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ALL ABOARD!
RAILROADING AND PORTLAND’S BLACK COM M UNITY
Woman Found on Mt. Hood
were driving rolled over on a Forest
Service road near Estacada. The
teens were camping in the woods
Saturday night to end their spring
break. Investigators believe speed
and alcohol were factors in the crash.
Mary Owen, a 23-
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On display January 15—April 21,2013
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year-old woman Dream Act Tuition Help
from Newberg Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber signed
wh° disappeared into law a bill allowing young immi­
after going hiking grants who have graduated from
alone on Mount Oregon high school without legal
Hood, was found residency to pay resident tuition at
alive on Sandy Glacier by a National the state's seven public universi­
Guard helicopter Saturday. Miss­ ties. After signing the measure Tues­
ing for six nights on the mountain, day, K itzhaber declared: "My
Owen miraculously only suffered friends, the dream has become a
reality."
minor injuries and frostbite.
Youth Bus Passes Saved
around Union Station in the late 19th to m id -20th
century, and the churches, new spapers, and businesses
th ey built which fo rever changed the city of Portland.
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The city of Portland and TriMet Caroline Kennedy, an early sup-
porter of Presi­
have agreed to continue subsidiz­
dent Obama in
ing the Youth Pass bus ticket pro­
gram for high school students for
the 2008 elec­
the upcoming school year. The
tion, is expected
agreem ent announced Tuesday
to be nominated
calls for the city, TriMet, and Port­
U.S. ambassa­
land Public Schools to evenly split
dor to Japan,
but the nomination is not yet fina
the approximate $3 million needed
ized. The only living child of Presi­
for the program.
dent John F. Kennedy is a lawyer
Wyden Calls for Simplifying
and author of 10 books, including a
the Federal Tax Code
text on the Bill of Rights.
Sen. Ron Wyden held a news con­
ference Monday in northeast Port- Lawmaker Uses Ethnic Slur
■ land to speak on the need to simplify Alaskan Rep. Don Young, 79, is
the federal tax code, calling it “hope­ under fire for using a derogatory
lessly out of date, mind-numbingly term to describe the workers on his
complex, increasingly unfair and father’s farm in central California,
where he grew up. The Republican
terribly inefficient.”
referred to Mexican migrant work­
Teen Dies In Crash
ers as “wetbacks.” He later released
Nicholas Portis, 17, of Milwaukie, an apology, saying he “used a term
died and six other teenagers were that was commonly used during my
hurt when the Toyota 4Runner they days growing up.”
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Open Letter to Our TriMet Passengers and Community
.U, uuuyei woes on me cost of transit workers' health care. We don't apologize that we and management
surance over the years. Everyone should have the same coverage, and many in our community do Yet
more. Why? It's because we need medical treatment more often. Countless studies have found that the
' stressful and physically damaging than almost every other job.
J C i U I j Transit workers become disabled
and die younger than people working in other
occupations.
(Source; National Institutes of Health)
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from serious diseases including: cancer, heart
failure, urinary/gastrointestinal/kidney failure,
strokes, diabetes and musculoskeletal damage.
(Source; National Institutes of Health)
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nee of. on-the-job injury, even higher
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STRESS IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF MAJOR
HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR TRANSIT WORKERS
and is linked directly to obesity and heart disease. The second cause is one that may surprise
people—no opportunity to use the restroom. Computerized transit schedules leave operators with
little or no time for breaks. How do we cope? Two ways. We “hold it” for hours, and we keep
ourselves dehydrated—often drinking nothing in a 14-hour stretch. Daily “holding it” and voluntary
dehydration damage our internal organs, causing catastrophic long-term effects on our health.
Being confined to the drivers seat for long hours is the third major cause of illness and injury.
That immobility, as well as constant road vibration, have been linked to a wide range of chronic
health conditions.
Finally, we recognize that many in our community suffer from the high cost of health care in
the U.S. We understand that, given the current state of TriMet s finances, we are going to have to
shoulder more of the health care burden created by our jobs. At the same time, there is a much
larger issue looming over this discussion. That is the need for every American to have access to
decent, affordable health care. The richest nation in the world should not rank 37th in health care.
We must address this critical issue together, in our community, our state and our country
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