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D ecem b er 19, 2001
Ornaments Promote Peace
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Edith Gillis (from left). Kate
Mytron and Karen Van Hoy
look over a collection of
homemade “Peace on
Earth ’ ornaments being
sold to benefit the charity
work o f UNICEF and Mercy
Corps. The sale,
sponsored by The Peace
Project, was held Saturday
at St. Andrew’s Community
Center, 4940 N.E. 8th Ave.
"We want to affirm that
peace is possible. I think
in the end, we all want
peace on earth," Mytron
said.
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National Newspaper Publishers
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photo by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserv er
‘Trees of Hope’ to Grace Forest Park
Plantings to honor loved ones and serve as act of hope after Sept. 11
Portland area residents can buy
‘Trees of Hope’ from the group
Friends of Trees in honor of loved
ones and to further community
healing following the Sept. 11 ter­
rorist attacks.
The trees will be planted dur­
ing a commemorative event in
Forest Park on Feb. 9.
“The act of planting a tree is
profound and pow erful," said
Friends of Trees executive direc­
tor Jane Foreman. “It represents
our faith that the world will con­
tinue on long after the individuals
who plant them.”
The trees will also help the re­
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gion face a major challenge. A
survey by American Forests, one
o f A m erica’s oldest nonprofit
conservation groups, shows that
the Willamette Basin has lost al­
most half of its tree cover in the
last 28 years.
Portland’s tree canopy is less
than half of the 25 percent tree
cover recommended by the group.
A shortage o f trees leads to
higher stormwater management
costs because there are fewer
trees to absorb rainwater runoff,
higher energy bills because our
hom es have less shade, and
greater health care costs because
there are fewer trees to absorb air
pollution.
Memorial trees sold for dona­
tions of $25 to $49 will include a
card from Friends of Trees de­
scribing the gift to the person the
donor designates.
For $50, a donor can purchase a
grove of six trees and a Friends of
Trees certificate suitable for fram­
ing will be mailed to the person
designated. Trees of Hope without*
cards or certificates cost just $10.
For more information about holi­
day tree purchases, please call 503-*
282-8846, extension 17, or visit our
web site at www.friendsoftrees.org.
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New Booster Seat Law Requires Proper Fit
continued
from Metro
The new law addresses an age
group that falls in between those
two categories.
“Safety belts are made for
adults and they do not fit small
children. Im proper fit puts the
child at increased risk for head,
neck, abdom inal and other inju­
ries,” said Carla Levinski, occu­
pant protection coordinator for
the state o f O regon. “In some
cases, the child slides right out
from under the safety belt dur­
ing a crash if the belt does not fit
properly.”
As defined in the law, proper
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fit means “the lap belt of the safety
belt or safety harness is positioned
low across the thighs and the
shoulder belt is positioned over
the collarbone and away from the
neck.”
Levinski warns that “Riding on
someone else' s lap, securing more
than one person in a safety belt
system, or placing the shoulder
belt under the arm or behind the
back are extremely dangerous prac­
tices and are not acceptable under
any circumstance.”
The law will not apply to those
p a sse n g e r v e h ic le s th a t are
equipped with lap belts only.
T ra n sp o ra tio n o ffic ia ls say
booster seats should be available
from any retail outlet that also
sells child safety seats and low-
income families who are WlC-eli-
gible may receive purchasing as­
sistance from their local health
department.
Over two hundred certified
child passenger safety techni­
cians are available in Oregon to
help parents with correct use of
booster seats.
For more information about
booster seats or to locate a tech­
nician in your area: Contact ACTS
Oregon’s Child Safety Resource
Center at 503-656-7207. Or visit
www.actsoregon.org.
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