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About The OSEA news. (Salem, Oregon) 1970-1981 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1970)
Page 2 JANUARY, 1970 The OSEA News 2 8 Awarded 'Employee of the Year' Certificates Chapter Employee of the Y e a r ce rtifica te s w ill be awarded to 28 state employees throughout Oregon in the first phase of. OSEA's program to select a State Employee of the Year fo r 1969. The certificates, signed by Gov. Tom McCall, OSEA Presi dent Jerry Liebertz and local chapter presidents, w ill be pre sented" to recipients later this month. The program was begun two years ago by OSEA's Public Relations Committee. Awards are made on three levels: chapter, district and state. A fte r their selection by local chapters, employees com- The 100-member Oregon State Police Officers Associ ation has turned thumbs down on any plan to affiliate with OSEA or a union. * A t a meeting in Jefferson last month members of the The 1967 State Employee o f the year was Mrs. Martha Collins, an accounting clerk at the University o f Oregon. She was sponsored by Emerald Chapter 88 in Eugene. In 1968 the award was given to Mrs. Isabel Hall, principal o f Robert S. Farrell High School at Hillcrest School fo r Girls. She was sponsored by Hillcrest Chapter 70 in Salem. The names, sponsoring chapters, job titles and agencies of this year's chapter awardees appear below: DISTRICT ONE Gene H. Beckman, Rose C ity Chapter 5, section fore man, Highway Division. Jean M. Runyen, Public Welfare Chapter 31, secretary, -Public Welfare Division. Marie E. Maynard, Universi ty of Oregon Medical School Chapter 41, secretary. Universi ty o f Oregon Medical School. V ir g in ia B. Parkinson, C o n s o lid a te d Chapter 61, s e c r e t a r y - r e c e p t io n is t, W o rk m e n 's C om pensation Board. Chapter 90, maintenance re pairman, University o f Oregon Dental School. DISTRICT TWO Irene V. Payne, Salem Chapter 1, secretary, Highway Division. F. G o rd o n S h a ttu c k , Oregon Chapter 22, adminis trative services director. Em ployment Division. George Katagiri, Putnam- Stephens Chapter 23, science An employee who com plained to OSEA that he did not get a fu ll month's pay in November has been paid an additional $75.48. Eugene A. Kidwell works for the printing division of the D e p a rtm e n t o f G eneral Services. He contacted staff member Jo h n M . Schoonover last month and said he was hired in November on an emergency appointment. Although he was told his salary would be $447 per month, his paycheck was only $371.52. Upon in v e s tig a t io n , S c h o o n o v e r learned that K id w e ll's personnel action listed his salary at $2.58 per hour. He also learned that Kidwell was not paid fo r the tw o N o ve m b e r holidays. g ro u p e d u ca tio n specialist. B oard o f T h a n k s g iv in g Education. Veterans' Day, because he was paid at an hourly rate. Schoonover argued that the emergency appointment was not valid because it was not made " to prevent the stoppage of work or inconvenience to the public" as outlined in the state's personnel rules. He claimed Kidwell should have been hired on a tempo rary appointment at a m onthly salary rate and, in accordance w ith the rules, paid fo r the tw o holidays. Following negotiations w ith S c h o o n o v e r, Jo h n R. pete fo r the District Employee o f the Year award. One w ill be chosen in each o f the associ ation's nine districts. The State Employee o f the Year w ill be selected from am ong th e n in e district awardees. He w ill be named at OSEA's awards banquet in Tualatin Jan. 17. Secretary of State Clay Myers w ill present the award. "Both district and state re cipients w ill be chosen by panels o f non-state employee judges. Membership in OSEA is not required to be nominated or selected for an award at any level. McCall Appoints OSEA Member Mercedes Deiz District Judge Gov. Tom McCall has ap- pointed the first woman judge in the history o f the district court in Oregon. She is Mercedes Frances Deiz, a member o f OSEA's Consolidated Chapter 61 in Portland. McCall appointed her to the Multnomah County District Court . position vacated last month by Judge Ray D. Shoemaker. He retired. Mrs. Deiz graduated from Northwestern College o f Law in 1960. From then until 1967 she was in private practice. MERCEDES DEIZ New District Judge Since 1967 she has been a hearings officer fo r the Work men's Compensation Board in Portland. State Police Group Vote No Affiliation d ra fte d a re s o lu tio n which said in part membership in either the Oregon State Employees Association or the American Federation o f state, C o u n ty and M u n ic ip a l Employees Union (A F L —CIO) is not necessary to resolve departmental problems. Association members said they fe lt their group, which was formed in 1964 and presently has six chapters throughout the state, should be the one to handle grievance procedures. Get the cash you want—up to $1,500—at Local Loan, where every business hour of every business day 33 satisfied people walk out with the money they came in for. At Local, making you a satisfied customer is the most important thing we do. Simply call the Local Loan office nearest you and ask for the manager. He’ ll tell you what the money costs and when to come in to join"The Saf/sf/eds" . . . usually the same day. ID C A L IO A N W here service is theXaifference SALEM 342 Capitol St., N. E. Phone 364-8491 Paul Staight, Mgr. PORTLAND 208 Morgan Bldg. Phone 227-3211 Dick Van Dyke, Mgr. Four other offices are conveniently located in the Portland area. Also, offices in Eugene, Klamath Falls, Medford, and Roseburg. N e il A. A m e rm a n , OCE Chapter 43, director o f housing and food services, Oregon College o f Education. C a rro l O. B a r t e ls , Chemeketa Chapter 64, water shed planning hydrologist. State Engineer. Vere A. McCarty, V AFA Chapter 69, service and coordi nation division administrator, D e p a rtm e n t o f Veterans' Affairs. DISTRICT THREE L u v e rn e G u n d e rs o n , Roseburg Chapter 2, adminis trative assistant, Public Welfare Division. DISTRICT FOUR Bob D. Aldrich, Klamath Falls Chapter 12, engineer, Highway Division. Paul N. C onner, OTI C h a p te r 3 6 , maintenance electrician, Oregon Technical Institute. DISTRICT FIVE C. Jacob Bodewig, Baker C h a p te r 3 7 , - maintenance foreman, Highway Division. C a lv in A., Fouts, Blue Mountain Chapter 94, wage and hour inspector, Bureau of Labor. DISTRICT SIX Fred C. Luke, Eugene C h a p te r 6, m ain te n a n ce foreman, Highway Division. William J. Jirel, Corvallis Chapter 29, painter, Oregon State University. Paul H. Weswig, OSU Facul ty Chapter 72, professor of chemistry, Oregon State Uni versity. V la d i m i r M. S a n d o r, Emerald5 Chapter 88, data processing supervisor. Uni versity of Oregon. DISTRICT SEVEN Luther H. Steward, Jr., The Dalles Chapter 9, maintenance foreman, Highway Division. Evelyn Cole, Oregon Trail Chapter 35, psychiatric aide, Columbia Park Hospital and Training Center. DISTRICT NINE Ruby L. M cE I r o y , Evergreen Chapter 28, occu p a tio n a l therapist, Oregon State Hospital. Warne Empey Woodburn Chapter 45, director o f edu cation, MacLaren School for Boys. H o y t C. Cupp Prison Chapter 56, superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary. R u th Jaynes, Fairview Chapter 57, social worker supervisor, Fairview Hospital and Training Center. Jean Teets, Cherry Chapter 67, teacher, School fo r the Deaf. Paul R. K raft, Dammasch Chapter 95, cook, Dammasch State Hospital. OSEA Gets Employee $ 7 5 Extra Salary Day and Chamberlain, state printer, agreed to change Kidwell's appointment from emergency to temporary and his rate o f pay from hourly to monthly. He also agreed to pay Kidwell for the tw o holidays. PERS Account Balances Due State employees w ill get statements listing the amount of money in their retirement a c co u n ts in about three months. They are being prepared by the Public Employees' Re tirement System in Portland. The agency said statements w ill be mailed in late March or e a rly A p r il. Each statement w ill list the to ta l am ount o f in te re st credited to the account o f the employee plus the contri butions made from the time he began to participate in the system. The rate of interest that has been accredited to his account during the 1969 calendar year w ill also be reflected in the statement. The statements w ill be mailed to state agencies. It is their responsiblity to see that th e y are d is trib u te d to employees.
