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iri,t J î o r t l a n b ( O b s e r u e r Page A6 Health Tests Offered YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF YOUR DAYS TELLING THE SAME OLD STORIES, OR YOU CAN 6 0 GET SOME NEW ONES. Free medical screenings for sight, hearing, glaucoma, blood pressure and diabetes, which re quires a three-hour fast, will be offered to the public during the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation in Pioneer Court house S quare, dow ntow n on Tuesday, Aug.31 from 9a.m .to5 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at O r egon Health and Sciences Uni versity. For more information, visit www.orlions.org/foundation or call 800-635-4667, The camaraderie The adventure The seventy-two hour leave in Tokyo These are the stones you'll remember forever It you'd like to add a tew more to the list and add some points to your retirement at the same time, the Army Reserve is the place to do it Call 1 800-USA ARMY to talk with a recruiter or log on to goarmyreserve.com/ps A jf ■ I _______________ - — Dr. Billy R. Rowers An ongoing series of questions and answers about America's natural healing healing profession professio T» s i or Part 12. Regular Checkups: As important to your back as they are to your eyes or teeth. Q. A Tiffany (left) and Capresha show o ff their new bikes, helmets and locks with Providence Portland Medical Center Administrator Dave Underriner (from left), Safe Place Pastor Steven Holt and Providence diversity manager Lolita Burnette. Back to School Support THE____________ SPINAlCOLUMN I don’t have any serious back problems. Why should I see a Chiropractor? : That is a good question. Sometimes we don’t realize that a small crick in the neck or some slight back discomfort is beginning o f larger problem s which are often much more diffi cult to treat at a later stage in life. Unfortunately, eight out o f ten Americans wi 11 be struck down by severe low back pain at one time or another. The mechanical or structural defects of the back usu ally develop slowly and with very little pain, but if left untreated. August 25. 2004 may disable you for days, months Chiropractic checkups. Detected or sometimes permanently. The like early, spinal defects are not only lihood o f disability increase dra easier to treat, but may save a lot matically in over 30. Fortunately, o f pain and money, as well as we are able to avoid many spinal reducing the chance of a disabling problems with regular, precaution spinal disorder. To arrange for ary checkups. Just as an eye exam your checkup, or for answers to or dental checkup prevents poten any questions you might have tial problems or corrects the prob about your health, call our office lems or in its early stages, so do at the number below. Flowers' C hiropractic Office 2124 N.R Hancock Street Portland, Oregon 97212 P h o n e: ( 5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 -5 5 0 4 Hundreds o f north and north east Portland children are ready for class after receiving bags o f free school supplies at The Back to School, End o f Summer Jam held at Vernon Elementary School earlier this month. Providence Health System em ployees and volunteers donated M M M N M M H M M i Local Hip Hop Unites to Build Voters Cool Nutz and others to rock the vote Eligible voters in north and northeast Portland are being brought together by a common cause: hip hop. Radio stations and recording African American Health Coalition, Inc 2nd Annual % 4? September 4,2004 Where Join us for the 2nd Annual Wellness Within REACH Walk Sat. September 4, 20041 Walk the 1.5 or 4-mile course. Start and finish at Dawson Park, located at N. Vancouver and Stanton in Portland, OR. When Why Registration & event activities begin at 8:00 a.m. The Walk begins at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of the walk is to celebrate our community’s health and sustain ongoing free physical activity classes for African Americans in the Portland metro area. fo r more Information For more information about registration or to volunteer contact the African American Health Coalition, Inc. at 2800 N. Vancouver Ave., Suite 100 503-413-1850, or ayannas@aahc-portland.org enough school supplies to fill nearly In addition to the donated school half o f the 825 bags distributed. supplies, Providence Health Sys The Providence Health System Re tem gave away two bikes with hel gional Office o f Diversity spon mets and locks in a raffle during the sored the fourth annual event es day o f games, food and music. tablished by The Safe Place, a faith- Providence Medical Group also pro based, non-profit organization. vided certificates for sports physi More than 1,500 people attended cals to children who attended the the afternoon-long party. event. artists are lending time and ex according to Shawn Alford, posure to a weeklong voter reg Voters Wanted program coor istration drive that culminates in dinator. a canvassing of north and north V olunteer canvassers will east Portland neighbor hoods and a CD release party at the Crystal Ball ro o m , 1332 W. Burnside, on Saturday, Aug. 28. CoolNutz, Lifesavas and the Olivia Warfield Project will jo in Sec re ta ry o f S tate Bill Bradbury at the event to raise en erg y and aw areness about the need for voter regis tration in this part of CoolNutz the city. Approximately one-third of be a c c o m p a n ie d by th e eligible voters in north and north Jam m in’ 95.5 street team and east Portland are not registered will also register voters in front to vote. Using hip hop as a call o f the Nike Factory Store at to dem ocracy, the campaign 2650 N.E. M artin L uther King aims to register 2000 local resi Jr. Blvd. A dditional events dents. surrounding the event include T h ro u g h F rid a y , V o ters a free basketball clinic with W a n te d , th e O reg o n B us Terrell Brannon at the Matt Project ’ s non-partisan voter reg Dishman C om m unity Center. istration branch, is planning the V olunteers and area resi largest community based door- dents can unwind at the CD to-door voter registration can release dance party. Tickets vas in the history of Oregon, are $8. Prosecutor Picketed Entry Entry fee is $15 per person. Pre-registration is highly encouragedl www.aahc-portland.org Thanks la oar sponsors: A Ethnic A p p rœ c h ee t e Conwnunlty H eetth * ■ AMI« * « AM (MC AN Hf AIV M CCMUtTtON MK NEW SEA SO N S FIT RIGHT NORTHWEST Accused of making false claims against Kerry Several Vietnam veterans are calling for an assistant C lackam as C ounty prosecu tor to resign for m aking false claim s in a recent ad criticiz ing D em ocrat John K erry’s m ilitary service. A group o f Vietnam veter ans who protested outside the county co urthouse M onday said Alfred French im plied he had firsthand knowledge of K erry's war actions when in fact he had heard about what Kerry did from friends. In an interview with The O re g o n ian n e w sp a p e r la st week, French said he relied on the accounts o f three other veterans in m aking the state ment about Kerry and did not p erso n ally w itness K erry ’s war actions. “As a senior assistant dis trict attorney, you know as well as we do that that kind of ridiculous statem ent w ould never pass m uster in a court o f law ,” veteran Terry Kirsch said of F rench’s account. “W e q u estio n y o u r fitn ess to serve as an en fo rc e r o f the law a fte r sw ea rin g to facts in a legal affid a v it that you do not know to be tru e ,” he said. Before recording the ad, French signed an affidavit that said: “I am able to swear, as 1 do hereby swear, that all facts and statem ents contained in this affidavit are true and co r rect and within my personal knowledge and belief.” Kerry was aw arded three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a S ilv er S tar as c o m m ander of a Navy swift boat in Vietnam. I