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I Portland Observer PCC transports disabled L. Some twenty iix disabled students attending Portland Community College thia quarter are, as for several yeara past, transported to and from rlaaaea hy special vans driven aix to eight thousand miles a month hy Lester Parker Itwenty one) and W illia m S w a in (twenty aix). To the students vic tims of war. vehicular accidents, and disabling diseases this service removes a major obstacle in their paths to education and meaningful lives. Parker, a resident of Southeast Portland who has been on the job for eighteen months. Itegan as a I'ort land Community College work study student. "1 wanted a job in transports tion." he said, "and wanted to get into soi thing that would help people. This came together perfectly for me," Parker had previously worked as an aide at Fairview Sani tariuin in Salem and came to Portland Community College for general educa lion courses. He now studies music in his spare lime, specializing in the xylophone. Swam, who lives in Cedar Mill, enrolled at Portland Community College to stu d y Ih e sa l S e r v ic e Mechanics lie obtained his job as van driver for the disabled through Portland Community College's job placement service two months ago. qualified by serveral years of varied truck driving experience. Ills studies have been interrupted tem porarily, but he plans to continue in th e f a ll and h o p e s eventually to combine diesel mechanics with farming as his livelihood Both drivers were taught how to help disabled per sons in various ways by Portland Community Col lege's physical therapist, Mary Eirk. and derive enormous satisfaction from the jobs they do "It's good to go home every night knowing that you've hel|u-d someone.' Parker confided. The paasengers are often H ot Line e x p la in s L a n d lo r d /T e n a n t act Portland Committee on P rogress Through Law (CPL) chairperson, Ms. Robbie Gary announced Monday, April 7th, 1975, that a HOT LINE is now in service lor the purpose of educating and informing the public regarding Senate Bill 159, R e s id e n tia l Landlord Tenant Act of 1973. "Many people simply don't know what their rights are as tenants." Ms. Gary said. "By railing 288 8391, anyone in the Portland area can get information about their housing problems." Ms. Gary pointed out that the CPI, HOT LINE number will be available from 8:30 a m. until 5:30 p.m. and will be closed from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for lunch. The CPL, according to Ms. Gary, is a volunteer organization. The aim of the organization is to pro vide education to citizens, •specially elderly, low in come and minorities. The CPL aims to educate people in the governmental pro William Swam. left, anil la-ster Parker drive Portland cesses at the national, state Community College vans mm to eight thousand miles a and local levels so they may month transporting disabled students to anil from classes affect decision making and alone when the drivers "Driving safely and stay arrive to pick them up and mg on schedule are the big need help with coats and to p ro b lem « ," P ark er ex gather up their parapher plained. "The vans carry nalia Then comes the four jiassengers at a time, sometimes tricky task of picked up from all parts of moving the passenger in his t he Portland Community wheelchair from home to College district, to meet van. One van is equipped individual class schedules. A move has been orga with a ramp from the bark U'e have to keep moving in nized by emergency helping entrance, while the other order to do the job, often in agencies in the tri county has a lift at a side door. heavy traffic conditions. We area to centralize their food Both have devices for an never lake chances, though, procurement, warehousing chonng the wheelchairs in ami always try to be as and delivery. The coopera place within the van considerate as passible of tive venture, under the "You can’t help feeling our passengers' comfort and sponsorship of the Tri some remorse ami regret welfare. We drive defen County Community Council, sively at all times, but as for these people." Swain is known as the Interagency said. "Most of them have the vans have no markings Food Bank, and is located lost everything but their to indicate the problems of at 718 W est Burnside mental abilities and that is our passengers, other dri Street. Portland. hard (or them to cops- with, vers don't know that we zYccording to Mike Quig though they do a good job. can't make sudden stops or ley. Food Bank Director, You never get over it but turns and are sometimes the purpose of the Food you learn to put It aside inconsiderate. It keeps us Bank is to “eliminate the on our toes, but our record and deal with them as overlap and multiplicity of individual personalities. speaks for itself. Neither of efforts among the more They have learned to take our vans has ever been than twenty five emergency the attitude that it is no involved in an accident and food agencies in Multno use crying over spilt milk our passengers make their mah. W a sh in g to n and and you have to assume classes. We feel good about Clackamas C ounties in that." that attitude, too" storing, m anaging and developing their individual food supplies. This w ill free their already overtaxed personnel and finances from these supply functions so On March 20th In a In contrast, consumers ticipants claimed they were they may better concen nationwide survey during satisfied always or nearly uniformly rated processed trate on providing services spring 1974. American con so with the seven major fruit am! vegetable pro to the poor and hungry." turners said they were ftNsI product groups Of ducts favorably. Quigley said that nine generally highly satisfied Product and shopping these, dairy products and agencies are participating in with food they bought and ••ggs fdeased them most, information supplied by the Food Bank so far. They the stores they buy it from fod m a n u fa c tu re rs d is and convenience products are: FISH, Francis Center, Hut there were complaints. pleased over a thrill of the least. LIFE Center, Loaves and Prices bothered shoppers Yet a But within food product those surveyed. Fishes, Portland Adventist the most and individual majority of the shoppers groups, certain items drew Community Services. St. food items and reliability of fire at the time of the always or nearly always Vincent de Paul, Snow food manufacturers' ads survey. Prices, of course, trusted the ads sponsored C A P. W illiam T em p le drew heavy criticism, ac brought complaint esp by in d iv id u a l g ro cery House, and the North Port cording to a report released ecially for beef, pork, fresh stores. land Alcohol Rehabilitation by the U.S. Department of When asked if they had tom atoes, potatoes, and Center. /Xgriculture (USDA). nulk Consumers found at limes been dissatisfied Each agency must agree with a foodstore or item prices for processed fruits to provide volunteer help to during the previous year. and vegetables the most Two-thirds of the sur the Food Rank when 71) per cent said yes. But acceptable. vey's 1.8(H) respondents said needed, and to share the only 7 percent of the Tomatoes got the highest they were satisfied all or costs of special food pur shoppers complained direc dissatisfaction rating of 31 almost all of the time with chases. All agencies share products surveyed. Price. tly to manufacturers and food they purchased, accor in excess food stocks which only 3 per rent informed rifM-ness, taste, ami appear ing to "Consumer Satis they th em selv es cannot public officials or consumer ance all drew negative faction with Food Products handle alone. comments. Of the con protection agencies. Con and Marketing Services", Thus far, the Food Bank's venience foods tested, con sumers did protest to food prepared by USDA's Eco biggest priority has been store managers and partiel sumers gave skillet main nomic Research Service food procurement. "We are pated in boycotts of foods dishes and frozen conven lEHSI. A larger share and foodstores. But most of ience dinners the worst 70 per cent reported scores. Beef, pork, and the ‘dissatisfied customers being pleased all or nearly voiced their complaints to lamb products were criti all the time with foodstores cized for price ami fat friends and relatives. they frequent. Who are these more content. Over half of survey par disgruntled shoppers? Ac cording to ERS findings, they tend to come from by Cal J. Robertson larger households in subur lian areas of the Northeast. If you plan to serve cold Usually these people are cuts on an outing, make V a n n '» offer less than 55 years old and sure that they are fresh and have attended college. More chilled! Don't allow them to likely to lie employed out stand at room temperature a variety side the home, they earn too long. Prepare several over $15,000 a year. Addi trays of food and store of services tionally, certain racial and them in the refrigerator ethnic groups plus central Take out only one at a time. city residents share a more When it's empty, bring out Personality negative image of food a fresh tray. This wav. Postured, retailers than do their meats will stay cold and Modern. suburban and rural neigh bacteria will not have a Traditional, bora. chance to grow. Humanistic A single copy of “Con If you're serving salads Ritualistic sunier Satisfaction with such as turkey, chicken or C. D on V a n n Non ltd uniisi ic Food Products and Market shrimp, rem em ber that mg Services," AER 281. is they are highly perishable. available free on postcard Pack the serving dish in tplease include zipcodel or cracked ice, or use smaller telephone (202 447 7255) re serving dishes and refill M O R TU A R Y quest from the Publications often from the refrigerator Unit. Economic Research Deviled eggs, cheese and Service, Room 0054 5211 N W illia m » A v e n u e 2 8 1 - 2 8 3 6 sour cream dip all must be South Building, U.S. [)e kept cold. Set them on P o rtia nd .O reg o n partment of Agriculture, molds of ice and be safe. Washington. D.C. 20250. When entertaining large Food customers satisfied assume civic duties of voting, sitting on hoards, and becoming involved in elective and lobbying pro cesses. Ms. Gary staled that CPL is an ongoing organization which acts as an advocate for the elderly, disabled, disadvantaged, poor and minorities by organizing around is s u e s a n d /o r assisting in the design and implementation of programs which lead to solving or reducing human problems. CPL has six statewide issue groups that work on human problems. Six issue areas are: aging, child care and education, consumer affairs, health, housing and tr a n s p o r ta tio n . CPL worked several years trying to get the R esidential L a n d lo r d T e n a n t B ill passed, and at the last session of the Oregon State Ia-gislature. Senate Bill 159 was passed and became law. However, Ms. Gary said, Portland CPL is seek ing to get the law enforced. "People need to know their rights under this law," she stated. "And that is the reason for the HOT LINE.” E m ergency p ro g ra m s Rage g Meet explains adoption The Open Door Society will hold its semi annual group inquiry m eeting Tuesday, April 15th, at 8:00 p .m . at A u g u sta n a Lutheran Church, corner N.E. 15th and Knott, in Portland The public is invited to attend this meeting and to learn about the changing face of adoption. A slide show will be presented, followed by a question and answer period during which p a r tic ip a n ts ran ask questions of representatives from Children's Services Division (adoption unit) and private adoption agencies. On display will be the Oregon Adoption Exchange Notebook, a new approach to placement of the "Wait ing" child. The general meeting will be followed in the subse quent three weeks by informal discussion meet mgs held in the homes of open door families. At these m eetings in depth discussions will be held on such subjects as parenting, developmental patterns in the growing child, parent agency relationship, and other aspects of adoption. \<>u can call any place w ith in O regon and talk for ten m i nutes for < )ne d< >11ar o r less, plus tax, w hen you dial it yourself w ithout operator assistance betw een 10 PM. and 8A.M. p la n Food Bank talking to distributors, w holesalers, processors, farmers anyone who has surplus food or food they want to donate to charity,” said Quigley. "We can use food in any form and quantity, as long as it is edible. We will pick up according to the donor's schedule." Salaries for the Director and warehouseman drivers are paid for out of CETA Title VI (Comprehensive Employment Training Act) funds through the City of Portland. Other costs, for overhead ex p en ses and special food purchases, are shared among member agencies. Administrative costs and supervisory staff are provided by Tri County Community Council Much of the equipment and storage facilities are donated from resources within the community. A delivery van and the cost of its operation are furnished by the Red Cross. The Oregon National Guard has c o n tr ib u te d w a re h o u se space at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas. Terminal Ire and Cold Storage Company has provided temporary freezer space to store a contribution of 37,500 pounds of frozen processed p o ta to e s from Lamb Weston. Inc. in Tigard. The Food Hank concept was started last October on a part time voluntary basis by P o r tla n d e r s B e tty Arvidson and Gertrude Beckwith. Since that time, it has delivered over 13,000 pounds of carrots, 4,000 pounds of potatoes, many crates of tomatoes and about 8,000 pounds of other vegetables to helping agen cies. Pacific Northwest Beil This rate also appi es io st al • o r calls placed from non-co«r phone« where D»recf Di»tance D>«nng d not a*a<iabie flic*«/ flsrsr,. Sw cr flapztianfií.yt JCPenney Save 20% on girdles and crossover bras. We show you two of the select bras and girdles which are included in this sale. Select prices reduced through Sunday. S ale 3 .2 0 Reg. $4. Crossover bra with all lace- cups, nylon Lycra®Spandex back and sides. A. B. C cups. Sale $10. Reg »12.50. Weight Losers® top long leg panty girdle. White nylon/span dex. Misses waist sizes. A Í rJÖlVI-S VANNS Thursday April 11. 1975 groups it is not unusual to run out of refrigerator space and become careless with food. Remember bacteria can cause food poisoning and it grows in the right combinations of tim e, tem perature, and moisture. The real cause of many food problems today, may be improper handling, preparation, or serving. These problems can be prevented. All perishable foods such as cream pie and seafoods, dishes made with eggs, fish, or meat and poultry should be cold (below 40 degrees fahrenheit). Do not let these foods stand at room temperature more than two hours. Keep hot foods at a temperature above 40 de grees F. Entertaining is fun, but careful planning is irnpor tant! Sale prices effective through Sunday. Wolkathon sock sale. S ale 99< Reg »1.29. Men's cushion sole •ock of Orion® acrylic stretch nylon. Reinforced heel and toe. Fashion colors. One size fits It) to 13. Sale prices effective through Sunday.