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VICKIE STOVER
Women enter air mechanics
Vicky McGinnis Stover, a student in
Aviation Maintenance Technology at
Portland Community College from north
east Portland, received her Airframe
Mechanic’s license from the Federal
Aviation Administration recently. She is
the first woman student from the PCC
program to do so.
This puts Stover halfway to her goal as
a licensed “Airframe and Powerplant
Mechanic." Powerplant refers to the
engine, and airframe covers the rest of
the plane.
She plans to take ‘.he
powerplant exam in March.
The FAA exam which Stover took in
Hillsboro, Oregon, included a general
aptitude portion and two sections on
airframe. She passed all three and will
not have to repeat the general test when
she takes the powerplant exam.
After the written exam. Stover's next
hurdle was to take fifteen hours of “Oral
and Practical" testing under FAA
supervision. This was administered at
PCC by an instructor. At the end of this
session, she received her Airframe
Mechanic’s license. The fifteen months of
instruction and the three pre tests that
she was given at the PCC center were
solid preparation for the FAA exams.
according to Stover.
Aviation m echanics su bjects are
studied one at a time for three weeks.
This modular approach allows students
easy exit and entry to the program, and
encourages concentration.
Airframe su bjects which Stover
studied include sheet metals, welding,
systems and instruments, hydraulics,
woodworking, assembly and rigging, and
dope and fabric. Airplanes still have
wood in them, and it takes seven layers of
dope to make a piece of cotton cloth
usable as part of an airplane.
When Stover becomes a licensed A&P
mechanic, she will join a category in
which the male female ratio is 630 to one.
In December 1974. there were 198.863
licensed A&P mechanics in the country.
Three hundred and fifteen of them were
women.
Her goal as a mechanic is to be a
self employed light plane specialist. The
FAA office in Washington. D.C. says that
of the 161 thousand flying vehicles in this
country right now, more than 150
thousand of them are in the light plane
category. The possibility that Vicky
McGinnis Stover will reach her goal is
definitely in the air.
Community Calendar
Demoforum will hold its Old Fashion New Year's Eve Party on December 31st, 9:00
p.m. at 3033 N.W. Quimby. Proceeds will go to 1976 Demoforum scholarships. Call
Lee Kell, 222-3531 or 228-4077, for information.
A (bristmas Festival in Hope for the Hungry will be held at St. Francis Assissi
Church. 330 S.E. 11th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., December 20th, with a Candlelight
witness at 7:00 p.m. at Lloyd Center.
Requim for a Christmas Bombing a vigil will be held at the Multnomah County
Library. 10th and S.W. Taylor, with a Candlelight march to the Pioneer Post Office.
TheatrElan will present “Popcorn", a Christmas show for children, in its new
theatre at 614 S.W. 11th, on Saturday. December 20th at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and
Sunday. December 21st at 1:00 p.m. "Popcorn’’ will also be shown at the Mountain
Moving Cafe. 39th and Division. December 18th at 6:00 p.m.
A rally and picketline for Jobs organized by the I nemployed Workers Organizing
Committee ¡I'W'OCI will be held Monday. December 15th. 1:00 p.m. at the Portland
Unemployment Office. N.E. 44th and Hancock.
Working people, employed and unemployed, are invited to join the rally. It will also
demand extensions on unemployment benefits. About two and a half million people
nationwide are running out of extensions this coming year. Another demand of this
rally is “Food Stamps! -- No Cutbacks!”
On Friday. December 12th, the Portland Civic Theatre will open its annual Blue
Room winter mystery. Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert,
based on a play by Robert Thomas, which recently closed off Broadway. “Catch Me If
\ ou Can contains both murder and comedy, and a surprise ending that rivals Agatha
Christie.
The Annual Student Art Scholarship Sale will be held at Portland State University
Thursday. December 18th. 10:00 a m. to 8:00 p.m., and Friday, December 19th. 9:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in 294 Neuberger Hall.
Some of the finest Bluegrass and (Md Time Fiddle Music in these parts will be
presented in a benefit concert for KBOO iFM) on Friday. December 12th at 8:00 p.m.
at the Smith Center Ballroom, Portland State University.
The Willow Creek Ramblers la Seattle based group), Washington State Old Time
k iddle Champion Hank Bradley, and Portland’s own Dr. Corn’s Bluegrass Remedy will
perform. Tickets will be sold for $2.50 at the door only. All ages are welcome
m All proceeds of this concert will support KBOO's broadcast operations, including
"Music From the True Vine." the longest running bluegrass program on Portland
radio. KBOO is Portland s only listener-supported, non commercial community radio
station.
The PSU Educational Center located at 2611 N.E. Union Avenue will have a Job
Search Class Winter Term of 76'. Those interested in learning how to prepare for a
Job. getting that Job. and keeping that Job, come down and register. For information
about this class phone 229 3864.
The Educational Center plans to provide a food basket for an underprivileged family
for the holiday. Christmas, for most, will be a joyous occasion. But others will be
hungry, just as they have been all year long. The Center urges anyone who wishes to
help to do so by contributing two cans of food )eg. corn, peas, greenbeans, etc.) or one
dollar. Of course, more will greatly be appreciated. Please bring donations to the
Educational Center office prior to December 19th.
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