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Pace 3 Portland Observer AUGUST 10,1989 News Around Town SMALL-BUSI NESS OWNERS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE NASW-OR 1989 AWARDS Awards fo r 1989 have been made by the Oregon Chapter o f the National Association o f Social W orkers (N A S W -O R ). Marie Evans, Executive D irector o f N ASW -O R , presented the award fo r Social W orker o f the Year to Dr. Joseph Gallegos, D irector o f Social W ork and G erontology at the U niversity o f Portland, fo r his outstanding w ork in prom oting ethnic m in o rity rights and fo r leadership development. Donna Henderson. C hair o f the School Social W ork C ouncil, conferred the Helen C atlin Aw ard to Salem volunteer, Jan N olley. Jan N olley was recognized for her volunteer efforts on environmental issues affecting state and national policies. The C itizen o f the Year award was given by Martha Lem ke, o f the National N A S W Board, to M ichael W isocki on behalf o f M ariah Taylor, R N , nurse practitioner at the C om m unity Health C lin ic in Portland. M ariah T aylo r was selected for her part in pro vid ing health care services to low - income, uninsured families. A special recognition award was bestowed posthumously upon W illia m Uhlhom, the former director o f Eugene Emergency Housing. Nancy Uhlhom accepted the award fo r her late husband’ s life-tim e w ork fo r the homeless and m entally ill. The award was presented by M ark Oldham, treasurer o f N ASW -OR. CANCER CAMP The 4th Annual camp fo r young cancer patien ts and their brothers and sisters w ill be held August 13th - August 19 th. The cam p, c a lle d C A M P U K A N D U ,is located at Camp Y a m h ill, 1 5 m ile so u tsid e o fM cM in - v ille , Or., near The F lyin g M Ranch, and is sponsored by the Am erican Cancer Society. The first camp in 1986 was at tended by 42 young cancer patients and their siblings. This year, 110 campers are registered to attend. There are 60 volunteers who make up the s ta ff o f counselors and on-site personnel. A volunteer medical sta ff consisting o f a pediatric oncologist and three pediatric oncology nurses are in attendance at a ll times. C A M P U K A N D U provides an opportunity for young campers to learn that “ U -K A N -D U ” anything that you think you can. The campers w ill participate in activities such as canoeing, horseback rid ing , fishing, and hayrides. A ll campers w ill spend one night in an authentic Indian Tepee. In addition to C A M P U K A N D U , there is a weekend fa m ily camp fo r those too young to attend the week long camp. Support O ur Advertisers! Say You Saw It In The PortlandObserver! M ost small businesses in Oregon already offer health insurance to their employees and even more w ould like to, but many others w ould have to close i f forced to pay fo r policies, according to a survey o f Oregon business owners by the National Fed eration o f Independent Business/ Oregon (N FIB ). The survey o f 163 NFIB/Oregon members was part o f a nationwide p o ll on health care and small busi ness conducted recently by N R IB, the largest small-business organiza tion in the country. Nearly 55 per cent o f the Oregon members sponsor health insurance plans fo r some or all o f their employees. Forty-three per cent do not o ffe r insurance and about tw o percent did not respond to the question. Moreover, almost 82 percent said they w ould like to offer some insur ance or better insurance plans to employees. Am ong those not offering insur ance, cost was clearly the m ajor fac tor. The biggest group, 64 percent, indicated premiums are too high. More than 47 percent said their businesses are not su fficien tly profitable to af ford it and nearly 43 percent revealed that profits are too unstable. M ore than one-third (37percent) said they did not q u a lify fo r group insurance. Asked what they would do i f forced to purchase a $150-a-month p olicy fo r each employee, 50 percent o f those w itho ut insurance plans said they w ould close down or terminate their employees and operate as a one-person enterprise. “ The survey shows that in many cases the added cost o f health insur ance w ould be enough to tip the balance fo r many small-business owners who w ould fin d it financially advantageous to close and go to w ork for someone else, so there would be some loss o f jobs. “ On top o f that, even those who bought the insurance and stayed in business are going to cut employee hours or the number o f employees, so we w ill see a loss o f earnings and even more mobs in those cases. The question becomes, what w ill we gain? We w ill end up w ith many O regoni ans who are not only uninsured, but unemployed.” -------The OivtitHiian '»----------- 14,000 JUVENILE STURGEON SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE EASTERN AIR LINES UNUSABLE TICKETS COMMUNITY SEMINAR ON HIV/AIDS OFFERED Fourteen thousand sturgeon fin gerlings are scheduled fo r release into the W illam ette R iver above Oregon C ity Falls in the near future, according to the Oregon Department o f Fish and W ild life (O D FW ). A1 Smith, O D FW staff warmwa- ter fish biologist, explained that the young sturgeon are part o f a payback program on the part o f tw o private hatchery operators. The private hatch eries were authorized to take up to six oversize female sturgeon each from the C olum bia R iver below Bon neville Dam this year fo r spawning purposes. Each actually took four for a total o f e ig h t The juvenile sturgeon w ill be re leased into the W illam ette, as far up rive r as Eugene, Smith said, to re vi talize a sturgeon population that is essentially cut o ff from the C olum bia R iver by W illam ette Falls. O D FW biologist plan to keep an extra 2,000 fingerlings in a hatchery fo r up to a year before releasing them. This w ill allow department personnel to learn techniques o f rais ing sturgeon in a controlled setting. Previously, sturgeon have not been raised in Oregon public hatcheries, but have spawned naturally in rivers around the state. An added benefit o f keeping a percentage o f the fingerlings in a hatchery is the increased size and m aturity the fish w ill attain before they are released. Biologists hope that their added size w ill translate to improved potential fo r long term survival. A tto rn e y G eneral Dave Frohnmayer today urged Oregonians who bought unusable tickets from Eastern Airlines before March 9,1989 to contact the a irline o r his office. A U.S. Bankruptcy C ourt in New Y o rk has set an August 31 deadline for consumers to file claims fo r refunds on unusable tickets. “ Recent developments in the Eastern Airlines bankruptcy proceed ings may affect the rights o f thou sands o f Oregonians,” Frohnmayer said. “ It is extrem ely important for Oregonians to know how these ac tions m ight affect their a b ility to get fu ll or partial refunds on their tic k ets.” Consumers requesting claim forms or wanting more inform ation can call Eastern A irlin es toll-free at 1-800- 628-0010 during regular business hours or call the Department o f Jus tice Consumer H otline at 378-4320 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. weekdays. A ll pre-bankruptcy claim s against Eastern not file d by 5 p.m. on August 31, 1989, w ill be barred, according to an order issued July 6 by the U.S. Bankruptcy C ourt fo r the Southern D istrict o f New York. This deadline applies to people who purchased Eastern tickets p rio r to M arch 9,1989 for transportation which Eastern has been unable to provide. The court order also required Eastern A irlin es to buy newspaper ads in seven cities nationwide to advertise the deadline and open a toll-free number to handle consumer questions. The order does not require Eastern to buy ads in any Oregon newspapers. Eastern A irlin e s filed fo r reor ganization and protection from credi tors in March. The C oalition fo r A ID S Educa tion (C A E ) w ill be offering a com m unity seminar on H IV disease on Wednesday, August 2 3 ,6 to 9pm in the Board Room o f the American Red Cross, 3131 N. Vancouver Ave., Portland. Topics w ill include basic A ID S inform ation, risk reduction guidelines, liv in g w ith H IV a n d co m m unity resources. CAE, a coalition o f approximately 30 local and Oregon A ID S and health organizations, offers the training as a public service w ith a special need to recruit potential volunteer speakers. For more information contact Wendy Rankin, M ultnom ah County Health Department at 248-3030, Randy Ponce, Cascade A ID S Project at 223- 5907 or Ronnie Meyers, American Red Cross at 284-0011 ext. 179. WRITING CAMP The M etropolitan Learning Cen ter (M L C ) is proud to present their second annual w ritin g camp through the Portland Bureau o f Parks and Recreation. Participants in the w ork shop w ill talk w ith local authors, tour P ow ell’ s Book Store and the Orego nian fa cility. “ Campers” w ill have the opportunity to share their w ritin g w ith other “ campers,” and to exam - ine a variety o f w ritin g styles. The camp is open fo r ages eight and above. Interested writers may register through the Pordand Com m unity Schools Program at M L C by calling 280-5742. Students may also register at the firs t meeting o f the class. W riters should bring their own lunch to the workshop. The course begins August 14 and ends on August 25. The class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:00 a.m. u n til 2:00 p.m. at Couch School, M etropolitan Learning Cen ter, 2033 N .W . Glisan, Portland, OR 97209. CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN A TASTE O F P O R T L A N D - ES Oregon Wine Cl 31 Restaurants O 61 Music Acts — ■ - - Pavilion . R xH um g 20 O regon Wnenes Seagrnm’s KON TV COOl I RS' STROHS LIG H T LabAtts fe % Produoed as a fun d raiser b y OREGON SPECIAL OLYMPICS ’ Sfer The Pordand-Vancouver area’ s fourth annual “ Children Helping C hildren” back-to-school clothing drive starts next week August 14th and runs through September 8th. Last year’s campaign provided used but clean and wearable clothing for 375 children o f 250 fam ilies who m ight otherwise not have it. “ This year, w e’d like to do even m ore,” said Charles Carter, execu tive director fo r Low Income Fam i lies Emergency (L IF E ), a human service agency which operates cloth ing and food banks and other pro grams serving area families. D uring the “ Children Helping C hildren” campaign kids (or par ents) can bring outgrown or unneeded clothing to any o f 11 ch ild care cen ters operated by C hildren’ s W orld Learning Centers, or to the KG W T V 8 /K IN K F M 102 studios. There w ill be clothing collection barrels inside the entrance at each location. Once the barrels are fille d , the clothing w ill be collected by L IF E volunteers who w ill sort and display the clothing and provide it free to those in need. Carter said that since donations are m ainly made by children to other children, the campaign is called “ Children Helping C hildren.” Clothing donations are tax deduct ible in the amount o f the value o f clothing. FOR IN F O R M A T IO N A B O U T T H E PR O G RAM OR D O N A T IO N LOCATIONS, C A L L (503) 626-0541. SULLIVAN’S GULCH BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL CANCER SCREENING Early detection and prevention o f oral cancer is the goal o f a free screen ing offered by the Comprehensive Cancer Program at good Samaritan Hospital & M edical Center and co sponsored by the Am erican Cancer Society. The Screening w ill be held Tues day, Aug. 29, from 2-6 p.m., at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1130 N.W. 22nd Ave. Free parking is avail able in parking structure 3, between N .W . 21st and N .W . 22nd Avenue o f N .W . Marshall S t Wesley Lew is,M .D ., O tolaryn gologist and James Yanney, M .D ., Oral and M axillo fa cia l surgeon, w ill conduct and oral screening, teach oral self-exam techniques and pro vide inform ation on risks and pre vention. Screening appointments, which take approxim ately 10 minutes, are limited so preregistration is required. For more inform ation or to preregis ter, please call Good Sam aritan C ancer Screening Services a t 229- 7424. ^□ id o iD D id O io ia ia H io a iQ c a a&ioaioalaui The Fifth Anna J Sullivan’s Gulch a O lD a ta oloa lO cilP O lo d lo o lo o lo cilQ a lB p ri Blackberry Festival w ill be held on Sunday, August 20, from noon to 10:00 p.m. This year the Neighbor hood Association w ill hold its event P O R T L A N D M O R R IS at the Carousel Courtyard located DANCERS TO PE R between N.E. 7th and N.E. 9th on Holladay Street, at the M ax stop. F O R M S AT There’ ll be the usual good music and PO RTLA N D dancing, a special 7:30 p.m. per formance by Body & Soul (form erly SA TU R D A Y M A R K E T Salmon Dave), ethnic dancers,coun SA TU R D A Y A U G U S T try fare and barbeque,beer garden, 26 2 -3 P M blackberry treats, blackberry bake o ff and the hilarious children’ s pie eating contest.In addition, to add to B ring your bells and license to the fun and festivities.there’ re the fro lic to Portland Saturday M arket magical, musical carousel and The on August 26th, as the Portland M or Carousel Company: Theater for C hil ris Dancers descend on our part o f dren. town w ith their unique form o f rev This summer there is another and els. special reason for celebration. S u lli M orris dancing, w hich is believed van’ s Gulch Neighborhood Associa to have originated in the B ritish Isles, tion is ten years old. Our abundant is a celebration o f life and good w ill. natural resource, the tenacious black The dancers adom themselves with berry with its fruit, flowers and thorns bells, ribbons, bright sashes and belts, is an appropriate symbol for our charm and weave intricate patterns inter ing and resilient neighborhood. A spaced w ith capers, leaps and turns. unique commemorative poster, printed A joyous and exhilarating experi from a watrcrcolor by Stephan Soihl, ence, M orris dancing must be seen to a member o f the Blackfish Gallery, believed! and designed by Ann Hughes w ill be The Portland M orris Dancers w ill on sale to mark the decade o f neigh also be gathering fo r their mass dance bors w orking w ith neighbors to de from 5-7pm at the Salmon Springs velop and maintain the liv e a b ility o f Fountain in W aterfront Park. this special area o f our city. MESOPOTAMIAN UNIVERSITY 2861 NE MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD 288-0600 .nbiyn nba uvibx ,« nnx I951? iqppii utj’pi irnn!> __ TP,,ar .njn . K ai T a * ia, i yaa© « iiwayao-), M a,^. © <— X 3a<nX «.’a» «rax, «* *•» •»•*». ««’»’»•» 4 •'» T o it b Instructor Dr. E lijah K ush R en-A braham Broaden your horizons Study G reek, H ebrew , A rabic, Spanish, or French. We also offer studies in com parative religions o f the world.