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k u g ö rio , o r tfon $ 7 1 0 3 School Board selects superintendent candidates The P o rtlan d School Board ha* selected six final candidates for the position o f Superintendent. The candidates will be invited to Portland to be interview ed by the Board, an internal advisory commit tee o f staff, and a citizens com m it tee. The interviews will be open to the public. Manford Byrd, Jr. is Deputy Sup erintendent, Systemwide Reorganiz a tio n , C hicago P ublic School System, has been with the Chicago school system since 1934. H e ha* taught, served as principal, and ha* been a Deputy Superintendent since 1968. Byrd has developed programs for parent involvement, principal selec tion and evaluation, student disci pline, administration evaluation, af firm a tiv e a ctio n , and student achievement. He earned his M .A . at Atlanta Univeristy and his Ph.D . at Northwestern University. Carl Candoli is superintendent o f the Fort Worth Independent School District. He previously was superin tendent at Lansing, M ichigan. H i* doctorate is from M ichigan State University. Candoli has published extensively in school administration and planning and has done research on urban education and desegrega tion. James Fenwick is acting superin tendent o f the Portland district. His doctorate is from Stanford Univer sity. Experienced at all levels o f teaching, his expertise is in curricu lum development. G lenn R. H o u d e is S u p erin ten dent o f the Elk G ro v e, C a lifo rn ia school d istrict, where he has been since 1970. Houde earned his doc torate at Stanford U niversity. H e taught and was vice -p rin cip a l at Grant and Wilson H igh Schools in Portland. Richard Hunter is Superintendent o f the R ichm ond, V irg in ia public schools. H unter previously was assistant superintendent o f the Seattle school district and was a p rin cip al in the Berkeley and Richmond, C alifornia districts. H i* areas o f experience in clude inter-racial and inter-cultural instruction, urban education and staff development. H e is a graduate o f the U n iversity o f C a lifo rn ia at Berkeley. M a tth e w W . P ro p h e t, J r ., is Superintendent o f schools in L an sing, Michigan. Following a military career he returned to school and ob tained a doctorate from Northwest ern University. He has been with the Lansing school district since 1972. B yrd, H u n te r and P rop h et are Black. The Board expects to make a final selection by m id-October. Prior to the selection the members o f the Board w ill interview school board members, s ta ff and students, and com m u nity members in the c ity where the candidates now work. PORTLAND OBSERVER Septambar 3 , 1S51 Volume XI, Number 47 254 Par Copy Minorities make no job gains The C ity o f P o rtla n d ’ s recently released Second Quarter Report on equal opportunity employment op p o rtu n ity dem onstrates that no gains have been made by minorities in city employment. Set yourself free Grassrool News, N. H i — For the last m onth w e’ ve presented seg ments on drug abuse aimed directly at the abuser. We stayed away from the textbook approach to this prob lem and showed the up* and downs o f drug abuse through tbe eyes o f its users. The other side o f drug use is, o f course, non-use. There are modes and methods that are u tilized for those who want to get o f f the E u phoria escalator. W ith m ariju an a the only addiction is psychological. “ All that's required to beat a smoke habit is to use a little self-discipline and self-control," a counselor from one o f the many drug abuse clinics offered. The main problem with the use o f weed is th a t, for the most part, if you wake up high and go to bed high you might not be as p ro ductive as you could be. C ertainly, the haze that it places on your brain makes you less perceptive during times when your survival may de pend on your awareness. W ith cocaine the same mind de pendency exists. But cocaine is the caviar o f drugs and the high-flying' life-style requires a change in the liv ing habits o f those who want to quit. "W h en I stopped the first few days were O K. But soon I met up with my old buddies and before I tried to kick I would have to buy it. Now they were going to turn me on free. I guess the theory o f the lobster is right. They wanted me down with them ." " In dealing witft people who want to quit any cycle o f drug abuse we start with re-education. W e show that you can go out and have a good time without the use o f drugs. We try to have the people sort out their values and w ill teach other values and communications skills. The var ious therapies range from the Ges talt method to the basic rap session." The Gestalt approach is one o f many textbook therapies. This puts the person back into contact with all the facets o f his per dus goes over his therapeutic ap sonality. “ We try to get them to ex proach. press their unresolved feelings they Among the devices used to rid a might have suppressed during the person o f the monkey called heroin course o f their lives." is a legal substitute called M e th a Another is transactional analysis. done. Richard M ayfield , a mental- “ W e deal w ith a person’s learned health therapist and drug counselor, decision-making process. The child explains the M ethadone cycle. is one who w ill go get high when “ Methadone is a man-made opiate things aren’t going their way. The and basically we transfer addiction. adult has to weigh the consequences This way they aren’t shooting it or o f his action and whom it effects. committing a crime to obtain it. For And the parent is the part o f the per a person to get accepted he would son that says I ’ m nothing because I have had to try other ways to detox. take drugs. Once these phases are I f a woman is pregnant she must be dealt w ith separately we can deal given Methadone and there’s a unit with the reasons for the desire to get at the U. o f O . H ealth Center that and stay high." will assist the baby’s withdrawal. The rap session is another mode “ The reasons why people want to that deals in rehabilitation. " W ith quit are that they get tired o f that this we show that no one is unique. life-style. They run into legal and Most o f the problems are in the ma fam ily problems and are em otion jo rity . The rap sessions serve as a ally and physically burnt-out. support group for creative problem “ Black women with children are solving." easier to counsel because they want W hen these therapies are being to quit to take care o f their children. used the problem is to find the right I just w ork on th e ir m aternal in therapy for the in d iv id u al. “ It stinct. W ith Black men I use the comes down to trial and error, intui family and mate. I gear my counsel tion. experience and practice.” ing tow ard the c lie n t’ s education “ M y life did a 360-degree change and skills. We show them that they because I got saved. I had no desire can do other things which aren’t il to do the things I used to do or see legal and once they aren ’ t craving the people I used to see. When I ac drugs it ’s not hard to get them lo lis cepted Jesus into my life my motiva ten to you. tion changed. The people who " I have run into those who won’t backslide aren’t praying and fasting change because they’ re used to the because you have to walk with Him money and the big car. They want everyday. This is how and why I the life-style that drugs bring.” changed." As an A fro-A m erican, M ayfield I f you want to quench your thirst states that he counsels from a cul without the use o f alcohol the sup tural perspective. " I try to build up port structures are numerous. They a person’ s self-esteem through range from the A . A . to the House knowledge o f their culture.” o f Exodus. " In the group that I deal Among the problems that occur with I don’ t focus on the fact that when a person wants to quit is to the person gets high or has a give up one drug and just go to an drinking problem. We know that. I other. A ll this docs is switch addic try to get them to take it a step fur tions. ther by saying, O .K ., you have a M ay field sums up w ith the fact drinking problem, now what. This is that a person really has to want to where all my counseling begins." A change. “ And rem em ber, there is counselor from the House o f Exo no change without pain." Project connects jobs, workers With the present state o f the econ omy many people are looking for ways to cut corners and find means to save or earn money. A service in existence since 1976 called Senior Job Center is providing the oppor tunity for many Portlanders to save dollars and at the same time allows for some residents to earn extra in come. The agency is city-funded and charges no fees. From crowded quarters and with a small s ta ff located in Northeast Portland, Senior Job Center has re- cruited hundreds o f skilled and ex perienced workers 30 plus years o f age. The workers are dispatched throughout the city on short-term jobs with home owners and busi nesses. “ We have enrolled persons w ith v irtu a lly every occupational title imaginable from accountants to zoo keepers, states agency director t urt M a rk u *. “ The elderly home owners may lack the cap ab ility to perform essential chores around the house. They can get the help they need by contacting the Senior Job Center for an older w o rker. The workers perform jobs such as yard work, minor repairs from leaky fau cets to making the steps safe to pro viding aid and attendance for a dis abled person. Our «,orkers perform a myriad o f jobs throughout the city in the course o f a year.” “ The agency’s success," accord ing to Markus, "is due to the quality o f our workers’ skills and the costs o f their labor." The worker and the employer work out the charges for the (Please turn to page 10 column I) The City has made some progress in hiring minorities but turnover o f m inority employees keeps over-all percentages low. Over three-quart ers o f the minority workers hired re placed other m inority workers who had left. The percentage o f m inor ities in the C ity workforce remains at 7.7 per cent. Underutilization o f minorities is a problem in specific jo b classifica tions. M in o rity representation in creased in only three jo b categories — technician, paraprofessionais and service/maintenance. Both the num bers and the percentage o f m in o r ities declined in professional, pro fessional services and skilled crafts cagetories. A review by the M e tro p o lita n Human Relations Commission sug gests that the key to m inority turn over could be lack o f coordinated training programs. “ A t the present time, a centralized or centrally-coor dinated tra in in g pro g ram w ith goals, objectives and career ladders does not exist.” The employment o f minorities in Commissioners’ staffs reflects the o verall p ictu re. C om m issioners’ staffs are composed o f “ profes sio n a l” and “ c le ric a l” w o rk e r*. Tw o o f the twelve clerical workers are m inority; four o f the 32 assist ants are m in o ritie s. T h ree o f the fo u r m in o rity assistants are em ployed by C om m issioner Jordan, the fo u rth by C om m issioner Schwab. ■ ■ I Mtt Hk. Laat Day* of Summer: Katrina Williams, Tarasa Jackson, and Holly S to w e ll give the law n one more cut before school starts and fall sets In. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) U.S. vetoes Africa resolution The U n ite d States has vetoed a resolution o f the United Nations Se c u rity C o u n c il that called for condem nation o f South A fric a 's raid on Angola had required imme diate and unconditional withdrawal o f South African troops. Assistant Secretary o f State Ches ter A. Crocker tipped the U.S. hand Saturday when he told an American Legion audience that the U n ited States would not take sides between Blacks and whites in the southern African conflict. “ In South A fric a , the re g io n ’ s dominant country, it is not our task to choose between black and white. In this rich land o f talented and di verse peoples, im p o rtan t Western economic, strategic, moral and po litic a l interests are at stake. We must avoid action that aggravates the awesome challenges facing South Africans o f all races.” Angola had taken the issue to the S ecurity C o u n c il, charging that South A frican troops had invaded Angola, occupying its territory, de stroying its villages and k illin g its people. South A frica claims that is has no evil designs on Angola, but was attackin g S W A P O bases in I Angola. In the largest invasion since the Angolan civil war o f 1975, in which the U.S. and South Africa supplied troops opposing the M P L A govern ment, South A fric a claimed it was aim ed at insurgent troops. H o w ever, South A frican air force com mander Oliver Holmes said, " I t was necessary to n eu tra lize the radar that was providing early warning to S W A P O ," and to destory air defense protecting the sites. South Africa reported that it had killed approxim ately 450 A ngolan troops. “ I f they stand in our way, they must be prepared to accept the consequences,” Brigadier Baden- horst said. . A ngola reported that invading South A frican forces have bombed schools, hospitals and businesses and are still occupying Angolan ter ritory. C ro cker in dicated that South Africa is o f prime importance to the U.S. "The area contains immense de posits o f many strategic m inerals which are v ital to economies like ours. There is no longer much de bate about southern A fr ic a ’ s eco nomic significance. W ith regional stability, the area can prosper and serve as a fo c a l point o f A fric a n economic progress. Trade and pri vate-investm ent flows fro m the United States and other Western na tions can re in fo rc e this p o te n tial and provide a solid base o f mutual interest for U n ited States-A frican relations." The U .S . position is that Angola shares the blame for the conflict be cause o f the approxim ately 20,000 Cuban troops that have been in that nation since 1975. “ Faced w ith large-scale foreign intervention, the presence o f African guerrilla groups and strains in its relations with its traditional Western partners. South Africa has significantly expanded its defense potential in recent years." Crocker reiterated the Reagan ad m inistration’ s policy toward South A fric a . " T h e U .S . also seeks to build a more constructive relation ship with South A fric a , one based on shared interests, persuasion and im p ro ved c o m m u n ica tio n . There is much ferment in South A f rica today centered on question* o f how all South A fric a n s can m ore fu lly share and p a rtic ip a te in the (Please turn to page 7 column I )
