1 • * 3» .- F h l P or 11, and O bserver • J anuary < P age 1, 1997 A3 ting Forth The New ¿T// H ere's wishing each and every­ one of you reading this a very pros­ perous, healthy and happy New year I want to remind you that while this is my sincerest wish for all of us, it will not happen by itself. If you want to be prosperous, healthy and happy you will have to take major responsibi I ity for bringing these conditions into your life. Usually around New Year's many of us make resolutions or prom­ ises to ourselves. We ' re goi ng to stop smoking, lose weight, get in shape, go back to school, get our lives to­ gether, sober up etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Tragically most of us will not keep these well-intended prom­ ises. If you can’t keep a promise you make to yourself w hat’s the proba­ bility you’ II keep your word to some­ one else? Does this mean we should give up and not make promises? Not necessarily. It means we have to take a look at ourselves and what prevents us from keeping our word. We fail to keep our promises not because we are bad people, weak or we lack integrity or will power We fail to keep them mainly because we are ignorant of what is required to do what we say we want to do; that is alter our behavior or change our con ditions. When we talk about chang­ ing our behavior we are talking about changing habits. Habits are actually thoughts, feelings, ways of doing things and responding to life that ^ w n q &&Mc>ry o f(baserei'/ Anderson Sunrise, August 7, 1933, Saline, Louisiana— Sunset, December 26, 1996, Portland, Oregon Roosevelt Anderson moved to Portland, Oregon in 1946 and at­ tended B enson H igh S c h o o l. Roosevelt became interested in avi­ ation and joined the United States Air Force shortly after graduation. During his twenty years of active military duty, he served in the Kore­ an and Vietnam wars in defense of our nation. As a Technical Sergeant in the medical unit, Anderson was cited numerous times for Hying rcs- cue missions during the Vietnam War. Roosc velt Anderson was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, and lifetime member of United States Air Force Reserves. Dedicated member of M.W. Prince Hall, Logan Lodge #5. He is survived by his loving wife Betty Jo Anderson, and children Lo- L eatha A nderson, Roosevelt D. Anderson Jr., Derwain L. Anderson, Curtis L. Hamilton and Petress D. Hamilton and Rita M. Langworthy. Friends and family are invited to celebrate the life of Roosevelt Ander­ son Friday January 3rd, 1997 at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church 3725 N Gantcnbein. Services will begin at 11:30 AM, internment at W illamette National Cemetery. Friends of Trees training C R IM E STOPPERS Mail Theft The U.S. Postal Inspection ser­ vice in cooperation with the Port­ land Police Bureau and Crime Stop­ pers, is asking for your help identi­ fying and apprehending the person or persons responsible for the thefl of mail. The mail is commonly sto­ len from residential letter boxes. Most mail thieves are looking for checks that can be altered and cashed to support drug habits. They may also be looking for cash, and boxes of new checks. Mail theft is a growing problem. According to police bureau statis­ tics, the number of reported cases in Portland has grown from 92 in the year 1992, to over 650 cases in 1995. For the first six months of 1996, over 380 cases of mail theft were reported. Many mail thefts can be prevent­ ed. The postal service says never send cash through the mail, retrieve your mail from the mailbox as soon as possible after delivery, and never leave outgoing mail in the box with the red flag up. Notify the post office of address changes, and if you plan on being out of town, ask the post office to hold your mail. Rewards are available if you have information which leads to the iden­ tification and arrest of anyone re­ sponsible for stealing mail, and you can remain anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP. The Roofing Recycling Center open The Roofing Recycling Center (a division of W ood W aste Recla­ mation, Inc.) has opened their used asphalt roofing shingles recycling yard. They accept used (tear off) asphalt roofing shingles for the pur­ pose of recycling. The Roofing Recycling Center is the first and only approved recycler of used as­ phalt roofing shingles/roofing felt in the Portland, Oregon Metro area. This adds the 5th largest percent­ age of construction waste (Roof­ ing) to the list of items that can now be recycled in the Portland M etro­ politan Region. Now, everyone can recycle used asphalt roofing shingles and roof­ ing felt, plus do it for less money than normal disposal. Everyone wins by going to The Roofing Recycling Center. The roofing doesn’t go to a landfill, it’s recycled and business­ es and residents save money by re­ cycling. This is one time when recy­ cling does pay, in “real" dollars. The Roofing Recycling Center is located at, 6637 S.E. l(X)th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97266. Call (503) 774-6939; fax: (503) 774-7037 Friends of Trees is offering an educational training session for those people interested in leading volun­ teer planting crews at Friends ot Trees’ tree plantingevents. The train­ ing will be held on Saturday, Janu­ ary 11th from 8:30am to 1:00pm. The free session will take place at the Smile Station, 8210 SE 13th Ave. Refreshments will be provid­ ed. Participants in the training ses­ sion will learn how plant trees prop­ erly, supervise volunteers, and re­ spond to homeowners’ questions on tree care. There will be a tree planting dem ­ onstration, as well as opportunity for hands-on instruction. Because some outdoor activity is scheduled, those attending the training are asked to dress for the weather and bring work gloves. Tree planting is a fun and rewarding activity for anyone, and becoming a Friends of Trees Crew Leader brings even added sense of accomplishments. No prior tree planting experience is needed to become a Friends of Trees Crew Leader and an essential part of one of the nation’s Best community tree planting organizations. Those wishing to participate in the Crew Leader Training, or volunteer in other ways with Friends of Trees, should call 282-8846, ext. 13. w e’ve done so often, we no longer have to think about doing them We just find ourselves doing them over and over again whenever a certain situation arises. The only way to "break" a habit is to be aware of what you are doing, why you are doing it and consciously substituting another idea, feeling, response or action tor the one you wish to alter. In meta­ physics this referred to as the Law of Substitution. We must substitute an­ other series ol ideas, feelings, phys­ iological responses and behavior patterns for the ones we wish to change. We must do this so often that the new patterns become so ingrained, we do them without thinking. It usually takes about 21 days of constant conscious repetition to change from one pattern to another. The reason we fail or fall short is because we don ’ t follow through long enough or with enough enthusiasm to impact our subconscious minds, which facilitate the desired change on a much deeper level of conscious­ ness. Change requires thought and determination. As I have said so often, it is our thinking that makes or breaks us in the game of life. If our thinking is right, our feelings will be right, our health will be right and if our prepa­ rations match our thinking, the out­ come, in due time will be right. It all begins in our minds with a thought, Coping-Superstitions are dangerous ttv I>R. C harles F aui . knkk When was the last time that you got nervous when a black cat crossed your path? When did you last go out of your way to avoid walking under a ladder? Or, threw salt over your shoulder for good luck? Or got scared when you broke a mirror (because you expected to have sev­ en years of bad luck)? Or, finally, avoided dating someone because they were born under a different astrological sign? Is it really true that you will have bad luck if a black cat crosses your path? Many people think it is. Some people become terrified if they spot a black cat a block away. Are you one of those individuals? Why do you believe this, or any other superstition, to be true? If you believe in supersti­ tion it is likely that your parents did too and they taught it to you. But there is no evidence to support any superstition or so-called "bad luck". If something uncomfortable happens, people who believe in su­ perstition think that it was caused by something that they did and this in­ creases their fear. But non-supersti- tious people simply attribute it to chance or coincidence, and go fear­ lessly about their business. Superstitious people believe that some evil being is able to watch everyone on earth, at the same time. This "being" keeps careful records, they think, of every broken mirror (he [it?] must have the largest com- p u ter-o r file cabinet in existence) and it punishes every individual who has the misfortune of breaking a mir­ ror. If you break 10 mirrors, over a lifetime, your entire life will be total torment, so the superstitious thinks. But people whose parents did not believe in superstitions, don’t be­ lieve in them either because their parents never taught them to be afraid of their own behavior. They live per­ fectly normal live. And they have great advantage of not being nervous when they see a black cat, or walk under a ladder, or have to I i ve through Friday the 13th, or break a mirror, or do any of the other things that are suppose to mysteriously make their lives miserable. No one has ever proven that there is any connection between your be­ havior and any supernatural being. D on’t forget that billions of people ber is actually a 9(X) number some­ where in the Caribbean. In addition to the 809 area code, consumers should be wary of mes­ sages that promote a return call to any of the following area codes; 242, 246, 268. 345, 441, 664, 670, 758, 767,787, 868, 869 or 876. These arc listed by AT&T as originating off­ shore and are targeted as warnings for possible telephone scams. “Basical ly, anyone who uses a tele­ phone, pager or electronic mail should watch out for suspicious ac­ tivity,” warns Hola. World Class Communications has been serving the Seattle area since 1926 and has a proactive system in place to protect their clients from possible fraudulent calls from the Caribbean or other countries. If consumers suspect they are vic­ tims of the “809 scam” or any other form of telephone fraud, Hola urges them to contact their telephone com ­ pany or long distance carrier. For more inform ation contact who live in other countries have never heard of these superstitions and would laugh at you if you crossed the street to avoid having a black cat cross your path. Millions of people are manipu­ lated by others who tell them how to remove their “bad luck”. They often become wealthy by selling you a trinket, button, a piece of cloth, or anything that they can make you think will solve your problem and “chase away evil spirits”. These people are unscrupulous. They know that this “stuff" will have no effect whatsoever. If you are superstitious, you have given control of your life to some­ one else simply because you have accepted the myths. These myths may have been accepted hundreds of years ago by people who did not understand science. It is now time for you to take control of your own life; stop being controlled by others and drop these silly superstitions form your life. If you would like to contact Dr. F a u lk n e r, w rite him at 1635 Nathaniel M itchell road, Dover, Del., 19901 Reward $5,000 A $5,000.00 reward is being offered for the murder of Willie Banks Jr., who was killed on November 15th 1996. Call: Crime Stoppers 503-823-HELP In charge. International Telephone Scam Targets U.S. Consumers A new telephone scam deceiving ieople into calling high-coast num­ bers in the Caribbean is targeting isers of pagers, fax machines, voice nail boxes or the Internet. Since ieptember 1996, thousands of pager isers have received urgent messages a diala number in the 809 area code. When people call, they hear a long, ambling message that never con- lects to a real person,” explains Kelly Iola, president of World Class Cotn- nunications "The scheme is the latest in a lever-ending series of attempts by on artists to line their pockets by ricking unsuspecting people into lialing a recorded message that of- ersnoreal value.” says Rich Pctillo,