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68 sto res in 18 sta te s and B ritish
C olum bia, and em ploys som e 6,000
people. W ild O ats o p era tes under
m u ltip le trade nam es, in clu d in g
W ild O ats, A lfa lfa ’s, C ap ers and
O asis, w hich has tw o sto res located
in E ugene, O regon.
N atu re’s N orthw est has been in
business since 1969 and currently
operates six stores in the greater
Portland area. The m erger w ith W ild
O ats w ill have no im pact on the
planned opening o f N atu re’s sev­
enth store in the L aurelhurst n eig h ­
borhood in M ay, the relocation o f
the F rem ont store in June or the new
G resham store scheduled to open in
the fourth quarter o f 1999.
“ T h is is a g r e a t m o v e fo r
N a tu re ’s,” said B rian R o h ter, G en ­
e ra l M an ag er o f N a tu re ’s. “ W ild
O ats is very sim ila r to N a tu re ’s in
te rm s o f the p ro d u cts w e o ffe r, o u r
c o re v alues an d cu ltu re. T h is is
an o th er m ajo r ste p to w ard s fu lfill­
ing o u r goal o f m ak in g n atu ra l
p ro d u cts a ffo rd ab le and accessib le
to m o re p e o p le .”
“ W e are d e lig h te d to ad d the
N a tu r e ’s s to re s to W ild O a ts ’
g ro w in g n atio n al fam ily o fn a tu ra l
foods su p e rm a rk ets,” said Jim Lee.
P re s id e n t an d C h ie f O p e ra tin g
O ffic e r o f W ild O ats. T h ey are a
ste lla r group o f sto res, an d w e look
fo rw ard to e x p a n d in g the N a tu re ’s
n am e in th e P acific N o rth w e st.”
Violent Student Bill Goes to Senate
A ttem p tin g to ad d ress the issue
o f school v io le n ce , th e H ouse o f
R epresentatives this w eek approved
a bill req u irin g sch o o l d istric ts to
adopt p o licies on m an ag in g stu ­
dents w hom th rea ten s v io le n ce or
harm to o th ers in o u r schools.
HB 3444 requires school districts
to develop policies directing adm in­
istrators to consider:
Im m e d ia te ly re m o v in g fro m
th e c la ssro o m any s tu d e n t w ho
h as th re a te n e d to in ju re an o th e r
p e r s o n o r to s e v e re ly d a m a g e
sc h o o l p ro p e rty :
P lacin g th e stu d en t in a settin g
w h ere th e b e h a v io r w ill receiv e
im m ediate a tten tio n , in clu d in g the
o ffic e o f the p rin c ip a l, v ic e p rin c i­
pal, a ssista n t p rin c ip a l, o r c o u n se ­
lo r o r an o u tsid e p sy c h o lo g ist or
p sy c h ia tris t, and
Requiring the student to be evalu­
ated by a licensed counselor, p sy ­
chologist or psychiatrist before al­
low ing the student to return to the
classroom .
The policies m ust also require the
adm inistrator to notify the parent or
legal guardian o f the student’s b e­
havior and the sch o o l’s response.
HB 3444 now heads to the Senate
for consideration.
U .S .
C O M M IS S IO N
cation Com m ittee.
SB 1299, sp o n so red by Sen. S u­
san C a stillo (D -E u g en e ), ca lls for
the in v e n to ry to e v a lu a te K -12
school facilities by id e n tify in g d e­
ferred m ain ten an ce n eed s, cap ito l
rep a ir req u irem en ts and p ro jected
facility needs b ased on stu d en t en ­
ro llm en t grow th.
“ T he fa c ilitie s n ee d s o f
O re g o n ’s 198 sch o o l d istric ts are
so v arie d , a re lia b le in v e n to ry o f
A conservative estimate o f college
costs for a full-time student runs from
$10,000-530,000; high cost colleges
can run from $40,000-$ 100,000! Most
parents and student think that scholar­
ships are only for the students with
excellent grades, low-income families,
or the athletically inclined. A small
example ofthe numerous scholarships
available to students include; Handi­
capped Student Scholarships, Mem­
bers o f a Church Scholarships, Schol­
arships for“C ” Students, V eteran Chil­
dren” Scholarships, Scholarships for
Minorities and much, m uch more.
Though the majority ofscholarships
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H igh school ju niors and seniors
will be able to transfer to any high
school that has space available for
them if the bill approved this w eek
by the house E ducation C om m ittee
becom es law.
HB 2370, introduced by Rep.
Roger B eyer (R -M olalla), requires
school districts to adm it non-resi
dent high school students (grades 9-
i 12)
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k n n i c t students
n H p n k i f if
to their high e n school
space is available. U nder current
law, inter-district transfers require
perm ission o f the sending and re­
ceiving school district boards.
“A llow ing unlim ited transfers o f
students betw een high schools cre­
ates a m ultitude o f problem s for
school districts trying to deal with
facilities capacity.
“ The
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districts if requested to do so by either
the school district board, or 500, or five
percent o f the registered voters in the
district, whichever is less. If such a
request is made, the district boundary
board orders a change.
“ G iv en the p a rtic u la r fin an cial
stru g g le facin g m any sm all school
d istric ts, a b ill allo w in g th e c re ­
atio n o f m o re sm all sch o o l dis-
O T he A ssociated
P ress
O K L A H O M A C IT Y - T h e
d ea th to ll sto o d at 43 to d a y a fte r
fierce to rn a d o e s d e s tro y e d e n tire
n e ig h b o rh o o d s in O k lah o m a and
K an sas. O ne m o n stro u s tw iste r
ch e w ed a c ro ss m ile s o f T o rn a d o
A lle y fo r fo u r h o u rs.
T he state m edical ex a m in e r said
38 p eo p le w ere k ille d in O k la ­
h o m a a lo n e in M o n d a y ’s sto rm s,
sp o k e sm an R ay B lak e n ey said.
T h e la r g e s t tw is t e r fo rm e d
ab o u t 45 m iles so u th w e st o f O k la ­
h o m a C ity an d cu t a p ath at le ast a
h alf-m ile w ide. W h ile m any to r­
n ad o e s are sh o rt-liv e d , th is one
sta y ed on th e g ro u n d for ab o u t
fo ur h o u rs, sa id W ay n e R uff, a
N atio n al W e a th e r S e rv ic e m e te o ­
ro lo g ist. L o cal T V sta tio n s fo l­
lo w ed it w ith liv e b ro a d c a sts.
T he d am ag e ’’lo o k s lik e th e
M u rrah B u ild in g , b u t in ste a d o f
n ine sto rie s ta ll, i t ’s sp rea d o u t
o v e r a la r g e a r e a ,” O k la h o m a C ity
assistant fire c h ie f Jon H ansen said,
refe rrin g to th e fed e ra l b u ild in g
b o m b in g in 1995.
M ore severe thunderstorm s w ith
sc a tte re d tw iste rs rip p le d ac ro ss
the P lain s th is m o rn in g , and to r ­
n ad o w arn in g s w e re p o ste d fo r
p a rts o f c e n tra l O k lah o m a. A to r­
n ad o w atc h c o v e re d m u ch o f the
rest o f the state.
In W a s h i n g t o n , P r e s i d e n t
C lin to n d e c la re d 11 O k la h o m a
c o u n tie s an d o n e in K an sas fe d ­
eral d isa ste r areas.
A b o u t , 50 m iles n o rth o f O k la ­
h o m a C ity , a to rn a d o sp a w n e d by
the sam e sto rm sy stem to ssed m o ­
b ile h o m es lik e tin ca n s, d am ag e d
h o u se s an d k ille d at le a st fiv e
p eo p le in W ich ita, K an ., an d its
su b u rb o f H a y sv ille . H o s p ita ls
tre a te d m ore than 100 p eo p le.
new units Rite Aid plans to open in
Detroit this year.
Said Grass; “This contribution fur­
ther demonstrates Rite A id’s commit­
m ent to providing job opportunity
and higher education for minorities.
W e are very pleased to be able to give
back to the Detroit com munity which
has been so supportive o f Rite Aid."
In accepting the donation on be­
h a lf o f W ayne S tate U n iv ersity
H anley N. A bram son, associated
dean o fth e College o f Pharm acy and
Allied Health Professionals said, “Af­
rican A m erican citizens are greatly
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terscholastic activities and com pli-
ance w ith O regon School A ctivities
A ssociation (O S A A ) inter-district
and should be defeated, said John
M arshall, O S B A ’s director o f legis­
lative services.
The full H ouse w ill consider HB
2370 som etim e next week.
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d e fe a te d ,” sa id O SB A D irec to r o f
L e g is la tiv e
S e r v ic e s
Jo h n
M a rsh all. “ W h ile m any c itiz e n s
y ea rn fo r the retu rn to sm a lle r,
co m m u n ity -b ased school d istricts,
the fu n d in g sim p ly is n ’t th e re to
Thestate'shottestentrepreneursmust
act soon to be considered for the 1999
Oregon Entrepreneurship Awards, the
highest recognition in Oregon for those
business people who create a company
out o f an idea. The awards ceremony
will take place Thursday, September 9,
1999, at the Ballroom in the Oregon
Convention Center. The deadline for
submitting entry forms is Fnday, May
14,1999.ContacttheOregonEntrepre-
neurs Forum at (503) 222-2270 or info
@ oef.org to request an entry form.
1999 O regon E ntrepreneur— for
overall accom plishm ent.
su p p o rt th e m .”
HB 2371 will be considered by
the full H ouse som etim e next week.
Deadly Twisters Ripped Through Oklahoma and Kansas
’ ’It is w o rse th an w h at you can
s e e ,” sa id B o b T h o m p so n , a fire
b a t t a l i o n c h i e f in S e d g w ic k
C o u n ty , K an. H e said m o re deaths
w ere p o ssib le , and d o g s w ere used
today to search the rubble o f hom es
in W ich ita.
C h a d H arris w as w ith seven
p eo p le in sid e his m o b ile hom e in
H ay sv ille w h en it w as flip p ed o ver
and d em o lish ed . T w o o f his co m ­
p an io n s w ere c ritic a lly injured.
* ’I have no tra ile r,” H arris said.
” W e all ro lle d in it. It w as the
w o rst e x p e rie n c e in m y lif e .”
In O klah o m a, the d ead included
11 p eo p le in B rid g e C ree k , about
30 m iles so u th w e st o f O k lah o m a
C ity , sa id Ben F riz ze ll, sp o k e s­
m an for th e sta te O ffic e o f E m er­
gen cy M anag em en t.
O th ers d ied in O k lah o m a C ity
and n ea rb y M id w e st C ity , M oore,
D el C ity an d N orm an.
" W e ’re r e a lly j u s t g e ttin g
s t a r t e d o n th e f o o t - b y - f o o t
s e a rc h ,” C lay to n T ay lo r, a Red
C ross sp o k e sm an , said to d ay in
O k lah o m a C ity.
" W e h av e w h o le co m m u n ities
that sim ply a re n ’t th ere an y m o re ,”
O klahom a G ov. Frank K eating told
N B C ’s " T o d a y ” show . " I t c e r­
ta in ly lo o k s like a h u g e b attle has
tak en p la c e .”
The num ber o f houses d e­
stro y ed in the O k lah o m a C ity area
a p p r o a c h e d 2 ,0 0 0 . C a rs w e re
to sse d a b o u t and c ru sh e d . N a tu ­
ra l g as sp e w e d fro m ru p tu re d
lin es. U tility p o le s w ere s p lin ­
te re d in to k in d lin g .
H o sp ita ls in the O k lah o m a C ity
m etro are a treated 563 p eo p le for
to rn a d o -re la te d in ju rie s , p o lic e
C apt. C h a rle s A lle n said
" I ’ve been through the w ar in
G erm any. I ’ve had bom bs fall all
around me. Now I’ve been in a tor­
application deadlines, sum m aries
about the scholarships and the am ount
the scholarship will pay your child.
M any scholarships pay the entire
tuition; others can be applied tow ards
tuition, living expenses, a n d or other
fees. Most scholarships can be used
at junior colleges, career and voca­
tional schools, 4 year colleges, gradu­
ate schools, medical and law schools.
For information on obtaining these
scholarship lists, send a self-ad ­
dressed, stamped, business size, # 10,
envelope to; The U.S. C om m ission
for Scholastic A ssistance, P.O. Box
668, O ’Fallon, IL 62269
underrepresented in the pharm acy
profession, especially in m etropoli­
tan Detroit. 1 w ish to com m end R ite
A id for its support o f the C o lleg e’s
e fforts to recruit m ore African A m eri­
can students into W ayne State’s phar­
m acy program. This is an investm ent
not only in the lives o f individual
students, but also in the future o f the
D etroit com m unity.”
In addition to this newly announced
gift. Rite Aid annually awards three
scholarships to students at W ayne
State University’s School o f Phar­
m acy for scholastic achievement.
Nominations For Oregon
Entrepreneurship
Huge Tornadoes Killed
Dozens in Midwest
B y T im T alley
are from the Federal Government and
are merit and or need-based, billions of
dollars are available to students from
private sector scholarships. Much of
private sector financial aid goes unused
because the parents and students do not
know how or where to apply
There are organizations that have
spent hundreds o f hours in research
locating scholarship sources. The U.S.
Commission for Scholastic Assistance
- College Bound is such an organiza­
tion and supplies the public w ith over
700 different private scholarship
sources. The scholarship list include
the scholarship names, addresses,
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m- Qgp Announces Winners at the Annual Dinner Thursday, September 9
Bill Would Allow School District Spilt
A procedure allow ing school dis
tricts to split into tw o or m ore sm aller
districts w as set up this w eek in a
bill approved by the H ouse E duca­
tion C om m ittee.
HB 2371, introduced by Rep. Roger
Beyer (R-M olalla), amends the school
district boundary change law (ORS
Chapter 330) to allow school districts
to divide into two or more smaller
A S S IS T A N C E
Rite Aid Announces $10,000 Gift
To WSU For Minority Students
Camp Hill, Pa. (June 26, 1998) -
Rite Aid Corporation announced that
it would contribute $ 10,000 to Wayne
State U niversity’s School o f Phar­
macy. The funds, w hich will be ad­
ministered through the university’s
Office o f M inority Recruitm ent and
Development, will provide five schol­
arships for m inority students.
the ex ten t o f th o se n eed s is long
Rite Aid Chairm an and C h ief E x­
o v e r-d u e ,” said O S B A D ire c to r o f ecutive Officer M artin G rass made
L egislative S ervices John M arshall the announcem ent during a Grand
in su p p o rt o f SB 1299.
opening celebration June 11 for the
The bill w as referred to the Joint Rite Aid store at 10950 Gratiot in
W ays and M eans C om m ittee for Detroit. The store is the first o f 10
funding. No action in that com m ittee
is currently scheduled.
High School student Transfer OK’d
S C H O L A S T IC
College Tuition Assistance
School Facilities Inventory Set
T he Senate D epartm ent o f Edu­
cation w ill conduct inventory o f K-
12 school facilities under a bill ap­
proved this w eek by the Senate E du­
FOR
nad o ,” 73-year-old A nna K nerr said
today in a shelter in M idw est City.
M rs. K n e rr said she an d her
h u sb an d h id in a c lo se t b e fo re the
sto rm hit. " T h e n th e re ju s t w as
th is c re e p y f e e lin g ,” sh e said.
" T h e n ex t th in g I know I w as c o v ­
ered. T he r o o f ju s t co lla p se d on
m e .” She and h er h u sb an d craw led
to safety .
T h e N a tio n a l S ev ere S to rm s
L ab o rato ry in N orm an said the to r­
n ado m ay h av e b een a m ile w id e at
tim es. T he w eath er se rv ic e ’s D avid
A ndra p re d ic te d the tw iste r w o u ld
be c a te g o riz e d at le ast an F4, the
se c o n d -stro n g e st to rn ad o c la s s ifi­
ca tio n , d e fin e d as a sto rm w ith
w in d at 207 to 260 m ph.
It w o u ld p ro b ab ly be late today
b efo re th e s ta ff at the la b o ra to ry
co u ld d e te rm in e ju s t how stro n g
the to rn ad o w as, rese arch e r H arold
B ro o k s said.
T he sy stem also sp a w n e d tw ist­
ers in n o rth an d w est T ex a s, but
d id no m a jo r d am ag e th ere.
T he m ain to rn ad o in O k lah o m a
form ed n ear C h ick a sh a, a b o u t 45
m iles so u th w e st o f th e ca p ita l. It
p lo w ed ac ro ss the flat c o u n try ­
sid e, to p p lin g trees, p o w er lin es,
b u ild in g s an d cars u n til it rip p ed
in to so u th O k lah o m a C ity .
T he N atio n al W e ath er S erv ice
issu ed its first to rn ad o w arn in g at
4 :4 9 p .m . M o n d a y as tw is te rs
sta rted o v er ru ral p arts o f th e state.
T e le v isio n sta tio n s s ta rte d live
co v e rag e a few m in u tes la ter, fo l­
lo w in g the sto rm s w ith ca m eras
an d rad a r for ab o u t tw o h o u rs b e­
fore the to rn ad o e s sla m m e d into
the O k lah o m a C ity area.
L ast y ea r, to rn a d o e s k ille d 42
p eo p le aro u n d K issim m ee , Fla.,
on Feb. 2 2 -2 3 , an d 34 p e o p le died
in the are a o f B irm in g h am , A la.,
on A p ril 8.
•1999 O regon Em erging Com-
pany-for the best perform ance tak­
ing a product or sendee to market
■ 1999 O regon Technology Entre­
preneur— for the best technology
com pany perform ance.
1999 O regon Service Entrepre­
neur— for the best entrepreneurial
service perform ance.
1999 O regon M anufacturing En­
trepreneur— for the best hard-good
m anufacturing perform ance.
To choose the winners, and inde­
pendent panel ofbusiness leaders, ven­
ture capitalists, investment bankers and
service providers will evaluate the final­
ist on a set o f key criteria, including
innovation, leadership, financial suc­
cess and friture plans. In 1998,theevent
was attended by more than 1,100 people
from Oregon’s business community.
T he O regon E n trep ren eu rsh ip
Aw ards D inner is the second event in
the O regon E ntrepreneurs Forum
Special Events S enes. T he other
events are the C onference on E ntre­
preneurship scheduled for W ednes­
day, May 26, 1999. and Venture
Oregon scheduled for W ednesday
and Thursday, O ctober 6-7, 1999
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with her sick child 24 hours a day
because of a kitchen on the floor and a
nearby laundry room. Thank you for
a job well
done.’
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