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Primate Center seeks minority apprentices
G rassroot News, N. W. — The
Oregon Regional Primate Research
Center is accepting applications for
the minority high school student re­
search apprentice program. The ex­
pectation is that some o f the appren­
tices will decide to pursue careers in
research related to health. This is an
excellent o p p o rtu n ity fo r high
school seniors to fin d out about
another aspect o f health-related re­
search, to get away from the Burger
King summer jobs and do some­
thing a lot more meaningful.
The Prim ate Center does repro­
ductive research w ith monkeys.
T h eir research led to the develop­
ment o f birth control devices and
surgical techniques for operating on
fetuses. Mohamed Isahakia is a stu­
dent researcher at the Oregon P ri­
mate C en ter. “ I ’ m fro m Kenya,
East Africa, and have worked at the
center for two years. M y purpose
for coming here is to be trained in
male reproductive physiology. I
conduct research and attend classes
at the Oregon H ealth Science U n i­
versity. M y focus is on male fertility
and infertility. I ’m trying to identify
elements that are relevant to infertil­
ity so later on they can be used as a
means to control fertility.**
M r. Isahakia’s interests center in
anim al m edicine. He is a veterin ­
arian. " I wanted to change my ca­
reer toward research.” The W orld
Health Organization, a part o f the
United Nations, is sponsoring Isa­
hakia. He plans to return to Kenya
once his studies are completed.
O ver the years com plaints have
been raised that research is in h u ­
mane to the animals. “ This depends
on the area o f research. In pharma­
ceutical research they use lots o f ani­
mals to test drugs before they can be
used on humans. Also in the auto­
motive industry they use animals for
their crash program s. But under
proper supervision meaningful use
o f animals can be made to minimize
the amount o f pain that's inflicted.
In my case all I use is the sperm.
There are advantages and disadvan­
tages and there is no boundary that
can be draw n.’ * The benefits are to
prolong life or eradicate illness in
human beings.
A p plicatio n s can be obtained
fro m L in d a H en d rickso n , Public
Information Director o f the Oregon
Primate Center. You can call her at
645-1141, ext. 287. Include with the
application a statement o f 200-400
words about your activities and in­
tellectual interest. Submit with the
application a complete official tran­
script o f your high school record.
The deadline is Friday, March 14.
First Annual Banquet
Honoring
"The Man Of The Year"
Ron Herndon
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
1624 N.E. Hancock
Friday
March 26.1962
6:30 pm til 10:00 pm
Donation:
Adults *9.50
Kids *7.50
Tickets: Youth Service Center 4815 N.E. 7th Ave.
King Neighborhood Facility 288-0371 or
House of Sounds
Mohamed Isahakia of Kenya is a student researcher at the Oregon
Regional Primate Canter.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Macro Bingo benefits House of Exodus
by Harris Levon McRae
The House o f Exodus is sponsor­
ing an “ Exodus M a c ro B ingo”
night at the Multnomah County Ex­
position Center at 2060 N . M arine
Drive on Saturday, March 13th.
The House o f Exodus is a non­
p ro fit alcohol and drug treatment
center providing direct treatm ent,
consultation and education to indi­
viduals who are in need o f help
caused by alcoholism , drug addic­
tion and chemical abuse in general.
The bingo game is a fund raiser and
the money will benefit the House o f
Exodus.
“ We are the first non -p ro fit o r­
ganization in Oregon attempting to
raise funds through bingo games in
the magnitude that Exodus Macro
Bingo is being d o n e ,” says Tom
Boothe, coordinator o f the program
at the House o f Exodus.
1st prize is a $40,000 Renaissance
Ranch House.
2nd prize is a 1982 T -B ird , fully
equipped.
3rd prize is a 1955 Classic T-Bird,
Shay Reproduction.
Tickets are $20 for the first two
prizes and $10 fo r the 3rd prize.
Iherc will be $1,000 cash prizes with
dollar games and drawings for door
prizes throughout the evening. Free
gifts w ill include helicopter rides,
H om e Box O ffice installation and
motel accommodations.
“ We think that this kind o f acti­
vity stimulates three separate things:
O ne, it is a painless way o f gener­
ating needed funds. T w o , it p ro ­
vides a social climate fo r people to
gather and have some fu n , and
three, it brings businesses and social
services together in a way that will
lead to a better delivery o f ser­
vices,” Tom Boothe said.
T he p rim a ry purpose o f the
House o f Exodus is to treat and edu­
cate those individuals who are a f­
flicted and in need o f help caused by
alcoholism and/or drug abuse.
Exodus has four components pro­
viding four distinct areas o f treat-
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Bingo can be purchased at House o f
Exodus, 1639 N .E . A lberta, Meier
and F ra n k , d o w n to w n . M a rb le &
Co. Real Estate, 6475 S.W . Capitol
Highway, Stevens and Sons, Lloyd
Center, and all G .I. Joe’s Stores.
Soupline protests
office closure
this orna « ili
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ment and education to those affect­
ed directly or indirectly by alcohol­
ism or chemical abuse in general.
These fo u r components are: (1)
outpatient treatm ent, (2) day care
recreational recovery training and
treatment (3) residential treatment,
and (4) youth treatment prevention
training and awareness programs.
“ W ith all the drugs that some
people take these days it can be hard
to tell whether it is alcohol or other
drugs causing problems. Each com­
ponent operates under the philoso­
phy o f th e T rip le R C oncept
(Rights, Respect, and Responsibili­
ty). We try to decrease drugs and in­
crease responsibility. A ll employees
are required to take and graduate
fro m the T rip le R course so that
there is a consistency in the imple­
mentation o f the Trip le R philoso­
phy,” Tom Boothe said.
The Exodus A lc o h o lis m /D ru g
Abuse Educational Treatment Cen­
ter is the first o f its kind located in
the Northeast Portland area.
T ickets fo r the Exodus M acro
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Avodabie For Service:
Friday at noon at the Hollywood
Employment O ffice, 4 4 ,h & Sandy,
a S O U P L IN E form ed, protesting
the 11.9 per cent unemployment rate
in O regon. Soup was provided by
the Sisters o f the Road Cafe.
The soupline emphasized the cuts
in human services and social pro­
grams at the time when unemploy­
ment and plant closures have
reached epidemic proportions. Bob
Baugh, Secretary-Treasurer o f the
Oregon State A F L -C IO and chair­
man o f the Em ploym ent and the
Oregon Econom y Standing C o m ­
m ittee said (fro m a soapbox),
“ Economic development must fo ­
cus on plant death as well as jo b
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O th e r speakers included M a ry
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Plant Closure Organizing C om m it­
tee and G ail W ashington, a repre
sentative o f the Oregon Public Em ­
ployees Union.
The P lant C losure O rg an izin g
Committee (PC O C ) is a coalition of
labor, community and religious or­
ganizations with over 40 sponsoring
members. P C O C works on educa­
tion, research and community “ self-
h elp ” program s concerning the
causes, effects, and possible solu­
tions to the problem s associated
with plant closures.
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APRI president attacks Reagan budget
by Harris Levon McRae
N o rm an H ill, president o f the
New york-based A . P h ilip Ran­
dolph In s titu te, was here in P o rt­
land M o n d a y to give a speech at
Reed College.
M r. H ill stated that the economic
and social policies o f the Reagan ad­
m inistration may undo decades o f
progress in the field o f civil rights.
“ Already there is much less com­
mitment to the enforcement o f the
provisions o f the civil rights laws,
and the Justice D epartm ent has
launched few, if any, voting rights
cases since Reagan took o ff ic e ,”
H ill said.
A civil rights activist for 20 years,
H ill was in P o rtlan d to conduct a
conference o f his institute's western
regional group o f affiliates Friday
through Sunday. The A . P h ilip
Randolph Institute is a nationwide
network o f organizations promoting
greater p a rtic ip a tio n in the labor
movement and politics by Blacks.
He blasted Reagan’s “ New Feder­
alism ” proposal as nothing more
than a smoke screen designed to
hide (he failures o f the adm inistra­
tio n ’ s supply-side econom ic p re­
scriptions.
“ The Reagan a d m in is tra tio n ’ s
economic policies place minorities
at a disadvantage in competing for a
diminishing number o f jobs. One-
third o f all Black youngsters are un­
employed. Reagan's policies are dis­
astrous in terms o f the needs o f m i­
norities,” H ill said.
President Reagan's proposal to
turn many o f the social programs
that are b en eficial to Blacks and
other minorities back to the states,
will bring back the regional unfair­
ness , ha, existed before strong fed­
eral intervention created uniform
civil rights enforcement and access
to social programs.
A recent public opinion poll said
only eight per cent o f Blacks polled
approved o f the way Reagan is
handling the presidency. The low
rating stems from a growing percep­
tion in the Black com m unity that
the President is indifferent to the se­
vere difficulties facing Blacks and
other minorities.
H ill concludes, "T h e effect o f the
a d m in is tra tio n 's econom ic p ro ­
grams has been to weaken the confi­
dence o f Blacks in Reagan and his
policies. I have no idea about his
personal convictions— it might be
bigotry. The important thing is that
the impact o f his policies and pro­
grams is extremely negative.”
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