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Eleven-Year old Oregon Boy Summits Kilimanjaro for Charity

Now back in school, Parker continues to raise money for Nomad Charities as well as awareness about HIV/AIDS and how kids Parker's age can truly make a difference in the life of a child in Africa.

(WEST LINN, Ore.) - Parker Huffman of West Linn, Oregon has become the third youngest person in the world to summit Africa's tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro, which stands at 19,340 ft. At 6:30 AM on Sept. 27th, 2008, Parker reached the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro solo, under the guidance of his two trusted guides from Tanzania under clear skies and perfect weather conditions.

Parker raised over $10,000 to help complete the construction of Nomad Charities 100% solar powered orphanage, the only solar powered orphanage in all of Kenya. While in Kenya Parker was able to meet HIV/AIDS orphans in the village of Kibwezi, where the orphanage is located. Parker was also able to take advantage of his three weeks off from school to go on a trip of a life time safari in the Masa Mara with his two aunt's that run Nomad Charities, Jenn and Janette Hofmann.

Salem Girl Has High Hopes for Miss Teen Oregon Competition

A Salem girl seeks to become the first capital city winner in the 2009 Miss Teen Oregon USA event.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A North Salem High Junior with big aspirations for her future says earning the Miss Teen Oregon title would propel her career as a travel nurse several ways.

Debra Brown says it is time that a more ordinary competitor takes home the title of Miss Teen Oregon; somebody who has had to overcome challenges in life. It also would be unique for Salem and an accomplishment for the capitol city, she added.

In order to pull out ahead of the other Oregon contestants, Debra must compete in three areas; "Interview Competition", "Swimsuit Competition" and "Evening Gown Competition". She does have modeling experience and based on her interview with Salem-News.com, she is well above average as a communicator.

Woman Gives Birth on Side of Oregon`s I-205 Freeway (AUDIO)

West Linn Police respond to I-205 south on an emergency child birth.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - There was a different type of excitement on Interstate-205 around 3:45 this morning when a woman went into labor in a car moving down the freeway.

West Linn Police Spokesman Sgt. Neil Hennelly, says officers Pat McConnell and Ed Friend received a call from dispatch of a motorist having a baby on I-205 south near the Stafford Road interchange. "The officers arrived within 3 minutes, however Olivia Grace had already been born," Hennelly said.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue arrived a short time later and checked out the child and her mother. Both were transported to Meridian Park Hospital, and they are doing fine. Hennelly says they were headed for the birthing center near Meridian Park.

CDC Survey: As Many Teens Smoke Marijuana as Cigarettes, Cigarette Use Dropping Faster

Crackdown on Tobacco Sales to Kids Continues to Reduce Teen Access to Cigarettes.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Two just-released federal reports indicate that regulation of tobacco continues to produce a steady drop in teen cigarette use and teen access to tobacco, with current cigarette use by high school students dropping markedly faster than use of marijuana.

The just-released 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports rates of current cigarette use and current marijuana use among teens in grades nine through 12 in a statistical tie at 20 percent and 19.7 percent, respectively.

Op-Ed: Teacher-Pay
A Tragedy For Them, For Us,
For Our Kids, Too

Those Who Love Process Should Be Major Providers.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - "Yes, Virginia, your teachers love you and what they do, too!" Can you easily envision a parent thus reassuring a reluctant youngster, caught in any one of those many confrontations and conflicts with which every parent is all too familiar?

Governor Kulongoski Signs Proclamation in Support of National Missing Children Day

Missing Children's Day also highlights the need for child safety education.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski again joined child safety advocates around the country in recognizing National Missing Children's Day, an annual reminder first proclaimed in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan that everyone can play a part in bringing a missing child home and that child protection must be a national priority.

Governor Kulongoski signed a proclamation announcing May 25th, 2008 as Missing Childrens' Awareness Day in Oregon.

Law Enforcement for Youth Provides $2,500 Grant to S.T.A.T.

S.T.A.T. will recieve an award of $2,500.00 per year in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Law Enforcement for Youth says they are happy to announce that the Student Threat Assessment Team (S.T.A.T.) (Salem/Keizer School District)and been selected as the recipient of one of our Assistance program awards.

New Federal Report on Marijuana Use is Misleading, Groups Say

Is this a reaction to the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition?

(SALEM, Ore.) - A new federal government report on the ill effects of marijuana on teens may be a last ditch effort to demonize the medical weed before it sees its own day of emancipation. As it stands, even the most hardcore marijuana legalization advocates do not support children using anything that causes intoxication.

School Bus With 35 Kids Onboard Involved in Fatal Traffic Crash

Police aren't sure why the driver of a 2008 Honda Civic crossed the paved center median into the southbound lanes and crashed head-on with the school bus.

(SCAPPOOSE, Ore.) - One person died and four others were injured Wednesday afternoon in a crash involving a Scappoose school bus and a passenger car on Highway 30 about three miles north of Scappoose.

State Says Child Injuries and Deaths in Oregon Have Declined

The reduction in child injury deaths to a multitude of efforts by individual people, community organizations and governmental agencies.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon has reduced unintentional injury deaths to children by 54 percent since 1995, according to public health officials in the Oregon Department of Human Services.

"Kids are alive today because action was taken to protect them," said Mel Kohn, M.D., state epidemiologist in DHS. "But while we celebrate this progress, we need to keep working because unintentional injury remains the number one killer of children."