July 25, 2001
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C aldw ell to G uide B lazer Boys and G irls Club
Ja so n C a ld w ell is th e n ew d ire c
to r o f the B laz er B o y s and G irls
C lu b at 5250 N .E . M artin L u th er
K ing Jr. Blvd.
C a ld w ell p re v io u sly serv ed as a
c o m m u n ity sc h o o l o u tre a c h c o o r
dinator for the S alem -K eizer School
D istrict an d as an o u trea ch c o o rd i
n ato r fo r th e B oys an d G irls C lu b in
Salem .
G irls C lub o f P ortland.
C aldw ell cu rren tly p ro v id es v o l
u n te er lead ersh ip fo r the A m erican
L ead ersh ip F orum , Y o u n g L ea d
ers F orum , S alem T ran sit D istrict
B udget C o m m ittee and the G o v e r
n o rs L eg islativ e T ask F o rce on
Search and Seizure.
“ I am proud to be a m em b er o f
B oys and G irls Club o f Portland
H is w o rk c o o rd in a tin g parent
in v o lv e m e n t an d fam ily activ ities
m a d e h im th e p erfec t ch o ice for
th e P o rtlan d p o sitio n , clu b o ffi
cials said.
“ C a ld w e ll’s d e d ic a tio n an d se r
v ic e to y o u th an d fam ilies are a
tre m e n d o u s asset to th e B lazers
C lu b ,” sa y V irg in ia H en sen , e x
ec u tiv e d ire c to r o f th e B o y s and
Jason C aldw ell
team ,” C aldw ell said. “ B oys and
G irls C lubs is a great organization
because it gives every child across
cu ltu res the best ad v an tag e p o s
sible.” Since 1947, B oys and G irls
C lubs o f Portland h as provided high-
quality after-school and sum m er pro
gram s designed to give kids w hat
they need m ost to b eco m e resp o n
sible citizens and co m m u n ity lead
ers. C lubs offer kids safe, clean fun
places to go w hen they are not in
school; caring adults w h o respect
and guide them; and challenging
program s that teach them life skills.
T he clubs are dedicated to help
ing all youth reach their m axim um
potential, w ith special concern for
those from disadvantaged circu m
stances.
Fairs Take Precautions for Foot-And-Mouth Disease
The furor over an outbreak o f foot-
and-mouth disease in the United King
dom has died down. But animal health
officials are not going to relax —espe
cially w ith this su m m er’s county fair
season.
hum an disease concern.
A nim al health officials are hoping
county fairs can provide som e op
portunity this sum m er for proper
biosecurity and disease control.
A lthough hum ans are not suscep
posting o f signs at ticket booths and
around all anim al holding areas. The
signs w ould w arn people w ho had
traveled overseas w ithin the
previous tw o weeks to not visit
anim al exhibits.
W ithout alarming exhibitors or fair-
goers them selves, a set o f recom
m ended guidelines has been issued
to fair m anagers in hopes o f dim inish
ing the risk not only o f an outbreak o f
foot-and-m outh, but other com m uni
cable livestock diseases as well.
Foot-and m outh is a severe, highly
com m unicable viral disease o f cattle
and swine. It also affects sheep, goats,
deer and other cloven-hoofed ani
mals. M ost affected anim als recover,
but the disease causes severe losses
in m eat and m ilk production. It is not
a food safety problem , nor is it a
tible to foot-and-m outh disease, they
can serve as carriers. T he virus can
exist on a p erso n ’s clothing or hair or
even respiratory system for m any
days. T h a t’s w hy anyone w ho has
recently traveled to affected coun
tries needs to be aw are tat they can
unw ittingly transm it the disease.
A special task force o f veterinar
ians and industry officials has devel
oped a series o f recom m endations
issued to O reg o n ’s fair m anagers in
preparation for the upcom ing sea
son.
T he first recom m endation is the
A second recom m endation
has to do w ith the placem ent
and use o f footbaths— co n
ta in e rs h o ld in g a sp o n g e
soaked w ith disinfectant. Fair-
goers w ould be asked to step
into those footbaths before
entering anim al holding areas.
W hile footbaths can raise con
sciousness about biosecurity,
they actually could enhance
disease tran sm issio n i f not
kept clean. U nless footbaths
can be scru p u lo u sly m ain
tained, the task force reco m
C om m unity m em bers are
jo in in g c ity p lan n ers for a
series o f fo u r neigh b o rh o o d
w alks this m onth and next
th ro u g h N o rth w e s t P o r t
land.
P ublic input from these
w alks w ill help shape the
c ity ’s N o rth w est A rea Plan.
T he p ro je c t com es at a
critical point in the develop
m ent o f N o rth w e s t P o rt
land, now faced w ith d y
nam ic new opportunities and
challenges provided by sev
eral conv erg in g trends.
N ot only has the area re
cen tly seen the em ergence
o f N orthw est 23rd and 2 111
A v e n u e s a s P o r t l a n d ’s
m ost bustlin g “m ain streets’
but developm ent in the Pearl
D istrict is booming.
T he P o rtla n d s tre e tc a r
now runs through the area
and historically industrial ar
e as n o rth o f N o rth w e s t
Lovejoy m ay be on the cusp
concept that all anim als entering the
fair be checked by the fair veterinarian
and that fair boards and managers
support the v et’s decisions. The treat
ment and reporting o f sick animals is
important. Animal housing should be
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Walks to Set Priorities
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Alcohol, Drugs Linked to
Student Failure and Crime
lent behaviors.
new state survey
B arbara C im aglio, adm inis
s a y s O r e g o n s tu
d en ts who use a lc o tra to r o f the d e p a rtm e n ts’ O f
hol or drugs are m ore likely
fic e o to f A lc o h o l and D rug
A buse Program s, says the re
fail school, com m it crim es and
sulting data show the stark
behave v io len tly .
“ T his rep o rt confirm s w hat
c o n se q u e n c e s o f su b sta n c e
abuse by young people in each
teach ers, p o lic e o ffic ers and
social w orkers see every d ay,”
o f the three grades surveyed.
say s G o v . Jo h n K itz h a b e r.
R e s p o n d e n ts w ho re c e n tly
“T here is a stro n g co rre la tio n
used alcohol or drugs skipped
betw een d rin k in g alcohol or
classes, earned failing grades
or receiv ed suspensions at far
taking drugs w ith tro u b le at
higher rates than those who
sch o o l, and ju v e n ile d e lin
did not use such substances.
quency
T he sam e pattern occurred
T he O regon D epartm ent o f
w ith crim inal and violent acts.
H um an Services released “O r
For exam ple, a d isp ro p o rtio n
egon P ublic School D rug Use
ate num ber o f recent alcohol
Survey 2 0 0 0 ,” a b ien n ial poll
or drug users brought hand
o f 12,000 O regon 6th, 8th and
guns to use as w eapon in a
11 th grade students conducted
last spring in 159 schools.
fight, or stole a car.
Every tw o years, the state
S u rv ey re sp o n d e n ts w ere
survey also co llected in fo r
asked about recent alcohol and
m ation about the use o f alco
drug u se, ac ad e m ic p e rfo r
m ance, and crim in al and v io
hol and drugs am ong O reg o n ’s
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students. W ith a few e x c ep
tio n s , s u b s ta n c e u s e f e ll
slig h tly in each o f the three
grades polled.
“ The good new s is that our
a n ti-d ru g and a n to -a lc o h o l
m essages are w o rk in g ,” says
C im agllio. “ The bad new s is
that substance abuse rem ains
a m ajor problem for young
p e o p le a n d s o c ie t y as a
w h o le.”
A ccording to the 2000 re
port, 41.8 percent o f 11 th grad
ers, 26.4 percent o f 8th grad
ers (up from 26 percent in
1998), and 7.8 percent o f 6th
graders rep o rted d rinking a l
cohol recently.
S ig n ifican t num bers o f O r
egon stu d en ts also continued
to use m arijuana in 2000. A l
m ost 18 p ercen t o f 11th grad
ers rep o rted using the drug in
the 30 days p rio r to the su r
vey.
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