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Mental Illness
Support Groups
List
NAMI Family Support Groups
AreOpenToAllNAMI Family Sup­
port Group - at the Providence Medi­
cal Center, 4805 NE Glisan St. Room
HCC7. First and third Mondays of
each month at 7 PM. Facilitated by
Jan Elliot, 775-5400.
NAMI Family Support Group -
St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 12405
Butner Rd - Beaverton. Fourth Tues­
days at 7 PM. Call Anita Cheadie at
644-3309or Art Malley at 297-3248.
NAMI Family Support Group -
Tigard United Methodist Church,
9845 SW Walnut Pl. Third Mondays
at 7 PM. Call Bonnie Kirby at 579-
9363 or Maureen Pitsinger at 579-
2658.
NAMI Family Support Group -
Hillsboro Methodist Church, 168 NE
8th Avenue. Second Tuesdays at 7
PM. Call Rosemary Kirwin-Alvord
at 645-8227.
NAMI Family Support Group -
Hilltop Center, 998 Library Court,
Oregon City. Breakfast and sharing
on Saturday mornings at 9:00. Call
Judi Redler for more information at
632-4453.
NAMI Family Support Group -
Temple Beth Israel - 1931 NW
Flanders, Third Tuesdays at 6:30
PM. Call Carolyn Boling at 630-5970
for more information.
NAMI Family Support Group -
Portland East at Western States Chi-
ropractic College, 2900 NE 132nd
Avenue Bldg 2 Room W3. First
Tuesdays at 6:30 PM. Each meeting
has an outside speaker and sharing
time. Call Sharon Collison for more
information at 235-4965.
NAMI Clark County Support
Groups - all at 2102 E McLoughlin
Blvd. Vancouver, WA. Call 360-
695-2788 or 360-695-2823. Bipolar
Support Group for high school and
college age people - Thursdays 3:00
PM. NAMI Support - First Mondays
at 7:00 PM. Support for Families
with Children and Family Teams -
Third Thursdays at 1:00 PM.
Dual Diagnosis Groups for Con­
sumers: on Wednesdays - 8:00-9:00
PM 1320 SW Washington, Room
211 at the DePaul Treatment Center.
Fridays - 2:30-4:00 PM 7508 N
Hereford, held in the Peninsula Se­
nior Center. Faulkner Place Meeting
- Mondays at 7 PM, 13317 SE
Powell, Call 760-9606 and ask for
Barbara Penn or Stephen James.
Fourth Dimension - Mondays at 6:30
PM, Fellowship Church, 6955 SW
201st Avenue, Aloha. AA - Meds -
Wednesdays at 7:30 PM at Provi­
dence Hospital, Bldg. C. Room 105.
Call 215-6470. Double Trouble -
Tuesdays and Fridays, 10:30 AM, at
First United Methodist Church, 600
State Street, Room 225 - Salem
Christmas
Clearing
The Salvation Army Christmas
Clearing Bureau has added extra staff
members to handle the large volume
off calls to the telephone bank. “We
are receiving up to 900 calls a day,
400callsperdayoverouranticipated *
500, from families and individuals in
Multnomah and Clackamas coun­
ties. They are referred by social
service agencies, government enti­
ties, schools and service providers,”
reports Bobi Magill, assistant direc­
tor o f the NE Sandy office of The
Salvation Army Family Services.
This holiday season people in need
of assistance call one number: 231 -
HELP. They are asked a few ques­
tions and their responses are entered
into a central computer system.
The Salvation Army and other
participating agencies then determine
how best to meet the needs of each
family or individual.Staffed by vol­
unteers from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday,
and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday, the Clearing Bureau is ac­
cepting applications for assistance
through Monday, Dec. 21.
Distribution of food, clothing, gifts
and services will begin on Friday,
December 18,
OLCC
Web Site
On Line
If you w ant to know how to
get a liquor license or OLCC
service perm it, how to apply to
be a liquor agent or learn about
O regon’s laws about alcohol and
m inors, you can find it on the
O re g o n
L iq u o r
C o n tro l
C o m m ission’s web site: h ttp://
w w w /o lc c .sta te .o r.u s.
O L C C ’s site provides general
inform ation such as the loca­
tio n o f O LC C o ffic e s, facts
about the agency and w h a t's
n ew .
L iquor law s and adm inistra­
tive rules m ay be found on the
reg ulatory page. The m erchan­
dising page offers detailed in­
form ation on liquor stores.
T he support services page has
links to the O regon D epartm ent
o f A dm inistrative S ervices’ em ­
ployee directory, com m odities
purchasing and state jo b listing.
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Does the Needle Exchange
Policy Promote Drug Use or
Disease Prevention?
“There’s a place for a needle
exchange program in controlling
the (AIDS) epidemic,” argues U.S.
Surgeon G en eral, Dr. David
Satcher.
Since his appointed in Febru­
ary, Satcher has been at odds with
President Clinton and the Repub­
lican-controlled Congress because
o f politically perilous health policy
suggestions like the needle ex­
change program.
When commentator Armstrong
Williams charged that the Sur­
geon General’s support o f needle
exchange program s encourage
drug use, Satcher responded, “We
should not do anything to encour­
age drug use.
1 am totally against drugs. All
the science says that needle ex­
change program s have gotten
more people in treatment pro­
g ram s...”
Satcher adds, “The AIDS epi­
demic is a very serious crisis in
our com m unity... The AIDS epi­
demic started out as an epidemic
o f gay, white men.
Over the years, it has increas­
ingly becom e an epidem ic o f
color.” His ambitious plan to alle­
viate the racial health divide in­
cludes universal access to quality
health care, promoting healthy
lifestyles, responsible decision-
making and disease prevention.
When asked if refusal to imple­
ment some o f his health policies
represents a conspiracy to reduce
the Black population, Satcher dis­
missed the idea saying, “Taking
that point o f view just delays the
time we start to get on top o f these
problems.”
Dr. Satcher joins host Juan W il­
liam s, com m entators Deborah
Mathis and Armstrong Williams
for a look a Black America’s health.
America’s Black Forum, an Emmy
Award-winning, half-hour weekly
syndicated show, may be seen on
various stations nationwide. Please
check your local listings.
Scholarships To Japan!
**A p p ly Now for High
School Tutoring Scholarships
to Japan**
High school students and re ­
cent graduates are invited to
apply for a special academ ic
scholarship to take classes in
Japan and be an English tutor at
a p re s tig io u s b o y s b o ard in g
school!
A ctive participation in non­
academ ic courses and extra-cur­
ricular activities is also en co u r­
aged. AYUSA International, a
leading non-profit high school
exchange program , is aw arding
two scholarships to Japan for
the 1999 spring sem ester!
S c h o la r s h ip s in c lu d e a
m onthly stipend o f 30,000 yen
(approx. $300), full board, in­
ternational airfare, p re-d ep ar­
ture and arrival orientations, host
$32 Million
MedicalOffice
In Portland
Visitors to opening ceremonies
earlier this month for Kaiser
Permanente’s new medical office
at 3500 N. Interstate Avenue were
entertained by teenage violinist
Lutomia Kuto.
Kaiser Pennanente physicians
helped save Kuto when she was
bom prematurely, rhe new two-
story, 84,000-square-foot medi­
cal office houses everything from
operating and recovery rooms to a
fracture clinic, as well as mam­
m ogram , ultrasound, nuclear
medicine and other services. It is
joined by an enclosed walkway to
a Kaiser Pennanente medical of­
fice next door which received $ 12
million in renovations, includinga
new pharmacy and earthquake­
bracing.
AYUSA International Is Pleased To Announce:
fam ily accom m odations during
school breaks, assistance in o b ­
taining visas, supervision and
counseling throughout the p ro­
gram , and more!
AYUSA Study Abroad stu­
dents gain valuable international
e x p e rie n c e , b u ild s e lf-c o n ti-
dence, develop their foreign lan­
guage abilities and m ake life ­
long friendships.
D eadline for applications is
D ecem ber 20, 1998. A pplicants
m ust be betw een the ages o f 18
and 20. O pportunities are also
available for U.S. fam ilies to
host an international student!
Program runs from February to
June, 1999.
F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n on
Study A broad scholarships as
well as host fam ily opportuni­
ties, call AYUSA at 1 -800-727-
4540, ext. 545 or ext. 505.