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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.
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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 .
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