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Serve-a-thon Spruces Up Schools
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More than a thousand vol
unteers will mobilizeon Sept. 6
to plant trees, paint, clean and
build at the Hands On Serve-
a-thon for Schools.
The event is expected to pro-
vide schools with $43,000
worth o f volunteer labor.
Volunteers should meet at
Jefferson High School, 5210
N. Kerby, at 9 a.m., with their
own tools.
For more information, visit
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Principal Ronda Craemer
and Vice Principal Willa
Campbell pitch in at a
Community Care project
to clean up Portland
Public Schools.
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Humboldt Back
to School Party
School Supply Drive Kicks Off
Located at 722 N Summer
503-460-3830 • Open 7 days a week
K a is e r Perm anente is c o lle c tin g
school supplies fo r disadvantaged c h il
Hermiston Watermelon 12 cents/lb
Local Grown Green Cabbage
12 cents/lb
Limit 4 heads per family; Coupon Expires 8/21/03
m e d ic a l
c e n te r s
d o n a te d
over
1 6 5 ,0 0 0 sheets o f n o te b o o k p a pe r,
dren in P ortla nd and southw est W ash
m o re th a n 4 ,7 0 0 p e n c ils , a nd 3 2 ,0 0 0
ington.
T he p u b lic is w e lco m e to p a rtic i
c ra y o n s .
K a ise r vo lu n te e rs firs t co o rd in a te d
Local gospel singers w ill jo in O bo A d d y, a w orld-class
A fric a n rhythm m usician, fo r the H u m bo ldt Back to School
pate b y b rin g in g school supplies to
a school su p p ly d riv e in 1998 to help
Celebration on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the
the a d m in is tra tiv e o ffic e at any K aiser
lo w -in c o m e c h ild re n at fo u r n o rth
fro n t law n o f the Portland C o m m u n ity College Cascade
m e d ica l o ffic e betw een 9 a.m. and 5
P ortla nd schools. The d riv e has g ro w n
Campus. The event at 705 N . K illin g s w o rth w ill also feature
p.m . M o n d a y th ro u g h F rid a y.
to in clu d e 25 schools near K a is e r
a marketplace to showcase the H u m b o ld t neighborhood's
diversity. C o m m unity service displays w ill o ffe r ftin oppor
L a s t y e a r, th e s t a f f at K a is e r
fa c ilitie s in the N o rth w e st.
tunities to w in prizes w ith raffles, carnival games and a dunk
tank. Form ore inform ation, call 503-998-5121.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED USI
Local Marine has Adventures Abroad
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ness in Thailand, Brunei, Singapore
and M alaysia.
were social events that gave train
in g participants a chance to de
The battalion is made up o f a
velop personal relationships that
are critic a l to com bined operations.
fellow M annesofthe Com
variety o f M arine Corps units. The
b a t A s s a u lt B a tta lio n
assault ba tta lio n's apportion o f the
Bates and fe llo w M arines ex
force rece ntly returned
home fro m participating
in the ninth annual Corpo
train in g Landing Force, w h ich is
ecuted d rills and tra in in g sk ills in
task-organized, based on exercise
such areas as at-sea m aneuvering;
com m unications; force protection/
ratio n A flo a t Readiness
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train in g requirements. The landing
force is established annually in
and T ra in in g exercise in
Southeast Asia. The as
sault battalion le ft earlier
O kinaw a, Japan.
M a rin e P fc.
this sum m er to enhance
regional cooperation and
year-old o f Port
land, is a m otor-
prom ote understanding o f
operational m ilita ry readi-
tr a n s p o r t a t io n
operator w ith the
force.
B ates, the 22-
“ M y role in
this exercise is to
drive food, ammo
African American
Health Coalition, Inc.
™ My role in this
exercise is to drive
food, ammo and
Marines to where
they are needed.
- Anthony W. Bates
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and M arines to where they are
needed,” said Bates, a 2000 gradu
ate o f G rant H igh School.
M any bilateral evolutions were
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conducted w ith each nation durin g
training.
Seminars were scheduled, as
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s iv e o rd n a n c e
disposal. Bates
was
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volved in com
mand and control
d e v e lo p m e n t ,
d iv in g and sal
vage exercises,
p lu s
la n d in g
force activitie s at sea and ashore.
Bates feels that it is im portant to
participate in exercises lik e those
he learned in training.
A n th o n y W. B a te s
m ilita ry exercises,” said the one-
year M arine Corps veteran.
W h ile conducting such v ig o r
ous and dem anding d rills , the M a
rines and Sailors also found tim e to
lend a helping hand.
They interacted w ith local resi
dents w h ile pa rticip a tin g in co m
m u n ity service and c iv ic action
project in T hailand and throughout
each phase to the exercises.
Being part o f the M a rine Corps
“ T h is exercise gives me a chance
to do m y jo b in the fie ld in d iffe re n t
and perform jo b s others w i ll never
cou ntry and leam other countries'
get the o p p o rtu n ity to experience.
has allow ed Bates to experience
Where
A team o f local m edical p ro v id
cations, patient care, pain and symp
prised o f Providence Portland Hos
ers are p ro vid in g free tra in in g to
tom management, spiritual care g iv
pice, Providence St. V incent Hos
recru it hospice volunteers to help
in g and understanding g rie f and
people facing term inal illnesses.
The courses w ill be held at the
loss.
Volunteers must be at least 18
pice, Kaiser Permanente Hospice,
Legacy V N A Hospice and Hopewell
Kaiser Permanente T o w n H a ll at
years old. N o hospice experience is
Hospice.
Pre-registration is required. For
3704 N . Interstate Avenue, from
required. F ollow ing training, volun
more inform ation call Karen Arnold,
9:30 a.m. to noon, on Tuesdays and
teers are asked to com m it no more
Thursdays, from Sept. 25 through
Oct. 28.
than.four hours a week for a year.
Providence Portland Hospice v o l
unteer coordinatorat 503-2 15-4944,
The in stru ctio n covers basic
principles o f hospice, understand
respite care, bereavement, chi Idren ’ s
g rie f support and oncology.
ing special needs o f patients and
the ir fam ilies, effective com m uni-
Volunteer T raining C oalition, com-
Volunteers can choose to focus on
The e ffo rt is part o f the Hospice
Juanita O live r, Kaiser Permanente’s
hospice volunteercooidinator at503-
449-5285or M ary Anne Nance, Provi
dence St. Vincent Hospice volunteer
coordinatorat 503-574-9498.
Start and Finióle at Dawson Park, locatati at
N. Vonceaver and Stanton la Parttand, 0 k .
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(A P )-T he num ber o f uninsured
la yo ffs and how m uch to recent
physical activity classes tar African Americane
la rita Partlaad « a tra oraa.
patients m aking em ergency visits
to O H S U Hospital has increased
cutbacks in the Health Plan.
The stud y used b illin g in fo r
MWy
since cuts to the O regon Health
m a tio n to c o m p a re p a tie n ts
treated at O H S U H o sp ita l ' s em er
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Health Cuts Boost Emergency Visits
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Intry taa la $1 S par partaa.
Plan took effect this spring.
Results from the O H S U p ilo t
and addiction treatment.
“ Unlnsurance is cle arly on the
rise in O regon,” said Dr. Bruce
G oldberg, head o f the O ffic e fo r
Oregon Health Policy and Research,
gency departm ent in M arch, A p ril
and M a y o f last year w ith those
the Legislature on Health Plan is
in em ergency visits by uninsured
treated d u rin g the same m onths
sues “ The g ro w in g num ber o f un
patients this spring, compared w ith
a year earlier.
th is year.
On March 1, about 100,000Health
insured patients show ing up in
hospital emergency departments is
Researchers a re n 't sure how
Plan members lost coverage o f o u t
much o f the increase is due to jo b
patient m ental health, dental care
a stress on an already fragile sys
tem.”
study found a 17 percent increase
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w h ich advises the governor and