Unti mothe piness compl worst baby i is noth This parent Holder series childr' Holder on a p basis.. The Michigan Daily-Thursday, August 10, 1978-Page 3 Parents of sick kids get advice By ELIZABETH SLOWIK response since its inception six months justing. At first, they think it'll be a five to ii couples, and includes several it her baby's birth, the new ago. normal 'delivery. Suddenly the baby is professional social workers, according r expected only joy and hap- "IT'S PART OF our program now," whisked away with lots of tubes. It's as to Hunt. to accompany the new life. But said Holden co-director Dr. Dietrich though their baby is being taken away ROLOFF SAID, "There are ications developed, and now her Roloff, of volunteer counseling. "The to die. It's a psychological strain on the professionals among our visiting paren- fears have been realized - the circle of care is complete." family," she said. ts, but they talk with the new parents as s sick, perhaps dying, and there The volunteer parents contact the The program began six months ago parents and not as professionals. There ing she can do to help. mothers and fathers of sickly newborns under the guidance of Roloff and is a sincerity in their spontaneous ap- is when an innovative group of to share their experience, provide facts Kathleen Fletcher, a doctoral can- proach, a quality we would not want to is steps in at the University's and answer questions. didate in special education. In the cour- alter with programmed instruction. n Perinatal Intensive Care Nur- Roloff said that parents of the sick se of her doctoral research, Fletcher in- The common denominator here is that The volunteers, parents of children often feel a sense of loss and, terviewed parents who said their ordeal these parents care, and they have found en who were once cared for at especially for the mothers, of isolation. at Holden would have been easier had ways to deal with a crisis which they n, counsel distraught new parents ANN HUNT, a volunteer and mother they been able to talk to someone who are eager to pass on to others." erson-to-person, non-professional of twins who were hospitalized at had been through the same experience. And the program has had a good Holden, agreed. "It's a problem of ad- The group has grown in number from See PARENTS, Page 10 t r Lone demonstrator blasts animal cruelty By SHELLEY WOLSON A strong love and concern for animals is what has kept picketer Pen- ny Livesay pacing every day in front of Jacobson's for the past week. It cer- tainly isn't the support of fellow demon- strators that sparks her objections to animal cruelty. Except for occasional help from her brother Chris, she's been out there alone carrying signs with pictures of TAs testify before judge on job status By MITCH CANTOR Four teaching assistants testified for the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) yesterday in the third day of week-long hearings which are being held to clarify the status of University Graduate Student Assistants (GSAs). Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) Administrative Law Judge Shlomo Sperka is presiding over the hearings, held on the second floor of the Michigan Union. He will See TAs, Page 7 toda tortured animals and fur-clad models alongside slogans such as "Fun furs aren't fun for the animals" and "Fashion is no excuse for cruelty." THE DETERMINED Community High School sophomore provides a petition for passersby to sign and will continue to picket the store for the duration of its August fur sale. "People think we're some sort of weird minority. But the main purpose of the picketing is to educate the public. The main purpose of the petition is to let Jacobson's know that the public cares," Livesay explained. Livesay said she has always been in- terested in animals but that it was not until she started working for the Huron Valley Humane Society that she became so adamant about the fur- trapping issue. "DOGS AND CATS get caught in these traps and people bring them in to the Humane Society. That sort of triggered it for me. These personal ex- periences made me a radical," Livesay said. Next to the petition lie pictures of a trapped raccoon after it was brought in- to the Humane Society along with several sample traps. "If you got one of those traps caught on your hands, you'd break all your fingers. Animals tend to yank themselves back and forth and the trap saws through the entire paw, which was what happened to that rac- See LONE, Page 10 Doily Photo by JOHN KNOX PROTESTING ANIMAL cruelty, Penny Livesay has been carrying her sign in front of Jacobson's every day of the store's August fur sale. True blue? Pedestrians strolling down South and East University Streets were a little concerned the other day about whether the Ann Arbor Post Office is doing its part to uphold true blue postal traditions. They wondered why mailboxes where the two streets intersect had been freshly painted brown, when everyone knows U.S. mailboxes are supposed to be blue. But never fear, said Ann Arbor Post- master Richard Schneeberger. The mailboxes were painted with brown primer, then covered with blue enamel. The enamel was used, he said, because the boxes at the intersection get more wear and tear than most others in the city. So people should be more cautious about questioning the "rain, sleet, or snow" dedication of our local postal officials. As Schneeberger said: "Our mailboxes are superior to boxes in other communities . .. just look at them objectively sometime." Name that wine Last, month yn reported that John Coleman, who eirlier thi - Yer brought us "M Go Bue Wine", will introduce four more brands aimed at spirited college drinkers. The wines have such snappy names as "Rose Bowl Red" and "Spartan Magic." We suggested that Coleman introduce "Pasadena Pick Me Up," a wine to soothe the post-Rose Bowl blues suffered so often by University football fans. But Coleman informed us he won't follow our recommendation. "I won't be bottling any Pasadena Pick Me Up wine, since my M Go Blue is guaranteed not to go flat on New Year's day!" he wrote. His letter was signed: "Fermentingly yours, John Coleman." Happenings ... . . today are even sparser than yesterday. If you' feel like a flick, the Ann Arbor Public Library will present "The King and I" at 7:30 in the meeting room of the main branch on S. Fifth Ave. The film, starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner, will also be shown tomorrow ... if you decided to hold off and see the movie tomorrow, the Music School will present Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia" at S3in the Mendelssohn tebtre. What's in a name? Part 2 Beverly Cusack said she really wasn't surprised she lost her bid to run against her husband in the Ionia, Michigan County Board of Commissioners race. After all, she didn't really do any cam- paigning for Tuesday's primary. Her husband, Robert, was unopposed in the Democratic primary and will face Republican Marge Smith in Novem- ber. "I picked up more votes than I even planned on with no campaigning at all," the victor in the family said. He added that he and his wife just didn't have time to attend teas and knock on doors since they are running a real estate business. Now that Beverly is out of the race, she still said it's not so easy to decide whom she will support in November. "I will take a look at both candidates in October and decide then," she said. On the outside .. . Yesterday's muggy, bothersome weather will probably continue today. Skies will be partly sunny, with ' - s 83'. Tba k "-ness for air con- d' '.' * y i t d fY 1 . iin Y. iL alli L4 rsi rk f :. it M # *. t *...Y^ IN III