Portland Observar, January 28, 1982 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
Serving the community in style
Grassrool News, N. IF .— For the
last 12 years M a ria n Scott has
served in various positions for the
P o rtlan d D evelopm ent C o m m is
sion. She retired last month on her
65th birthday and the Portland O b
server reminisced with her.
“ I came to the D evelopm ent
Commission as an assistant to the
manager. And later I became a su
pervisor. I ’ ve worked in all the o f
fices in metropolitan Portland and
primarily in Citizens Involvement. I
worked in Support Services for the
projects that we funded or im p li
cated. It was mostly housing renew
al, street and park improvement. I
worked with citizens and assisted in
keeping records."
P rio r to her em ploym ent w ith
P D C M rs. Scott had worked with
Model Cities. " M y job with Model
Cities was helping to organize neigh
borhood associations. I would no
tify people about meetings and get
materials to the planning com m it
tee. We did whatever we could to get
citizens involved and let them know
what was going on. That job was a
good learning experience for me. I
became a grassrooter."
Oyer the years the Portland De
velopment Com m ission had run
in to com m unity opposition over
many o f their projects, for example,
the Emanuel Hospital project, the
N ordstrom Warehouse, and their
latest venture, the U nion Avenue
im provem ent p roject. W hy does
P D C leave such a bad taste in the
mouth o f the community? " M a n y
years ago citizen participation was
not a par, o f the process. P D C be
gan to ge, blamed for many projects
that it had nothing to do w ith .**
Mrs. Scott concedes, "B u t I ’ ve en
joyed the confidence o f most people
and they know that I w ork for
P D C ."
Having established a track record
with many neighborhood organiza
tions, w h at’s on the minds o f the
" H h in k a lot o f times peo
ple need and want help. Bui most o f
tht time they lack the patience to go
an make decisions. Granted it does
take a long time and everyone can’,
be helped because o f a limited bud
get. You know, the individuals who
Organizations support Eliot site
The Black com m u nity remains
united in its choice o f the E lio t
building as a permanent site for the
new H a rrie t T u b m an M id d le
School. Eliot was the site selected by
the School Board in April o f 1980.
Lucius H ic ks , President o f the
P o rtlan d Branch, N A A C P , said
when the issue came up tw o years
ago the Board discussed the need for
a K-8 school and a middle school to
prevent the scattering o f children
over the district. " O u r opinion has
not changed. We still need a middle
school and we have issued state
ments and positions that the school
be located at Eliot. We still stand by
this position."
As for Boise, " W e are not in fa
vor o f Boise being dismantle or con
nected. W e consider this to be the
final assault on the Black communi
ty. It is the final blow to dismantle
the options— if Boise goes they will
have dismantled all o f our schools."
" I t is all p o litic a l and I d o n ’ t
want to see people duped into taking
an ill-advised position. I f they can’t
bring themselves to select Eliot, then
1 think they should allow Prophet to
MARIAN SCOTT
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
sit through the meetings aren’t even
the recipients. The attitude is to ge,
it together and give me my share.
N o w , this doesn’ t happen all the
lim e , but this is what I'v e o b
served." She says that many neigh
borhood people ge, frustrated. " I t
creates a situation o f them against
it. We currently have more neigh
borhood organizations, bu, reduced
funds. So i t ’ s going to hu rt. W ith
the social cuts people are com ing
ou, o f the woodwork wanting and
needing help."
Retiring is no, in Mrs. Scott’s life
style. She plans to retain part-time
ns." •
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em ploym ent. W rth hindsight and
Wirh Reaganomics holding Aim- ' experience M rs. Scott defines her
erica hostage, does Mrs. Scott per
years w ith P D C as enlightening.
ceive the Block G ran t system as
“ There are some things the City just
being effective? "P e rs o n a lly , no.
can’, do. I f I had not been in this
All states arc not the same. Coming
program I would have never accept
from the South I feel uptight about
ed that.”
tackle this as his first m ajo r chal
lenge rather than inheriting a major
problem.”
Hicks said the B o ard ’ s task
should be two-fold— to establish the
middle school at E lio t and to up
grade Boise by strengthening the
leadership and the program.
Norm Monroe, Assistant Director
o f the Urban League o f Portland,
told the Observer that in its January
20, 1982, meeting the Urban League
Board o f Directors again endorsed
the Elio, site. " A fte r two years the
Board is no closer to im plem enta
tion. We— the Urban League Board
and Executive Director Freddye Pet
it) believe the School Board is not
being direct and up-front with the
North/Northeas, Community. Any
delay will mean that there will be no
permanent home for Tubman M id
dle School."
Monroe said he hopes the School
Board will proceed immediately ac
cording to its past commitment on
the decision.
James Loving, long-time partici
pant in Boise neighborhood organi
zatio n , said he opposes the estab
lishm ent o f T u b m an in the Boise
building primarily because the Boise
community has maintained the de
sire for a K-8 grade school. "T h a t is
our position; it hasn’ t changed. I
don’t feel that we should change our
position ju s , to accom odate the
School Board’s problem.”
The logistical objections now be
ing raised against the Eliot site were
discussed from the beginning and no
new inform ation has surfaced that
should deter the Board from their
original decision, he said.
" I think the School Board and all
those sub-planning committees are
injecting controversy to churn and
keep the com m unity in a tu rm o il.
The Board should get on w ith the
business o f educating our kids and
get ou, o f the business o f stirring up
controversy.”
Ronnie Herndon, co-chairman of
the Black U n ite d F ro n t, said the
Boise proposal seems to be the same
old policy o f dispersal o f Black chil
dren
prom oted
by
fo rm er
superintendent B lanch ard . " T h e
kindergarten through f ifth grade
students at Boise would surely have
to go out o f the neighborhood be
cause there is not room for them in
the neighborhood schools.”
The com m u nity o rg anizations
originally supported E liot because
there are o n ly between 40 and 50
neighborhood children there and the
rest are bussed in . Th ey could go
back to their neighborhood schools.
"Th is talk o f dollars and cents is
upsetting. How do you measure the
lives o f families that are disrupted;
Sporting a Black United Front
"Now la The Time" button on his
lapel during the Monday night
School Board m eeting, board
member Steve Buel supported
the Eliot site for Tubman Middle
School.
how do you measure the cost to
mothers who cannot participate in
PT A and other parent activities and
children who cannot be involved in
sports and after-school activities;
how do you measure the cost to
fam ilies that are s p lit, w ith th e ir
children going to different schools?
How do you put a price tag on peo- •
pie’s lives?”
D r Fenwick proposed Jefferson
H igh School last year, Boise this
y ea r— and perhaps he w ill turn to
the Education Service Center next
year, Herndon predicted.
The changing roles of women
by Bonnie Seal
work force. In 1975, 46 pci cent o f
the women who were eligible to
work were w o rkin g . This has in
creased by approxim ately one per
cent with each passing year, and is
expected to reach 60 per cent by
1990.”
How w ill women manage to d i
vide their tim e between jobs and
families, and still maintain quality
in both areas? The key to doing this
is adequate preparation, according
to Ms. Gaudry.
The working mother needs to be
prepared for crisis, such as a child's
sickness or a car that w on't start.
She needs to cover all bases before
something happens. I f your child
comes down with the chicken pox at
7 a.m. on the day when you have an
interview with the governor, what
can you do? Have a plan ready to
pu, into e ffe c t,’ ’ she emphasized,
adding that a sound back-up system
should include two or three plans.
W hat do chicken pox, executive
meetings, and role-playing have in
common? They all appear in the
lives o f a new and rapidly growing
breed o f people in our s o c ie ty -
working women, who must fill more
than one role on a full-time basis.
" O n e re-occurring problem o f
women is their in a b ility to blend
their roles o f wife and mother with
that o f employee or business execu
tiv e ," according to C arolyn Gau-
dry, vice-president o f the Portland
C ham ber o f Com m erce. G au dry
spoke to a crowded workshop o f the
Institute o f Managerial and Profes
sional Women Wednesday night.
She is the Chamber’s firs, female
vice-president, and co-owner o f a
small business, C arbon D io xid e ,
Inc. Using herself as a role model,
she drew upon personal experience
as a full-time mother, business exec
utive, and volunteer.
I, is im portant to do both roles
" A great deal o f the growth in the
well, without sacrificing or neglect
work force in the next few years is ing e ith e r, she stressed. " I an, a
going to be from women," accord strong believer in quality rather than
ing to Ms. Gaudry. "Eighty per cent
q u a n tity ," she explained, stating
of the men in America that are eligi
that the way a woman's time is spent
ble to work are at this point w ork w ith her child is m ore im portant
ing,” she explained. "This is no, go
than the am ount o f tim e she can
ing to change in the next fifteen
spend, if that time is not well spent.
years. What is going to change is the
To assure enough time with both
number of women who will join the fam ilies and w o rk, she suggested
that women eliminate less unportai
activities in their lives.
A working mother is a lole mod
lor child, said Ms. G au dry. Usin
het daughter H eathei as an e,
ample, she explained that this ca
help to build the child's confiJenci
since seeing her mother as a carer
woman, she will tend to believe shi
loo. can have a career.
In addition to being a buxines
woman and a mother, Ms. Gaudr
has aiso been a civic leader and
volunteer. "Those who feel volui
tecrism is not important arc missir
the b o at," she said, explaining lh<
her own volunteerism w ith tb
C ham ber o f C om m erce had dor
much to enhance her career.
O th er topics discussed in clu i
goal-setting, the need and ability t
get away from the job temporarily
and the quality and availability <
child care, as well as the important
o f m aintaining and using connet
tions and netw o rkin g both whil
working and looking for work.
F o rty-eig h t per cent o f all job
come from group and personal cor
tacts, and on the management levi
it is as high as 80 per cent, accordin
to Alice Armstrong, director o f th
Institute for Managerial and Prole.«
sional Women, who sponsored th
session.
Seminar explains financial plan
A seminar on basic financial plan
ning w ill be presented at the King
N eighborhood F a c ility , 4815 N E
7th, room 142 on Tuesday. F eb
ruary 2, at 7:30 p m. The seminar
w ill be repeated every Tuesday
through March 30.
The seminar will be free of charge
and open to the public. It will cover
such topics as: the financial risks of
life we all must face; con tro lling
your financial future; your savings
account in B altim o re, M ary la n d ;
flexibility to meet and beat change;
understanding in flatio n and its e f
fects; lax deferred and tax saving
techniques; I.R .A . and your fin an
cial independence; the role of life in
surance In basic financial planning;
the basic forms o f life insurance and
their comparative costs; alternative
growth opportunities; what your in
vestments need to earn just to break
even; the characteristics o f a good
investment.
The seminar will be conducted
C liff Cam pbell, an executive in t
financial services field. Campbi
suggests that "n o matter what yo
age or how much or how litt
money you are making, it is a nec<
sity, in our ever changing econom
to be well inform ed to effective
plan your future for financial su
vival and success. This seminar w
assist you in achieving your person
financial objectives.”
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