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juna 7. 2002 for the Deaf director. “His commitment to the hearing-impaired is invaluable. No one is more deserving of a Lifetime Achievement Award.” An expert lip reader, Stack has been almost completely deaf since he was 6. He teaches at Portland Community College in the sign lan guage studies and interpreter training programs. In addition, Stack founded Northwest The ater of the Deaf, a community group using sign language for the hearing-impaired. He earned a bachelors degree from Gallaudet University and received a state of Oregon Certified Public Accountant Certificate. Stack grew up in the Ozark foothills of Mis souri and St. Louis before moving to Portland in 1947. He is a widower with three daughters, Sharon, Kelly Magee and Holly. Continued from Page 11 PABA C elebrates 10 th A nniversary T he Portland Area Business Association will celebrate its 10th anniversary during its monthly networking luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 12 at the Lloyd Center Double- Tree Inn, 1000 N.E. Multnomah St. The event promises to be an informative, fun kxik to the past, present and future. The organiza tion will honor its founders and past presidents, elect its board members and officers, and unveil its new logo, Web site and Portland Pride 2002 plans. For more information visit wunu.paba.com. R eporter W ill L ecture Hank Stack (center) has been signing the morning news updates on KGW for more than 30 years I Through the gift of an anonymous donor, the organization is distributing $35,000 this year as part of a new safe schools and public policy grants program. A second program for nonurban chapters was established with a grant from the Denver-based Gill Foundation, a $260 million- endowed organization committed to securing equal opportunities for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Corvallis chapter received a $1,000 safe schools and public policy grant and a $2,000 nonurban grant. The Central Oregon chapter received a $1,150 nonurban grant. “From Alaska to North Carolina, chapters are establishing and executing important pro grams that further the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals,” said PFLAG president Arnold Drake, a physician in Memphis, Tenn. “With these two grant pro nvestigative reporter Greg Palast— whose London Observer article led to the removal of Pat Robertson as Christian Coalition president and thwarted his attempt to become a partner in a Scottish bank— will lecture on his book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, a New York Times best seller, from 7 to 9 p.m. June 18 at First Unitarian Church of Portland, 1011 S.W. 12th Ave. The suggested donation is $5 to $10. No one will be turned away. PFLAG A nnounces G rants to C hapters T he national office of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays announced May 21 the recipients of $55,000 worth of chap ter grants. grams, chapters will be able to carry out a wide range of programs.” O regon S chool for the D eaf H onors KGW V eteran he Oregon School for the Deaf honored KGW-TV’s Hank Stack with a Lifetime Achievement Award during commencement cer emonies May 31. In March he was one of seven gay and lesbian seniors saluted during the Port land Gay Men’s Chorus Vintage Voices concerts. In 1971, long before the advent of closed- captioning technology, Stack began signing the morning news updates on KGW His reports provide thousands of deaf Oregonians with crit ical news and information. “Hank Stack is a hero for Oregon’s deaf com munity,” said Jane Mulholland, Oregon School T F ilm F est D irector M akes M ove to S an F rancisco rameline, the leading distributor of gay and Í “' lesbian cinema to academic and institution al organizations, recently hired Maura King to be its new distribution associate. The company also presents San Franciscos queer film festival, the oldest and largest one in the world. King spent five years with the queer film fes tival based in Portland. While completing her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Reed College, she began volunteering for Sensory Perceptions, eventually serving as its director. King was a key member of the team that restarted the festival after another organization folded. Through her leadership, Sensory Percep tions gained financial independence and expanded its audience year after year. JH Compiled by JlM RADOSTA "Thanks for not blowing smoke at work, Oregon.” I used to work outside. Used to smoke, too. Been inside working in this warehouse for fifteen years. Quit smoking about that time. But every time someone else would light up, I’d smell that smoke in the air. And I’d just want to get away. That was before the Oregon Smokefree Workplace Law. Now smoking doesn’t work in Oregon. And I’m breathing a whole lot easier. If you’ve got questions, please contact us: Information About The Law • Toll-free 1-S66-621-6107 • www.healthoregon.org/tobacco • Your county health department Oregon Tobacco QuHfine • 1-877-270-ST0P • 1-877-2NO-FUME (Spanish) • TTY: 1-877-777-6534 If you have a disability and need the material in an alternate format, call 503-731-4273 (TTY: 503-731-4031). VA 'ÿ SMOKEFREE WORKPLACES. IT’S OREGON LAW. 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