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Page 8 Portland Obaarvar April 16.1981 Gay completes Dental Hygiene program Pa By Nathaniel Scott Beverly Gay, a native o f Tallahassee, Oklahoma, graduated from James Monroe High School with the intentions o f entering the medical. After two years o f pre-med at the University o f Portland, she decided that the time factor and the grinding studies would delay her professional status too long, and keep her out o f the jo b market longer than she intended. C on sequently, she enrolled in the Dental Hygiene program at Portland Community College and this June, w ill become the first Black to graduate from the school as a licen sed dental hygienist. One would think that for a person o f 24 years, that in itself would be story enough - not so. Beverly has a seven year old son Temar, who was born microcephaly (a small head), and at seven cannot form a complete sentence. Temar is also on medication for super hyper activity. Her mother, six sisters and four brothers live in Portland. In August, I98O, Beverly attended the N ational Convention fo r Minorities in Dallas, Texas, where Patrica Harris delivered one o f the keynote speeches, and is very p o litic a lly orientated. “ The opossum incident was very un professional and disrespectful to the whole Black community. “ Atlanta is a terrible tragedy and the federal government could do more than what they are doing. I f the children had been white, I feel the government would have stepped in sooner and with more authority. " I don’t think the merging of Jef ferson and Adams High School will benefit anyone. Jefferson is a good, stable school within the community and it would be disrupting too many people lives, mostly Black people. “ I don’t like what’ s happening on Union Avenue (prostitution, drugs, etc.,) because it influences the young impressionable Blacks. But what can we do about it?” The question she raised is a bouncing ball fo r brainstorm ing. Why? Because her answer was: “ One solution is to have citizens in the com m unity become more in volved and realize that they also owe a debt to the community. That debt is, to have and make the community a worthwhile place to live.” As a T ri-M e t rid e r, Gay passes through and transfers in the down town section o f Portland five days a week. The grow ing number o f young Blacks (mostly teenage boys), who are gathering in one particular area dispensing drugs, verbal abuse, creating congested sidewalk tra ffic space, points to the immediate need fo r w o rth w h ile and constructive programs in the Black community, she said. “ Something is needed in the com m unity to get these young people o ff the street. What we need in the Black com m unity is more places where the young Blacks can go. Gay's hobbies are “ physical, con structive things like gymnastics, horseback riding, bicycling, roller skating.” “ I demonstrated in the recent dem onstration marches because I feel very strongly about issues in Portland; the slain children in A tla n ta ; Reagan’ s proposed budget cuts. By dem onstrating, I demonstrate my own personal feelings” she concluded. Beverly Gay, a Black woman working for the betterment o f the whole. Cell Talk By Asmar A bdul Seifullah In the past. Cell Talk has featured numerous articles on the need for conjugal visits fo r Oregon prisoners. The response has been both limited and mixed to this most needed proposal. The outside com m unity seems to be undecided on this issue and the need fo r com m unity support is vita l i f Oregon prisoners are to receive relief from an appauling sexual situation. Try to conjure a image o f what it w ould be like to live in a w orld devoid o f human warmth. Visualize i f you can, the tainted touch o f a homosexual love a ffa ir. Is there enough understanding in your heart and soul to condone the sodomizing o f a teenage boy or girl? Remember that when men and women are placed in a closed en vironment and are told that they can no longer pa rticip a te in norm al sex, that they w ill find release fo r their sexual urges the best way they can. No inmate is exempt from the fa r reaching perversity o f hom o sexuality inside the Oregon penal system. I t ’ s a can’ t win situation — yo u ’ re damned i f you do and damned if you don’ t. I t ’ s v ita lly im p o rta n t that the community understand that in most prisons, inmates don’ t have a choice whether or not they participate in homosexual acts. First o ff, there is a law on the books that states that tw o consenting adults can’ t be prosecuted fo r homosexual acts. The issue at hand in this instance is wha, is consent. I f a young boy suc cumbs to the abnorm al pressures placed upon him for sexual favors, is he a willing participant? Would he have made the same decision in a free society or is he reacting to the threat o f violence? Where is the deterrent i f all the prepetrator o f these despicable sex acts has to do is trick a youngster into consenting? BEVERLY GAY Economic development (Continued from Page l Col 6) inner northeast Portland. No sec tion under the new Econom ic Development D irector has been identified as responsible fo r designing and im plem enting a strategy to meet needs and oppor tunities in inner northeast Portland. The fo u r fu n ctio n a l areas proposed in the reorganization at PDC are; Technical Assistance C o o rd in a to r, Financial C oor dinator, Business Assistance Coor dinator and Implementation Coor dinator. There is also to be a Project Manager fo r U nion Avenue. In a memorandum presented to the PDC on A p ril 14th, the activities o f the four functional areas are generally More than the mere supplying of mortgage money, Lincoln also provides the knowledge, the organization, and the courtesy which speeds each transaction from application to completion o f financial arrangements, gr AMI IOAN ASStK IAIION Sixteen branch offices lor your convenience J JUSTIC BLDG PHASE 3 Portland, Oregon 4-30-81, 3:00 P.M. described. However, there is no description o f activities fo r the Northeast U nion Avenue o ffic e . Conspicuously absent from these program areas was com m unity economic planning and area targeting. Business district targeting is to be a functional activity o f the Technical Assistance Section. The proposed structure indicates an ef fo rt fo r in d u stria l development through responding to the needs o f the business community city-wide, but it appears that no concerted and coordinated effort w ill be made to meet the needs o f businesses and residents in economically depressed neighborhoods such as inner North east. Head S tart: Registration applications now are available for 15 Head Start and five Title I classrooms offered next year in Portland Public Schools. Title I programs are designed for any educationally disadvantaged child, regard less o f family income level. Head start classes are offered from 9am to I pm, while 1 itle 1 classes offer 2 ‘/ j hour morning or afternoon session. Both week day programs provide free ro u n d trip transportation from the students’ closest neighborhood school. Registration applications may be obtained from the Head Start-Title I office, Child Service Center, 200 N.E. Beech St. The office telephone is 288-5361. TRADE ACT PETITION The Oregon Employment Division has been informed that the following Trade Act Petition was filed on behalf of the employees of the followinq firm: HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION CO. 900 S.W. 5th 97204 E.O.E. request supply of material quotations from women and minority subcontractors. HO-FF MC-C-218B5 PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that pursuant to OAR 127 20-030, Tri-Met intends to award a contract to Cummins Oregon Diesel, Inc., for the purchase of two (02) new Cummins Diesel Engines, Model NHHTC-290-(80° T ilt), with specifications in accordance with Crown Coach M 8031 for Ikarus Model 286 Articulated Bus because Tri-Met believes that Cummins Oregon Diesel, Inc., is the sole source which can provide these engines at competitive prices. I f you were seventeen years old and placed in a maximum security in stitu tio n fo r X number o f years where would you find the strength to fight o ff the advances o f older, stronger and wiser convicts? Who would you turn to in your hour o f need? How w ould you te ll your parents that you’ re being pressured in to perverted sex acts? The prospect o f reporting the incident to the prison authorities is not a plea sant one, because then yo u ’ re labelled “ snitch” or you’re placed in protective custody which is a hard American Motors Zone Office Portland, Oregon Petition No. TA W 9692 All workers of the zone Sales office Portland who were laid off on or after MAY 1, 1980, and on or before NOVEMBER 1, 1980, are eligible to apply for Trade Act benefits. The same determination denied eligibility to Parts and Warehouse workers of the company at the Portland location. The Trade Act provides a variety of services for workers who lose their jobs or whose hours and wages are reduced because of foreign im ports. W orkers may be eligible fo r cash payments, training, job search and relocation payments if the petition is approved. Relocation payments can only be paid if the worker applies prior to moving. way to do time. On the other hand, the whole concept o f rehabilitation is nullified as long as men and women are sub jected to the degenerate sexual at mosphere o f prison. How can a per son be expected to conduct himself as a norm al human being when he has been incarcerated in a sexual circus fo r X number o f years? Sc is the most normal function on tin. face o f the earth. It becomes ab norm al and perverted when men and women are placed in an en vironm ent where they have to ab stain from sex or p articipate in homosexual love a ffa irs . The freedom o f choice is removed be cause a hard penis does not have a conscious. Sex drives are strong in all normal people, but they become stronger when you’ re told you can’ t have any. The concept o f healthy marriages is based on healthy sex. There sim ply is no way to remove sex from our society, so why try and do it in institutions? The preacher has sex, the president gets a little bit every now and then - all work and no play makes Jack a d u ll boy - holds true even in prison. But let’ s not confuse play with the need for prisoners to m aintain fa m ily ties through family visits. I f half the money that’ s spent on sex magazines in this in s titu tio n could be used to help inmates main tain fa m ily ties through fa m ily visits, the program w ouldn’ t cost the state a dime. It seems ridiculous that the state would sell all kinds o f sex books to prisoners to stimulate them and then turn around and say no to fam ily visits. I f you can put candy in front o f a child, that child is going to want some o f it. He is not going to understand your refusal as long as the candy is in front o f him. The same is true o f sex in prison - one way or another, people in prison are going to have sex. What’s im portant at this age is whether or not it’s legal and healthy sex. In conclusion, we ask that every m oral man and woman support House Bill 2998 which is the family visit b ill fo r Oregon prisoners. It is time that something is done about the unhealthy sexual atmosphere in side O regon’ s penal in stitu tio n s . Contact your local representatives and te ll them that it is tim e that prisoners were treated like people instead o f animals in a zoo. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri Met) will receive sealed bid proposals until 2:00 p.m. PST on April 28th, 1981 at 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue in the Planning and Development Division, Third Floor, Conference Room ” D” Portland, Oregon 97202, at tention: Clyde Keeling, Contract Specialist. Bids will be opened at that time for: Four stand alone word processing units and tw o standard printers w ith related accessories as required. Successful contractors will be required to comply w ith all the applicable Equal Opportunity laws and regulations. All bidders will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller General's list of ineligible contractors. The Tri-County M etropolitan Transportation D istrict of Oregon w ill not discriminate with regard to race, color, creed, sex or national origin, in con sideration for contract award. All contractors of competing firms, who can provide the above engines, are invited to submit a proposal. Such proposal shall be mailed or delivered to Mr. Clyde Keeling, Tri-Met, 4012 S.E. 17th, Portland, Oregon 97202, and must be received by Tri-Met on or before April 23, 1981. Proposals sub mitted shall not include prices. M. Brian Playfair ~ Manager, Grants £r Contracts Job placement assistance is available whether or not you are eligible for benefits under the Trade Act. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-M et) w ill receive sealed bid proposals until 10:00 a m.. Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, May 8, 1981, at 4012 S.W. 17th Avenue in „ ®,p'ann,n9 and Development Division, Third Floor, Conference Room D Portland, Oregon 97202, attention: Ann McFarlane. Bids w ill be opened at that time for: Notice is hereby given that the Tri-County M etropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) will receive sealed bid proposals until 1:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, May 8, 1981, at 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue in the Planning and Development Division, Third Floor, Conference Room " D ” Portland, Oregon 97202, attention: Ann McFarland. Bids w ill be opened at that time for: Printing of Tri-Met’s Individual Public Timetables. Printing of Tri-Met's Transportation Guide for the Portland Metropolitan Area (Schedule Books) Printing of Tri Met s Portland Area Map and Transit Guide. Successful contractor w ill be required to comply w ith all the applicable Equal Opportunity laws and regulations. Rn.C«iB’ s,ul contractor w ill be required to comply w ith all the applicable Equal Opportunity laws and regulations. All bidders will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller General's list of ineligible contractors. G e n e S 'V L i 'r ” W ' * ’ ° C8rtifv that,hey are not ° " the Comptroller General s list of ineligible contractors. Successful contractor will be required to comply w ith all the applicable Equal Opportunity laws and regulations. All bidders will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller □eneral s list of ineligible contractors The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon will discnmmate with regard to race, color, creed, sex or national origin in c sidération for contract award The bid documents, including specifications, conditions and rules bidding, may be obtained from Ms Ann McFarlane not before noon Monday, April 20, 1981, Phone: 238-4802, TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON John R. Post Director, Engineering and Contracts If you were recently laid off from this firm and have been out of work for a week or more since that time, you should contact the nearest Oregon Em ployment Division office and inquire about assistance under the Trade Act Program. The Tri-County M etropolitan Transportation District of Oregon w ill not discriminate with regard to race, color, creed, sex or national origin, in con sideration for contract award. The bid documents, including specifications, conditions, and rules for bidding may be obtained from Ms Ann McFarlane, not before noon on April 20, 1981, Phone: 238-4802. TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON John R. Post Director, Engineering and Contracts The bid documents, including specifications, conditions, and rules for bidding, may be obtained from Clyde Keeling, Contract Specialist. Phone (503)238 4808 TRI COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON John R. Post, Director Engineering & Contracts Department ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS N otice is hereby given that Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District Oregon (Tri Met) will receive sealed bid proposals until 2:00 p.m. PDT on ri V k aV.8' 1981' a’ 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue in the Planning and Develop- ^ 9 D » 'SI0n' TA h'rd Fl° ° r' Conference Room ” D ” Portland, Oregon 97202. attention: Ann McFarlane. Bids will be opened at that time for: d ^ ;C ?Un,i Me,rOpOlit8n TransP °ration D istrict of Oregon w ill not m a y April 20. 1961. Phon.: 238A6M z5«5\ """ TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON John R. Post Director, Engineering and Contracts I t
