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Pige A6 ( E lje J Í o r t l a n b ( ß b s e r u e r ____________________________________ October 23.2002 Grant Bolsters Health Coalition Efforts DC Sniper Threatens Children (A P )— Hours after a bus d rive r was k ille d in a shooting that ap peared to be the w o rk o f the Wash- ington-area sniper, police revealed Tuesday they had received a mes sage over the weekend w arning: “ Y o u r children are not safe any where at any tim e .” The c h illin g message apparently was discovered by police outside a V irg in ia steakhouse where the sniper c ritic a lly wounded a man Saturday night. Montgomery County PoliccChief .A.M.H.S.A fo, to th« 0 i 4> i P t O ctobtr 22, Charles Moose said the warning came in the form o f a "postscript." 2002 He also said police " w ill be re sponding soon" to the latest mes sage. He did not take any ques A fr ic a n A m erica n H e a lth Coalition [$2,500,000.00] U. S. Sen. Gordon Smith. R-Ore. and Corliss McKeever of the African American Health Coalition gather at Emanuel Hospital in north Portland Tuesday to announce the receipt o f a 5-year, $2.5 million grant to expand drug addiction treatment and HIV/AIDS services for local African Ameri cans. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver ‘Not Afraid to Talk, Test or Transform’ to fight AIDS A s the number o f A ID S cases overall has dim inished in Oregon, the proportion o f people o f color new ly diagnosed and liv in g w ith A ID S has increased from 7 percent in 1991 to 17 percent in 1997. A c cording to the Oregon Health D iv i sion, A frica n Am ericans make up most o f the A ID S cases among people o f color. In response, the A fric a n A m e ri can Health C o a litio n o f Portland and its collaborative partners have developed the "N o t A fra id to T a lk , Test, or T ransform ” project to en hance existing addiction treatments to include H IV services targeting A fric a n A m ericans in north and northeast Portland, Coalition leadersjoined U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore. in Portland Tuesday to announce the receipt o f the group’ s 5-year, $2.5 m illio n fed eral grant to pay fo r the project. The program w ill give local resi dents w ith A ID S and H1V greater access to medical care, and re source and referral inform ation. Classes w ill p rovide education about the disease and tips on pre vention. The co a litio n expects to enroll 150 people in the firs t year, 250 more in the second year and 350 each year u n til it reaches an e n ro ll ment o f 1,450. Survivor Speaks on Traumatic Stress A Post Traum atic Stress D isor der su rv iv o r and national v ic tim s ' rights advocate w ill be in Portland next week as a guest o f the Y W C A to educate fro n tlin e professionals about recovery from extreme trau m atic events. Because o f the terrorist attacks o f Sept 11 1991, most Americans are now aware that PTSD can be caused by exposure to a bom bing or terror ist attack, as w ell as through partici pation in m ilita ry combat, thecondi- tion previously m ostly associated w ith the disorder. Kelly Greene To help increase understand ing and awareness o fth is d e b ilita t ing, but treatable condition, the Y W C A /P f iz e r M o v in g Past Trauma— PTSD C om m unity O u t reach Program w ill hold a profes sional tra in in g program for fro n t line professionals - firem an, po lice, rape crisis counselors, etc. on Friday, Oct. 25. K e llie Greene, PTSD su rvivo r, educator and n a tio n a l spokes person fo r the M o v in g Past T raum a p rogram , w ill help put a “ personal face” to th is m is d ia g nosed and under-diagnosed a n x i ety diso rd e r. Jan. 18, 1994 marks the day o f tragedy that transform ed her life. Police investigate a string o f sniper shootings in the Washing ton, D.C. suburbs. (AP photo) tions fro m the media. On M onday, police asked the shooter to call them; saying inves and W ashington, D .C .; three were c ritic a lly wounded, the others died. Johnson, a father o f tw o , was shot as he stood at the top o f the steps o f the bus shortly before 6 a.m. He died later at a hospital. Moose, a form er Portland police chief, has now used fo u r briefings to com m unicate d ire c tly w ith the person believed to be the sniper. A senior law enforcem ent o ff i cial speaking to The Associated tigators had received a message too m uddled to be understood. E a rly T u e sd a y, bus d riv e r Conrad Johnson, 35, was fa ta lly wounded as he prepared fo r his m orning bus route in nearby A s pen H ill, the suburban W ashing to n c o m m u n ity w h e re the shootings began Oct. 2. In all, 12 people have been shot by the sniper in M aryland, V irg in ia Press on co n d ition o f a nonym ity said Tuesday a letter found near the scene o f Saturday n ig h t’ s s h o o tin g suggested the k ille r wants several m illio n dollars. T w o oth e r law enforcem ent sources told the AP the letter also contained inform ation that police interpreted to be a vague threat to children. One o f the sources, who also spoke on condition o f anonym ity, said the letter was “ lengthy." ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★IF ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ First Fridays is a National O rganization, Designed to Bring African American ★ Professionals Together to Meet, Greet, Make Connections and Have Fun. ★ ★ ★ Are You New to the Portland Area? 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