Volume X X V I, Number 19
C ommitted to cultural diversity.
Isley Brothers At
House Of The Blues
May X, 1996
Kukatonon
Good Kids Program
Woodburn Elementary
African Dance Troupe will
give a benefit performance
fo r the school May 15.
The legendary Isley Brothers
perform ed at the House o f
the Blues at the Soul Train
IOth Annual Music Awards
after Party.
See Entertainment, Page B3.
The Urban League campaign
honors kids who chose to “do
the right thing. ”
See Family, Page A 7
See Metrp, Page BI.
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New M exico Fire
Out Of Control
A fire burning through New Mexico’s
Carson National Forest has grown to 7,000
acres and a spokeswoman says it’s "defi
nitely out o f control.’’ The fire has already
destroyed 25 homes. Two thousand people
from nearby villages have already evacuated
their homes. Officials say gusty winds are
making the firefighters’ job difficult.
Trader Joe’s
Recalls Crab M eat
The Trader Joe’s market chain said that it
is recalling all packages of imitation crab
meat regard less ofcode and urges customers
return them fora refund. The packages have
been contaminated with the Listeris bacte
ria. Oregon Heath Division said no cases o f |
illnesses have been tied to the Trader Joe’s
product in the past four months. The bacteria
can cause fever, headache stiffness nausea
[ and diarrhea. It is highly dangerous to people
with weakened immune systems.
Marines Open Fire In Liberia
U.S. Marines opened fire in Liberia’s
capital o f Monrovia again today after fight
ing between rival factions reached the street
outside the embassy. U.S. Ambassador Wil
liam Milam says someone fired at the Ma
rine emplacements and the Marines fired
back. He said there was no signs o f casual
ties. U.S. Marines shot three Liberians on
April 30 after they came under fire when
fighting between rival ethnic factions moved
close to the embassy.
AIDS Risk Raised W ith
Birth Control Drug
Researchers found that giving female
monkeys progesterone, a drug found in birth
control such as Norplant, dramatically in
creased their risk o f getting AIDS, opening
the possibility that women given the same
synthetic hormone should face the same
increased risk. A small study o f women in
Nairobi, Kenya showed that women using
hormone implants were five times more
likely to become infected with the AIDS
Virus in intercourse than women taking no
contraceptive.
L ee P erlman
Oregon Fights Gun Epidemic
wo years ago, a seven year old
student at Applegate School
decided that the way to deal
with bullys who harassed him daily was
to bring his parents' gun to school.
Two weeks ago, a shoving match on a Tri-
Met bus escalated into a shooting spree that
left one young man dead, another injured,
and two facing criminal felony charges.
In both cases a routine conflict, an unfor
tunate part o f urban living or growing up,
turned into something deadly, or potentially
so, when those involved turned to guns as a
way to deal with the issue.
Ceasefire Oregon, a program sponsored
by Ecumenical Ministries o f Oregon, is ask
ing people to turn in another direction. From
I to 5 p.m. Saturday, May I I , they will
provide an opportunity for people to turn in
gunsat three locations in Portland, including
the Lutheran Inner City Ministries Com m u
nity Center a t4 2 l9 N .E . Martin LutherK ing
Blvd.
7 he police will help supervise the opera
tion, but no questions or identification will
be asked o f those who participate. Partici
guns in this country, and we're surprised when
pants will receive a gift certificate good for
some o f them wind up in the hands o f kids. ”
$50 worth o f merchandise at Fred Mayer,
--songwriter Tom Paxton
Food for Less, Thriftway. McCormick and
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Schm ick’s Restaurant, and McCall Heating
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and Cooling on a first come-first served
Portlanders will have another chance to turn in their guns, Saturday May 11th from l-4pm.
basis. The guns will not be used as evidence,
resold or used by the police. Instead, they
the “no questions ask d” rule is firm The
Neighborhood Response Team, a Ceasefire
Iv wan, anymore, bu, don’, quite know wha,
will all be destroyed.
volunteer, says that if people use the turn-in
program did put its foot down when they
to do with.
In two previous turn-ins, nearly 1,000
to get rid o f "ho,” guns, “At least that’s one
found a professional gun dealer going to
D on’t guns in homes provide needed pro
guns were removed from the community in
less gun on the street.”
various turn-in sites to exchange cheap used
tection
in violent inner cities? Canda says,
this way.
guns for certicates.
Dr. Linda Erwin o f the Legacy-Emanuel
“Just having guns around puts you more at
Ceasefire spokesperson Lee Husk says
Hospital Trauma Center says that the turn-in
“ That’s not what this program is about,”
risk than it does protect you. Many times the
that police may suspect, in some cases, that
she says.
is an easy opportunity for people to get rid o f
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the guns were involved in violent crimes, but
guns they have around the house, don’t real-
Jo hnC andaofthe Portland Police Bureau
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Society Aids Children For Over A Century
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(Above) Loa Jordan,
Supervisor o f Shelter
Care.
U.N. Questions
Israeli Bombing
Israel is coming under new criticism for
its bombing last month o f a U.N. base in
southern Lebanon. Video broadcast today
shows that an unmanned Israeli reconnais
sance aircraft was flying near the U.N. base
when 102 civilians were killed by Israeli
artillery. The U.N. soldier’s video reported
ly has formed the basis o f an unpublished
U.N. report that alleges Israel deliberately
shelled thecamp. Israeli officials admit there
was a drone in the area but say it had not
shown the 500 civilians in the compound.
(Left) Candice Decker
shelter care
specialist and
Charles Lawrence,
Specialist Councilors.
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Clinton Backs
Adoption Credit
President Clinton has thrown his support
behind Republican legislation that would
allow many adoptive parents to claim a
$5,000 tax credit to defray the cost of adopt
ing a child. Clinton wrote to House Speaker
Newt Gingrich today to endorse the bill,
saying he also favored its provisions to end
“the historical bias against inter-racial adop
tions.”
FDA Okays Prostate Device
The Food and Drug Administration has
approved a device to treat en larged prostates
without the use o f drugs or surgery. The
device uses a computer-control led system to
destroy excess prostate tissue with micro-
wave heat therapy. I he FDA says the proce
dure takes an hour and can be done on an
outpatient basis with local anesthesia. En
larged prostates affect more than half of all
men over age 60.
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bx C harles W ashington
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ore than 1 00 years ago a train
went across the country finding
homes for orphans.
After it reached Oregon, however, there
were children left over The Oregon Pio
neers, wanting to help and find homes for the
children, founded wha, is now the Boys’ and
Girls' Aide Society.
I he organization started in 1985 as an
adoption agency and home for orphans. Now
with a broader vision, they help child abuse
victims, runaways, delinquents, emotionally
disturbed youth, and pregnant and parenting
teens.
The agency firs, evolved into the Glisen
House, a home for young pregnant women
during the time that being young, pregnant
and unmarried presented a “terrible moral
issue in the community.”
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“No, that many young ladies need that
service now,” said Loa Jourden the agency’s
supervisor ofshelter care. “M oreoftheyoung
ladies need us after they have had the child
and are trying to parent.”
The agency provides counsel ing for young
pregnant women including a 24-hour toll-
free “Pregnancy Talk line.” I, also offers hous
ing and works with teen parents and their
children as well as those choosing adoption.
I, maintains a full service adoption program.
The Boys’ and G irls’ Aid Society has
evolved again - into juvenile justice work,
handling kids 12 to 18 and younger. They
still wan, to give the children a new start.
Often they are leftover kids. Kids another
agency, for one reason or another, have had
to reject.
7 hey provide 24-hour intervention servic
es to runaways and care for those waiting for
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long term treatment. They even offer care for
juvenile sex offenders. Many times children
have to be placed late at nigh, and any o f the
76 shelter homes in eight counties can pro
vide safety and support.
There are more boys than girls in the
juvenile justice part o f the agency. Usually
three boys to one girl and during the current
“spring swing” the ratio is now five to one.
"Judges still don’t send females into care as
often as males,” Jourden says. “ I just think its
an old left over thing where girls don’t seem
as dangerous.”
Most o f the kids haven't been in school
much or have been expelled. The Society has
a public school on its grounds. “1,’s kind o f
like the old one or two room school houses
where the kids all work at their level. It allow
us togetthechildren back into an educational
opportunity quickly. Otherwise, we’d have
to work with different school systems.” They
educate as many kids as they have in care.
The agency is always looking for new
foster parents. The staff recruits at fairs and
festivals, at speaking engagem ents and
through publications. They say they need to
keep a substantial list o f prospects in order to
match children with adults so that it will be a
positive experience for both.
“W e’re looking for people who are very
flexible and would like to see wha, parenting
is like. W e’ll take single people. We ll take
couples. W e’ll take same sex couples. Gay
foster parents, straight foster parents -- we
want people who will give loving care to the
children.”
The agency requires five references and
home study for prospective foster parents.
There is a criminal history check and they
check dri vi ng records but an appl icant doesn’t
have to be perfect. The kids do require 24-
hour care and often people aren’t willing to
renovate their lives that much but the agency
is happy for volunteers who donate even a
small amount o f time
She says it is easy to recruit from commu
nities o f color with their extended family
systems. “Any one with a strong since of
family will make a great foster parent.”
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McCoy
Political
Legacy
Paul McCoy
aul McCoy says he’s running
for Portland City Council be
cause he wants to serve the
people. He said he once asked his
father why he ran, and Senator Bill
McCoy replied because it was an “hon
or and a privilege.”
“ You have to listen to what people want.
-- not just what looks good on your politi
cal resume. My campaign theme is ' leader
ship that listens' and I mean just that,’
McCoy said.
McCoy chose to run against Charles
Hales, the incumbent and former lobbyist
for the Home Builders Association, who
has held the sea, since 1992.
“ People came and said “Paul you’ve got
to run against this guy. I le won’, let people
have a voice in w hat’s going on in Port
land " McCoy said. “ When I looked at
what was behind Hales’ record and exactly
how he was making changes in city gov
ernment, I saw a pattern that concerned
me. Once average citizens learn how Hales'
"streamline” o f the process truly affects
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