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P o rtla n d , 287-1221 1815 NE Broadway - Portland dp By Donald Clark County Executive ■ medical care, are able to receive health screening, maintenance and im m unization services through c lin ic and home visits. There is a supplemental food referral program also known as W IC, for women, in fants and children who have special n u tritio n a l needs. Some o f the citizens in need o f this very necessary service are treated at the Woodlawn Community Health Cen ter at 17th and Dckum. I f measures 3 and 4 do not pass on June 30th, the W oodlawn Center w ill be scheduled for closure by November 30, 1981, and approxim ately 300 children in the com m unity w ill be without those services. Dental services such as those provided through the Buckman Dental C linic on Northeast Everett also are at stake i f the serial levy doesn’ t pass. Approxim ately 95^o o f the population under 18 w ill be affected by dental disease at one time or another, and about 40% of people over 55 have lost all their teeth. Some 500 low-income men, women and children in the N o rth / Northeast community alone w ill be without subsidized dental treatment i f measure 3 is defeated. W ith the percentages o f people badly needing dental treatment already high, can we afford to put another 500 people in jeopardy? Family planning services offered through the A lb in a M ultiservice Center and the health clinic in the C olum bia V illa Housing D istric t w ill be forced to cut back on operating hours and close their doors to about 500 low -incom e residents. An additional 300 people w ould no longer be eligible fo r general medical care offered through these same clinics. The elderly and the poor desperately in need o f services provided through the County’ s Por- ject Health Division also w ill be af fected if the serial levy is rejected by the voters. In fact, several hundred o f those enrolled from the N o rth / Northeast D istrict w ill be w ithout Project Health services. Community mental health clinics such as the N o rth /N o rth e a s , C lin ic w ill also have to make both staff and patient reductions if the levy fails. Library services w ill be substan tially reduced, closing seven branch es -- one o f which is the A lb in a Branch on NE 15th - and operating hours w ill be reduced at the central library and existing branches. The cuts and reductions I just outlined are o f course applicable only to the N o rth /N o rth e a st districts, however the overall cuts and reductions will affect all distric ts within Multnomah County. Measure 4 cannot pass if Measure 3 is rejected, and Measure 3 alone l\ZlAfi s SEAFOOD From Multnomah County D uring the past few months, we’ ve been hearing alot about President Reagan’ s federal budget cuts, as well as cutbacks in Gover nor A tiy e h ’ s state budget, and have grown concerned about the devastating impact those cuts w ill have on citizens in this country. At the same time, the County has prepared its budget fo r the fiscal year, and we, too, are cutting back. The 1981-82 County budget im poses cuts and reductions in some o f the services provided by Multnomah County, not only due to decreasing federal and state revenues, but also increasing costs and a shortfall o f local resources. To attem pt to minimize some o f these cutbacks, a three-year, $5.1 m illion serial levy has been put before the voters on June 30th, which w ill in part restore some of the County’ s basic services - - if measures 3 and 4 pass. You are probably aware o f how the proposed cuts and reductions w ill affect M ultnom ah County residents in general, but you may not be aware of how those cuts and reductions will affect the North and Northeast districts in particular. O f utmost im portance arc the reductions in C om m unity Health Services. At present, children from birth to age 13 whose parents arc unable to provide any source o f Obaarvar Juna I t . l i t i Pata 1 w ill not restore county services to their present capacity. Passage o f both measures 3 and 4 w ill however, create a d d itio n a l revenues which w ill enable the County to substant ia lly retain most o f our basic programs and services. The cost o f this tax levy to the average homeowner with a home assessed at $50,000 would be only $15.50 per year. The cost o f living continues to rise at a rapid rate. The unemployment rate is steadily rising and Reagan’ s axe seems to cut deeper in to the have nots than the haves. We have little control over what the Reagan A d m in istra tio n or the state do, and ce rtainly no power over reversing those cuts once they’ re adopted. % Open: Mon. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sun. - Noon - 5 p.m. FRESH FISH DAILY FRESH SEAFOOD DAILY SPECIALS THIS WEEK REX SOLE...................................... $2.»/lb(Reg. $2.8°/lb) FRESH CHINNOOK SALMON......$5.*/lb (Reg. SG.^/lb) PRAWNS (Shrimp, 40-50.......... $6 .*/lb (Reg. $7.»/lb) FrM^u»f»l^v«rvMond«yj>n^nwr»d«^b«glnnln^1M^M«c<your^rd«rwrt^ We do however, have the power to m inim ize the impact o f those cuts once they reach the local level in M ultnom ah County. By getting out to vote on Tuesday, June 30th, and voting yes fo r Measure 3 and Measure 4, we can help restore some o f the basic services provided by Multnomah County to those who need it most. On election day June 30th, if there is any doubt in your mind as to how to vote, ask yourself some basic questions: I f not here — where? If not now - when? If not us - who? " • Bausch & Lomb SOFLENS® From the Capitol ONE PRICE/ONE DAY Congressman Ron Wyden Q. Congressman Wyden, the House Budget Committee now has before it proposals which could reduce by more than 25 percent the federal government's contribution to health care programs. What does this mean for Oregonians? A. Plain and simple, it means that some Oregonians arc going to suffer. No m atter what kind o f a Houdini you are, you can't take a 25 percent cut and still otter the same level o f services. For example, if the 25 percent cut is approved, Medicaid to Oregon w ill be cut by $10 m illio n . Health services w ill be cut $3.6 m illio n . Preventive services, $1 million. That’ s almost $15 m illion less to be spent on health care in Oregon. You can’ t tell me that won’ t tear a hole in the safety net fo r crippled children, hemophiliacs, the mentally ill, the m entally retarded, alch- holics, drug addicts -- and many, many more Oregonians. I think it is a sad commentary on our national p rio ritie s that in the name o f balancing the budget we are cutting health care programs while we continue to subsidize the tobacco and synthetic fuel industries. I think it is equally tragic that we are concentrating our e ffo rts on thinking o f ways to squeeze all our health programs into underfunded block grants when we should be brainstorm ing about ways to cut health care costs -- fo r consumers and for taxpayers. Although I don’t pretend to have all the answers, a good place to begin to cut costs is through im plementation o f prospective reim bursement programs that require health providers to negotiate reasonable medical care packages in advance o f treatment - rather than just handing them a blank check to fill in afterwards. If we want a healthy America, we need healthy Americans. It is in cumbent on Congress to help ensure that good health. Q. Congressman H yden, you have been quoted as opposing the Kemp Roth Tax Plan supported by the Adm inistration. Why? What would this tax cut mean fo r Oregonians? A. In terms o f money, very lit tle. As a matter of fact, based on the latest Oregon tax return data, only slig h tly more than 3 percent o f Oregon's taxpayers would benefit from the Administration's tax plan. That leaves 97 percent who would not benefit -- and if that’ s not un fair, I don't know what is. What Oregon and America need to get our economy back on track is a targeted tax cut that benefits all of our workers -- regardless o f their in County committee appointments available M ultnom ah C ounty Executive Development Advisory Committee; Don C lark announced M onday, Emergency M edical Services A d that vacancies exist on the following visory C om m ittee; Employees citizen boards and commissions: Retirement Board; Juvenile Services C hild Care Coordinating Coun Com m ission; M erit System C iv il cil; C om m unity C orrections A d Service Council; and the Planning visory Com m ittee; Economic Commission. WWWWWWXVVWXXXXXXXXXXVVVWXXXXXWXXXXXXXXXXXM Citizens are encouraged to apply or to recommend appointments to the C ounty Executive. Interested persons should write or call Maggie Pendleton, O ffice o f the C ounty Executive, 1021 S.W. 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204. Phone: 248-3308. come. 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