April 16. 2003
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H ealth
Toran Leads Fight Against Child Abuse
Sickle Cell Drug Extends Life
The first drug approved by the
Food and Drug A dm inistration to
ease the pain o f severe sickle cell
anem ia also extends life, according
to a Boston U niversity School o f
M edicine study led by Dr. Martin
H. Steinberg and published in the
April 2 Journal o f the American
M edical Association.
The study found that sickle cell
anem ia patients w ho took the drug
hydroxyurea over a nine-year pe­
riod experienced a 40 percent re-
Calls for public support of programs protecting children
•v K ay T oran
i A p ril is c h ild a b u s e
p re v e n tio n m o n th an d
u n fo rtu n a te ly ,
we
Deed it.
In fact, w e need to
keep raising aw areness
£very m onth and to do
(nore to reduce this ca n ­
cer that plagues O regon,
i A ccording to a Dept.
p f H um an Services re­
port, child abuse and ne­
glect is a m ajor p ro b le m .
In 2 0 0 1 ,8 ,2 3 2 children
w ere victim s o f abuse o r neglect.
W e’re failing to adequately p ro ­
tect o u r children and this is one
category w here a failing grade is
absolutely unacceptable.
In a tim e when w e know m ore
about how to prevent child abuse
and neglect and how to intervene
w hen it does occur - w e ’re falling
short in the sm art, necessary and
m oral investm ents to protect our
children. Child abuse and neglect is
We ’re failing to
adequately protect our
children, and this is one
category where a failing
grade is absolutely
unacceptable.
- KayToran, chief executive offlcerand
president of Volunteers of American Oregon
to five are identified as being at risk
o f abuse o r neglect by a social
w orker, healthcare orchildcare pro­
fessional o r oth er m eans.
O ne o f O reg o n ’s seven C risis
and ReliefNurseries enrolls thechild
and parents in a set o f program s
such as developm ental care, parent
education and m ental health co u n ­
seling. T he child and fam ily are
served, w hich provides the entire
fam ily the skills they need to su c­
not som ething we m ust endure. No, ceed and avoid abusive or n eg lect­
this isn ’t ju st the w ay life is. W e ful behaviors.
know from research how to prevent
U n fo rtu n ately for all o f u s, O r­
m ost abuse, and w hen it does o c­ eg o n is m a k in g c h o ic e s th at can
cur, w e know how to intervene in a lead to th e d ism a n tlin g o f th e
w ay that stops it from happening s ta te ’s fu n d in g for th e v ery p ro ­
again.
g ram s th at w o rk e ffe c tiv e ly and
C risis and R eliefN 'urseries a re a efficiently. C risis and R eliefN u rs­
great exam ple. C hildren ages zero erie s. h o m e v isita tio n p ro g ram s.
C A S A (C o u rt A p p o in ted S p ecial
A d v o cates) p ro g ra m s an d child
a b u se in te rv e n tio n c e n te rs have
all e x p e rie n c e d d ra m a tic c u ts in
state fu n d in g , and all an tic ip a te
m ore to co m e, unless w e do so m e­
th in g now .
I know O regonians care. Recent
child abuse tragedies drew an enor­
m ous p ublic outcry along with
pledges to get involved in prev en t­
ing abuse and neglect. Al I o f us can
help prevent and stop child abuse.
Y ou can m ake a di fference.
First, contact y o u r state legisla-
to rs(w w w .leg.state.or.us/o rcall 1-
800-332-2313) and urge them to
support sm art investm ents in child
abuse prevention and intervention,
Crisis and ReliefNurseries, C A S A ’s
home visitation program s and m ore.
Letters and calls from constituents
m atter to our elected officials. S ec­
ond, get involved with child abuse
prevention o r intervention efforts
in yo u r com m unity by volunteer­
ing o r m aking a donation. O regon
still has a m ajor budget crisis, but
we m ust dem onstrate our com m it­
ment to ch i Idren and ha ve the w i 11 to
fund effective, proven child abuse
prevention and intervention pro­
gram s. W ith your help, state lead­
ers w ill recognize that an early in­
vestm ent in child abuse prevention
saves taxpayers in the long run, as
well as saving o u r ch ild ren ’s lives.
Program s protecting our children
from abuse sh o u ld n ’t have to beg
and borrow to get the jo b done.
A ll i f them d ep en d on state
fu n d in g fo r a p o rtio n o f th e ir s e r­
vices. T h is support w ill m a k e c e r-
tain o u r m ost p re cio u s O regon
re so u rc e - o u r ch ild re n - hav e
the c h a n c e to g ro w up safe and
h ap p y an d b eco m e p ro d u ctiv e,
th riv in g O reg o n ian s. I en co u rag e
CooKedCat''S"
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Let us do the cooking Saturday.
We invite you to join us for
Deep fried Catfish Fillet Dinner $10
Or
Big Mama's Home Style Fried Chicken $7
2 Side Dishes included. Side choices are:
Potato Salad, Tossed Salad, Rice and Gravy
or Collard Greens and Cornbread.
y o u to g e t in v o lv e d in y o u r
co m m u n ity ’s ch ild abuse p rev en ­
tio n an d in v en tio n e ffo rts, this
m o n th a n d all year.
Bread is included toasted & buttered upon request.
Kay Toran is the chief execu­
Sweet Potato Pie & Various Cakes will be available.
tive o fficer and president o f Vol­
unteers o f American Oregon and
theformer director o f the Oregon
Office fo r Services to Children
and Families.
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Postwar Iraq Plans Begin
The interim adm inistration could
begin handing pow er back to Iraqi
a free Iraq and a dem ocratic Iraq wi 11 officials w ithin three to six months,
begin today?” said G am er, w ho but form ing a governm ent will take
turned 65 T uesday and w ore a twin longer, said Maj. G en. T im C ross.
A m erican and Iraqi flag pin on
his blue shirt.
- W hite H ouse envoy Zalm ay
Khalilzad told delegates that the
United States has “no interest,
absolutely no interest, in ruling
Iraq.”
• “ W e w ant you to establish
y o u r ow n d em ocratic system
based on Iraqi traditio n s and
values,” K halilzad said. “ I urge
you to take this opportunity to
cooperate w ith each o th er.”
Participants included K urds,
Sunnis and Shiites from inside
the country and others w ho spent
years in exile. U S. officials in­
vited the groups, w hich picked
their ow n representatives.
U.S. officials hope m ore Iraqis
jo in the process and stressed
that this w as ju st the first o f m any
such m eetings in Iraq. T he m eet­
ing concluded with the delegates
voting by show o f hands to m eet
again in 10 days.
• mane power
A n a tio n a l c o n fe r e n c e is
planned to select the interim ad­
m in is tra tio n , p e rh a p s w ith in
w eeks, a senior U.S. official said
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duction in deaths
This latest research has im por­
tant implications for the treatm ent o f
sicklecell anemia.
“ Presently only a minority o f eli­
gible patients are taking hydroxyurea.
O ur study strongly suggests that
adults with sickle cell anemia and
com plications, like frequent painful
episodes and the com m on pneum o-
nia-like events, take hydroxyurea
under the supervision o f a know l­
edgeable physician,” said Steinberg.
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