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2 The Clackamas Print Wednesday, January 29,1997 News/Editorial NEWS BRIEFS Letter to Editor: ChanneLight performs at art museum Readerfavors legalizing pot The article “Health care go ing to pot” Jan. 15, was con cerned that legalizing mari juana for medicinal purposes for a few in pain would endan ger the many that would use it illegally for recreation. I fail to see the logic of withholding one proven me dicinal herb from sick and dy ing patients because some choose to abuse it. Following that logic, are we to withdraw nitrous oxicfe (laughing gas) from dental patients, cortisone (some do abuse steroids) treatment for sports injuries, or various drugs for mental disorders? Doctors and pharmacist are so regulated that I don’t see how prescribing marijuana is going to benefit the criminal element that traffics in it. Being a controlled substance would make it nearly impossible to get without a prescription. As far as legalizing it for medicinal uses making it look attractive to kids? Ah, come on, what’s attractive about taking your grandma’s medicine? Esther Esson Unworried mother of three kids (Editor’s Note: Unless letters to the editor are signed, they will not be considered for publication.) HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention focus at Clackamas County task force meeting Karin Redston Co-Feature Editor The Clackamas County HIV Prevention Planning Task Force held its first 1997 planning meet ing Jan. 17 at the college’s Fam ily Resource Center. The orientation meeting for new and returning members focused on HIV-prevention education in Clackamas County. A plan will be submitted to the state for approval and imple mented on approval. The 1996-97 mission state ment of thie task force reads: “The mission of the Clackamas County HIV Prevention Planning Task Force is to decrease the number of HIV infections and to increase the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS in Clackamas County through established and innovative approaches to as sessment, planning, education, services and evaluation. Our emphasis will include develop ment of cost effective prevention services and of knowledgeable local leadership.” As of Dec. 18, 1996, a total of 169 cases of AIDS were re corded in Clackamas County. Of these, 156 were in white males. However, the direction of the dis ease is changing. According to an article in the Dec. 2, 1996 issue of Newsweek written by John Leland, the virus is now epidemic among the poor and the minority populations na tionally. The fastest growing population is African-Americans. In Oregon, although the high est group with HIV infection is still Caucasian homosexual males, a steady rise of HIV infection has been noted in women and children for the last six years. “There is a lot more education that needs to be done,” said Lee Burleson, Co-chairperson of the Clackamas County HIV Preven tion Task Force. “People out here think HIV is a big city problem. Most of the people I have dealt with don’t live in the suburbs, they live in smaller towns away from Portland. That is true all over the state.” According to Dixie Whetsell, Co-chairperson of the Clackamas /--------------------- ;------------------------- LANEY FOUSE, Editor-in-Chief (ext. 2576) BRAD ZIMMERMAN, Managing Editor (ext. 2576) MAIRIN-ANNE MOORE, News Editor (ext. 2309) KARIN REDSTON, Co-Feature Editor (ext. 2578) CHRISTINA MUELLER, Co-Feature Editor (ext. 2309) JON ROBERTS, A &E Editor (ext. 2309) BRENDON NEAL, Sports Editor (ext. 2578) JOHN THORBURN, Assistant Sports Editor (ext. 2578) CINDY HINES KURFMAN, Copy Editor (ext. 2309) JOEL CORESON, Photo Editor (ext. 2578) ERIN BENNETT, Business Manager (ext. 2578) BRANDY GEHRKE, Cartoonist (ext. 2309) Staff Writers/Photographers/Production: Andrew Beck, Maggie Bragg, Kim Harney, Joel Shempert County HIV Prevention Planning Task Force, 20 percent of all people infected with HIV were in fected as teenagers. Whetsell also pointed out that 45 percent of all AIDS cases were over the age of 30. “Clackamas County is unusual in that the men that have been diagnosed with AIDS in our county are older,” noted Whetsell. “That’s been fairly consistent in our county since the beginning.” Implementations of the 1996 plan included needle exchanges for intravenous drug users, con dom distribution, “Love and Play Safe” coasters in bars, brochures, posters, resource cards, and community educational outreach and presentations. On campus, current services include condom dispensing ma chines in the bathrooms of the Com munity Center. Clackamas’s policy on HIV and AIDS maintains no tol erance for discrimination against anyone who is HIV infected. The Clackamas County HIV Prevention Task Force will meet again Jan. 30. Bill Briare and his eclec tic folk group ChanneLight will appear at the Oregon City Art Museum on 606 John Adams Street in Oregon City at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1. The group will play a wide assortment of instruments and feature songs with roots in many styles of world mu sic. Special guests include Jan Anderson and Loren Ford of No Strings Attached. This is a free show for all ages. For information call ext. 2457. Do you suffer from math anxiety? The Focus on Women program is offering a free lunch and learn session, “Get ting Past Math Anxiety,” on Feb. 4. An exploration of your feelings about math and what you can do to decrease the negative feelings will be held from 12:30 tol:30 p.m. in the Gregory Forum. Register for WKS 1-03. You may call ext. 2310 for more information.. Women’s group to hold book discussion Join other women to share a common-read book and dis cuss what each participant is reading and recommends. Bring your lunch to the discussion from noon to 1 p.m., in Barlow 108, on Feb. 5. Register now for WKS 1- 02. For more information on the free session call ext. 2268. Horticulture therapist to speak on gardening Join Teresia Hazen, a hor^ ticulture therapist for Legacy Health System, at an Aging Is sues Forum from 10 a.m. to noon in CC127 on Tuesday, Feb. 4. She will speak about using gardening and horticul ture activities to promote awareness of seasonal changes, problem solving, conversation and reminiscing awareness The session is free and open to the public. For more information, call ext. 2456. The Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City, OR 97045 (503) 657-6958 ext. 2309 cccprint @ clackamas.cc.or.us Linda Vogt, Advisor (ext 2310) JoAnne Gale, Secretary (ext 2309) Tax course offered With taxes just around the corner, now is the perfect time to brush up on preparing those tax returns. Learn the basics of preparing a simple income tax return at a free information session from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Jan. 30, at the college’s Family Resource Center. The overview includes what is needed to complete a short federal and state return. The class will also dis cuss the earned income credit and the child care credit, who qualifies and how such items are computed. For those interested reg ister for WKS 5-01 or call ext. 2268 for more information. Discussion centers on current events Join the college’s Seasoned Adult Enrichment Program to day and discuss the “Current State of the Church.” The morning session, “The Church at the End of the 20th Century,” will be presented by Susan Russell. The second of the three- part series on current events will be held in the afternoon session. Joanne Baker will host a discussion of current topics presented by partici pants. Bring articles and clip pings. The sessions are from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Harmony Center, 7616 SE Harmony Road, Milwaukie. Cost for one or both sessions is $4. For more information, call ext. 3230. Taking a look at Oregon’s history What’s next for Oregon? Join the Seasoned Adult Enrichment Program and discuss Oregon’s developing history at the Feb. 5 morning session. The afternoon session con cludes the three-part series etv titled, “Current Events.” Joanne Baker will host a discussion of cur rent topics presented by partici pants. Bring articles and clippings. Sessions run from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Harmony Center, and cost is $4. For more information, call ext. 3230. The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its faculty or The Clacka mas Przni advertisers. Products and services ad vertised in The Clackamas Print are not neces sarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The advertising rate is $4.50 per column inch. 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