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Committed'to cultural dive.sity. http://www.portlandobserver.net Volume X X V III. Number 50 ' A Home For The Holdiays Win! With Scratch It for Charities Start your new year o ff with a new family. Over $11,000 was raised by 41 area charities during the fourth and final "Holiday Scratch-ltfor Charity" See El Observador De Portland, page B8. W < DEC EMBER 16. 199« See Popeye's Coupon's Inside! BULK RATE L S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. « Ain University o f Oregon Knight Library Newspaper Section Eugene OR 97403 See Metro, Section B Portimi» (Dhcrrorr The Legal Use o f M arijuana B y Y ema M easho ’tli part o f the Medical Marijuana A ct in effect, state officials are developing policies and guidelines W for the medical community, law enforcement agencies and eligible users. The remaining part o f the law will go into effect on M ay 1,1999 when the O regon Health Division adopts a package o f rules. Beginning May, the division will begin issuing verifying registration cards to individuals with debilitating medical conditions, such as AIDS, HIV, cancer, severpain, seizure and severe nausea, to possess and grow' a limited amount ofmarijuana. The division is responsible not only for the issu ance o f registry cards to persons w ho m eet the requirements o f the law but also for reviewing and approving applications from individuals w ho be lieve their illness qualifies them to receive pennits to use marijuana. According to Dr. Grant Higginson, state health officer and office o f administration, the division is on the process o f assembling a panel o f experts to develop a scientific-based recommendation and rules for legal use o f marijuana for medical pur poses. Ihis panel is composed o f health experts, the justice community, and proponents o f the a c t Until then. Dr. H igginson encourages eligible marijuana users to read the act thoroughly, advice lawyers, and contact the O regon Health Division in order to avoid misunderstanding with law enforcem ent official. Qualified users should also obtain a written documentation from their physician stating that the use o f medical m ari ju an a m ay help the patient’s condition. Dr. Higginson also suggests thatinanjuanauser should cies a uniform starting point, rh e guidelines assert that the right to use m arijuana for m edical purposes can be taken aw ay from patients if subm it their application to his office to start the process. Before it begins the process, the divi sion requires written notification from physi cians, the physicians’ name, telephone number, and address as well as identifying information o f the patients. Until the health division adopts rules this com ing Spring, the A ttorney G eneral's office has issued a series o f recom m endations and guidelines for the im plem entation o f the law that will give the state’s law enforcem ent agen- patients engage in selling or grow ing m ore marijuana than the law allows. The act allow s a patient to grow’ a m axim um o f four im m ature plants, three m ature plants and up to one ounce ofusable m arijuana foreachm atureplant. These guidelines are said to be sufficient until the health division introduces the rules in May. Although the law protects individuals w ho con sume and posses marijuana for medical purposes, it does not allow the sale or cultivation o f mari juana for medical purposes. ■ “ Kwanza a: A Celebration of Life” "K w a n z a a is not a rep lacem en t for Censure Not Impeachment V i c e P r e s i d e n t A1 G o r e is r e c o m m e n d in g c e n s u r e as a b e tte r o p ti o n o v e r i m p e a c h m e n t . T h e p r e s i - j d e n t is a c c u s e d o f p e r j u r y , o b - I s tru c tio n o f ju s tic e an d a b u se o f p o w e r . G o r e is r e p r e s e n t i n g th e m a jo r ity o f p e o p le w h o r e a liz e th a t th e M o n i c a L e w i n s k y a f f a i r w a s “ t e r r i b l y w r o n g ” b u t d o n ’t w a n t C lin to n re m o v e d fro m o ff ic e . C h ristm as, b u t a sev en -d ay o b serv an ce acclaim in g a su p p o rt sy stem u sin g the “N g u zo S a b a ” (“ S even P rin cip les” ) for g u id a n c e ,” L ew is continues. “ T he p rin cip les a re U N IT Y (U m o ja), S E L F - D E T E R M IN A T IO N (K ujichagulia), C O L L E C T IV E W O R K & R E S P O N S IB IL IT Y (U jim a). Art Exhibit and Workshops at North Portland Branch Library Internet Music Plan F i v e o f th e l a r g e s t r e c o r d e d - m u - s i c c o m p a n i e s c a m e t o g e t h e r to p ro p o s e a s e t o f s ta n d a rd s fo r s e c u r e d e l i v e r y o f m u s i c o v e r th e I n t e r n e t to p r e v e n t p i r a c y o f c o p y rig h te d so n g s a n d b ro a d e n d is tr i b u tio n . T h e c o m p a n ie s in v o lv e d a re B M G E n te rta in m e n t, E M I R e c o rd e d m u s ic , S o n y , U n iv e rs a l a n d W a rn e r. Holiday Sales A n a ly s ts a re n o tic in g s ig n s o f w an zaa: A C eleb ra tio n o f L ife,” an ex h ib it o f P o rtlan d a rtist C h arlo tte L e w is’ p ain tin g s, q u ilts and asse m b la g e s w ill b e o n d isp lay at th e N o rth P o rtlan d B ran ch L ib rary th ro u g h th e en d o f D ecem b er. The ex h ib it is a c co m p an ied b y a tw o -w eek series o f K w anzaa w o rk sh o p s illu stratin g the “ N g u za S aba” o r seven p rin cip les o f K w anzaa. Film s, lectures, poetry read in g s and o th er activities w ill co m p rise the w o rk sh o p s to be h eld T u esd ay s, 6 p m - 8 pm , S atu rd ay s an d S u n d ay s, 2 pm - 4 p m , through K lo w -le v e l C h r is tm a s s a le s th is y e a r t h a t c o u l d f o r c e m e r c h a n t s to m a k e b ig m a r k d o w n s t o c l e a r o u t i n v e n t o r y . W h i l e s h o p p e r s l i k e th e e x t r a s a v i n g s , t h e p r i c e c u t s w o u ld lik e ly h u rt p r o f its fo r r e ta ile r s . A lo t o f s a le s a re m a d e th ro u g h D ecem b er 20. “ K w a n z a a is a n o n -relig io u s ev e n t c e le b rated D e c e m b e r 2 6 - Jan u ary 1. It is b ased upon ‘first fru its ’ ag ricu ltu ral cele b ratio n s h eld th ro u g h o u t the co n tin en t o f A frica, “ L ew is to ld th e a u d ien c e at th e o p en in g reception. " T h e s e w e re tim es o f h arv est, in g ath erin g , O n lin e a n d b ig d is c o u n t th r o u g h o u t th e c o u n tr y . a ffirm a tio n , co m m itm en t, and c o m m e m o ra tio n . s to re s Charlotte Lewis C O O P E R A T IV E E C O N O M IC S (U jam aa), P U R P O S E (N ia), C R E A T IV IT Y (K uum ba), an d FA IT H (Im ani). K w an zaa w as created b y D r. M au lan a K aren g a in 1966, an d is ce le b ra te d th ro u g h o u t the w o rld by m illio n s o f p e o p le o f A frican d e c e n t.” T h e N o rth P o rtlan d B ranch L ib rary is lo cated at 512 N . K illin g sw o rth A v en u e at C o m m ercial. F o r fiither in fo rm atio n on this an d o th e r D ecem b er activ ities at the B ran ch , c all 2 4 8 -5394. Hepatitis B Treatment T h e F o o d a n d D ru g A d m in is tra tio n a p p r o v e d th e f i r s t o ra l th e r a p y fo r H e p a tit is B to d a y . It w ill b e so ld u n d e r its b ra n d n a m e , E p iv ir H B V a n d c o s t s $ 3 .4 1 p e r d o s e . T h e d ru g h a s p r o v e n its e f f e c tiv e n e s s in d e c r e a s i n g t h e h e p a t i t i s in p a t i e n t s ’ b lo o d a n d im p ro v e liv e r fu n c tio n . Movie Toys M o v ie r e l a te d to y s e llin g a re p a r t o f a h ig h - s ta k e s b u s in e s s th a t c a te r s to th e w h im s o f y o u n g k id s . T h e “ h o t t e s t ’ s e llin g C h ris tm a s ite m s f o r k id s a r e th e p lu s h , s tu f f e d p ig fro m th e m o v ie “ B a b e ” a n d " B u g ’s L i f e ” r e la te d to y s . “ R u g r a t s ” m e r c h a n d i s e is a l s o g e n e ra tin g s tro n g s a le s . Urban Boundary Growth M e tro C o u n c il g a v e p re lim in a ry a p p ro v a l fo r th e e x p a n s io n o f P o rtla n d a r e a 's u rb a n g ro w th b o u n d a ry . A p p ra is e rs h a v e d e te r m in e d th a t th e la n d o u t s id e th e b o u n d a ry is w o rth a s u b s ta n tia l a m o u n t i f d e v e lo p e d to p ro v id e h o u s in g . A fin a l d e c is io n b y M e tro w ill b e s o o n . T w o o f th e m o s t c o n tr o v e rs ia l p r o p e r tie s a re S t. M a r y 's a n d a p o rtio n o f th e S ta f fo rd B asin . T; I h e P o rtlan d T rail B lazers g o t in th e h o lid ay sp irit F rid ay , w h en the B lazers C o m m u n ity B u ild ers H o lid ay E x p ress d eliv e re d m o re than C h ristm a s trees to fam ilies in th e n o rth /n o rth east .A*-» tla n d co m m u n ity . M ong w ith the d istrib u tio n , head co ach M ike D u n leav y , im P resid en t an d G en eral M an ag er B o b W h itsitt, as- an t c o a ch es, fro n t o ffice staff, B lazerD an cers, an- in cers an d m ed ia celeb rities h o sted a H o lid ay p arty on co m m o n s. ,t in clu d ed local ch o irs, free h o t d rin k s, »kies, a v isit from S an ta C lau s a n d p rizes at th e R ose a rte r C o m m o n s. T h e p ublic jo in e d in o n th e festiv ities 1 b ro u g h t c a n n e d fo o d to b en efit th e O re g o n Food nk. T h e first 50 p e o p le w h o d o n a te d fo o d g o t a free ristm as tree. ‘ This w as a w o n d erfu l p ro ject an d a u n iq u e w ay to bring id ay sp irit to o u r n eig h b o rs in n o rth e a st P o rtla n d ," d B o b W h itsitt, B lazers team p resid en t an d general n ag er. “ W e w ere ex cited to p artn er w ith B eg g s T rees th e first tim e. T h e ir g en ero sity h ad a g reat im p act on r u le s in th is c o m m u n ity .” B e g g s T re e s in T u rn e r, O re g o n d o n a te d 7 0 0 C h r is t is tre e s to th e B la z e rs C o m m u n ity B u ild e rs H o lid a y p re s s p ro je c t. T h e c o o p e ra tiv e e ffo rt b rin g s th e iz e r s to g e th e r w ith c h a rity o rg a n iz a tio n s lik e A lb in a ad S ta r t, B o y s & G irls C lu b s o f P o r tla n d , » em b ech er C h ild r e n ’s H o sp ita l, T h e U rb a n L e a g u e , long o th e rs , to o f f e r C h ris tm a s tre e s to lo w -in c o m e I L R Krish Wise, Assistant Director o f Public Relations, Brian Facchini, Marketing/PR Associate and Traci .. » . .. /DKzvlrt hu \ A4 lA /ach iru f*'*'* 1 ) a