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Juvenile Offenders Hold Sporfs Meet in Carrollton “lt’s a real shame so many young kids have to find love by court orders,” says Mike Mitcham, Director of the Coweta County Community Treatment Center (CTC) for juvenile offenders at New nan, Georgia. The Newnan Center recent ly hosted the Second Annual Statewide Community Treat ment Center All Sports Meet held at West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia. A visit to a college campus for a sports meet is not usually considered ideal vacation activity; but don’t try to tell that to the 96 youngsters from all parts of the state who spent four days there, July 11 through CHEST FREEZER *259.95 15 cu. ft. Jackson J&jjajr I PLEDGE TO YOU. (1) A management program that will save our county tax dollars. This can be done with a good budget. (2) A fair and equitable tax assessment program. (3) To actively work to entice new industry. (4) To be nondiscriminatory in the selection of roads to be paved. (5) To work with other commissioners to organize county wide fire protection. (6) Apply for any and ail State and Federal grants that will benefit Butts County. (7) To have a regular schedule whereby I will be in the Commissioner's office to hear from you as citizens and tax payers. (8) To use good judgement in all purchases of equipment and materials. (9) To work with the Hospital Board in any way necessary to promote our hospital and obtain more doctors. (10) To work with any and all other elected officials for the betterment of our county. 14. Most of them had never been on any kind of real vacation before, only a small number had even been away to see their grandmothers in distant cities. All the sports events they had seen had been in school yards or on TV. A large percentage of the youths in the CTCs are from large, poor families or broken homes. All have been in trouble with the courts; that is the one thing they have in common. They are all youthful offenders committed by the courts to the controlled supervision of the Georgia Department of Human Re Cjhuej/ame) STORE VOTE FOR MAC COLLINS County Commissioner Post 1 Aug. 10, 19/6 Primary THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA sources, Youth Services Division. The CTCs are the state’s alternative to institu tional confinement for minor offenses by juveniles. “The Community Treat ment Centers have proven to be more effective for the nonserious offender than the Youth Development Centers, where youths charged with dangerous crimes are placed under 24 hour supervision,” Mitcham said. “The kids at the CTCs are just under our direction during the day; they are free to return home at night. When they first arrive they have to come for a certain number of hours each day. Then as they progress their time is cut Hardware down until they are released. They sign a contract tailored to their individual needs which they must fulfill to be released. “Even though not com pletely free the youths at the CTCs are generally allowed to function with society sooner than those at the YDC. The rate of rearrest is much lower, and the cost of the state and taxpayer is less than half that of the YDC per youth,” Mitcham said. “Most of our clients are truants, runaways, or have committ ed simple crimes, the so called “status offenses.” Mitcham said his CTC is typical of the seventeen other Community Treatment Cen ters across the state. “We try to give the kids some direction to their lives. The all sport competition is an example. Most of the kids here have a very poor self-image when we first make contact with them. They seem to feel they are losers, that everybody is down on them. Many have never seen their fathers; other have never seen him sober. We try to improve their self-image. Parental apathy is the big problem. “At the CTCs we try to offer the kids things we feel will help make the youth worthwhile citizens,” Mitc ham said. “We treat the kids as humans, not wayward delinquents. They are given tasks and are expected to complete them. However, we don’t constantly look over their shoulder or berate them. Many of these kids have never been trusted to do a job alone, supervised others, or received pay, beyond a manager amount, for work performed.” “We try to gain their trust by firm, realistic supervision and showing real concern for their well being,” he said. “We become their friends rather than the representa tive of the courts. We take the kids off the street and give them something to do. For most it’s the first time in their young lives anyone has really tried to help. The schools have been too crowded, the parents too busy." “We get the kids involved in as many educational, cultural, recreational and work activities as we can. We found community projects for them to do: Assisting the old. helping the Marine repair and deliver toys in their Toy for Tots campaign, cleaning scenic spots along the river, setting out trash receptacles then emptying them on a regular schedule. For over a year we were the Humane Society for the county, going to the dog pound regularly to clean the pens and trying to find homes for the many animals there. We planted flowers around a nursing home. Many of the kids were surprised to find there really were people in worse shape than they were,” Mithcam says. “We were looking for a way to repay the kids for all the work they had done,” Mitcham said. “Not an easy task when you consider that we have boys and girls who range in age from 10 to 16 years. We wanted them to have a vacation, but we had to think of the cost. We had to keep the cost at an absolute minimum. West Georgia College agreed to sponsor on all sports event at a cost of $22 per kid for four days including room, food and facilities. “Thus the idea for the all sports day was born. We held track and field events, softball competition, basket ball, eightball and football, all with a minimum of equipment. They seem to have as much, or more, fun with an old beat up softball, worn-out glove and bruised basketball as other kids do with new equipment,” Mitc ham said. “Our kids don’t require much; most of them have never had much," he said. "They are not true criminals, just misdirected youths. All most of them need is understanding and guidance and to know someone cares.” 2 BIG DAYS HEAVY WESTERN BEEF % Featuring Meats Packed by Lorenz Int. Over 52 Million Pounds Sold Last Year I T-BONE STEAKS *23 10% Lbs. SMOKED SAUSAGE *lO 10 Lbs. PORK CHOPS Approx. 40 Chops sl6 10 Lbs. Economy Pack 10 Lbs. Ribeye Steaks s ls Location: Jackson Produce Stand , E. 3rd St. U.S.D.A. Inspected Satisfaction Guaranteed Prices Include All Taxes - Food Stamps Accepted THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1976 Peanuts Pack Protein Power WHAT A NUT! If you're Ii ke most Americans, you eat about eight pounds of peanuts, in various forms, every year, yet probably know very little about them. For one thing, they're not really nuts at all, but legumes like peas or beans. For another, peanuts are approximately 26 percent protein (twice that of frankfurters), high in niacin, thiamin and phosphates and relatively low in saturated fats. Inexpensive to buy, peanuts are one of the six basic American farm crops valued at over S4OO million. People usually think of Vote For and Elect Mrs. Walter J. Bennett TAX COMMISSIONER Butts County in the Democratic Primary August 10th -¥■ CAPABLE DEPENDABLE YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED I - TRUCKLOAD I frfjl MEAT SALE J^O —— —-. ml-i. 1 iawr~TW~~wr— 1 - | I Sausage Patties *6 00 Pure Pork 5 Lbs. SLICED BEEF LIVER *4 10 Lbs. Special Cut Delmonico or Ribeye Steaks *22 10 Lbs. peanuts as a snack food, but you can eat them in one form or other for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You even can drink them: blend a small banana, 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter, 1/2 pint vanilla ice cream and 1 cup milk until smooth for two servings of a real go-go breakfast drink. At lunch time, spread toasted English muffins with peanut butter, lay strips of prepared bacon across the top and serve with soup. For dinner, make crispy, crunchy hamburgers by pressing each patty into a bowl of finely Beef Steaks *l2 10 Lbs. chopped peanuts until covered and then broil. Originally grown in South America, the protein-rich peanut came here by way .of Africa, where they had been traded by the Spanish explorers. It took the Civil War to get peanuts out of the slave quarters and into the pockets of Union soldiers. The boll weevil played its part, too. Cotton crop failures led southern farmers to plant peanuts. The rest is history. A nutty story? You bet nutty but nice for all Americans who now can enjoy this super food in their daily diets. In China, the crane is a sym bol of longevity. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY FAMILY PACK e 8 Delmonlco . _ • 40 Hamburger Pottles |jf •40 Sausage Patties *r • 20 Beef Steaks • 20 Pepper Steaks 128 Servings Less Than 28* Per Serving STEAK PACK S4COO • 20 Beef Stacks w w • 16 Cubed Minute Steaks e 12 Delmonlco 72 Portions Less Thar 65 c Per Portion Variety Box 4—6 oz. Filot* 4—6 oz. Kabobs 4—B oz. T-Bonos 4—B oz. Rib Eyoi 4—B oz. Dolmonico* *2s°°