Page 8 Portland Observer A pril 27,1989
SHRINERS
HOSPITALS FOR
CRIPPLED
CHILDREN
For 66 years Shriners Hospitals for
Crippled children have been dedicated
to providing expert m edical care to
crippled and burned children totally
without charge. Each child helped a^a
Shriners Hospital or Shriners Bum
Institute is special, and today, more
than 380,000 o f these special children
have received free, expert m edical care
at a Shriners Hospital.
W hile statistics alone can ’t tell the
whole story o f these children who have
benefited from specialized care at
Shriners H ospital, the record of
impressive patients statistics com piled
over the years show s the extent of the
Shriners commitment to helping children.
In the 66 years from the opening of
the first Shriners Hospital in 1922 through
D ecem ber 31, 1988 there have been
approxim ately:
4,641,576 X-rays
3,443.169 O ut patient clinic visits
415,878 operations performed
436,074 braces and protheses
applied
th erap y
7,803,815 p h y sic a l
treatm ents given
During 1988, 22,166 applications
w ere
a p p ro v e d
by
S h rin ers
H ospitals.Currently, there are approx
im ately 107,756 active patients at the
22 units.
JONES CALLS
FOR MINIMUM
WAGE INCREASE
News Around Town
I
NEW BLACK
Oregon Commission on Black Affairs
B O U T IQ U E
— in cosponsorship with —
Donnie Jam es Fashions is proud to
announce the opening o f a new M ens’
& W om ens’ Boutique in Northeast
Portland. We are located at 517 NE
Killingsworth in the Portland Observer
complex. Donnie James is a black owned
and operated business dedicated to
providing the Albina Com m unity with
a quality store and fashionable
m erchandise at affordable prices. We
believe that as consumers w ho spend
thousands o f dollars in retail stores, we
deserve to be treated with dignity, respect
and a commitment to serve our special
needs.
A t Donnie Jam es we are committed
to providing the com m unity with the
lastest designs in Men and W omen
fashions. Our store hours are 1 lam to
6pm Monday thru Saturday.
This Saturday April 29th, we invite
you to join us for dem onstrations of
African Head Ties presented by Deborah.
The Head Ties will be accented with a
line o f Hcrtiage Jewelry exclusively
d e sig n e d
by
D eborah.
T he
dem onstrations will begin at 1pm and
continue until 3pm.
Sclf-Enhanccmcnt Youth Gang Taskforce Portland Public »Schools
Minority Youth Concerns Action Program
— Present —
Straight Talk & Frightening Realities
'Latch Key Program9
YOUTH ANTI-GANG FORUMS
FORMAT:
Children 6 wks.
« S k its
• E x -g a n g m e m b e r fo ru m /p a n e lis t
to 11 yrs.
• A n ti-g a n g ra p (perform ed by panelist)
D A TE
April 26
May 3
May 10
PLACE
T IM E
Whitaker Middle School
5700 NE 39th
1:30 - 2:45 pm
• Breakfast
• Hot Lunches
• Snacb
(School Assembly)
Self-Enhancement Spring Rally
Whitaker Middle School '
5700 NE 39th
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tubman Middle School
2231 N. Flint
9:30 - 10:45 am
Call
281-6930
(School Assembly)
128 N.E. Russell St.
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F o r m ore inform ation, call:
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L onnie Jackson 981-9531
Grace Collins
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children, “ Cam pbell said. “ A single
illness or accident will wipe them o u t It
is especially im portant to encourage
coverage o f children and expectant
m others.” Representative Jones added
that the M inim um W age W ith Health
Care Option would be a m ajor step
forw ard in providing affordable health
insurance for the uninsured without
placing an undue burden on employers
or taxpayers.
According to Jones, the w ork of the
R e p u b lic a n P o lic y D e v elo p m en t
Committee was significant in developing
die plan, which would give the employer
a choice o f either offering medical
coverage o f up to $60 per month for a
full tim e em ployee or paying all the
increase in wages. “ This program, when
com bined with existing incentives and
tax credits for small businesses would
mean that may em ployers could afford
coverage that is now beyond their
reach,’’Jones added. “ In addition, the
w orker w ouldn’t have to pay income
taxes on the am ount used for health
insurance. It is a way to encourage
small businesses to provide important
benefits for minimum wage w orkers.”
A C H I E V E R O O S K
— Day Care
5 Year Olds -
Reading First G rade Books
I DAD’S OIL SERVICE
Heating Oils
PORTLAND OBSERVER
TIED TO
HEALTH CARE
S a le m -O re g o n ’s minimum wage
would be increased and em ployers who
do not presently have health insurance
program s would be allow ed to use a
portion of the increase to pay for basic
m edical coverage under legislation
introduced by Representative Delna
Jones (R-Aloha). “ Oregons minimum
wage has not been raised since 1981
and People who are struggling to survive
on $3.35 per hour find that it buys 37%
less than it did eight years ago. We
should increase the minimum wage to
$4.00 on O ct 1 this year and then raise
it to $4.25 next July.
Repulican Leader Larry Campbell,
who is strongly supporting the bill, said
that an important feature o f the bill is its
provision that will allow employers,
w ho don ’ t presently provide health care
insurance to em ployees, to use up to
$.40 o f the first increase for purchase of
a health care policy. “ People trying to
live on the m inim um wage need a great
deal more than a rise in the wage floor.
There are presently 400,000 working
Oregonians who d on’t have any kind of
m edical insurance. Many of them are
heads o f households with dependent
Mon-Fri
6:30 am ■ 6:00 pm
“ The Eyes and Ears of the Community”
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Safeway is in your Neighborhood to Stay
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