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pn TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1977 3 Largo students, police publish pamphlet on preventing rape By PEGGY VLEREBOME largo-Semlnole Tlmee Stn Writer LARGO After watching a rape-prevention movie, Largo High School students wrote a pamphlet on rape prevention from their viewpoint. When school started this full, Largo police began distributing the pamphlet in classrooms and public gatherings. The police paid for the printing of it and approved its production. Before it could be distributed, however, Police Chief Roscoe Swilley added a note to it, which he says is intended to protect the police from lawsuits if someone follows the advice in the movie and the pamphlet but gets raped anyway.

The pamphlet is based on the movie How to Say No to A Rapist and Survive. The theme of the movie is to initiate as much nonviolent action as possible to avoid rape. MORE THAN 300 students wrote and designed the graphics for the pamphlet lust school year, said Sharon Morten, coordinator of human relations at Largo High. Information in the pamphlet is from the movie, which was written and is narrated by Frederic Storaska. Rape is "an act of violence with Bex being used as a weapon" by a person who ubbs the victim as a "messenger" for feelings of deprivation, the students wrote.

Four suggestions for "changing the message the attacker believes" are listed: Keep calm, treat involved people as human beings, gain confidence and ease fears, go along until you can safely react. "Flow with the situation by using the previous suggestions until you can react in a safe and Becure manner," the students wrote. "React when you know that harm will not come to you. It is Bale to react when the attacker is ready to treat you as a fellow human being. A human being has a need for care and concern.

This whole idea is one of the most difficult to process." Swilley, however, said the victim should "try anything eke" if Storaska's steps don't work. "Don't give up," Swilley advised. "Fight to the last breath you can breathe." Swilley said his insert to the pamphlet is the result of "everybody nowadays looking, we feel, to sue somebody," SWILLEY'S INSERT says: "The Largo Police Department recognizes that every potential rape situation presents unique and often instant challenges to personal judgment which must both initially and ultimately be met to afford an intended victim the maximum degree of physical safety, and that no potential rape victim should solely rely upon the following suggestions (in the pamphlet) to their detriment or to place themselves in a position of greater personal peril. Nevertheless, in an unavoidable confrontation, if you are selected to be such a messenger. please consider the listed four suggestions for changing the message the attacker believes," A friend of Ms.

Morten printed 5,200 of the pamphlets during the summer for $40, paid by the crime-prevention unit of the Largo Police Department, she said. Swilley's message, written and mimeographed after the pamphlets were printed, is being stapled in each pamphlet. THE PAMPHLET also is available at the front desk of the police station, 100 East Bay Drive. The student's pamphlet "is an excellent message written with our help," Swilley said. "They wrote it with our permission and cooperation.

We think it's good." Clearwater painter named artist-in-residence Doctors stress diet control as diabetes rises, forum is told By DAVID SMITH Pinellas Timet Staff Writer By CRAIG ROBERTON lergo-SerninoleJTimee Staff Writer arrangements are worked out. "There are very few cities in the country that care about art enough to fund this sort of thing," Bansemer told commissioners. A hometown-boy-made-good, Bansemer has lived in Clearwater since he was 9, and began dabbling with paint as a sixth grader in Skycrest Elementary School. His earliest admitted works were signs for a local grocery. HE STUDIED at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota and has traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East.

His swirling, colorful canvases hang in galleries and private collections around the world, including the Universal House of Justice in Haifa, Israel, the U.S. Patent Office in Washington and the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Belleair. A recent exhibit of his paintings in New York City was praised by a reviewer for The New York Times as "full of emotional release but tempered by values which give coherence to both style and imagery." Bansemer, who is single, lives at 511 Hilltop Ave. in Clearwater. I C'f i CLEARWATER A soft-spoken young Clearwater painter whose bold canvases command praise in international art circles became the city's first artist-in-residence Thursday.

The selection of Roger L. Bansemer, a secret for at least a week, was disclosed at the Clearwater City Commission meeting in much the same way as a new artwork is unveiled before fidgety admirers. Bansemer, 29, was selected by a committee formed to implement the new artist-in-residence program that Commissioner William Nunamaker conceived earlier this year as a way "to put Clearwater on the map." BANSEMER WILL receive $1,000 for a three-month stint in which he is to produce a Clearwater-oriented project, which will become the property of the city. The city will pay the tab. Titillating commissioners, Bansemer said he had several ideas for the project including a "special" idea that he won't discuss until some ROGER BANSEMER has several ideas.

weight, Leonard said. Panelist Sandy Plevin of Mease Hospital in Dunedin said the dietetic sections of major food stores "are a waste of money" as far as diabetics are concerned. He said diabetics who follow "a good, basic diet" prescribed by a doctor should not have to pay the higher prices charged in the dietetic sections of the supermarkets. Other points made by the doctors included: The chances of children inheriting diabetes from their mothers is about one in 100, while the chances of children in general getting the disease is about one in 600, according to Dr. John Malone, a professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida.

Diabetics who develop common colds should see their doctor right away if they are insulin-dependent, said Dr. Joseph Worth, who practices internal medicine in Clearwater. Insulin-dependent diabetics needs an immediate adjustment in their treatment, he said, while non-insulin-dependent diabetics should follow normal practices in treating a cold unless it lasts more than 48 hours. Pregnant diabetic women no longer have to expect Caesarian operations, Plevin said. The care and treatment of pregnant diabetic women has "progressed greatly" over the years, he said, and the operation will depend on the individual circumstances.

Plevin said Mease Hospital will sponsor a symposium on diabetes Oct. 18 at the Dunedin Community Center. It will begin at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. All four medical forums this year on heart attack prevention, night leg cramps, asthma and emphysema and diabetes were taped.

St. Paul United Methodist Church has agreed to sell copies of the tapes for $2 to cover the cost of the tapes and postage. Interested persons should send a check and a note specifying which tape they want to the church at 1199 Highland Avenue Largo, 33540. The tape will be delivered in about 10 days, it was said. LARGO What you eat and when you eat it are of central importance if you have diabetes.

That was a basic message from four area doctors participating in the last of four medical forums sponsored by the Pinellas Times and the Largo-Seminole Times and attended by about 350 persons at St. Paul United Methodist Church Wednesday. Panel moderator Dr. David Leonard said diabetes, the forum topic, is rapidly becoming a common disease. He said about three million Americans are known to have the disease and possibly another three million have it but don't know it.

LEONARD SAID the rise of diabetes is related to the general increase in the age of the American population. He said it has been estimated that 25 per cent of the pie between the ages of 65 and 75 have diabetes. The disease is also associated with obesity, he said. "The availability of junk, fattening food is deplorable," Leonard said, and the soaring use of such foods is related to increasing incidence of diabetes. Also associated with diabetes are stress, viruses and infections, Leonard said.

The doctors discussed two basic types of diabetes. One type, called juvenile-onset diabetes, results from a deficiency of insulin produced in the pancreas, they said. It is usually associated with young children but strikes adults with equal frequency, the doctors said. Victims must take daily injections of insulin. The most common type of the disease, however, is called adult-onset diabetes.

It is caused by the inability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin, the doctors said. Its victims must take pills to stimulate their pancreas. THE AMOUNT of such medication needed to control the blood-sugar levels of diabetics, the doctors said, depends on the person and his diet. That is why diabetics must eat regularly, take in a consistent amount of calories and maintain an ideal EMS council is asked to provide use of $40,000 rescue unit in 8-county area By CRAIG ROBERTON Largo-Seminole Timet Staff Writer council next meets. THE RESCUE UNIT, equipped with telemetry and other advanced-life-support systems, is leased by the county to Dunedin's fire department for $1 a year.

But on Nov. 1 Dunedin will begin purchasing EMS services from Ambulance Co. Dunedin City Manager Wallace Payne, however, argued before the council that Dunedin's lease agreement with the county ought not to lapse come Nov. 1. He said Dunedin could continue to use the vehicle to serve its fire district and nearby unincorporated areas by subleasing the unit to The city's fire department is required to provide EMS services to unincorporated areas around the city.

But under its contract with the private ambulance firm will provide EMS services exclusively within the Dunedin city limits. SUPPORTING PAYNE'S position were representatives from the Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Greenbriar subdivision, unincorporated areas that receive basic ambulance service through but do not receive EMS services. But the competition is stiff. Representatives of the Safety Harbor Fire Department, backed by Oldsmar representatives and the Lake Tarpon Volunteer Fire Department, said their areas, comprising about 50 square miles, also sorely need the unit. The advisory council's recommendation will be transmitted to the County Commission, which will make the final decision.

Korth said the commission normally "places a great deal of weight" on the council's advice. But he said that is no assurance that they will approve the council's recommendation on the EMS matter. PINELLAS PARK Representatives from eight areas of the county tried this week to convince the County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Advisory Council to provide them with an advanced-life-support rescue unit for use in their respective areas. According to county EMS director Tom Korth, representatives from Clearwater, Dunedin, Palm Harbor, the Indian Rocks Fire District, Largo, Seminole, Safety Harbor and the Lealman Fire District north of St. Petersburg all addressed the council Wednesday on the need for the county-owned $40,000 unit in their areas.

The advisory council did not make an immediate recommendation on the disposition of the much-sought vehicle, Korth said. Its recommendation will probably come Oct. 26, when the i "'nLaw-v British club to hold Las Vegas night Largo-Seminole Times Staff Writer It's a "fun and prizes" night and the public is invited. The club was formed last January to give British Floridians a chance to meet and socialize. It is one of two such clubs in the state and has 180 members.

For additional information, call Jessie O'Neil at 595-5891. I PINELLAS PARK The British Flo-ridian Club of the Suncoast will hold a Las Vegas social meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Germania Club at 8098 66th St. N. Special events mark mall's 4th anniversary Raney from Page 1 Pinellas Times Staff Writer He has also been singled out for his community contributions by the Dunedin Historical Society. RANEY IS A BIG man, with an even bigger love for youngsters.

"Thanks for letting me be involved with your kids," Raney said Thursday in his brief acceptance remarks. "What they become will determine the kind of community you are going to have." Hale said it for all the community when he concluded Raney's introduction by observing, "Because of his inspiration and guidance to our youth, because of his personal commitment to the citizens of our community, Dunedin is a better place to live." Ah -V VYli RANEY, HIS WIFE Betty and their two children live at 1660 San Mateo Drive, but during the Christmas season for the past nine years he has "moved" temporarily to 1 Lollipop Lane where he acts as Santa Claus in the Santa's Workshop project. In addition to his youth work, Raney has been active in the defensive driving program of the Upper Pinellas Chapter of the National Safety Council. In 1972 he received the chapter's Award of Honor for his work in the field of safety. The Dunedin Sertoma Club honored him with its annual Service to Mankind' Award in 1976.

1 Alt. CLEARWATER Clearwater Mall will celebrate its fourth anniversary Oct. 13-16 with a full schedule of special events, including a skills display by Moroccan Village craftsmen from Busch Gardens. The celebration is being combined with the grand opening of the International Bazaar, a collection of specialty shops on the second level of the mall. EVENTS DURING the anniversary include a sports car and formula racing car show and the Gordon Bennett marionettes.

The Moroccan Village craftsmen were selected from native masters by Busch Gardens management for the Dark Continent complex of gift shops and shows. The craftsmen do metal work, blanket weaving and create articles in leather. THERE WILL BE drawings for many prizes during the anniversary, including a three-day Nassau cruise and passes to Busch Gardens. Bugs Bunny characters will make an appearance at the mall Oct. 16 as a climax to the four-day celebration.

They will distribute free tickets to children for the Bugs Bunny Follies in St. Petersburg's Bayfront Center Oct. 24-26. i i I Mm. -i.

Kruse 1 fx A from Page 1 Blanket weaver Mohamid Sayoui to demonstrate skill in Clearwater Mall. Dunedin to help teens find jobs Pinellaa Timee Staff Writer Union from Page 1 who haven't decided on permanent careers. Interested teenagers can register through Dunedin High School and by calling the Teen Center at 734-7762 between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekdays.

The registration fee will be $1. A department spokesman said names of teenagers and of potential employers are being placed in a file at the Teen Center office. Any homeowners or businessmen who need part-time or one-time help also may call the Teen Center. DUNEDIN Dunedin teenagers in need of odd jobs will get a helping hand from the City Recreation and Parks Department. In a new program to begin Monday, the department's Teen Center will start coordinating odd jobs among high school students.

Called the Youth Employment Service, the program will be offered to students in grades 9-12 and to high school-age dropouts and recent high school graduates "THE CITY FINALLY asked me if I would move here permanently and direct the board's work," said Kruse. "I agreed, but on one condition, that there would be no reimbursement for my work. "The work I have been doing has been love work." He added that his efforts in beautifica-tion have also been a labor of love, and that the city has always been of great assistance in this field, too. "These are things that I appreciate having been able to do," Kruse said. "I would do it all over again." The veteran planner has been officially appointed chairman emeritus of the Clearwater Planning and Zoning Board, even though health reasons have been responsible for his resignation as an active board member.

POINTING TO the work done for the city by civic organizations like the Edge-water Drive Association, Clearwater Beach Association and the Clearwater Garden Club, to name just three, Kruse reminded that without efforts from such organizations, civic improvements would often be difficult to initiate and complete. As an ex-Army officer, Kruse might agree with an old theory that "an Army runs on its stomach." But when it comes to municipal government, a city often runs and progresses on the strength of its volunteer boards and the expertise of its individuals. Arthur M. Kruse has again been recognized as one of the best of these dedicated citizens, and the city, through its elected commission, expressed its thanks again on Thursday. ARTHUR KRUSE didn't choose Clearwater's beautiful location, perched on the Gulf of Mexico's highest bluff, but since he first came to the city in 1955 he has worked long and hard to preserve and enhance its original beauty.

"I want to accentuate that when I came to Clearwater, 22 years ago, that's when life started for me," Kruse told members of the commission and the audience in City Hall Thursday. "The work I have done has not been solo work. There were times when it was difficult, but when things had to be done and I came to the city for help it was always gladly given." IT COULD accurately be said that Arthur Kruse and serious planning came to Clearwater at the same time. He recalled how he initially spent about five months each winter in the city with the other seven months spent in Washington, D.C. As an Army colonel he was involved in city planning and landscape architecture in the Pentagon.

Kruse was responsible for designing the cemetery for World War II dead in the Punchbowl on Hawaii, and he was honored at its official dedication. Kruse helped organize Clearwater's first formal planning and zoning board and served as its first chairman. He had associates like engineer Ralph W. B. Reade, architect Robert Levison and William Herries, an old Kruse associate from New York who also was spending his winters here.

Dunedin fire pact nearly ready cers usually cannot take their holdiays off, so they receive pay for working on those days instead.) Bulletproof vests, $8,000 assuming all the officers request them. Extra vacation davs for some senior emplovees, $180. AFTER APPROVING the police contract, commissioners granted City Manager Tony Shoemaker's request to give 36 nonunion police employees identical 6 per cent raises and increased benefits. In other labor action, general city employees represented by the CWA voted 135-25 Wednesday night to approve a new contract that would give them a 6 per cent raise and most of the same benefits included in the police contract. The CWA members, about 800 nonmanagement city workers, would receive an extra paid holiday on the day after Thanksgiving.

They also would be guaranteed at least one day off a week, even when their duties require overtime work. IF APPROVED by the commission in two weeks, the 6 per cent raise for CWA employees would cost the city $390,000, Weimer said. The raises would be effective as of Oct. 1. Weimer said he has not calculated the cost of the other benefits in the proposed contract.

The firefighters' union, continuing to reject the city's offer of a 6 per cent pay raise, has asked for an independent special master to step into its negotiations, Kowalski said. Pineltoa Timea Staff Writer passe in negotiations between city and union officials in August centers on the city's desire to place firefighters on a 40-hour week. Most of the city's contract proposals, including its proposed pay plan, are based on the switch from the traditional 56-hour work week. Once Bartlett's recommendation is made, negotiators for the two sides will sit down and discuss them. If no agreement is reached, the final decision will be made by the City Commission.

DUNEDIN After hearing seven hours of testimony Wednesday, a special master said he will recommend a new contract between the City of Dunedin and Local 2327 of the International Association of Firefighters within 30 days. Dr. Alton Bartlett, a professor of industrial relations at the University of South Florida, gave no indication of what his recommendation will be. The central issue that caused an im-.