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ciation and Dekum Court Tenants
Association invited City Council
m em bers for an on-site review of
the land they are asking the city
to purchase, but only C o m m is
sioner Connie M cC read y show ed
up.
The Housing A utho rity of Port
land sold the p ro perty ad jacen t
to D ekum C ourt fo r private de
velopment. and w hen the tenants
found that ail of the open space
e x cep t fo r a steep in clin e had
been sold they asked H A P to re
purchase a portion of the land
HAP refused, but the City Coun
cil w ill decide n e x t W ednesday
w h e th e r to use federal Housing
an d C o m m u n ity D e v e lo p m e n t
funds to purchase a small portion
of the land.
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PCC child care
suffers
fund shortage
Growing demand for child day
care will probably not soon slacken,
according to a Portland Community
College administrator, because “ the
economics of today’ s society dictate
that both parents in most families
work.”
And no cine is going to tell a
mother she has to stay at home and
take care of children, said Commery
Warrell, chairman o f PCC’ s home
economics department.
“ Single parent fam ilies are
becoming more prevalent to o ,’ ’
W arrell said. “ Who expects that
parent to remain home and be
deprived of a decent income? There
are a lot of young parents not willing
to go on welfare.”
Lending urgency to the day care
situation, for both college training of
day care specialists and persons who
would like to use the facilities, is
what W arrell calls the “ ro lle r
coaster” approach to funding. A
shortage o f state financing at present
makes it d iffic u lt for community
colleges like PCC to turn out enough
qualified personnel, Warrell cau
tioned.
“ 1 guess the situation is a reflec
tion o f how our society looks at
children. Good child day care is not
babysitting. Skilled people are
needed to help ensure the proper
development o f these small
children,” she said.
“ Trained people, of course, don’ t
come for free.”
At its peak, PCC’s early child
hood development program had
enrollment of 60 students, with more
names on a waiting list. This fall,
W arrell doubts there w ill be 40
students signed up.
“ In the past we’ ve had to lim it
enrollment because o f the heavy em
phasis we put on field work. That
takes lots o f staff time,” she said.
PCC offers a two-year associate of
arts degree and a one-year certificate
in early childhood development.
“ Our students are in demand
because child day care is in demand.
That’s the bottom line,” the depart
ment head said. "A lm o s t all the
students we turn out in this program
ate snapped right up by employers.”
There is also a movement afoot,
W arrell said, that would make
students eligible for day care sub
sidies.
“ Hardly any parent can afford the
cost o f good quality center care,
without the center being subsidized.
Students are especially hard-
pressed,” she said.
Portland C om m unity College
operates two non-profit day care
centers as laboratories for its early
childhood development students
and, Warrell added, as a service to
students. The centers are located at
Sylvania and Cascade centers.
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help in finding new
ways to save electric
ity must be m atched
bv your participation
in helping avoid the
penalties ol a serious
electric crisis in the
Northyvest.________
Nearly a decade
ago, the region’s elec
tric suppliers were
planning new generat
ing facilities to meet
forecasted electricity
needs. Thirteen plants
were indicated. Today,
only two are on sched
ule. Eleven plants have
been delayed as much
as three to six years.
Had the needed
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thing that should be
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controversies over
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The Bad Taste of
What’s to Come.
Last winter, the N orth
yvest cam e close to a severe
electricity crisis. Power sup
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breaking point. If there had
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But the frightening
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winter, w h a t’s going to happen
next w inter yvhen tens of
thousands o, neyv homes and
businesses have increased that
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through conservation.
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