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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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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.
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Governor and the Oregon Economic
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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
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The Oregon Solutions Web site is
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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
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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
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OMSIat 1626S.E. WaterGlisan Street;
Saturday, March 17h at Providence
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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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