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# Features , I Monday, February 9, 1987 J Coming to terms . Columbia vete By PATRICK JEAN Assistant features editor When America's Vietnam War veterans returned home in the 1970s, there were few bands playing, . :-? C 1? (VV\ tn cti Liuuint^, icw ^aiauta. i vsi inv jo,wv iu 40,000 veterans in the Midlands of South Carolina, there was no special center to help them readjust sociologically or economically ? until 1985. The Columbia Vet Center, located at 1313 Elmwood Ave., opened in July 1985 as part of the federal government's Vietnam Veterans Outreach Program. The staff has since helped a large number ^ of local veterans, said Clyde Myers Jr., readjustment counseling specialist for the center. TVi? anuArnim>nt'c nrnoram wuc initiator! hv the Disabled Veterans of America in the mid-'70s, Myers said. "They felt the Veterans Administration should take responsibility for providing readjustment counseling services to Vietnam veterans. What they did, in turn, was contact a psychologist. "at Cleveland State University ? Dr. John Wilson." Wilson's research paper, The Forgotten Warrior, was submitted to the VA and Congress in 1979. Its impact led to the program's creation, which was extended and expanded in 1981 and 1984. There are currently 189 veterans centers in the ^ United States. South Carpl?r"*'s first renter opened I By John Van Citters (jjl Colin James Hay, Looking For and notes th Jack, Columbia Records connect. Colin Hay is best known as the Bela Fleck, lead vocalist for Australia's Men Records r? \\//Ar 1/ I7r/\m r/Miti/4 rxf Fm U a i tywiiv. a iuiii iiiw 3uunu ui inr uuuo , u Hay's debut solo album, it is Fleck's fifth quite apparent that he is best tinues his trad suited to work in a group. fresh approat It's not that Looking For Jack and expandinj is out-and-out bad, but just very instrument, bland pop with little heart in it. Fleck's last The likely culprit here is not the an excellent r songs or Hay, but the use of extraordinar studio musicians who give the album was bi record a cold, sterile sound. and dramati< It seems as if every time a the mold of ' member of a band releases a solo pect an acou album, the result is the same. sound like. There are precious few artists Inroads de who can effectively work as of Fleck. Ins soloists using only studio musi- po, jazzy sou cians. Most group members need ed much of I the artistic give and take that goes produced a along with being a member and album. Inroc not the boss. This is the case with feel, but it's w Hay, who isn't even the musical uses vibraph focus of Men at Work. record to ex] color of his < What Hay has given us are 10 With Inrc cuts of bland, generic pop that demonstrates are devoid of emotion and banjo and th charactcr. The music is technical- thinking app ly good but sounds transparently that make tl like five or six guys playing a job, releases som not music. There really aren't any joyable and songs on the record, just words music availal 9 ! * I ; # HI American Re V r I EXCUSES DON'T SAVI :: BLOOD DOES. ; I so mr.n y ^ SO GOOD!! ; : f/%o ; > : COCONUT CRL SUNDAE! ? LOTS OF RICH COCONUT ICE CREAM Wi LITTLE CHOCOLATE SYRUP, A LITTLE PINEAF TEW WALNUTS AND TOPPED OFF J WHIPPED CREAM & A PLUMP CH ' $139,. + EAL OUTRAGEOUSLY GOODI Open Today ; m I 11 AM Till 10 PM W COUPON EXPIRES TOMORROW NIGHT A \ (2-10-87 AT 10 m rans center's pr in Charleston in May 1980 to serve Lowcountry veterans. A Greenville center opened in November 1981 to serve veterans in the Upstate and Piedmont areas. "In 1981, Congress unanimously approved of our program and gave us an extension until 1984. Then we had another expansion of the Vets Center program, starting in 1985. As a result, we came about in that third phase," Myers said. The center is required by the government to see 20 new veteran clients per month, he said. "Normally, we have been very successful at meeting that productivity standard ever since 1985. Some days you have a lot of veterans, some days you don't." Myers said most of the center's veterans come in on their own, while others are referred by the government's department of social services, local social service agency's or the VA. The center sees ' /anywhere from nine to 20 veterans on a daily basis and deals with other clients by telephone, mail or newsletter he said. v j ' i' / J** The programs offered by the center include counseling on an individual, group, family or marital basis. The three-member staff also sets up Agent Orange exams at the Columbia VA medical center and provides assistance in upgrading discharge papers, finding employment or receiving veterans' benefits, Myers said. ~~ American, A # d For fans of live music, th< |H f O |*1 coming months should offer a lo ^ * of activities. HIIFY I.FAVIS ANI) THI NEWS from San Francisco, wil take the stage at 8 p.m. Thursda; in the Carolina Coliseum. Thi Robert Cray band will open. iat never seem to CtjALl^ Inroads, Rounder W^VEi OCi)~ lanjo player Bela TtHfi ffiAAAfa solo album, con- ~ ~ 1 ~ ition of providing a to his music I the horizons of his i LP,Deviation, v/as Jg m, parni? Q epresentation of his H ine v?ruillld y abfili;ies/ Thc The Division of Law ight, full of energy 19 _ 'ally escaped from H i . what one would ex- | stic banjo record to ! APr velops another side DATE & ACQU lead of the up tem- ^ nd that characteriz- As deviation, Fleck has r j i more reflective H "Saf ids still has a jazzy flj one throughout "c ItHE facts Mi pand the range and (February 9, 1987 )wn banjo. g| J -dtj iads, Fleck further h| ivii ; his mastery of the j | e success of his free- 1 roach to his music lis and his previous .a r\f # V\ n rvirvct on - - ? -- - ^m LV U1 IHW UIU31 VII- ^ - ?- ? ? interesting acoustic 9 , ? Could You id Cross j ^10111 ! ? E UVES. i| J I i (if SUPER : ! / W coupon : j xfllK 't?*Z ! ^ yo O/) * $ rf%y I Donating plasm ! Our new systen USER : I available every : j We are open fi ITH JUST A J | P-M.f MOI r?i - -rnnnuin a k A? II IF/I 0 404 rut lUrrllMU. H o f Uall I. with ERRY LIMIT 1 J ..... mm* manna. I dylan ? rs 11 don of '2" ; I 1620 Gervais St t 10 pm | Columbia }# \ \ nnrams hnln Vifil ^ The ccnter also stays in the public eye by appearing on radio and television talk shows, as well as setting up presentations at local malls and shopping centers, he said. "Many veterans and people come up to us then and want to know what we're all about and where we're at." Myers said the Columbia center, as well as other centers across the United States, have had to deal with public assumptions and stereotypes about veterans. "There was a misconception when this program first started in 1979 that vets centers were going t6 be crowded with vets coming in with drug and alcohol problems. That has not been proven to be true. A very small percentage of out vets h#ve those problems, v " ' ; ' ?-,'i 7 rV' f "Another one is that Vietnam vets wer<j; npt , community-oriented and didn't want to be a part of society as a result ot tneir war exptncnces, i ve been *' in the program almost >'six ye^s, ^ tremendous shift in Vietnam vets' perceptions dbout themselves, and also in commitment to doing things in the community to let people know that vets are successful and do care about the world we live in," he said. The center sees a larger number of veterans during the Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Christmas holidays, Myers said. Extra assistance is provided ustralian bands to pe ; THE HOODOO GURUS from Charleston t Australia will appear at Squares are r Hockafellas' in Five Points engagement at Tuesday, Feb. 24. and 21. S Other acts from Down Under 1 are on the calendar at the club. STRYPER w y Hunters and Collectors and New its brand of e Zealand's Crowded House are metal at tl also scheduled to perform. auditorium on f q>LmiA:- t r F YOUR BEAT. ^ I )(pK iNgvy^pARER.I 1 1 | Program Union & B S Sf>2 Enforcement And Safety I I ^ resent "ogram On M AINTANCE RAPE 1 1 II ety Days" I VY SURPRISE YOul ! C* ^ 7:30 PMB I 2 Ballroom H | ? 1 Use An Extra | j L A j | I 1a is simple and safe. ' i / 1 makes appointments { j / fifteen minutes. ( | / , rom 7:30 A.M. to J j j iday through Friday. j I / I i I j I ' WLAISO ! [(// PLASMA DONOR CENTF.RSJ B|^ [nam vets fit in then by participating in Columbia's Veterans Day parade, providing holiday gifts or food for needy families and holding public "drop-ins" at the center. About 4G0 veterans have been seen by the Vet Center since it opened, 40 to 50 of whom are regular clients, he said. "We help them out, then we may not ever see them again because that's their way of life. "For a small staff, we've seen a large number of vets since we've been here, and I think that speaks very well for the program itself. You're looking at a tWo-person team, and you're looking at the fact that traditionally, Vietnam vets are not your traditional ;Yets<" he said. v i .u. */ * \\r ? r_ < m I "? ? jviyers scrvcu in inc v iciiuuu vytii nuiu 17/1-/^05 an Air Forcc security specialist. The other staff members ? clinical coordinator Mike Wofford and 'temporary office manager Deborrah Mayweather r-r,a\so served in the war, which provides a special IcfnsHip between themselves and the veterans they help, he said. The Vietnam Veterans Outreach Program is scheduled to undergo changes in 1989. Some centers will stay open and others will be merged with local VA medical centers. 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