P age B 12 A ugust 31, 1994 « T he P ortland O bserver Local Scouts Local Bov Scout Troop 373 began their fundraising campaign this summer for a planned outing to California. The scouts who are el egin Fundraising ementary and m iddle school students hope to travel to California to widen their horizons, experience uplifting things and become better scouts and citizens. The scouts are not content with jus, asking parents and other adults for money, they worked very hard this summer at a car wash at the Burger King restaurant on Weidler Many more fundraising events are planned and the scouts hope the en tire community will support them in their constructive efforts. The Troop is headed by Aleem Shabazz and Anthony O ’Neil. Dur ing the car wash the scouts were supported by volunteers Herman Brame, Fareeda Muhammad, and Ali Muhammad. The troop was char tered through the efforts o f members ofthe Muslim Community Center o f Portland which is headed by Imam Mikal Shabazz. Independent Candidate For Oregon’s 3rd District U. S. House Seat M ark B runelle, In d ep en dent C andidate for O re g o n ’s 3rd D istrict U. S. H ouse seat, has successfully co m pleted an all volunteer petition effort; and will be on the ballot for the November 8th G eneral election. Mark Burnelle has been en dorsed by, Space: The Future Frontier, Liberty Netw ork, Bike PAC o f O regon, the “ O regon sp ectato r” ; and is a m em ber o f the A m erican Legion. Last M arch, M ark B urnelle was in W ashington, D .C ., and lobbied against H R.6; the bill that would have th reaten ed p ri vate education altern a tives. Mark has been m ar ried to his w ife, Pam ela, for 23 years, they have tw o grow n d au g h ters, and live in M ilwaukie. Mark Brunelle Kraft USA Names New Executive VP L. Don Brown Kraft USA has announced that L. Don Brown, 49, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Operations. He was most recently Vice Presi dent, Operations, for Kraft Gen eral Foods Canada. Brown suc ceeds Richard Bailey, 47, who is now Senior Vice President o f Manufacturing for Kraft Gen eral Foods. In his new position. Brow n reports to James M. Kilts, Presi dent of Kraft USA. “Don has extensive opera tions experience throughout the Kraft General Foods organiza tion,” said Kilts. “His leader ship and knowledge o f opera tions will be a tremendous asset to Kraft USA.” Brown joined Kraft in 1971 has held a number o f senior operations positions within the company. Besides plant man ager positions at some o f Kraft's major facilities, he has served as Vice President, Production for Kraft, and Vice President, M anufacturing for G eneral Foods USA. Brown has a Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and mathematics from the Uni versity o f Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He will be relocating from Montreal, Canada, to the Chicago area. Students Work With OHSU Scientists The C enter for Research on O ccupational and E nvi ro n m e n ta l T o x ic o lo g y (CROET) at O regon Health Sciences U niversity opened its laboratories for three lo cal high school students to gain hands-on ex p e rien ce studying the biom edical e f fe c ts o f to x in s . O H S U hosted an eight week S atu r d ay A c a d e m y p ro g ra m called A p p ren ticesh ip s in S cien ce and E n g in e e rin g s p a n n in g fro m J u n e 20 through Aug. 26. F aculty m em bers guided the work o f these students currently u n d e r-re p re s e n te d in the field o f science. The 1994 Saturday Acad emy participants. Hans Tritico o f Beaverton High School par ticipated in a study with CROET scientist Dr. Glen Kisbyon tox ins and the mechanisms that cause damage to DNA. Rebecca Dean o f Grant Union High School assisted CROET s c ie n tis t Dr. Mohammed Sabri in his re search to determine if environ mental toxins affect the brain's nerve cell degeneration. Matt Nelson o f Lakeridge High S chool w orked with CROE r scientist Dr. Dwijendra Roy in isolating toxins in plants. B ut now , at le a s t th e ir h e a lth c a re c o s ts c an be c o n tr o lle d S o u n d th e tr u m p e ts , h e a t th e d ru m s. S o m e o n e has f i n a l l y co m e up w ith a ffo r d a b le h e a lth c a r e c o v e ra g e f o r y o u r c h ild r e n . L ik e a ra te o f j u s t $ 2 9 .5 0 p e r k id , p e r m o n th . B est o f a ll, th a t so m eo n e is B lue C ro ss B lu e S h ie ld o f O re g o n , th e la r g e s t, m o st r e s p e c te d n a m e in th e b u s in e s s . W h a t w e ’ve done is base p re m iu m s s tr ic tly on the average m edical expenses a n d needs o f kid s, u n lik e m ost program s. W e’ve also fo r m e d an alliance w ith the SO a ffilia te d p h y sic ia n s o f L egacy E m a n u el C h ild ren ’s H ospital. F or d e ta ils, c o n ta c t y o u r lo ca l in d e p e n d e n t in su ra n c e a g e n t or ca ll 1 -8 0 0 -7 6 2 -4 8 3 1 o r 2 2 5 -4 9 1 0. B ut d o n ’t p u t it o ff. The o n ly th in g p r e d ic ta b le a b o u t k id s is th e ir u n p r e d ic ta b ility . .Oregon care I Hlur< :m M R lurS blrld <>f C >rr<«»n Legacy Emanuel C hildren's Hospital