Pace 3 Portland Observer AUGUST 10,1989
News Around Town
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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.
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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.”
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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
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Cl 31 Restaurants
O 61 Music Acts
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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.
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The Fifth Anna J Sullivan’s Gulch
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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,
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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.
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