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ployees to earn and take up to 40
hours a year of unpaid leave with
out fear of being fired for missing
work, due to personal health care
needs, safety from domestic vio
lence, or caring for a sick child. The
ordinance will take effect on Jan. 1,
2014.
"This is a public health issue,"
said Commissioner Amanda Fritz,
a retired registered nurse who
crafted the ordinance. "Diligent
em ployees should not have to
choose between paying the rent
and going to work with the flu,
potentially infecting co workers and
customers."
While there will be some impact
to employers, Fritz asserts the ordi
nance is necessary, and ultimately
good business practice. Employ
ees who work while ill lower pro
ductivity in the entire workplace,
and sick children sent to school
because their parents can’t stay
home with them often infect class
mates and teachers.
A broad coalition of community
advocates pushed for the ordi
nance. Bills to require statewide
sick leave— similar to Portland's
new code— are under consider
ation by the State Legislature.
"The more workers who are cov
ered by this common sense stan
dard, the better," Fritz said.
March 20, 2013
Healing, Teaching and Discovery
Exhibit a tribute
to OHSU’s 125
years
For 125 years, Oregon Health and
Science University has been a fix
ture in Portland, changing the land
scape of the medical field both within
our state and across the country.
To celebrate this historic mile
stone, the Oregon History Museum
is hosting an exhibit on the medical
institution's vast history, OHSU: 125
Years of Healing, Teaching, and
Discovery.
"More than two centuries after
Lewis and Clark and their 'Corps of
Discovery' arrived in Oregon, the re
markable physician, researchers, and
medical professionals at OHSU act as
a modem day Corps of Discovery as
hospitals, and centers that comprise
OHSU. Visitors will also discover
many of the inventions and innova
tions that have emerged from OHSU
faculty, alumni, and staff that have
shaped health care delivery in Or
egon and beyond.
"OHSU is grateful to Oregonians
for the 125 years of support that
have helped create the institution
we know today," said Dr. Joe
Robertson, OHSU president. "What
Two medical buildings in what would become Oregon Health and
started as a small medical school in
Sciences University sits on Marquam Hill in southwest Portland
Northwest Portland is now an inter
the early 1920s. An exhibit telling the story o f the hospital and its
nationally recognized academ ic
1 2 5 years o f teaching medicine is now on display at the Oregon
health center, bringing together
History Museum.
healing, teaching and discovery to
they continue to make history in bat- and we are honored to host this fas- the benefit of Oregonians. The ex
tling diseases and in lengthening cinating exhibit."
hibit helps tell the story of how we
lives," said Oregon Historical Soci-
The exhibit, now on display got from there to here."
ety E xecutive D irecto r K erry through July 8, uses historic photo-
The Oregon History Museum at
Tymchuk. "OHSU has played an im- graphs and artifacts, to explore the the Oregon Historical Society is lo
portant role in the history of our state, histories of the schools, programs, cated at 1200 S.W. Park Ave.
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Fundraisers for Medical Care
Jeremy
Lathan
Two fundraisers will be held at The Hoop in Salem
to help Jeremy Lathan, a former Portland resident and
athlete at Benson Tech, who is facing the hardship of
treating cancer without insurance.
After Lathan graduated from Benson he went onto
play as apoint guard for College of Eastern Utah in Price,
Utah and earned a business management degree.
He loves to work with kids and plans on being a
coach and work one-on-one with kids in basketball.
Lathan was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Stage 3 in September.
A bake sale and raffle at The Hoop, 3575 Fairview
Ind. Dr., on Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days, will help raise money
to pay for medical expenses, including hospital stays,
therapy, testing and for prescriptions.
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