Page 4 Portland Observer, February 10, 1988
Self-Expression for Teens through
Cable News Show
Baxter, both of Portland, Un, nas
graduated from Air Force basic
training at Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas.
Currently, the talent is under­
going production and post-produc­
tion classes at Portland Cable Ac­
cess IPCA).
"W e Are Your Future" cablecast
will premiere Feb. 13th on Ch. 33
at 6:00 p.m.
The P ortland Observer will co
sponsor "W e Are Your Future", a
30-minute video show written and
hosted by Portland area teenagers.
"W e Are Your Future" allows
teens to express themselves on
Teen Violence, Teen Pregnancy,
AIDS Being Spread By Homeless
Youth, and Nutrition.
The talent for "W e Are Your Fu­
ture" was recruited from the stu­
dent body of Grant High School.
In October, 1987, students under­
went weekly pre-production and
video writing classes. The produc­
tion of "W e Are Your Future" re­
quired self-discipline, dedication,
and hard work.
"W e Are Your Future" was creat­
ed by its producer, Grassroot News,
and technically produced by the
staff of Portland Cable Access.
An additional sponsor is the Albina
Ministerial Alliance, wnose opera­
tion is highlighted by A.M .A.'s
CEO, Cornetta Smith.
For more information, contact
Lanita Duke at 288-0493.
Picture Your Heart:
Capture an Ultrasound Image
ducer and are reflected back from
the internal structures of the heart.
The result is a two-dimensional
image of the heart.
See live heart images, talk with
cardiopulmonary technologists and
physicians, and take home the ulti­
mate in valentine expression. Al­
though this is not a medical exami­
nation, it is a unique opportunity
to learn more about you and your
heart and the advances being made
in cardiopulmonary technology.
This event is co-sponsored by
The Oregon Heart Institute, The
Oregon Society of Cardiopulmonary
Technologists,
Hewlett-Packard
and Polaroid in cooperation with
The Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry.
This year for Valentine's Day,
give someone you love a lasting
and truly personal valentine; a pic­
ture of your heart. Starting Mon­
day, Feb. 1 through Sunday, Feb.
14th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., OMSI
will invite visitors to have their
hearts imaged as part of an ongoing
ultrasound demonstration during
national Heart Month.
Using the latest ultrasound equip­
ment, visitors can witness the ama­
zing technology of an Ultrasound
Imaging System. Ultrasound imag­
ing is a safe and painless diagnostic
procedure which uses high frequen­
cy sound waves to make moving
pictures of the heart. In a nut­
shell, ultrasonic waves pass through
the skin by a small, hand-held trans-
North Portland Library Celebrates
75th Birthday
The North Portland Branch Li­
brary reaches a significant milestone
on Saturday, Feb. 20, 1988 — 75
years of service to the neighbor­
hood.
Multnomah County Library ad­
ministrators,
board
members,
branch employees and patrons are
marking the day with a birthday
celebration.
Highlights include:
Opening ceremony, 11 a.r^;, John
Bennett plays ragtime pianò, 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; cake cutting,
12:30 p.m.; Hansel and Gretel pup­
pet show, 1:30 to 2 p.m.; Face
painting, 2-3 p.m.; Rap music by
Untouchable Krew, 3-4 p.m.
In addition to the above enter­
tainment, librarian Mary Goldie is
assembling a collection of old pho­
tos showing the North Portland
Branch Library through the years.
"W e had a lady in this week who
said she can remember going to the
Library when it opened (in 1913),"
said Goldie. "She couldn't believe
it had been 75 years already!"
Built at a cost of $31,582, the
facility was one of many U.S. li­
braries constructed with the help of
the Carnegie Foundation — endow­
ed by noted industrialist Andrew
Carnegie. The land was donated
by W.B. Ayer and other local re­
sidents.
Architect Jacob Jacob-
berger designed the English-style,
brick edifice.
The February 20 celebration fol­
lows a period of remodeling at the
Library, which is located at 512
North Killingsworth Street.
The
building has been "gussied up" with
new paint, a book theft detection
system has been installed and the
facility is now wheelchair acces­
sible, says Goldie. The remodeling
also made way for the Library's
Black Resource Center, in operation
since June 1987.
Mary's Place
5700 N.E. Union
GOOD FOOD
GOOD FUN
GOOD ATMOSPHERE
This w e e k fe a tu rin g
Randy Starr & Flirt
Hom e of the Original Stuffed Baked r o ia to
281-1176
ALPHONSO'S
SANDWICH
SHOP
FEATURING
Homestyle Food
Daily Menu Changes
Rice - $2°° &
• Deep Fried Catfish — Every Friday
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Pastries • Pies & Cakes — $1
a Slice
3940 N. Williams
Phone
Airman Julius D. Fields, Jr. Graduates
281-1679
Rising Hospital Costs Threaten
Oregon Seniors
During the six weeks of training
the airman studied the Air Force
mission, organization and customs
and received special training in
human relations.
Airman Julius D. rielas, Jr., son
of Julius D. Fields, Sr., and Marie E.
In addition, airmen who complete
basic training earn credits toward
an associate degree through the
community college of the Air Force.
He is a 1985 graduate of Benson
Polytechnic High School, Portland.
Minority Tuition Wiavers Available
Portland State University has an­
nounced the availability of tuition
and fee waivers of approximately
$1,500 annually to qualifying mino­
rity students who will enroll at PSU
this fall as first-time freshmen. Ap­
plication deadline for the Minority
Tuition and Fee Award Program is
March 1.
The program was established by
the Oregon State Board of Higher
Education to improve the diversity
of the student body of the state's
higher education institutions. The
program will award 146 of the wai­
vers across the state this fall.
To be eligible for the program,
students must:
be Oregon resi­
dents; be graduates of an Oregon
high school lor GED certificate re-
cipient); be able to meet regular
institutional admission requirements
and be enrolled as a first-time fresh­
man; be committed to the pursuit
of a bachelor's degree; and be
members of one of the following
ethnic/racial groups — American
Indian or Alaskan Native, Black
American, or Hispanic.
The awards are renewable for up
to five years provided the student
maintains eligibility and makes satis­
factory progress toward a degree.
The awards also are tranferrable
from one institution to another.
Information and application forms
are available from the Portland
State University Office of Admis­
sions, 464-3511.
Rapidly escalating hospital costs
in the State of Oregon threaten
to flatten the pocket books of Ore­
gon seniors, the Oregon State
Council of Senior Citizens charged.
Nate Davis, President of the
group, said the State Senior Coun­
cil is deeply concerned over the re­
sults of the annual Equicor study
showing the average daily hospital
cost in Oregon to have increased
nearly 20 percent in 1987 and rank­
ing Oregon the fifth-highest in the
nation for average daily cost.
"Since the substantial percen­
tage of hospital clientele are elder­
ly, the greatest weight of this in­
crease in hospital costs falls on the
shoulders of the older patient,"
commented Davis. "Where will this
health care cost escalation end?
Year after year we are seeing hos­
pital and other health care costs
increase substantially, often qua­
drupling the rate of inflation. Are
the consumers really gaining the
benefits of these incredible in­
creases?
"For the short term, there needs
to be a thorough evaluation of the
services provided in hospitals. Are
all the physician services and labora­
tory work really necessary or is it
simply taking from the pocketbooks
fo the elderly for extranious health
care services."
"In the long run, we must look
at health care options that will slow
the tremendous health care inflation
we have witnessed over the past
twenty years. The State Senior
Council believes this is a symptom
of a health crisis that ultimately
can only be solved by the adoption
of a national and state health plan
that will provide universal health
coverage to all our citizens."
Equicor, a joint venture of the
Hospital Corporation of America
and the Equitable Group and Health
Insurance Company, has conducted
a yearly study of hospital costs for
the last 15 years.
The Oregon State Council is one
of the key statewide sponsors of
the State Health Plan, which would
guarantee health coverage to all
Oregonians. Under the Plan, eligi­
ble persons would be albe to choose
a certified health plan that guaran­
tees physician, hospital, lab and
x-ray, emergency, preventive, re­
habilitation, outpatient, prescription
drug, and mental health services.
It has been introduced in the last
three Oregon Ligislative Sessions
and is a primary forcus of the Ore­
gon Health Care Coalition, which in­
cludes dozens of statewide human
service, consumer and labor organi­
zations.
Secrecy and the Brotherhood of
Torture
Eugene Monroe
During the Second World War
the Nazi party repeatedly claimed
they had no death camps. They
admitted there were labor camps
like vacation resorts, but no death
camps. Today the 10 best known
hospitals in the Portland area claim
that no information related to ECT,
electric shock treatment to you and
I, can be released. These members
of the psychiatric brain fry brother­
hood now feel that ECT is too con­
troversial for any information to be
given out. We possess statistics
on various hospitals in the Portland
area, however, the measurement of
increased ECT usage necessitates
updating and comparing the old
facts with the new.
The impact of the Citizens Com­
mission on Human Rights (CCHR)
on those facilities which practice
this cruel form of torture is begin­
ning to be felt. During this last
week CCHR has pushed the war
by Paulette
10-16-86
against ECT, visiting 12 cities in
both Washington and Clackamas
counties circulating an interest peti­
tion aimed at outlawing the prac­
tice of electric shock treatment in
Oregon.
You can't build the Ark after
the rain starts to fall. ECT is a
danger to every community in Ame­
rica. It may not be agreed with
today and, after they strap you to
the cold table, it will be too late.
You'll be gone. The person you
used to be will be lost forever.
I remember one man we met dur­
ing the petition drive who wanted
to sign the petition. We talked for
3 minute or two. I asked him if I
could quote him: "If you throw a
kitten in a microwave over for three
minutes set on maximum, it stops
the kitten from jumping on your
couch, but it does not help the kit­
ten to catch mice."
Mr. Cocaine
Hello my graduate, I see you've
switched from smoking weed
You've developed a more costly and
devastating need,
And later when I have you hooked,
when I have you nice and ripe
I'll let you move on to stage two,
putting me in a glass pipe!
What was that reason you decided
that you wanted to give me a try
Oh yeah! It was because weed no
longer got you high.
Smoke me, inhale me, and take me
deep within,
I promise you I will become your
one and only friend.
No longer are you satisfied to smoke
a joint or two
You want to run in the faster lanes,
experience something new.
I'll make you tell all sorts of lies,
you'll steal and you will cheat
It won't matter to you about your
pride, it's my demands you will
meet.
Well I'm more than happy to take
you right into my fold,
You don't seem to believe the hor­
ror stories about me that you ve
been told.
Selling your bodies, betraying your
family and friends
Hustling up those dollars and rush­
ing to smoke me again.
Why don't you start out with me like
the ones before you chose
Put me in such perfect lines and
snort me up your nose,
But don't worry baby, take this into
your heart,
I'll hang right in here with you —
until D E A T H do us part!
Retiring fro m the "9 to -5 " w o rk in g w o rld was the occasion
of a reception fo r tw o brothers, James Varner and Joe Hen­
derson, o f Beaver Lodge No. 3, Prince Hall a ffilia te . The a ffa ir
was held at Dishman Center Saturday, Jan. 30th. (L-R) M a t­
th e w M oody, W orshipful M aster Lucious H icks IV, Varner,
Henderson and Jim W allace.
Photo by Richard J. B row n
Scholarship Deadlines Near
Deadlines are approaching for
two popular scholarships offered
through the Mt. Hood Community
College District Foundation.
Applications for part-time scho­
larships for spring term must be
submitted by Feb. 29. The scholar­
ships will be awarded to students
who wish to take between one and
six credit hours and cover tuition,
fees and $75 worth of books and
supplies. Applicants must: show
financial need and not be receiving
Federal Financial Aid; not be depen­
dent on parental support; be em­
ployed or currently unemployed as
a result of a layoff and enrolling in
a course that will potentially lead to
employment; achieve a minimum
grade point average of 2.00; take
the college placement test through
the Counseling Center; and have
two letters of recommendation from
instructors, counselors or commu­
nity memebers.
The MHCCD Foundation also will
present three $2,020 scholarships,
covering tuition, fees and books for
the 1988-89 school year, to current
GED students. To qualify for the
scholarship, the applicant must take
the GED test during the 1987-88
school year and pass with an aver­
age score of 49 or higher; partici­
pate in GED graduation; demon­
strate a financial need; have at least
one letter of recommendation from
an MHCC instructor; and must be
planning to enroll full-time for the
1988 fall term. In addition, the ap­
plicant must enroll in a degree­
granting program and must main­
tain a grade point average of 2.00
or better. Applications may be sub­
mitted as late as May 16, with let­
ters of recommendation and a copy
of the student's GED test scores.
Scholarship applications are
available in the MHCC Office of
Financial Aid. For details, call 667-
7262.
Wholesale
Pricing
On Groceries
Gone Public
Did you know that tor almost 30 years you could have bought some ot
your groceries at wholesale prices? The Bee Company, for over 30
years, has offered the public weekly shipments of name brand
groceries at genuine wholesale prices. You'll find canned and
packaged goods, pet foods, as well as frozen and close-dated deli
products on the shelves. The best feature is that you do not have to
buy by the case. You buy just what you want to buy, just the amount
you need. Located at 800 N. Killingsworth, just east of I 5, they are
open Monday through Saturday 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. Isn't it about
time you save on your grocery bill?
PHONE 283-3171
They II Tell Toil Ml About It