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March 14, 2001
Administrator, Physicians Join Local Workforce
A new adm inistrator and two
new physicians have recently joined
th e P ro v id en ce H ealth System ,
O regon’s second largest employer.
Richard Smith has joined Provi
dence M ilwaukee Hospital as di
rector o f Clinical Developm ent.
Sm ith will develop and implement
new or im proved lines o f business
Richard E. Smith
for the hospital, including long
term vision, and primary and spe
cialty care.
“ I am looking forward to w ork
ing with people to find out what
type o f services
they would like
to receive from
th e ir c o m m u
nity hospital,”
sa y s
S m ith.
“W e then would
begin w orking
with physicians
and
o th e r
c a re g iv e rs to
m eet
th o se
needs.”
S m ith w as
recently direc
to r o f S e n io r
S e rv ic e s fo r
B o n S e c o u rs
B a ltim o re
Health System in Baltimore, Md.
He received a bachelor’s degree
from Morgan State University and
a m aster’s degree in social work
from the University o f Maryland at
Baltimore.
Bess Lehtinen, M.D., certified
in family medicine, has joined Provi
dence Family Medicine at 5279 N.
L o m b a rd St. She
earned her m edical
degree from the U ni
versity o f W ashing
ton M edical School
and com pleted her in
te rn s h ip a n d r e s i
dency in family prac
tice at the University
o f New Mexico. Her
clinical experience in
cludes serving in the
Family Practice C on
tinuity Clinic at A lbu
querque Indian Hos
pital. Dr. Lehtinen has
a special interest in
w om en’s health, pre
natal care, adolescent
medicine and mental health.
Poombavai Nagappan M . D ., cer
tified in internal medicine, has joined
Providence Medical Group/Scholls
Part-Time Employment Opportunities in
• Guest Services
• Operations
in Tigard. She earned her medical
degree from G overnm ent Kilpauk
Medical College in M adras, India;
completed her residency at St. Louis
University Hospital in M issouri and
an internship at Edgew ater M edi
cal Center in Chicago. She is a
member o f the A m erican Medical
Association
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Oregon Solutions Link Business, Government
A new state-sponsored web site
is a “meeting place” for government
officials, community leaders, non
profit organizations, private busi
nesses, educational institutions and
citizens interested in creating a sus
tainable future for Oregon’s com
munity, economy, and environment.
Co-sponsored by the Office o f the
Governor and the Oregon Economic
and Community Development De-
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sig n e d to su p p o rt G o v e rn o r
Kitzhaber’s 2000 executive order on
“sustainability” - using, developing
and protecting resources so Orego-
nians can meet their current needs
while also providing for the needs o f
future generations.
The Oregon Solutions Web site is
a clearinghouse o f information and
ideas promoting sustainable prac
tices in government and private and
non-profit business. The site, which
had contributions from many o f
Oregon’s business and community
leaders, is designed to be a catalyst
for action and a place for collabora
tion and information sharing. Visi
tors have access to resources such
as profiles o f innovative leaders in
Oregon as well as extensive listings
of on-line organizations focusing on
sustainability.
The site also features interactive
on-line forums.
Other highlights o f the site in
clude a Sustainability Learning Net
work, an on-line forum where visi
tors can share information and de
b ate c u rre n t issu e s re la te d to
sustainability. An events calendar
features information from organiza
tions and individuals around the state
and also allows visitors to post addi
tional events.
The Oregon Solutions Web site is
just one o f several state initiatives
taken under the executive order to
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Safety, Crime Prevention
Focus of Landlord Training
The City o f Portland’s Office o f
Planning and Development Review
in partnership with the Portland Po
lice Bureau is offering an eight-hour
training to help landlords keep rental
properties safe and free o f illegal ac
tivity.
This is a fully up-to-date version
o f the original Landlord Training Pro
gram, a program that the City ofPort-
land pioneered in 1989 and which has
since become a problem-solving suc
cess story nationwide.
Landlords, property managers, and
others interested in attending may
call 503-823-7955 for registration in
formation.
Advance registration is requested.
Although the seminar is free, there is
a $ 15 charge for the training manual,
which includes information on the
City’s housing maintenance code and
nuisance ordinances along with cur
rent Oregon landlord-tenant law.
Future training dates are Friday,
March 16'*’ at Portland Community
College Central Campus, next to
OMSIat 1626S.E. WaterGlisan Street;
Saturday, March 17h at Providence
Portland Medical Center, 4805 N.E.
Glisan; Friday, April 6 th at PCC Cen
tral; and on Saturday, April 7th at
Providence Portland Medical Center.
Bush Taps Black Lawyer To Lead
Civil Rights Division Linder Ashcroft
B y L inda B ean
D iversity I nc , com
President Bush said he in
tends to nominate former fed
eral prosecutor Ralph F. Boyd
Jr., to lead the civil rights divi
sion at the U.S. Department
of Justice (DOJ).
The nomination of Boyd, an
African American and former
Ralph F. Boyd Jr.
assistant U.S. attorney, comes
as A ttorney G eneral John
A shcroft — who leads the
DOJ — seeks to assure mi
nority communities that he will
fairly enforce civil-rights laws.
Ashcroft — a career politi
cian who served as M issouri’s
governor and represented the
state as a U.S, senator — was
criticized during his own con
firmation hearing for what
some Democrats character
ized as a weak record on civil
rights.
Boyd is the third African-
American man appointed to a
top DOJ slot in recent weeks.
He will seek confirm ation
from the U.S. Senate.
The protection of civil rights
“ is o f utmost concern” to
Ashcroft, said DOJ spokes
woman Susan Dryden. “He is
paying attention to what was
said” during his confirmation
hearings “and taking action to
dispel any concern.”
Boyd “has a very strong
record as a very tough pros
ecutor ... needed in the type
of cases that will be facing the
civil rights d iv isio n ,” she
added. Boyd is a partner in
the trial department of the
Boston law firm Goodwin,
Procter & Hoar LLP. Accord
ing to a brief biography pub
lished by the law firm, he
served as a federal prosecu
tor for six years and was a
member o f the DOJ’s Anti-
Violent Crime Initiative Team.
He is a 1979 graduate of
H averford C o lleg e and
Harvard Law School. He also
clerked for U.S. District Court
Judge Joseph A. Young.
The DOJ’s civil rights divi
sion is responsible for enforc
ing the sweeping laws that
form the foundation of civil
rights in the United States —
including laws that bar dis
crimination in education, em
ployment, credit, housing, pub
lic accommodations and vot
ing. The division is also re
sponsible for investigating po
lice misconduct to determine
if civil rights charges are war
ranted.
In January, for example, the
DOJ — under Acting Attor
ney General Eric Holder —
elected not to press civil-rights
charges against the four New
York City police officers who
shot and killed Amadou Diallo,
an unarmed West African im
migrant, in 1999.
The DOJ said it couldn’t
prove the officers intended to
violate Diallo’s civil rights by
using more force than was
necessary.
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that invests lottery, federal and other
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nesses build quality communities
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