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Teen Summer Camp for
Health Careers
The Northeast Oregon Area Health
Education Center is accepting registration
for the 2011 MedQuest Summer Health
Career Camp for high school students in
grades nine through 12. The deadline for
applications is Tuesday, April 15.
MedQuest is a week-long residential
camp held on the campus of Eastern Oregon
University in La Grande. Students will
explore health career opportunities through
various activities, including medical facility
tours, health profession panels and presen-
tations, medical training and individualized
job shadowing. Medical school surveys
indicate health care professionals who grew
up in a rural community are more likely to
choose a rural practice than those who have
no ties to a rural community.
For more information or to apply, visit
http://www.eou.edu/neoahec/MedQuest.ht
ml or contact Brenna Dunlap at 541 962-
3801 or bhines@eou.edu.
Peggy Ross to Lifeworks
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LifeWorks NW has announced the
appointment of Peggy C. Ross to the orga-
nization’s management team. Ross has been
named as Director of Diversity and
Workforce Development for the not-for-
profit organization.
Ross was Governor Kulongoski’s
Director of Affirmative Action from 2003
until 2011, and prior to that she was a cul-
tural awareness consultant and trainer to
dozens of statewide and national businesses
and government agencies. She currently
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and hopelessness to sustainability and faith.
Donations of non-perishable food, new or
nearly new infant clothing and new diapers
can be taken to Cornell Estates Retirement
& Assisted Living Facility through Friday
April 8th from 9am to 5pm at 1005 NE 17th
Avenue in Hillsboro, in the main lobby.
Contact Mary Newman with any ques-
tions
503
318-5501
or
email
mary@CreatedByCouture.com
Tickets
are
$5
on-line
at
www.CreatedByCouture.com or $7 at the
door.
serves on the advisory boards of Emerge
Oregon and the Asian Pacific American
Chamber of Oregon/SW Washington
(APACC), and on the boards of Susan G.
Komen for the Cure, Native American
Youth and Family Services (NAYA), and
Innovation Partnership.
The Ethics of Doing
Business in China
The College of Business at Washington
State University Vancouver will Welcome
John Kamm, founder and chairman of The
Dui Hua Foundation, at 7 p.m. April 4 in the
Administration building, room 129 to dis-
cuss the “Ethical Challenges of Doing
Business in China.” The event is free and
open to the public.
Yet, ethical challenges abound. In his
remarks Kamm will address three of the
most challenging areas confronting foreign
businesses in China: 1.) vague state secret
laws that are applied retroactively to
ensnare businessmen seeking what they
believe to be commercially available infor-
mation; 2) censorship and internet monitor-
ing; and 3) corruption-the “hand maiden of
rights abuses.” He will also share a case
study of an American businessman jailed
for trafficking in state secrets.
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E.
Salmon Creek Ave east of the 134th Street
exit from either I-5 or I-205. Parking is
available at meters and in the Blue Daily
Pay lot for $3.
Couture ‘Girls Night Out’
Couture – The Best Dressed Events are
supporting the needs of young pregnant
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Nicholas Kristof to
Replace Mohamed
ElBaradei at world
Affairs Council
Peggy Ross
women with Saint Child at their annual
“Girls Night Out.” The event will be held
from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Comfort Inn
Farmhouse Restaurant on Saturday, April
9.The evening will be filled with music by
Regal Productions, food from Coyotes
Catering, decadent cupcakes from COU-
TURE Cupcake Boutique, an exclusive
fashion show, drawings for prizes and sev-
eral vendors just waiting to pamper you. A
portion of the proceeds will benefit the con-
tinued support of Saint Child, formerly
known as The House of Ruth in Hillsboro.
Saint Child exists to meet the physical,
emotional and spiritual needs of pregnant
young women who are caught in a cycle of
abuse, poverty and neglect, and who are
seeking help in transitioning from poverty
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With his announcement this week that he
intends to run for president in Egypt, Nobel
Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei has cancelled
his World Affairs Council of Oregon
engagement on Monday, April 4 at the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Replacing
ElBaradei in the four-part International
Speaker Series will be two-time Pulitzer
Prize-winning New York Times colum-
nist Nicholas D. Kristof, speaking
on “Revolution in the Middle East: What
Next?,” on Monday, June 13.
A veteran foreign correspondent,
Kristof studied Arabic in Cairo and Chinese
in Taipei and has lived on four continents,
reported on six, and traveled to more than
150 countries. Recently returned from
reporting in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Bahrain
and the West Bank, Kristof brings first-hand
perspective to this timely topic.
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B uLLetIN B oard
If you have an event you want to share
with the community, email it two weeks
in advance to The Skanner at
info@theskanner.com
Friday & Saturday april 1 & 2
TREASURES AND TRIFLES SALE! Low prices on books,
jewelry, antiques, appliances and much more.
This is a sale you do not want to miss.
westmoreland Union Manor. 6404 SE 23rd Ave.
Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday april 3
THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S 17TH ANNUAL
READING FAIR! The fair’s theme is “Reading
Around the world.” It is designed to be a
multicultural approach to literacy. The event is
free and open to the public. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in
the Chiles Center, 5000 N. willamette Blvd.
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Saturday april 5
Career Day
PREPAREDNESS wORKSHOP AT
MILAGROS: The earthquake in
Japan has a lot of families
wondering how to prepare for a
natural disaster in Portland. In
response, Milagros is partnering
with the Red Cross to present a
free disaster preparedness
workshop. This class is free
however, space is limited to
register please send an email
to rsvp@milagrosboutique.com
6:30 p.m. 5433 NE 30th Ave.
Saturday & Sunday
april 8 & 9
The Diversity Employment Day Career Fair March 30 at the
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY USED
Oregon Convention Center featured representatives from
BOOK SALE! Over 8000 donated
dozens of big corporations recruiting hundreds of top job
books, hard covers, mass
candidates from around the region.
market pocket books. There will
be something for everyone.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
CAREER INFORMATION DAY 2011! This event is
Sunday Noon – 5 p.m. Vancouver Community
designed for all young people from ages 12 to
Library 1007 E. Millplain Blvd. Vancouver, wA.
20 to dialogue with local professionals. 1:30 p.m.
– 4 p.m. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, worship
Sunday april 10
Center – Grand Conference Room 8501 N.
Chautauqua Blvd.