Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, October 02, 1996, Page 3, Image 3

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    T he P ori land O bserver • O ctober 2, 1996
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Grandparent Study
The Center on Aging at Bradley
University is looking for African
American grandparents, age 50 or
older, who are sharing a household
with a young grandchild between the
ages o f 6 and 12 to participate in the
Grandparent Study. This study will
examine the challenges and rewards
that are faced by grandparents who
areraisingyounggrandchildren.The
findings from this study will be im­
portant to policy makers in their ef­
forts to design interventions and so­
cial services for “at risk” grandpar­
ents.
The Grandparent Study, funded
by the National Institute on Aging, is
beingdirected by Dr. Rachel Pruchno,
a well-known family psychologist
and researcher.
This study will also make an im­
portant contribution to our under-
standingof African American grand­
parents. Traditionally participation
in research studies from the African
American population has been low;
although, findings have shown that
African American caregivers have
lower levels o f stress and burden
with higher levels o f family support
in relation toother participants. Afri­
can Americans are doing a lot “right”
and it is important for them to share
their knowledge so that others can
benefit from their experiences. O f
equal importance to making African
American needs and opinions known,
is the valuable use o f information to
develop programs and policies which
will benefit the Black population.
If you are an African American
grandparent sharing a household with
a young grandchild and you would
like to participate in the Grandparent
Study, call 1-800-695-5927. Remem­
ber, by participating you have the
opportunity to improve the system
and have a voice in the services and
policies that are being planned for
the future.
they’re are not willing to give up
taste,” said Karen Kalsem, manager
ofyouth communications for the Pork
Information Bureau (PIB) o f the
National Pork Producers Council.
“ The Teen Taste Recipe Contest
shows teens that pairing pork with
fruits and vegetables is a great way to
create dishes that are high in taste
and low in fat.
Original recipes submitted for the
contest must include lean fresh pork
and fruits and or vegetables.
The lean cuts o f pork that can be
used in the contest include loin,
chops, roasts and tenderloin. Pro­
cessed products such as ham, bacon
and Canadian-style bacon are eligi­
ble. Recipes will be judged for cre­
Keiko, the beloved orca whale
who inspired the films Free Willy
and Free Willy 2, and his real-life
journey across continents will, be
chronicle in The Free Willy Story
Keiko's Journey Home, an origi­
nal Discovery Channel film about
his life, his unprecedented rehabil­
itation and his powerful relation­
ship with the people who love him.
This compelling story o f love
and loss between human and ani­
mal will be narrated by critically
acclaimed actress and animal lover
Rene Russo. The Free Willy Story:
K eiko ’s Journey Home will make
its world television premiere on
Monday, October 28, from 8-9 PM
(ET/PT) and midnight -1 A M (ET/
PT).
The Free Willy Story tells the
tale o f the w hale’s capture and
journey from Iceland to his captiv­
ativity, nutritional quality, ease o f
preparation, taste appeal and appear­
ance.
Entries must be postmarked by
January 15, 1997. Winners will be
announced by March 1, 1997.
Four cash prizes will be awarded;
- Grand Prize: $500
- 1st runner up: $250
- 2nd runner up: $100
- 3rd runner up: $50
For more information and the of­
ficial contest rules, visit the NCCP
W orld Wide Web site at http://
www.nppc.org/, or send a self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope to: Teen
Taste Recipe Contest, National Pork
Producers Council, P.O. Box 10383,
Des Moines, IA 50306.
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ity in Canada and Mexico and his
most recent dramatic, high stakes
move to Oregon for rehabilitaion.
At the same time, the program offers
a poignant portrayal o f the emotion­
al bond that developed between
Keiko and Karla Corral, his Mexi­
can trainer, and the great love the
Mexican people developed for the
whale.
The story begins in K eiko’s home
waters near Iceland where Keiko
was captured by fishermen and sold
to a Canadian amusement park. The
program follows K eiko’s sale to
Reino Aventura, a Mexican amuse­
ment park, and the development o f
the Mexican public’s lvoe affair with
the beloved animal. The program
then takes view er’s to Mexico City
where, on January 7, 1996, Discov­
ery Channel’s crews filmed Keiko’s
complicated airlift by a United Par­
cel Service C-130 Hercules trans­
port aircraft from Reino Aventura to
his current home in a specially de­
signed two-million gallon rescue/
rehabilitation center at the Oregon
Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore­
gon.
In 1995, Reino Aventura donated
Keikoto the Free Willy-Keiko Foun­
dation. Years o f captivity in the Mex­
ican amusement park had led to
chronic programs.
The Free W illy-Keiko Founda­
tion hopes to release Keiko into his
native waters after he has been in
rehabilitation for an indeterminable
amount o f time.
Such a release, however, has nev­
er been attempted with a captive
orca before and will only be possible
if K eiko’s current health problems
and other hurdles can be overcome.
Keiko’s rehabilitation at the O re­
Every day thousands of people are
searching for other people. Some are
adopted children looking for birth
mothers, others are looking for miss­
ing spouses, their ancestors or miss­
ing friends. Many people think these
searches require expensive private
detectives or other professionals. In
most cases this is not so. Usually
these detectives get their informa­
tion from the same public records
that you can use.
A new book by Robert L. Berko,
Executive Director o f the non-profit
Consumer Education Research Cen­
ter will help amateur searchers in
theirquests formissing persons, birth
parents or information about them­
selves that government bureaus have
in their files The book, How to Find
People With Information From Pub­
lic Records, is available for $19.95
from Consumer Center, 1980 Spring-
field Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040 or
by calling 1-800-872-0121.
Many searches are as simple as
looking for the name in a database
containing all telephone records in
the United States. There are several
computer programs for sale that con­
tain this information. If you don’t
want to go to this expense, Mr.
Berko’s organization has a database
o f 80 million records and can do the
search for you.
Other public records that you can
use are marriage, death, divorce, voter
registration. Post Office, Motor Ve­
hicle, Selective Service military and
many more. The book will not only
shows you how to determine what
records you need, but how and where
to get these records.
I f your problem is a missing spouse
who in arrears on child support, ev­
ery state has a Child Support agency
that w i 11 do most o f the search ing for
you even if your spouse is in another
state. The book lists the address of
the Child Support office for every
state.
For those searching their roots,
there are many sources o f informa­
tion. Foremost is the Family History
Centers which have literally millions
o f different studies and histories of
family names plus the names o f those
who are working on family histories
for their own family names. Some of
these people could be working on
your family’s history and could save
you the search.
The national archives have records
o f anyone who has contact with the
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Take a ride on the fun side in our
mock train station. Grab a suitcase and
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U S . Government. This includes just
about anyone who has ever lived in
the country. They have Indian
Records going way back and even
records o f black slaves owned by
Indians. In addition they have land
records, passenger lists, naturaliza­
tion records, passports records, and
much more. The address o f all the
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chives are listed as well as their com ­
puter online address.
Increasing numbers o f people are
looking for parents. For those search­
ing parents who move away, the quest
is usually not difficult. For adopted
children looking for birth parents,
the search is very difficult. They have
no name to start their search because
birth and hospital records are changed
to reflect the name o f the adoptive
parents. But don’t lose hope o f find­
ing your birth parents. There are
records that are not changed and
ways to find the true facts behind the
altered records. In addition there are
several hundred organizers that can
and will help you in your search.
These organization provided advice
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integral part ofT he Free Willy Sto­
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cise, mental exercise and stim ula­
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Since he arrived in his new home,
Keiko has made outstanding strides
in his recovery.
In just over six months he has
gained more than 1,000 pounds.
The papillomavirus lessions he ex­
hibited on his arrival in Oregon
have mostly sloughed off.
Keiko’s blood work has shown
consistent improvement and the
only medication he still receives is
a daily vitamin supplement.
Before his trainers and doctors
release him back to his native Ice­
landic waters, Keiko must ultim ate­
ly gain at least one ton o f body
weight and adequate muscle tone to
sustain himself in the wild.
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Contest Asks Teens To Taste What’s Next
Food professionals echo the senti­
ments o f A m erica’s food lovers—
low-fat entrees w on’t disappear from
the plate unless they taste great. The
Teen Taste Recipe Contest challeng­
es teens in grades 7-12 to create
original recipes that cu, fat without
cutting flavor.
Sponsored by the National Pork
Producers Council and the Produce
for Better Health Foundation, the
contest asks teens to combine lean
fresh pork cuts, such as pork loin and
tenderloin, with fruits and/or vegeta­
bles for a taste o f the future in low-fat
recipes.
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