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Honey Sunday funds
to aid retarded citizens
An estimated 2,300 volunteers, many of them
UNL students, rang doorbells throughout Lincoln
Sunday afternoon to sell jars of honey during the
20th annual Honey Sunday.
Sponsored by the Association of Retarded Citi-
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zens-Capital, the goal of the 1933 Honey Sunday
was to raise 18.000 to fund nrosrams hchfif.inff the
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5,000 to 6,000 mentally retarded citizens in Lincoln
end Lancaster County, said Elaine Hod, Honey
Sunday coordinator.
Honey Sunday is a statewide project, but all
profits from the day remain in the community
where they are earned, Rod said.
About 3 percent of the U.S. population la mentally
retarded, Rod said The association supports vari
ous programs to aid those people and their families.
Sixty-five percent of the Honey Sunday volunteers
were members of UNL fraternities and sororities,
she said.
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Tm convinced that everyone of us on thb plsnet
needs to have .competitive anger to survive," author
and performer Tom Sullivan said Thursday at UNL.
"You have got to be competitively angry or the world
will eat you alive."
Competitive anger drives motivation, not hostil
ity, and develops out of necessity, Sullivan said.
Sullivan, the author of four books, competes in
several sports, is an actor, song and script writer,
stage and TV performer and musician. Sullivan also
has been blind for most of his life.
"I hated being blind," Sullivan said, "but I didn't
know I was blind until I was 9 years old," when called
"Blkdy" by a neighbor boy in Boston..
In his earlier years, Sullivan said, he was a militant
and aggressive person.
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Schiff, who has worked in the field of substance
abuse for seven years, said the first step toward
treating elderly alcoholics is family consultation.
Families resist outside help because they dont real
he the seriousness of the problem and they bcUcve
the victim has only a short time to live, she said. They
dont want to talk about the problem because it
might be affecting more persons than just the
elderly person. Many families even aid the elderly by
getting the alcohol for them, Schiff said. . -
Schiff said different approaches are necessary to
help elderly alcoholics.
Methods that can be used include individual
counseling, family participation in the counseling
process, and later, group treatment
After counseling has been completed, Schilf re
commended that the victims participate in availa
ble area support groups in addition to Alcoholics
Anonymous. ,
She said the signs of alcoholism among the elderly
are often confused with the signs of Organic Brain
Syndrome, therefore expert diagnosis is necessary
to establish the problem. Some signs to look for
include slurred speech, a change in the way the
person walks, memory less, fa!l3 and bruises and a
personality change, Schiff said.
"When I competed as an athlete, 1 did not care
how I won, I didnt care who got hurt or what price I
had' to pay to be successful I was completely
involved in my own world. I was not interested in
anybody else."
Sullivan's attitude changed when he nearly lest
his baby daughter after she fell into a swimming
pool.
"When Blythe fell in the pool and I rescued her,
I realised that there was a whole world cut there I
had better pay attention to."
" Sullivan said ht believes many of the problems
facing handicapped people are brought on by their
own hostility and anger.
Every April and October, Sullivan tours college
campuses to try to add "motivational spirit." He said
society has been closing down on young people,
making them afraid of life.
"i am fundamentaHJy convinced that life b a cele
bration," Sullivan said during his show, "If You Could
See What I Hear." The show, sponsored by the Uni
versity Program Council's Talks and Topics Com
mittee, had the same title as arr.svb made about
Sullivan depicting his 'carefree years at Harvard
University.
In the performance, Sullivan sang songs of his
own and of friends, told stories about his childhood
and school days and answered questions from the
audience.
' ' Shorts
Hearings to review budget proposals for UNL's
2-percent budget reallocation plan continue today
on the City and East campuses. Today's hearing
schedule includes: Support Program Evaluation
Committee 9 a,m., physical plant, maintenance,
custodial services; 11 am., personnel; 2 p.m., pre
admissions; 3 p.m., admissions and advising. Meet
ings in the " Rostrum Room, Nebraska Union. Aca
demic Planning Committee 8 a.ia, Nebraska
Center for Continuing Education; 8:30 a.m.,
Instructional Media Center; ,1 p.m., Division of
Anthropological Research; 2 p.m., international
ingsin Great RatssEscnt, East Union.' ;V- '
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Motors Crpration, and is a Director tnd immim of
tha Extmtbm Committe of tha American F&trolsum
imtitut. Ha is a'so Chsirman of tlta Csard of Tmstets
of Catttra Coifea and ssrvm cn tha gsvsfRwg liosrds
- of th Unbmtitf of Ch'istz, Tax Foundation, trai tha
Foraisn Policy iSoelatioft. ' '
:Mvites'yQB,to attend the
1983 E.J. Faulkner Lecture : ;
to hd dslivered by
Chairnan ef the Board ',
Union Pacific Corporation
"Dercbtion: A Vfeoroa llm Era lor America's RaOroads"
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