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k. <4* »* ^ .¿ 3 ^ 3 .• -«L»—» Volume XXV, Number 4 1 Committed to cultural diversity. October 11,1995 tCIje jflortlanh (©bserver SECTION Y ü in nt u n i t u > ;t I e it ò ;t r Ö German Fest Benefits Gang Peace The Berlin Inn Restaurant and Bakery holds “ Taste o f Germany” Saturday with proceeds to benefit Gang Peace. The event features German foods, wines and beers from I I am . to 3 p.m. at 3 13 1 S.E. 12th and Powell Boulevard nearthe Ross Island Bridge. Admission is $8, which includes all food, wine and beer tasting. Replace Violence With Sports The Y W C A Fitness and Swim Center w ill have an open house for families to exercise together on Saturday, Oct. 21. Discounted admission rates w ill be o f fered. A fam ily swim w ill be held from 1:30 p.m. ta3:3O p.m. The events are held at the Downtown YW C A, 1111 S.W. I Oth Ave. Conflict Resolution Targeted A conference for middle and high school students involved with conflict res olution and peer mediation w ill be held Oct. 17 and 18 at Portland State. Oregon Peacemakers 2000: Students Against V io lence is to encourage students to continue mediation work and acknowledge past w o rk . For in fo rm a tio n , c a ll Betsy Coddington at 306-5607 orC larice Bailey at 725-5590. Firefighters Support Training The Portland Black Firefighters As sociation offers help in the process to be come a firefighter. A workshop to prepare for the pre-employment and testing is Thursday at 6 p.m. at Terrel Hall on the PCC Cascade campus. Applications for firefighter trainee positions are accepted Thursday and Friday at 4106 N. Vancou ver. Contact Lt. Harry Harper for informa tion at 823-3692. Human Rights Leader To Speak M exico’ s preeminent human rights leader, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, visits Oregon Saturday. She w ill speak at 7 p.m. in Port land State University’s Cramer Hall, Room 171. Zoo Boo Terror Begins Zoo Boo, a screamfest o f monstrous creatures, ghosts and headless goblins be gins Friday and runs through Oct. 31 at the Washington Park Zoo. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the first trains w ill run just after dark. Gates w ill close at 9:45 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 10:45 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $6 for ages 12- 64 and $4 for children and seniors. Beaverton Mall Halloween Set Merchants at Beaverton M all wi 11 host a “ T rick-or-Treat, Tuesday, Oct. 3 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Parents are invited to bring their children to the shopping center be tween 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oxbow Park Festival Opens This weekend opens the annual Salm on Festival at Oxbow Regional park. The Saturday and Sunday event inc ludes a salm on bake, Native American dancing, exhib its and more. For information call 797- 1850. Comedian Headlines Garden Party “ The Church Lady” may disapprove o f w ild revelry, but Dana Carvey w ill be ready to “ party on” for the Rose Garden’s openingevent Friday. The star o f Saturday Night Live and Wayne’s W orld performs at the Ultimate Garden Party, a $125 per person benefit for local charity, to mark the opening o f the new arena. SUBM ISSIONS: Community Calendar information will be given priority if dated two weeks before the event date. The media talks with Jefferson High School football team m em be r Antonio McKinney a fte "the D c m o c r a t T t e f e a t e d D ^ w e l ^ ^ a i ^ ^ t w ^ t e a t e n t e a ™ Jefferson at 5-0 is now off to its best season in years. See additional photo in Sports, page B3. Peace Advocate Brings Health Perspective Mariah A. Taylor To Receive Human Rights Award he M etropolitan Human care to people o f all cultures and back Rights C om m ission has grounds, ages birth to twenty-one. selected Mariah A. Taylor, Ms. Lay lor is a major health resource to R.N., M.S.N., C.P.N.P. as this year’s the community, incorporating culturally ap- winner of the Russell A. Peyton ▼ Award. Ms. Taylor is the founder and Continued to page Executive Director of the North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic. peace advocate in Philadel phia will be in Portland Friday to discuss how communities can stem violence. T A C hukw udi Onwuachi-Saunders w ill present the public lecture “ Interpersonal V i olence: Framing Community Solutions," at 7:30 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. A panel o f Portland area residents w ill participate, including Richard Brown, a pro fessional photographer and community ac tivist; Marge Jozsa o f Neighborhood Health Clinics; Tom Potter, former police chief; and Beverly Stein, chairofthe Multnomah Coun ty Commission. Onwuachi-Saunders led “ Operation Peace in Philadelphia,” a long-term peace promotion and violence prevention initia tive. She currently serves as a deputy health commissioner in Philadelphia, She has been in the forefront o f the effort to recognize interpersonal violence as a public health is sue. in 1992,660 Oregonians were murdered, killed by police or killed themselves, making (Photo by Michaei G_ Ha//e) , ; X Dr. Chukwudi Onwuachi-Saunders. suicide and homicide the seventh leading cause o f death. And Violence results in un told numbers o f injuries health costs. The lecture is free, but tickets are re quired. Call Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research at 335-6776 for reserva tions. The Russell A. Peyton Award is given for outstanding service and commitment to pro tecting the human rights o f all persons in the C ity o f Portland and Multnomah County. Mariah Taylor, a Certified Nurse PractitionerofPediatrics, has advocated for access to health care for all people as a human right, regardless o f their ability to pay. She has operated the North Portland Nurse Prac- titionerCommunityHealthClin- ic, 5 3 11 N. Vancouver Avenue, since 1980, providing health Mariah A. Taylor, R.N., M.S.N., C.P.N.P. Oregon Tightens Health Plan Eligibility ougher eligibility require islatu re , the changes inclu de the manner ments and premium charges in w hich incom e e lig ib ility is evaluated, are some of the significant from using one m on th ’ s incom e to an changes coming to the Oregon average m o n th ly incom e o v e r three Health Plan. m onths that fa lls below the federal p o v T A b o u t 130,000 lo w -in c o m e O re gonians w ill be a ffe cted by the new rules, some w hich go into e ffe c t this m onth. M ost o f the changes w ill a ffe c t the so -ca lle d w o rk in g p oo r w ho earn too much to q u a lify fo r tra d itio n a l M e d ic a id , but whose m o n th ly incom e fa lls below the federal p ove rty level ($ 1,049 a m onth, fo r a fa m ily o f three), state o ffic ia ls said. “ These changes w ill help to hold dow n costs, w h ile also d o in g the least harm to thousands o f O regonians who have dem onstrated a need fo r h e a lth care co verag e,” said Jean I T horne, d ire c to r o f the O ffic e o f M e d ica l A s sistance Program s in the Oregon De partm ent o f Human Resources. A p pro ved by the 1995 Oregon L eg e rty level. An assets test w ill also be applied, e lim in a tin g e lig ib ility fo r anyone w ith liq u id assets such as savings accounts, stocks and bonds (b u t not a house or car) o f more than $5,000. F u ll-tim e college students w ill no longer be able p a rtic ip a te , unless they are pregnant women or a s p e cific group o f d isplaced w orkers e n ro lle d in a state e m ploym ent departm ent tra in in g pro gram. C h ild re n o f fu ll-tim e students may continue to be e lig ib le depending upon household income. M o n th ly prem ium s ranging from $6 to $28 w ill be levied on a s lid in g scale based on fa m ily size and incom e H ow ever, prem ium s w ill not be charged to those w ho are covered by M ed ica id as part o f p u b lic assistance. A n y health plan m em ber w ho does not pay his or her prem ium w o u ld be denied e lig ib ility upon re a p p lyin g fo r Oregon Health Plan coverage. E ffective Jan I , the number o f med ical co nd itio ns and treatm ents covered on the p la n's p rio r ity lis t w ill be re duced from 606 to 58 I . U n lik e the o the r changes, th is one w ill a ffe ct a ll 394,000 members o f the health plan, both those w ho receive M e d ic a id as part o f p u b lic assistance and those who are covered under the M e d ica id expansion fo r the w o rk in g poor. State o ffic ia ls expect the changes w ill save $123 m illio n over a tw o -ye ar period. A sixth change, charging sm all pay ments when patients v is it a physician or d en tist has been delayed. M ore in fo rm a tio n is a va ila b le by c a llin g O regon H ealth Plan representa tive s a t (8 0 0 )3 5 9 -9 5 1 7 . t Food Stamp Benefits To Increase eople receiving government food stamps will see a small increase in the amount of their benefits beginning this month. P The federal government has increased the maximum amount o f food stamps a fam ily can receive because o f the higher cost o f groceries. In addition, benefits for clients served by Adult and Family Services w ill go up dumig the wintei months to offset the higher cost o f heating. The exact amount o f the increase w ill vary from family to family, depending on size, income and expenses, state officials said. About 13 1,000Oregon households, rep resenting about 287,000 people, receive food stamps each month. The recipients include the low-income, elderly and disabled. The average amount o f food stamps received by a household is $160 a month The cost o f food stamps is paid by the federal government, with administrative costs financed by state and federal funds.