PCC vp pushes vocational ed
by Nathaniel Scott
Paul W illiams, vice president of
the instructional program at Por­
tland Com m unity College, said,
“ Blacks and other minorities should
take more advantage o f the
vocational programs offered at
PC C ."
Presently, the school has a ratio
o f approximately 60 percent
vocational programs and 40 percent
academic transfer credits (liberal ar­
ts) which, according to Williams, is
a good mix.
“ One of the things that makes us
truly unique from PSU and some of
the other schools around the state is
our vocational training program,"
he said.
"1 will be looking at vocational
programs in the high schools to see
if we can articulate a program that's
similar to the high schools."
In some circles, the cry is that
liberal arts are antiquated and do
not serve the needs o f the student,
leaving those who do not complete a
four-year
program
without
adequate tools to enter the job
market.
“ I f liberal arts don't do anything
else, they teach you how to learn,”
Williams said. “ They don’t train to
to do any particular thing, but give
you the foundation to do a lot of
things.”
W illiams, a native C alifornian,
has spent a lot o f tim e in the
educational field, holding a dean-
ship or other positions at three or
more colleges in C a lifo rn ia , and
compares Portland to San Diego.
“ Even the atmosphere o f the two
cities is very similar,” he said.
Williams and his staffs most im­
mediate task is “ setting up a
procedure to set up currriculum that
will be implemented in the fall."
“ I am looking at the overall
policy o f the school so that I will
have something to say about what
should be taught in the classes."
In the educational field, one hears
a lot about private versus public
education. And while the most
ready answer one w ill get is that
private schooling is far superior,
City grants
$250,000 for
weatherization
The quarter o f a m illion dollar
mark was passed last week in
weatherization loans made through
the City o f Portland’s new Energy
Saving Center. A grant from the
federal Department of Housing and
Urban Development makes it
possible for the Energy Saving Cen­
ter to subsidize interest payments on
weatherization loans to Portland
residents, helping to keep monthly
payments low.
Portland homeowners who have
obtained the 8 percent loans are
saving an estimated average of $500
per year in heating bills. Most loan
recipients are saving more on mon­
thly fuel bills than they are spending
to repay their low-interest loans.
Local banks and savings and loan
institutions have made $1.5 million
available for weatherization loans to
Portland homeowners.
DR. PAUL WILLIAMS
there are those who view the matter
in a different light.
" I ’ve experienced both public and
private schooling, and the big d if­
ference I'v e seen is parent in ­
volvement,” Williams said. “ I f in­
vited, I will certainly go to the high
schools, civic and community
groups. I am now making plans to
meet with some of the people in the
vocational training programs and
will also meet with students and/or
faculty.”
Paul Williams is in the process of
moving his fam ily to Portland— a
family that includes a banker wife,
who is presently with the Bank o f
America based in Stockton,
C alifo rn ia; three children, two
daughters, 12 and 8, and a 6-year-
old son. And he would like also to
continue his craft as a builder, a
craft he once realized as a co­
partner in a building constructon
company in California.
“ I am going to concentrate on
education, but what I am interested
in pursuing is remodeling an old
Victorian
or
Queen
Anne
home—restoring and remodeling.”
What is to be expected o f the
Williams family? “ M y wife and 1
are both active in community a f­
fairs, and come January, after I ’ve
had a full regular school term
behind me. I ’ ll be in a better
position to make recommendations
and put more input into community
affairs.”
In addition to the 8 percent
weatherization loans, the Energy
Saving Center also offers conser­
vation information and counseling
on how to finance weatherizing. It
was opened in December, 1980, as a
one-step conservation information
center. In the first 6 months of
operation, it has served more than
3,300 Portland-area residents.
About half the inquiries were from
people interested in obtaining low­
cost financing to weatherize. The
remainder requested technical in­
formation on conservation, solar
and other renewable energy sources.
The Energy Saving Center
cooperates with local gas and elec­
tric utility companies and the Oil
Heat Institute to arrange for free
home energy audits, and has its own
energy audit program for people
who cannot get a free energy
analysis elsewhere.
The Energy Saving Center can be
reached at 248-4636.
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In 1976, Henry Johnson, a local
drug dealer who went as far as they
let him, told o f payoffs to the
police, and with the recent scandals
in the vice squad, it doesn’t seem
hard to believe. High siding pushers
who once owned clothing stores,
pool halls and Rolls Royces
are paying the price o f playing by
doing time.
The dangers o f addiction to
heroin is greater than with any other
drug because of the body’s tolerance
to it, which builds up rapidly. In ­
creasingly larger doses are required
after a short time in order to secure
the original effects. The continued
use will result in a loss o f appetite,
along with various stages o f
euphoria. Lessened activity and
mental sluggishness w ill quickly
pass into deep sleep. Somewhere
around this time, a person will go on
the nod.
Dan Edwall from C O D A says,
“ Currently, the person who’s addic­
ted to an opiate is not so much into
heroin of the stereotyped addict, but
will search for percodan, dilaudid,
codeine and hycodan. There is con­
siderable similarity among them so
that it’s feasible to generalize on the
physiological and psychological ef­
fects of the opium derivatives.
People who use the drug will get a
rush and stay high for 2 to 3 hours.
When they come down, the craving
to feel that way again is the physical
addiction. They have to have the
drug in their bodies at regular inter­
vals or they will undergo what is
called opiate abstinence. Hypes call
it “ getting sick.” The symptoms are
nervousness, yawning-and the run­
ning o f the nose, sweating,
vomiting, hot and cold flashes,
muscular and abdominal cramps
with tremors and twichings. The
peak is in 48 to 72 hours and then
leaves in five days to two weeks.
" I hated to see my son go through
th at,” a mother sadly remembered
her son’s withdrawal.
What happens when you want to
stop or get the monkey o f f your
back? Edwall answers: “ The N ar­
cotic Rehabilitation Act of the 1960s
provided addicts with a legal avenue
to obtain the drug. This is the
methadone maintenance program.
It does not get them out of the circle
o f addiction, but it allows them to
remain at least legal and to spend
their money on other things rather
than drugs. ”
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When a family member becomes
a hype, it usually marks the end of
family life. Money is stolen from the
cookie jar to cop a fix. Some can’t
even stay in the town where their old
dope fiend buddies are and end up
leaving. Those who maintain a habit
get mighty sensitive when they feel
a need coming on. The small-time
pusher is aware o f this fact. “ This
dude who always got his stuff from
us pulled a knife on me because he
didn’t have enough money for a fix.
Also we move a lot ’cause our place
keeps getting broken into,” a local
small-time pusher said. “ We can’t
call the police when someone steals
our stash. That’s just the way of the
wild.”
People who shoot “ H ” are at the
mercy o f the supplier and the price
is dependent on supply and demand.
Many hypes get ripped o f f when
they score. Many start their addic­
tion by becoming hooked to the
feeling before they get stuck with
being hooked to the drug itself. You
can get hooked when you skin-pop
or snort heroin. A stomach habit
will lead to a full-fledged addiction
and you may find yourself on the
White Horse o f Heroin that will ride
you to hell.
Kante joins
Ghanian
government
Basko Alhassan Kante, a 1972
graduate in Business Administration
at Portland State University, has
been appointed Deputy Minister of
Fuel and Power in the Republic o f
Ghana.
The high post is considered to be
the equivalent o f an U nder­
secretary of State here in the United
States.
Kante’s general office function in
the capital city of Accra is to explain
and interpret the policy decisions of
the M inister o f Fuel and Power
regarding the procurement, sale and
distribution o f petroleum products
in the western African nation.
According to Ghanian diplomatic
sources, Kante’s appointment is for
the lifetime o f the current govern­
ment of President Hilla Limann.
EXODUS
1639 N. E. A lb erta
PORTLANO. OREGÖN 9721 1
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To our Friend« and Supporters;
For the third consecutive summer, the House of Exodus' Theater Alcohol Awareness
Program (TAAP) is staging a summer production. This year we are offering two plays, an
original children's show and a well-known play for mature audiences.
Our children s play, The Message in the Bottle, is a comic play with a serious message: to
use alcohol safely, understand its effects. The characters include a single-parent family, a
conniving hobo, a nincompoop detective, and a friendly ghost. The show runs about 25
minutes.
Our mainstege show is Megan Terry's Ex Miss Copper Queen on a Set o f Pills. The play
centers on a disillusioned ex-beauty quean from a small town who now subsists on pep pills
and downers in a seedy section of New York City. During the course of the play, two eccen­
tric scavengers deprive her of her most valuable possessions: a bottle of wine and a small roli
of ready cash. The show is powerfl and will work with an adult or adolescent audience.
W e are hosting performances of both plays at Exodus August 20 at 8 p.m ., August 22 at 1
p.m., and August 23 at 8 p.m. Because admission Is free and seating is limited, we urge you
to telephone us if you wish to reserve seats for yourself, your family, or your professional
group. W e also will be performing the children’s show on successive Wednesdays Auoust
12 and 19, at 1 p.m,
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Both shows are available to tour during the latter part of August. W e will perform without
charge for local non-profit and service organizations. For extensive traveling wa will ask
help with travel expenses. Please ask for Stave or Lucy at the House of Exodus If you wish to
arrange for a performance.
These shows are both exciting and topical. I hope you will be able to attend or host a oer-
formance.
Sincerely,
Rosalie Boothe
Director, House of Exodus