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QJ)? Arizona Bailg Siat Tucson, Sunday, September 24, 1995 Page Twelve Section A Chicago's junkyard church gives food for the soul the white-haired, slightly built pastor stopped at the By Don Terry 1995 The New York Times CHICAGO Seven days a week, James Moore i up before the sun and off to work at a junkyard the city's South Side. Sunday mornings, he also attends church there. For the last four years, Moore, about a dozen other worshipers and their 81 -year-old pastor have held non-denominational services at the junkyard. They gather under open sky, on an unpaved sidewalk alongside the junkyard that is littered with shattered glass, dirt and broken dreams. The make-Shift congregation also includes a skinny junkyard dog who moves to the back when the singing starts.

Many of the worshipers are working poor, much too busy with basic survival and the buying and selling of society's detritus to make time for traditional church going. i. As heavy trucks and buses roar past, the congregation sits on battered chairs rescued from the yard and arranged like pews, praying and praising. matter if it is raining or snowing or as hot as the devil's oven. "Everybody needs to feed their soul," says Erma House, one of the regular worshipers and the manager of the yard.

"It don't matter where, just as about fancy buildings or congregations decked out in expensive clothes. "Jesus," the minister reminded his flock over a tiny public address system on a recent Sunday, "never had a fine church. It's not the building. It's the people that make a church. We are the church, you and Last Sunday, Moore and Smith arrived early to set up the chairs and drag the pulpit to its spot in the middle of the sidewalk.

As Smith wiped the rain and the dirt off the torn seats of the chairs, a customer hurried up to Moore. "I don't do no work until church is over," Moore informed the man. "I work seven days a week. I'm going to give God at least one hour of my time." The customer rolled his eyes toward heaven and sighed. "I didn't come here to be preached to," the man said.

"I came to buy an alternator." Moore opened his trunk and sold the man the part. The sale gave him a few bucks for the church offering. The Lord, as Barclay says, sometimes works in mysterious ways. The church of the junkyard got started four years ago. Thieves had stolen the hub caps from Hazel Barclay's car, so on a cold November Friday, "Jesus never had a fine church.

It's not the building. It's the people that make a church. We are the church, you and Ellsworth Barclay Junkyard church pastor long as you do it." Exie Hall, who works at a Baptist home for children, is among those who arrive for the junkyard worship in their Sunday best. Others, like Moore, 55, and Larry Smith, 34, come in their work clothes, caked in dirt and mud. With the last "Amen" they pull on their gloves and return to their junk trade until around 10 p.m.

when the yard closes. At times the traffic along South State Street, less than 10 yards from the congregation, makes it hard to hear Pastor Ellsworth Barclay read from his worn Bible or deliver a sermon about love and charity. But the interruptions never last long, and Barclay, at his pulpit of discarded plywood, adorned with a cross of plastic flowers and pictures of Jesus in cracked frames, asserts that God does not care yard looking tor cneap replacements iui ma uv automobile. As he looked around, House asked the minis-ter to pray for a friend who had recently been ar-rested They prayed, and House felt better. Barclay, never one to miss a chance to recruit souls, promised to return Sunday.

"After that," she said the other day, "he kept coming back, and the next thing you know we were celebrating our one-year anniversary and then our second, and we're still going strong." Since that time, Barclay has been doing double duty. After his junkyard service, he goes to services at the 112-year-old Bethesda Baptist Church, where he is associate minister. Life has been hard for the junkyard worship ers. "When I first started coming, I thought this was a weird place for a church," Smith said. "Then I heard that the Lord went to the side of a mountain to have service.

This here is a mountain of junk. I have been to churches where if you don't dress up they look at you funny. Here you just come as you are." Powell fascinates weary Americans Terrorist trial jurors deliberating gistical burdens a third party would face." For starters, there would be the fight to get on the ballot in all 50 states. "The cards are stacked against a third party," said Rich: ard Winger, editor of "Ballot Access News," a vauiuiiua-utucu iicvvaicuci Li Kit iiiiiuiuio lot laws. It ccst Perot, a billionaire who used his own fortune, nearly $14 million to get on all 50 state ballots in 1992.

He spent an addi- rf a ft ill: i a -i tightly guarded seclusion to consider what prosecutors call "a case about war." "The enemy is the United States, the battlefield the streets and tunnels of New York City," Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami said when the trial began last January. Prosecutors allege that Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman came to the United States in July 1990 and began meeting with followers who conspired to kill Rabbi Meir Kahane in November 1990 and bomb the World Trade Center in 1993. NEW YORK (AP) A jury began deliberating yesterday in the terrorism trial of a blind Egyptian cleric and nine other men accused of plotting a se- ties of bombing attacks to terrorize the United States into leaving the Middle East. Deliberations by the jury, which will remain sequestered irj a hotel each evening, are likely to be lengthy as they follow the judge's 200 pages of "-Instructions and study evidence from more than 200 witnesses.

7irThe jurors retired for the day without reaching a verdict. U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey sent the jury into By Scott Shepard and Julia Malone 1995 Cox News Service Americans' frustration with their two-party political system, which has been building steadily for a quarter-century, is nearing critical mass just as Colin Powell considers a third-party presidential bid. Forty-five percent of the American electorate 2 percent more than made Bill Clinton president are consistently telling pollsters that the country needs a new party to reform the political system. That sentiment sparked the campaign of Texas businessman Ross Perot in 1992, and it is now fueling the national fascination with Powell, the hero of Desert Storm who has no attachments to either party.

"There is this continual hope that some expectations for the former four-star Army general are destined to be disappointed, too, since no single person can turn the country around. "Powell has become an empty vessel into which anyone can pour their greatest hopes," he said, adding that no one could fulfill all of those expectations. Powell himself tried to puncture some of the euphoria last week when a caller to CNN's "Larry King Live" program asked how he would solve the problems of the black community. "I don't think any single government program or any single politician can fix it," he told her, adding that the solution lies within the community, family by family. Despite unprecedented numbers of Americans who are looking for someone outside the Republicans and Democrats, there is considerable doubt among experts that a third party, even led by as charismatic a figure as Powell, would be successful.

Powell could not even count on inheriting the 19 million voters who supported Perot's independent bid for president. "The people I'm talking to are unhappy with all the candidates," said Dick Taylor, head of Perot's United We Stand America chapter in Georgia. "They're looking at Powell. They're interested. But I don't think you can assume that Powell would automatically get Perot's voters if he ran." Moreover, the practical challenges are enormous for a candidate with none of the basic support systems that the two parties provide.

"Are Americans ready for a third party?" said Democratic pollster Alan Secrest. "Attitu-dinally, they are. But there are still some lo uonai 9to munon on ms campaign travels and advertising. Powell may earn $80,000 a speech. And he may have received $6 million for his autobiography.

But that won't go far in a presidential race. "There's the rub," said John J. Pitney a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. "In 1996, an independent could get a larger share of the vote than Perot in 1992 if he or she has the resources. But even if someone like Perot wanted to bankroll Powell, he couldn't." Under federal election law, a candidate can spend unlimited sums of his or her own money, but contributions from individuals are! limited to no more than 1 ,000.

Partly for that reason, some political experts suggest that Powell's best route to sue- cess may be to forsake his independent-course and seek the Republican nomination even if his centrist message may not be welcomed by party activists. FUNERAL NOTICES one will ride out of the west, from outside of politics, and clean the whole thing up," said William G. Mayer, a political scientist at Northeastern University. As the son of a hard-working, close-knit family who rose to become the top military officer in the country, Powell is perhaps perfectly suited for the mantle of untarnished superhero. The yearning for such a figure is evident among those flocking to see him on his bookselling, presidential exploratory tour.

"People are fascinated with him because they don't know that much about him," said David Mos-kowitz, a lawyer from Potomac, Md. "We know way too much about Bill Clinton and Bob Dole, and we don't like them. I voted for Bill Clinton. I know enough to be disappointed. I'm not disappointed in Colin Powell." However, Mayer warned that the soaring IMlNet The Economic Democracy Information.

Network (EDIN) home page has a section' devoted to "Third Parties and Electoral Reform links. 1 in 7 inmates convicted of sex crime BURNETT, Vernon Jerald 68, died Friday, I September 22, 1995. Mr. Burnett was born November 8, 1926 in Chandler, AZ. He was a truck driver for Madison Trucking for the 'five years prior to his illness.

He had retired previously from the Iron Workers Union 75 in AZ after 16 years of service. He was a vet-Van of the US Army having served during i WW II. Mr. Burnett's hobbies included fishing 'and hunting. He was a member of American Legion Post 0777.

He is survived by his 'wife, DeLyla Jean Burnett; two sons, Buddy Xynn Burnett of Anchorage, AK, Monty i Wayne Burnett of Palmer, AK; two daughters, Pamela Jean Burnett of Greensburg, IN, Elizabeth Ann Owens of Napoleon, IN; one step daughter, Shelly Wood of Anchorage, two sisters, Audrey Campbell of Mesa, Phyllis Camp of Buckeye, AZ; one brother, Alfred Burnett of Keni, AK; 16 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; grandson, Richard C. Burnett; brother, Richard Burnett. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, September 25, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. at Bass Gasper Funeral Home at Westport.

Scattering of cremains will occur at Roosevelt Lake in AZ following cremation. Visitation one prior to service on Monday at funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association through the funeral home. CORRALES, Molses July 6. 1993 March 26, 1995 Darlene and Moises Corrales invite all family and friends to join them in saying goodbye to their beloved son, Sito.

He will always be loved and missed as an angel who touched the lives of all who knew him. There will never be another as special as he. Mi Amor, Vida, Moisito. A Graveside Service will be Monday, September 25 at 11:00 a.m. at EVERGREEN MORTUARY ft CEMETERY, 3015 N.

Oracle. COUSER, Jessie Louise, 86, of Tucson, away September 21, 1995. Survived by her only son. R. Lamar Couser, a local attorney; and three grandchildren, Roy L.

Couser II of Denver, CO, William Barton Couser and Thomas Grant Couser of Tucson. Mrs. Couser was born in Graysville, GA on April 28, 1909. and attended school in Chattanooga, TN. She was the widow of Roy Pedway Couser of Tullahoma, TN.

Mrs. Couser was retired from sales and bookkeeping in the late 1940 s. She was a child of God and will find a special place in heaven. She will be buried beside her husband in Chattanooga. TN.

Private services will be held in Chattanooga. TN at a later date. Arrangements by ARIZONA MORTUARY. OSBORNE, Earle Dean, retired cattleman, 74, passed away peacefully in his sleep of natural causes during the night of September 20, 1995 at his residence in Pinetop, AZ. Member of a ranching and mercantile family who came to Arizona in the early 1900 Earle Osborne was born in Globe, Arizona on January 28, 1921.

Earle Osborne grew up in San Carlos, AZ, near Globe on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. His father owned and operated a trading post on the reservation. Earle Osborne joined the First Calvary Division of the United States Army during World War II. He fought for two and a half years in the Pacific Theatre, where he advanced to the rank of Captain. He commanded B-Troop.

Earle Osborne returned from the war to Tucson and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Agriculture. Following university, Earle Osborne went into business with his father at the trading post in Peridot, AZ, near San Carlos. Earle then purchased the Tres Beliotas Ranch (also known as the Cross Ranch) near Arivaca, Arizona, together with his brother Homer Osborne and his father. Earle Osborne owned and operated the Tres Beliotas Ranch until he retired. He also managed the Buenos Aires Ranch near Sasabe, AZ, which was at the time one of the largest ranches in Arizona.

Earle Osborne is survived by his loving wife, Helen Edwards Osborne, his three children, Pamela Ruth, Earle Jason and John Edwards Osborne, and two grandchildren, Monica Leigh and Valerie Gene Osborne. He is also survived by his sister, Mary Ellen McArthur and brother, Homer Osborne. A Memorial Service will be held at ADAIR FUNERAL HOMES, Dodge Chapel, 1050 N. Dodge, at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 1995.

All are welcome. STROXTILE, Mary Ann (Louth), 81, of Sierra Vista, passed away Thursday, September 21, 1995. She died at her home after a long bout with cancer. Mary was born June 15, 1914, in Delphos, Ohio, to Robert and Clara (Stegeman) Louth. She married James W.

Stroxtile on May 5, 1945, in Toledo, Ohio. They moved to Tucson in 1950, and established American Paint and Glass Co. from 1954 to 1964. They moved to Sierra Vista in 1966, and opened Jim's Glass and Mirror which they sold in 1978. Shortly after Jim's death, Mary retired in 1986.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband Jim, her parents and her brother, John. Survived by one son, Robert H. "Bob" Stroxtile of New Providence, NJ; one sister, Marge (Louth) Winters of Tucson, AZ; and two nephews, Richard Winters of CA and Ronald of Tucson, AZ. Mary's hobbies included collecting Hummel plates and figurines. She was an avid gardener and had a special love for growing roses and irises.

She was a member of St. Andrews Apostle Catholic Church for many years. Visitation will be Monday. September 25, 1995 at HATFIELD MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Sierra Vista. AZ.

from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Rosary will be recited at 5:30 p.m. by Father Bill Parenteau. Mass of Resurrection will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, 1995 at St.

Andrews Apostle Catholic Church, Sierra Vista, AZ with Father Gregory Adolf officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in the name of Mary Stroxtile. to the American Cancer Society, co Charlotte McGhee. 793 Charles Sierra Vista. AZ 85635 or Casa de La Paz Hospice, P.

O. Box 192. Sierra Vista. AZ. 85635.

Arrangements by HATFIELD FUNERAL HOME, 830 S. Hwy 92, Sierra Vis- ta, AZ. van DYKE, Elizabeth 93, died June 28, 1995 in Bloomfield. CT. Preceded in death by her husband, the Rev.

Dr. Tertius van Dyke, a son, Henry van Dyke IV and two grandsons. She is survived by a son, Paul C. van Dyke of Mystic, CT; and daughter, Mrs. Frederic Maccabe of Tucson; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren.

She was a winter resident of Tucson from 1969 to 1984, while here she was member of the First Congregational Church and the Tucson Medical Center Auxiliary. Memorial Services will be held in Washington, CT, September 30, 1995. Gifts in her memory made to be to the Tucson Medical Auxiliary Remembrance Fund, P.O. Box 42195. Tucson.

85733 or to the Tertius van Dyke Memorial Fund, First Congregational Church, Washington, CT 06793. By Andre Henderson Governing Magazine One of every seven people behind bars in this country is serving time for a sex crime. The number and its implications -are startling. Of course, not every state's prison population corresponds to the national average. In some places, the proportion is greater: In Kansas, Utah and Washington, one in four inmates is a sex offender, while Texas and Florida count only one in 10 inmates as sex offenders.

(In Arizona, the proportion is less: one in nearly nine, or 2,432 inmates out of 21,133 are sex offenders, said Mike Arra, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Corrections.) Although the ratios vary from state to state, any one of them is significantly striking to give pause, especially since all these prisoners are creating new and vexing problems for states already struggling with swollen prison systems. Why are prisons so filled with sex offenders? One reason is simply an apparent increase in the number of crimes. For example, between 1988 and 1994, reported rapes nationwide rose by 14 percent. Another reason is a change in social attitudes, particularly toward rape. "The most striking fact over the last five years is the increased reporting of these instances," says Michael P.

Barnes, incoming president of the National District Attorneys' Association. "The increasing consciousness of communities, plus a greater awareness on the part of police, may mean that more of these cases are brought to the attention of law enforcement." Spurred by public reaction to tragic, high-profile cases, legislators and judges are throwing the book at sex offenders. And those incarcerated are serving longer sentences. Nationwide, 12,000 people were serving time for sexual offenses in 1979. By 1991, there were 65,800, and the numbers have continued to grow.

Nationally, the average sentence for first-time rape in 1992 was 12 years, eight months, and for other sexual assaults it was nine years, one month. Those convicted of a first-time rape can expect to serve more of their sentences than any other felons even murderers. In 1992, sex offenders served 50.4 percent of their sentences, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. hSy comparison, convicted first-time murderers served only 41.0 percent of their sentences. Few members of society are as reviled as sex offenders.

Even in prison, their safety can be guaranteed only by separating them from the general inmate population. Public pressure doesn't abate once these convicts are released. Forty-three states now require sex convicts to register with local authorities and keep them informed of their whereabouts for 10 years after their release. And four states have passed laws allowing authorities to notify communities of the presence of newly released sex offenders. But courts in three of the four have judged key parts of those statutes unconstitutional.

Sex offenders come from all race, class and age groups. According to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, the average first-time sex convict is a white male between the ages of 33 and 35. But this statistic can be deceptive. "There isn't a typical sex offender," says Dr. William Pithers, who heads Vermont's sex offender treatment program.

"The reason why child abusers are so effective is because none of them fits the stereotype. None of them" are the old man standing on the; street corner with three days'! worth of facial growth and a bot-; tie sticking out of his whispering to children, 'Hey, come here, Adults convicted of felony sex crimes rarely have a criminal history, and the people convicted of sex crimes are unlikely to be strangers. "When people think of sex offenders, they think of somebody who is a phantom-like creature," says Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, clinical psychologist who heads' the Florida-based Forensic Men-! tal Health Associates.

"They generally don't think of a person they know. They don't think, 'Oh, that's my brother' or 'That's my Every state operates treatment programs for sex offenders. The Safer Society Program, a New York-based consulting firm, reported 745 treatment programs nationwide in 1993. On Arizona, the state offers a program in Tucson, but participation is voluntary, Arra said.) But this doesn't mean that every inmate receives treatment. Indeed, very few do.

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