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February 28,2001
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D ear Jo h n ,
I a m 14 y e a r s o ld a n d w a n t
m y b e lly b u tto n a n d n o s e
p ie rc e d .
u n f a ir a n d w e w a n t to m a k e a
d e c is io n w ith o u t b e in g c o n
c e r n e d a b o u t w h a t o u r lo v e d
W h a t s h o u ld I d o ?
A ngry T een, in P o rtla n d
o n e s m a y th in k . I fe e l th is a
s e lf is h a c t o n y o u r p a rt.
e n ts a re b e in g v e ry h a rd o n
y o u . Y o u d o n 't h a v e to e x p e
r ie n c e s o m e th in g to le a rn
D id y o u d o a n y r e s e a r c h o n
a b o u t it. Y o u r p a r e n t s a r e t r y
g e ttin g y o u r n o s e o r b e lly b u tto n
in g to h e lp y o u . s o y o u n e e d to
f in d o t h e r w a y s to e x p r e s s
p lo r e w h a t c o u l d h a p p e n . F o r
y o u r u n iq u e n e s s . W h e n y o u
tu r n 18. a n d a r e o n y o u r o w n .
s ta r t e r s , y o u c a n g e t a n in f e c
tio n in y o u r n o s e . A n d . y o u w ill
h av e a p e rm a n e n t m a rk o n y o u r
y o u can m ak e y o u r o w n d e c i
s io n s . U n til t h e n , y o u n e e d to
lis te n to y o u r p a r e n t s .
fa c e .
D e a r A ngry,
By J o h n O d a , Ph.D .
fo r T he P o rtla n d O b se rv e r
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In s e e k i n g a j o b . m o s t
th a t y o u w a n t y o u r c a k e a n d e a t
s h o u l d n 't m a k e a d if f e r e n c e .
it to o . S o m e tim e s lif e s e e m s
T h a n k s fo r w ritin g . It a p p e a r s
e m p lo y e rs
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ta k e
y o u s e rio u s ly . Y o u n e e d
to l i s t e n t o y o u r p a r e n t s
HOME REPAIR TEAM
Providence Ranks in The Top 10
a 100-point scale based on 30 criteria
including hospital occupancy rates,
financial stability, range o f services,
accessibility o f care and use o f tech
nology.
The rating does not include an evalu
ation o f the quality ofm edical care but.
according to SMG, recognizes that
efficient organizations better s e n e pa
tients.
“This ranking exemplifies the dedi
cation o f our em ployees and physician
We’ll se t all those "honey-dcâ" done.
partners to provide our com m u
nities with excellent service."
said John Lee. ch ief executive.
Providence H ealth System in
Oregon. "W e are proud that the
efficient and diverse se n ic e s
within our health system have
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Most Students Meet Shot Requirements
(A P) — T housands o f letters sent
to O regon parents rem inding them to
get their seventh-graders’ shots up
dated seem to have gotten the m es
sage across.
A lthough final num bers w o n ’t be
turned in to the O regon H ealth D ivi
sion for another three w eeks, health
officials say spot checks indicate
m ost schools sent few students hom e
last W ednesday, the E xclusion D ay
deadline for getting kids vaccinated
o r shot records o r exem ption notices
turned in.
A m anda T im m ons, w ho handles
im m unization law for the state, said
anyw here from 14 percent to 18 per
cent o f children in day-care centers,
H ead Start program s and schools are
turned aw ay from school each winter.
So although Tim m ons still expects
a bigger crop ofex clu sio n s this year,
the low num bers got high praise.
Im m unization law covers children
o f all ages. B ut the spotlight
this year w as on seventh-grad
ers. A 1997 state rule m andated .
three new vaccinations — fo r|
chicken pox, m easles and hepa
titis B — for that age group.
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Plan to Control
Emissions
P ortland city leaders w an t to find
n ew w ays to k eep g re e n h o u se gas
em issio n s in check.
E ig h t y ears a g o , th e c ity b ecam e
th e first in the n atio n to c re ate a
p lan to cu t ca rb o n d io x id e e m is
sions often linked w ith global w arm
ing. S in ce th e n , th in g s h av e g o tte n
w orse.
B u t c ity o ffic ia ls d o n ’t w an t to
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Grandmaster Ou W en Wei,
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present a series o f workshops,
lectures, and private healing ses
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Pan Gu Shengong, also known
as The Heaven, Earth, Sun and
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Qigong first development in
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Providence H ealth System in O r
egon has been nam ed the ninth best-
run com prehensive m edical system in
the country by SM G Marketing Group.
The results were published Feb. 19 in
M odem H ealthcarem agazine. Provi
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SMG M arketing Group, a Chicago-
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