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What’s in that union- made bread? Miss Oregon Donilee McGinnis (center) is the daughter of Bakers Local 114 member Ron McGinnis (in baker’s whites) at Oreoweat Bakery in Beaverton. Also pictured are McGinnis’ mother Donilu, brother David, Local 114 Business Manager Terry Lansing (left) and Local 114 Business Representa- tive Gene Beaudoin. Offspring of members of Bakers Local 114 have won four pageant crowns There must be something in the union-made bread produced by mem- bers of Portland-based Bakers Local 114. Over the past two decades, the offspring of four Local 114 members have been crowned Miss America, Miss Oregon and Miss Teen Oregon. The most famous is Katie Harmon, Miss America 2002. She is the granddaughter of union member Adolph DiMarco. The latest is Miss Oregon Donilee McGinnis. She will represent the state at the Miss America Pageant to be held Jan. 29 in Las Vegas. She is the daughter of Ron McGinnis, a 13-year mem- ber of the union who works at Oroweat Bakery in Beaverton. In 1984, Renee Bagley, the daughter of mem- ber Clyde Bagley, was crowned Miss Oregon; Minimum wage increases in Oregon and Washington and in 1996, Kristen Cook, the stepdaughter of Local 114 Busi- ness Representative Gene Beau- doin, was selected Miss Teen Oregon. Donilee McGinnis, 24, of Scappoose, is a communications major at Portland State University. She first competed for the Miss Oregon title in 2004 after being recruited by Katie Harmon’s mother, a customer at a Gresham dress shop where McGinnis worked. McGinnis placed in On Jan. 1, 2007, Oregon’s minimum wage increased from $7.50 to $7.80 an hour — the second highest in the nation. In Washington, the state minimum wage increased from $7.63 to $7.93 an hour — the highest in the nation. the Top 10 that year, finished fourth in 2005, and captured the title in 2006. Her talent is tap dancing, and her platform is- sue for the Miss America contest, which will air on CMT on Monday, Jan. 29, is “Autism: Advo- cacy and Awareness.” She selected that topic Both states peg annual increases in the minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index to keep pace with inflation. The federal minimum wage is $5.15 an hour (affective in Idaho). That wage rate hasn’t increased in 10 years. b h m k because her brother, David, 18, is autistic. Donilee volunteers for the Autism Society of Oregon, as well as the Autism Research & Re- sources of Oregon. Last year she led an in-house autism awareness training project for the Port- land Police Bureau. Bennett Hartman Morris & Kaplan, llp Attorneys at Law Oregon’s Full Service Union Law Firm Representing Workers Since 1960 Spotlight on Safeway Stores Non-Union Grocery Departments United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 would like our friends in the labor community to know that the grocery departments at the following Safeway locations are Non-Union and do not deserve your patronage: OREGON 14555 T EAL B LVD ., B EAVERTON 1055 SW 1 ST A VE ., C ANBY 1525 W M AIN S T ., M OLLALA 20685 SW R OY R OGERS , S HERWOOD 15570 SW P ACIFIC H WY ., T IGARD 22000 S ALAMO R D ., W EST L INN 320 SW C ENTURY D RIVE , B END 14840 SE W EBSTER R D ., M ILWAUKIE 590 NE C IRCLE B LVD ., C ORVALLIS 3469 C RATER L AKE H WY , M EDFORD 5660 C OMMERCIAL S T . SE, S ALEM 5270 SW P HILOMATH B LVD ., P HILOMATH 1140 N S PRINGBROOK R D ., N EWBERG W ASHINGT ON : 2615 NE 112 TH A VE ., V ANCOUVER 6700 NE 162 ND A VE ., V ANCOUVER 12909 NE H WY 99, V ANCOUVER 1725 P ACIFIC A VE ., W OODLAND The members of UFCW Local 555 appreciate your support. PAGE 12 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS We Now Help With Social Security Disability Claims BHMK proudly introduces our newest team member, Sharon Maynard, an experienced practitioner of Social Security Disability Law. We Work Hard for Hard-Working People! •Labor Law •Employment Law •Personal Injury •Workers’ Compensation •Civil Rights •Family Law •Social Security 111 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 1650 Portland, Oregon 97204 (503) 227-4600 www.bennetthartman.com Our Legal Staff are Proud Members of UFCW Local 555 JANUARY 5, 2007
