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u v u.p ortla ndo bse i \ cr.com Committed to ( iilh ir a l D h c rs ih K e hruu n 27, 2002 “ffividgditg, Paitla/uTô Gammunitieô” te a mm u ni tu ‘—7 a I en h a r Franklin Students Earn Foundry Awards Raising Student Achievement The Love and Logic Institute is host ing a new sem inaron “Raising Student Achievement Through Discipline and Responsibility.” The talks will address some of the most frustrating aspects of teaching and raising today’s kids. The event will be on Monday, March 11, 2:30 p.m. at the Portland Conference Center, 300 NE. Multnomah St. Call 1 - 8 0 0 -L U V -L O G IC or v isit www.loveandlogic.com. Metal shop students Ilya Grigoryev (left) and Randy Flowers o f Franklin High School show off their award winning techniques to create sand molds for aluminum casting. Franklin recently won first and fifth place awards in a design and die-casting contest sponsored by the Northwest Chapter o f the American Foundry Society. History of the Columbia Slough Interested in learning about the Colum bia Slough? An overview that covers the watershed history, hydrology, land use, fish and more will be given at the Pacific Power Metro Operations Cen ter, 7544 NE. 33rd Drive on Saturday, March 2, from 9 a .m .- l p.m. Call 281 1132 to pre-register. Celebrating Women of Color Meet the cast members from the play, “for colored girls who have consid ered suicide when the rainbow was enuf” at Billy R eed ’s R estaurant in the Sky Room on Saturday, M arch 2, at 3 p.m. This is a fundraiser that offers an intim ate setting for women to celebrate the beauty o f A frican American women laureates. For more info, or to purchase tickets, call 493- 8623 or reserve your tickets via email at africqnam ericanl@ qw est.net. Walking Tour of Old Town The Old Town History Project will present a 45-minute walking tour of Old Tow n’s historic architecture. The host will be Bing Sheldon from SERA Archi tects. Tours are limited to 15 people. To reserve a place on the tour and a lunch table, call 225-0198. Cultural & Community Appreciation Night « ‘Peninsula Crossing’ Brought to Life Willie Fuller is a role model for young kids in his community The Muslim Community Center of Port land will be having a cultural and com munity appreciation night on Satur day, March 2, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Lutheran Inner-City Ministries, 4219 NE. MLK and Skidmore. The event will have live jazz music with appearances by KBOO’s Shaheed Haamid. Fortick- ets, call 281-7691. Matt Dishman Community Center Offering a low cost solution to a night out with the family, the Matt Dishman Community Center will get everyone involved with activities for all ages. The evening will conclude with a per formance by Portland Taiko, from 8 - 8:30p.m. Call 823-3186. Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days Volunteers are needed for the Ameri can Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days, which is held in Mid-March. This is an opportunity to serve for several hours a week to take orders and payments for bouquets of daffodils from co-w ork ers, friends and family. Anyone wish ing to participate, call 1 -800-577-6552. Power Wheelchairs Available Miracle on Wheels makes available power wheelchairs to non-ambulatory senior citizens, usually at no out-of- pocket expense if they qualify. No de posit is required. This service is avail able to the permanently disabled of any age.Call 1-800-749-8778 or goonline to www.durablemedLcaLcQm. Boys & Girls Club Welcomes New Director Two volunteers plant native trees and shrubs along a new section of the Peninsula Crossing Trail o ff Columbia Boulevard in north Portland. photo by M arkeli . f . S mith A group o f 65 volunteers has helped make north Portland more livable by plant ing native trees and shrubs along a new section of the Peninsula Crossing Trail. The planting was held Feb. 9 as part of the 2,500-foot section of trail under con struction on the east side of the Columbia Boulevard W astewater Treatment Plant at 5001 N. Columbia BI vd. “When construction is finished, trail users will enjoy the native trees and shrubs and the plants will help control erosion and improve water quality,” said Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman. A team from the city’s Environmental Services Bureau first cleared the site of non-native vegetation and planted na tive grass seed to control erosion. The land now contains Oregon ash, black cottonwood, red osier dogwood. Pacific ninebark, snowberry and other native plants. The planting was a successful partner ship between the city bureau's Commu nity W atershed Stewardship Program, Columbia Slough Watershed Council, Friends of the Peninsula Crossing Trail, AmeriCorps and SOL V. Willie J. Fuller, a local coach and resident, has been named Club Director at the Blazers Boys & Girls Club at 5250 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Fuller is moving from his position as a teacher and head coach o f the boys J V Sophomore basketball team at Jesuit High School to join the Blazers Club. He has 12 years experience working in the youth development field, including working with the Catholic Youth Organi zation as a sports director and administra tor. Fuller attended the University ofTexas at El Paso, where he played football and earned his B.A. in Business Administra- tion/Marketing. In addition to his experience working with young people. Fuller brings consid erable management skills to his new job. He spent several years in the insur ance industry, working as an agent ow ner and sales representative for Allstate and Liberty Mutual. He and his wife, Traci, and four chil dren live in Northeast Portland 10-15 minutes from the Blazers Club. Fuller’s new duties will include over seeing the Blazers Club facility, pro grams and staff, as well as working with the Blazers Club Advisory Committee, which is made u p o f Northeast Portland businesspeople and parents of Club members. The professional appeal of the Club Willie J. Fuller is important to him and says he loves being able to use his business and ath letic experience to be a role model for young kids in his community. The Blazers Boys & G irls Club serves over 1,000 young people b e tw een the ages o f 6-18 annually with after-school education and recreation program s designed to help kids reach their full potential. For more information about the Boys & Girls Clubs o f Portland or volunteer opportunities at the Blazers Club, call 503-282-8480. Oregon Department of Human Services Program Helps Pregnant Smokers Quit A new grant will help the Oregon De partment of Human Services assist preg nant smokers in their efforts to quit. The funding is from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Smoke-Free Fami lies program and amounts to $200,000 for the first year of a three-year smoking cessation project for a potential maximum of $600,000. "Tobacco has serious health conse quences for moms and babies,” says 4 Donalda Dodson, administrator for DHS family health programs. “Many pregnant women want to stop smoking, but they don’t have the support they need. Now they will get help." Dodson says DHS will work primarily with health providers who serve women enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan, where data show women have higher smoking rates. In 1999, almost 15 percent o f Oregon women who delivered babies reported they had smoked during pregnancy. Preg nant women enrolled in Medicaid had much higher rates, with about 28 percent reporting they smoked while pregnant, according to Dodson The program will be incorporated into cessation counseling offered by mater nity case managers, prenatal care provid ers and the toll free Oregon Tobacco Quit Line. “A strength of this program is that it builds on other state and local systems and it will coordinate efforts,” Dodson says. According to the U.S. Surgeon Gen eral, 20 percent of low birth weight births, eight percent of premature births and five percent of all infant deaths are linked to smoking during pregnancy. Risks include tubal pregnancy, miscarriage, pre-term delivery and other life threatening com plications. “W omen w ho sm oke also face long term health risks including lung cancer and cardiovascular disease,” D odson says. "T heir children, who breathe sec ondhand sm oke, are vulnerable to a host o f health problem s and p articu larly respiratory illnesses. Studies show that every dollar spent on preventing a m other from smoking saves $3 in m edi cal costs.”
