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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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