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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1973)
Page 8 P o rtla n d /O b e e rvw r T hursday, M arc h I, 1973 From the Senato by Senator Keith Burna ON THE JOB SLAUGHTER! A c a r donated by Oldsm oblle Company of the General M otors C o rp oratio n is used by automotive students at POIC T ra in in g C e n te r. Students le a rn firs t hand how to re p a ir automobiles, as w e ll as receive training fo r other fields of in terest. PO1C trainees learn typing and office s k ills in program s designed to enable them to find meaningful em ploym ent. POIC Indecision, confusion (Continued from page 1) (Continued from pege 1) is grocery checking, which is worked out with Safeway and Tradewell. The auto motive class was working on a car that was recently donated to them by Olds- mobile of the General Motors Corp. The car is one of 22 other cars that fell off a train in the Columbia Gorge. Other courses at POIC in clude sewing machine repair, job seeking, and Black His tory. Also, while you are training for a job. POIC is locating positions to make sure that when you have finished training, it will not be in vain. So New York is getting their thing together, Cali fornia always thought they were hip, but Portland has some Tor-real’ things too! A down to earth, self-help pro gram, run by down to earth people for those of us who are down and out; but don't intend to stay that way! care, mothers would have to quit jobs or drop out of school and return to welfare. They were not opposed to paying for child care but objected to what they con sidered excessive payments. A continuing debate has existed between CSD and the child care programs since last fall when CSD decided to cut back on the federal funds used by the 4-C child care programs. Elimination of many of the programs by CSD has been delayed sev eral times by interceding of the Governor, the Legisla ture, and by public senti ment. NOTICE The Oregon Black Caucus will resume its meetings every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. The next meet ing is this Sunday. March 11, 6:00 p.m. at the Elks Club. I'OliTI. I \D Q Hi IdL Salutes Youth of the Week - I» /* * I Estrada Luchica Glover is a Senior at John lAdams High School. She will graduate early llrom High School since she met all of the requirements in January. Estrada plans to attend Oregon State University this fall. She |plans to become an attorney or journalist. Estrada recently represented Adams at a drop-out prevention workshop at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Estrada has worked part time at Legal Aid Services and at the Family Law Center. She attended the Upward Bound program at Oregon State University during the summer of 1972. Estrada is now looking for employment to earn money for her Freshman year. C ourtesy of I J I 1 L W orkm en are killed and d is abled fro m accidents w hile at w o rk . Each y e a rl4 ,5 0 0 w o rk - e re a re k illed , over two m il lion a r e disabled, and 2J5 m illio n man work days w ere lost as a result of this on the job slaughter. These ac cidents a te costly to both the employee and the em p loyer. Because of this situation, the U .S . Congress enacted the Oc cupational Health and Safety A c t of 1970, known a s "O S H A ” . OSHA did however, p erm it states to adopt the same le gislation and then adm inister the A ct ra th e r than the F e d e ra l Governm ent. F o r the past IS months, O regon's W o rk m e n s Compensation Board has studied and p re pared legislation in the form of Senate B ill 44 so they can a d m in is te r the Federal Safety A ct In Oregon. By doing thia, a ll employees In Oregon w ill be protected by provisions of the A ct because the F ed e ra l A ct does not include em ployees of state and local governm ents. Senate B ill 4 w ill provide additional strength to O re gon's present Safety A ct fo r protecting the health and safe ty of em ployees. T he b ill w ill add responsibility fo r "occupational h ealth" to the W o rh m e n s Compensation B o ard. It would prohibit ad- J J ORIGON MUTUAI SA/INGS BANf w ork fo r y o u hearing had not yet been discussed. He stated that, until further word is re ceived from CSD, he was In response to questioning, Joe Thimm. assistant to the Director of Children's Ser vice Division, admitted that the public hearing on Rule 10. which went into effect March 1st, was not held until February 26th a n d that changes suggested in the vance notice of safety inspec tion. and req uire that citations be issued to em p loyers who violate health and safety re gulation«, not just "w arnin g tickets.** Em ployees w ill also be prosactsd fro m d is c rim i nation fo r com plaining about violations of regulations. The A ct provides opportun ity fo r the e m p lo y e r to con test citations and p enalities. They may also request v a r iations fro m safety standards and obtain special help in com plying with standards without citatio n s. I was honored to have the opportunity to be In charge o f c a rry in g thia im portant le gislation on the flo o r of the Oregon S U M Senate. I was very pleased a fte r the debate to have the b ill passed by the substantial vote of 21 fo r and 9 against. T h is b ill is of v ita l Im portance to every person who is employed in our S u ae. En actm ent of this le g is la tio n w ill go a long way toward reduc ing the deaths, in ju ry and loss of w ork days by the employees of O regon. If you a re Interested in fu r th e r Inform ation on SB 44, please con uct m y o ffice, 30b S U U C apito l Building, Salem 97310: o r c a ll, toll fre e , the legislative inform ation num ber 1-8OO-452-O29O. rescinding the order that the rules be put into effect March 1st and requested that no children be dropped from the programs and no fees be collected. He also stated that in his opinion, action should not he taken until Rule 10 became a permanent rule. 120 days from now. The following Monday CSD notified 4C that the stan dards will be effective March 15th and that those families assessed fees should start payieg March 15th. TO O LATE TO U L classify PROGRAMMERS PROGRAMMER ANALYST Programmer I $812 943. MIN. QUAL: 1 yr. full time, paid prog, exper. Programmer II $875 1016. MIN. QUAL: 3 yrs. exper. as program or 2 yrs. program ming exper. & 1 yr. opera tions exper. or 2 full yrs. of college in business, engineer., math or closely related field & 2 yrs. exper. as prog, or 1 yr. prog, exper. & 1 yr. opera tions exper. Programmer Analyst I $943 1095. MIN QUAL: 5 yrs. progress, responsible s y s- tems/prog. exper. or 4 yrs. systems/prog. and 1 yr. oper ations exper. or equivalent of exper. OR grad, from coll, in business, engineer., computer eei., math, or related field A 3 y r s . progress, responsible prog, exper. or 2 yrs. prog. A 1 yr. operations exper. Programmer Analyst II $1063 1235. MIN QUAL: 2 yrs. exper. as systems analyst A 4 yrs. combined exper. as prog, with systems analysis exper. or equivalent of exper. OR coll, grad in business, engineer., computer eci., math or related field A 4 yrs. combined exper. as prog/analyst. APPLY: Multnomah County Civil Ser vice Commission, 510 SW Montgomery. Portland, Ore. PROBATION A PAROLE OFFICER $770-901. Serves in training capacity to counsel and in vestigate individuals placed on probation. MIN QUAL: Four yrs. competence in case work mgmt. A community service activities in casework agency OR Bachelor s Degree with courses in psychology A sociology providing field ex perience in social agencies, transcripts required. EXAM: March 28th. APPLY: Mult nomah County Civil Service Commission. 510 SW Mont gomery before 5 pm March 15. P arents of the AMA F a m ily Day and Night C a re Program and m em bers of the community pertlclpam In a discussion of child c e re fending w ith M a y o r N ell Goldechm ldt. M a y o r N ail Goldschm idt meets with parents at Highland C e n te r. (L e ft to right) Sue Jackson, parent; L U W ilson, day c a re parent; M a y o r Goldachmldt; S h irley Ham ilton, parent; D r . L a r r y W olfe, Multnomah County Health Departm ent; and Jeanne D avis, D ire c to r of AM A F a m ily Day and Night C a re P ro g ra m . | Human Emphasis I M IM GtOUND. . . IN I M A M . . . IV f STWRISB RATIO F.F J. (Fantastic Family Foal) TMUKS.-FRI.-SAT.-SIIN.-MAR. by Tom Boothe, P h j i ^ P ro fe s s o r of Comm unications H euristics Deer Mr. Boothe: Starts TODAY-4 BIG DAYS Kennel in Oregon, placing into new homes thousands of unwanted pets of every de scription. Our Education Department and Cruelty In vestigation Division are ever growing to keep up with requests for assistance from all over the stale. We accept without c h a r g e , by the owner, any animal which no longer ran be kept by the owner, and endeavor to find it a new home. These services and many more The Society provides, hut concerning Dog Catching and the public's responsi bility for observing Leash la»w Ordinances, the Human Society cannot lx* held ac countable. In reference to the recent question appearing in your column concerning the parks of stray dogs roaming the city, may I endeavor to clarify the answer. You replied to "Keep call tng the Humane Society”, that eventually the problem could be solved. Some twelve months ago. as of January I, 1973, the Oregon Humane Society terminated its agreement to act as Poundmaster for the City of Portland. Since that time the Society has not been engaged nor involved with impounding, picking up. in- holding any stray animal for this city. That responsibility has been given to Multnomah Very truly yours. County A n i m a l , which Robert K. Hillman functions as Dogratrher for Administrative Assistant. the City as well as the Oregon Humane Society County. I Although the Oregon Hu mane Society is no longer involved with Dog Catching, Thanks for the clarification. our services to the public continue to expand in other Tom Boothe areas. We have the largest MEMORIAL COLISEUM ASSISTANT CHIEF STORES CLERK ROADS $793. Maintains records A inventories of Road Dept. supplies A equipment. MIN. QUAL: ill 18 mo. exper. in bookkeeping A/or stock con trol records. (2) 18 mo. exper. in issuance of stock parts, equipment A supplies. NOTE: 18 mo. exper. in items I A 2 may have been earned at the same time. EXAM: March 29th. APPLY: Before 5 pm. March 22. Multnomah County Civil Service Commission, 510 SW Montgomery. Portland. Ore. CHIEF STORES CLERK ROADS $902 1047. Supervises main tenance of records A inven tones of Road Dept. supplies A equipment. MIN QUAL: (1) 2 years exper. in book keeping and/or stock control records. (2) 2 yrs. exper. in issuance of stock parts, equip ment A supplies. NOTE: the 2 yrs. of exper. in items 1 A 2 may have been earned at the same time. EXAM: March 27. APPLY: Before 5 pm March 15. Multnomah County Civil Service Commis sion. 510 SW Montgomery, Portland, Ore. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IV $1075-1203. Supervises nurs ing personnel under general direction of Director of Public Health Nursing. MIN QUAL: (1) Bachelor's Degree in Pub. He. Nursing OR Bachelor's Degree in general nursing or nursing education including preparation in Pub. He Nurs ing. (21 3 yrs exper. in Pub. He. Nursing under super vision, assist, superv. in ad minis, functions A in orienta tion, teaching A supervision of other nurses or students. (31 Possess current Oregon State Nurse L i c e n s e . EXAM: March 22. APPLY: Before 5 pm March 14. Multnomah County Civil Service Cornmis sion, 510 SW Montgomery, Portland, Ore. DIAL IN SOLID GOLD MUSIC 1550 KC KGAR WASHINGTON STATE A LOCAL NEWS NOUR A HALF HOUR MONDAY SATURDAY FROM OUR STUDIOS AT THE IRN AT THE QUAY k
