June 26, 2002
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I H ealth / E ducation
Area Residents Urged to Get Ready for Disasters
pared we are.”
To be better prepared, the
Oregon Trail Red Cross is
asking all Multnomah County
families and citizens to take
three im m ediate steps, in
cluding: Building a disaster
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at
ww w.PrepareForLife.org or
via local Red Cross chap
ters. The chapter offers free
information, guidelines and
advice for disaster prepared
ness.
supplies kit, making a family
em ergency plan and getting
trained in CPR and First Aid.
Specific how-to inform a
tion about how to build a kit,
make a plan and get trained
can be found on the Prepare
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Bobbi Gary and her daughter look through their emergency disaster kit. It is important to
remember comfort items, such as music or books, in the event that your family has to shelter or
evacuate for a long period o f tim e."
Recent research conducted
on behalf o f the local Oregon
Trail Red Cross Chapter o f the
Red Cross shows that Port
land area residents could do a
betterjob at being prepared for
a disaster or emergency.
In a survey conducted in a
six co u n ty
area, results
indicated that
only one in
seven citizens
feel fully pre
pared for a di
sa ste r
or
em erg en cy .
Those results,
as well as the
likelihood of an emergency situ
ation in the Multnomah County
area, are the reasons for a new
campaign spearheaded by the
Red Cross chapter called “Pre
pare Oregon.”
A ccording to local Red
Cross officials, whether it's
floods, earthquakes, fires,
storms or preparing for the
unexpected, local communities
face a number o f potential
emergencies and the time is
being o f local communities,
Prepare Oregon will be the top
priority for the Red Cross this
year.
“The more prepared citi
zens are, the b e tte rjo b they
can do in ’safeguarding their
fam ily, coping with and re
sponding to a
d is a s te r ,”
s a id
Sue
Hildick, ex
e c u tiv e d i
rector o f the
Oregon Trail
C h a p te r.
“The likeli
hood o f an
e m erg en cy
happening is not a question
o f if, it's a m atter o f when.
The lives and w ell-being o f
our fam ilies, friends and
neighbors depend on how pre-
How to Prepare for an Emergency
• Build a disaster supplies kit
• Make a family emergency plan
• Get trained in first-aid and CPR
• Go to www.prepareforlife.org
now for al 1 citizens to be better
prepared.
Red Cross officials say be
cause disaster preparedness is
vital to the health and well
EDY ( I l BS:
Thanks to the Portland Trail
Blazers, $2,000 each is going to
Boise-Eliot Elementary, George
Middle School, Marysville El
ementary and Vestal Elementary
for instructional materials.
In addition, Astor, James John
and M a ry sv ille e le m e n ta ry
schools were among the recipi
ents o f New Vision grants, which
help principals and teachers use
new strategies to boost achieve
ment and provide effective teach
ing and learning experiences.
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Classes Promote
Careers in Security
From airports to corporate
lobbies, the dem and for prop
erly trained security personnel
is soaring.
Now, those interested in a ca
reer in the security field will have
the opportunity to become state-
certified through a two-day Port
land Community College class this
summer.
Security Training State Certifi
cation covers information on pa
trols, communications, human re
lations, legal issues, emergency
situations and more. Students will
earn certification at the end o f the
class, and for an additional fee
and background check, have the
option o f applying for state secu
rity jobs.
The $60 class will meet from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. for two Saturdays,
July 13 and July 20, in Room 305 at
PCC’sCentral Portland Workforce
Training Center, 1626S.E. Water
Ave.
For more information, call 503-
533-2707.
Progress Cited in
Help for Abused Kids
The Oregon Department- o f
Human Services has released its
annual Status o f C hildren in
O regon's Child Protection Sys
tem report, which includes encour
aging news about reported child
abuse and neglect.
“ I am heartened that we have
seen adecrease in child abuse and
neglect victims, stabilization in the
num berofchildren requiring out-
of-home care, and an increase in
finalized adoptions over the past
tw o y e a rs,” said G ov. John
Kitzhaber
The 2001 report found that chi Id
abuse and neglect victims de
creased in the state while reports
o f child abuse and neglect in
creased, slightly.
O reg o n 's child w elfare head
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said the decrease in victim s can
be attributed to a num ber o f
things, including a change in
how the state treats a child m al
tr e a tm e n t c a te g o r y c a lle d
“threat o f harm .”
Threat ofharm includes activi
ties, conditions or persons that
place the child at some risk o f
physical abuse or sexual abuse,
neglect, or mental injury, even
though actual harm may not have
occurred.
In 2001, Oregon finalized 1,071
adoptions in collaboration with
private adoption agencies by fo
cusing on children who had been
in foster care the longest. As a
result, the state finalized a number
o f adoptions for children who
were age 10 or older.
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"Smoking doesn’t work
in Oregon.”
I rem ember walking out o f our conference
room and my eyes were literally stinging. My
boss smoked, so everybody felt they had a
right to light up whenever they felt like it.
That was before the Oregon Smokefree
Workplace Law.
Because now smoking doesn't work in Oregon.
And I'm breathing a lot easier.
If you’ve got questions,
please contact us:
Information About The Law
• Toll-free 1-866-621-6107
• www.healthoregon.org/tobacco
• Your county health department
Oregon Tobacco Quitline
• 1-877-27O-STOP
• 1-877-2NO-FUME (Spanish,
• TTY: 1-877-777-6534
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