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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1980)
Page 10 Portland Obaerver February 21.1900 Wacker ships first crystals produced t FIRST CRYSTALS GROW N at W acker Siltronic s new plant in N orthw est Portland are inspected for shipm ent by Executive Vice President Dr. Hans Workshop targets drugs A workshop on ’ T h e Impact o f Drugs on Black and Poverty Com munities,” w ill be held Saturday, February 23rd from 10-4 P.M. at the King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 NE7th. Robert Phillips, Chairperson o f the Northeast Police Precinct Coun cil is one o f the featured speakers at the gathering He will be talking on the history o f drugs and alcohol abuse in Black and poor families. Also speakers from the Portland Police Special Investigation Division and the House o f Exodus w ill be hosting presentations. A d ditio n a l speakers from drug and family counseling agencies as well as churches will also be available. L t. Tom Potter o f the Crim e Prevention D ivision and Sharon M cC orm ick, Inner Ne Neigh borhood Against C rim e C oor dinator, will also be present to talk about crime prevention issues related to drug use. Anyone wishing to sign up for pre-registration should contact Sharon M cC orm ick at 287-3692. The workshop registration is scheduled from 9 to 10 A .M . on Saturday, and there is no workshop charge. Lunch will be provided as a courtesy o f the P ortland Police Bureau Crime Prevention Division. Obituary W ill M. Crockerham, a resident ot 875 N.E. Jarett, died February 12, 1980 at Mt. Tabor Care Center. He moved to Vanport, Oregon from Warren, Arkansas in 1942. He was born August 18, 1888 in Lacy, Louisiana. He was quite ac tive in religious work, having been superintindent o f the Sunday School at three d iffe re n t churches; M t. Carmel Baptist, Warren Arkansas; Vanport Community Church, and Vancouver Avenue F irst Baptist C hurch. He also served on the Deacon Board o f these churces. He was chairman of the finance com mittee at Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church for many years. He was a veteran of World War I. He worked as a scaler in the shipyards during W orld W orld II and was employed in the m ain tenance department o f Multnomah Junior College from which he retired. Funeral service were held at Van couver Avenue Baptist Church on February 19, 1980. Interment was at Willamette National Cemetery. Survivors include the daughter Mrs. Sybil Daniels of Kansas City, M issouri; brothers Leonard and Ellis Crockerham o f Gary, Indiana and Alex Crockerham o f Warren, Arkansas; sisters M yrtice Richar dson and Elizabeth Peoples o f Cohom a, M ississippi; tw o gran dsons, one great grandson and numerous neices and nephews also survive. Don't pass up /- ’your chance.^ 'Help prevent birth defects/ X rJ * H e rrm a n n (th ird fro m le ft) and so m e o f th e students undergoing training. Full production is anticipated to start this sum m er. Wacker Siltronic Corporation has shipped the first crystals grown at its new manufacturing plant site in Northwest Portland, according to Executive Vice President Dr. Hans Herrmann. The crystal shipment was a milestone in more than one way for Wacker Siltronic. It was packed one year to the day when Wacker Siltronic began training its first instructors. The crystals were also grown and inspected by some o f the 400 students undergoing training for technical jobs at Wacker Siltronic. The students are learning the various phases o f crystal growing and wafer production from Wacker- trained instructors at Portland Community College and at the Wacker Dlant site. W acker’ s $60 m illio n m anu facturing plant is approxim ately three-quarters completed with fu ll production anticipated to start this summer. Equipm ent is being in stalled and tested on a daily basis at the plant site where hyperpure silicon single crystals and polished wafers w ill be produced. ■ F IN A N C IA L J t 2 P L A N N IN G FOR U F f'S g TW O G IE A T IS T RISKS li v i n g too long and go ing b ro k e D y in g loo lo o n a n d le a v in g y o u ' I I Training o f the instructors in the Wacker program began in February o f 1979, according to Herrmann. “ We're very pleased with the progress o f the program to date,” said Herrmann. y F a m ily b io k o Clifford J. Campbell, Jr. A G EN C Y M A NAGER J MONEY TAX CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL SHELTERS S AV I N G S & RE T IRE ME N T R IA N S IN SU R A N C E 2 8 8 -3 4 4 6 THE SIXTH GRADERS AT M c F adden elementary SCHOOL HAVE BEEN GIVING TOUR FUTURE A LOT OF THOUGHT. We asked you to send us your electric energy ideas and we were proud to receive thousands of individual suggestions. But imagine our surprise when we found a letter Iron) every sixth grader at McFadden Elementary School, McFadden, Wyoming. Including one from their " in r e n é d to a s te r th a t rehen you conk one p ie c e o f to a s t the o th e r s /o t n o n t heat up- O w v * A M i/ r r . teacher, Mrs. LeBeau, who is clearly opposed to waste anywhere. She added that she enclosed all the ideas “in one envelope to save postage and extra handling by the post office’.' “ Whenever T purchase an e le ctrica l appliance, T t r y to fin d one t h a t - ¿/¿es less e le c tric ity to dò th e j oh ■ "Cities coufd'alternate the number o f stre e t lights on a t night f m ax / jjc lc S eau , ~7 iA cJie .fi " ta rn t houses d a rk s o th e y A» m t for? We were impressed Bv the ideas and by the (act that these youngsters cared enough to give electric energy prob lems some serious thought, and by the degree of commitment they showed to conserving energy. Because of their response, our panel of judges has chosen Mrs. LeBeau's class for special recognition. We re sending each and every member a special pin and a handsome certificate to hang on their wall You, too, Mrs. LeBeau. We could all learn a thing or two from these concerned sixth graders And, to continue our electric energy edu cation, the people at Pacific Power are committed to doing everything we can to help you with the electric energy shortage. We provide expert Energy Consultants for our customers, free booklets with energy-saving ideas, and in some states, special financing for weatherization improvements. You can help, too. Send us your electric energy ideas We ll send you this special pin and a certificate. Send your ideas to: Energy Ideas; Pacific Power & Light. Box 155; Dept. D, Portland, Oregon 97207. ENERGY SOLUTIONS. IT 'LL TAKE THE TW O O F US. YOU AND The People a t Pacific Power MARCH OF DIMES I h r tdra* ahnxe .»re rhiwe <4 th r w rite r* and arc n««t netv**.«t»l» endorsed H* P. n i I k ftiw e r A I ight Hut wv hope the ext hange »«lea* like th e *r v*ill help w»l*e the energr e n s i* C l MHO PPl t t Î
