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From the Portland Tribune, August 31 2008 Hooper Detox Center move could free space in housing project When James Chasse Jr. died in police custody in 2006, Portland cops didn’t know he was schizophrenic, and didn’t have an appropriate place to bring him even if they had known. Now county officials think they have such […]
Opinion by Debra Orman McHugh, published in the Salem Statesman Journal, August 29 2008 When I first read of the death of Andrew Hanlon, I was overcome with fear. My initial thought was, “My God! That could have been my family! That could have been my son!” Even in those first moments of shock, I […]
Opinion from Margie Boule, published by the Oregonian, August 11 2008 Therapist and mom’s novel aimed at kids Jenna Knudsen used to beg her mother, Marjie Knudsen, to pull her out of public school and home-school her. Jenna hated going to school. Oh, she had friends. She participated in activities: For four years at Southridge […]
From the Forest Grove News Times, August 27 2008 As Yogi Berra said, it isn’t over until it’s over, but it’s clear that the folks at Luke-Dorf are about down to their last out in their botched effort to set up a group home in Cornelius. This isn’t cause for applause, even if you’re rooting […]
Opinion by Paul Fattig, from the Medford Tribune, August 24, 2008 The news that the old Cuckoo’s Nest will be torn down this fall leaves me feeling a bit melancholy. It’s not the physical destruction of the 125-year-old main building of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem that I find depressing. Indeed, I applaud razing […]
From the Oregonian, August 22 2008 Cornelius – A commission backs the city’s revocation of a conditional-use permit The Cornelius Planning Commission has voted to uphold the city’s revocation of a conditional-use permit for Connell House. The commission’s unanimous vote Wednesday is the second door to slam on the home since the state temporarily shut […]
From OPB.com, August 20 2008 Oregon’s growing number of cases of autism, and unreliable treatment options have a group of lawmakers and state officials searching for answers this week. Oregon has at least the third highest incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, nationally. Frustration. That’s probably the best word to describe the overwhelming feeling […]
From KGW.com, August 19 2008 Three Oregon university presidents want to see the legal drinking age lowered from 21 to 18 because they believe the current law encourages dangerous binge-drinking on their respective campuses. Dr. Thomas J. Hochstettler of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Dr. Phil Creighton from Pacific University in Forest Grove and […]
From the Oregonian, August 17 2008 “Eva York died in a bathtub in 1896 at the Oregon Asylum for the Insane. After an inquest, which absolved the hospital staff of any blame, no one claimed her corpse, so she was buried in the asylum cemetery and forgotten. Eighteen years later Eva’s remains were exhumed, cremated, […]
Opinion editorial from Salem Statesman Journal, August 16, 2008 State facility needs to start improving conditions now The news coming out of Oregon State Hospital has not been good lately. But there are signs of improvement. New Superintendent Roy Orr has started articulating a clearer vision for the hospital. The critical question is whether he […]
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