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Kwanzaa Principles for Good Health
the highest in O regon; more than
one in four A frican-A m erican
adults sm okes. In com parison, 18
percent o f H ispanic adults in O r
egon smoke.
“Part of the focus of the tobacco
Many African Americans learn prevention program is to work with
and recite the tenets of Kwanzaa diverse communities,” said Dr. Mel
this time or year, but applying the Kohn, state epidemiologist in the
holiday’s messages o f character Oregon Department of Human Ser
and collective responsibility to vices. "The tobacco prevention
better health can be tough.
message with Kwanzaa is a natural
The Oregon Department of Hu fit because Kwanzaa represents the
man Services is challenging smok principles of healthy living and
ers to apply Nquzo Saba, the seven community involvement.”
principles of Kwanzaa to quitting
The following Kwanzaa prin
smoking.
ciples put emphasis on the impor
A ccording to the health d e tance o f creating a positive support
partm ent, sm oking rates for A fri structure to help people through
can-A m erican adults are am ong the process o f quitting smoking.
Quit smoking
campaign uses
holiday tenets
Each tip focuses on developing a
different positive habit:
UmojaorUnity-1 will help myself
or someone I care about to quit and
I will feel good about it.
Ujichagulia or Self Determina
tion- 1 will make the commitment to
quit smoking by setting a realistic
date and sticking to it.
Ujima or Collective Work and
Responsibility-1 will join a support
group or form my own for encour
agement.
UjamaaorCooperative Econom
ics- I will use the money and energy
I save by not buying cigarettes to
support my community and non
profit organizations.
Nia or Purpose-1 will make a list
of the reasons I want to quit smok-
ing to make my purpose clear and I
will review this list w henever
needed.
KuumbaorC’reati vity-1 will keep
a journal of thoughts, poems or
sketches that chronicle my journey
to a smokefree life.
Imani or Faith-1 will pray, chant
or meditate for spiritual assistance,
repeating I will quit smoking.
The health department has pub
lished a bookmark that uses the
Kwanzaa principles and directs
people to the toll-free Oregon To
bacco Quit Line at 1-877-270-7867.
The bookmarks can be found at
Reflections Bookstore, 313 N.E.
Killingsworth St. and the African
American Health Coalition, 28OON.
Vancouver, Suite 100.
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Long Time Resident Dead at 94
Mary Hunter
A memorial service was held Tuesday, Dec 30,2003, in Killingsworth
Little Chapel of the Chimes for Mary Hodges Hunter, who died Dec.
25 at age 94.
She was bom May 23, 1909, in Aberdeen, Miss. She moved to
Portland in the mid-1940s from St. Louis, Mo. In 1942, she married
Louis; he died in 1983.
She was a homemaker and deaconess in the Bethel A. M E. Church,
where she volunteered visiting the sick. Surv ivors include her daugh
ter, Marlene L.; and many nieces and nephews.
Vancouver Resident Dead at 101
M. Ruth Huff
something in my life and someone to
take care of. Is it normal for me to feel
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Dear Deanna!
As the New Year comes in, I’ve
made up my mind to move a bunch
Dear Deanna!
of
back stabbing females and no
I make New Year’s Resolutions ev
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cheating men out of my life. 1
ery year to lose weight but I fail and
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-Anonymous Male; Pittsburgh, PA no good people out of your life? -
-Kellie; Phoenix, AZ
Dear Anonymous Male:
Forget the New Year. If this were
something you really wanted to do,
you wouldn’t plan it around a cal
endar, society or a holiday. You
would get off your butt and make it
happen. No, you don’t have disci
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you fall and get back up until you
can do it. March yourself to your
physician and get his help so next
year you can blow a resolution on
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Dear Kellie:
Baby— you need Jesus. The prob
lem isn’t with your friends— it’s
with you. As humans, we
what we project. Sounds like you re
mad right now because things
aren't going your way with men or
women. Ifyou really want to get rid
o f them— go to church. If these
people are as bad as you say they
are, they’ll hide as you run to the
altar and definitely w on’t join you
as you jam for Jesus!
Dear Deanna!
I am single and tired of being alone.
I’ve decided that in 20041 want to get
with someone and have a baby. I’m
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A memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 22, at Killingsworth
Little Chapel of the Chimes for M Ruth Huff, who died Dec. 18 at age
101.
She was bom April 30, 1902, in Goldendale, Wash. In 1936, she
married Gearld; he died in 1953.
She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Richard Huff, six
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Remembrances to Shriner’s Children’s Hospital of Portland.
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