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Rabbit
Awareness
Day
M a rc h
March 10, 199»
28,
1999
The O regon H um ane S ociety’s
n ew ly fo rm e d v o lu n te e r gro u p
"R abbit A dvocates" celebrate the
"Y ear o f the R abbit” by hosting the
first annual Rabbit A w areness Day
on S u n d a y , M a rc h 28. T h is
informative, family event will be held
in the O regon H um ane S ociety’s
Education W ing located at 1067 NE
C olum bia Blvd., Portland, from 12
noon until 4 PM.
The intent behind this exciting new
event is to increase aw areness o f the
O regon H um ane S ociety’s rabbits
available for adoption and to educate
you and your family about pet rabbit
care. W ith Easter fast approaching,
the Rabbit A dvocates w ant to m ake
sure you do not bring a rabbit into
your hom e unless and until you are
prepared to properly care for it. Com e
to RA B BIT A W A REN ESS DAY on
March 28 and learn how - there will be
education handouts; presentation by
exotic anim al veterinarian Dr. M ark
Burgess about rabbit health care;
exam ples and hands on instruction
on holding a rabbit, clipping nails,
and groom ing; children’s activities;
door prizes; and introductions to the
rabbits available for adoption at the
O regon H um ane Society.
A doption fee for a rabbit is $25;
spaying or neutering is included.
C ontact the adoption office for more
detailed inform ation on the O regon
H um ane Society’s rabbit program by
calling 285-7722, Ext.215. TheOregon
H um ane Society does not encourage
giving live anim als as E aster gifts (or
for any holiday). Rabbits need special
care in order to live a long health life
(w hich can be 8 to 10 years).
For m ore inform ation about the
R A B B IT A W A R E N E S S D A Y ,
contact Rabbit Advocate coordinator
Susan H arrow at 5 2 1 -1025 or K athy
N eely at the Oregon Hum ane Society
at 285-7722,ext. 235.
Lawn Mower
Trade-in and
R e b a te
Program for
Fourth Year
T o help keep the skies over the
Portland region cleaner this sum m er,
Portland General Electric (PGE), Metro
and the D epartment ofEnvironm ental
Quality (DEQ) are offering a $50 rebate
on new electric lawn m ow ers and $ 15
on new push mowers.
From now through S eptem ber 6,
1999, the first 40 0 P o rtla n d -a re a
re sid e n ts w h o drop o f f th eir old
w o rk in g g as m o w e rs at M e tro
R e c y c lin g C e n te rs, alo n g w ith a
re c e ip t fo r any m o d el o f a new
electric or push-m ow er, w ill receive
th e re b a te s.
“M ost people d o n ’t realize that
running a gas law n m ow er for one
hour generates as m uch pollution as
driving a car 50 m iles,’ said D EQ
spokesw om anN inaDeConcini. “This
program is designed to get 500 gas
la w n
m o w e rs
out o f our
neighborhoods, w hich will elim inate
4 tons o f pollution that otherw ise
would be in the skies over the Portland
region this sum m er,” she added.
“ T h is p ro g ra m has re c e iv e d
trem endous response over the years,’
said PG E Law n M ow er Program
coordinator Terry W orrel. “It gives
P o rtla n d re sid e n ts a little e x tra
incentive to make the switch to electric
or push m ow ers and do som ething
positive for the environm ent.”
O ld w orking gas mowers turned in
to M etro R ecycling C enters w ill be
rec y cled for scrap m eta,. M etro
Recycling Centers are located at 6161
N W 6 1 ” in P o rtla n d and 2001
W ashington St., in Oregon City. They
are open 6 AM to 6 PM daily. For more
information, call PGE, 503/612-3500.
Judy Trejano, a traditional Native American musician will be performing
on March 1 4 at Linfield College.
W e at W isdom o f the Elders
(W O T E )extendahearty welcome for
you to attend AN A FTERN O O N
WITH W ISDOM OF THE ELDERS.
The second in a series o f multicultural
gatherings. It will be held from noon to
SPM onM arch 14atLinfieldCollege’s
Melrose Hill Auditorium, 900SE Baker
Street in dow ntow n M cM innville. At
this celebration, we plan to demonstrate
and honor the richness o f N ative
American heritage. At the same time,
we w ill ack n o w led g e the a re a ’s
Hispanic com m unity and the special
role elders play in preserving the
peoples’ cultural hentage.
M e rc e d
F lo r e s ,
A sso c .
S u p e r in te n d e n t at th e O re g o n
Department ofEducation and the new
C hief o f S taff for Portland Public
Schools, will be the keynote speaker.
Superintendent o f Portland Public
Schools, Benj am in Canada, feels Mr.
Flores ’ combination o f administrative
skills and und erstan d in g o f ESL
programs and disadvantaged student
issues are sim ply unm atched in the
education com m unity. Mr. Flores
grew up in C alifornia as the oldest
boy in a family ofthirteen children. He
received his B achelor’s D egree in
Psychology/Sociology and Spanish
in 1973 from G eorge Fox College and
went on to receive his M aster’s Degree
in Education from Linfield College in
1981. Flores will share m em ories o f
Too Many Children In Foster Care
Thecitizen Review Board(CRB) is
recruiting volunteers to serve on its
b o a rd s in M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty .
Citizens volunteer one full weekday a
m onth to review cases o f children in
the foster care system.
T h epopulatio n o fO reg o n in 1996
w a s e s tim a te d to b e 8 8 .9 8 %
Caucasian, 1.59-% African-American,
5.11% H ispanic, and 1.50-% Native
A m erican. However, according to
The Status o f C hildren in O regon’s
Child Protection System 1997,” only
73.9% o f children in foster care were
C aucasian; 13.6% w ere A frican-
A m erican, 6.6% were H ispanic, and
5.0% were N ative American.
The CRB is a division ofthe Oregon
Judicial D epartm ent that review s
cases o f children in the custody of
the State O ffices for Services to
C hildren and Fam ilies (SCF), and o f
youth in the custody o f the O regon
Y outh A uthority (OY A ), who have
beenrem ovedfrom theirhom es. ITiese
ch ild ren and youth are in foster
h o m e s , g r o u p ’s h o m e s, an d
residential treatm ent centers. The
boards conduct review s are attended
by parents, foster parents, therapists,
attorneys, and SCF casew orkers or
O Y A parole officers. The boards
review each child’s case plan, or each
youth’s reform ation plan, identify the
n e e d s in th e c a s e , a n d m a k e
recom m endations to the Juvenile
Court, S C F.orO Y A .
The C h ie f Ju stice o f the O regon
S uprem e C ourt appoints volunteers
to serve 2 -year term s. T here are 22
boards in M ultnom ah C ounty, and
each board m eets on a set w eekday
ev ery m onth from 8:30 a.m . to 5:00
p .m .
B o a rd m e m b e r s s p e n d
ap p ro x im ately 8 to 10 ho u rs to
p rep are for the review s on their ow n
p rio r to the b oard m eetin g day.
R esid en ts o f M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty
in terested in serv in g on the CR B
m ay call C layton K u b o ta at 731-
8382 to request an ap plication.
o f grandparents' w ay o f life and the
richness o f cultural values that have
been passed on from generation to
g e n e ra tio n am o n g th e ir p eo p le.
M usic,danceandstory telling follows
by Ruben Fonseca and his traditional
M exican Q uinto Sol, Bobby Torres
w ith Latin and A frican drum m ing by
Portland H and Drum, and Rigoberto
Hernandez. Honor songs will be sung
to the elders for their serv ice in the
com m unity as role models to younger
g enerations. To heighten the cultural
exchange, the audience can take time
to v isit edu catio n al and cu ltural
displays, and shop at arts and crafts
and food tables.
By reaching out to our ow n N ative
A m ericanas well as Hispanic cultures
in P ortland’s greater m etropolitan
area, W OTE expects to restore the
tr a d itio n o f h o n o r in g e ld e r s ,
a c k n o w le d g in g th e p r ic e le s s
co n trib u tio n s they have m ade to
p re s e rv e th e o ld w ay s as th ey
continue to serve as exem plary role
m odels for younger generations.
The entire com m unity is w elcom e
to jo in in these festivities on Sunday,
M arch 14 at L in field C o lle g e ’s
M elrose Hall A uditorium from noon
u n til 5 PM
in d o w n to w n
M cM innv ille. Form ore inform ation,
you m ay call Rose H igh B ear at
W O TE by calling(5O3) 775-4014.
his grandparents and parents and the
richness o f their cultural values.
Native American speaker. Judy
Trejo is a singer, songmaker, linguist,
storyteller, herbalist and teacher. Judy
received the 1998 INDIE Award in the
N o rth A m e ric a n N a tiv e M u sic
category. This is the highest award
av a ila b le to a N ative A m erican
Musician on this continent. In native
tongue, Judy sang Tuhvan Dau Ya
(Pinenut Blessing Song) with two o f
her daughters and in hand drum. She
used no guitars or flutes, and no English
in this totally trad itio n al N ativ e
A m erican presentation. Judy is a
member o f the Summit Lake Paiute
tribe, bom in Alturas, California. She
has one son, five daughters and ten
grandchildren. A retired schoolteacher
with a M aster’s Degree in counseling.
Judy has taught Paiute at the college
level and has published a book on
medic inal herbs and edible plants. Judy
has sung traditional songs since
infancy and is a member o f the Native
A merican Church.
As AN A FT E R N O O N W ITH
W ISDOM OF THE ELDERS opens,
the M artin High Bear Sun Dance
D rum m ers will play a resounding
beat and blessings will be offered by
both cultures, including a special
Aztec Dance Blessing by M exican
Tiahui D ancers and Theatre Group.
Ourspeakers will share reminiscences
Help For Families
Of Mentally III
O ffered At O regon C onference
Inform ation on new m edications,
therapies and support groups for the
mentally ill will be av ailable to family
m em bers and others w ho attend the
an n u a l s ta te c o n fe re n c e o f the
N ational A lliance for the m entally 111
(NA M I) o f Oregon, to be held April
16-18 at the M o n arch H o tel in
Clackamas.
E xperts in various fields w ill
p a r tic ip a te in w o rk s h o p s an d
discussions on the latest m edical
fin d in g s , h o u sin g a lte r n a tiv e s ,
counseling serv ices, fam ily support
groups, estate planning and other
issues relating to the m entally ill.
Attendance is open to the public.
Joyce Borland, n ationally-know n
m ental health activist and creator o f
a program to help fam ilies cope with
m ental illness, and W illiam F.mmett,
NAM I C h ief O perating O fficer, will
be keynote speakers.
I n fo r m a tio n on c o n f e r e n c e
registration is available at the state
office o f NAM I in Salem, telephone
(800)343-6264.
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