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A NECA/IBEW Local 48 team from Friberg Electric supplied the electrical power needed for the 1994 US Bank/Rose Festival Airshow at i
Hillsboro Airport. The annual challenge of supplying power to the media, chalet line, sound system, exhibit areas, pavilions, and the field
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kitchen takes a crew of 8 to 12 electricians each year.
New Mothers Often
Return To Smoking
Obese Black
Teens Unaware
Of Health Risks
re tu rn to th e h a b it fo llo w in g p re g
Many overweight black teens
n an cy .
do not realize obesity is a health
O ne h u rd le fo r p re g n a n t
risk. "They know they have a weight
w om en w h o q u it sm o k in g is the
problem, but they don’t think o f the
ch an g e in a ttitu d e s o f those aro u n d
health consequences," said Dr. John
them o nce th e bab y is b o rn , said
Foreyt o f Baylor College o f Medi
Dr. M a ria n n a S o c k rid e r, a p e d ia t
cine in Houston.
ric p u lm o n o lo g ist at B a y lo r C o l
M isconceptions about obesity
leg e o f M e d ic in e in H o u sto n .
differ greatly among black and white
“ D u rin g p re g n a n c y , p e o p le
teenagers. Studies show that 40 per
State and city officials, housing
are se n sitiv e a b o u t sm o k in g ," she
cent o f obese black females and 36
advocates, senior citizens, financiers said . “ T hey d o n 't sm o k e a ro u n d
percent o f the males perceived them
and downtown advocates gathered
th e p re g n a n t w om an o r o ffe r her
selves as heavy com pared nearly
today to officially open the Twelfth
c ig a re tte s. B ut, once the bab y is
100 percent o f white females and 78
Avenue Terrace located at S. W. 12th
b o rn , the p re ssu re to sm o k e r e
percent
o f w hite males.
and M arket Streets downtown. The
su m e s.”
Adolescence
is a critical time
newly constructed building will offer
S o c k rid e r su g g e sts th a t new
o
f
adult
obesity
development.
Eighty
118 studio apartm ents for homeless m o th e rs w h o w ish to q u it sm o k
percent
o
f
obese
teenagers
are
likely
individuals, or those in danger o f be- in g p e rm a n e n tly e x a m in e w hy
to
grow
into
overw
eight
adults,
com ing homeless, w ho are 62 years ot th ey sm o k e and look at d iffe re n t
Foreyt said. It is important to edu
age or older or disabled.
p o s t- p r e g n a n c y c o p in g m e c h a
cate teens about the health risks o f
The $6.5 m illion project will be
n ism s. T hey can also seek th e c o
obesity, he said.
owned by the Elderhope Limited Part
o p eratio n o f sm okers aro u n d them .
nership with REACH Com m unity
Development, Inc., as the General
Partner. Financing for the project was
completed through a $2 million loan
Name Braiuls • Wholesale Prices
from PDC; a $2.6 million loan from
canned • packaged • frozen Itxxl
the Oregon Housing and Com m unity
Deli Items • Pel I oods
Services Department; and the sale ot
Soaps
• lX'lergenis • Much More!
$1.9 million in low -incom e housing
tax credits to the Oregon Equity Fund.
The lice Company, Inc.
Apartments will rent for $337 per
Groceries at Wholesale prices
month with the Housing Authority o f
SCO N. Killingsworih • Portland, Oregon 97217 «(503) 2X3-5171
Portland p roviding rent subsidies
OPEN DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 9:30 - 6:00
through the U S. Departm ent of H ous
ing and Urban Development.
Speakers at the opening event
inc luded C ity Comm issioner Gretchen
K afoury; PDC H o u sin g D irector
Neyle Hunter; Baruti Artharee, Di
rector, O regon Housing and Com m u
n ity S e rv ic e s D e p t.; D e b o ra h
Saw euyer-Parks, Executive Director,
Oregon Equity Fund; W endell Johns,
Vice-President for Housing Invest
ments, Fannie M ae; Dan Cooper,
REACH Board President and Susan
Emmons, Executive Director, N orth
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