June 15, 2016
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Latay Hammick who was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a child, celebrates graduation from
Jefferson High School on June 6 with her grandparents, Leonard and Dianne Lamberth, and her
parents Lloyd and Tiffany Hammick.
Blood Drive Needs You
Diversity
of donors
saves lives
Just in time for Juneteenth, the
11th Annual Dr. Charles Drew
Community Blood Drive will re-
turn with education, participation
and prizes all in the name of pro-
viding blood to those in need, es-
pecially for people of color.
Partly sponsored by the Port-
land Observer, the drive is named
ENTERTAINMENT
F OOD
also invited to get your body and
mind moving by teaming up with
the soulful line dancing group Sis-
tahs4Life during their group exer-
cise held in the donation center’s
atrium beginning at 9:30 a.m.
An open discussion panel on
sickle cell anemia will be held
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. fea-
turing the Executive Director of
the Sickle Cell Foundation of Or-
egon Marcia Taylor and the Lam-
berth Family, who will be sharing
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after the African American doctor
who laid the groundwork for to-
day’s modern blood donation pro-
gram through his innovative work
in blood banking. The Red Cross
blood program started in 1940,
under the leadership of Dr. Drew
who became the Red Cross’ irst
medical director in 1941
The Charles Drew blood drive
will be taking place Saturday,
June 18 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at the American Red Cross Port-
land Blood Donation Center at
3131 N. Vancouver Ave. You’re
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Multnomah County District At-
torney Rod Underhill has devel-
oped a new policy covering juve-
niles charged with certain Measure
11 crimes. On a case by case basis,
minors age 15 to 17 charged with
robbery, assault and kidnapping in
the second degree, will have the
chance to avoid being prosecuted
as an adult on a case by case basis.
The new policy is contingent on
an extensive list of aggravating and
mitigating factors.
Chief Deputy District Attorney
Kirsten Snowden told KOIN 6
that for young offenders of series
but non-murderous crimes, resolv-
ing their cases under the Juvenile
justice system gives them a better
Rod Underhill
chance at rehabilitation and main-
taining a path to education, em-
ployment and housing.
Snowden acknowledged the in-
ordinate amount of minority youth
inding themselves bound to the
adult court system because of Mea-
sure 11 violations.
“We are hoping that by not hav-
ing felony convictions, that won’t
be an added barrier to them mov-
ing on with their lives,” Snowden
said.
Bobbin Singh, executive direc-
tor of the Oregon Justice Resource
Center, welcomed the change in
policy, but called for further action.
“We encourage DA Underhill
and his ofice to go further,” Singh
said. “Only in rare cases should
juveniles be tried as adults. More-
over, the burden should be on the
state to demonstrate that a young
person should be tried as an adult,
not on teenagers to show that they
should not.”