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____________ M) B lack H istory M onth p ^ a » African-American Pioneers Quiz Alcohol and drug addiction Is color blind... Here are fiv e questions to test your knowledge o f African-American pioneers. Who was the first African American to appear on a postage stamp? • • • Paul Robeson. Frederick Douglass. Booker T. Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington, the famous edu cator, was the first black person to appear on a stamp. His stamp was issued in 1940,93 years after the first U.S. stamp was circulated. Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? gender neutral... • • • James Baldwin. Toni Morrison. Richard Wright. In 1993, Toni Morrison finally became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her book Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Not only is Sidney Poitier the first African American to win an academy award In a leading role, he’s the only one as well. For which picture did he win Best Actor? • • • ...and targets all ages. To Sir With Love. Guess W ho’s Coming to Dinner. Lilies of the Field. P oitier’s O scar for Lilies o f the F ield was the first for an A frican A m erican in a leading role. However, Hattie M cDaniel won an O scar for Best Supporting A ctress for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind. Only four other African A m ericans have won an O scar — ail in supporting roles: Louis G ossett, Jr., D enzel W ashington, Cuba G ooding, Jr., and W hoopie Goldberg. Guy Bluford Is the first: • African American killed during the Civil War. • African American to receive a tenured professor ship. • African American in space. Bluford was the first African American in space. He joined NASA in 1979 and in 1983 he was on board the orbiter Challenger. This mission was the first with a night launch and landing. With four missions under his gravity belt. Astronaut Bluford has logged well over 513 hours in space. Benjamin Oliver Davis was the first black general In the United States Army. What year was he appointed? • • • 1919 1940 1961 In 1940 the first person of color was appointed to the rank of general. Davis rose from the rank of private. His son, Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., was the first black general in the Air Force. “Superbugs’ are New Health Threat continued But help is available. Call our free and confidential HelpLine: 8OO-923-HELP OREGON PARTNERSHIP Preventing Substance Abuse. Changing Lives. nwv. orpartnership. org fro m A6 Antibiotics may seem innocu ous, but don’t insist on them for viral infections like colds or flu. They have no effect against vi ruses and can cause serious side effects. Take prescribed antibiotics for Fifty years ago, before the ad vent of most o f the antibiotics we have today, my daughter might well have died from her infection. I’m glad that we live in a time where we have effective weapons to fight bacterial disease. Let’s all help to and flu. Working with local infec tious disease experts, we devel oped guidelines for the “judicious use” o f antibiotics and sent them to Oregon physicians. W e’ve given more than 50 lectures about the problem to medical groups around the state. But the other half of the answer lies with you. Many healthcare prac titioners admit they sometimes pre scribe unnecessary doses of anti biotics because they feel pressured - Dr. Mel Kohn, Oregon Dept. of Human Services to do so by patients who expect or even demand a prescription. the full course of treatment; inad keep it that way. Here’s how you can do some equate treatment also contributes Dr. Mel Kohn is state epidemi thing to help solve this problem, to the development of superbugs. ologist in the Oregon Department particularly now that winter cold Use antibiotics only under a o f Human Services. H e's also a and flu season will soon be upon doctor’s care. pediatrician and the father o f two. Antibiotics mav seem innocuous, but don't insist on them for viral infections like colds or flu. They have no effect against viruses and can cause serious side effects. us. South Waterfront Project First Buildings Hoffman Construction Company announces first bid packages Block 25-29 Medical Office Building PARKING STRUCTURE I Block 30 Condominiums MEP DESIGN/BUILD i Possible work areas include: • CMU • Concrete Rebar • Electrical • Fire Sprinkler • Mechanical (exhaust systems, CO2 sensors) • Misc Steel (stairs, etc) • Plumbing • Rebar • Waterproofing 3 E ri 7 MEP Design/Build Bidders in the following areas MUST pre-qualify: • Electrical • Mechanical • Fire Protection What: When: Where: Who: offman onstruction ompany www.hotfmancorp.com I Pre-Activity Meeting Thursday, February 19, 2004, 7:30 am - 8:30 am OAME, Cascade Plaza, 4134 N Vancouver Avenue, Portland, OR MZW/ESB, Local Contractors, and Suppliers To register for this event contact Shelley B. Matthews P.C.RossGroup & Colby Consulting Phone 503.641.4553 Ì PDC PORTLAND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION www.pdc.u*
