January 02,2002_______________________________ ^ O t U a t t ì » ( f ì b s c r u f r ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pa«eAS Market Opening Helps Fund Portland Urban League Oregon Workplaces Go Smokefree in 2002 O n Jan. 1, m ore O regonians will be protected from second hand sm oke on the jo b as a result o f O reg o n ’s new Sm okefree W orkplace Law. To celebrate last m onth’s opening of a new store on North east 33rd and Killingsworth in the Concordia neighborhood. New Seasons Market sold house-made sausage and vegetarian chili at a store barbecue and donated all proceeds to the Urban League of Portland. The event raised $ 1,500. “This benefit was awesome,” said Alison Montag of New Seasons Market. “It was a great opportunity to get to know our new neighbors and welcome everyone to the store.” Urban League President and CEO and Oregon State Sen. Margaret Carter was on hand to assist with the benefit and greet community members. “W e’ve been waiting a long time for this grocery store,” she said. “W e’re so excited to have such a responsive partner and friend in the neighborhood. State officials say the action will save thousands o f lives and millions o f dollars. O regon is one o f the first states in the nation to adopt a sm okefree w orkplace law. W ashington, C alifornia and M ary land also have law s prohibiting sm oking in the w orkplace. “All O regonians stand to benefit from the new law in m any w ays,” said O regon State epidem iologist, Dr. M el Kohn. “The vast m ajority o f em ployees w ill be spared from breathing the more than 4,000 chem icals, including 40 cancer-causing agents, found in secondhand sm oke.” O fficials say the legislation protects 95 percent o f O regon’s w orkforce from the poisonous toxins associated w ith second hand tobacco sm oke on the job. In addition, em ployers are also Margaret Carter, executive director o f the Urban League o f Portland and Brian Rohter, president o f New Seasons Market at Northeast 33rd and Killingsworth, welcome area residents during the store's grand opening. said to benefit because sm okefree w orkplaces are proven to prom ote a healthier w orkforce w ith few er sick days. “For O regon’s business com m unity, sm okefree environ photo bv M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver m ents can result in low er health care costs and even cut dow n w ear and tear on office equipm ent, carpets and furniture,” said Kohn. “Plus m ore than 79 percent o f O regonians are not sm okers so custom ers should have little problem adapting to the 2 AFFORDABLE new law .” '¿CARTER'S 4 The new law requires nearly all em ployers to ensure their <9 "Every B ody N e e d s 8 G lasses of W a te r a D ay* w orkplaces are sm okefree and display “N o Sm oking” signs. E xceptions are m ade only for bars and taverns, bingo parlors, LOCK & KEY Water Express tobacco stores, bow ling centers and hotel and m otel room s designated as sm oking room s. State officials report that m ost em ployers in O regon have JJ 503-284-9582 3 9 0 9 N E M L K Blvd. • Portland, O R 97211 ^ V e m & P a t C a rte r their em ployees’ health concerns. F or those em ployers, few if FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE (503) 282-9098 Fax (503) 281 -9300^ already adopted a voluntary sm okefree policy in the interest o f RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED 0UT7-WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH HOUSE, OFFICE OR CAR any changes are necessary to com ply w ith the new law. Pay Stations Wanted for Downtown M artin tntder King Ji. BirtM ay 5K RUN & WALK (AP) - Downtown shoppers and others may be able to leave their quarters at home if Portland’s transportation department gets its way. The department wants to in stall 900 solar-powered “pay sta tions” to replace parking meters. The m achines, w hich cost about $6,000 each, are designed to replace a city block’s worth of conventional parking meters. The benefits include the sta tions accepting credit cards, jam ming less often and phoning a central data bank when they’re broken. The downsides include that it’s impossible to use someone else’s leftover time and it may require walking as much as a block, and back, to pay for parking. Transportation officials say they will ask the City Council this month to approve a contract for the pay station technology. trae IK Kid» Ruu U J r It .. t The 5otiI of Portland Zoo Birth Ushers in New Year N /N E Gouda is a newborn addition to the Oregon Zoo. (AP) - A rare A llen’s swamp monkey bom at the Oregon Zoo is ready to meet the public after a spate of cold weather kept the baby and its mother out o f sight. “The new baby is doing great,” said Chris Pfefferkom, zoological curator. “He is very alert, has a healthy appetite, and has actually been observed reaching out for food.” The m ale m onkey, nam ed Gouda, was bom Nov. 23, but first shown off to the public on Friday. Only five other zoos in the nation are hom e to the endangered Allen ’ s swamp monkey. The new infant brings the zoo’s swamp monkey population to six. He joins mother Dannon, 11, father Devon, 14, sisters Sweet Tilly, 3, and Brie, 1, as well as a 20-year-old monkey named Butterball. Gouda' s parents, along with Butterball, came to the zoo in 1994 on breeding loan from the San Diego Zoo. 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