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14, 1993
How to Build a Bridge
Over a Protein Biver
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Oregonians To Design Their Own
Lottery Scratch-lt Games
W h e n y o u 'r e p la y in g ih c
O regon Lottery ’s S eratch-it gam e,
do you ever dream about creating
you own g am c—on c that you ju st
know w o u ld be a b ig h it w ith
ot her Lot tery play ers? I fy ou do. here ’ s
your chance to design the ultim ate
Scratch-it tic k e t-a rid w in cash doing
it!
B eginning M onday, April 12,
O reg o n ian s can help the Lottery
create its new Scratch-it gam es by
entering the D esigner Scratch-it C on­
test T he g rand prize is $5,000, plus
five runner-up p ri/c s o f $ 1,000 each.
The first 200 entries w ill receive a
com m em orative d esigner Scratch-it
T-shirt.
The con test i s part o f t he Lot tery ’ s
in tr o d u c tio n o f a b r a n d new
S cratc h -it p ro d u ct lin e th is fall.
S ta r tin g in O c to b e r. S c r a tc h -it
tickets w ill have h ig h e r payouts.
w hich will m ean more prize money
and higher average prizes T echnol­
ogy is being updated so players can
redeem prizes at any Scratch-it re­
tailer m i he stale. T he new tickets will
also be printed on recycled paper
stock
T he new Scratch-it product line
will offer a greater variety o f gam es
than ever before, including six d e­
signs created by O regonians in this
contest
A nyone can enter the Designer
Scratch-it contest—you d o n 't need to
be an artist Just be creative and origi­
nal, and show the Lottery w hat you
think a Scratch-it ticket should be
E ntries will be judged on gam e
theme, play style, o rig in a lity , g rap h ­
ics, and appropriateness to the Lot­
tery’ overall image
T he ticket design m ust be sub­
mitted to the special D esigner Scratch-
it C ontest form available at Lottery
retailers and from Lottery h ea d q u ar­
ters T he form co n tain s official co n ­
test rules an d other details.
E ntries m ust be received at L ot­
tery headquarter by 5;00pm on May
21, 1993 They can be m ailed to
O regon Lottery
D esigner S cratch-it C ontest
PO Box 12649
Salem O R 9731)9
E ntries may be hand d elivered to
Lottery headquarters at 2767 22 nd
Street SE in Salem
Since April 1985, more th an $761
m illion in prizes has been aw arded to
O regon Lottery players
O xer the past seven years m ore
than $367 m illion in Lottery earn in g s
has been invested in O regon Fund
recipients estim ate m ore th an 40,000
jobs could be created or saved through­
out the state
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Black Youth Get Jail Instead
Of Alcohol/Drug Treatment
People die waiting for cures. Whole
million were dedicated to the University of
continents pray while scientists feverishly
Oregon which provided the stage for Dr.
dig for answers. Meanwhile, the Oregon
Stevens’ research. This money will buy
Lottery' is doing more than praying; it's
u n d e rsta n d in g of how to m ake cells
helping the digging to continue.
behave. Those millions will also provide
Dr. l oin Stevens heads a biological
jobs for the next generation of scientists,
research laboratory at the University of
who will usher in new understanding of ill­
Oregon. In certain circles, his work on
protein splicing is famous. Though
ness and health.
Tom Stevens knows his work is
it sounds of more use to dieters
just a b ridge, over which many
than to cancer patients, protein
more will travel enroute to finding
splicing may help unlock the final
the cures we desire. The Oregon
puzzle piece holding us all captive.
Lottery is proud to be part of the
O regon Lottery funds of $12
bridge that Tom built.
It Does Good Things
Continued from front page
giving society a chance to see me as a
strong, independent young w om an.”
D ickson— "A ll my life 1 have
b ee n faced w ith c h a lle n g e s, but
none m ore difficult than the transfor­
m ation from boy hood to manhood.
A djusting to the new personalities,
having to give up old habits and
childish ways arc exam ples o f me
leaving the kid in me behind. Have I
reached m an h o o d ?’ is a question
1 u se d to ask m yself, b u t as a
Les Fem m es cavalier— 1 now know
Teen Program Wins
P ortland Public Schools’ Teen
Parent Sum m er Program recently re­
ceived the A m erican W om en in Radio
and Television Com m endation A w ard
for its “T een Parent TV N ew s" video.
"T een Parent T V N ew s” uses a
news show form at to explore issues
such as refuting stereoty pes o f teen
parents, view s from teen dads, the
im portance o f stay ing in school, ben­
efits o f positive attitudes and good
attendance at school and work, re­
sponsibilities o f parenting and con­
sidering adoption as an option. T he
video gives pregnant/parenting teens
in the program a forum for expressing
their view s about the realities o fb ein g
teenage parents
T een Parent Sum m er Program
has earned A W RT aw ards for three o f
their past four videos. Lanita Duke o f
G rassroots News produced the x idcos.
w hich are used in schools and the
com m unity to build understanding
about the challenges teenage parents
face and as part o f a pregnancy pre­
vention program
T his y e a r’s video w as funded by
Delaunay M ental Health Center. Black
U nited Fund o f O regon, Ja -B cll's
Beauty Supplies and Portland Public
Schools. "T een Parent T V New s” and
the 1991 video, “Teen Parent TV;
M other W it," arc distributed nation­
ally by C hurchill M edia
T he Teen Parent Sum m er P ro­
gram , sponsored in part by the Prix ate
Industry Council. ofTcrs pregnant or
parenting teenagers xocational train ­
ing. work experience and courses in
parenting skills during the sum m er.
For more inform ation, please con­
tact Marx K arter. 280-5858 or l.ynda
Rogers. 249-3304
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th e a n s w e r. A c a v a lie r sh o w s
respect, politeness, character, appeal,
d ignity an d pride, he sym bolizes
m anhood, and shows respect and ap ­
preciation for w om en E ach cavalier
is able to answ er th is question, ‘W hat
have you done today to m ake the
w orld a better place? T h ro u g h my
experience w ith Les Fem m es, I can
honestly answ er ‘Yes, 1 am now a
m a n .’”
M itchell-A debutante is a young
w om an w ho is respected by others
an d respects herself. She is successful
an d intelligent, w ith many positive
qualities. A debutante should be w ill­
ing to help others in need an d respect
all people, w hile lifting up her own.
We, as debutantes, as sociable, friendly
an d stand w ith good heads on our
shoulders— al way s going up and never
going down. I possess these qualities
an d a few more. W ith these qualities
1 w ill becom e a successful wom an;
d em onstrating these qualities m akes
me a debutante.
they m ake-up only 9.7 o f M ultnom ah
County’s at-risk adolescent popula­
tion, they are 24.6 percent o f all ju v e­
nile arrests an d 48.4 percent o f all
youth held in state-training schools
like M cLaren T hese statistics come
fro m a report released last m onth from
the federal Office o f Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency’ Prevention (OJ JDP).
These facts may lose O regon $1.5
million in federal juvem lejustice funds.
K now ing that kids in trouble are
likely to be drug/alcohol affected, one
could conclude, looking at the statis­
tics, that W hite kids w ith problem s
often end up in drug/alcohol treat­
m en t p ro g ra m s w h erea s A fric an
A m erican kids arc sent to jail.
T he problem is not sim ply a m at­
ter o f discrim ination. County adoles­
cent treatm ent centers do not blatantly
screen out A frican A m erican young
people. T he problem lies in the con­
tent o f th e ir treatm ent. N othing is
m o re c lo se ly c o n n e c te d to an
in d iv id u al's personal culture than al­
cohol/drug treatm ent. Involving not
only physical, but the psychological
and spiritual m ake-up o f an individual,
treatm ent, if done right, gets to the
roots o f a person. U nfortunately , no
M ultnom ah County adolescent treat­
m ent program focuses on A frican
A m erican culture. Because o f this,
they can n o t attract or keep A frican
A m erican patients who sorely need
program s that recognize that substance
abuse has different sociopsy chological
effects on Blacks th an on Whites.
Successful N ative A m erican rehabili­
eas.
O n th e o th e r h a n d . A fric a n tation program s have proven the v a­
A m erican youth arc w ell-represented lidity o f culture specificity in treat­
in correctional institutions T hough m ent processes A frican A m erican
O regon Legislators w ill soon be
voting on w hat has been term ed the
“N ickel-a-D rink” legislation that w ill
increase state taxes on beer and w ine
and put that money tow ards treatm ent
for O reg o n ’s alcoholics an d addicts.
T he bill is supported by Gov.
Roberts an d many others w ho see it as
a painless w ay to help the hundreds o f
suffering addicts on th e long w aiting
lists o f treatm ent centers. If this bill
passes, an d most people feel it has a
good chance, le t’s be certain that the
funds it generates are equitably d is­
tributed. In plain term s, let’s m ake
sure A frican A m erican youth get a
fair share. At present, they arc sham e­
fully left out o f the alcohol/drug treat­
m ent picture, and the results o f th is
neglect are devastating to the A frican
A m erican com munity and to the State
of O regon
T he problem is m ost evident in
M ultnom ah County. A look at the
patients in residential alcohol/drug
treatm ent program s for adolescents in
th e area finds alm o st no A frican
A m ericans on the rolls. A recent
c h e c k fo u n d o n ly o n e A fr ic a n
A m erican youth undergoing residen­
tial treatm ent in the city o f Portland
O ne center located in N orth Portland,
s p e c if ic a lly c ite d as o p e n to
A fric an A m erican , h as no B lack
youth on its p atien t list. In fact,
th e te e n s in tr e a tm e n t a t th a t
facility a re p red o m in an tly W h ite
an d m o st arc n ot ev en P o rtla n d
residents, com ing from outlying a r­
young people also need culturally spe­
cific treatm ent program s.
one m ajor effort is underway to
rectify th is problem . R ophe is a pro­
g ram o rig in a te d a n d d ire c te d by
H ubert E v a n s -A fric a n A m eric an ,
recovering alcoholic, N o rth P ortland
resident, an d alcohol drug treatm en t
specialist. E vans is dedicated to the
project, m otivated by the g an g k illin g
o fh isy o u n g e rb ro th e rin 1990 Rophe,
co-chaired by Police C h iefT o m Potter
an d State R epresentative M arg aret
C arter, has persistently struggled for
the last year an d a h alf to raise funds
to open a 13-bed drug/alcohol reh a­
bilitation center for A frican A m eri­
can young m en ages 12 to 18.
S trongly based in th e N o rth -
N ortheast Portland com m unity and
stem m ing from the G re ater F aith
M inistries. Rophe has stayed afloat
through com m unity fund raisers, small
donations, and a dedicated board of
directors. It w ill soon secure property
an d a b u ilding from the city. R ophe
could w ell be the salvation of, n ot all,
but som e o f the Black youth w ho are
now unfairly filling up O regon C or­
rectional institutions, but th is is a
long way from happening due to fi­
nancial need.
If passed, the N ickel-a-D rink tax
w ill produce badly needed m onies for
O regon addicts and alcoholics. L et’s
be sure a fair portion goes to provide
culturally specific alcohol/drug treat­
m ent for A frican A m erican young
people. It is the right th in g to do.
Frances B .Caldw ell
W riter/E ditor/C onsultant
Rophe B oard M em ber
PortLand, O regon
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