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business Leaders Reach Out
To Inner City Youth
Portland area businesses are
demonstrating their support for the
efforts of inner cits youth to keep
their lives on track I hese businesses
are sponsors of the "working Kids
Luncheon." a V olunteers o f America
o f Oregon program that honors 200
v outli from Portland area high schools
who contribute to the community
th ro u g h
a fte r-sc h o o l
jo b s ,
volunteerism, or community involve
ment The luncheon takes place
Thursday. March 9th, 11:45 a m. at
the Portland Marriott. Mike Donahue
o f KO1N-TV will emcee the event.
Portland C hiefof Police Charles
Moose is event chairman. "M any of
these kids are beating the odds. They
are constructive participants in soci
ety despite enormous pressure to drop
out or conform to a lifestyle o f gangs,
drugs, or other criminal activity. In
recognizing these kids, we support
their efforts to reach out and broaden
their perspectives
E n co u rag in g these kids is an
excellent way to address the p ro b
lem s facing inner city youth to
d ay ," said M oose. In ad d itio n to
a talk by C h ie f M oose, the p ro
gram featu res a m usical p e rfo r
m ances by N iam ia B ooker, a stu
dent at M cCoy A cadem y, and
includes a talk by T ory C am pbell,
s tu d e n t b o d y p r e s i d e n t at
M arshall H igh S chool.
Funding for the event is provid
ed in part by local businesses and
organizations. Event coordinator
Rachael Mortensen said the luncheon
celebrates community spirit. "The
Working Kids Luncheon bridges one
segment o f the community with an
other. By supporting the event and
honoring these students, business
leaders are investing in tom orrow 's
society and encouraging productive
participants." said Mortensen.
Sponsors for tables at $600 or
individual students at $60 are still
needed Those interested in support
ing the W orking Kids Luncheon
should call 235-8655. Proceed from
this benefit luncheon will support the
social services offered by Volun
teers o f America o f Oregon
Volunteers o f America is a na
tionwide social service organization
with branches in more than 200 com
munities. Volunteers o f America o f
Oregon, Inc. serves the community
through child care, child abuse pre
vention, a shelter for homeless wom
en with children a senior center, se
nior health clinic, adult day care pro
gram, residential alcohol and drug
treatm ent facilities, a shelter for
homeless adolescent girls, and a hol
iday assistance program.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
New Cascade Business Center Opens
Mary Omereife has done what '
some may be too afraid to do, she
has started her own business.
In January, Mary' opened the
doors o f the Cascade Business Cen
ter at Cascade Plaza, with the help
o f the Oregon Association o f M i
nority Entrepreneurs.
The business offers office man
agement services, including photo
copies, computer rental, records
management and much more.
Omereife said she can provide
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support services for local small busi
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dents, non-profit organizations and
the general community.
The focus is on "flexibility, per
sonal attention and catering to indi
vidual needs,” she said.
The center is conveniently lo
cated at 4134 N . Vancouver, an area
abundant w ith businesses yet scarce
on business and office services.
Starting one’s own business can
be risky and takes courage.
Come see what Cascade Busi
ness Center can do for you, as w e al I
support our community.
Call 503-288-0033
m P rof . M c K inlex B i kt
If a little light has clicked on in
your head in respect to that danger
ous duo, Newt Gingrich and Bob
Dole, “I’m -sure-you’re-right” . The
antics of this team o f Republican
contenders for the 1996 presidential
election certainly fit the psycholog
ical profile o f the masked marvel
and his juvenile cohort
A b lu ste ry , c o ld -b lo o d e d
Gingrich launches a series o f no-
hold-barred attacks on the poor, the
entitled and the unentitled-w hile,
suspiciously, Bob Dole, in the Sen
ate, speaks in softer tones; "There
are some people who can’t find
work” (After all, as a county attor
ney he found him self authorizing
welfare payments to his own grand
father, a tenant farmer: (share-crop
per to you). Never-the-less, Ameri
ca's poor, the children, the senior
citizen, and minorities may find lit
tle surcease with either o f these two
minions o f reactionary law.
Last week we described the I ife-
long, personal career o f Sen. Phil
Gramm at public entitlement troughs
(from birth to Senate). We, proba
bly, could use pages of this newspa
per to describe the hypocritical pos
tures of many more o f these hungry
politicians who have denied the re-
alitiesofthe American way o f life. It
must have been terrible for them to
have been bom poor in the racist
south and to the 'favored race: and
then have one’s pride, psyche and
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personality forever warped - seeing
that some African Americans had
made it past all your obstacles and
prejudices to become successful in
Productive Enterprise.
"Loser-Pays, Tort Reform, Lia
bility Cap": What ever you call this
monstrous intrusion upon state laws
and the health and well-being o f
A m erica's citizens, the Republican
push for this legislation exhibits the
depth o f depravity to which both old
and neophyte politicians have sunk -
- trying to build banks o f deep-pock
et, corporate campaign contributors
for future elections (yesterday the
little rascals wanted money, power
and clout returned to the states. Now,
they want a "nation-wide” federal
cap on awards in civil suits).
The grand rush to limit the
amount o f damages which an injured
party may recover at law - either
actual or for pain and suffering - will
no doubt be accelerated by the recent
national exposure o f two horrendous
'accidents' at a Florida hospital. First,
a man has the wrong leg amputated;
a week later, the very same facility'
kills a patient by ‘mistakenly’ re
moving his breathing apparatus. The
house measure which for the first
time set limits in “All o f The Nations
Courts” on damages awarded in all
civil lawsuits is being enthusiastical
ly backed by many associations and
industries.
S u p e r-in te n se lo b bying, o f
course, comes from hospitals who
along with physicians and pharma
ceutical companies have succeeded
in being gadded to the house bill
The American Medical Association
is spending millions on radio and
newspaper advertisements. Are they
afraid that the public will forget the
deliberate and deadly withholding
o f known facts concerning Asbes
tos? T ham alom ide” Breast Im
plants? Deadly Hamburgers?
1 hope we are not fooled by a
few highly-publicized examples of
excessive damages like the recent
million-dollar hot coffee incident.
In concert with these attacks upon
the publics right to fair and just
compensation for injury , loss o f in
come and for pain and suffering, we
have parallel assaults upon the Food
And Drug Administration (FDA)
by the pharmaceutical companies.
If, two decades ago, the FDA had
been crippled as the Republicans
with, they would have approved the
drug Tham alom ide and here in
America, we too would have had
the many thousands o f horribly de
formed babies as in Europe.
No, our system o f law is not
perfect but it is so superior to that in
the rest o f the world that even a fool
(or Republican) should think twice
before arrogantly tamper with it.
Nothing said here should be taken
as blanket endorsement o f Demo
crats; they have their rascals too,
many o f the weaker ones joining the
right wing assault. Batman and Rob
in d riv e on in th e ir p o litic a l
Batmobile.
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play w ith the best p la y e rs in the
league, "th e love o f the g a m e ,”
Jordan said.
Jo rd an re tu rn e d Sunday to
the NBA a fte r se ttin g dow n his
bat and g lo v e and h assles o f a t
tem p tin g to play m ajor league
b a se b a ll to score 19 p o in ts and
c reate one o f the b ig g e st sp o rts
h ap p en in g s in m onths.
Jo rd a n is one o f the m ost
re c o g n iz a b le faces in the w orld
and his m a rk e ta b ility is one o f
the m ost po w erfu l in b u sin ess.
The C h icag o B ulls lost the
gam e in o v e rtim e , 103-96 to the
Indiana P acers as Jordan s tru g
gled from the fie ld going 7-28 in
43 m inutes.
"E verybody w as tre a tin g me
like a g o d ,” said Jo rd an , on the
way the m edia and fans rea c te d
to his co m e b a c k .” 1 w as kinda em
b a rra sse d , but I c a n ’t tell you
guys how to do y o u r jo b .”
Y our right M ichael, the m e
dia does spend too m uch tim e on
fo cu sin g on co m eb ack s, but you
are the b ig g est nam e in sp o rts.
To com e back to the N B A as the
g re a te st p la y e r in h isto ry , y o u r
B ulls may have lost the gam e,
but the fans have won by yo u r
return.
D o n ’t th ink fo r a m inute th at
Jo rd an d o e s n ’t striv e on the m e
dia e x p o su re, it was a fte r all his
choice.
Jo rd a n 's presence in the NBA
is unm easu rab le. T he stock m a r
ket had b illio n s tra d in g on his
retu rn , N BC hit the top o f the
ratings and all the team s in the
league w ill gain.
C h ic a g o , ho w ev er, m ight not
rise as m uch as ev ery b o d y thinks.
The goal fo r his team w ill be to
bring b ack the tro p h y and any
th ing sh o rt o f a ch am p io n sh ip
w ould be q u e stio n e d .
T he B ulls are still w eak in
the p ain t. W ith the ab sence o f
H orace G rant and Bill C artw right
they have tro u b le w ith b ig g e r and
m ore p h y sic a l team s, like New
Y ork and O rlan d o .
J o rd a n ’s legacy is one o f the
greatest in the g a m e ’s histo ry and
you c a n 't tak e th at aw ay from
N o. 23, but N o. 45 (J o r d a n ’s new
n u m ber) has an in c re d ib le task
ahead.
If Jo rd a n and th e B ulls can
pull th is one off. he c o u ld be the
first p la y e r in N B A h isto ry with
tw o nu m b ers h a n g in g from the
rafters.
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