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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1971)
' I orthwest's Newest Newspaper L ib ra r y O r e g o n S ta te U n iv e r s ity C o r v a l l i s , O r e g o n 97331 This is your paper, because you have demanded it. Vol. 1 No. 19 Portland, Ore. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Packwood problem- solver It has been years since M rs . Evelyn Nelson has cried, as women sometimes do because she was happy. But a phone call recently from Senator Packwood's of fice in Washington to M rs. Nelson, who lives at 4205 N E llth Avenue in Portland, brought joyful tears to her eyes. The good news that M rs . Nelson would begin receiving a monthly disab ility check fo r about $30 in January. Badly Disabled Usually calm and cheerful M rs. Nelson, has degeneiative a rth ritis in both knees, is p a rtia lly blind and has been unable to work fo r more than a year. She refused an offei of welfare by indignatly telling the social w orker she had / Thursday, Feb. 11, 1974^ O' Ppr Copy Jo in t career project - E m anuel and Jefferson fe insulted” so been 61 entire years... " I ’ ve worked since 1 was and 1 don’ t believe 12 . in me, or anyone else, beating people out of some- body else’ s money by tak- ing welfare checksl” she said. is like that. M i J Nelson Determined. S elf-sufficient. But this time " I really had given up. I didn’ t think anyone could help me,” she said softly, eyes brim m ing . Asked if there was some thing special she wanted to buy with her fir s t check she responded quickly, ” A washing machine (to replace a tine tub) and a pair of shoes. M rs Nelson’ s story had a happy ending. But hers is not an isolated story. A cross section of cases where the Senator was asked for help in one week includ ed these problems: m ilita ry pay, social security, veteran compensation, drug avail ability, problems of the elder ly, Im m igration laws and interference problems of ham radio operators. A Navy veteran was helped in gening a 100 percent dis ability rating-which in d o lla r meant more than $200 to London Lee Mow of Eagle Point , Oregon. These are just a few of the many such cases which daily cross the Sen ator’ s desk. Not all are closed successfully, of course, but if you are legally elig ible fo r benefits you haven’ t received, perhaps your Sen ator can help. He is in terested in your proLlems or he wouldn’ t be in office. W rite to him. It is your privilege : Senator Bob Packwood, U. S. Senate, Wash ington, D. C. 20510. "n e ve r in her M rs . Evelyn Nelson a believer that it pays to sup port a political candidate and and to have faith in Cod and the American Way of life . — Something of interest to everyone. Valeda Gregory, a Jefferson High junior, wants to become a surgeon. Right now, she’ s getting an inside look at the hospital world because she’ s e n ro ll ed in a jo int Emanuel Hosp ital-Jefferson High health car eers program. In it, she and 36 other students combine clin ica l experience at the hos pital with classroom 3tudy taught by M rs. M ary C'Gara K. N., of the Jefferson faculty. Valeda, the daughter of M r. and M rs . W illia Gregory, 3734 N. Vancouver Ave., has wanted to be a doctor all her life . Does she like her inside view of hospital activity? "O H , yes.” I his the second year fo r the jo in t program, launched in 1969 with about 20 students involved. The fact that almost double the number of students e n ro ll ed in the class this year, hospital and high school auth o ritie s feel, is an indication of popular success. Students rotate through 19 hospital departments, spending a half-day on the job twice each week. The hospital ex / Â.3Ü VALEDA GREGORY, left, and CATHY MOORE, right, also Jeff paramedics, get acquainted with sewing project in Emanuel Hospital Occupational Therapy department under the supervision of Miss Dora Rice, R.N.. O.T.R. Miss Gregory, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gregory, and Miss Moore, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Moore, are both interested in health careers; Valeda, to become a surgeon; Cathy, to he a medical assistant. Save any time ... save by mail B I MJ FRAMK1.1M ■ Y o u c a n s a v e a t th e Benj. F r a n k l i n a n y t im e , f r o m m o s t a n y p la c e a n d in a n y k in d o f w e a th e r w h e n y o u save b y m a il. W e p a y th e postage Iw ith w ays. S im p ly m a il us y o u r check and y o u r p a s s b o o k . W e w i l l c r e d it y o u r a c c o u n t a n d r e tu rn y o u r passbook w ith a p o n ta g e -fre e e n v e lo p e . P a y Y o u r s e lf F i r s t th e easy w a y . . . h y m a il! 5> c u rr e n t rate compounded daily paid quarterly Pranklin ■ AVINaa * LOAN A*«N Robert H Hezen, P7ë» • 14 Office» • Phone 224-3333 Home Office Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 97204 / perience began in January; it ’ s supplemented b.y classroom discussion of problems and pro jects involved. Added to the curriculum this year were v is it by hospital staff members — department heads and supervisor — to Jeff health careers class room fo r prelim inary discussion with students. When the cooperative class fir s t began, hospital department heads prepared “ job description of activities students could com plete. As students learn, they advance to more complicated s k ills . Fringe benefits to the pro gram fo r several Jeff students last year were ’ ’ summer re lie f” and after-school jobs at Emanuel. One student, who be came interested in the inhal ation therapy program last year as a ju n io r, now works each Saturday as a paid em ployee in that department. Responsible fo r coordinat ing the Emanuel side of the project is Anthony G iaidina, assistant vice-president, per sonnel . He is concerned with the need to re c ru it more young people fo r careers in the health industry— to be the nat ion’ s biggest employer by 1973. "H ospitals must have tech nical and professional personnel. We’ re anxious to encourage more and more young people to prepare themselves fo r these jobs. We do, of course, like to emphasize the opportunities available in Emanuel -sponsored educational programs— in med ical education, nursing, X -ra y, medical technology, and re lated paramedical fields. But we hope through this venture with Jefferson to encourage increasing numbers of young people, regardless of race or color, to pursue a challeng ing and exciting career in the health field, either here o r in other health program s.” The Jeff students, who wear distinctive blue jackets on the job as well as nameplates de signating them as "Jefferson Param edics", h j\e won en- thasiastic friends among the hospital staff. An absence draws a flu rry of concerned inquiries and "graduation” to another department m the ro tation is an occasion of note! See other pictures on page 5, PCC painters ¡INSURED r io ia t i * z- ; JEFF HIGH PRINCIPAL HENRY MARSHALL ex amined a project bv Jeff Paramedic DEBBIE KAISER during a tour of student rotations at Emanuel Hospital which took him to hospital clinical lab Exjierience in the laboratory is one of highlights of hospital orientation for many Jeff students; activities may range from assisting with the dilution of concentrated reagents to transporting dishes. W atercolors by CharlesRan- som, an arts instructor at P o rt land Community College, are on exhibit during the month of February at The Old Nut Loft Center (17210 S. W. Shaw) in Beaverton. Ransom received his M .F.A. from the U niversity of Oregon and his paintings have been widely exhibited in California and the Northwest. The exhibit w ill also include textiles by Sue I I in s k y an in stru cto r at the center, who spins and dyes her own wool; and p a i n t in g s by James F . Smith; his mother, Stella D ra lle ; and an aunt, Patricia Adams — a real fam ily a ffa ir
