane Jankowski, the ‘Buy Indiana” program has efforts to keep jobs in Indiana.

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