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®*f* $îortlanh (Phsertier Page 4 October 13, 2010 Studio Six Nine Celebrates S tu d io S ix N in e H air D e sig n , 545 N .E . K illin g sw o rth S t., re c e n tly h e ld th e ir 7th a n nual C u s to m e r A p p re c ia tio n b a rb e c u e . C u s to m e rs w e re tre a te d w ith g o o d fo o d , g ifts, an d a w ealth o f a p p re c ia tio n f o r th e ir p a tro n a g e . T he ev en t w as h o ste d by S tu d io S ix N in e M a n ag e r C h e r e ’ B ra m e , b a r ber H o race S im p so n an d s ty l ists R uby S h e p h e rd , C e le ste T ay lo r, and A lin e A n d re. T he h a ir-c u ttin g c re w said they w ere lo o k in g fo rw a rd to h o s tin g a n o th e r s u c c e s s f u l ev en t next y e a r an d g a v e sp e cial th a n k s to all o f th e ir c u s to m e rs w ho w e re ab le to a t tend. F or m o re in fo rm a tio n ab o u t the salon, call 5 0 3 -2 8 4 -1 7 8 2 or 503-284-1786. Studio Six Nine Hair Design celebrates its 7th annual customer appreciation barbeque. Pictured (clockwise from bottom, left) are manager Chere’ Brame, stylist Celeste Taylor, barber Horace Simpson, and stylists Ruby Shep herd and Aline Andre. African American Alliance for Homeownership Educating Teens c o n t i n u e d f r o m fron t Presents The 12th Annual African American Homeownership Fair Saturday, October 30, 2010 10 am - 2:30 pm Legacy Emanuel Hospital Atrium 501 N. Graham St., Portland FREE and OPEN to the Public • Enter to Win a $ 1,000 grant give-away and other great prizes • Attend a first-time home buyer/foreclosure prevention workshop • Visit over 40 housing professionals • Free Parking and Lunch (served ii:3 0 - i:0 0 p m ) Pre-registration is NOT required; Everyone is welcome www.aaah.org 503-595-3517 S p e n io r ii Portland Housing Bureau, The Skanner News Croup, TriM et, State Farm Insurance, N W Natural, Safeway Food & Drug, Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Chase £=) ëÜiî&Sî? T he p r o g r a m ’s e x p a n s io n means it can target a diverse popu lation o f the highest risk youth in grades 7-12 in a mix o f rural and urban com m unities. The program is expected to reach over 2,500 youth in Oregon and 8,000 youth across the five states during a five-year project period. The foremost goal is to signifi cantly reduce teen pregnancy. Ad ditionally, the program seeks to in crease the numbers o f youth who delay onset o f sexual activity; in crease the numbers o f youth using protection when sexually active; significantly decrease academic course failure and school suspen sions; and increase youth's posi tive attitude towards service and community engagement. “Planned Parenthood has been p roviding life-ch an g in g youth developm ent program s to youth in Oregon and Southwest W ash ington for 47 years,” said Camélia H ison o f Planned P arenthood Colum bia-W illam ette, the local affiliate headquartered in Port land. “O regon’s teens are the big winners in this announcement. We are so lucky to have this unprec edented opportunity to implement such a w ell-respected, successful teen pregnancy p rev en tio n 'p ro gram here in our state.” The Teen Outreach Program will take place in schools and com m u nity agencies, engaging youth in w eekly sessio n s over a nine- month period. The curriculum in cludes age-appropriate sessions on relationships, com m unication, goal setting, and sexual health, along with a vital com m unity ser vice component. “We are excited to partner with other youth serving organizations and schools to provide this pro gram across the region,” said Mary Gossart, who oversees education and train in g for the P ortland Planned Parenthood affiliate. Nearly 750,000 teens in the United States will become pregnant each year. Teen mothers are more likely to drop out o f school and fall into poverty. Children bom to teen moth ers also face significant life chal lenges: they are more likely to drop out o f school, experience unin tended pregnancies early in life, and experience more fmanc ial and health disparities compared to children o f older parents. Evidence has shown that absti nence-only program s have not helped lower the teen pregnancy rate or the likelihood o f teens hav ing sex. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the teen birth rate rose from 2005 to 2007 after years o f steady decline, and then dropped again in 2008. More recently the CDC released a report showing almost all U.S. teens have had formal sex education, but only about two-thirds have been taught birth control methods. The federal grant will also create multiple new full-time jobs within Planned Parenthood in Oregon.
