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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
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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
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w orkplaces are sm okefree and display “N o Sm oking” signs.
E xceptions are m ade only for bars and taverns, bingo parlors,
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State officials report that m ost em ployers in O regon have
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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.
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Zoo Birth Ushers
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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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