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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1981)
August 2 7 .1M1 award ?7 s\v 1 .'tii Av cm ip . l’i i'ti<i*u I < overnor signs racial harassment law On Friday, August 21st, at 3:13 pm, Oregon’s new racial harassment law became e ffe c tiv e , signed by Oovernor V icto r A tiyeh . The law, which was adopted by the legislature on the last day o f its long session, makes racial or religious in tim id a tio n a class A m isdem eanor, and conspiracy to intimidate because o f race, co lo r, relig io n o r n atio n al origin a class C felony. The law was requested by Oovernor Atiyeh in re sponse to the increasing frequency o f racial and religious harassment and intimidation in Oregon. D u rin g the signing cerem ony, attended by representatives o f many m inority and religious groups that supported the law, Governor Atiyeh was presented the M eritorious Ser vice Award, the highest award given by the U .S . Justice D epartm ent's Commmunity Relations Service. Robert Lamb, Jr., Director o f the Northwest Regional Office, told the Oovernor, ” . . . we are indeed grate ful for your leadership and for your prompt action in response to grow ing racial incidents here in the State o f O re g o n .. . . W e believe, indeed we know, that your stand against ra cial hate and harassment here in Oregon is important and timely, and serves as a national model, especial ly when viewed against the back drop o f racial incidents plaguing the nation and the resurgence o f hate groups.” Governor Victor Atiyah sign* racial/religious harassment law. if >>' 'A’ .’H'i 228 0038 CORA SMITH h u ir d e s ig n * . • êtrropeon sktn t <>»♦* j «inu K H iW P ♦ o r w o W ’ f i n d m e n - Bring In thia ad to racaiva your 10% discount on thaaa tw o Pro-Una products. S alt prlcaa effective Aug. 29-Sept. 6 Npjdwt/tctf UOVOCtNTSS * Health council seeks members Governor Victor Atiyeh is seeking consumers o f health care to fill " a t la rg e ” positions on the O regon Statew ide H e a lth C o o rd in a tin g C o u n c il. The tw o consum er ap pointees will serve a full three-year term o f office beginning in October, 1981. / I » MW GM T.J. BROWN GWM E. JEAN DILLARD Reception honors leaders GWP CLIFFORD JOINER Prince H all Masons and Eastern Stars w ill honor at a reception Thom as J. B row n, the M ost Worshipful Grand Master o f Prince H a ll G ra n d Lodge, F .& A .M . ; E . Jean D illa r d , G ran d W o rth y Matron; and C lifford Joiner, Grand W o rth y P atro n of- Prince H a ll Grand Chapter, OES. The reception, sponsored by the Past G ran d M asters, Past G ran d Matrons and Past Grand Patrons of Oregon Jurisdiction, will be held at the Masonic H all, 116 N .E . Russell Street, on August 29th from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The public is invited. Camp Fire needs youth, leaders Camp Fire clubs will be organized through Multnomah and Washington Counties, beginning with the opening o f school. A ll boys and girls in first and second grades, and all girls in third through sixth grades, will receive an interest survey through their schools. Membership is open to all youth; yearly dues are $6. Before a club can be organized, volunteer leaders and assistant leaders must be found. Call 224-7800. Anyone interested in serving on the council should contact M yrn a W a ld ro n , State H e a lth P lanning and Developm ent Agency, by not later than Septem ber 21. M y rn a may be reached to ll-fre e at 1-800- 452-7813, extension 84683 statewide or if calling from the Portland met- ropolican area, 229-5700, extension 84683. The 31-member consumer dom i nated council is charged to reorgan ize health services to provide O re Drivers license disappears (Continuedfrom page 1 col. 6) f gonians w ith better access to low cost quality health care. wrong. Johnson said W addell had told him that he had alread y re turned the license that morning. (A police o ffic e r did go to the house next door but left without talking to anyone, and the license was not found in that mailbox either.) Johnson said there was nothing he could do and advised Franklin to call McCabe again. He also suggest ed that Franklin drive without the li cense and, if stopped by another o f ficer, tell him what had happened and have him call McCabe. N o t satisfied , Brewer called McCabe. McCabe could not contact W addell because he had the a fte r noon o ff. His suggestion was that Franklin drive without a license and then bring him the tickets. H e re jected the use o f his name: "Ju s t keep my name out o f the streets.” Brewer reports that McCabe offered to pay any expense o f getting a new Arizona license. C ap tain M cC ab e v erifie d that W ad d ell did take the license and that his takin g it was not legal. Waddell told him that he took it to prevent Franklin from using it be cause it was not valid in O regon. " H is superior officers have talked to him about this in c id e n t," W ad d ell claims that he went to F ra n k lin 's house, knocked on the door, and when no one answered he put the license in the m ailb o x. "Franklin needs to get an Oregon li cense,” McCabe added. " I f he re turns to Arizona and needs to get a duplicate Arizona license, I told him I would pay for it.” Clinic hires director Continued fro m page I col. 6) The main focus o f the health cen ter is to deal with people on a com munity level and to keep them intact in the community. The center has a consultation and education unit that will be respon sible for w orking w ith com m unity agencies, school programs and other interested parties that may wish to learn more about mental health. The m o tto o f the center is, "W o rkin g Towards A Caring Com m u n ity ,” and, B enjam in said, " C o n fid e n tia lity is extrem ely im portant and I hope that we can pro vide quality service to the commun ity .” M ichael Benjamin will reside in N ortheast P o rtla n d w ith his w ife M arva, a psychiatric social worker at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Wash ington, D .C ., and his four-year-old daughter, Michelle. butch canr ol T o S < *° pock Sped«1 H a ir D e s ig n f o r M e n Si W o m e n SHOP H O T C U T S S P E C IA L j S IS . 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