Portland Observer, October 1, 1981 Paqe 3
Dick Bogle
It's going to be interesting to see
how certain Reagan administration
efforts against drug abuse arc go
ing to fare.
Chairman of the House commit
tee on narcotics, Leo Zeferetti, says
the current extent of drug abuse in
the military cannot be tolerated if
the United States is to be prepared
to meet emergencies at an instant’s
notice.
A summer study of 2,000 service
men in Europe and aboard ship
shows the Navy has a greater pro
portion of abusers than (he other
services.
Sixty per cent o f the personnel
aboard (he carrier Forreslal were
found to use drugs while on duty. A
quarter of the Navy junior enlisted
personnel surveyed said they used
marijuana or hashish daily.
The problem is not being ignored
since the services have drug abuse
u.
programs underway and the com
mittee may be making new recom
mendations based on testimony
from its recent hearings.
Another population area seeing
increasing drug use is rural Amer
ica.
In fact, according to the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, rural areas
seem to be catching up with urban
areas.
Much of the abuse centers around
marijuana, paint sniffing and mis
using pain killers.
But at the same time these reports
are coming out, at least 23 per cent
of the N ID A ’a funds are being cut
as of October 1st. Staff is being re
duced from 400 to about 230 and its
funds are being shifted to block
grants for the states to handle with
little or no federal monitoring.
Some N ID A and state officials
are saying the cuts will mean signifi
cantly fewer residential and out-pa
tient programs to help drug abusers
in rural and urban areas. N ID A
deputy director James Lawrence
says states will not feel the pinch for
at least another year because of ad
vance funding.
The government is stepping up its
efforts on the foreign side to reduce
opium growing. The U.S. has fin
ally persuaded Thailand to crack
down against opium growing.
U.S. narcotic agents say eradica
tion of the opium crop is the first
move in any serious fight against
narcotics.
Opium production in the golden tri
angle, that’s the adjoining borders
of Thailand, Burma and Laos,
amounted to 600 tons last year.
That’ s enough to make 60 tons of
heroin.
The big villain in this Southeast
Asian drug scenario is a man named
Special
o>"
Khun San. This man has a private
army of 4 thousand and until now
has been tolerated by Thailand be
cause of his strong anti-communist
image. Thailand had posted a paltry
2 thousand dollar reward for Khun
San but now has raised that figure
to 23 thousand.
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Next month is to be the target
date when the opium poppies are
about a foot high. It’s then that the
Thai government, with American fi
nancial backing to the tune of 7 mil
lion dollars, will embark on crop
destruction.
That government is again trying
to convince farmers that coffee, kid
ney beans and certain other fruits
and vegetables can be grown on the
land.
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For the sake of our communities
and young minds, le t’s hope it
works.
From the Capitol
by Rep. Ron Wyden
NOTE: Each week, U.S. Rep.
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) reports from
Washington, D.C., on what’s been
going
on
in
the
nation's
capitoi—key votes, key issues, key
concerns. This week he reacts to the
President's budget message.)
Q. In his latest budget message to
the
nation
Thursday
night,
President Reagan said his new
round o f proposed budget cuts are
necessary to get the economy back
on track. Do you agree?
A. Virtually all of us understand
that cutting government spending is
essential to restore the health of the
economy. As sure as night follows
day, high deficits mean high interest
rates—and high interest rates are
poison for our economy.
What concerns me is that the
President is once again sparing
“ sacred cows’* such as the Defense
Department and tobacco, peanut
and sugar subsidies.
Once again, he’s asking programs
such as education for the handicap
ped and school lunches for children
to bear the brunt while these
favored programs escape with
minor cutbacks.
He’s asking school children to eat
catsup in place of a vegetable, bean
curds in place of meat, cake instead
of eggs—while waste in the Defense
Department is being allowed to con
tinue virtually unchecked.
We can find economies in the
Defense Department and still have
the strong defense we truly need.
We can also make cuts in other
sacred
cow
programs— thus
allowing us to retain funds for
education programs for the han
dicapped and other such programs
which allow our citizens to become
self-sufficient, productive members
of our society.
Q. What about the president’s
decision to restore minimum Social
Security benefits?
A.
I ’m delighted that the
president made that decision. It’s
certainly a step in the right direc
tion. Unfortunately, the president
did not go on to repudiate other pr-
oposed Social Security cutbacks.
In all my years of working with
senior citizens, I have never seen
them as frightened as they have been
since the president
originally
proposed severe cutbacks in Social
Security benefits. Unfortunately,
the president’s speech still leaves
them dangling in the wind with
regard to what the future holds.
The critical issue now is for us to
push ahead to enact responsible
Social Security reform that protects
the earned benefits of current
retirees—while ensuring the in
tegrity of the system for future
retirees. I intend to do all in my
power to see that such a reform is
forthcoming.
From the Boardroom
by Gladys McCoy, County Commissioner
On Thursday, Oct. 29, 1981, the
M ultnom ah County Board of
County Commissioners votes on an
Ordinance upgrading the County's
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
Program. The reasons for these
changes are based on several needs
for maximum participation of
minorities in the M B E Program.
When certain changes in the U.S.
Department o f Transportation
(D O T ) requirements relating to
M B E went into effect in A p ril,
1981, there was a need for the
County to upgrade its program to
include female and economically
and socially disadvantaged firm's; to
expand the program scope to
include goods, services and
Professional Services contracts as
well as constructions; to determine
the certification process; to prove
more workable incentives; to
establish a ceiling for M inority set-
aside an to set goals for Minority
and female inclusion. There was a
limited amount of support from the
MBE community for the County’s
present program.
Changes were made in the
definition o f “ M in o rity ” or
“ M inorities’ *
to
mean
the
traditional ethnic groups and to add
Pacific
Islanders
and
the
economically
and
socially
disadvantaged as defined by the
Small Business Administration. The
definition for M B E now reads to
mean a business at least 31 percent
of which is owned by minorities, or,
in the case o f a publicly owned
business, at least 31 percent of the
stock o f which is owned by
minorities and whose management
and daily business operations are
controlled by one or more such
individuals. (The County included a
control factor in this definition.)
Women have been defined
separately as Female M inority
Business Enterprise (F /M B E )
having the same definition as MBE,
substituting
"fe m a le ”
for
“ minority." The separate goals for
each group can be set based on the
availability and capability of each,
respectively.
When the change is made to set
goals in not only Construction
contracts, but Supplies, Services,
and - Professional
Services,
Multnomah County plans to have
minimum goals by approximating
M B E /F M B E
participation in
Construction: M BE 10% , FM B E
1%; Supplies: M BE .3 % , FM B E
0 % ; Services: M BE 10%, FM BE
1%; and. Professional Services:
MBE 7%. FMBE 2%.
Still another change in the
upgrading reflects the abolition of
the 1% preference system in the
Incentive Program for Non-
M inority Contractors since it has
proven to be unpopular and
ineffective.
Presently a 1%
preference system allows non-
M in o rity contractors bidding to
receive a 1% bid preference if they
utilize
certified
M in o rity
subcontractors in an amount not
less than 15% o f the total contract
award. Since 1979, no steps have
been taken by the County to
implement and monitor the M BE
year ago when my office began
working with the Purchasing
Division,
Department
of
Administrative Services, to upgrade
(he program. This has been replaced
by the Alternative to Incentive
Program. The Alternative means
local jurisdictions will utilize the
mechanism whereby M inority
Business Enterprise and Female
Business Enterprise participation
goals are set on a project-by-project
basis,
requiring
the
prime
contractor to indicate F /M B E
utilization equal to or greater than
the project goal; or, indicate best
efforts to attain that goal, to be
considered a responsive bidder. The
1100,000 lim it on the Set-Aside
Program has been retained.
Finally, Multnomah County will
be contracting with the C ity of
Portland on the C ertification
process whereby the C ity o f
Portland becomes the agency which
certifies that applicant MBEs/FBEs
meet all appropriate criteria for
program participation. No provider
will be considered unless he/she has
been certified by the City.
M ultnom ah C ounty’ s current
M in o rity Business Enterprise
Program scope is lim ited to
construction projects let by the
Department o f Adm inistrative
Services through its Purchasing
Division. It specifies that 10% of
the dollar value of projects costing
less than $100,000 shall be let to
MBEs in closed competition.
My support for the passage of the
County Ordinance upgrading the
M in o rity
Business Enterprise
Program reflects my continued
concern for implementing and
monitoring County contracts to see
the Minorities get their fair share of
the awards. It is a good program. It
is necessary. It is workable. It is
consistent with our County goals
and commitment to A ffirm a tiv e
Action. l i ensures that M in o rity
Business Enterprises and Female
Business Enterprises have the
maximum opportunity to compete
for and perform contracts, helping
to build a stronger economic base
for Minorities and females as well as
for the community.
Multnomah County will present
its
1981
M in o rity
Business
Enterprise
Program
to
the
community on Friday, Oct. 30,
1981, at the M in o rity Business
Opportunity Day, at M em orial
Coliseum, in the Assembly H a ll,
between the hours o f 9 a.m . and 4
p.rn. I invite you to join us in this
effort. This will be an opportunity
for community members to become
more involved in the C ounty’s
Flu shots set
Multnomah County, Community
Health Services Division, is offering
immunizations against influenza at
both regular and special clinics in
October and November.
Components of the *81-'82 strain
are the same as last year and will in
clude A /B ra z il, A /B an g ko k and
B/Singapore.
M ultnom ah County is recom
mending, that the following types of
people be vaccinated against the flu:
persons 63 years o f age and over,
persons with chronic pulmonary,
renal, cardiac, or metabolic disease,
persons with severe anemia, and
persons with malignancies or immu-
nosuppriessive disease.
For additional information or any
questions, please call Multnom ah
County. Information and Referral,
at 248-3816.
M B E /F B E Program, learn about
the technical aides, participate in the
question and answer sessions, and
be educated about M B E /F B E
Program opportunities.
The achievement of Multnomah
County’s MBE/FBE Program goals
and
objectives
depends
on
community input, support, and
understanding as well as effective
County management.
Help us develop and maintain a
successful M BE/FBE Program.
Vanessa Sykes, 1981 Rose Festival Princess from Jefferson
H igh
S chool,
is studying
p erfo rm ing arts and
communications at the Universtiy of Oregon. Vanessa has
been q ualified in the “ professional le v e l“ for all her
performing arts classes.
At Jefferson, Vanessa studied performing arts and was a
m em ber of the J effe rs o n D ancers and the P erfo rm an ce
Group. She was a member of Rally.
Her contributions to the community are many. She has a
special interest in disabled children and for several years
helped raise funds for the March of Dimes and the Red Cross
Blood Program. She assisted public school teachers working
with developmental^ disabled children and was a counsellor
for the YM CA.
Vanessa represents students on the board of directors of
the North/Northeast Mental Health Clinic.
Her hobbies include dancing, skating, jogging and music.
Vanessa is the daughter of Earl and Marilyn Sykes. She has
a sister. Carmen, w h o is a sophomore at the Univeristy of
Oregon, and a younger brother, Earl, Jr.
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