March 2 7 ,1991—The Portland Observer-Page 5
Sun World’s Star Sweet Grapefruit
Found To Lower The Risk Of Cancer
Researchers at the Citrus Research
and Education Center in Lake Alfred,
Fla. have found that super-red grape
fruit varieties contain more than twice
the beta-carotene o f the traditional Ruby
Grapefruit variety, the previous best
citrus source for this nutrient.
Beta-carotene is a nutrient touted
in numerous medical reports which
suggest that populations which con
sume foods rich in beta-carotene have a
lower risk o f developing certain types
o f cancer. Citrus, until recently, has not
been considered to be a good source o f
beta-carotene. Studies have also shown
that beta-carotene can reduce the risk
o f strokes and heart attacks.
Three years ago, California-based
Sun W orld International introduced its
Star Sweet grapefruit to distinguish its
premium C alifornia Star Bury and Rio
Red super-red grapefruit varieties. These
super red varieties are the latest varie
ties in the continuing parade o f redder-
fleshed grapefruit. The Indio-based firm
is now C alifo rn ia ’ s largest grower and
marketer o f both super-red varieties,
which were developed by Texas A & I
citriculturalist Dr. Richard Hcnz.
Sun W orld International is cur
rently harvesting these special grape
fru it from orchards in southern C a lifo r
nia; they are packed at the company’s
Irvine, Riverside and Coachella fa c ili
ties. Star Sweet arc considered to be
sweeter, juice r and more fla vorful than
Golden (white) or Ruby (pink) varie
ties, and have a deeper red coloring
than the Ruby Red variety.
In addition to being a rich source
o f beta-carotene, grapefruit are an ex
cellent source o f vitam in C, providing
at least 50 percent o f the recommended
daily allowance as prescribed by the
Food and N utrition board o f the Na
tional Academy o f Sciences. They
contain no cholesterol and are natu
rally low in calories, fat and sodium.
The Physicians Health Study, a
10-year on-going study and one o f the
largest studies to test the long term
effects o f beta-carotene on cancer and
heart disease, also recommend carrots,
sweet potatoes, yellow squash, spinach
and kale as foods rich in beta-carotene.
Senior’s Property Tax Deferral
Application Period
Property tax deferral applications
for lower income senior citizens should
be filed w ith county assessors between
now and A p ril 15, reminds the Depart
ment o f Revenue. Oregon homeowners
age 62 or over who meet all the require
ments may delay paying property taxes
on their residences. The taxes must
eventually be paid, w ith interest, when
the owner dies, moves, or sells the
property.
' Applications are available at your
county assessor’ s office. I f your appli
cation is approved, the State o f Oregon
w ill pay your property taxes fo r you.
Once you have been accepted into the
program, you don’t have to apply for
the fo llo w in g years. The deferred taxes
paid by the state become a firs t lien on
your property, except fo r the liens o f
mortgages or trust deeds that were re
corded before the deferred taxes.
To qualify for the deferral you
must meet the fo llo w in g requirements:
* You must be 62 years old by
A p ril 15 o f the year in which you file
Prospective
Students Invited
To WOSC For
Spring Visits
High School and transfer students
who are interested in attending West
ern Oregon State College in the 1991-
92 academic year have two opportuni
ties to vis it campus this spring.
On-Campus Fridays w ill be o f
fered Friday, A p ril 5 and M ay 10 from
12:30 to4:30 p.m. The events are m in i
review days, designed to acquaint pro
spective students and their families with
campus life, said Craig Kolins o f the
WOSC admissions office. He antici
pates 200-250 participants at each pro
gram. Students w ill receive inform a
tion about academics, as w ell as admis
sions, financial aid and student serv
your application.
* You must have a recorded deed
to the property or be purchasing the
property under a recorded sales con
tract. Contact your county assessor for
more details.
* You must live on the property
(except fo r an individual required to be
absent by reason o f health, in which
case a doctors’ s statement is required.)
I f the property is owned by two or more
persons, not husband and w ife, each
owner must apply, live on the property,
and be age 62 years o f older.
* Your total household income must
be less than $19,500 fo r the preceding
year.
New legislation requires that once
you are in the program, you must meet
an annual income lim it not to exceed
$24,000 federal adjusted gross income
to continue having your taxes deferred.
Contact your county assessor if
you need an application or more in fo r
mation.
Henry Weinhard
Party Cruises
K irk Green and the Chrystal Rose
Band Quartet w ill replace the W ild er
Wards Singers aboard the Stemwheeler
on Easter Sunday. K irk Green has been
described as having an outstanding voice,
his brother K icth and Brian Idol w ill
jo in him on backup vocals. George
Low w ill be featured on drums, Randy
Smith on base guitar, Johnny Sanders
on Keyboards, and Charles Lew is on
the saxophone. Spend an evening cruis
ing aboard the Stemwheelcr Columbia
Gorge on Easter night. Call 221-0244
for more information.
Minority Business Boosters
John F. Robin
son, President o f the
N a tio n a l M in o r ity
Business
C o u n c il
(N M B C ), greets Har
riet R. M ichel, Presi
dent o f the National
m inority supplier De
velopment Council,
during the N M B C ’ s
recent Eleventh A n
nual Business Awards
Luncheon at the Grand
Hyatt Hotel in New
Y o rk C ity . P h ilip
Morris Companies Inc.
was one o f seven busi
ness firm s to receive the N M B C ’s Outstanding M in o rity Business Awards. A c
cepting the award, C. Eric Pogue, Vice President, Employee Relatoins, Philip
M orris Companies Inc., told the luncheon guests: “ Philip M orris is committted to
the success o f m inority vendors. W e are pleased to accept this award from the
N M B C , an organization that helps m inority vendors to understand the needs o f
major business corporations.”
A Lion at Bay, II:
School District "Soap Continued
Continuedfromfron page
and implemented by the Task Force. It
seemed natural to suppose that these
points were drawn from the successful
experiences o f those 22 nationally-ac
claimed urban educators detailed in the
book, Partners fo r Success: Business
and Education (These were the principals
from urban districts around the nation
who were welded into an organization
by Ron Herndon; The National Asso
ciation fo r Schools o f Excellence).
M ost o f these people were angry or
confused, and made comments to the
effect that they had purchased “ the
book” and videotape after reading fa
vorable articles. “ W e spent a lot o f
tim e examining this material and we
were favorable impressed w ith real
w orld, proven techniques. Several o f
us have even w ritten some o f these
successful educators o f poor and m i
nority children fo r advice that would
help us achieve these remarkable re
sults in our own comm unity. Were we
naive in sharing these thoughts w ith
our P.T. A ., cluster groups and others?”
I could not furnish much o f an
answer since I have heard nothing from
the “ Excellence” group in months.
O bviously, this is not lik e ly to satisfy
people who, fo r one reason or another,
were in my face shouting, “ This com
m unity expected a process w ith struc
ture, coherence and continuity, since
the Acknowledgements Page o f the book
listed the region’ s top educators, indus
trialists and foundations.”
Several
frustrated persons have vowed to call
people or organizations listed on that
illustrious roster.
Now, for what appears to be every
one’ s fly in the ointment, that ephem
eral “ Idaho Education Project.” This
concept being as new to the Observer
staff as anyone, we asked an o ffic ia l at
the school district fo r clarification, “ It
is a proposal for a statewide overhaul o f
Idaho’s education system, one designed
to prepare their students to meet inter
national competition BY TH E Y E A R
2000. The plan has not been finalized,
approved, or a ccep ted -it’s a recom
mendation! A projection has no track
record, therefore we can ’ t offer an opin
ion or make a valid assessment.” This
newspaper has obtained a copy o f the
Idaho Plan (104 pages), and the preced
ing comment would seem to be a fa ir
statement. We have arranged for sev
eral community-committed parents and
teachers to review the document and
lend their opinion.
Next week: what concerned c iti
zens are doing on their own (including
this w riter) w hile making sense o f a
runaway process, no longer a quick fix.
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which the Bureau o f Labor and Indus
tries has the responsibility to enforce. I
strongly endorse the law as I consider it
to be p ro-fam ily and pro-business.
As im portant as the law is, it is not
enough. I have submitted a Family Medi
cal Leave B ill, Senate B ill 39, which
w ould grant up to 12 weeks o f unpaid
leave to deal w ith seriously i ll children
or other fa m ily members. The im por
tance o f addressing this type o f leave is
essential.
Balancing work and fam ily respon
sibilities is d iffic u lt because evei yone
thinks it is someone else’ s problem.
Former Secretary o f Labor B ill Brock
stated, “ We s till act as though workers
have no families. Secure parents who
aren’ t worried about their kids are bet
ter workers.”
It is clear that w orking parents feel
a strong need fo r societal supports, a
need w hich thus far has not been met in
many areas.
The real conflicts between w ork
responsibilities and fam ily responsi
b ilities must be addressed through real
istic personnel policies.
As the labor force changes in na
ture and shrinks in numbers during the
next decade, a business p rio rity w ill be
attractingand retaining skilled em ploy
ees as w ell as m axim izing labor pro
d uctivity. To do this, business must
plan for, anticipate and accommodate
this changing w orkforce because i t ’ s
the reality o f our future in Am erica.
In a nationwide survey o f 10,000
business executives, the U.S. Sm all
Business A dm inistration found that the
costs o f permanently replacing an
employee far exceed those o f granting
a w orker’s request fo r a leave-demon
strating that fa m ily and medical leave
may actually reduce costs to business.
It found that term ination costs, recruit
ing and training replacements, lost output
and productivity during the transition,
and severance packages cost an em
ployer anywhere from $1,131 to to
$3,152 per terminaton. Average costs
for and employer providing leave ranged
from $.97 to $97.78 per week o f leave.
Fam ily M edical Leave recognizes
Oregon ’ s and the nation ’ s startling sh ift
in demographics. It recognizes that rec
onciling fam ily needs w ith the demands
o f the workplace means more produc
tive workers. It recognizes that re cru it
ing and retaining valued workers is a
p rio rity fo r business. And it recognizes
the im portant role o f fa m ily in our
society.
It is in everyone’ s best interest to
remove impediments to pro du ctivity in
the workplace. The end result w ill be a
stable w orkforce that is productive and
a society that puts its money where its
heart is, when it comes to the w e ll
being and happiness o f the fam ily.
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Northwest
Congressional
Delegation Seeks
Information
From Universities
On Natural
Resource
Management
In a e ffo rt to find a comprehensive,
long-term plan for managing the fo r
ests in Oregon and Washington, 15
senators and Representatives from the
region today asked four area universi
ties to put together a pool o f experts to
conduct a review o f inform ation ad
dressing old growth and tim ber supply.
Senators Bob Packwood, M ark O.
Hatfield, and Slade Gorton wrote and
circulated the letter among the mem
bers o f the Northwest Congressional
delegation. The Senators hope that the
information provided by the universi
ties w ill help the Northwest Congres
sional delegation put together a com
prehensive solution to the ongoing
problems in the Northwest because o f
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the uncertainty over the management
o f the region’ s forests.
The letter was sent to the presi
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University o f Oregon, Washington State
University, and the University o f Wash-
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