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Committed to cultural diversity.
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October 30, 1996
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A Unique Event
A black tie evening o f Indian fine art.
music, perform ance and gourm et dining at
the H ilton Hotel, Saturday Evening, N o­
vem ber 2.
D oors open at 5;3O pm for cocktails and
auction preview ; dinner at 7:00. oral auc­
tion begins at 8:00. O ver 75 w orks o f art
from the best Indian artists in the country .
O ver 25 artists and perform ers attending.
C elebrate native foods. Mixed green
salad with pine nuts and cranberries; oregon
wines, pacific N orthw est salm on, grilled
buffalo steak, harvest vegetables, p eartorte
in raspberry sauce
For Reservations, Call 241-0070.
$100 per person. Y our gift helps estab­
lish a prem ier N orthw est Indian Art M ar­
ket in dow ntow n Portland
Digestive
disorder seminar
N ovem ber 20. 1996 — O regon I lealth
Sciences U niversity/C asey Eye Institute
W hat is that uncom fortable feeling in
my stom ach? should I see a doctor? Should
I change my diet? G et answ ers to your
burning questions and learn how to take
control o f tw o com m on and potentially
serious digestive disorders, G E R D and
ulcers, that plague m ore than 20 m illion
am ericans. The A B C ’s o f Com m on diges­
tive D isorders; A cid and B acteria are C ul­
prits, a free sem inar sponsored by O regon
H ealth Sciences U niversity, will be led by
Dr. Brian Fennerty at the C asey eye Insti­
tute (M cdonald auditorium ) o f the O regon
H ealth Sciences U niversity on W ednes­
day, N o v em b er 20, at 7:00 p.m ., Dr.
Fennerty will dispel m yths about these
com m on problem s and answ er your ques­
tions during and after the event. For more
inform ation and to reserve a seat, call
88-A C ID -B U G (1-888-224-3284).
New East Portland
Police Precinct
Seventeen Portland neighborhoods from
I Pleasant V alley, bordering G resham , to
Cully, south o f the airport, are served by
East precinct, those neighbors, police, and
| Portland officials will celebrate the op en ­
ing of the East Portland C om m unity Polic­
ing C enteron Saturday, N o v e m b e r9 ,1996,
| beginning at 11 am.
Tourism
Economic Outlook
Conference
The H ospital and T ourism Program o f |
Mt. H ood C om m unity C ollege presents...
8th A nnual O regon Tourism Econom ic
O utlook C onference. O regon Recreation:
A B alance Betw een G row th & C onversa­
tion T uesday. N ovem ber 5, 1996, 8 a.m.-
12 p.m. at Benson Hotel, M ayfair B all­
room , 309 S.W . Broadw ay, Portland. O r­
egon (located at Broadw ay & O ak) Regis­
tration fee $20. Booth fee $25
SUBM ISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
Kaiser promotes safe trick-or-treating
Kaiser Permanente gives away free re­
flective trick or treat bags at Medical
offices in North Portland_____________
K eep your youngsters visible and safe
w hile trick-or-treating this Halloween by pick­
ing up a free reflective trick-or-treat bag at
the C ustom er Service desk o f any K aiser
Perm anente m edical office.
The H M O is giving aw ay 5,000 o f the 15-
inch 11-inch m ylar bags. A safety tipsheet
will be given out with each.
under age 12;
♦ cross streets only a t intersections;
♦ obey all traffic signals,
♦ don i let children walk in the street
Dr. Feldman says costumes can also pose
dangers. "M ake sure costum es d o n ’t block a
ch ild ’s vision. For example, instead o f w ear­
ing a plastic mask, paint ch ild ren 's faces and
give them creative hats or headgear,” she
says. “Also, avoid costum es with trailing or
long, loose fabric that might present a trip
Free screening clinic
The Portland Shriners Hospital fo rC h ild ren will hold
a free orthopedic and plastic surgery screening clinic on
Saturday, N ovem ber 2 from 8 a m. to 2 p.m. in the
h o sp ital’s outpatient clinic, 3181 S.W . Sam Jackson
Park Road. If accepted for care, children at Shriners
H ospital are treated com pletely free o f charge.
"L ast year, when we offered this clinic we saw 112
children in six hours,” said Phyllis N ew ton, D irector o f
C om m unity O utreach. “ We were stunned that there
w ere so many fam ilies who did not know about our free
m edical services.”
Shriners Hospital accepts children up to 18 who have
bone, m uscle or jo in t problem s, or w ho have plastic
surgery n e e d s-su c h as for burn scars, cleft lip/palate
and facial anom alies. Most patients at Shriners have
congenital, life-long problem s as cerebral palsy, spina
bifida, m uscular dystrophy or club foot. O ther children
suffer accidents and illnesses, such as losing a hand or
leg. O ther com m on conditions seen at S hriners include
sc o lio sis-c u rv a tu re o f the sp in e -a n d congenital hip
dislocation.
Because care a, Shriners H ospital is free, there is
Oregon Blacks
make clear choices
At its June 1996 board meeting, the Board
o f Directors o f the Oregon Assembly for
Black Affairs (OA BA), decided to conduct a
straw poll on the offices for United States
Senator and Second District United States
Representative, and on the Ballot M easures
that will be on the N ovem ber 5 , 1996 Oregon
G eneral Election Ballot. The Straw Poll was
conducted at O A B A ’s Septem ber 7, 1996
Third Q uarter M embership Meeting.
O A B A m em bers are registered D em o­
c ra ts , R e p u b lic a n s and In d e p e n d e n ts.
O A B A does not endorse candidates for
political office H ow ever, the Board w ant­
ed to provide an opportunity for O A B A
m em bers as wel I as other Black O regon ians
to express preferences on the candidates
“ T h e b ag s b rig h tly r e f le c t h e a d lig h ts ,
m a k in g c h ild re n m uch s a fe r in th e d a r k .”
sa y s p e d ia tric ia n V irg in ia F eld m a n . M D .
w ho p ra c tic e s at K a is e r P e r m a n e n te 's
E ast In te rs ta te M e d ic a l O ffic e on N o rth
P o rtla n d .
R em em bering that a good friend’s daugh­
ter was killed on a residential street one
H alloween, Dr. Feldm an offers these tips for
parents to help keep children safe.
♦ H ave an adult a cco m p a n y yo u n g sters
and ballot m easures.
During publicdiscussion at the Third Q uar­
ter M eeting o f OABA. “straw votes” con­
cerning the desirabi I ity o f cand¡dates to be the
next Oregon U.S. Senator and the next U.S.
Second Congressional District Representa­
tive were taken. The result o f this "straw vote
preferences” is reflected below.
STRAW VOTE GENERAL ELECTION:
United Senator:
Straw Vote:
Tom B ruggerre
G ordon Sm ith
Second District U.S.
Repr. in Congress:
M ike Dugan
Bob Smith
100%
0%
Straw Vole:
86%
14%
alw aysa w aiting listo fsev e ra l hundred names. H ow ev­
er, children seen at a screening clinic generally can
begin their car within two months. (The hospital does
no, provide em ergency services, such as for broken
bones or acute burns).
"W e are especially interested in m aking sure we are
reaching out to minority and low incom e fam ilies,”
Newton said. “ We are making every effort to inform
those com m unities that we are available to them by
contacting com m unity clinics, distributing flyers in
English and Spanish, and w orking through all news
media " A Spanish interpreter will be at the clinic, and
interpreters for other languages will be provided if
requested in advance. Free return T ri-M e, passes will
be given to anyone who arrives by bus (#8 from dow n­
town).
No appointm ents are needed to be seen at the Screen­
ing Clinic. H ospital surgeons will be on hand to evalu­
ate every child who arrives for care.
Generally, Shriners accepts all patients for care if
treatment would benefit the child and if treatment at
another faci I i ty won Id put a financial burden on the fam i ly.
hazard."
The surest way to avoid traffic accidents
on Halloween is to host a party fo rth e k id so n
your block. “That way, children needn’t go
house-to-house at night to have fun and co l­
lect treats," advises Dr. Feldman.
K aiser Perm anente is a non-profit group
practice health m aintenance organization
serving the health care needs o f more than
395,000 people in Northwest Oregon and
Southw est W ashington
Night Stop is back
Tri-Met drops off passengers closer
to destination at night
With the time change and darkness starting earlier in the
evening, Tri-M e, reminds passengers about Nigh, Stop. This
program allows passengers who are traveling alone to ge, off
the bus anywhere along their routes from 8 p.m.-5 a.m. That
gets them closer to their destinations, making rides safer and
more convenient.
To use Night Stop, passengers just tell the driver w here they
want to get off the bus. If the driver cannot stop a, the exact spot
requested, the driver will find the safest nearby place. Special
stops are only offered to passengers getting off the bus. Night
Stop does not apply in Fareless Square, because of the large
number of buses and passengers in downtown Portland.
For more information about riding Tri-M et, including trip­
planning information: call T ri-M e t weekdays from 7:30 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. at 238-RIDF, TTY 238-5811, fax 239-3092, http://
ww.tri-met.org/ or modern at 220-1016 and log in as “Tri-
Met”.
Hispanics, Blacks will vote together
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c a n s-w h ich include affirm ative action, the
right to have a political voice, the right for a
w oman to choose, strong support for public
education, and family v a lu e s-th e D em ocrat­
ic candidates offer the best choice.
Affirmative Action a shared need
B lacks and Latinos share an u nderstand­
ing o fdisenfranchisem ent through the histo­
ry o f their sim ilar experiences in this co u n ­
try N o one has been handed a free ride
because o f an affirm ative action program .
The value o fth o se program s has been to help
unfairly disadvantaged people ge, to the
starting line, a point w hich the A nglo m ajo r­
ity left a long tim e ago. M any o f the o p p o ­
nents o f affirm ative action do no, w ant to
understand that
Opponents have common goals
The opponents o f affirm ative action and
the advocates o f anti-im m igrant measures
share com m on goals, which fundam entally
deny opportunity to people o f color. They
are often the same people who consistently
vote to cut funding for public education, who
have the opportunity to buy expensive pri­
vate-school educations for their children,
like Republican Bill Witt, and have no core
com m ittm ent to public education. They are
either know ingly or unknow ingly blind to the
issue, but they are not blind to the colors o f
the people affected.
Republican candidate for Senate Gordon
Smith recently characterized H ispanic immi­
grants as people who ju m p right o f f the
airplane and onto welfare. This erroneous
and biased view is shared by many o f the
same people who believe that there is no
further need for affirm ative action, who b e­
lieve that the typical welfare recipient is a
Black or Latino woman who has no desire to
work and has children because the state pays
her to have them
Republican Congessw om an Linda Smith
recently referred to a group of A frican-A m er­
ican businessm en a s " c o l o r e d m e n " a n d stat­
ed that the country no longer needs program s
that offer opportunities for m inority-ow ned
businesses to clim b the ladder. Congress-
w oman S m ith -lik e many o f her Republican
c o h o rts-b e liev e s that the struggle for equal­
ity and against bigotry and racial prejudice in
this country is over.
This N ovem ber 5th, Hispanics and Afri­
can-A m ericans across the nation will step
forward and m ake their presence known. It is
a historic moment. Be sure that all the
registered voters in your home, in your place
of business, in your church, in your neighbor­
hood ge, to the polls that day It will be a good
day to car pool, and a great opportunity to be
both a neighbor and a citizen Vote! Vo,ale!