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\ olii me XXX. Number 6 Committed to Cultural Diversity See inside www.theportlandobserver.com 50* See inside The Focus . centers in on Black H istory M onth State Farm offers Kids D ay February 9, 2000 Bulk Rate U.S. Pottage Crimestoppers PAID Portland, OR Permit No. 1610 See inside or ani» ©bse R i v e r s i , , o f Oregon Kn‘ght Library ^ ewsPaper Section tu g en e OR 97403 No shots mean no school for Oregon children Last February, 22,285 parents throughout the state received reminder letters from their local health department, letting them know which immunizations were stil I required for their child. A total o f3,652 children ended up being excluded from school in 1998. That number was a 55 percent increase over the previous year. We believe the change in immunization requirements last year was a big reason so many more children were excluded from school, Romey says. We expect a higher than average number again this year, because this is only the second year o f the new requirements. State administrative rules now require that kindergartners receive vaccines for Hepatitis B and a second dose of measles vaccine. Children attending preschool or child care also need the Hepatitis B vaccine. The rules went into effect with the 1998-99 school year. These requirements protect a new group ofOregons children against the potentially deadly hepatitis B virus and its complications, said Romey. Hepatitis B vaccine has been proven to be highly effective and safe, and has been a routine infant immunization since 1991. The second measles containing vaccine has been recommended since 1990. Romey emphasized that it iscriticalforchildren and students to receive recommended immunizations, particularly because disease is easily spread in schools and child care centers. Parents seeking immunizations for their children should contact their private provider, county health clinic or call Oregon SafeNetat l-800-SAFENET,or 1-8OO-723-3638. Those who li vein the Portland metro area can reach SafeNet at 988-5858.. • Students w ill not be allow ed into school if they are not im m unized by February 16, D epartm ent o f H um an Services says A higher than normal number o f children face possible exclusion from school or child care facilities this month because they have not met expanded immunization requirements, according to public health officials at the Department o f Human Services. The final deadline for bringing a child's immunization record up-to-date is Feb. 16, says Karin Romey, health educator at the Oregon Health Division. On that morning, children and young people who do not have their required immunizations will be sent home from their school or childrens facility until they can provide proof ofadequate immunization. Z ac Vasilinda, CHN, provides immunizations for children Sunday. ■MKW Portland police investigate murder of Portland cab driver for T he P ortland O bserves The Broadway Cab Company said one o f its drivers, shot to death over the weekend, was not the kind of person who would have fought with a gunman. The company says 30- year-old Jonathan Johnson would have willingly given up whatever money he had. Johnson was found dead in his cab early Saturday morning in Northeast Portland. Police say the killer may have called for a taxi from a phone booth in Southeast Portland, near 17th and Tenino. Officers dusted the booth for fi ngerprints over the weekend. Pol ice say they have not yet established a motive for the murder. The crime sent shockwaves through Portland’s taxi community. “It shakes you up inside. You feel sorry foryour fellow driver and his family,” said D riv e r B utch M iller. Tim Kuppenbender from Radio Cab said the killing is a sharp reminder of just how dangerous the job is, “It makes everybody aware, how bad it can be out there and (that) they’re in danger.” A celebration of Black History Month Homes collide during the Vanport flood o f 1948. Inside you will fin d The Portland Observer's special on the era o f 1900 to 1950 during Tiger's on a streak That Tiger Woods has won six straight PGA Tour events is hard enough to believe. No one has won more than three in a row since the year Dwight Eisenhow er moved into the White House. But while Woods streaks toward history, the 24-year-old is quickly carving out a niche as perhaps the most exciting player golf has ever seen. His amazing comeback Monday at storied Pebble Beach was a com posite o f the best traits belonging to the best players — the skill o f Ben Hogan, the thrill of Arnold Palmer, the will o f Jack Tiger Woods follows his shot Nicklaus. from the fourth tee o f the Pebble “I’m just trying to make golf shots Beach G olf Links during final and give myself a chance to win,” round play o f the AT&T Pebble Woods said Monday after his victory in the Pebble Beach Beach National Pro-Am in National Pro-Am, where he was Pebble Beach. Calif, Monday, seven strokes behind with seven Feb. 7, 2000. holes to play. B la c k H is to r y J\^ionth. (Please see Sports page Bi Friday Weather cloudy Through t he weekend Today 50°F/10°C Saturday Rainy cloudy Thursday Rainy 36°F /2°C 48°F/8°C 31°F/-1°C Sunday Partial clearing 47°F/8°C 36°F/2°C 50°F/10°C 48°F/3°C 52°F/11°C 4I°F /4°C t Inside-A Week in Review................... 2 Alaska jet has an emergency landing..................................... 3 High blood pressure seminar offered.................................... 5 Burger King releases warning of Pokemon toy........................... 6 Metro-B Interstate MAX is on its way............................................1 Agassi on a streak.........................................2 Trailblazers on top and on a roll.......................................... 3 El Observador....................... 4 This Week in History On February 11, 1990 » A lter 27 years in a South African prison, 7 1-year- old Nelson Mandela was finally released On February 12, 1909 The National Association for the Advancement o f Colored People (N A A C P ) was founded in New York C ity by a group o f black and white people O n February 13.1946 The w orld's first fully functional electronic digital computer, the Flectromc Numencal Integrator and ( alculator I N I A C ) was turned on for the first time On February 14, IR76 At noon inventor Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for his new invention the telephone r w o hours later his rival. Flisha (ira y . applied for a similar patent Bell's patent was granted I t