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New Games to hit the streets
There are many new games on the market at video arcades and
members from the Nintendo Corporation stopped by the Reg-
ister to show off their latest games. These two ladies are
traveling around the country from Seattle, Wa. to show the
games. Photo by Dave
Short & Short Short Party
Saturday August 30th
. at
Moore Country Club
The big dance will begin at
8p.m and will go until
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AUGUST - LEO - VIRGO
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
with Ike - Webb - Reggie
Mitch
If you are a
Leo or
Virgo,
this party
is for you !
SAHA to ask HUD
Featuring D. J. "Mo" Productions
On East Houston Street,
one mile East of Foster Rd.
661-6510, Club 661-2080
Stung by public criticism and
citing a need to “move ahead,” of-
ficials with the San Antonio Hous-
ing Authority — the city’s largest
landlord — requested Tuesday an
outside investigation of their
agency from top to bottom.
SAHA also named two of its
three remaining members of the
board of commissioners to the
chairman and vice chairman
posts, and in a surprising move an-
nounced their intent to find a new
law firm to represent the agency.
The sweeping changes come at
an agency that has been rocked by
scandal and ebbing public confi-
dence in recent weeks.
me san Antonio Express-News
has reported over the past month
about questionable management
practices at SAHA, including a
used furniture purchase by SAHA
from the now-defunct Partnership
for Hope.
SAHA’s payment of 825,000 for
furniture appraised at half that
value while two members of Part-
nership for Hope served on the
housing board led local Housing
and Urban Development officials
to ask its Inspector General’s Of-
fice to review SAHA purchasing
procedures, the Express-News re-
ported Sunday.
Free Food
Dance
Contest
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Saturday Might
August 23,1997
Everyone is invited
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Moore Country is Located on East Houston Street
1 mile East of Foster Road
Home 661-6510 Club 661-2080
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CHALLENGES FACING URBAN AREAS
Youth sports play an important role in the healthy development of youth, especially in
urban areas, where the pressures on children are magnified and resources are often limited.
While most of our youth will not become professional ball players, if they participate on
sports teams they can develop skills that are much more important Yet youth participation
in urban sports is significantly weaker than in suburban and rural areas. This is particularly
disturbing when you realize that kids in urban areas may be at higher risk for drag
overdoes, suicides, gang violence and unwanted pregnancies. For some inner city youth,
playing on a sports team offers one possible avenue of escape from these and other
problems.
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• In urban areas, there is often not a lot of access to sporting facilities for younger kids.
Communities need to see if the youth can share high school fields for sports practices.
• Many kids are unable to participate in sporting events because they do not have any
transportation to get to and from practice. Communities can ask a local church or
service organization to lend a van for transportation.
• Coaches need to be adequately trained to work with youth. Often, the volunteers who
head youth teams - in urban, rural and suburban areas alike - do not have the
experience necessary. Some communities have implemented training sessions to be
sure all adults who work with youth know what they are doing. Other communities,
including urban ones, should do the same.
• Sports can be used as a prevention mode to help young people develop strong ideas and
values. Sports can teach discipline and teamwork and can teach kids to be gracious
winners, as well as losers.
The responsibilities on coaches in urban areas are often magnified because the parents
aren’t there and it falls on the coaches to push the athletes to work hard and be good
players. Parents need to become more involved in their children’s sporting activities.
------One way to do this is to require than adults attend award ceremonies and other events.
Do the athletes, movie stars and other popular figures spotlighted often in the news
have these qualities?
How about the people closer to home?
Do students ever try to be role models for younger siblings or friends?
In what way do they think they could be positive role models for others?
Suggest students write an essay describing a role model or hero that they interact with
every day.
WHAT COACHES CAN DO
Adults who coach young athletes have a special relationship with them and can play an
instrumental role in communicating crucial information about the harmful effects of using
alcohol and other drags. They can also strongly promote a no-use message and enforce
penalties against players who violate this rule.
Create a SmgtaflBl Team Drop Prevention Prngr»|p
-Talk to team leaders on a regular basis about the use of alcohol, steroids or other drugs.
Ask them to make a commitment to work together to ensure that their teammates resist
using these drags. <• ,
-Make sure that the athletes know the consequences of alcohol and drag use so they can
make educated and healthy decisions. Communicate to your athletes that you care about
their health and reinforce this message throughout the year.
-Ask your athletes to turn negative peer pressure around and pressure their friends to avoid
using alcohol and drugs.
-Enforce training rules.’Be firm but empathctic to any youth who is reprimanded. After
you discipline an athlete, offer him or her your help.
-Develop clear zero tolerance policies for your team with specific consequences.
--Be a good rote model.
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•Parents should remember that most young children
play sports for fun much more than for winning. There-
fore, it is important that structured activities for kids
ages 6 through 12 focus much more on instruction than
on competition. This will allow the young participants
to attain positive psychological, social and emotional
outcomes from their sports experience.
•Parents should also encourage schools and sporting
organizations to properly train their coaches to work
with their kids and help them develop important life
skills in addition to athletic ability. Coaches can play a
vital role in the development of self esteem and percep-
tion of youth competence in the sporting activity.
•Parents can help encourage their children to stay
involved in structured activities by taking an active
interest in their participation. This can be in the form of
attending games and events and being present for award
ceremonies and other special activities. Parents can
also stay involved by providing transportation to and
from away games and by bringing the team ~ special
snack to eat after practice to reward them for a job well
done.
•Some sports teams have special training sessions for
parents to teach them ways they can support their
children's participation. If your local teams don't offer
any such training, talk to the coaches or schools about
starting one.
•Sports teams can provide affiliation, companionship,
role identity, enhanced self worth and increased ac-
ceptance of responsibility for youth, but this should not
take the place of the values and life skills that youth
learn at home. Parents should try to avoid using coaches
as substitute parents but instead use their children'
participation on a team as a way to reinforce and
enhance their own teachings
WHAT TEACHERS CAN DO
-Mood swings t
-Personality changes
—Loss of coordination
Too often we hear in the news about professional sports figures who drink too much, do -Listless behavior
drugs and get into trouble. These stories leave an impression on youth, who look up to -Missing practices or games
these athletes as their heroes. What effect do these negative examples have on kids' It often -Identifying with a new group of friends
depends on how they process the information and use it to guide them in making their own -Dropping out of activities
decisions. Teachers, coaches, religious leaders and others who work with youth can talk “Neglecting hygiene
about these situations with them and get them to list some of the harmful effects that will -Excessive sweating
result. Kids can also take a proactive approach bysuggesting some better ways the athletes ~ "
could have prevented the problems from occurring. In this way. young people can leant
from others’ mistakes and make healthy choices in their own lives.
-Sudden drop in grades
-Hyperactivity
-Talking about alcohol nod drags
nttCUSSION QUESTIONS
• Get the <*i»w to list some role models. Many will be sports figures and entertainers.
• Ask what kind of influence famous role models have on ordinary kids’ lives.
• Acknowledge that while these people do impact kids' lives, it is only in a second-hand
• Ask kids to name some
community, (teachers.
i people they look up to in their own families, school or
coaches, religious leaders, etc.)
How do these people exert a different typd of influence than famous people?
Ask the class what qualities they look for in selecting thnir role models.
Why are these qualities important?
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--Develop a concrete plan on how you will handle it if you find out orr of your athletes or
students has a problem with alcohol or drags. Be familiar with local resources you can call
on for help. »\ S
-Talk to the youth who-you think has the problem and make it clear that this behavior is
unacceptable. Steer the Student to the appropriate avenue to get help for the problem.
WHAT PARENTS CAN DO
♦ It is a good idea for parents to expose their children to a broad array of sports while
they are still very young. This enables the youngster to learn a number of valuable
skills and to feel comfortable in many settings It also provides the child with an
opportunity to find a Ipoct that best uses his or her talents and is therefore most
enjoyable. ' j- , f „
SAN ANTONIO
nOHTINO SACK
Willie Mitchell, is chair of the
management board of the San An-
tonio Fighting Back of the United
Way and a small business owner.
For mare information on substance
abuse prevention, call 533-6592.
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