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"Access to confidential family planning and
mental health services is a critical component of
addressing the needs of todays youth.”
The measures were put forth by the Oregon
Constitution Party, which recently nominated
Oregon Citizens Alliance chairman Lon Mabon
to run for U.S. Senate this fall. The initiatives
would prevent all access for minors to treat
ment, counseling and education for prenatal
care, sexually transmitted diseases, drug, alcohol
and suicide prevention services.
“If passed, laws such as these will have seri
ous negative health effects on our adolescents,”
Fitchett said. “When teens are facing serious sit
uations they almost always involve their par
ents. Teens who seek confidential counseling or
treatment do so for good reason. These teens are
often living in a home with physical or emo
tional abuse.”
The measures are so broadly written they
require parental consent for any non-emergency
service the county provides to minors. Such serv
ices may include obtaining a library card or receiv
ing confidential counseling from a school nurse.
A d v is o r y G r o u p M e e t s
he Burnside Triangle Advisory Group, a
council of community members, activists
and business owners appointed by City Com
missioner Dan Saltzman and now overseen by
City Commissioner Jim Francesconi, met
June 27 to discuss current projects and future
plans. It is charged with making recommenda
tions about matters of interest to the sexual
minorities community surrounding the develop
ment and future of Portland s gay district.
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The group finalized a walking tour route, a
historic ambling complete with information
about buildings and institutions still standing
and long gone. It plans to make the tour avail
able to the public in the fall.
In addition to working on a timeline of pro
posed projects including tree planting, responsi
ble economic growth in the area and the possi
bility of turning the neighborhood into a pedes
trian-only zone on weekends, group members
expressed interest in adding their voices to the
ongoing conversation about developing a Port
land queer community center. Positions are still
open on the council; women and people of color
especially are sought' to influence the develop
ment of the Burnside Triangle.
For more information contact the Metropolitan
Human Rights Commission at 503-823-5136 or
mhrc@ci.Portland .or.us.
PFLAG
P io n e e r A il in g
A
nn Shepherd will undergo mitral valve
replacement surgery as well as a single or
double bypass later this month at Providence
Portland Medical Center. She will be at the hos
pital for about two weeks starting July 15.
“The determining factor for her was quality
of life: Without the surgery, things will only get
worse, and nastily so,” Shepherd s daughter Jean
wrote in an e-mail to friends and family June 27.
“The surgery at least affords the possibility of a
far more comfortable life.”
Shepherd, who suffered a stroke in
November 2000, has a 10 percent to 20 per
cent chance of dying on the table or in the
first 30 days after surgery. But she “still likes
those odds better than slowly dwindling the
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Michael Krzeszak (left) and Donald Finch celebrate the Jamison Square opening June 2 9
way she has been,” according to her daughter
Susie.
In the 1970s Shepherd and her husband,
Bill, co-founded the Portland chapter of Friends
of Gays, which eventually affiliated with the
national Parents, Families and Friends of Les
bians and Gays. He died of leukemia in 1995.
“This will not be an easy time for Mom or,
frankly, for any of us,” Jean said. “Please keep
Mom, her medical team and us in your prayers.”
Well-wishers can write to Providence Portland
Medical Center, 4805 N .E . Glisan St., Portland,
OR 97213-2933.
pens
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ozens of Portlanders celebrated the opening
of the River District s first new park June 29.
Jam ison Square is named in honor of
William Jamison, whose presence was pivotal in
the development of the First Thursday gallery
walk. He died of A ID S in 1995.
“He was an exceptional person in his ability
to influence and connect with a wide variety of
people,” a Portland Parks & Recreation state
ment said. “His personal magnetism, in addition
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