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■Portiani» (Obstruer
Chair Gives Up Seat to Interim Leader
J e ff C ogen resign ed as head o f
M ultnom ah C ounty governm ent F ri
day, w eeks after he ad m itted that h e ’d
had a long term affair w ith a county
health departm ent executive.
"People w ant to m ove on from th is ,
distraction," C ogen said. "They d e
serve to."
w ith S onia M anhas, county health
departm ent director o f policy and plan
ning. T he four o th er com m issioners
called on him to quit, but he defiantly
refused.
O n Friday, he said that, after reflec
tion, keeping the jo b was co u n ter to
the standards he'd espoused in his
seven years as an elected official in
O regon's m ost populous county.
"Leadership is about m ore than a
set o f accom plishm ents. It is also
about accountability," C ogen said.
M arissa M adrigal, C ogen's c h ief
o f staff, w ill take over as chair until the
M ay election.
O n July 16, C ogen, 51, ack n o w l
edged that he'd had a long-term affair Jeff Cogen
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September II, 2013
Lee Perlman Public Memorial
T he com m unity is invited to a t
tend a rem em brance and m em orial
event for Lee Perlm an on Sunday,
Sept. 15 at 4 p.m .
Perlm an w as a longtim e co m m u
nity jo u rn a list and activist w ho died
last m onth at the age o f 64.
The m em orial w ill be held at the
L o ren z e n C o n fe re n c e C e n te r at
L egacy E m anuel H ospital in north
Portland, a site w hich Perlm an a t
tended frequently for neighborhood
m eetings. A fterw ards, folks w ill
m ove to the W illy W ebb L odge at 6
N. T illam ook w here there w ill be
m ore room fo r socializing and sh ar
ing stories. M usic, food offerings
and a no-host b ar are planned.
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C ap tain R o b ert G ray an d th e slo o p
L a d y W a s h in g to n ’s 1778 la n d in g
at T illa m o o k B ay. In th e te x t o f th e
sig n , it m e n tio n e d th a t th e c a p ta in
a n d h is c re w “h a s tily d e p a rte d
fro m the b ay a re a a fte r a fig h t w ith
th e In d ia n s in w h ich o n e o f G ray ’ s
c re w an d se v e ra l In d ia n s w ere
k illed .”
T h a t c re w m e m b e r w as M ark u s
L o p e u s. S h e k n ew th is fro m b e in g
v ic e c h a ir o f th e o rg a n iz a tio n O r
e g o n B la c k P io n e e rs a n d h a d o f
ten re c o u n te d th is sto ry in v a ri
o u s p re s e n ta tio n s fo r th e g ro u p .
S h e q u ic k ly tu rn e d h e r d ism a y
into action. F o llo w in g h e r trip, C arr
p la c e d so m e calls w ith in th e h e ri
ta g e c o m m u n ity to see a b o u t u p
d atin g th e sign. A n n ie V on D o m itz
at O re g o n T ra v e l E x p e rie n c e w as
re fe rre d to her.
D o m itz to ld h er in o rd e r to m ak e
th e c h a n g e sh e w o u ld h a v e to
b e c o m e p a rt o f th e v o lu n te e r
g ro u p ; she jo in e d w ith o u t h e s ita
tio n .
A lm o st as if fa te d to h a p p e n ,
th a t v ery T illa m o o k m a rk e r h ad
b ro k e n o f f fro m the g ro u n d in a
v io le n t sto rm ju s t m o n th s a fte r
sh e h a d p la c e d th e in itia l call. A s
a re s u lt th e sig n w as in n e e d o f
u p d a tin g e v e n so o n er.
S h e le a rn e d all she c o u ld a b o u t
M a rk u s L o p e u s an d le a v in g no
fa c t up fo r d e b a te , C a rr w e n t as fa r
as s u b m ittin g re s e a rc h fro m A fri
c a n -A m e ric a n h is to ry p ro fe s s o r
D r. D a rre ll M illn e r at P o rtla n d
S ta te U n iv e rs ity to th e O re g o n
H is to ric a l M a rk e r C o m m itte e to
p ro v e th e v a lid ity o f L o p e u s ’
le g ac y . H e r w o rk p a id off.
O n T hursday, Sept 12, the travel
experience group w ill celebrate the
O re g o n
H is to r ic a l
M ark er
C om m ittee ’ s restoration o f the C ap
tain R obert G ray m ark er w ith a fo r
m al dedication on the site. T he text
w ill now include info rm ation about
L opeus.
“ W e are pleased that this im p o r
tant piece o f O re g o n ’s history has
been added to the h istorical m aker.
It co m m em o rates the earliest d o cu
m ented instance o f a p erson o f A f
rican descent being in O regon and
serves as a m em orial fo r those w ho
cam e before and after; w hose nam es
and circu m stan ces w ill never be
know n.”
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SPINACOLUMN
An ongoing series of questions and answers about Am erica’s natural healing profession
Part 34. Osteoperosis and Bone Loss Reversal
: C o u ld m y
hurt m y back?
AQ
Dr. Billy R. Flowers
g o lf
s w in g
: P e o p le w h o e x e r c is e reg u
larly an d p e rfo rm stre tc h in g and
stre n g th e n in g e x e rc ise are less lik ely
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ing m u s c le s , su ch as th e ir sto m a ch ,
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g e r an d m o re fle x ib le fro m re g u la r
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H o w e v e r, p e o p le w h o p la y g o lf o r
ra c q u e t sp o rts are m o re p ro n e to in ju
rie s b e c a u se o f th e fre q u e n t tw istin g
an d b e n d in g m o tio n s. A n d c a su a l a th
letes c o u ld b e m o re at risk fo r in ju rie s
as w ell; d e p e n d in g on th e ir le v el o f
fitn ess. M o st in ju rie s o f th e se ty p e s
re sp o n d w ell to c o n se rv a tiv e c h iro
p ra c tic tre a tm e n ts. A c h iro p ra c to r
c an sh o w y o u h o w to p re v e n t th e se
in ju rie s w ith p ro p e r c o n d itio n in g
an d te c h n iq u e .
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