Page 8...The Portland Observer...December 30,1992
Healthy New Years
Resolutions:
Inexpensive
Community Wellness
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A Way To a Healthier
Lifestyle
In 1993
Eight Institutions Awarded Grants To Study
Coronary Heart Disease In Blacks
The National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBl) has awarded
5-year grants totalling S10.2 million to
scientists at eight research institutions
to study coronary heart disease (CHD)
in the African-American population.
The eight institutions are: the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; the Henry
Ford Hospital, Detroit; The George
Washington University, Washington,
D.C.; Columbia University, New York;
Albany Medical College; the Univer­
sity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB);
Emory University, Atlanta; Charles
Drew University of Medicine and Sci­
ence, Los Angeles.
The primary goal of this grant pro­
gram is to determine whether and how
specific factorscontribute to heart dam­
age in African Americans. Substantial
numbers of African-Americans with
CHD will be recruited in these studies.
The grant projects will investigate spe­
cific hypotheses exploring physical fac -
tors such as atherosclerosis (clogging
of the artery), ventricular hypertrophy
(thickening of the heart muscle), and
blood clotting and conventional risk
factors including diabetes and elevated
cholesterol. Better understanding of
these factors in African Americans will
provide more precise strategics for pre­
vention and treatment.
CHD is the leading cause of death
in both white and black populations in
this country and is a major cause of
excess deaths among blacks 20-64 years
old.
“This grant program is one expres­
sion of the NHLBl’s commitment to
minority health,” said NHLBl Director
Dr. Claude Lenfant. “The research spon­
sored by these grants will be an impor­
tant step towards reducing the dispari­
ties in morbidity and mortality rates.
Dr. Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, the
grant program administrator, stressed
the need for more research in this area:
“Disparity in the health status of mi­
norities as compared to whites has been
documented; but the reasons for the
differences are multiple, complex and
poorly understood.”
According to Dr. Nickens the avail­
able data suggest the presentation,
course and outcome of cardiovascular
and other diseases vary by minority
groups. “Programs such as this one,”
continued Dr. Nickens, “targeted tor a
specific minority group or problem,
should serve as a model for future re­
search which may provide strategies
for nanowing the health gap between
minorities and the majority population.”
Following is a complete list of the
individual grant projects and principal
investigators:
--’’C oronary A rtery D isease
Mechanisms in High Risk Families:
Racial Differences;” Dr. Lewis C.
Becker; Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- ’’Acute Myocardial Infarction
and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy;” Dr.
Farced Khaja, Henry Ford Hospital.
- ’’Insul in and Pathogenesis of Ath­
erosclerosis in Blacks;” Dr. Richard J.
Katz, The George Washington Univer­
sity.
—’’Lipoprotein (a) and Coronary
Artery Disease in Blacks V. Whites;
Dr. Thomas A. Pearson, Columbia
University.
Racial Differences in the Coro­
nary Microcirculation;” Dr. Jan Laws
Houghton, Albany Medical College.
- ’’McchanismsofEndothelialCell
Fibrinolysis in Blacks;” Dr. Francois
M. Booyse, UAB Medical Center.
--’’B iologic
M ediators
of
Atherogencsis in Black Americans;”
Dr. Josiah N. Wilcox, Emory Univer­
sity.
- ’’Coronary Artery Disease in
Blacks: Genetic Mechanisms;” Dr.
Clarence E. Grim, Charles Drew Uni­
versity of Medicine and Science.
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Low Fee Community Wellness
Education Classes beginning in Janu­
ary:
1. Adult Children of Dysfunc­
tional Families
2. Assertiveness and You
3. How to Kick the Blues & Feel
Good Doing it.
4. The Art of Coping, Relaxing &
Controlling Personal Stress
5. Creating Quality Relationships
And M o re-
Each class offers participantsa great
deal of educational material and practi­
cal skills for a nominal fee. Classes
taught by Mental Health Professionals.
For more information or to receive
a copy of the Community Wellness
Class Flyer, call 257-5805. Classes be­
gin in January.
A SBA/Score
Workshop On
How To Start Your
Own Business
The U.S. Small Business Adminis­
tration and The Service Corps Of Re­
tired Executives (SCORE) are jointly
presenting “ A Beginning Business
Workshop” on Thursday, January 14,
1993 (8:00 AM To 4:30 PM). This
workshop is especially recommended
for those thinking of starting their own
business or those presently in business.
The theme of the workshop is “Get­
ting Started Right”. It is taught by a
lineup of practicing CPA and attorney,
business consultants and SBA Staff.
You get their input on success and
failure factors, marketing, record keep­
ing, making your business plan, sales
promotion/advertising, point of sale
selling, SBA loans, and selecting the
right legal structure for your business.
A question and answer period follows
each presentation. Participants get a
free business information kit.
Come learn with the experts at the
least cost in time and money. You get
the most useable information for get­
ting started right.. This January 14th
workshop will be held at Two World
Trade Center 25 S W Salmon, Portland,
Or. - fee 25.00. Pre-registration recom­
mended
Please call Bea 503-326-5211 for
more information.
Metro Councilors To Be Sworn In On Jan. 4
Three new members of the Metro
Council and five returning councilors
will take the oath of office at 1 p.m.
Jan. 4 in the council chamber at Metro
Center, 2000 SW First Ave.
New to the council are Jon
Kvistad, District 2; Mike Gates, Dis­
trict 5; and Rod Monroe, District 9.
Terry Moore, appointed to fill a va­
cancy in District2 in September 1992,
was elected to represent District 13 (a
new position created as a result of
reapportionment in 1991).
Also being sworn in will be Ed
Washington, appointed to fill a Dis­
trict 11 vacancy in February; Richard
D evlin, D istric t 4, and R oger
Buchanan, District 10, who arc re­
turning for second terms; and Jim
Gardner, District 3, returning for a
third term.
Multnomah County Circuit Court
Judge Kimberly C. Frankel will pre­
side at the swearing-in ceremony. A
reception will follow.
Although Metro council positions
arc currently four-year terms, the 13
members of the Metro Council will
serve only for two years, the new
Metro home-rule charter, which goes
into effect on Jan. 1, reduces the size
of the council to seven members be­
ginning in 1995. An election for those
seven position will lake place in 1994.
C assandra C onway
Ever since 1 was brought to this world
I’ve had a great beast within me
That caused me to feel love, death, and pain.
1 was a no-name, a filthy street rat
That took the kicks and sneers of others
Without a word.
Then my savior, or my prosccutor-
1 can no longer diflerentiate-
Took me from the mud,
From the kicks and sneers
And placed me in a new environment.
I was named that of the moors.
Here I found another monster
Who made me conscious of myself.
High and mighty I was
Could have any beast I wished-
With a little trickery.
People began to hate me and my monster
And I suffered a new type of kick and sneer-
No longer plain and open,
But sneaky and hidden.
I endured these, for I was in love
.With a girl who hadn’t any manners.
Her dark eyes and upturned nose
Made my heart quiver and my mind reel.
She cared nothing for my heart or my mind,
Or so it seemed.
1 left the moors, my life, my name,
And journeyed into the expanse
Of the un-found knowledge of my soul.
Upon return I found my love gonc-
An imposter in her place.
Could it be my love
That betrayed my love?
Or my soul that betrayed my soul?
Her lover took them both
And crushed them into the sands
Of Eternity. Now blossomed
A spoken love.
Together the moments spent were slowly trickling
In the hourglass of Old Man Time.
My heart’s desires were mixed into one.
Desire for my love and desire for my hate.
This is where a new monster emerged.
He grabbed my heart and held it with a claw.
The monster was large - in size and in power,
For he made me conscious of
Good, bad...love, hate.
When my love was gone.
From the breathing but not the living,
I chose a path of revenge
And my monster tightened his hold.
Craving revenge
Was my last hope.
My love was not with me
And I had only this emotion.
Wanting power over others,
Like a cat crushing a mouse
Between his teeth and dirty paw,
1 cared for no one.
“Destruction almighty-
Crunch the pretty boy-
Thcy deserve this for what they did
To my love.”
With my life gone I no longer cared
What happened to me-only others
Suffering full.
•Irrational actions brought destruction
To many, even me.
Dying is heaven-
Even if I go to Hades
Love will meet me anywhere
For we arc still the only pair...
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