Page 14 Portland Observer Thursday. November 2. 1978
Counselors assist career, college opportunities
PO RTLAND
—
B e tte rin g
O re g o n ’ s O p p o r tu n ity fo r S aving
T alen t (B O O S T ), a program funded
b y th e D e p a r tm e n t o f H e a lt h ,
E d u c a tio n a n d W e lf a r e a n d a d
m in is te re d by th e O re g o n S ta te
System o f H ig h e r E d u c a tio n , has
hired three counselors to advise low-
incom e P o rtlan d youth o f career and
post-high school o pportunities.
T h e counselors replace three w ho
resigned this sum m er to take other
jo b s an d re tu r n to s c h o o l. E ach
counselor w ill earn an an n ual salarv
o f $12,000.
L e tte H a d g u , 2 8 , a n a tiv e o f
E th io p ia , received a M a s te r’s degree
in counseling fro m the U n iversity o f
O regon in June, 1977. She com pleted
her
u n d e r g r a d u a te
s tu d ie s
at
S o u th e r n O re g o n S ta te C o lle g e .
Before jo in in g B O O S T , she was a
co u nselor fo r the N o rth P o rtla n d
Y o u th Service Center.
P h ilip M o o re , 27, is a graduate o f
Denison U n iversity, G ra n v ille . O h io .
A ctive in m any co m m un ity projects,
he was chairperson o f the security
BO O ST.
D e n is e M a r s h a ll, 2 2 , a 1977
g ra d u a te o f L in f i e l d C o lle g e , is
w orking to w ard a M aster's degree in
counseling at P o rtlan d State U n iv e r
sity. She has w orked as head d o r
m ito ry counselor fo r the U niversity
o f O regon U p w a rd Bound program
and as a tu to r at the U O and L in
field.
and transpo rtatio n com m ittee fo r the
N A A C P convention held in P o rtlan d
last July and has served as an U rb a n
League volunteer. H e left the A lb e r
tin a Kerr C enter fo r C h ild re n where
he was a child care w o rke r to jo in
Joyce
M a r s h a ll,
D ir e c t o r
of
B O O S T since Ju ly, says the coun
selors w ill try to reach 1500 P o rtlan d
youth durin g the next year. U nder
D e p a rtm e n t o f H e a lth , E d u c atio n
a n d W e lfa r e re g u la tio n s , B O O S T
s ta ff can counsel individuals 16-27
years o ld w h o liv e w ith in n e ig h
borhoods in which at least 25 jierceni
o f the residents meet poverty incqme
guidelines. T h e counseling includes
ad vic e a b o u t ca re er o p p o rtu n itie s
and program s at public and private
co lle g e s a n d u n iv e rs itie s , i n f o r
m atio n about student financial aid
eligibility and how to apply fo r it and
h e lp in s e ek in g a d m is s io n to a
college.
B O O S T recently m oved fro m a
southeast P o rtlan d o ffic e to the King
N e ig h b o rh o o d center in Northeast
P o rtlan d .
■MBUR
SETTING UP NEW SYSTEM — Pacific Northwest Beil technicians Dave
Hams (left) and Rich Nelson consult on testing of new computerized equip
ment that will serve PNB customers in North and Northeast Portland starting
November 4th. New $2.5 million Electronic Switching System will serve PNB
customers who have phone numbers with 285 and 289 prefixes.
PNB expands available services
Telephone users in the central p o r
tion o f N o rth and Northeast P o rt
land w ill soon notice new sounds and
signals in their phone service.
O n S atu rd ay , N o ve m b er 4 th , a
computer-operated Electronic Switch
ing System (ESS) w ill start serving
some 15.000 Pacific N orthw est Bell
cu sto m ers w hose p h o n e n u m b e rs
stan w ith the prefixes 285 or 289.
introd u ction o f ESS completes a
$ 2 .5 m illio n service im p ro v e m e n t
project, according to P N B D ivision
M anager Roy Schnaible.
C o m p u te riz e d te le p h o n in g firs t
came to the north part o f P o rtlan d in
1975. Cost o f the in itial project to
provide ESS service to 8,7 0 0 P N B
customers w ith 283 numbers came to
$4 m illio n . T h e w o rk in c lu d e d a
b u ild in g a d d itio n to th e co m p an y
sw itching o ffic e at 2 1 5 0 N . L o m
bard.
E S S p ro v id e s s e v e ra l se rv ic e
ch an g es , S c h n a ib le p o in ts o u t .
Customers whose phones have a tw o-
bell ring on an incom ing call w ill
receive only a one-bell ring.
T h e c o m p u te riz e d system w ill
provide dial tone fo r fifteen seconds.
I f a caller hasn't started to d ial by
that tim e, the dial tone w ill d ro p o ff.
D ialin g a call fro m one extension
to another in a home w ill be a thing
o f the past.
A new w ay o f placing calls be
tween phones on a p arty line w ill go
into effect. Persons w ith p arty-lin e
service w ill receive instructions fro m
PNB.
Four
n ew
c u s to m e r
c a llin g
features w ill be available at an ad
d it io n a l m o n th ly c h a rg e . T h e
features are:
Speed C a llin g — dialing frequ en t
ly called numbers by use o f a one or
tw o -d ig it code instead o f the fu ll
phone num ber.
T h re e -w a y C a llin g — a d d in g a
th ird person to a conversation by
depressing the receiver b u tto n and
d ia lin g th e th ir d p e rs o n ’ s p h o n e
num ber.
C a ll F o r w a r d in g — a u t o m a t ic
diverting incom ing calls to another
telephone by dialing a special code
and the n um ber o f the p ho n e the
calls are to be fo rw ard ed to.
C a ll W a itin g — a m om entary tone
indicating another incom ing call is
w aiting to be answered.
T w o versions o f the measured ser
vice a re also a v a ila b le w ith ESS
equipm ent. A t a basic m o n th ly rate
o f $ 3 .9 5 , t w o - p a r t y m e a s u re d
re s id e n c e se rv ic e in c lu d e s te n
outgoing calls. Calls over that lim it
are billed at 10 cents each.
O n e p a r t y o p t io n a l m e a s u re d
residence service costs $6 .55 in P o rt
land. T h a t’ s $ 1 .5 0 less than the one-
party flat rate fo r residence service.
Included in the $6.55 is $ 3 .0 0 w orth
o f outgoing calls, charged at a rate o f
10 cents each f o r th e f ir s t fiv e
minutes or fraction th ereof. T here is
a 2 cent charge fo r each m in ute over
the in itia l five.
W hen the monthly $3.00 allowance
is used u p , a d d it io n a l c a lls a re
charged at the same rate. Discounts
o f 35 percent are provided fo r calling
between 5:00 p .m . and 8 :0 0 a .m . on
w e e k d a y s , a n d a ll d a y S a tu rd a y ,
Sunday and holidays.
T h e service provides fo r unlim ited
Ad Prices
Good thru
Tues., Nov. 7
at all Portland
rea Safeways.
incom ing calls.
D ia lin g o f long distance calls over
seas to 47 countries w ill be another
service m ade possible th ro u g h the
com puterized phone system.
W ith the sw itch to ESS service
N o vem b er 4 th , the P N B o ffic e on
N o rth L o m b a rd w ill be the th ird in
m e tro p o lita n P o rtla n d to be com
pletely com puterized. T h e other tw o
serve P N B customers in d ow n tow n
and Southwest P o rtlan d and O regon
C ity .
P N B expects all its switching o f
fices in the P o rtlan d area w ill be ESS
equipped by about 1983.
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