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Law Enforcement Backs Early Education
early education program, showed
that kids left out o f the program
were 70 percent more like ly to
have been arrested fo r a violent
crime by age IS than those who
participated in the program.
"M o re ofte n than not, the
people we arrest who end up in
our courts and then in our ja ils
and prisons, dropped out o f
school and never graduated from
high school." D istrict Attorney
Schrunk said, "W e don’ t loose
these kids all o f a sudden in high
school. We loose them early in
life and they ju st take tim e to fade
and 175,000 assaults will be pre­
vented in America every year.
A new report, entitled "Break­
ing the Cycle: School or the
Streets," includes research show­
ing that high quality pre-kinder­
Multnomah County District garten is the most effective deter­
Attorney Michael Shrunk, Port­ rent against high school dropouts.
land Police Bureau Chief Rosie
“Early childhood education is
Sizer and Beaverton Police Chief an essential component of keep­
David Bishop took part in a Back ing a co m m u nity safe and
to School press conference last healthy,” said Chief Sizer. "Law
week to push for increased high enforcement leaders like me have
school graduation rates to help long supported Head Start. It’s a
cut crime rates.
cost effective strategy to increase
The group released a report graduation rates and reduce vio­
showing that by increasing gradu­ lence.”
ation rates among males by 10
A study of Chicago’s Child-
percentage points, 3,(XX) murders Parent Centers, a high-quality
To boost
graduation
rates, cut crime
away and eventually disconnect
from life. Evidence shows that
early childhood education stops
Rosie Sizer
this process. More kids graduate
from high schixtl and fewer of
them end up as criminals.”
Research shows that high
school dropouts are three and a
halftimes more likely than gradu­
ates to be arrested and eight times
more likely to be incarcerated.
Nearly 70 percent of al I inmates in
our nation’s prisons failed to earn
a high school diploma.
In Oregon, approximately 30
percent of students fail to gradu­
ate in four years.
The law enforcement officials
called on Congress and the state
legislature toexpand quality early
education programs for at-risk
kids.
Sowing Seeds
for Career
Opportunities
“I want to learn how to build
things, build my confidence and
be more com fortable around
power tools,” said 14-year-old
Caroline, one of the many girls
who attended a construction day
camp this summer offered by Or­
egon Tradeswomen, Inc. through
funding from the Oregon Depart­
ment of Transportation.
Working with women instruc­
tors, the girls learned basic con­
struction skills using hand and
power tools and discovering the
wide variety of highway construc­
tion careers, such as carpentry, sur­
veying and masonry, through field
trips to apprenticeship training cen­
ters and job sites.
In addition to gaining skills and
learning about highway construc­
tion careers, the girls build a garden
shed as a donation to a Portland
Parks and Recreation community gar­
den. They also build a cedar arbor
and benches for the school garden at
Harriet Tubman Leadership Acad­ A group of local middle school girls build confidence and explore career skills by attend
emy for Young Women.
a summer construction camp sponsored by Oregon' Tradeswomen, Inc.
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Packing Healthy
School Lunches
W ith the start o f school, it’s important to
know that nutrition and learning go hand in
hand.
Providence dieticians say kids who are nutri­
tionally fit are more likely to have the energy,
stamina and self-esteem that enhance their abil­
ity to learn.
D on’t forget a good breakfast, but also pack
meals that are easy to prepare and fun to eat, as
well as healthful, safe and nutritious.
Forexam ple, sandw iches, raw veggies, crack­
ers, string cheese, whole fruit and pudding are
fun foods that still supply good nutrition.
W om en and youth are in­
vited to enjoy the laughter
a n d f r ie n d s h ip o f o th e r
w om en w hile sh arin g the
hope found in C hrist during
the W om en and Youth Pink
Lady Day L uncheon.
T he free celebration will
take place Saturday, Sept.
13 at I I a.m. at the H ighland
C hristian C enter. 7600 N.E.
G lisan St.
E vangelist V elm a Jones
will serve as speaker. O ther
highlights include m usic,door
prizes, facial m akeovers, a
fashion parade, inform ation
on health issues, testim onials
and m uch more.
Shirlene Carson
Friends of Trees Takes Orders for Plantings
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‘Donut Hole’ Gap Observed
(AP) — Many people in M edicare
with diabetes, high blood pressure and
other chronic conditions stop taking
their medicine when faced with pick­
ing up the entire cost o f their prescrip­
tions, researchers say.
About 3.4 million older and disabled
people hit a gap, known as the dough­
nut hole, in their M edicare drug cover­
age in 2007. W hen that happened, they
had to pay the entire costs o f their
medicine until they spent $3.850 out
of pocket. Then, insurance coverage
would kick in again.
About 15 percent o f those hitting
the coverage gap stopped their treat­
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ment regimen. That rate varied de­
pending upon illness. For example,
about 10 percent of diabetes patients
stopped buying the medicine, as did 16
percent of patients with high blood
pressure and 18 percent o f patients
with osteoporosis.
"If a new president and C ongress
consider changes to the drug b e n ­
efit, it will be im portant to keep in
mind that the coverage gap has c o n ­
sequences for som e patients with
se rio u s h e a lth c o n d itio n s ," said
Drew A ltm an, the c h ie f executive
officer and president o f the K aiser
Fam ily Foundation.
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