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October 14, 2009
L aw & J ustice
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Glimpse into Schizophrenia
Although schizophrenia is a mental illness
that affects nearly one percent o f all Americans,
it rem ains a m alady that is grievously m isun­
derstood by the public.
“Found Lives,” new theatrical piece designed
to enhance the public’s understanding o f the
illness, will prem ier later this week, providing
the public w ith a rare and stark portrait o f the
inner m ental workings o f people with schizo­
phrenia.
N ew M oon P ro d u ctio n s w riters M ichael
Wehrli and Kristina A rm etta team ed up with
OHSU psychiatrist W illiam H. W ilson to create
a th e a tric a l piece th a t ex a m in e s the daily
struggles and trium phs people with the mental
illness.
Every word in the production is draw n from
Internet blogs written by people with the malady
over a period o f years by people with schizo­
phrenia and their family members.
The production prem iers 7:30 p.m. on O cto­
ber 16 at the A rtists Repertory Theatre, 1516
Southw est A lder Street. Tickets are $25, and
proceeds go to supporting the N ational A lli­ “Found Lives" takes a look into the lives o f people with schizophrenia
in their own words.
ance on M ental Illness.
Man Allegedly Sent Noose
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purpose o f intimidating him,
L ast w eek D an ie l L ee
“A noose is an unmistak­
Jo n e s o f P o rtla n d , O re.,
able symbol of hatred and vio­
w as indicted fo r allegedly
lence in our nation, conjuring
m a ilin g a h a n g m a n ’s
up images o f a despicable pe­
n oose to the L im a, O hio
riod in our history. Mailing a
c h a p te r o f th e N a tio n a l
noose to an individual who
A s s o c ia tio n fo r th e A d ­
advocates for racial equality
v a n c e m e n t o f C o lo r e d
sends a clear threat o f vio­
P eople.
lence,” said Thomas E. Perez,
P r io r to m a ilin g th e
assistant attorney general for
n oose, Jones, 32, w as the
the Justice Department’s Civil
regional director o f a w hite
Rights Division.
s u p r e m a c is t g r o u p , a c ­ Daniel Lee Jones
If found guilty o f mailing a
co rd in g to the Ju stice D e­
threatening communication, Jones faces
partm ent.
a maximum punishment o f five years in
Before being indicted Jones sent hate
prison and a p o ten tial fine o f up to
fly e rs to re s id e n ts o f L im a . Ja so n
$250, (XX).
U pthegrove, the president o f the local
He faces a maximum punishment of one
NAACP, spoke out against the flyers and
year in prison and a fine o f up to $ 100,000
called for equal police services for the
for interferring with federally-protected
African Americans. He was allegedly sent
activities.
a noose to U pthegrove’s home for the
Indirect Justice
for O regon Vets
O re g o n so ld ie rs sic k e n e d fo rm er H alib u rto n sub sid iary
w h ile serv in g in Iraq m ight b e c a u s e o f a c la u s e in h e r
have g o tten som e ju stic e last c o n tra c t w ith th e co m p an y
w eek w hen the U .S. S en ate th at p ro h ib ited h er from ta k ­
p assed an am en d m en t to its ing legal action.
L ast M ay, the L eg islatu re
D efen se A p p ro p ria tio n s bill
that strip p ed fed eral funding passed a bill that gave $20,000
f o r m il ita r y
c o n t r a c t o r to O re g o n A rm y N a tio n a l
K ellogg, Brow n and Root S er­ G uard soldiers w ho w ere ex ­
posed to toxic chem icals while
v ices.
T h e a m e n d m e n t, s p e a r ­ guarding an Iraqi w ater treat­
headed by M in n eso ta D em o ­ m ent plant being repaired by
c r a t A1 F r a n k e n ,
w a s K B R w o rk e rs. T h e so ld ie rs
p ro m p ted from rep o rts from have experienced debilitating
fo rm er KBR em p lo y ee Jam ie illnesses since then.
T h e S e n a te a m e n d m e n t,
L eigh Jones w ho alleg es she
w as g an g -rap ed by co-w o rk - w hich passed with bi-partisan
e rs w h ile in Ira q , an d la te r support, also prohibits the D e­
th reaten ed w ith retaliatio n if partm ent o f Defense from do­
ing business with any com pa­
she rep o rted it.
Jo n es w as barred from ta k ­ nies that have sim ilar clauses
ing leg al ac tio n a g a in st the in their em ployees contracts.
Fake AMBER Alert Calls ‘Wolf
Oregon State Police are looking
into fake Amber Alerts received by
new s departm ents and individuals
last week.
The Amber Alert system sends
out alerts to radio, television, high­
way advisory signs, and e-mails to
wireless subscribers when a child is
abducted.
The alert reported that a 3-year-
old boy was abducted by a male in a
M itsubishi Eclipse with a license
plate number that law enforcement
discovered doesn’t even exist.
OSP Lt. Molly Cotter said that the
incident is very concerning since
hoax alerts could undermine the en­
tire system if people stop taking them
seriously.
“A m b er A lerts from unknow n
sources could lead to a delayed re­
sp o n se fro m th e p u b lic an d
jepordizes the integrity of the entire
Amber Alert plan," she said.
Cotter said Amber Alert and valid­
ity ca n be c o n firm e d o n lin e at
oregonamberalerts.com.
Watch Out for Tsunami Scams
The B etter B usiness B ureau is
w arning people interested in help­
ing victim s o f the recent tsunam is
to look out for hucksters that will
leave them all wet.
T h e b u rea u is re p o rtin g th a t
people looking for inform ation on
the floods have been tricked into
dow nloading viruses on their com-
puters. P eople looking to spread
m alicious viruses put up legitim ate­
looking w ebsites that w ere o p ti­
m ized to ensure they w ould appear
in a G oogle search.
O nce the victim is on the website
a pop-up w indow appears telling
that their com puter is at risk o f a
virus, and needs to im m ediately
dow nload anti-virus software.
T h e B B B a d v is e s p e o p le to
w atch out for false ch arities lo o k ­
ing to take ad v an tag e o f people
w an tin g to fin an cially help tsu ­
nam i v ic tim s ..
It recco m en d s ch eck in g o ut its
lis t o f a p p r o v e d c h a r itie s at:
www.bbb.org/charity
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