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happy nine year old boy who has
benefitted from the free services at
Shriners Hospital fo rC rip p le d C h il
dren.
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S e n a te M a jo r it y L e a d e r
B o b D o le has backed o f f a c o n
tro v e rs ia l p la n to e lim in a te fe d
eral n u rs in g hom e standards in
a b id to secure the votes needed
D e M itrio n 's hobbies in clude
dancing, w ritin g , sw im m ing, tra v e l
to pass a m assive R e p u b lica n
ba la nce d bu d g e t plan.
ing, and participating in com m unity
activities. D e M itrio n is a m e m b e ro f
the N A A C P Junior Youth C ouncil,
The proposal to elim inate the
1987 nursing home standards, which
bar drugging or restraining patients
and set health and training require
Maranatha Church, and H um boldt
Elementary School D rill Team He
also wrote a special article fo r the
Portland Observer in honor o f Dr.
ments for nursing home staff, had
created a firestorm o f controversy.
Instead o f uniform standards,
M a rtin Luther K in g Jr.’ s birthday
last year that included some o f his
classmates at Hum boldt.
A t birth it was discovered that
D e M itrio n ’s shoulders weren’ t quite
right. A fte r seeing several special
ist, it was discovered that D e M itrio n
muscles were under developed.
states w ould have set their own
nursing home rules under loose fed
eral guidelines.
Last week, even as D ole was
meeting w ith moderates. Sen. W il
liam Cohen, R-Maine, was hearing
testimony from fam ilies o f elderly
patients who told o f shocking care
and pleaded w ith lawmakers to keep
the national standards.
Because D e M itrio n ’ s d iffe r
ence is very rare it made things
d iffic u lt when tryin g to obtain treat
ment and services fo r him , S h riner’ s
welcomed him w ith open arms.
He has been part o f the Shriner’ s
fam ily fo r nine years and is cu ire u t-
ly receiving w eekly physical thera
py to strengthen his upper body. As
a result, D e M itrio n is learning how
to do the simple things like reaching
that we take fo r granted.
S h r in e r ’ s
has
p ro v id e d
D e M itrio n w ith opportunities that
has b u ilt his self-esteem. This sum
mer he participated fishing, horse
back riding, professional race car
champion ship and Tai Kw an Do.
Nursing Home Standards To Stay
Congress, do not turn your
back on this country’ s elderly and
disabled. Please keep the nursing
home reform law in place to protect
people like my mother W ithout it
she w ould have died,” D orothy G ar
rison o f Alabama said.
prevent her m other’ s nursing home
from forcing her to take behavior
teaching hospitals under the M e d i
m o d ifyin g drugs, restraining her and
discharging her against her w ill.
care program and add another $ I
b illio n in funding. He agreed to help
Studies show the standards have
cut the use ofphysical restraints nearly
in h a lf and curbed the use o f drugs.
N u rsin g homes have com plained
about aspects o fth e standards but did
assure M edicaid w ould continue to
pay the Part B doctors premiums o f
low -incom e Medicare recipients.
not lobby fo r complete repeal.
The move to repeal the nursing
home standards was part o f an over
all provision o f the budget b ill givin g
states control o f the M edicaid pro
gram fo r the poor, disabled and eld
erly w hile cutting $ 182 b illio n over
seven years.
DeMitrion Rhone-Spears and Louise Sasso-Lundin, Rehabilitation
Therapist
I wish more fam ilies in the com
m unity w ould use the w onderful ser
vices that Shriners H ospital fo r C r ip
pled C hildren have to offer.
D isabilities aren’t restricted to
those people that use wheelchairs,
braces, o r any other apparatus.
Shriners has made all the difference
in my life , let it make a difference in
yours. D e M itrio n Rhone-Spears.
__ ■ who eat sugar
_________________
C hildren
have
The report appears to overturn
healthier diets and are usually slim
advice given to parents in recent years
mer than children who are denied
that children should be discouraged
sweets because their parents believe
from eating sweet foods because
they are harm ful, a new study shows.
“ empty calories” from sugar make
The focus o f this year’ s essays
w ill be the Declaration o f Indepen
dence The entry deadline is March 1,
1996; students interested in receiving
Scholarship guidelines should call the
Independence Scholarship H otline
promptly: (503) 2 2 4 -1737
Students w ill be asked to read
In the House, Speaker Newt
G in g rich agreed to alter the M edic
aid proposal to address the special
needs o f Florida and Oregon, w hich
w ould suffer fin a n cially under the
o rig in a l plan. He said more changes
w ould be expected as problems with
M edicaid and M edicare show up
and promised hearings to “ refine
and im prove” the program.
The study carried ou, by n u tri
tionists at Lon d o n ’ s Kings College
found that children who ate sugar
tended to have a more varied die, and
consumed less fat than children who
did not.
sugar-rich foods.
A separate report by B rita in ’ s
independent Social A ffa irs U n it said
it found no evidence to back claims
that sugar causes poor health and
disease.
children fa, and prone to disease.
The nutritionists, who studied
the diets o f 143 children aged be
“ Extensive and expensive re
search has failed to substantiate any,
o f these claims except where con
tween 11 and 13,co n clu d e d ,h a ,ch il
dren w ith big appetites ate more o f
sum ption is grossly excessive,” said
the report.
everything rather than choosing only
E d u e a tiv n
year’ s prizes were restricted to high
school seniors fo r higher education
tuition, this year the awards are open
to all Oregon high school age stu
dents and their use is unrestricted.
In other concessions. D ole
agreed to restore $5.9 b illio n in
proposed student loan cuts, provide
$1.2 b illio n in additional funds for
Garrison said that w ithout the
law she w ould not have been able to
Kids With Sugar Have Healthier Diets
ibal Declaration
Declar^tinn H
A Modern-Day Global
Of f Independence
Three Oregon high school age
the Declaration o f Independence and
students w ill be awarded $ 1,000 each
in the 1996 Independence Scholar-
shipcom petition. Forthe second year,
the eysay com petition is organized
by CTscade P olicy Institute, a Port-
land-based th in k tank. W h ile last
W hile generally considered a
program fo r the poor, M edicaid is
actually an important m iddle class
entitlem ent, paying tw o out o f three
nursing home bills.
adapt it fo r our times. In essays that
roughly parallel the structure o fth e
o rig in a l docum ent, students w ill
present modern-day ju stifica tio n s “ to
alter or to abolish” an international,
national, state, o r local form o f go v
ernment somewhere in the w orld.
They w ill also be asked to d e cla rt, as
the founders did, “ the causes w hich
impel them to the separation,” by
c itin g “ Facts” -- examples o f vio la
tions o f I iberty at home o r abroad that
ju s tify a declaration o f independence.
In addition, the first one hundred
entrants w ill receive a free copy o f
The Law, by Frederic Bastiat. The
Law, which was the topic o fth e 1995
Independence Scholarship Competi
tion, is a short essay that explores the
Bell Selected
To Lead Youth Programs
October 2 7 , 1995 - M ultnom ah C ounty - The Department o fC o m m u
n ity and Fam ily Services (D C F S ) has named Iris M . D B ell as program
manager for the D epartm ent’ s C h ild re n and Y outh Program O ffice . As
program manager, Ms. B e ll w ill be assigned to coordinate children and
youth p olicy and program activities w ith DCFS and other M ultnom ah
County Departments as w ell as w ith other government agencies and
community-based organizations, and to be liaison to the M ultnom ah
Commission on C hildren and Fam ilies In addition. Ms. B ell w ill manage
the planning and im plem entation o f the D epartm ent’ s F am ily Centers;
Integrated Services; Level 7 Programs; Y outh Conservation C rop.;
Student Retention In itia tiv e ; Great Start; Y outh E m ploym ent and Em
powerment Program (Y E E P ) and others. “ Ms. B ell has an extensive
history, both professionally and personally, in p ro vid in g leadership and
nature o f government in a free society.
The Independence Scholarship is
made possible through the generosity
o f Constructive Management Foun
dation (Portland). Cascade Policy In
stitute, organizer o f the scholarship, is
a non-profit, independent public poli
cy research organization. The institute
develops and publicizes voluntary,
market-oriented alternatives to Ore
gon's public policy questions.
An independent Essay Review
Committee w ill select the three $ 1,000
scholarship winners. Serving on the
Committee again this year are David
Reinhard, Associate Editor, The Ore
gonian; Leslie Spencer, a w riter for
Forbes magazine; and Dr. Zenon
Sygmont, V isiting Assistant Profes
sor o f Economics, Reed College.
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