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Key ChildCare Bills To
e Signed By Governor
Salem— House Bills 2240 and
2241 were signed into law by Gover
nor Kitzhaber on September 1st in
the G overnor’s Ceremonial Office
at 1:10 p.m. These bills are the
result o f the efforts o f advocate
groups, including the Oregon Com
mission for Child Care, who want to
ensure each Oregon child has ac
cess to safe, dependable and devel-
opmentally appropriate child care.
Unlike other states, Oregon does
not have on-site reviews o f family
childcare facilities to ensure basic
health and safety standards are met.
Thanks to three important bills, Or
egon is about to take major steps to
remedy these problems:
House Bill 2240 - requires the
Child Care D ivision to respond to
all serious com plaints about child
detection training before register
ing with the state.
Rep. Kitty Piercy (D -Eugene)
an d S en. V e rn e D u n c a n (R -
M ilw aukie) will be on hand to
speak about the efforts to increase
safety for Oregon children.
“ Parents, providers and com
m unity leaders wanted the state to
take additional measures to en
sure basic health and safety stan
dards for our children in child
care,” said Rep. Piercy. “On this
im portant issue, the 1999 Legisla
ture stepped up to the plate and
made a difference.”
Both bills were pushed through
by a non-partisan coalition o f ad
vocates, agencies and legislators
dedicated to improving the health
and well being o f Oregon children.
care businesses. It will provide
staffing to review , assess and pri
oritize all o f the com plaints re
ceived so that on-site investiga
tions can be conducted.
House Bill 2 2 4 1-requires the
state to review all new in-home
fam ily childcare facilities before
issuing a registration certificate.
These on-site reviews will ensure
th at p ro v id e rs m eet m inim um
health and safety requirem ents,
receive inform ation on childcare
health and safety and are made
aw are o f local resources and avail
able training and supporters.
Senate Bill 110— requires fam
ily child care providers to take
in fan t and c h ild first-aid/C P R
courses, obtain food handling cer
tificates and attend child abuse
Festival ’99 Brings in 14
Tons of Donated Food
In addition to the music and the
message, the 90,000 people who
attended the Luis Palau Festival
99 at W aterfront Park A ugust 20
and 21 contributed over 14 tons o f
non-perishable food to local relief
agencies. T h at’s enough food to
fill a sem i-truck, provide 22,007
m eals or fill 817 thirty-five pound
foodbaskets. According to Evelyn
A lexander, Executive D irector o f
CH O W , C hurches H elping our
W orld, the donated food will be
d is trib u te d to ten m e tro -a re a
churches, the Salvation A rm y, the
Water
Conservation
Workshop
H a p p y 2 n d B ir th d a y
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Do you want a free watering can, hose
nozzle, wildflower seeds andmuchmore?
By attending a free Water Conservation
Workshop, you can receive a tree kit of
water-conservation materials that can help
you save up to $80 a year on your water
andsewerbills. The workshop will teach
you how to detect leaks around your
home, control your water-sew er bill, re
pair leaky faucets and toilets, and more.
We will also share ways we all can live
comfortably while reducing water use.
All Portland residents will receive a kit
worth $25... for FREE. Call the Com
munity Energy Project at 284-6827 with
questions or to register. Sponsored by
the Portland Water bureau.
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W ednesday, Septem ber 15
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Hosford Community School
2303 SE 28th PL.
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Tuesday, Septem ber 21
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
OckleyGreenCommunity School
6031 N. Montana
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Quindrea and Ivrln Hines
A lthough the number o f tourist
There were a few more dow n
visiting the country are down and
sides to visiting this lovely part o f
mage stepping off a plane into a
the governm ent is unable to spur
A frica. In Nairobi, K enya, scan
dals top the headlines o f many
country thousands o f miles from
growth according to the Daily N a
local new spapers. The govern
home. A place where English is
tion, Kenya should be on your list
ment ordered tear gas on peaceful
spoken but yet very difficult to un o f places to visit in the near future,
derstand because it’s not American
if you travel to Africa. From the
protesters o f a proposed budget.
English. A place where the govern
beautiful beaches o f Malindi and
In accordance with the turm oil, we
also encountered a relatively high
ment can order an army to clear the
M om b asa to the so a p -sto n e fa c
am ount o f air pollution, crow ded
streets at anytime due to demonstra
to r ie s in K is ii, to u r is t have
streets and little respect for traffic
tions or protests. That happens to
p le n ty o f site s to see. I f you
laws. Here few obey the traffic
take place right outside the building
d o n ’t lik e w a te rfro n t a ttra c tio n s
lig h ts d an g ero u sly o v e r-fille d
you are visiting.
o r fine a rts e x h ib its, th e re is a l
w ays h ik in g at Me, K enya. From
m ini-vans, seating as m any as 12-
B etter yet, p ic tu re y o u rse lf
15, speed through the streets with
the b reath taking Mau M au caves
w alking dow n a street and som e
w indow art glorifying W estern in
to s i t e s o v e r lo o k in g L a k e
one begins talking to you because
V ic to ria y o u ’re alm ost g u a ra n
fluences. Street hustlers in busi
you c a n ’t understand the conver
teed to e n jo y yo u rself.
ness attire dom inate the nearly
sation, they harass you. They
identify them selves as the police,
show false identificatio n and d e
m and to see your passport. W hat
do you do?
This can happen to anyone. It
happened to me. The key is to be
smart. The key is to face your fear.
Tourists are faced with this situa
tion and other problems all over the
world. As people begin to want to see
more o f the world they have to take
into consideration their duties as tour
ists. Possession o f a visa, passport,
airline ticket, confirmed hotel reser
F O O D & DRUG
vations and the booking ofa reputable
tour company and guide are just a fewr
things a tourist should ensure to pro
mote a successful vacation.
Q uestions to consider prior to
traveling abroad should include:
Did you research the plane in which
you w ant to visit? Is the place
relatively safe for A m ericans? Are
the people and the governm ent in
In Your Oregonian FOODday
volved in conflict? Is your coun-
in the Portland Metro Area
i try at conflict with this country? Is
it safe to drink the w ater? Is pub
...and save more by shopping
lic transportation available? W hat
is the exchange rate o f currency?
at Safeway.
Manor House.
Do I know enough o f their lan
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Sold in 4-lb. bags only,
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Many travel agencies provide few
custom er testim onials concerning
dealings with tour com panies and
guides. They primarily recommend
the most commonly used com pa
nies or the ones with the best re
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views. Travel agencies rarely men
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swindled the poor old couple o f
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Portland Rescue Mission and Teen
Challenge. CHOW will also help
direct fam ilies in need to food as
sistance in their area. CHOW may
be reached at (503) 295-8094.
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African Tourism: Through My Eyes
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gridlock city. Tourist stand out
especially those o f European dis
sent. Black A m ericans are also
unable to blend due to their d is
tinct dialects.
Despite Kenya being a so-called
developing country, th e re ’s no
need for foreign media to down
play the social reputation o f this
great country. Kenya is rich with
tea and herbs, crafts, historical
sites, national safari parks and
abundant wildlife. W ith govern
m ental efforts aimed to strengthen
public relations in foreign media
and the revam ping o f the tourist
board, big things are in the future
for this up and com ing country.
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