» V 1 I «À « ». í * M» Page A7 (Fije 'JJortlanò © beeruer Milwaukie Resident Wins $1.25 Million Megabucks Jackpot M ILW A U K IE-M ichael A volio is th e O re g o n L o tte r y ’s la te s t M egabucksjackpot winner afterclaim- ing the $1.25 m illion prize from the M arch 13, draw ing. A volio claim ed his prize, $625,000before federal and state taxes were w ithheld, at Lottery headquarters in Salem on M arch 15, A volio, ofM ilw aukie, m atched all six num bers, and becam e the biggest o f 4,639 M egabucks winners from the March 13, drawing. The winning num­ bers w ere 1-5-11-29-30-33. The w in­ ning ticket was purchased at Plaid Pantry #177, 17250 SE M cLoughlin Blvd., in Milwaukie. M egabucks players m ust choose one o f tw o ja ck p o t paym ents plans w hen purchasing their tickets. The “ O riginal P lan” provides the w inner w ith 20 equal annual paym ents, and the “ Investm ent Plan” provides the w inner with one single paym ent equal to o n e-h a lf the advertised jack p o t am ount. W hen purchasing his ticket, A volio chose the “O riginal Plan." L ottery now has adopted a tem po­ rary rule that provides M egabucks ja c k p o t w in n ers w ho c h o se the “O riginal P lan” at the tim e o f p u r­ chase, the option o f changing to the "Investm ent Plan” w hen they claim their prize. A volio decided to change to the “ Investm en t P lan” option, w hich resulted in his one tim e p ay ­ m ent o f $625,000, before taxes. A volio knew he held the w inning ticket w hen he ch ecked the w inning num bers in the new spaper the day afte r the draw ing. H e ’d recently purchased a new gun safe for his hom e, and im m ed iately p laced his w inning tick et inside. L ater in the day a couple o f friends sto p p ed by, and w anted to view th e w inning ticket. T h eo n ly p ro b lem w as, A volio co u ld n ’t get the safe open. A fter trying a n u m b er o f tim es he called the com p an y that so ld him the safe. They sent som eone over, and A volio w as sim ply ro tatin g the s a fe ’s dial the w rong way. A volio plans to invest his prize money at this time, allow ing it to work for him as he plans his future. Since April 1985, m ore than $4.5 billion in prizes have been paid to O regon Lottery players and over $2 billion has been provided for eco­ nomic developm ent, jo b creation and education in Oregon. Kandis Brewer Nunn Joins Housing Authority of Portland Board The Housing Authority o f Portland (HAP) welcomes new com m issioner Kandis Brew er Nunn. Appointed to the Board o f Com m issioners by Port­ land M ayor Vera Katz, Nunn will work actively on the com m ission as a repre­ sentative o f the City o f Portland. "Kandis has been a consultant for us on communication issues in the past and has demonstrated a deep under­ standing o f what we can and should do and also a broad understanding o f what this means to the community,” said Denny West, HAP Executive Director. “She is accustomed to giving people advice in an effective way. She has a strong sense o f the larger community and experience in helping organizations like HAP keep it's healthy.” Nunn is the principal o f Strategic Re­ sources, LLC, providing counsel toorga- nizations with marketing, issues man­ agement and professional development needs. As a consultant, Nunn works with a vanety o f agenc ies and businesses April 7, 1999 on communication and public relations planning and implementation. She also works with clients to resolve transition and crisis management issues. In other community activities, Nunn is chair o f the O regon Entrepreneurs Forum, member and former boardmem- ber o f the Public Relations Society o f A m erica, board m em ber o f the C iti­ zens Crim e Com m ission, past local officer and national taskforce chair o f w om en in Com m unications, Inc. and founder and chair o f the A m bassa­ dors Public Relations Network. “People simply can ’t be effective in their jobs, or their children in the class­ room, if they lack a safe and affordable place to live,” said Nunn. “It is one o f the basics o f a top priority that we, as a collective, need to address. Nunn replacesJulieSterlingwho served on the Board on two different occasions for a penod o f close to eight years. The Housing Authority o f Portland provides affordable housing services for over 20,000 low income and a very low income people throughout Multnomah County, and its commissioners are repre­ sentative o f the county. The C om ­ mission in­ cludes one HAP resi­ dent co m ­ m issioner, tw o ap­ pointments by request of the Multnomah County Chair, two appointments by re­ quest o f the Mayor o f Gresham and four Portland-area appointments. All com ­ missioners are appointed by the Mayor o f Portland and approved by the Port- landCityCouncil. For m ore inform ation, please con­ tact HAP Public A ffairs Coordinator Joleen Colom bo at 802-8521. OLCC Requests Dates of High School Proms, and Graduations To m any high school seniors, “getting-dow n" and partying with classmates and friends after a prom or graduation cerem ony is as im portant as the actual dance and com m ence­ ment itself. The Oregon L îquor C ontrol Com- mission realizes that young people will celebrate these festive times, but doing so w ith o u t alco h o l is the agency’s goal. “Our goal is to make the unofficial celebrations alcohol-free,” said Gary McGrew, deputy director o fO L C C ’s regulatory field operations. “The O LCC is trying to prevent students from starting their sum m er vacation with a m inor in possession or driving under the influence charge, or even w orse a drastic injury or death,” M cG rew said. To com bat that problem o f under­ age drinking this tim e o f year, the OLCC collects the dates o f Oregon High School prom s and graduations to share w ith local law enforcem ent agencies and m ajor hotels. Last year the OLCC obtained the dates o f more than 260 graduations and proms. The dates are crucial to the OLCC in deter­ mining when there may be parties involving young people and alcohol. “ W hen w e leam about a private party involving m inors and alcohol, our sta ff w ill try to stop the party before it evens starts,” M cG rew ex ­ plained. "W e inform the sponsors or property ow ner that O regon law does not allow anyone but a parent or guardian to m ake alcohol avail­ able to a m inor.” O reg o n law s also states that ow ner’s o f property where such par­ ties take place are legally responsible and subject to having their property confiscated as well as faces a sub­ stantial fine. A nother law makes it illegal for the person in control o f a house; apartm ent or other property to knowongly allows a mm or to drink alcohol on the property. McGrew w arned that parents who hold alco­ hol parties for minors are subject to crim inal charges and civil liability. “Keep all parties involving minors alcohol free,” he urged. The OLCC has enlisted the cooperation o f O r­ egon beer w holesalers to help pre­ vent keg sales o fb ee r to minors. The agency requests w holesalers to tell custom ers about the penalties for furnishing alcohol to minors. The m inim um fine for furnishing is $350. W holesalers are also asked to report any sale o f a large num ber o f kegs to one buyer to the OLCC. A nyone with inform ation about party plans involving m inors and al­ cohol is encouraged to call the OLCC toll free, 1 -800-452-6522, or the local $ 1 5 5 ,0 0 0 Ford Foundation Grant The Ford Foundation has awarded $ 155,000 to Penn State for the confer­ ence and festival titled A gainst all Odds: African Languages and Litera­ tures into the 21st Century, planned for Jan. 11 -17,2000, in Asmara, Eritrea, in northeastern Africa. The conference and festival will recognize the achievements o f Afri­ can languages and literatures in the 20,h century and prom ote their contin­ ued growth and developm ent into the 21s' century. Dr. Charles Cantalupo, professor o f English at Penn State, said. He conceived the idea for this project and is an organizer. As he explains, “A renaissance is taking place in A frica today. A ndlike the European Renaissance that pre­ ceded it by som e 400 years, the A fri­ can Renaissance is going to be led by scholars w ho are w riting in their own languages. In doing so, they will be engaging in a verbal tradition that includes more than 1,000 African lan­ guages and dates back over the course o f a millennium .This conference and festival will recognize the rebirth o f African languages and literatures." To find out m ore about Against A ll O d d s, c o n ta c t D e b o ra h a. Benedetti-814-238-4895 O LCC office. (See local OLCC con­ tract person listed below.) In Oregon N o one other than the person’s parent or guardian can provide alco­ hol to a person under the age o f 21. N o person in control o f private property can allow a person under 21, who is not a childor ward o f the person in control, to drink alcohol on the property or to remain on the property. It is illegal for a m inor to m isrep­ resent their age and to m isrepresent their age to buy alcohol. The lic­ ensee or alcohol server to recover dam ages m ay sue a m inor w ho m is­ represents their age to anyone li­ censed by the OLCC. You are liable for damages incurred or caused by intoxicated guests away from your home, if you serve alcohol to the guest in your hom e and the guest was visibly intoxicated. If you provide alcohol to minors who are guests in your home, you are liable for injuries caused by the minor. Y our room, house, building, boat, structure or place o f any kind where alcohol is provided or sold to minors is subject to confiscation. The alco­ hol and other property including bars, glasses, chairs, tables, music devices, furniture, equipm ent may also be confiscated. Happy Birthday Trey Washington Me Lave You Friends of Trees Celebrates Community Tree Planting • Earth Day Celebration Set for Thursday, April 22, 1 9 9 9 at Sellwood Park M ore than 200 students will join Friends o f Trees and its public and private sector sponsors to celebrate Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 from 9am untiIN oonatSellw oodPark. This will be a special planting project where trees will be planted at Sellw ood Park, Sellwood Riverfront Park and Oaks Bottom W ildlife Refuge. Theplanting will be followed by a BBQ lunch pro­ vided by N atures Fresh Northwest. Earth D ay is the culm ination o f year 3 o f Seed the Future, Friends o f Trees five-year cam paign to restore our urban forest. Seed the Future is the region’s largest urban tree plant­ ing cam paign in history involving thousands o f volu n teers to plant 144,000 trees and seedl ings by 2001. Fnends o f Tree will announce the accom plishm ents for Y ear 3 and its goals for Y ear 4 o f the campaign. Earth Day will also mark the plant­ ing o f the 100.000"1 tree by Friends o f Trees since its inception in 1989. O n Earth Day, approxim ately 200 native trees w ill be p lan ted in O aks B ottom W ild life R efuge, 6 large trees in S ellw o o d Park an d 9 larg e trees in S ellw o o d R iv erfro n t Park. T h e re w ill also be e d u c a tio n a l b o o th s h ig h lig h tin g w etlan d e c o l­ ogy and urban refo restatio n as w ell as re p re se n ta tiv e s from sp o n so r­ ing o rg an iz atio n s such as P o rtlan d G en eral E lectric, N a tu re ’s F resh N o rth w e st and others. T here w ill be a short program before the p lan tin g begins. Invited speakers include M ayor V era K atz, G ov ern o r John K itzhaber and P ort­ land Public Schools S uperintendent B en C anada. W ith the year 2001 and the con­ clusion o f Seed the Future rapidly approaching. Friends o fT re es is en­ couraging neighborhoods to get in­ volved now to plan com m unity tree planting projects w hile th ere’s still tim e to jo in this historic campaign. The P ortland area is losing m any o f its stately, old trees to age, d is­ ease, urban grow th and w eather. Friends o f T r e e s are involving the com m unity to plant trees for future generations. Friends o fT re e s ' Seed the Future cam paign is a unique part­ nership w ith business, public ag en ­ cies and com m unity volunteers to plant 144,000 trees and seedlings by the year 2001. Seed the Future is supported by Presenting Sponsor Portland G en­ eral Electric, M ajor Sponsor Bank o f A m erica, Co-Sponsors Fred M eyer, Rosie 105, The Oregonian and Public A gency Co-Sponsors Portland Parks and R ecreation and C ity o f Portland Bureau o f Environm ental Services. Stop The Spread of Herpes S topping the spread o f genital herpes, acco rd in g to the N ew E n­ gland Journal o f M edicine, is p a r­ ticu larly u rg en t given the role o f h erpes in facilitatin g H IV tran sm is­ sion. T he latest d ata reveal a one in five prev alen ce am ong peo p le age 12 and o v er in the U nited S tates, representing an increase o f 30% over the last tw o decades. P articu larly h ard hit in the herpes epidem ic are A frican A m ericans, w ith nearly a 46% prevalence. C learly, concerted p revention effo rts are badly needed. Beginning April, 1,1999, the Ameri­ c a n S o c ia l H e a lth A s s o c ia tio n (ASH A), the n ation's prem iere non­ profit STD prevention organization, will launch a media-centered campaign for N ational STD A w areness M onth to stem the tide o f genital herpes in America. A report o f the latest preva­ lence statistics published in late 1998 by ASHA with the Kaiser Family Foun­ dation established further justifica- tion for a focused herpes cam paign, finding that approxim ately 45 million A m ericans are currently living with the virus. Stop the Spread o f Herpes has the follow ing com ponents: The slogan: “ Herpes. Spread the W ord. Not the Virus ”; A series o f five radio public ser­ vice announcem ents (PSAs) in ; 15, : 30, and : 60 formats to be broadcast in three roll-out cities beginning April 1, 1999; Initial roll-out cities o fN ew York City, W ashington, DC, and Raleigh/ Durham, NC; • The results o f a Y ankelovich tele­ phone survey o f 1,000 individuals assessing herpes know ledge, atti­ tudes and beliefs in the US; Y ankelovich study results o f an over 500 sam pling o f African A m eri­ ca n s; T h e Genital Herpes Quiz (3 primer m edia questions derived from the Y ankelovich study); A m edia tour o f radio, print and television news launching April 1,1999 and featuring ASHA President, Linda L. A lexander, PhD, FAAN; ■A new toll-free telephone num ber for herpes-specific inform ation and counseling: 1-877-411-HERPES; The availability o f several ASH A- approved and nationally recognized patient- and provider-onented print materials on genital herpes (via the same toll-free number); and Several additional campaign com ­ p o n e n ts— u p o n fu n d in g p ro c u re ­ m ent-are planned, including a televi­ sion feature and PSA, purchased air time for both radio and television, posters, billboards, transit boards and an enhanced herpes w ebsite. For further inform ation, contact A llison W nght Kalloo, D irector o f P u b lic R e la tio n s : e -m a il allkal(