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it CEX .Ü B B A TIN C A B E C O E street roots 3 uJLjUdL Education * Dialogue * Independence NEWSBRIEFS Bayer, community members honored by city committee Street Roots Executive Director Israel Bayer was among a group of individuals and organizations recognized with achievement awards by the Portland Coordinating Committee to End Homelessness. The awards were presented Wednesday by C ity . Commissioner Nick Fish and Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury. Bayer was honored for his "leadership and ingenuity in challenging the communityjto act, respond and live to promote justice for all people and be a voice for marginalized groups." Also receiving awards were the Multnomah County Mobile Medical Clinic, Cascade AIDS Project, and the Home Builders Foundation. Other individuals honored were Lio Alaalatoa with JOIN, Liora Berry with Cascadia BHC, Liv Jenssen with the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, and Holly Redeau of Central City Concern. Deadline approaches for seniors to tap farmers’ market subsidy Almost 25,000 low-income Oregon seniors are recieving help to buy fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers markets and farm stands, but some .17,000 additional eligible seniors haven't signed up yet, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. The deadline to sign up is Sept. 15. The state has sent more than 42,000 eligible Oregon seniors invitations to participate in the federally funded Oregon Senior-farm Direct Nutrition Program, which runs annually from June 1 to Oct. 31. To be eligible» seniors must have turned 60 by April 1,2009, receive Food Stamps or Medicaid, have a monthly income below $1038 for an individual;, a n d . live in their own home or rental unit. Those who sign and returnjhe letter to DHS by Sept. 15 wii, receive farm-direct checks that can be used at any participating farm stand or farmers market in Oregon through the end of October. Participants also receive information on the locations of authorized farm stands and farmers markets in - their area and nutritional information, including recipes and tips to healthy eating. . For more information on the Oregon Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program,-contact your local office- serving seniors and people with disabilities/www. oregon.gov/DHS/localoff ices/index.shtml P H O T O BY SC O TT KEELER Sharing smiles A reader sent in this photo o f vendor Vicky Sittinghawk sharing a laugh with a customer on the M ax train -P along with her dog, Max. Group says health care bill contains discriminatory provision STA FF REPO R TS - group of Oregon advocacy, labor, business and faith representatives say a health reform proposalunder ■ diseriminateagainst low- and moderate- income families. In a letter to Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, the group says the “free rider” provision would require these employers to pay a fee for each worker- receiving a federal subsidy to help them purchase insurance. The employer would pay nothing for employees ineligible for subsidies due to their family income, the group says. The group, which includes the Oregon Center for Public Policy, AFSCME Local 3214, Health Care for All Oregon,- and others.saytheprovisionwould- apply-only to employers who do not provide affordable health coverage for their low- and moderate- income employees. They want it removed frdm the health care proposal being developed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus. “Employers subject to the provision would find it more expensive to hire employees from lower income households than those from higher income ones,” the | group says in its letter. “Consequently, thé provision would create an incentive for employers to favor higher income job candidates, Knowledge of a prospective effipî^ëë’s in^^maudifS- ^nëÆ eF ffieÿîS s^læ T nâà Well-paying job or whether he or she i§ a single parent, for example — could prove décisive, and thus discriminatory, in hiring decisions.” The group says a better approach would be to require employers who fail to offer coverage to pay a fee on their total payroll, rather than a fee tied to a particular employee. T he L eft C oast E isteddfod a Welsh-American performing arts festival 21-22 August 2009 " v ' O O N f e ' ' ' ' " " STORY Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on th e Class W ar a t Home A new book by Find Out More About; Steve Early • Workers and the economic crisis • The light for health care reform • The fate o f “Employee Free Choice” • Current struggles for union democracy and rank-and-file control • The future of national federations like Change to Win and AFL-CIO. Labor journalist, lawyer, and former CWA organizer Speaking at: Powell’s Book Store 3723 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland . Thursday, July 30 7:30 P.M. Sponsored b y : Monthly Review, WorkingUSA, Labor Notes, ILWU Local 5, CWA Local 7901, and Portland dobs With Justice Refreshments will be served. For more information, calf: 617-930-7327 To order the book online, visit: www.monthiyreview.org WALES Online Poetry, Short Story and Image competitions, now till August 2009 Win $100 and International Acclaim - enter at americymru.nlng.com Winners announced at the live event at the Crystal BallrooM 21 -22 August 2009
