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Page A4 Q llje ^ J n r t l a n ò ( O b s e r v e r __________________________ December 04.2002 O pinion Thc Portland Observer Opinion articles do not necessarily reflect or represent the views o f The Portland Observer En i t o r - i n -C h ie f .P u il is h e r C R E A T IV E The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 1996 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART W ITHOUT PERM ISSION IS PROHIBITED. D ! R E C T O R Paul Neufeldt Charles H. Washington ____________USPS 9 5 9 -6 8 0 ___________ A E D I T O K Established 1970 4 7 4 7 NE M artin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland. OR 9 7 2 1 1 D i s 1111 i r i o n M a n a g e r Mark Washington E s s o c ia t e d it o r Wynde Dyer Michael Leighton W e it e r , P hoto grapher David Plechl The Portland Observer-Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication—is a member of the National Newspaper Association—Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Repre sentative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association« Serving Portland and Vancouver. P ostmaster : Send address changes to Portland Observer PO Box 3 1 3 7 , Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 8 P erio d ical Postage paid In P o rtlan d , OR > Subscriptions are $ 6 0 .0 0 p e ry e a r 5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 3 3 • FAX5 0 3 -2 8 8 0 0 1 5 • EMAIL:news@Dortlandobsener.com subscriDtion@oortlandobsener.com ads@portlandbb$çnçr.çom Caregivers Need Our Support 11(1’ ^ J o r t l a n b O nth'Web More family members are caring for elderly, disabled or chronically ill by L ydia L issman People like Janet can get to feel ing pretty lonely. In her 60s, Janet is the sole caregiver for her 76-year- old husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease. As the caregiver, Janet is re sponsible for helping her husband with meals, medications and other needs o f daily life, including re membering things that he often forgets. Janet’s husband, besides need ing a great deal o f assistance, is also far less helpful around the house than he used to be. Nor, in the interests of his safety, can Janet leave her husband alone at home. Janet may feel lonely, but she is hardly alone. In the next year, as many as 200,000 Oregonians will provide some level of care at home for a family member who is elderly, dis abled or chronically ill. At least 80 percent o f all at-home care in O r egon is provided by a fam ily caregiver. Most Oregonians are aware that our state is a leader in providing long-term care options for seniors and people with disabilities. But fewer know that help is also avail able for family members providing care and other support to loved ones at home. These are among available sup ports: Online help is available at the Oregon Cares Web site, a state- sponsored Web site that delivers a wealth of medical, financial, legal and other information for family caregivers. Caregivers who need a break may contact the Lifespan Respite program. Lifespan Respite can re fer you to caregivers who will help you get a break from caregiving to take care of yourself (shopping, appointments or recreation, per haps). To locate your local office, you may either call toll free at 866- 219-7218 or log on to.the DHS Web site. The Family Caregiver Support Program provides counseling, re spite, education, support groups and other services for family mem bers who are caring for individuals age 60 and older and for grandpar ents and other relatives age 60 and older who are raising children and teens underage 18. More informa tion is available from your nearest office of the Oregon Department of Human Services or Area Agency on Aging. To locate an office near you, call toll free 800-232-3020 or log on to the DHS Web site. Or perhaps you live in Oregon but want to locate resources for an elderly family member living in an other state. You may use the feder ally sponsored Eldercare Locator by calling 800-677-1116 or by log ging on to The Eldercare Locator Web site for local agency names, addresses, phone numbers and e- mail and W eb addresses. Even with all these resources, family caregivers need the contin ued support of friends, neighbors and relatives. Each of us can lend a hand by cooking a meal, providing a break, doing a chore or sharing informa tion about these resources to fam ily caregivers. With so much help so close, and with good neighbors like you, fam ily caregivers like Janet needn’t be lonely as they perform this impor tant work. Lydia Lissman is Oregon D e partment o f Human Services assis tant di rector fo r sen iors and people with disabilities. N ovem ber is N a tio n a l F a m ily C a re g iv e rs Month. JU ST TEUU TH E TR U TH (AP) — Scholars are objecting to a N ational Park Service text that does not mention that the house in Philadelphia used by P resident G eorge W ashington had a slav es’ quarters attached to it. Instead, the Independence N a tional H istorical P ark ’s W eb site refers to a “ large serv an ts’ hall” that W ashington had attached to th e b a c k o f th e h o u s e . No more lying, ju st tell the truth,” said Charles L. Blockson, curator o f the Charles L. Blockson Afro- A m erican C ollection at Tem ple University. Some historians and blacks be gan protesting last spring when it was revealed that the park serv ice’s new pavilion for the Liberty Bell, scheduled to open in 2003, w ould be located near w h e re W a s h in g to n ’s s la v e s lived. The park service prom ised to include exhibits on slavery at the new Liberty Bell Center. A U.S. House com m ittee also required the park service to com m em orate the n atio n ’s first p resid en tial m ansion, including an acknow l edgm ent that slaves lived and worked there. The house, torn down in the 1830s, was home to W ashington and John A dam s b e fo re the n a tio n ’s cap ita l m oved from Philadelphia. Park service spokesm an Phil Sheridan said the W eb site does not refer to a slaves’ quarters because nobody knows w hether the slaves had separate quarters, or shared space with white inden tured servants and free w hite servants. "Can we say it was for the ex clusive housing and feeding of slaves? We have no historical evidence to say that it w as,” Sheridan said. w w w .p o r t la n d o b s e r v e r .c o m As il quickly becomes more and more an electronic world, The Portland Observer endeavors to meet the needs of our readers and advertisers by going online. 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