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West Nile Virus Here to Stay
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ADVANCE UNCORRECTED CAI LEY
from Front
o f West Nile. The chickens have no
chance o f being harmed in the pro
cess because they have built up
immunities, according to county
health officials, who say they eat
the eggs that their long-lived hens
lay.
Prevention is the county’ s top
concern.
"People need to take action to
protect themselves, such as mak
ing sure you have a mosquito
screen and getting rid o f stand
ing w ater in your backyard,”
W irth says.
State Sen. Avel G ordly who
became concerned about West
N ile virus in her northeast and
southeast Portland d istrict, has
scheduled a town hall forum Sat
urday as part o f an education and
prevention campaign.
G ordly, who represents parts
o f inner north and northeast Port
land, w ill be joined by W irth and
health department educator Kari
Lyons.
Event organizers say that the
forum w ill m ainly be an opportu
nity fo r the public to ask ques
tions about this or any other pub
lic-health concern.
"W hen I read about the dead
Carl Pierce maintains a chicken coop on Northeast Columbia
crow infected with West N ile v i
Boulevard that's used to regularly test the blood of chickens for
rus found in the Roseway neigh
the West Nile virus. The chickens are naturally exposed to
borhood,” G ordly said, " I con
mosquito bites that can carry the virus, but have build up
tacted the M ultnom ah County
Immunities to keep them healthy.
Health Department to set up an
puoi os by R aymond R endleman /T hk P ortland O bserver
opportunity to provide comm u
nity education and prevention
inform ation that w ill help keep
Portland residents safe. It is my
hope that residents w ill make this
town hall presentation a p rior
ity ”
Sean Cruz, G o rd ly’ s ch ie f o f
staff, doesn't “ think any level o f
government can claim that they
are su fficien tly prepared" fo r a
West N ile outbreak.
“ I don’ t want to be alarmist,
but we want people to be edu
cated and to be armed against
this viru s," G ordly says.
The public West N ile virus fo
rum w ill take place Saturday from
10 a.m. to noon at the H ighl University of Portland graduate Mary Faber and Jeremy
and C hristian Center, 7600 N.E. Schwenker begin to load dry-ice mosquito traps into a van for
Glisan St.
placement near the Columbia Slough.
Ninety year old, Eva Rutland, author of more than 20 novels will sign her
book When We Were Colored: A Mother's Story, at the Talking Drum
Bookstore on Saturday, July 28th, 4:00 - 6:00 pm. The book presents the
timely and relevant story of her life as a mother in the years 'before
integration, before affirmative aetion - when segregation was the norm,
discrimination was legally tolerated, and blacks were second-class
citizens.’ “The era in which I raised my children is long gone, but the
troubles I encountered afflict today's mamas's too.''
Talking Drum Bookstore
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(503) 288-4106
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Coffee House - Café - Book Store
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Community Transitional School students check out the drawing o f their new school building
coming to northeast Portland.
Homeless School Breaks Ground
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students and the dedication o f ev
eryone involved in the project. “ The
first thing you notice about the
Community Transitional School is
you walk in. and it is quiet," said
Senator Deckhart to the crowd of
approximately 200 people packed
under a pavilion.
Since the school’ s founding, it
has served more than 4,000 tran
sient c h ild re n ages 4 to 14
throughout Portland. The new
9,000-square-foot, one-story fa
c ility w ill have three classrooms,
a lunchroom, an office, a com
puter lab and storage room fo r
the school's donated clothes,
hygiene items and school sup
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