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Page 6 Portland Observer NOVEMBER 16, 1989
News From Neil
Gallery To
Feature Work Of
American Painter
Jacob Lawrence
by Governor Neil Goldschmidt
Oregonians have been bombarded with
information about the terrible toll drugs
and alcohol are having on our society. The
media report daily on escalating crime rates,
babies bom drug-addicted, child abuse, gangs,
and new and more potent forms of drugs
being manufactured in our neighborhoods
and public forests.
While the news may at times seem
overwhelming, Oregon isn’t giving up the
fight. In the past three years, we have made
great strides in our battle against drugs: By
beginning the largest prison building pro
gram in Oregon’s history, giving law en
forcement officers new tools t fight crime,
starting a Children’s Agenda for Oregon to
help our children prepare to lead full lives
as adults, and expanding education and
treatment programs in our state. It's a battle
we must continue to make at every level in
order to win.
The most important efforts we can
make in Oregon to combat drugs are with
our children. W em ust prepare them in their
early years to understand the dangers of
drugs, and how to keep them from becom
ing users.
This year, I proposed, and the Oregon
Legislature passed, a bill requiring that all
Oregon elementary schools, middle schools,
high schools, and institutions of higher
education develop drug and alcohol poli
cies, plans and education programs for all
children.
One of the major goals o f Oregon’s
Children’s Agenda is to help prepare our
children to lead full and healthy, drug-free
lives.
As part of the Children’s Agenda, new
state funds will help screen infants in O re
gon who may have a high risk of serious
problems resulting from drug use by a
mother during pregnancy, and help provide
family drug and alcohol abuse treatment.
The state may also now revoke teenagers’
drivers license if they abuse their driving
privilege or drive with alcohol or drugs in
their system.
• Community-based efforts to help par
ents and children deal with drugs are the
foundation of the Children’s Agenda and
already they are making a difference. For
example, last year the state joined in a
partnership with the Fred Meyer Charitable
Trust to co-sponsor the “ Preparing for the
Drug (Free) Y ears" program. The program
has provided training to more than 4,000
parents in community workshops across
the state to help families prevent drug abuse
by children as they enter adolescence. This
children up to six years of age get a great
start on life. Projects will include efforts to
improve the supply of quality, affordable
day care; prevent child abuse; improve
parental education; institute health care
screening; and more that may help them to
avoid problems that later in life may lead to
drug to drug abuse. That’s also why, in
1987, we began the Student Retention Ini
tiative (SRI) to attack Oregon’s high drop
out rate and keep kids in school so they
don’t drop out or become dependent on
drugs. Most counties in the state have re
ceived funding through SRI for alcohol and
drug abuse prevention, intervention and
treatment.
We must be sure that our children get
all the help they need — child care, health
care, education, and adult support - so they
can become productive contributors to our
society and avoid drug use.
Oregon has made great strides in recent
years to restore its power to punish those
who produce and distribute drugs in our
state. After neglecting our prison system
for more than a decade, the state now has
underway the largest prison-building pro
gram in its history.
Oregon law enforcement officials and
citizens have been frustrated by the “ re
volving door” that’s been allowed to spin
in our criminal justice system. All too of
ten, as soon as a criminals are arrested and
convicted, they’ve been back on the street
committing crimes. Now that w e’re build
ing the cells, that’s going to stop.
In addition, this year I signed into law
sweeping new crime-fighting measures that
will improve our ability to catch and con
vict drug criminals. New laws will allow
police officers to carry listening devices in
drug cases without a court order, to shut
down drug houses anywhere in the state as
nuisances, to seize the assets of drug push
ers and king-pins and turn them around to
catch more criminals, and much more. Last
month, federal officials turned over to our
State Police approximately $500,000 in
drug funds seized from just two cases in the
past year. With our new seizure legislation,
these amounts are expected to skyrocket.
In addition, fines for possession of
marijuana have been increased from the
current $100 maximum (with many fines
much less) to a mandatory $500-$ 1,000.
New programs have also been started to get
convicted criminals off drugs and alcohol
before returning them to society, where
they might commit more crimes to support
is an on-going effort, and programs are their addictions.
Punishment for those who break the
currently underway to train another 3,000-
law, better tools for those who enforce the
4,000 parents.
law, and education and prevention efforts
The new “ Great Start” program will
for our children — that’s the Oregon way of
provide $5 million in grants to counties
fighting the drug battle.
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SALEM--The Hallie Brown Ford G al
lery of Willamette University will feature
the work of Afro-American artist Jacob
Lawrence from Nov. 6-Dcc. 1. The Gallery,
located in the Art Building at the com er of
State and Winter streets in Salem, is open
from 12-5p.m. Monday through Friday. On
Nov. 17 at 5 p.m., Ellen Wheat, author of
the book Jacob Lawrence, American Painter,
will speak on Lawrence and his work. A
reception will follow. Both the exhibit and
the reception are free.
Bom in 1917 in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, Lawrence has been praised as one of
America’s finest artists. He studied at the
Harlem A n Workshop and at the American
Artists School, and has received honorary
fine arts degrees from Rutgers University,
Spellman College, Yale University, and
Carnegie-Mellon University. Lawrence’s
works appear in many private, corporate,
and public collections, including the M u
seum of Modem Art, Citibank, Howard
University, and the Seattle Art Museum.
Lawrence has also served as commissioner
of the National Council of the Arts.
Lawrence has said of his work, “ My
pictures express my life and experience. I
paint the things I know about and the things
I have experienced. The things I have expe
rienced extend into my national, racial, and
class group. So I paint the American scene.”
The Gallery exhibit will include paint
ings, drawings, and prints, as well as a
number of photographs of Lawrence. James
B. Thompson, assistant professor of art and
gallery director, comments, "This is a unique
opportunity for people in Salem and the
Willamette Valley to see the work of an
exceptional artist. His work is truly Ameri
can, and vibrates with the essence of American
life.” Thompson adds that groups such as
school children are especially welcome at
the exhibit.
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