V olum n XXIII, N um ber 43 “Serving the com m unity th ro u g h c u ltu ral diversity.’ - - O ctober 20. 1993 (©bseriier Cletus B. Moore, Jr. Named Interim Urban League Director . Cletus B. Moore. Jr. Cletus B Moore, Jr. has been named interim di rector o f the Urban League o f Port­ land by the Executive Committee o f the Urban League board o f directors Moore is currently the Urban League's vice president o f finance and administration. He w ill sen e as interim director after current Urban League President Darryl Tukufu, Ph D leaves on October 31 to •’ r* f -* f Benjamin R. Whitley Praising the efforts o f donors and volun­ teer fund raisers. United Way o f Columbia- W illam ette’ s Campaign Chairman Benjamin R. W hitley announced the charity has raised more than $4 5 m illio n thus far in its 1993 community drive. W hitley, chairman o f the board and CEO o f Standard Insurance Company, made the announcement at a United Way report lun­ cheon. Nearly 330 contributors and volun­ teers were on hand at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center to receive a public update on the campaign and hear real stories from people helped by United Way contributions. “ Please keep in m ind that what you’ re doing is vita lly important to your commu­ nity," Whiteley told the crowd. “ You're offer­ ing people a chance to get involved and to give something back to their community. Y ou’re offering them a way to help. ” he said “ Women and children are still i he fastest growing segment o f the homeless popula­ tion,” said Pat H ill o f Salvation Arm y, Cas­ cade Division s West Women sand Children's Shelter. Explaining how her agency has hel ped get women and their children back to self- sufficiency, she added. "That's what United Way dollars does for us.” “ This is my sixth year at Abernathy (school), and I treasure every minute o f it,” said Joy W right o f M etropolitan Fam ily Sendee’ s Foster Grandparent Program Through this program. W right and other seniors work w ith children at elementary and middle schools, and other youth-oriented lo­ cations. “ So many children need individual help, said Wright. “ I ’ m there 20 hours a week to f ill in the gaps.” Gail Shibley Joins Multnomah County Community Action Commission assume a new position as director o f the Public Services Institute at Lorain Commu­ nity College outside Cleveland, Ohio. Moore w ill sen e as interim director until a permanent president and chief executive officer is appointed. Urban League board chair Gina Wood expects that appointment w ill take place “ w ithin six months.” As in ­ terim director Moore’sprimary duty w ill be to maintain the League’s current programs. He w ill report to an operational committee com­ posed o f three Board members. Joan Brown- Kline. president o f Brown-Kline and Com­ pany; Elizabeth Kutza, Ph D., director o f Portland State University’s Institute o f Ag­ ing; and W illiam Spivey, Ph D., vice presi­ dent. business alliances for Tektronix, Inc. Before jo in in g the U rban League M arch o f 1990, M oore was vice presi­ dent o f a local fin a n c ia l c o n s u ltin g firm . He has 22 years o f experience in finance and a d m in is tra tio n , in c lu d in g w ork in sales, health services, lo d g in g and com ­ m ercial developm ent. The U rban League o f P o rtlan d is a n o n -p ro fit, co m m un ity based hum an ser­ vice agency serving a t-ris k youth, stu­ dents, jo b seekers, and seniors in the P o rtla n d m etro area. Untied Way Surpasses $4.5 Million Mark In Community Fund Drive Ed Bailey, from Portland Area Council o f Camp Fire’s Gang Peace program, told the crowd about his own experience w ith gang v iolcnce, substance abuse and prison. Bailey, who currently is featured in the local United Way advertising campaign, works w ith at- risk kids and gives them a firsthand account o f the dangers o f being in gangs. "Through the United Way agencies ..the money allows us to do things for children in regards to keeping them out o f gangs." he said. The United Way campaign w ill continue through the m id d le ,.o f December The campaign's total w ill beannounced at a finale dinner, Tuesday. December 14. at the Port­ land Hilton Hotel U nite d Way o f the C o lu m b ia -W il­ lam ette raises and d istrib u te s charitab le co n trib u tio n s throughout the fo ur-cou nty area o f W a shington. M u ltn o m a h and Clackamas counties in Oregon, and C lark C ounty, W ashington E ig h ty -fiv e cents o f every d o lla r co ntribu te d goes d ire c tly to more than 180 local, hum an-service program s that help c h ild re n , fa m ilie s and seniors. Programs are offered through agencies such as M o r ris o n C e n te r, Clackamas W om en’ s Services, East V an­ couver C h ild Care and T u a la tin V a lle y W orkshop, Inc. 25 4 * > 4 t * > 4- ». ity,” he explained. “ That turned out to be a complete myth, a lie “ Yet today, children are being fed the same kind o f misinformation - that a person can use these drugs or chemicals and get something from them without being seriously hurt by their use Scientifically, we now know that this is no, the case LSD and other illic it drugs all have long-term, adverse effects that can plague a person for the rest o f his life.” D u ff is referring to the discovery that residuals o f LSD and other drugs and toxic chemicals remain in the sy stem, getting caught in the tissues and remaining there, unsus­ pected. even after they have supposedly been eliminated from the body years earlier American author and humanitarian. L Ron Hubbard, not only w as the firs, researcher to uncover this fact, but also succeeded in • fi.«. • • f developing the first, and to date, only known method o f getting these drug residuals back out o f the body. Narconon uses this D etoxifi­ cation Program as a standard part o f its drug rehabilitation and so has obtained what amounts to a completely new insight into the long-term harm that LSD and other drugs inflict. “ Once it became possible, using a pro­ gram that combines exact doses o f v itamins, nutrition, exercise and periods o f time in a sauna to sweat ou, the drug residuals, we could at las, test and observe how these drugs had been affecting people." explains D uff People never realize the effects these drugs continue Io have on them until they get them back out o f their system D uff say s that LSD is particularly harm­ ful because such a small quantity o f the drug has profound mental effects—the usual dose smaller than a pin head. So even very small amounts o f LSD which remain in the sy stem can be quite catastrophic. After completing the Narconon D etoxifi­ cation Program, people routinely report that they suddenly can think more clearly. Their l.Q. generally goes up They have more en­ ergy and begin to enjoy life more fully again. In fact, the changes arc sometimes quite dramatic “ Drags can reduce a person’s ability to learn,' said D uff “ They can shut o ff emotions and dull perceptions o f the world around one Hubbard's research found that there is even such a thing as a drag personality It is artificial and created bv drugs. "LSD and other drags can apparentIv change the attitude o f a person from his original personality to one secretly harboring hostilities and hatred he doesn't permit to show on the surface And in general, drags reduce people's natural abilities and make them feel worse This frequently leads to a craving for more drags.” D uff says that increasing use o f LSD, inhalants and other drags by school children is directly due to a w idespread lack o f effective and complete drug education “ C hildre n need to understand what ta k in g a drug lik e LSD even once or tw ice can do to th e m .” said D u f f “ When drug use is increasing amongst school c h ild re n , th is te lls us at o nce ,ha t we arc not e ffe c tiv e ly reaching young people w ith the fu ll tru th about drugs We arc fa ilin g them te rrib ly and too many y o u n g s te r w ill s u ffe r fo r it . ”