July 3 , 1991*-The Portland Observer—Page 7
General Powell Urges Students At His
Former Junior High To Stay In School
written to the General
at the suggestion o f their
te a c h e r, R o sem ary
Kerr, visited him in
W ashington recently,
he produced a framed
picture o f his graduat­
ing class.
“ I spent last night
searching through my
attic to find this,”
General Powell said. He
also entertained the
students with stories
about the various sou­
venirs in his office. One
o f his favorite items
seemed to be a Saddam
Hussein beanbag with
tw o
black
eyes.
“ W henever I felt frus­
trated during the war, I
punched the beanbag,”
General Colin Powell
(Taken From Parade
June 2 7 ,1 9 9 1 Issue)
G eneral Colin Powell, who served
as “ captain” o f his graduating class at
Intermediate School 52 in the South
Bronx in 1950, has advised the students
there now to “ stay in school and get a
good education.”
“ T hat’s w hat helped me when I
was where you are,” General Powell
added in a letter he sent the students
from Saudi Arabia.
“ Look around you in your class­
room; I bet y ou’re looking at a judge,
a lawyer, an Army general, a famous
architect, a doctor, a couple o f movie
stars, and many, many other famous
Americans o f the future,” General
Powell wrote. “ Each one o f you has
that potential. And I’m going to be
watching you, so work hard and pre­
pare yourselves to win the future.”
W hen six o f the students, who had
he joked.
“ The most valuable gift General
Powell gave the kids was his genuine,
down-to-earth personality,” observed
Ms. Kerr.
“ Living in a neighborhood like
ours, the kids see mostly problems.
General Pow ell’s success speaks very
deeply to them. That someone who is
greatly admired w ent through some of
the same difficulties they experience...
They equate that with, ‘N ot all people
who com e from this area are people
into drugs and other problems. W e can
make it through.’ ”
Ms. Kerr agreed. “ By exam ple, he
showed them: ‘You can be somebody.
I’ve done all this, and I was one o f
you.’ ” And Latisha Hopewell, age 12,
one o f the students who m et General
Powel, in W ashington, summed it up.
“ For the first time, I feel like a w in­
ner,” she said.
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Portland International Airport
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passengers handled, when 526,627
person traveled through the airport in
May 1991.
PD X ’s May passenger total was a
2.5 percent increase over M ay 1990.
PDX continues to outpace the
United States aviation industry, which
was down 1.1 percent in May 1991
versus May 1990.
PDX grew in May despite losing
service from USAir, which accounted
for 3 percent o f the market. “ O ther
carriers have com e in to pick up the
slack on the USAir ro utes," said Keith
Phildius, Port o f Portland aviation di­
rector.
“ PDX continues to post good
numbers in the m idst o f reduced de­
mand nationally,” he added.
The Port operates Portland Inter­
national and three general aviation air­
ports in Hillsboro, Troutdale, and
Mulino.
Air cargo tonnage through PDX in
May was 11,096 tons. For the first five
months of 1991, PDX has shipped 55,479
tons, a 1.6 percent increase over Janu­
ary-M ay 1990.
General aviation operations (take­
offs and landings) showed modest growth
in May 1991. Operations at Hillsboro
w ere up 3 percent to 20,615, while
Troutdale was even with 9,227. G en­
eral aviation operations at PDX were
up 4 percent to 5,379
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Planned Parenthood Prepares For Possible
Loss Of $500,000 In Federal Funds
Planned Parenthood leaders will
forfeit $500,000 in federal funds if they
are forced to comply with a federal
regulation known as the “ Gag R ule.”
Saying that the “ Gag R ule” is
"contrary to the ethics o f health care,”
Planned Parenthood o f the Columbia/
W illam ette’s Board of Directors voted
unanimously W ednesday night to con­
tinue to provide full information to
Planned Parenthood patients, even it it
means losing a half-million dollars.
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled that the federal government may
ban federally funded family planning
clinics, including Planned Parenthood’s
Southeast Portland clinic, from provid­
ing patients with any information about
abortion, even patients who ask for the
information.
The Bush Administration says it
will take away m oney from federally
funded clinics that do not comply with
this “ Gag R ule.”
“ To abide by these regulations is
clearly contrary to our mission, ’ ’ Eliza­
beth Flanagan, president of the Planned
Parenthood Board o f Directors, said at
a press briefing Thursday. “ They re­
quire Planned Parenthood to betray the
trust of our patients and to treat low-
income patients with less than the dig­
nity and truthfulness they are entitled
to .”
Flanagan said the agency has not
heard yet from federal officials on
whether or how Planned Parenthood
must comply with the regulations, which
appear to be quite strict.
“ We are currently exploring every
option to determ ine if there is a way we
can work with these regulations without
com prom ising the care we provide, but
we are not hopeful,” Flanagan said.
Planned Parenthood of the Colum-
bia/Willamette receives about $500,000
in federal funds, about 20 percent o f the
agency’s $2.5 m illion budget. Federal
funds are used to subsidize services
provided by the agency’s Southeast
Portland clinic.
The money allows Planned Parent­
hood to serve low-income women in the
Portland area by offering services free
of charge or at reduced c o s t
“ Loss o f the federal funds will
jeopardize our ability to provide these
basic medical services, most o f which
have nothing to do with abortion,”
Flanagan said. “ These services include
annual exam s, cancer screenings and
birth control information. Our South­
east Portland clinic serves about 10,000
women a year.”
The agency’s plans to open a clinic
in Northeast Portland next year also
would be jeopardized by the loss o f
federa, funds, Flanagan said.
Allie Stickney, Planned Parenthood
executive director, said the agency might
have to raise fees to offset the loss of
funds.
“ T h at’s something we just d o n ’t
want to do,” she said. “ Part o f our
mission is to offer services to anyone,
regardless o f their ability to pay. By
raising fees, we risk losing some o f the
very patients we are committed io serve."
Stickney said the agency is plan­
ning a “ massive fund-raising campaign”
to challenge agency supporters to make
up the loss with increased contribu­
tions.
“ W e have one other hope, the
United Slates Congress,” Stickney said.
“ Both the House o f Representatives
and the Senate are considering bills
that would overturn the G ag Rule.
“ W e are asking all o f our support­
ers to speak out forcefully to their leg­
islators. We are asking our supporters
to tell Congress that the Gag Rule is a
violation of the doctor-patient relation­
ship, a hardshipfor low-incom e women
and a violatio;. of the freedom of speech.
We w ant to build momentum in C o n ­
gress to overturn the gag rule and over­
ride a veto by President Bush.
“ W hatever the outcom e. Planned
Parenthood will continue to disclose all
o f the information that will help o u r
patients to make decisions about their
health and their lives,” Stickney said.
In addition to its Southeast P o rt­
land center, Planned Parenthood o f the
Colum bia/W illam ette has clinics in
Beaverton, Gresham and V ancouver,
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DEVELOPMENT
Commission Meeting
Date: July 10,1991
Place: Portland Building
1120 SW Fifth Ave., 11 th FI.
E ffectiv e 7/3 T hru 7/9/91
Portland, OR
Time: 9 3 0 a.m.
SAFEWAY
Commission meetings are open to
the public A complete agenda Is
available at PDC. Call 823 3200
PD C Is the a t y of Portland’» urban
renewal, housing and economic
development agency.
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