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Community Center
Helps Neighborhood
Inventor's Device Goes
To Market
Dreamers Return From
College
A new Lutheran Community Center
on MLK Jr. Blvd., upgrades a
neighborhood by providing
activities fo r children and adults.
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North/NF, Portland eighth graders
hoping for an education after high
school return from two weeks on the
Whitman College campus.
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| Women’s Invitational
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course in
Washington County is where the
3rd Annual Women 's Golf
Invitational will take place.
See Sports, Page B3
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Health Reformers Carry Message
Hillary Clinton
Starts Caravan
In Portland
he first busloads of Reform
Riders rolled out of Portland
Friday,
setting
out
along the Columbia River into eastern
Oregon.
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In the next ten days, they’ll be joined by
busloads o f Reform Riders starting in Fort
Worth, New Orleans, Boston and Indepen
dence, Missouri. By the time they reach Wash
ington DC in early August, they will have sent
a clear message to Congress about health
reform: Pass it Now!
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton gave
the Reform Riders an enthusiastic sendoff
from a crowded rally in Pioneer Square in
downtown Portland, where entertainers, com
munity leaders and political figures filed across
the platform. But the real stars o f the rally
were the Reform Riders: doctors, nurses,
working people, retirees, students.
People like Daniel Lumley o f Seattle who
was seriously injured in a motorcycle acci
dent, and will lose his health insurance when
he finishes graduate school. And nurse Jane
Kuhn o f California who has seen her patients
suffer not only from illness, but also from
health insurance that failed them when they
needed it.
“1 am a Reform Rider because I want the
public to realize how high the stakes are in
health reform. As a nurse, I believe people
must realize their families’ lives may depend
on getting congress to pass real health reform
that gives every American the guarantee of
high quality health security that Congress
already guarantees themselves,” said Jane
Kuhn.
Kuhn belongs to the California Nurses
Association and is one o f a select few Reform
Riders who will be riding the entire route from
Pregnancy Prevention
Policy Adopted
The N ational G o v ern ors’ A ssocia
tion has approved adding teen preg
nancy prevention as a national p rio r
ity. The policy, authored by Gov. B ar
bara R o berts, em p h asizes reach in g
children early to delay sexual activity
and addresses the risk factors m ost
associated with teen pregnancy.
Oregon Leaders Present
Benchmarks
Gov. B arbara R oberts, P ortland
Vlayor V era K atz and M ultnom ah
County C hair Beverly Stein presented
Dregon B enchm arks to to p -lev el C abi
net and W hite House o fficials M onday
in W ashington, D.C. The benchm arks
track the effectiveness o f program s
addressing m easures such as per capita
incom e, infant health, air and w ater
q u a lity , c rim e ra te s a n d s tu d e n t
achievem ent. The C linton A dm inis
tration is looking for exam ples o f p ro
gram s that can m ake the governm ent
“ work better and cost less.”
St. Johns Music Festival
Is Sunday
Portland residents w ill celebrate a
;leaner environm ent Sunday during
he Blue H eron M usic F estival in Ca-
hedral Park. “ W hile we listed to a
vide variety o f good m usic,” we will
share in the latest inform ation about
O regonians’ solutions to environm en
tal p ro b lem s,” said Ted W hite, fe sti
val chair. The festival will be held
from noon to dusk.
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton urges passage of health reform legislation at a rally Friday in Portland. Busloads of health
reform riders, including many from Portland, started a cross-country trip from Portland to Washington CC. to sandPar^ a
messages on the need for health reform.
(Phot° bY ^ a n e Lewis)
Edna Hicks helps
student Sherry
Bailey at the
Summer School
Basic Skills
Program at Martin
Luther King Jr.
Elementary School.
M etro C o uncilor Ed W ashington
said m any citizens o f N orth and N orth
east Portland p articipated in M etro ’s
recent Region 2040 public in v o lv e
ment cam paign. “ Your voice and ideas
contributed sig n ifican tly to helping
shape how our com m unity and our
region will look during the next 50
years.” W ashington said m any re si
dents expressed interest in issues such
as preservation o f green spaces, growth
and redevelopm ent and the a v a ila b il
ity o f adequate transportation system s.
Air conditioning was one o f the popu
lar features during the opening week of the
19th annual Portland Street of Dreams at
Marylhurst in Lake Oswego. While tem
peratures soared during mid-week, all 12
homes offered visitors a comfortable oasis
from the heat
Unity
Breakfast
Committee
Builds
Coalition
City Kids Learn At Summer School
Citizens Respond To
Metro Campaign
Street Of Dreams Opens
To Hot Weather
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M ichael L eighton
4906 N.E. 6th Ave.
rea third and fourth graders
They worked on improving self-esteem,
needing a boost in learning basic skills and leadership abilities.
skills got help this past five
Lauren Hopson, project coordinator and
weeks because private companies
and said the school brought out the best in
teacher,
volunteers stepped in to provide a many kids who don't get the same kind of
summer school.
attention during the regular school year
by
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Fifty-six students from the inner-city were
in the Summer School Basic Skills Program at
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School at
Children expressed themselves as lead
ers this summer, where they previously were
the more reserved and quiet of their class
mates, Hopson said
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' The students learned in class instruction,
small groups and homework. Behavior and
academic problems were dealt with in the
school’s small group environment.
Three teachers were responsible for 18
students each. Over 20 volunteers assisted
with the instruction. The school was held for
a half day, Monday through Friday, with
breakfast and lunches served and students
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The Unity Breakfast Committee, now
in its fifth year, seeks the involvement o f
African American organizations to partici
pate in its efforts to foster community
development in North/Northeast Portland.
The Committee has served as a leader
ship forum for civil rights and social ser
vice organizations providing advocacy and
information to strengthen the African
American community in Portland. The fo
rum provides a place to create solutions
and take action to address community con
cerns. Members include: AlbinaMinsterial
Alliance, Black United Fund o f Oregon,
Black M en’s Coalition, Urban League of
Portland, Black United Front, NE Commu
nity Development Corporation, Self En
hancement and NAACP.
The organization has becme a vehicle
for networking, information sharing, and
collaboration on community issues. In ad
dition, it provides support for program and
policies that foster community develop
ment.
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