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PHOTO BY MARK WASHINGTON /THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Dr. Jill Ginsberg sees patients and helps run the free community health clinic North by Northeast at 3030 N.E.

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Ginsberg along with other volunteer physicians, nurse-practitioners and staff give

up hours each week from their regular day jobs to work at the clinic at night at no cost for patients in need.

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Martin LutherKing Jr. example;doctors, nursesgive backBY CARI E. HACHMANN

THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed, “Life’s mostpersistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doingfor others?”

In the spirit of giving back to the community andtaking action for social justice, the volunteer physiciansand staff at the North by Northeast Community HealthCenter are offering not just a day of service, but as acollective, an entire year’s worth.

Two-dozen doctors, along with several nurse-practi-

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Free Medical for Hard TimesClinic opens doorsto flux of uninsuredBY CARI HATCHMANN

THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Despite the swirling debate around medical healthcare, there is one sure bet for the uninsured in partsof north and northeast Portland; free medical ser-vices offered through the North by Northeast Com-munity Health Center.

With the recession still lingering, individuals andfamilies without health insurance are walking ingreater numbers through the doors of the commu-nity clinic at 3030 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,with most patients seeking chronic disease manage-ment, primarily for diabetes and hypertension.

“We are definitely seeing more people who aresaying that they have lost their job and healthinsurance,” says Dr. Jill Ginsberg, a co-founder andmedical director of the health center which has

We are definitely seeing more people who are sayingthat they have lost their job and health insurance.

— Dr. Jill Ginsberg, a co-founder and medical director of North by Northeast Community Health Center

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January 19, 2011

Week inThe Review

Bomb Found on MLK ParadeRoute in SpokaneAn unexploded backpack bomb wasleft along the parade route of a MartinLuther King Jr. holiday celebrationin Spokane Tuesday. The unat-tended backpack with wires visiblewas discovered about 30 minutesbefore the parade was scheduled tobegin.

Dropped School BackpackFires; Two Students HurtA gun in a 10th-grader's backpackaccidentally discharged when hedropped the bag, wounding twostudents at a Los Angeles highschool Tuesday. A 15-year-old girlwas in critical condition with a headwound and a 15-year-old boy suf-fered a neck wound.

City Turns to WellsThe Portland Water Bureau tempo-rarily turned off the Bull Run watersupply system and activated its wellsnear the Columbia River Mondaybecause of heavy rains which stirredup stream sediments to discolor theBull Run system.

Sandy River Jumps BanksHeavy rain and runoff from meltingsnow helped push the Sandy Riveracross a road near Mount Hood,washing it out and forcing residentsto evacuate on foot. The washoutSunday bear the town of Zigzag waspart of the damage done acrossOregon and Washington by heavyweekend rains.

Dictator Faces CourtFormer Haitian dictator Jean-ClaudeDuvalier, who abruptly returned to

Haiti Monday washauled into court toanswer questionsTuesday as a legalcase was openedagainst him nearly 25

years after he was ousted from powerin a popular uprising against whatwas widely regarded as a brutal andcorrupt regime.

Advocate for Poor DiesSargent Shriver, a member of theKennedy family and a former U.S.vice presidential nominee whoserved as the first Peace Corps di-rector, died on Tuesday. He was 95.Shriver had been an advocate forthe poor and powerless who helpedlaunch President Lyndon Johnson'sWar on Poverty.

Shirley Kaiser, a retired teacher and principal from St. Paul, Minn.,

closes her eyes as 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was sung during a

local Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.

King’s Legacy Praised after Arizona ShootingFor messageof peace andtolerance

(AP) -- The Rev. Martin LutherKing Jr.'s legacy as a preacher ofpeace and tolerance was laudedMonday as Americans marked hismemorial day just over a week afterthe shootings in Arizona that killed6 people and seriously wounded acongresswoman.

Attorney General Eric Holder,speaking at King's former church inAtlanta, praised him as "our nation'sgreatest drum major of peace" and

said the Jan. 8 bloodshed was a callto recommit to King's values of non-violence, tolerance, compassionand justice.

"Last week a senseless rampagein Tucson reminded us that morethan 40 years after Dr. King's owntragic death, our struggle to eradi-cate violence and to promote peacegoes on," Holder said.

President Barack Obama, inWashington, said part of King'slegacy was about service and urgedAmericans to get out into their com-munities — a step he suggestedwould have special meaning follow-ing the shootings.

"After a painful week where so

many of us were focused on thetragedy, it's good for us to remindourselves of what this country is allabout," he told reporters as he andfirst lady Michelle Obama took partin a painting project at a school onCapitol Hill.

National and local politiciansjoined members of the King familyat Ebenezer Baptist Church inAtlanta to mark what would havebeen the civil rights icon's 82ndbirthday. Members of the Kingfamily also laid a wreath at thetombs of King and his widow,Coretta Scott King, on the 25thanniversary of the federal holidayestablished to honor the 1964

Nobel Peace Prize winner.Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who

worked with King during the civilrights movement, issued a renewedcall for Americans to unite in peaceand love as King preached duringhis lifetime.

"If Dr. King could speak to ustoday, he would tell us that it doesnot matter how much we disapproveof another persons point of view,

there is never a reason to deny an-other human being the respect he orshe deserves," Lewis said.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, pas-tor of Ebenezer, called for membersof Congress to show solidarity dur-ing the State of the Union Addressthis month. Quoting the Bible andAbraham Lincoln, Warnock said,"A house divided against itself can-not stand."

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Week inThe Review

Working for Equity

Linda Banks receives a lifetime achievement award from the

World Arts Foundation which was recognized Monday at the

foundation’s annual “Keep Alive the Dream” Martin Luther King

Jr. Day tribute in northeast Portland.

Lifetime of workhonored onMLK Day

Linda Banks, a human resourcesdiversity specialist at Portland Gen-eral Electric, Monday received theprestigious Lifetime AchievementAward from the World Arts Foun-dation.

Banks received the award at thefoundation’s 26th consecutive“Keep Alive the Dream” event incelebration of the life and work ofRev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. atthe Highland Christian Center innortheast Portland.

Banks was recognized for hermore-than 20 years of service to thecommunity including serving as aWorld English Institute volunteerfor 12 years, a board member forUniting to Understand Racism for11 years, a volunteer for theMulticultural Resource Center forthe World Affairs Council, and co-creator of PGE’s Diversity Summit,one of Oregon’s premier diversitytraining conferences that examinesworkplace diversity and best prac-tices.

Banks is currently leading theplanning the upcoming PGE Diver-sity Summit 2011: Maximize the Powerof a Changing Workforce set forFriday, April 15 at the Oregon Con-vention Center.

“The Lifetime AchievementAward is a testament to LindaBanks’ unwavering commitmentto the community and acknowl-edges her ongoing work in theareas of equity and diversity,”said Arleen Barnett, PGE’s vicepresident of administration.“Linda is one of our strongestdiversity advocates and her con-tributions have helped shape ourdiversity programs at PGE. We arevery proud of her and this achieve-ment.”

Banks also is recognized within

PGE for her commitment to diver-sity. She has earned awards such asthe PGE Excellence in DiversityAward for her work in shaping PGE'sdiversity programs since the 1980swhen she had the idea for the cre-ation of PGE’s first diversity net-work, the African American Net-work.

PGE is a longtime supporter ofthe World Arts Foundation, a non-profit established in 1978 to pro-mote and preserve African Ameri-can contributions to American cul-ture.

Critical Help for HeatingTimely boost as winter cold peaks

Oregon’s Senators JeffMerkley and Ron Wyden an-nounced Friday that that the Stateof Oregon will receive approxi-mately $44 million to help familieswho are unable to pay their heat-ing bills during the winter.

The funding amount is an esti-mate from the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services.As part of the federal Low In-come Home Energy AssistanceProgram (LIHEAP), the grant isadministered through local Com-munity Action Agencies across

the state.The program provides low-

income families with assistancepaying for energy bills, homeweatherization, and energy-re-lated repairs.

“Families shouldn’t have tochoose between paying their utilitybills and paying for the next meal,but all too often they do,” Merkleysaid. “This energy program pro-vides critical assistance to Oregonfamilies struggling to pay theirmonthly heating bills. The pro-gram stimulates the economy and

helps keep families warm.”“With temperatures dropping in

Oregon and only a third of the waythrough the winter, this announce-ment couldn’t come at a bettertime,” Wyden said. “Low-incomefamilies have enough to worry aboutin this difficult economy withouthaving to choose between heatingtheir homes or putting food on theirtables.”

Information on eligibility re-quirements and how to apply forassistance is available throughOregon Housing and CommunityServices at oregon.gov or call 1-800-453-5511.

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HEALTH pages 6-7

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January 19, 2011

SPORTS

PHOTO BY PAT HOGLUND

Mary Kate Hoglund gets ready to hit the ball off the tee. Before long spring will be here and area

boys and girls will be playing Tee Ball.

Little League Signups DueWilshire-Riverside sendsout notices

All children ages 5 to 14 years oldinterested in playing baseball andsoftball for the Wilshire-RiversideLittle League are encouraged to signup in person or on-line.

In-person signs up will be heldThursday, Jan. 20 and Wednesday,Jan. 26 from 6-8 p.m. at AlamedaElementary School on NortheastFremont Avenue. Returning play-ers can sign up online at the league’swebsite, wilshireriversidell.org.

The 2011 baseball and softballseason officially gets under way onApril 2 with the league’s openingday ceremonies held at RiversideField, located off Northeast 33rdAvenue near Riverside Golf & Coun-try Club.

“We realize it’s a little early to bethinking about baseball and soft-ball,” said league president SteveTerry, “But there’s a lot that takesplace prior to the first pitch of the

season. We strive to get the wordout early so we have enough timemake sure the season starts withouta hitch.”

The Wilshire-Riverside LittleLeague has over 500 boys and girls

and fields over 50 softball, baseballand tee ball teams.

“We really are encouragingpeople with young kids to sign upand play tee-ball,” said Terry. “It’sa really positive experience for theyounger kids and they are the futureof baseball and softball in north andnortheast Portland.”

Tee ball players range in age from5-6 and the next level of play is farmbaseball and softball, which catersto players who are 7 and 8 years old.For the farm level kids, pitchingmachines make the experience lessintimidating.

“The goal is to make it fun, fastand enjoyable,” said Terry. “As thekids get older and advance to theminor and major league levelsthey’re hitting live pitching. But forthe younger kids we want to pro-vide as much of a positive experi-ence as possible.”

Terry also is putting the word outto recruit coaches for the tee balland farm levels. “We’d like nothingmore than to have a dozen moms ordads sign up to coach. Much likethe younger kids in the league, thesecoaches are the foundation of ourcoaching fraternity. Without themwe wouldn’t be as successful of aleague as we are.”

For more information, visitwilshireriversidell.org or call SteveTerry at 503-780-8735.

Roy Surgeries Went Well

Brandon Roy

Portland Trail Blazers guardBrandon Roy underwent suc-cessful arthroscopic surgeryMonday on both knees, it wasannounced by General ManagerRich Cho.

Dr. Don Roberts performedthe surgery in Vancouver. Notimetable has been set for Roy’srecovery.

"We’re hopeful today’s pro-cedure will help alleviate someof the pain Brandon has beenexperiencing in his knees andallow him to get back to playingbasketball again,” said Cho.

Roy, 26, has missed 18 gamesthis season (three games fromNov. 16-20 and the last 15 gamesbeginning on Dec. 17) with asore left knee.

A three-time NBA All-Starand 2007 NBA Rookie of theYear, Roy has led the team inscoring in each of the last threeseasons. He holds career aver-ages of 19.9 points, 4.4 re-

bounds, 4.9 assists and 1.08steals in 297 career games (295starts).

In 23 games (all starts) thisseason, Roy has averaged 16.6points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.3 assistsand 1.13 steals in 35.3 minutesper game. He scored 20 points ormore in nine contests and led theteam in scoring eight times.

January 19, 2011

Financial Aid DayLearn how to get money for col-

lege at “Financial Aid Day,” Satur-day, Jan. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. inthe Mt. Hood Community CollegeLibrary.

Students should bring their2009 tax returns, end-of-year paystubs, current value of assets,social security number (and those

of their parents if student is adependent), driver’s license andalien registration card (if appli-cable).

Experts from the financial aid of-fice will be on hand to offer free one-on-one assistance with the FAFSAform, scholarships and tips for writ-ing winning essays.

The Wacipi ("they dance") traditional powwow takes center stage atPortland Community College on Saturday, Jan. 22 to highlight NativeAmerican culture and ancestry.

The event is free and open to the public, starting at noon in the HealthTechnology Building of the PCC Sylvania Campus, 12000 S.W. 49th Ave.Drum groups and dancers from across the region, as well as a variety ofNative vendors, attract more than 1,000 attendees to the powwow everyyear. Grand entries of dancers along with drumming will take placebetween 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Other powwow attractions include a college fairfrom noon to 4 p.m. and a free community dinner at 5:30 p.m. For moreinformation, visit pcc.edu/powwow.

Winter Powwow

Q: How did Chiropractic carecome about?

A : Spinal manipulations havebeen practiced for over 2,500

years. Hippocrates, the “Fatherof Medicine,” advised: “look wellto the spine for the cause of dis-ease.” But modern Chiropracticcame of age back in 1895. InDavenport, Iowa, a patient cameto Dr. D.D. Palmer complaining ofback pain. This patient had alsobeen nearly deaf since suffering aback injury 17 years earlier. Dr.Palmer noticed a bump on thepatient’s back, which he sus-pected was related to a dislocatedvertebra. To relieve the patient’s

Part 1. CHIROPRACTIC: For the best in

natural healing, hearing is believing.

pain and reposition the vertebra,Dr. Palmer placed him on a table andpushed down on his back, perform-ing a spinal manipulation or “ad-justment.” He performed this ad-justment three days in a row. By thethird day, not only had the patient’sback pain disappeared, his hearingreappeared. Today’s Chiropractorsknow that the central nervous sys-tem (housed within the body’s spi-nal column) provides the energy,which governs all bodily functions.

By making sure that the spinalcolumn is in correct alignment,Chiropractors eliminate any pos-sible interference, which wouldprevent the central nervous sys-tem from keeping the body func-tioning the way nature, intended.

To find out how Chiropracticmight be able to help you or foranswers to any questions youmight have about your health,please feel free to call us at thephone number shown below.

Flowers' Chiropractic Office2124 NE Hancock, Portland Oregon 97212

Phone: (503) 287-5504

Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled staff are ready to help those in need.

Local Native American dancers pay their respects during the

blessing ceremony at the 2010 Portland Community College

Winter Powwow.

January 19, 2011

HEALTH

Chiropractic Auto Injury Clinic, PCZchon R. Jones, DC

333 NE Russell St., #200, Portland, OR. 97212(503) 284-7838

We are located on thecorner of MLK and RussellStreet, on the second floor

above the coffee shop.

Truly making a difference in the lives ofAuto Accident victims and Injur ed Workers for nearly 20 years.

If you or someone you know has been in an accident,call us so we can help you with your needs. (503) 284-7838

Family Caregiver Support Group -- This topic-oriented group offers asafe place to discuss the stresses, challenges and rewards of providingcare to an older relative or friend. Meets the first Thursday of each monthat 3 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital.

Chronic Pain Support Group -- Meets the first Wednesday at 4 p.m. to5:30 p.m. and the third Wednesday of each month, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.For more information, call 503-256-4000.

Cholesterol Profiles -- Get the resources to help you keep an eye on yourcholesterol and other indicators of heart health. Educational materialprovided. For more information, call 503-261-6611.

Bereavement Support Groups -- Free, safe confidential group meetingsfor those who have experienced the death of a loved one offered on variousnights and locations. For information and registration, call 503-215-4622.

Maternity Water Workout -- Helping new moms regain muscle tone,strength, and flexibility, all in the support and freedom of the water. Call503-256-4000 for more information.

Senior Aerobics -- A low-impact workout geared specifically towardseniors. Call 503-449-0783 for current schedule.

Osteoporosis Screening -- An ultrasound bone density screening withpersonalized education; fee $30. To schedule an appointment, call 503-261-6611.

Mind Body Health Class -- Learn and practice techniques to help youimprove your mood, health and wellbeing, including effective ways tomanage difficult emotions and chronic stress or illness. Registration is $70for Kaiser Permanente members and $95 for nonmembers. Call 503-286-6816.

Red Cross Certification -- The Oregon Trail Chapter Red Cross now offerscredits to helps professionals maintain licensing or certification. For acumulative list, visit pdxinfo.net.

Tenderfoot Care -- Treat your feet with a soak, nail trim, buffing andmassage from a licensed nurse at one of six clinics or at your home. Call503-251-6303 for more information.

Free Body Basics -- This physician recommended class is appropriate forall ages and health conditions. Plan to attend this one-session class andlearn the simple guidelines for safe exercises, including stretching. Call503-256-4000 to register.

Families with Mental Illness -- A free, 12-week course for people whosefamily members live with mental illness is offered at Emanuel Hospital, Mt.Hood Medical Center and Providence Medical Center. The course hasbeen described as “life-changing” by former participants. Registration isrequired by calling 503-203-3326.

Managing Chronic Hepatitis C -- Third Wednesday of each month at 5p.m. The informative session is led by a registered nurse to help youmanage side effects of medications and dosage preparations and admin-istration; doctor referral required. To register, call 503-251-6313.

Better Breathers -- An asthma educational support group meets on the1st Tuesday of the month from 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Adventist MedicalCenter. For information, call 503-251-6830.

Cancer Resource Center -- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center andthe American Red Cross have joined forces to create the first in-hospitalresource center providing books, printed material, computer access andmore for individuals and families dealing with cancer. The center is openMonday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lead Poisoning Prevention -- Learn how to protect your family from leadpoisoning. Ideal for folks in live in older homes with children or pregnantwomen. Qualified participants receive a free kit of safety and testingsupplies. Call 503-284-6827.

Parenting Classes -- Newborns don’t come with instruction manuals butparents and parents-to-be can learn about a variety of topics from pain andchildbirth to breastfeeding to infant CPR and much more. For a scheduleof events, call 503-574-6595 or visit: providence.org/classes.

Cardiac-Rehab Exercises -- A medically supervised exercise program forpeople dealing with heart conditions. For information, call 503-251-6260.

H E A L T H W A T C H

BY DR. RICHARD N. WALDMAN

For Your Health

Reduce Birth Defects with Folic AcidApproximately 2,500 children

each year in the US are born withdefects of the neural tube—the partof a growing fetus that will becomethe brain and spinal cord—whichcan cause severe mental and physi-cal disability or death.

Spina bifida, the most commonform of neural tube defect, occurswhen the bones of the spine do notcompletely form around the spinalcord. Anencephaly, another defect,is a fatal condition in which an infantis born missing parts of the brain.

Folic acid—an essential B vita-min necessary for proper cell growthand vital to the development of ababy’s neural tube and central ner-vous system—is an integral com-ponent in preventing birth defects.Women who get enough folic acidhave a 50–70 percent reduced risk ofhaving a baby with neural tube andother defects, such as cleft lip andpalate.

Folic acid is most effective whenit is abundant in a woman’s bodybefore she gets pregnant and dur-ing the first three months of preg-nancy, around the time when theneural tube begins to develop. Neu-ral tube defects occur in the firstweeks of fetal development, oftenbefore a woman even knows she ispregnant. But because nearly halfof all pregnancies in the US areunplanned, many women are at riskof beginning a pregnancy with afolic acid deficiency.

Therefore, health experts recom-mend that all women of childbearingage take a daily multivitamin thatcontains 400 micrograms (.4 milli-grams) of folic acid, regardless ofwhether they are currently planninga pregnancy or not. Taking folicacid before pregnancy ensures thatthe nutrient is present, even if anunplanned pregnancy occurs or if apregnancy is not discovered for

several weeks.It’s also a good idea to eat a diet

rich in natural sources of folic acidincluding leafy green vegetables,citrus fruits, and beans, and folicacid-enriched grain products, suchas breads, cereals, flours, pastas,and rice. Most women will still needa supplement because it can bedifficult to meet the daily require-ment through food sources alone.

Women who have had a childwith a neural tube defect or certainother birth defects, are pregnant withtwins, have particular medical con-ditions (such as sickle cell disease),or take some forms of medication(such as antiseizure medication) re-quire 10 times the amount of folicacid recommended for most women.A daily 4,000 microgram (4 milligram)folic acid supplement can be pre-scribed. Women should not con-sume large amounts of folic acidthrough regular multivitamins be-cause the quantities of other vita-mins and minerals included may beharmful.

Dr. Richard N. Waldman ispresident of the American Con-gress of Obstetricians and Gyne-cologists.

Health Insurance for Your ChildThe Northside Family Support

Center is having a health insur-ance Sign-Up Clinic on Wednes-day, Jan. 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m.

The clinic will be at the center’s

Applegate site at 7650 N. Com-mercial Ave.

Assistance with food stamp ap-plications will also be available.For an appointment for insuranceor food stamps, call 503-916-5875.

All services available in Span-ish and English.

You may be eligible for freehealth insurance for your chil-dren, even if your child is not aUS Citizen or you work full time.

January 19, 2011

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Younger Patients in Nursing Homes

Quadriplegic Adam Martin works with physical therapist Wes

Bower at a Sarasota, Fla., rehabilitation center. About one in

seven people now living in nursing homes in the U.S. are under

65. (AP photo)

Growingnumberspresent host ofchallenges

(AP) – Adam Martin doesn'tfit in here. No one else in thisnursing home wears Air Jordans.No one else has stacks of musicvideos by 2Pac and Jay-Z. Noone else is just 26.

It's no longer unusual to find anursing home resident who isdecades younger than his neigh-bor: About one in seven peoplenow living in such facilities in theU.S. is under 65. But the grow-ing phenomenon presents a hostof challenges for nursing homes,while patients like Martin facestaggering isolation.

“It’s just a depressing place tolive,” Martin says. “I’m stuckhere. You don’t have no privacyat all. People die around you allthe time. It starts to really getdepressing because all you’reseeing is negative, negative,negative.”

The number of under-65nursing home residents hasrisen about 22 percent in thepast 8 years to about 203,000,according to an analysis of sta-tistics from the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Ser-vices. That number has climbedas mental health facilities closeand medical advances keeppeople alive after they've suf-

fered traumatic injuries. Still,the overall percentage of nurs-ing home residents 30 andyounger is less than 1 percent.

Martin was left a quadriplegicwhen he was accidentally shotin the neck last year by his step-brother. He spent weeks hospi-talized before being released toa different nursing home and

eventually ended up in his cur-rent residence, the SarasotaHealth and Rehabilitation Cen-ter in Sarasota, Fla. There areother residents who are well shortof retirement age, but he is theyoungest.

As Martin maneuvers his mo-torized wheelchair through thehallway, most of those he passes

have white hair and wrinkledskin.

Advocates who help youngpatients find alternatives to nurs-ing homes say people are oftensurprised to learn there are somany in the facilities. About 15percent of nursing home resi-dents are under 65.

Federal law requires states toprovide alternatives to institu-tional care when possible, thoughits implementation varies fromplace to place. Navigating thesystem can require a knowledge-able advocate and, sometimes,litigation.

Not all younger nursing homeresidents are there for good.Some nursing homes are seeingan increase in patients who cometo recover there instead of in ahospital, because it is cheaperfor their insurance company.

Like Martin, many youngerresidents have suffered a trau-matic injury. Others have neuro-muscular diseases such as mul-tiple sclerosis, or have suffereda stroke.

The same generational ten-sions that exist outside nursinghomes are inside them as well,and are sometimes exacerbatedby the often close confines.

Older residents complainabout loud music and visitors,younger residents complain

about living with someone withdementia or being servedcreamed spinach. Many nursinghomes try to house younger resi-dents together, though in manycases their small numbers makethat difficult.

For young people who findthemselves newly disabled, thepsychological and social needsare often even more challengingthan their physical demands. Thatpresents a challenge for nursinghomes that are used to servingpeople near the ends of theirlives.

Still, many younger residentssink into depression because oftheir physical limitations, theirloneliness and their nursing homesurroundings.

Martin fears that may be truefor him. He used to look forwardto joining the Army and earninga college degree in science orengineering. Now he simplylooks forward to visits from hisfriend Paul Tuttle, who on thisday brings him nachos he feedshim along with sips of water.

“If I’m not here, he’s got noone his age to talk to about foot-ball or anything,” Tuttle says,wiping Martin’s face.

Propped in his wheelchair,Martin says: “It makes you feelold. If that's all you're around,that's what you become.”

Planning for Aging in PlaceSeminar looksat home options

We all love our vintage homesand their charming features suchas porches, stair step ap-proaches, multiple stories, andstaircases to the upper floorsand basements. But as our housesage, so do we.

As anyone who has had amobility-limiting accident, suchas a broken leg knows, wequickly find how challenging it isto navigate into and around ourhouses.

Sometimes we think we needto move and that’s not necessar-ily the case. “Aging in place” isa growing field of house modifi-cations that can be made to let uscomfortably remain in ourhouses.

A seminar that explores op-tions for solving mobility limita-tions will be held Saturday, Jan.29 from 10 a.m. to noon at theArchitectural Heritage Center,701 S.E. Grand Ave.

The focus is to learn aboutwhat modifications are availableand how we might plan themwithout damaging the historic

features of our houses. Thereare good options – includingramps, stair transport systems,bathroom and kitchen improve-ments, and more.

Two presenters who are cer-tified aging in place specialistswith the Neil Kelly Companywill cover lots of options avail-able and highlight some caseprojects they have completedthat maintain architectural char-acter.

Pre-registration is strongly sug-gested by going to the websiteVisitAHC.org or calling 503-231-7264. Tickets are $18.

January 19, 2011

Triumphsand Failures

Ajai Tripathi, Rory Stitt

and Danny Moreno in the

world premiere of Duende de

Lorca, now playing through

Saturday, Jan. 22 at the

Milagro Theatre, 525 S.E.

Stark St.

Miracle Theatre Group, the North-west premier Latino arts and cultureorganization, presents “Duende DeLorda, an original bilingual play nowplaying through Saturday, Jan. 22.

The story centers aroundFederico García Lorca who is cel-ebrated the world over for his po-etry, music and plays. Yet at the ageof 27, he was still a struggling artistliving with his parents, and stagingpuppet plays that were laughed offthe stage by the critics.

Lorca’s need for freedom hasfueled his desire to succeed. Insearch of duende, his travels

through New York and Cuba be-come a quest for cultural integrationand gender acceptance. In theAmericas, he shines like a mad andfiery diamond, fusing his cante jondowith an Afro-Cuban son to create anew rhythm of powerfully poeticdrama.

Some Visits to Cuba Made EasierBut changes fall below expectations

(AP) -- Cuba said Sunday thatthe Obama Administration's deci-sion to lift some travel restric-tions on students, academics andreligious groups and make it easierfor Americans to send moneywere positive steps, but not nearlyenough while the U.S. maintainsits 48-year trade embargo on theisland.

The changes announced lastweek mean that students seekingacademic credit and churches andsynagogues traveling for religious

purposes will be able to go to Cuba.Any U.S. international airport withproper customs and immigrationfacilities will be able to offer char-ter services to the island.

The plan will also let any Ameri-can send as much as $2,000 ayear to Cuban citizens who arenot part of the Castro administra-tion and are not members of theCommunist Party. Previously,only relatives could send money.

"Though the measures are posi-tive," Cuba's Foreign Ministry said

EL OBSERVADOR

Michele Horn

Executive Shares TalentsWhen Michele Horn signed on

as a grant professional at VirginiaGarcia Memorial Foundation threeyears ago, the organization whichserves migrant, low-income andminority and disadvantaged popu-lations, knew they had a talentedperson on the team.

Since then, the grant departmenthas grown to support $1 million ofVirginia Garcia Memorial HealthCenter's annual budget. Now Hornis poised to share her knowledgewith other professionals as the VicePresident of the Oregon and South-

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in a statement Sunday, "theyare well below what washoped for, have a limitedreach and do not changeU.S. policy against Cuba."

The ministry said mostof the changes simply bringU.S. policy back to where itwas during the Clinton Ad-ministration, before Presi-dent George W. Bush tough-ened restrictions. They donot alter Washington's tradeembargo, which Cuba re-fers to as a "blockade."

"These measures con-firm that there is no will tochange the policy of block-ade and destabilizationagainst Cuba," the ministrysaid. "If there exists a realinterest in widening and fa-cilitating contacts betweenour peoples, the United

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Last Polar Bear exhibit -- Atthe World Forest Center Dis-covery Museum, photographerSteven Kazlowski documentsthe devastating urgency of glo-bal warming’s impact on theArctic in the photo exhibit, TheLast Polar Bear: Facing the Truthof a Warming World. Show runsthrough April 3.

Norman Sylvester Band -- Boogie Cat NormanSylvester and his band performs Friday, Jan. 21 atTillicum’s; Saturday, Jan. 22 at Mac’s Place Silverton;Friday, Feb. 4 at the West Linn Saloon; and Saturday,Feb. 5 at the Top Shelf in Vancouver.

ChocolateFest – An anticipated 75 vendors are ex-pected to be at ChocolateFest, a World Forestry Cen-ter fundraiser for educational programs that movesthis year to the Oregon Convention Center. The open-ing night premiere is Friday, Jan. 21 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.;and the celebration continues Saturday and Sunday,Jan. 22-23 from 10 am. to 5 p.m. Visit chocolatefest.org.

Murals Exhibit -- The exhibit “Wallsof Heritage, Walls of Pride: AfricanAmerican Murals,” showcasing mu-rals from Portland artists and all overthe country takes place at the Or-egon Historical Society through Feb.13.

Mel Brown Live -- Portland jazz giant MelBrown performs at Salty’s on the Colum-bia every Friday and Saturday night.Known as the “Gentleman of Jazz,” Brownhas a career spanning over 40 years.

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Tinker Toy Inspiration -- Tinker toysare bigger than ever at the PortlandChildren’s Museum where a “BuildYour Imagination” exhibit continuesthrough Sunday, Jan. 23. Giant repli-cas of the classic Tinker toy con-struction set provides for fun andeducational activities targeted tochildren ages 3-10.

Explore What Makes You Tick -- OMSI’s new highlyinteractive exhibit “Identity: An Exhibition of You”explores the physical, psychological and social ele-ments in your life and challenges our notions of per-sonal identity.

Live Jazz -- Every Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to11 p.m., the Third Degrees Lounge at the River PlaceHotel, 1510 S.W. Harbor Way. No cover or minimumpurchase. For more information, visit pdxjazz.com.

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Office Warming Party -- Freedom Socialist Party andRadical Women invite friends and the activist commu-nity to celebrate their new Bread & Roses Center home,6834 N.E. Glisan, on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. Event isfree and open to all.

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Presented by the new Indepen-dent Film Channel, Portlandia fea-tures a 6-part, short-based comedyseries where each episode's charac-ter-based shorts draw viewers intothe creators' dreamy and absurdrendering of the Rose City of Port-land.

The show was dreamed up whenArmisen and Brownstein were hang-ing out in Portland this summer,shooting scenes that made themlaugh. A few film edits later,Portlandia evolved.

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Architect of FunkFred Wesleyto performlocal benefit

Fred Wesley will be performingat Cleveland High School in south-east Portland on Friday, Jan. 21 at6:30 p.m. for a jazz celebration tobenefit local public school musicprograms.

Wesley is the trombonist, com-poser, arranger, bandleader andauthor known worldwide as one ofthe architects of funk music.

Cleveland is hosting the eventwith public school bands partici-pating from the intermediate andadvanced bands of BattlegroundHigh School, Beaumont and HosfordMiddle Schools, Chief UmtuchMiddle School of Battleground, andCleveland’s own Jazz 1 band. Mr.Wesley will also be performing withthe students. Admission is $10.

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est trombone player. He has alsobeen a member of George Clinton’svarious Parliament-Funkadelicprojects, The Commodores, and theCount Basie Orchestra, as well asplaying with and arranging for awide variety of other artists such asRay Charles, Ike and Tina Turner,Bootsy Collins, Pancho Sanchez,

New York Voices, Slide Hampton,Van Morrison, the SOS Band andCameo, to name a few.

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World Premiere DanceA celebration of women choreographers culminates with the world premiere of visionary Portland

choreographer Mary Oslund’s ‘Childhood Star.’

White Bird’s celebration ofAmerican women choreographersculminates this weekend with theworld premiere of Childhood Star,commissioned by White Bird, fromvisionary Portland choreographerMary Oslund, performed by hercompany, Oslund + Co/Dance.

Performances are scheduled atPortland State University’s Lincoln

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Oslund’s choreography is in-sightful, rigorous and passionatewith an intricacy of movement thatmesmerizes the viewer. The Orego-nian has described her as one of the,“seminal figures in Portland dance,”and Dance Magazine has describedher movement as, “…serious and

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How Many children Will it Take?When handgunslead to deathand destructionBY TOM H. HASTINGS

Christina TaylorGreen is a messagespirit. She arrived onEarth on Sept. 11,2001, a day when ter-rorists armed with nomore than boxcuttersturned jet airliners into guided mis-siles and slaughtered almost 3,000people, mostly civilians.

Indeed, she was one of the ba-bies featured in a book, Faces ofHope, that looked at one baby fromeach of the United States born onthat day. The third-grader had beenelected to her Mesa Verde elemen-tary school student council and wasat the meet-up for congresswomanGabrielle Giffords with a neighboradult, Susan Hileman. The two wereholding hands when gunfire eruptedon Jan. 8.

For me, this child's death engen-ders the question, How many chil-dren will it take?

How many children will it take

before the Rush Limbaughs andSarah Palins stand down from vio-lent imagery and rhetoric? Wouldit be so hard for them to find lan-guage that doesn't evoke killing,shooting and crosshairs? How de-

bilitating to their effective-ness could it be?

Do they believe they wouldlose followers if they honoredthe spirit of this child and ab-jured such language? Do theyneed the kind of followers whoonly respond to that imagery?

How many children will it take?How many before those who de-fend the Second Amendment finallyagree that it doesn't apply to hand-guns, and if it does, it's time to repealit? Ah, they say, guns don't killpeople, people kill people. Yes, butit seems that when given the option,murderers seem to choose hand-guns, don't they?

Christina was not in fact stabbed,nor was she bombed, nor was sherundown by a malicious driver. Shewas shot. That was the weapon ofchoice. A knife-wielding assassinwould simply never have been ableto kill six and wound 14 more. In aknife attack upon a public figure,Christina would almost certainly

have been a survivor.Bombs are already outlawed. And

how many times each year do mur-derers run a car into a crowd ofpeople, killing six and injuring somany? We are not going to outlawcars, since they are not designed tomurder and since they transport usto work, to school, to shop, etc.

But handguns are different. Yes,hunters, I see your hands. I am notsuggesting your rifles are part ofthis conversation. Just handguns,and that is what most of us whowant to outlaw guns are talkingabout.

Outlaw handguns. What is sosacred about them? Really?

Who could be against the life ofChristina Taylor Green? Or howabout the 500 or more children whoare killed accidentally by guns an-nually in the US? Well, you say, Ikeep my handgun locked. Sure, anddo you inspect the homes whereyour child might go? Should theparents of 4-year old Dylan Jacksonhave swept the home where theirchild was at a birthday party, wherehe found a gun, picked it up andinnocently shot himself dead in thechest?

Well, to paraphrase Madeleine

Albright in the late 1990s whenasked if the thousands of Iraqichildren dying every year becauseof the deadly sanctions programkept out many crucial medicines,"We think it's worth the price." Isthat what handgun lovers believe?That without their handguns, thecommunist Muslim Obama gov-ernment would take away theirfreedoms? Seriously? That, afterall, is the stated reason for theSecond Amendment, to preventthe government from infringingon the people.

Since the US leads the so-calleddeveloped world in gun deaths perhundred thousand citizens, I guesswe can safely say it's just lucky wehave that Second Amendment, sowe aren't oppressed like the Canadi-ans, Scots, Finns and Japanese, allof whom have far lower rates of gundeaths than do we. I guess they arejust too protective of their little chil-dren, willing to give up liberties tokeep them alive. Oh, that's right, theonly liberties they give up are thegun rights.

Guns are how we murder in theUS (a higher rate amongst the na-tions studied than any except Co-lombia, even higher than Guatemala

in terms of percent of murders com-mitted by guns) and how we commitsuicide.

They make it easy. We like iteasy, and the stories of hurt andkilled children have not dented thegun lovers. 16,907 suicides in theUS in 2004 were by gun, many ofthem by teenagers temporarily de-spondent and highly unlikely to endtheir lives in any other way.

But there was a gun available, asthere was when more than 50,000lost their lives in the US to guns lastyear, and the year before, and theyear before...even box cutters andjetliners can't approach those mor-tality numbers.

Really, gun lovers, just be hon-est. The lives of these children justdon't matter much to you once westart talking about the sacred rightto own your handgun, eh? Appar-ently, there is no number, no storyof unspeakable tragedy, no littleface that can pierce the armor youhave around your love for yourhandguns. I get that. What I don'tget is why the rest of us allow it toremain law and public policy.

Tom H. Hastings is director ofPeacevoice, a program of the Or-egon Peace Institute.

Sticks and Stones to Guns and BulletsTakingresponsibilityfor the wayswe interactBY REV. M. L INDA JARAMILLO

Christina Taylor Green wasborn on Sept. 11, 2001; she wasnine years old when she wasshot and killed on Jan. 7, 2011.Christina’s is the Arizona facein the book, Faces of Hope thatincluded one baby from each stateborn on that fateful day almost 10years ago.

Today her beautiful smile is onthe front page of newspapers and atthe center of television screensaround the world. Christina had justbeen elected to her student council

so she wanted to meet her Con-gresswoman; a young leader whoselife was cut short by tragedy in ashopping mall in Tucson, Ariz.

Our thoughts and prayers go outto her parents and extended familywho so courageously spoke of her

innocent and hopefulspirit. We cannot helpbut grieve the loss ofour children’s inno-cence.

“Sticks and stonescan break my bones,

but words will never hurt me.” Iremember this phrase from my child-hood; it was how we responded tosomeone who was calling us names,putting us down, or just being mean.While this response was a way todeflect the pain, it did not really helpbecause words did hurt; we justpretended that they didn’t.

Today’s children are no differ-ent, words still hurt them, but thesticks and stones have turned intoguns and bullets.

During sad times like these, wecan’t help but be angry or losehope for the future. Every day, wehear voices seemingly intent onproving that anyone who dis-agrees with “our” point of view iswrong and should be silenced.Most will agree that we live in atime when our profound differ-ences of opinion are escalatingfrom words to much more violentexpressions – from sticks andstones to guns and bullets.

Words can be influential instru-ments of hate and anger that canlodge in the hearts and minds ofthose who are focused on destruc-tion and despair. Words can also bepowerful sources of encouragement

meant for good and kind purposes.The power of suggestion is far moresignificant than any one of us wantsto admit. We must not underesti-mate the potential that words haveto be used as sticks and stones…..orguns and bullets.

While our leaders set the examplefor appropriate and civil behavior,we cannot simply blame our publicofficials for the culture of hostility inwhich we live. Each one of us musttake responsibility for the ways inwhich we interact. As adults, weshould provide the example to ourchildren on how to resolve differ-ences without violence.

Ironically, just a few days follow-ing the Tucson tragedy, we ob-served the birthday of Dr. MartinLuther King Jr., a public leader whowalked among us pleading for anonviolent response to injustice.

His words ring so true today, “Dark-ness cannot drive out darkness;only light can do that. Hate cannotdrive out hate; only love can dothat.”

Regardless of our own perspec-tive on any issue, let’s find ways todisagree and even get angry, with-out resorting to violence. Other-wise our children will see only hate,darkness, and despair rather thanlove, light and hope.

As we grieve and search for an-swers to this shooting tragedy, let’sremind ourselves that we can andmust participate in transforming ourcurrent culture of violence to one ofcare and kindness. Our childrendeserve nothing less.

Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo is anexecutive minister in Justice Min-istries for the United Church ofChrist.

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Expanding a Covert WarDrone attacks go largely unnoticedBY JIM CASON

The failure of the U.S. war strat-egy in Afghanistan to contain theanti-government insurgency has ledthe Obama administration to expandthe undeclared war in Pakistan.According to the Long War Jour-nal, the number of U.S. attacks inPakistan, using unmanned Predatordrones, has gone from five in 2007 to117 in 2010.

Government officials here inWashington say privately that theyexpect the covert war to expandeven further this year. Yet Congressand the public have undertaken nosignificant examination of this newwar's consequences.

Members of Congress have al-most daily reminders of the cost ofthe wars in Afghanistan and Iraq inthe form of the dead and woundedU.S. soldiers that return to this coun-try. Lawmakers travel regularly toattend funerals of the fallen.

The U.S. drone strikes in Paki-stan produce many casualties, butnone of those killed are citizens ofour country. The pilots operatingthe remote-controlled drones usedto launch missile attacks in Pakistanusually sit behind computer screens

far from the battlefield. Forpolicymakers in Washington, thisis a war without cost or hometowncasualties.

The English language press inPakistan often relays reports of ci-vilians killed in these attacks. Butthose reports rarely make headlinesin the United States. The only ongo-ing reminder of this war is the occa-sional headline that suggests theUnited States has successfully killedanother al-Qaeda militant. For mostAmericans, that's justificationenough for this new war by assas-sination.

Having closely followed the Con-gressional investigations of CIAassassination attempts in the 1970s,I find the current shift in publicattitudes alarming. Back in the 1970s,when investigations led by Sen.Frank Church revealed that the CIAhad engaged in targeted killings offoreign leaders, President GeraldFord felt obligated to sign an execu-tive order banning intelligence agen-cies from engaging in assassina-tions.

I'm not naïve enough to believethat the United States halted itsinvolvement, but at one time the

public attitude was that such assas-sinations were wrong. We are anation of laws. As recently as 2001,when Israel engaged in targetedassassinations against Hamas lead-ers in Gaza, the U.S. ambassador toIsrael was forced to go on recordagainst the killings (although ourgovernment didn't cut off assistanceto the Israeli units involved in thesemurders).

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks,President George W. Bush autho-rized U.S. intelligence agencies to killal-Qaeda leaders operating anywherein the world. In my view, these cam-paigns were ineffective and violatedinternational law.

President Obama's startling ex-pansion of this drone assassinationcampaign has gone by largely un-noticed. Missile attacks from dronesoften target a single person for as-sassination, but end up killing doz-ens. Nearly 2,000 people have beenkilled in Pakistan by drones since2006, yet Congress has held onlyone public hearing on these weap-ons.

Instead, Congress inserts evenmore money than the President re-quests for them into the Pentagon'sbudget--and there's even a specialcaucus to promote the drones.

As the Obama administration ex-ponentially expands the use of re-mote-controlled drones for assassi-nations, Congress should take a sec-ond look at this new kind of fightingthat's done in our name. You don'thave to work for a Quaker lobby toquestion whether remote control kill-ings in Pakistan are helping to makeour country more secure.

Within Pakistan and Yemen(where the United States has alsoused such drones), the strikes havebecome a rallying cry for anti-gov-ernment political groups and a re-cruiting tools for the same violent,extremist organizations that the U.S.claims to want to damage.

There's a bumper sticker thatsums up this problem. It reads:"We're making enemies faster thanwe can kill them."

Congress, and the nation as awhole, needs to decide if our goal issimply to kill more people or to makethis country safer. If our goal is thelatter, then assassinations by dronesor any other means doesn't belongin our policy tool kit.

Jim Cason is an associate ex-ecutive secretary at the FriendsCommittee on National Legisla-tion, a Quaker lobby in the publicinterest.

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diverse backgrounds.

For further details on the scope of

work and specific responsibilities

of this position and for instructions

on how to apply, please visit:

http://hr.uoregon.edu/jobs/

This position is listed under

Unclassified Administrative

Positions. Applications must be

received by Friday, January 14,

2011 for priority consideration.

The UO is an EO/AA/ADA

institution committed to cultural

diversity.

Intervention CoordinatorHalf-time, temporary position

located in Portland. Responsible

for coordinating delivery of

Carescapes intervention to child

care providers with high fidelity to

training program and research

protocol; coordinating intervention

workshops and post-workshop

consultations; and data collection.

Master’s Degree, preferably in

early childhood education or early

intervention and 3-5 yrs of

increasingly responsible research,

teaching, or intervention

experience, or equivalent

required. Experience working with

individuals from diverse cultural,

ethnic and racial backgrounds

valued. Strong computer skills

required. More information and

required application and

procedures are available online at

www.ori.org or at Oregon Research

Institute, 1715 Franklin Blvd.,

Eugene, OR. (541) 484-2123, Fax:

(541) 484-1108, or. Closes: Noon,

1/14. EOE. Job #543

City of Portland

Hearings Clerk

Office of the City Auditor

Recruitment No. 11-022

FFD: 02/01/11

Hourly Wage: $20.73 – 26.47

The Hearings Clerk position in the

Hearings Office of the elected City

Auditor’s Office is responsible for

providing highly detailed and time

sensitive administrative support to

the Hearings Officer on code,

appeal, tow, and land use

hearings. For more info and to

apply online go to http://

www.portlandoregon.gov/jobs or

call Keri Caffreys, Sr. Human

Resources Analyst, (503) 823-

4034. The City of Portland is an

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Bridge Maintenance

MechanicMultnomah County’s Department

of Community Services has a

vacancy for an experienced journey

level mechanic to respond to

emergencies, perform repairs and

maintenance, complete

inspections and make

modifications and improvement to

the County’s steel, concrete, and

wood bridges. Bridge Maintenance

Mechanics work on operation

machinery, gears, bearing, brakes

hydraulic systems, expansion

joints, decks, rails and all bridge

operation systems. These

mechanics perform strenuous

manual labor either individually or

as a member of a crew. The

successful candidate will have the

ability to perform all the essential

functions of the position in all

weather conditions, in heavy traffic

conditions, and at heights up to

160 feet. Deadline to apply is 1/

28/11. For more information

about the essentials and

qualifications, visit

www.multcojobs.org. See job

#6060-07 EOE

The NAACP Portland Branchis calling all members and

potential members to come out

and attend our General

Membership meeting on January

22, 2011, 12 noon – 2:00 pm, at PCC

Cascade Campus, Terrell Building

Room 122.

Let your voice be heard.

Drivers: Flatbed. Great benefits.

Good Hometime!

Canadian Runs. Passport or WA

Enhanced CDL.

2yrs 888-880-5921 x123

centraloregontruck.com

Successful Forex Agent needs

Online Personal Assistant / Payroll

Manager .Must have access to

internet and must at least be an

high school graduate . For more

details on the job send resume

/cover letter to

[email protected]

SUB-BIDS REQUESTED

State of Oregon

Wetland Mitigation/Stormwater

Management - Phase1

Mill Creek Corporate Center

Bid Date: March 26th 2:00 P.M. Local Time

Bids required by 5:00 PM March 25, 2010

Quotes needed for: Fencing, Hyroseeding, Monitoring Well

Installation Survey, and Traffic Control Services

P.O. Box 687, Oregon City, OR 97045

(503) 656-7000 FAX (503) 656-0686

CCB# 146689

We are an equal opportunity employer and request sub-bids from

all subcontractors and suppliers including, Minority, Women,

Disadvantaged and Emerging Small Business Enterprises

Advertise with diversity inThe Portland Observer

Call 503-288-0033

January 19, 2011

Our beloved "Ricky"Obituary

Ricaldo J Dials II passed away atthe age of 43.

A native of Portland, Oregonand graduate of Wilson HighSchool. Ricky was the son ofTeresa Ismail and the late RicaldoDials Sr. He was the husband ofMichelle Dials and father ofRichelle and Anthony Dials ofStockton CA., Ricaldo Dials III ofVancouver, WA. and ElizabethLeedle, of Camas WA. He will beremembered most by his conta-gious smile, jovial spirit and a lovefor people, that left all whocrossed his path uplifted. He willbe deeply missed. Visitation will beThursday, January 20, 1pm-7pm atthe Thompson Memorial Chapel

2118 E. Lafayette St. Services willheld Friday January 21 at 1pm. atEastside C.O.G.I.C. 3206 E. MarshSt. Both locations are located inStockton, CA.

To Place Your

Classified AdvertisementContact:

Phone: 503-288-0033

Fax: 503-288-0015

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L E G A L N O T I C E S Need to publish a court document

or notice? Need an affidavit of

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efficiently? Please fax or e-mail

your notice for a free price quote!

Fax: 503-288-0015

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The Portland Observer

January 19, 2011

Must SellBrand NewHovaroundMotorized Chair$1400 or best offerCall George at(503) 284-9906(503) 449-9770

Cori Stewart--Owner, Operator

Avalon Flowers520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250

A full serviceflower experience

• Birthdays• Funerals

Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pmSaturday 9am til 2pm.

Website: avalonflowerspdx.comemail: [email protected] Offer Wire Services

• Anniversaries• Weddings

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Call for an appointment! (503) 228-6140

• Automobile accident injuries• Chronic headache and joint pain• Workers Compensation injuries

We are located at1716 N.E. 42nd Ave.Portland, OR 97213

(Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.)

Doing for Otherscontinued from front

tioners and nurses are just a por-tion of the 70 volunteer staff mem-bers that give up hours each weekat the free medical health careclinic North by Northeast Com-munity Health Center on 3030 NEMartin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

“I think everyone wants thecommunity to be strong andhealthy, and as physicians we havecertain skills we can offer that weknow will make a difference,”says staff member and co-founderof the clinic, Dr. Jill Ginsberg.

“For myself, and for most of thephysicians, we see the need in thecommunity and know how easy itis to treat most of these conditions,and it makes sense to take care ofthese things before they become

emergencies,” she said.Though most of the doctors

work full-time and paid sched-ules elsewhere, they volunteerthree hours of their time for oneshift per month, which keeps theclinic open one evening per weekfor the whole year. The clinicplans to expand to two eveningsper week with the increaseddemand from uninsured peopleseeking medical care.

The North by Northeast clinicstarted in 2006 with a sharedpassion for community serviceand a vision for free health care.

Two women, Pastor MaryOverstreet Smith and Dr.Ginsberg, founded the clinic afterSmith returned from a visit tothree southern states on a missionto relocate Hurricane Katrina sur-

vivors to Portland for a fresh start.After moving, feeding, cloth-

ing, and housing 40 families,Pastor Mary realized that someof the survivors needed medica-tions and medical care, but withinthe North Portland area, therewere few if any free clinics thatexisted, especially during eveninghours. Talking with neighbors andchurch members she found thatmany local community residents,even those who worked full time,also had no health coverage.

Around the same time, Dr.Ginsberg, a family physician atKaiser, heard about PastorMary’s actions in helping thehurricane survivors and was in-spired to offer her support.Ginsberg wasted no time in gath-ering donations from neighborsand meeting with Pastor Marywhere she worked at the Pow-erhouse Temple Church. Thetwo agreed to start a free medi-cal clinic at a small office build-ing Pastor Mary owned up thestreet from the church.

With a shared passion for com-munity service and a vision of freehealth care for low-income adultsthat provided care for chronic ill-nesses and the help of friends,colleagues, and community mem-bers, on Aug. 17, 2006 the Northby Northeast Community HealthCenter welcomed its first patient.

For more information aboutNorth by Northeast CommunityHealth Center, visit nxneclinic.org.

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January 19, 2011

Southern Styles & BarberGRAND OPENING

5130 NE MLK Blvd.Portland, OR 97211

503-284-0044We would like to invite you to come and join us.

Now Hiring Liscensed Stylists & BarbersContact:

SAM at 360-980-6153 or Secret at 360-980-6619

January 17th-22nd

Free Medical for Hard Times

PHOTO BY MARK WASHINGTON /THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Dr. Jill Ginsberg, a local physician (left) and Sharetta Butcher, an office and volunteer coordinator,

welcome patients to their North by Northeast Community Health Center, a free localhealth clinic for

uninsured patients in need.

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pand hours to twice a weekthis coming year, keeping threepaid staff and 70 medical healthvolunteers, including doctorsand nurses on the team.

The only qualification for thecenter’s services is that unin-sured patients live in one of thefollowing local zip codes:97211, 97212, 97217, 97227, or97203.

Visiting patients are able toreceive blood pressure screen-ing, adult immunizations, acutecare for minor illnesses andinjuries, prescription medica-tion, patient education, on-go-ing care for diabetes, socialservices information and re-ferrals, some specialty consul-

recorded a 25 percent increasein patients from last year andjust had their busiest monthyet.

“People are scared to bewithout coverage and of run-ning out of medications,Ginsberg said, explaining howmost of the patients the clinicsees need ongoing care andmedical monitoring, but cannotafford it.

A 2009 report by the CensusBureau Official shows a spikein the number of Americanswithout health insurance from4.3 million - to a record 50.7million. Oregonians alone,make up over 643,000 of thecountry’s uninsured, with theMultnomah County servingover 62,000 uninsured peoplelast year, according to a recent

report.As of now, the free walk-in

clinic opens every Thursdayevening, when volunteer medi-cal staff begins checking inpatients at 4:30 p.m. The clinic

fills up until the volunteer doc-tors arrive at 6 p.m. and treatpatients until 9 p.m.

Due to a recent increase indemand for free medical ser-vices, the clinic plans to ex-

tation, and off-site laboratoryservices. Not provided aremedical services such as STDtesting and gynecologic care.

Though there are many Or-egon programs working hardto provide uninsured peoplewith low-cost, attainable healthinsurance, the North by North-east Community Health Cen-ter will continue to do their partin making sure folks are notleft to fend for themselves.

“People don’t have to giveup on their health. We are thereto help, and if you have a healthissue or know a family mem-ber with one, we encourageyou to get in touch with us,”Dr. Ginsberg says.

January 19, 2011

FOODGet Ready for the Superbowl

Double Chili Cheese DipIngredients• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened• 1 (15 ounce) can chili without beans• 4 green onions, thinly sliced• 1/4 cup diced green chiles, drained• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions1. Preheat oven to 350 degreesF (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie plate.2. Spread cream cheese into theprepared pie plate. Top thecream cheese with chili, onions,chilies, and cheese.3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes.

Party PinwheelsIngredients• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened• 1 (1 ounce) package ranch dressing mix• 2 green onions, minced• 4 (12 inch) flour tortillas• 1/2 cup red bell pepper,diced• 1/2 cup diced celery• 1 (2 ounce) can sliced blackolives• 1/2 cup shredded CheddarcheeseDirections1. In a medium-size mixingbowl, combine cream cheese,ranch dressing mix, and green onions. Spread this mixture oneach tortilla. Sprinkle red pepper, celery, black olives, andcheese (if you'd like) over the cream cheese mixture. Roll up thetortillas, then wrap them tightly in aluminum foil.2. Chill 2 hours or overnight. Cut off ends of the rolls, and slicethe chilled rolls into 1 inch slices.

Baked Buffalo WingsIngredients• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder• 1/2 teaspoon salt• 20 chicken wings• 1/2 cup melted butter• 1/2 cup hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)

Directions1. Line a baking sheet withaluminum foil, and lightly greasewith cooking spray. Place theflour, cayenne pepper, garlicpowder, and salt into aresealable plastic bag, and shaketo mix. Add the chicken wings,seal, and toss until well coatedwith the flour mixture. Place thewings onto the prepared baking sheet, and place into therefrigerator. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).Whisk together the melted butter and hot sauce in a small bowl.Dip the wings into the butter mixture, and place back on thebaking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is nolonger pink in the center, and crispy on the outside, about 45minutes. Turn the wings over halfway during cooking so theycook evenly.

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