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Page 8...The Portland Observer...December 16, 1992
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Gets
Backing In Governor’s Budget;
Readiness To Learn” Also A Priority
W uh one in twenty 15-17 year old
girls pregnant in Oregon, the state's
largest umbrella advocacy group serv
ing youth has targeted teen pregnancy
prevention as a top funding request.
G overnor Barbara Roberts has
embraced the request in her 1993-95
Mandated Budget, adding $375,000 to
the Oregon Children and Youth Service
Com m ission’s $1.14 million teen preg
nancy prevention proposal, with a fo
cus on youth 9-12.
“ W e are h e a rte n e d at the
Governor’s understanding of how im
portant this issue is and how crucial the
need for pre vention,” said Sue Cameron,
of Tillamook, member of the State
Commission. “Teen pregnancy is con
nected to a host of other urgent issues
facing our young: homelessness, pov
erty Juvenile delinquency,child abused
alcohol abuse, and high school drop
outs. Plus,once the teensbecome moms,
there are so many otherconcems forour
communities: child care, youth em
ployment, patenting education , and
health care."
Governor Roberts’ Mandated Bud
get recommendation also provides fund
ing at re q u ested lev els for the
Commission’s effort to assure that by
kindergarten age, every Oregon child is
healthy and prepared to begin school-
satisfying the state’s “Readiness to
Learn” benchmark.
“This will revitalize our Great
Start’ early childhood education ef
forts," said Commission Chair Merri
Souther Wyatt, of Portland. “We know
that many in the Legislature, like the
Governor, appreciate the impact these
funds have made.”
Under the G overnor’s Budget,
counties will receive $25.3 million
through the Slate commission for chil
dren and youth services. This repre
sents approximately 1 percent ot the
total Human Resources Budget.
New Board Members
Appointed To The Private
Industry Council
Michael R. Sandoval and Patience
F. Talcott were recently appointed to
the board of directors of The Private
Industry Counc il (TPIC), apnvate, non
profit organization Providing employ
ment and training services to low-in-
com e residents of Multnomah and
Washington counties.
Sandoval comes to the board of
The Private Industry Council as a strong
advocate for the Hispanic community.
In addition to his primary occupation as
the principal attorney in the Law Office
of Michael R. Sandoval, Sandoval re
cently completed a three-year term on
the board of directors of the Oregon
Council for Hispanic Advancement.
As president and founder of na
tionally-recognized NorthwestTempo-
rary Services (Northwest Temporary
Services was named the 60th fastest
growing company in the United States
in 1990 by INC Magazine,), Talcott
brings considerable experience as an
employment specialist to her position
on the board. Additionally, she serves
on the board of directors of the Arthritis
Foundation and is a current board mem
ber of the Oregon Association of Tem
porary Services, acting as president
during the fiscal year 1990-1991.
Both Sandoval and Talcott are ex
pected to make significant contribu
tions to The Private Industry council’s
mission of promoting individual self-
sufficiency and a skilled workforce by
eliminating barriers to productive em
ployment.
Since its incorporation in 1987,
The Private Industry Council has placed
m ore than 8,500 in d iv id u als in
unsubsidized, private sector jobs.
Athletic Scholarships
step by step through the important pro
cess of getting an athletic scholarship
and includes college and conference
listings.
For information on how to get a
collegiate athletic scholarship, send a
#10 self addressed, stamped envelope
to the National Sports Foundation,
611A Willow Drive, P.O. Box 940,
Oakhurst, NJ 07755.
Over 100,000 collegiate athletic
scholarships are available each year to
male and female high school and jun
ior college student athletes. Contrary
to popular belief, students don’t have
to be all stale to qualify . Much of this
money goes unused. A new publica
tion with forms, sample letters and
tables of factual information is avail
able for student athletes. It takes them
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Coors Hosts Reception For
The 1992-93 SKI Season
New Traffic Devices To
Discourage Drug
Activity, Improve
Liveability
A group of neighbors and city offi
cials will hold a news conference to
morrow to mark the start ot pilot project
that uses street closures, speed bumps,
and other traffic management devices
to discourage auto traffic associated
with drug activity and improve neigh
borhood liveability.
The group will sign a community
policing partnership agreement regard
ing the project at 10:00 a.m., Thursday,
December 10, at the fire station at 1905
N.E. Killings worth. Scheduled speak
ers include Earl Blumeiiaucr,Commis
sioner of Public Works, Kate Hussein,
N.E. 14th Place Block Watch, Kevin
Modica, Portland Police Bureau, and
Chief George Monogue, Portland Fire
Bureau.
The media is invited to inspect the
newly installed traffic management
devices after the 10 o ’clock event.
Neighbors and officials will be at the
comer of Northeast 14th Place and
Killingsworth, from 10:30 to 10:30 to
10:45 to answer questions.
“We see the Governor’s recommen
dation as a ringing endorsement of our
unique way o f doing b usin ess-
reinventing government,” said Souther
Wyatt. “ For the hundreds of citizen
volunteers on our local commissions in
each of Oregon’s 36 counties, this is the
best way to say thank you for a job well
done.”
Each year, the children and Youth
Commission leverages approximately
$16 million within the private and pub
lic sectors in support of Commission
programs, financed initially through the
State General Fund. “ No other state
agency anywhere and certainly not many
other state commissions can point to
facts like that,” observed Souther Wvalt.
“It demonstrates the strength of commu
nity backing for Commission efforts to
provide quality child care, teen parent
programs, child abuse prevention, curbs
on juvenile delinquency, youth employ
ment l and
ana many other
otner vital needs.”
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Medical Society Launches
System To Provide Free
Health Information
health education efforts in cooperation
with MCMS. The company supports
efforts which provide convenient public
access to health information. BCBSO
was a major sponsor of Tel-Med, the
system which preceded HealthCall.
Hardware and software were sup
plied by the Canadian firm Telcnomics,
an established leader in the automated
call processing industry. Corky Coreson
of The Coreson Co. and a well-known
professional voice provided free service
in producing new tapes for the system.
The goal of MCMS and their
HealthCall system is to provide accu
rate and useful information on a variety
of health-related topics, which callers
can use to assist them in making better
decisions about their health and recog
nize early signs of illness. The system is
not intended, however, as a replacement
for callers’ family doctors, and MCMS
urges callers to seek their physicians’
help when they need medical advice or
attention.
The HealthCall health-messages
system can be accessed by calling 248-
9855. A list of health-related topics is
available by calling MCMS at 222-
9977. The 108-ycar-old Multnomah
County Medical Society is a profes
sional organization representing nearly
2,(XX) physicians in the Portland-metro
politan area.
Multnomah County Medical Soci
ety (MCMS) today announced the
launching of HealthCall, a new health-
message system which offers free health
information to all residents ol the greater
Pordand metropolitan area. Funding for
HealthCall is provided in part by a
$25,000 grant from B luc Cross and Blue
Shield of Oregon (BCBSO) to MCMS.
HealthCall features nearly 200 dif
ferent pre-recorded health and health-
related messages available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. Topics include
information about medical conditions
and diseases and suggestions about how
to remain healthy. Each tape is three to
seven minutes long and has been thor
oughly reviewed by local health-care
professionals. New messages will be
added based on interest.
MCMS President.and Emergency
Medicine Specialist Greg B. Lorts, MD,
says this new information system comes
at the right time. “Il replaces our old
Tcl-Med system which had become quite
dated in technology and information
and fills a void left by Dial-A-Nurse
recently abandoned by the Portland
Adventist Hospital & Medical Center,”
said Lorts. “There’s really nothing like
it in the area. Most users will find this a
treasure trove of information.”
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Or
egon has been a longtime supporter of
Chili Cooks Wanted
For Zoo Cookoff
The twelfth annual Great North
west Chili Cookoff benefiting Metro
Washington Park Zoo will be held Feb
ruary 20 at Memorial Coliseum.
Contestants are being sought to
participate in the cookoff with thirty
places available.
Chili teams will compete in three
categories: best chili, people’s choice
and showmanship. Best chili will be
judged on the basis of contestants’ reci
pes. People’s choice will be determined
by visitors who taste and Vote for their
favorite chilies. Showmanship awards
will be based on team entertainment,
theme and spirit.
Official entry forms are available
at the zoo by phone (226-1561), mail or
FAX (226-6836). A panel of food econo
mists will select the top teams to par
ticipate. Deadline for receipt of com
pleted forms at the zoo is midnight on
Monday, January 4. Booth fee is $40
and will be refunded to those applicants
who are not accepted for the cookoff.
Contestants will set up their booths
starting at 8:00 a.m. and begin food
preparation at 11:00 a.m.
The cookoff is sponsored by Dairy
Farmers of Oregon, KUPL 98.5FM/
1330AM, NorthwcstNaturalGas Com
pany and Oregon Beef council.
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Over 300 people were on hand to
welcome in the 1992-93 ski season at a
gala reception for the Atlanta based
Southern Snow Seekers SKi Club. Each
year Coors Brewing Company hosts a
reception for the ski club and this year
was quite special. 1993 marks the tenth
year anniversary for one of the first
African-American ski clubs in the coun
try. The membership has grown from
10 people in 1983 to currently over 300
members.
The Southern Snow Seekers Ski
club is a local non-profit organization
whose primary goal is to promote the
interest of skiing among minorities with
emphasis on minority youth. The orga
nization is affiliated with the National
Brotherhood Skiers (NBS). The pri
mary challenge of the NBS and the
southern Snow Seekers Ski Club is to
Lazarus Art Society,
INC. And Community
Learning Center
Will team up to present the Cradles
(Children Realizing Art doing, Learn
ing, Experiencing and Studying), The
Trade (Teens Realizing Art doing and
Experiencing), and the Paint (Parents
arc in need too!) Art Programs at the
Community Learning Center’s Educa
tion Facilities Located At 42nd and
N.E. Prescott. Beginning in January,
1993. For more information Call 727-
2694.
These art programs will give the
entire family an opportunity to develop
their artistic talents. The Cradles pro
gram focuses on children between the
ages of 2 1/2 and 12 years of age, the
trade program (13-18) and the paint
program is for parents that would like to
work on an art project with their child or
children.
Aside from developing artistic tal
ents the Cradles and trade program also
cultivates self-esteem and self-empow
erment through the artistic exercises
developed for this course. These art
programs w ill be a complement to other
educational activities that the child may
participate in and should be a required
course for families that are concerned
about their children academic achieve-
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April 12 & 13, 1993
1993 Fourth Annual
Minority Health
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The varied approaches to develop
ing self-esteem will provide the young
person involved a well rounded and
exciting group of activities, that will
make learning fun and rewarding. The
course of study will challenge the stu
dent to think through negative situa
tions to reach positive conclusions.
The course periods are 5 weeks in
duration. At die end of each course the
works produced during the period will
be put on display with the public invited
to participate in the viewing.
Lazarus art society, 1NC> and com
munity learning center is interested in
providing a creative artistic oudet within
the minority community thru active
promotion of working artists and exten
sive outreach and instruction to chil
dren and senior citizens.
This project with Community
Learning Center and Lazarus Art Soci
ety, Inc. confirms there are positive,
constructive activities in which chil
dren may get involved in the northeast
community. Activities that are fun and
educational.
For more information call; 727-
2694 classes begin January, 1993
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find, select, and fund high potential
youth capable of winning a berth on the
U.S. Ski Team.
During the 1992-93 season the club
plans to spend about $24,000 on youth
skiing activities, this includes an ambi
tious plan to take 15 youth to Gray
Rocks in Canada during the Thanksgiv
ing holiday; 20 youth to Cattaloochee
in North Carolina; 30 youth to Beech or
Sugar mountain in North Carolina; 10
youth to the NBS Summit in Colorado;
and 15 youth to Maine to the NBS
Eastern Region Winterfest.
This season’s grand event will be
the Summit ’93 in Vail Colorado which
will include all of the African Ameri
can ski clubs across the country. For
more information about the Southern
Snow Seekers and their upcoming ski
calendar call (404) 368-2848.
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Presented By:
Minority Health Program
Oregon Health Division
Co-Sponsor:
DHHS-Office O f Minority Health
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