Volumn XXII, Number 37
“The Eyes and Ears of the Community"
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Rallies To Aid
Hurricane Victims
Inc., the world’s
leading sports and fit
ness company, is send
ing a check for $10,000 plus
thousands of apparel items and shoes to
aid victims of Hurricane Andrew in
Florida and Louisiana.
“The disaster affects us all in one
way or another, and we feel good about
being able to assist the relief efforts with
both a financial contribution as well as
large quantities of much-needed prod
uct” said NIKE President Richard K.
Donahue. “W e’re also encouraging our
employees to help by matching any
personal contributions they make,”
Donahue said.
NIKE’s product donation includes
over 3,500 pair of shoes and thousands
of pieces of apparel, valued in excess of
S 120,000. Virginia Hensen, NIKE’s Di
rector of Public Affairs, said the shoes
and clothing are being shipped to Gifts
in Kind America, a non-profit agency in
Alexandria, Virginia, which will dis
tribute the product to needy schoolchil
dren and families.
NIKE’s contribution of $10,000
A fte r 4 0 Y ea rs!
from the company’s “Just Do It Fund”
will go to the national headquarters of
the American Red Cross has indicated
that several recent natural disasters,
have nearly depleted its cash reserves,
and the lack of funds is the main prob
lem it currently faces in the Hurricane
andrew relief efforts. NIKE’s “Just Do
It” Fund is also matching employee
contributions to non-profit relief agen
cies on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the
matching gift is available to all NIKE
employees.
Hensen said the company’s re
sponse isn’t unusual. “NIKE has uti
lized the services of Gifts In Kind to
distribute over 150,000 pair of shoes
nationally to the needy and homeless
over the past two years. We have a very
extensive network of agencies around
the country we supply with product, so
they’re ready to respond to emergency
situations. In a tragedy of this magni
tude, we have lots of concerned em
ployees who want to do something to
help out. Our matching gift program
gives them a lot of incentive to send
donation,’ Hensen said.
Italian cuisine prepared by C hef
Giuliano Hazan. The restaurant pre
pares hand-made pastas and bread. For
lunch or dinner reservations phone 221 -
1170
OHS will use the donated funds to
help underwrite an ambitious schedule
of exhibits including the Great Explo
ration Gallery opening later this month,
and “Praise Old Believers”, an exhibit
of photographs and textiles depicting
life in the community of Old Believers
living near Woodburn, opening on Oc
tober 1.
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Sickle Cell Diagnosed
I came along 16 years later, the doctors
just assumed that I had inherited the
same thing. I was rubbed with Ben-Gay
ointment and I learned to live with pain.
Ethel recalls being taken to emergency
rooms in various hospitals and being
„ told that she was hyperventilating. She
was given a brown bag to breathe into.
When she suffered severe back pain she
was told that it was her kidneys until
one day a doctor ran kidney studies. “I
think they just thought it was all in my
head,” said Ethel. “At least that was the
way I was treated. I was transfused
when I had children, but the doctors just
thought I was anemic because I was
pregnant,” Ethel says she was also
treated with iron shots for her anemia,
which is common for severe anemia
which is non-sickle cell related. Sickle
Cell patients are usually not given iron
beca use of the potential to be tran sfused
often and if transfused often enough
one could suffer with iron overload.
Ethel states, “the same doctor that had
been hostile toward me when I had no
other symptoms, but pain in various
parts of my body became very con
cerned when I spiked a fever. He hospi
talized me and began a series of tests. I
was later informed that the condition I
have is Sickle-Thalassemia or Sickle
Cell Disease. I inherited the S(for sickle
cell anemia) trait from one parent and
the t (for Thalassemia) from the other
parent. I will soon have to have both
hips replaced, and though I must use a
cane to support me, I’m glad to be able
to get around. At least the doctors now
know what they are treating me for and
can help me. I was directed to the
Portland Sickle Cell Anemia Founda
tion by the Cancer Foundation and I’m
grateful to have met others who also
have the disease. We encourage each
other. Mrs. Marcia Taylor and her staff
have assisted me in so many ways and
been a real sense of comfort, because I
have no family here. Noting that Sep
tember is National Sickle Anemia
Awareness Month, I thought it appro
priate to tell my story and to encourage
those who have not been tested to do so
because Sickle Cell is not always diag
nosed at birth and not every doctor
realizes that shortness of breath, weak
ness, pain in various parts of the body,
anem ia, and jaundiced eyes are all sy mp-
toms of Sickle Cell Disease. However,
Program presents an alternative to
spending a long time paying back a
student loan, or in some cases, default
ing. It makes itpossible to spend a short
time in the service, pay off part or all of
the student loan, and then start a career
without that debt.
The Army makes the program avail
able to qualified men and women who
have gone to college or vocational school
on National Direct Student Loans (now
called Perkins Loans) or Guaranteed
Student Loans (now called Stafford
Student Loans) made after October 1,
1975, and whose loans are not in de
fault Each year of active duty reduces
the college debt by one-third, or $ 1,500,
whichever is greater, with a maximum
benefit of $55,000.
An Army Reservist under the pro
gram can have a student loan repaid
while remaining at home. Each year
served eliminates fifteen percent of an
outstanding loan, or $500, whichever is
OHS Board To Host Benefit
Event At Perlina
i Members of the Oregon Historical
Society Board of Directors will host a
day and evening-long benefit on Mon
day, September 14, at Perlina Restau
rant andBarin Portland. Therestaurant’s
owners have pledged one-half of all
proceeds from 11:30am until closing to
help underwrite the OHS exhibits pro
gram.
The public is encouraged to visit
Perlina for lunch, late-day refreshments
or dinner. Located in an old fire station
in Portland’s popular Pearl district, the
new restaurant specializes in regional
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Efrie/ Dillon and Marsha Taylor
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Ithel Dillon, now 44 years old
says, it took them 40 years to realize
that I have Sickle Cell Disease and not
arthritis! Bom and raised in the state of
Mississippi, Ethel recalls her father
suffering with bone and joint pain for
many years which the doctors all re
ferred to as arthritis. She said, “my
father died in pain’” and my oldest
brother hurts just like I do. The doctors
told my brother he’d inherited Sickle
Cell Disease form my father and when
thanks to the work that Mrs. Taylor is
doing at the foundation, there is a greater
awareness and more and more doctors
are growing concerned. Those who
have not registered with the Portland
Sickle Cell anemia Foundation to call
249-1366. There are benefits that you
may not be aware of and there’s a
monthly support group available to
help you bear the burden and meet
other needs. “Moreover, you are not
alone.”
Taylor states, “in recognition of
sickle Cell anemia Awareness Month,
we have host our first cable telethon
Saturday, September 19th, at 5:00 p.m.
until 9:00 p.m., at the Multnomah Cable
studio, located at 26000 S.E. Stark on
the Mt. Hood college Campus. We are
looking for volunteers from all walks
of life. If you are interested, just tele
phone the office and ask to speak with
the Volunteer Coordinator.”
September 26th is Open House at
The Portland Sickle Cell Anemia foun
dation (Center) from 2:00 p.m. until
6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served
and a special presentation will be made.
Stop in and meet some of the clients,
board members and staff, donation of
$10.00 are suggested, but not required
and no one is limited to $10.
The Portland Sickle Cell anemia
foundation Pushes for Newborn Screen
ing.
Below is a chart depicting the
present mandatory newborn
eening
program which does not
: in
clude sickle Cell Disea'
cst-
ing to note that a fe w ;
ave
found only one or tvooD
,-ses
once or twice, if ever, w'nne me rate of
incidence for Sickle Cell Anemia is
one in every 400-500 Afro-Americans
alone and is found in some Caucasians
as well. One in very ten Afro-Ameri
cans will have the Sickle Cell trait.
illy Graham Press
Confèrence To Launch Army Offers Help With College Loan Repayment
Pacific Northwest Billy
Graham Crusade
Young men and women who are
having a difficult time repaying their
college or vocational school loans can
turn for assistance to the United States
Army and its Loan Repayment Pro
gram. It provides either total or partial
relief from college loans debts and cold
help students avoid defaulting on their
loans.
For graduates, or for someone who
has attended college but have not re
ceived a degree, the Loan Repayment
greater. During a standard eight-year
enlistment, a major portion of a student
debt can be eliminated. The maximum
benefit paid os $10,000 in most cases.
Young men and women who are
looking for help repaying their college
or vocational school loans can receive
more information about the program by
visiting their local Army Recruiting
Station or by speaking to their student
financial aid officer.
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Education Update Continued,II
What: EvangelistBillyGraham will
hold a press conference to outline plans
for the pacific Northwest Billy Graham
Crusade and address key issues and
needs prevalent throughout the Greater
Portland/Vancouver area.
Who: The pacific Northwest Billy
Graham Crusade, Inc., is a not-for-
profitorganization, operating under the
direction of a 114-mcmber Executive
committee, with Dr. Joseph Aldrich,
President of Mullnortiah School of the
Bible, serving as Chair.
Over 900 churches representing 96
denominations throughout the Greater
Portland/Vancouver area have fully par
ticipated in the year-long Crusade prepa
rations.
When: Monday, September 21,
1992 at 10:00 a.m. (Coffee and danish
available at 9:30 a.m.)
Where: Multnomah Athletic Club,
West Ballroom 1849 SW Salmon, Port
land, OR.
Immediately following the press
conference, there will be a photo oppor
tunity with mr. Graham at Civic Sta-
dium, adjacent to the MAC Club.
Additional Details: * The Crusade
will be heldatcivic Stadium, September
23-27. Meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday through Saturday and 3:30
p.m., Sunday. (The stadium willbe open
1 1/2 hours before services.)
* Special Family Time - Saturday,
September 26, 2:00 p.m. “Saturday at
the Stadium: Kids+Moms+Dads = Cel
ebration”
* Local crusade involvement iodate:
Choir Over 7,000 to date
Ushers Over 2,00 to date
Counselors Over 9,000 to date
* The Pacific Northwest Billy Gra
ham Crusade press office will be open
September 17-28,8:30 a.m .-5:00p.m .,
Monday through Saturday and 8:30 a.m.
-1:00 p.m., Sunday to assist the media.
For updates on statistics, daily Crusade
developments or events, please contact
us at the press office located in:
Hawthorne Room (main level) Red
Lion Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah,
Portland,OR, phone: 503/249-3175 Fax:
503/249-3170
BY PROF. MCKINLEY BURT
Before we get down to cases this
week, be advised that there will be no
let up in the “buzz words” and exotic
metaphors the education establishment
will be throwing at us. Last week I cited
“Attention Deficit Disorder” (hyperac
tive ) and “Choice” (the essence of
ambiguity). And of course there is
“Learning Disabled” (a possibility be
ing that it is the school that is “dis
abled”.
But the one 1 really like is “Site-
based Management”. Do you really be
lieve there exists such a process com
pletely independent of central adminis
tration-ex cept temporarily when there
has been a concession to neighborhood
parents uptight about one of those “dis
abled” schools? There are some cases,
we admit, where there is a degree of
independence granted (or feasible) in
terms of curriculum modification and
the introduction of innovative learning
modes. But it is usually done with some
fear and trepidation, and usually ac
companied by a tug of war.
That’s a situation in the public
sector, but let us look at another area,
the private colleges. I have been espe
cially interested in this area because of
the large number of African American
parents wishing to send their children
to a “Traditional Black College”- o r
keep them there. Even before the cur
rent economic turn down, these schools
were fighting for their very survival,
and in the grip of even greater financial
woes than their white counterparts.
They are located in the states with the
lowest education budgets and many
face bankruptcy or merging with state
institutions (true!).
This, however, is a national prob
lem for all private schools and Oregon
is included of course. Just last month
we had the following statement from
Dwight Sangrey, president of the Or
egon Graduate Institute, “as many as
one-third of all private colleges and
universities will go out of business in
the next 10 years, including some in
Oregon... rising educational costs can
not be met by pushing up tuition and
thus shrinking the number of students
who can afford private schools.” The
situation is exacerbated by the fact that
the State-Supported Colleges are suf
fering from a severe financial short
fall. Consequently, tuition is rising
dramatically and the number of classes
and instructors have been severely
pared; The inevitable result being that
admissions will be reduced. And we all
know that this reduction will be ac
complished by increasing grade re
quirements (got it?). Further com
pounding the problem is the fact that
hundreds of California students are
coming to Oregon Schools as their
own arc becoming disabled-tuition is
still cheaper here, even for out-of -
staters. Education is in no better shape
“back east”. The entire nation is in
serious trouble.
Now, where are those people who
disagreed with me when a couple of
years ago (and last fall), I said all those
“Year 2000 Projections” for America
to become tops in the world in math
ematics and science were nothing but
a pipe dream? A cruel hoax being
played on the taxpayers and voters
who would have to pick up the tab for
a hundred little uncoordinated but
highly publicized projects initiated
sometimes by well-practiced hustlers
who knew better. You’d think I’d get
tired being right. I am!
“The Man From Hope” (Arkan
sas); That’s presidential candidate. Bill
Clinton and the title of the lead article
in the latest issue of “NEA Today”, the
official organ of the National Educa
tion Association. “Hope” also could be
a play on words for “hope eternal” was
certainly the principal emotion ex
pressed by the thousands of public school
teachers at the July 7 NEA convention
in Washington, D.C.
Association reporters waxed elo
quent: “Bill Clinton didn’t didn’t make
a speech at NEA’s 1992 Representative
Assembly; Instead he spent nearly an
hour answering delegate questions. How
did he do? The next day, in the NEA
endorsement balloting, delegates gave
Clinton the strongest support ever ac
corded a candidate for president”. Per
haps we will finally get a real “Educa
tion President”, My “hope” also springs
eternal.
Key information is still coming in
on that “Science and Mathematics Edu
cation Review” I promised last week.
Look for it on September 16, In the
meantime, let me remind you of that
very excellent “Whitney Young Tuto
rial Program” being conducted again
by the Portland Urban League. There is
none better in the city for middle school
and high school students; last years
results were very, very good classes are
held weekdays, Monday through Thurs
day from 3 P.M. to 8 P.M. at the Urban
League. N £ . Russell and Williams Ave.
Registration days are September, 8,9
and 10,3 to 7 P.M. Call Gloria Phillips
at28O-26OO.