S eptember 08, 1993 • T he : P ortland O bserver P age B4 r- 7 ■ JJurtlanh ©bsertter Checklist Released To Evaluate President’s Clinton Health Plan Fam ilies U S A , the health care consumer group, released a checklist that consumers can use to decide i f the President’ s health re fo rm w ill help th e ir fa m ilie s " Y o u can c lip the checklist and use i t as a to o l to e va lu ate the P resident’ s televised address to C on gress on September 22,” said Ron P ollack, executive d ire cto r o f F a m i lies U S A F a m ilie s U S A is m a k in g the lis t a re : 1) Does it guarantee that you and yo u r fa m ily w o n ’ t E V E R lose your health insurance, no m atter what? c h e c k lis t a v a ila b le to c o n s u m e r groups and newspapers around the sive hospital care, doctor care and country. "A m ericans need to make up their o w n m inds about health reform We m ust not let the insurance companies and drug companies te ll us w h a t to th in k ,” P ollack said “ T w o m illio n A m e rica n s lose th e ir health insurance each m onth. A m ericans should make sure that the charges under control? 5) D o c s il help protect sm all b u si ness fro m insurance company oxer- charges and u n fa ir rules? President's plan w ill guarantee that you and your fa m ily w o n ’ t E V E R lose y o u r health insurance, no m atter w h a t,” P ollack said The checklist suggests th is and nine other key questions consumers shouldask about the President’ s plan T h e ten questions on the c h e c k 2) 6) Does it guarantee that you can ’ change jobs or move to another state w ith o u t losing your health benefits? 7) Does it protect you fro m "fin e p rin t” that insurance companies use to cheat you out o f benefits y o u ’ve paid for? 8) Does it reduce the paperw ork burden on your doctor? 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Families USA Foundation does not accept any money from the Insurance and health industries N a t io n O f Is la m T h e H on E lija h M u h a m m a d s a id /ta u g h t that, “ C iv iliz a tio n is know ledge, w isdom , understanding, cu ltu re and refinem ent; P ursuit o f happiness.” The hum an fa m ily is in the te rrib le co n d itio n (w ar, disease e tc...) that it is in because le a rn in g is not k in g (p rio rity ). A n in d iv id u a l can o n ly act on what the conscious or/and sub-conscious m ind knows. The more one know s the more pow er an in d i v id u a l can extract fro m se lf to enjoy th e ir existence, because the se lf is fro m G od A n d th is s e lf is a ru le r or the ru le r in each and every person. W e ru n in to trouble w hen we do not liste n to th is in n e r ru le r o f our being. The a im o f our in n e r s e lf is to lead and g ive us guidance by w h ic h we may be successful. But we liv e in a w o rld that is s p iritu a lly and m o ra lly under de veloped w h ic h makes us to vie w the in n e r s e lf as u n im p o rtan t So there m ust be a re -b u ild in g in the people o f m o ra l and sp iritu a l consciousness. W e must receive a teaching that w ill cause us to condemn our ow n action o n ly then w ill there be an aw akening o f m oral consciousness, w h ic h w ill lead to a sp iritu a l aw akening. The m oral and sp iritu a l aw akening o f hum an beings can be compared w ith the B ib le s story o f Jacobs ladder Jacobs ladder is sym bolic o f a ll o f us on o u r jo u rn e y to the M ost H ig h God I am one o f those w ho believe that M in L o u is Farrakhan is a brother th a t is d iv in e ly guided, in th is tim e era, to take us fu rth e r up the ladder J a b ril M u h a m m a d said o f M in . Farrakahn that, “ A recent event that demonstrates that those w ords fit M in is te r Farrakhan occurred on the 18th o f October, 1992 when nearly 60,000 people w ent to the Georgia Dome, In A tlanta. Georgia. They went to sec th is B lack man w ith S 10.00 each to help defray the expenses in volved. They d id not go to hear a man dance a dance. They d id not go to be entertained, in the usual sense o f the w ord. Instead, they w ent w ith the intentions o f liste n in g to a black man speak to the heart o f th e ir concerns. The opening game o f the w o rld series took placea, about the same tim e, and more people went to hear h im speak than were in attendance at the ball gam e1 The very nature o f the m ission o f the Honorable Louis Farrakhan is lik e other c ra w lin g things on Earth A lla h (G od) never intended fo ry o u to be an anim al He w anted you to be a perfect reflection o f h im s e lf (H oly Q uran 11:7). B ut, there must be a com ing out o f the anim al stage o f developm ent in to a m oral conscious ness, where you have a s p irit in you that accuses you fo r w hat you do, based on that w h ic h you know in stinctively is rig h t (Self-Im provem ent Speech Pages 14-16) “ Farrakhan for president” lee cube's The Predator T h a n k you fo r reading this, your b ro th e r E lija h X Jeffcrson-G hctto Date: September 15,1993 Place: Portland Building 1120 SW Fifth A v e , 11 th Floor Portland, Oregon Time: 8:00 a.m. Com m ission m eetings are open to the public. A com plete agenda is available at PDC or by calling 823-3200. Citizens with disabilities m ay call 823-3232 or TDD 823-6868 for assistance at least 48 hours in advance. PDC is the City of Portland's urban renewal, housing and econom ic developm ent agency. w 3 9 4 0 M. X X H IIA M S. 2 8 4 -0 3 0 4 ashington L o tte ry Open 11:00 am ------- ’ Wednesday, September 1, 1993 O3-O8-12-28-34-45 . ; . '• ' F i v / f t i'Z Saturday, September 4, 1993 A dvertise in the O bserver New PayLess Drug Store To Be Environmentally Sound 21-24-27-32-33-48 When the doors open to the new Pax Less drug Store located at 4346 C u lly B lvd in Portland, they w ill open into a b u ild in g that is state-of- the-art in terms o f energy conserva tio n The Portland Store is tentatively presence, message and w ork. (T h is Is The One Page 150-51) So let us study and learn from th is w onderful brother o f ours. “ M an can be an anim al or man can reflect A lla h (G od) You start in th is w o rld , lik e a fish, s w im m in g in a b a g o fw a te r You evolve out M c A le a r “ That effects the way we scheduled to open in November. 'W e w ant to be e n viro n m e n ta lly respon sible in the way we do business,’ said PayLess President and C E O T im construct our stores, and how xve op erate them once they open "F o rm a xi- m um efficiency, new PayLess D n ig Stores haxe insulation in the outside w alls and ro o f w h ic h exceeds code In addition the store a ir conditioners use what is know n as "energy econom iz ers.” These econom izers measure outside and inside tem perature and. w hen possible, use outside a ir rather standards as a m in im u m fo r a ll new constniction, even outside California “ In many cases, we go beyond than refrigerated a ir to cool the store The energy savings are evident in the T itle 24 standards ju s t to be as energy e(Ticicnt as possible," said Joe Sw eenv. E lectrical Design E ngineer ofPaylcss lig h tin g system as w ell. The fluores cent fixtures are equipped w ith en ergy-saving electronic ballasts and tnphosphorusT-8 lamps These lamps produce more lig h t per watt ofcncrgx than typical flourcscents The fix tures are recessed, and have rcflcctixc backs to increase th e ir efficiency T h c C a lifo rn ia Energy Code, also know n as T itle 24, sets the most s trin gent standards fo r energy conscrxa- tio n in the western U nited States Pax I ess D rue Stores has adopted these a D ru g Stores. A cco rd in g to Sweeney, the com pany is c o n tin u a lly b reaking new ground in energy conserxation “ For puter m onitored energy management system The operating in fo rm a tio n collected fro m each Heating, V e n ti la tin g and A ir C o n d itio n in g (H V A C ) u n it a llo w s the equipm ent to be run at peak efficiency. L ig h tin g and tem perature co n tro l are lin ke d to the tim e o f day . automatically changing tic ther mostat setting to conserve energy A ll th is adds up to a savings o f nearly 20 years executive manage ment has given us a great deal o f over 20 percent in energy usage co m pared to stores that arc not s im ila rly latitude in try in g out new options Through experim entation and study we have dcxeloped a store plan that is equipped, according to Sweeney “ T a kin g care o f the environm ent is everybody’ s concern," concluded extrem ely e ffic ie n t," said Sweeney One o f the m ajor features o f the M c A le a r “W e w ill continue to do cxviything we can as a company to pro mote environm ental responsibility ” cncrgx savings program is a com- • a « • • . .8 -, ■ .» C \ ». * Close 10:00 pm Rise such; the com bustible elements that make up the problems o f A m c ric a - cspccially the core problems, w h ich is the position and c o n d itio n ot 4U-50 m illio n B lacks--is such, that no one can forever avoid the im pact o f his o f that and you coinc fo rth c ra w lin g CO M M ISSIO N MEETING - ■' ; 1 V •