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Wildlife
Adventures
Father, Son Pursuit
Will Smith stars with
his son in a movie
based on a true story
JJorlhutit (iDbseruer
Day camps fo r kids
during Winter Break
See Focus, page B3
See Focus, page B3
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SECTION
Drug Coverage Offered to All
State program
brings bulk-
purchase prices
. n ra irj"
Local residents, state officials
and com m unity leaders are celebrat
ing an expanded state prescription
drug program that offers savings o f
up to 60 percent off the price of
medicines.
A ny O regonian w ithout p re
scription drug coverage is now e li
gible to enroll in the O regon Pre
scription Drug Program , which is
the sta te 's bulk-purchasing pool
for prescription medications.
The only requirem ents are that
you be an O regon resident and
have no prescription drug cover
age. There is no cost for enrol I ing or
m onthly premiums.
Income lim its for the program
w ere rem oved by M easure 44
passed by voters last month. The
initiative, which w ent into effect
Friday, rem oves previous age and
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|, hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
incom e eligibility restrictions. It’s PCC C a s c a d e C o lleg e P r e s id e n t A lgie G a te w o o d (from left), PCC s tu d e n t L a n ise P e rsu in g a n d D ’Norgia Price o f th e Urban L e a g u e o f
estim ated 6tM),(XM) uninsured adults P ortland c o m m e m o r a te a n e w s ta t e p re scrip tio n dru g pro g ra m for p e o p le w ith o u t d ru g co vera g e.
Mississippi Records Helps Collector Hit Jackpot
75-cent
album turns
to $155,401
at auction
(A P) - Forty years after it was
made. The Velvet U nderground's
first recording has becom e a f i
nancial hit — in cy berspace.
Bought for 75 cents four years
agoat a New York flea market, the
rare recording o f music that ended
up on the influential New York
band's first album. "The Velvet
U nderground & Nico," sold on
eBay foraclosing bid o f $ 155,401.
W arren Hill, a collector from
M ontreal, bought the record in
S eptem ber2002 at the flea market,
ac co rd in g to his frien d , Eric
Isaacson o f M ississippi Records
in north Portland.
Isaacson helped Hill decipher
the nature o f the lucky find.
"W e cu e d it up and w ere
stunned — the first song was not
'Sunday M orning' as on the 'V el
vet U nderground & Nico' Verve
LP. but rather it was 'European
S on’ — the song that is last on
that LP, and it was a version nei
ther o f us had ever heard before!"
Isaacson wrote.
The recording turned out to be
an in-studio acetate made during
deductibles and the so-called do
nut hole.
For more information andacopy
of a sim ple one-page program ap
p lic a tio n ,
go
o n lin e
at
w w w .opdp.org or call the toll-free
number I -888-411 -GPDP.
A Better Community
was Activist’s Dream
Carl Flipper
remembered for
positive agenda
W arren Hill fe tc h e d $ 1 5 5 .4 0 1 in a b id o n e B a y for a c o p y o f a 1 9 6 7 The V elvet U nderground &
N ico alb u m . The c o lle c to r from M o n trea l fo u n d o u t h o w rare th e a lb u m w a s fro m h is friend, Eric
I s a c s o n o f M is s is s ip p i R e c o rd s in n o rth Portland. (AP p h o to ).
V elvet U nderground's first record
ing over four days in April 1966 at
New York's Scepter Studios. The
record reportedly is only one o f two
in existence: the other is privately
ow ned, with rum ors circulating
about the ow ner's identity. C olum
bia Records rejected the album.
"I im m ediately took the needle
off the record, and realized that we
had som ething special," Isaacson
wrote. Hill and Isaacson photo
graphed the album , made a digital
backup copy o f the music, and d e
cided to put it up for auction. The
first bids, w hich began Nov. 28,
rose $20,000.
V elvet U nderground left its m u
sical stam p on hundreds o f other
bands.
The band, nam ed after a book
about edgy sex practices in the
Holiday Art Exhibit
Portland Jazz Talk
On T hursday. Dec. 14. from 6-8 p .m . The
T alking Drum Bookstore and Reflections
Books,446N.E. Killingsworth St., will trans
port you to the tim e o f 1950s Portland Jazz
on W illiam s A venue. Call G loria at 503-
288-4106 for more information.
Holiday Charms
and children in O regon are cu r
rently w ithout prescription drug
coverage.
Gov. T ed Kulongoski kicked o ff
the expanded program bv schedul
ing an enrollm ent assistance event
at Portland Com m unity C ollege’s
C ascade C am pus in north Portland.
The event drew PCC students,
college officials, the Urban League
of Portland and othergroups. There
was discussion on how the pro
gram can helpdram atically improve
public health in O regon. Students
sh a re d th e ir e x p e r ie n c e s an d
struggles with being uninsured and
now having the ability to change
that.
Oregon residents enrolled in the
M edicare Part D prescription drug
program may also be eligible to
participate, using the state program
to he I » a y for m edicine when they
haveÇ np c o v e ra g e b ec au se o f
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WSU Vancouver, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek
Ave., presents A crylics on Clay, by local
artist Linda Sawaya, through Jan. 12, in the
Student Services G allery and selected
w orks by Ines Epperson thru Jan. 28, in the
Engineering and Life Sciences building.
For
m o re
in f o rm a tio n ,
v is it
v an couv er.w su .ed u .
Bradley-Angle House
The Bradley-A ngle House needs volun
teers to help its outreach against dom estic
violence. W om en o f color and bilingual
w omen are encouraged to call. For more
information, call 503-282-9940.
International Gem and Jew elry Show -
The D oubletree H otel-Lloyd C enter, will
host the 4 1 st year o f this renow ned exhibit
on Friday, Dec. 15, noon-6 p.m., Saturday. I
Dec. 16, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday | Write Around Volunteers
Dec. 17 . 1 1 a.m .-5 p.m. For more inform a
A re you in terested in beco m in g a fa c ili
tion, visit intergem .com
tato r for W rite A round P o rtlan d ’s v o l
u n teer-ru n ten -w eek w o rk sh o p ? T he
Presents for Primates
w o rk sh o p is for lo w -in co m e ad u lts,
O n T hursday, Dee. H a t 1 0 a .m .,S a n ta 's
hom eless o r m en tally d isab led people
E lves w ill g ive holiday gifts to the O r
o r o th ers w ho face barriers to w riting
egon Z o o 's ch im p an zees, o ran g u tan s,
w orkshop s. C o n tact Jill T u ley a at 503-
m andrills and other prim ates. Bring your
796-9224.
cam eras for a g reat p icture o p p o rtu n ity .
Call 5 0 3 -2 2 6 -1561 orvisitoregonzoo.org
Work Against Abuse
for m ore inform ation.
Com m unity A dvocates invites those in
1960s, w as fu ele d by M o
T ueker's hard-dri ving drumming
John C ale’s anxious viola, ani
lead singer Lou Reed, whose lyr
ic s sp o k e o f d r u g -in d u c e i
beauty and gritty Low er East Sidi
realities.
The first album featured Nico
the E uropean m o d el-actress
singer in a first and last re c o rd «
appearance with the band.
terested in protecting children from abuse
to becom e an event volunteer, event o u t
reach, technology expert, graphic artists
or office support team m em ber. For infor
mation, call 503-280-1388.
Women in Community Service
Volunteer tem ale mentors are being sought
by W om en in Com m unity Service to work
with incarcerated w om en at the Coffee
Creek C orrectional Facility. The women
provide support and encouragem ent for
inm ates transitioning from prison back
into the com m unity. For inform ation, call
503-570-6614.
Black History Museum
The Black History M useum o f O regon is
seeking brilliant m inds o f concerned indi
viduals to help in restructuring the m u
seum fo undation's com m ittee. For infor
mation, call 503-284-0617.
Oregon Food Bank
I he O regon Food Bank seek s v o lu n
teers on M ondays from 1:30p.m . to 4 :3 0
p.m ., and T uesdays, 9 a.m . to n oon, to
sort and repack p erish ab le foods. C all
5 0 3 -2 8 2 -0 5 5 5 , ex ten sio n 272 o r visit
by M ichael L eighton
T he P ortland O bserver
Carl Flipper, a pi liar o f pride for
his A frican American roots and a
longtim e activist for the H um boldt
neighborhood in north Portland, is
being rem em bered fo ra lifetim e o f
prom oting positive agendas.
Flipper, 58. died Nov. 24, 2006
from com plicationsof multiple my
eloma. a form o f cancer. A memorial
and celebration o f his life will be
held Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. in
the Student C enter at Clark College
in Vancouver.
FI i pper moved to V ancouver j ust
tw o years ago after more than a
decade o f voluntary com m unity
service in his Humboldt neighbor
hood, the city ’s most ethnically
diverse neighborhood.
He pushed for the im provem ent
o f Jefferson High School that sits in
the center o f H um boldt, and is ad
jacen t to Portland C om m unity C ol
lege and the K illingsw orth Street
and A lbina Avenue business d is
trict.
He helped convince other civic
leaders to tear down the physical
barriers blocking Jefferson from the
com m unity, an effort that led to the
Carl Flipper
cutting dow n o f the large laurel
hedge that blocked the school from
the street. He proposed a sweeping
pedestrian plaza with flags in front
ol Jefferson facing K i 11 i ngs worth, a
vision that has yet to com e to pass.
He was involved in a successful
project to turn a concrete island
w here A lbina and M ississippi av
enues converge into a small park.
He served on the Interstate C orri
dor Urban Renewal Area advisory
board and m onitored streetscape
projects, including the $60 million
expansion o f the PCC C ascade
Campus.
F lip p er loved tellin g sto ries
continued
on page H6
O re g o n fo o d b a n k .o rg .
574-6595 or visit: providence.org/classes.
Volunteer for Crisis Line
Stroller Class for Moms
W ant to m ake a d iffe ren ce in y o u r c o m
m u n ity ? V o lu n teers and ad v o c ates are
need ed for the P o rtlan d W o m e n 's C ri
sis L ine. T he n eed s in clu d e o n -call a d
v o cates to resp o n d in person o r o v er
the phone, o u trea ch and ed u catio n al
effo rts, and fu n d raisin g and ad m in istra
tive d u ties. C all 5 0 3 -2 3 2 -4 176 for m ore
inform ation.
Are you a new mom or have a toddler?G et
som e exercise and meet other moms at the
free Stroller Strides class. 9 a.m. to 10a.m.
T uesdaysand Thursday at Peninsula Park.
All you need is a stroller, water, a mat or
towel and com fortable shoes. Call Helen a,
503-260-5018 for more information.
Home buying Classes
Portland C om m unity Land Trust helps
lirst tim e and low -incom e hom ebuyers
purchase hom es at below market price.
Attend a free, o n e-h o u rclass to learn more
about
th e
p r o g ra m .
C o n ta c t
Kelly@ pclt.org or call5O3-493-O293.
Parenting Classes
N ew borns d o n 't com e with instruction
m anuals but parents and parents-to-be
can attend classes through Providence
H ealth System s to learn about a variety o f
to p ic s fro m p ain an d c h ild b irth to
breastfeeding to infant CPR and much
more. For a schedule o f events, call 503-
t
Hatha Yoga Class
In O ther W ords Books and Resources
hosts Hatha Yoga classes for beginners
and all levels, every M onday. Tuesday
and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at In
O ther Words. 8 N.E. K illingsw orth. All
genders and ages and donations are w el
come.