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Portland Observer, M ay 6, 1982 Section II Page 3 Plant sales benefit kids fj - i- W póc' ¿¿A , * 4^ EBr - j rtk •♦•■a L ii 1 ■ * v HT 1 • I Pausing from their planning, the com m ittee for the annual Provi dence M ontessori School W ine Tasting B en efit pose fo r a group pho to g rap h . A ll parents of M o n tesso ri preschool stu d en ts, the com m ittee members from left to right are: Kevin S tew art, M ichael Benjamin, Ted Sharp (Com m ittee Chairmanl, Sharil Knutson, Sister Barbara Schamber, S P (M ontessori Principal). Thersa Karafotias, M arva Benjam in, Joann Stew ard, M arilyn Sharp (C o m m ittee Co- chair), Gordon Knutson, and Shirley Gnagasegaram. Scheduled for Saturday, M ay 15, the benefit includes a buffet supper, dancing and door prizes. T ickets are $10 each. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , please phone the Child Center at 234 9991. A p re -M o th e r’ s Day Plant and G ift Sale is scheduled for Friday and S aturday, M ay 7 and 8, at P ro v i dence C h ild Center, 830 N .E . 47th Avenue. House plants, shrubs, bed ding plants, vegetable starts, g ift items and a bake sale w ill be o f fered. Hours o f the sale w ill be from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m . on Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The eighth annual fu n d -ra isin g sale is sponsored by Dolores Circle volunteers who are parents or friends o f those in the C h ild re n ’ s Nursing Center. Money raised at the event w ill be added to a special fund fo r handicapped ch ild re n in the Children’s Nursing Center. C h a irin g the event is Joanna K irk; other committee members in clude Ann Hartung, Betty Walklate, Phyllis Hewett, and Janis Kinnear, all Portland residents. A ll plants and g ift items at the sale have been donated by local mer chants, nurseries, and florists. For more in fo rm a tio n , phone 234-9991 during business hours. Migrants face federal harassment by Harris Levon McRae ’ ’ M exican and l a tin o w orkers, w ith or w ith o u t docum ents, have made this c o u n try econom ically strong w ith their labor. In Oregon, they form the backbone o f agricul tural, reforestation and nursery in dustries. In lim es o f econom ic growth, they are welcomed, even re cruited to work here. In limes o f re cession, they, and immigrant w o rk ers in general, are blamed for every economic ill. Racist hysteria is re generated; mass deportations be come the order o f the day. We re spond: im m igrant w orkers do not ‘ steal’ U.S. jobs, they create them .” Ramon Ramiriz said in a press con fcrencc in d o w n to w n P o rtla n d yesterday. Ramiriz was the key speaker for the Coalition I or Immigrant Rights, a group o f fourteen Oregon Hispan ic organizations including the H is panic Politican A ction Committee, the Oregon C oalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and the Gover n o r’ s Commission on Hispanic A f fairs. “ We arc here to denounce a pre sent day offensive launched by the Reagan adm inistration against the basic human and legal rig h ts o f Mexican im m igrants in the United Stales. This offensive has taken at least four forms: the proposal o f the Im m ig ra tio n Reform and C o n tro l Act, the Immigration and Naturaliz a tion Service's (IN S ) "O p e ra tio n J o b s,” the d e p o rta tio n o f Silva letter holders and stepped-up INS raids in the N O rth w e st,” R am iriz said. The Im m ig ra tio n R eform and C o n tro l Act is a b ill sponsored by Sen. A la n Sim pson (R -W yo ) and Rep. Romano Mazzoli (D-Ky). C ur rently the b ill is 78 pages long. Its 22 sections arc divided in to 3 “ t i tles” — one on " C o n tr o l o f Illegal Im m igration,” one on “ Reform o f Legal Im m ig ra tio n ,” and one on "L e g a liz a tio n ." The March 17 pre sentation o f the b ill was an outline. The details are supposed to be pre sented to Congress in a few weeks in another bill. "W e believe the proposed nation al identification card and employer sanctions (in vo lvin g fines and ja il sentences fo r hiring undocumented workers) w ill only serve to increase racism against non-whites seeking employment. The legalization provi sions w ill create a huge ’guest w ork er' program denying workers bene fits their tax dollars fund. Cutbacks in due process p ro te c tio n s fo r asylum applicants are unacceptable; people who have fled to rtu re and hardships deserve fu ll legal protec tions. These cutbacks w ill most se riously affect Latin Americans, es p ecially H a itia n s and S alvadore ans," Ramiriz commented. The C oalition feels that the Rea gan administration is hoping to gen- erate su p p o rt fo r the proposals among unemployed U.S. citizens so they launched “ Operation Jobs.” "N in e major U.S. cities were tar geted. The IN S surrounded fa c to rie s, accosting a ll H ispanic w orkers and dem anding p ro o f o f U.S. citizenship or non-citizen legal status. N a tio n a lly, over 6,000 per sons were detained, but a large per centage were released. In Los A n geles, fo r example, 330 o f 613 per sons arrested in the first four days o f O p e ra tio n Jobs were released. M any were U.S. citizens or la w fu l permanent residents. Detainees re ported being threatened by INS with in d e fin ite d e tentio n and physical violence i f they requested legal counsel or refused immediate ’ v o l untary’ deportation,” Ramiriz said. “ D u rin g any k in d o f econom ic dow nturn there is a reaction from the com m unity at large. There are many acts o f violence th ro u g h o u t the state that are race-related. It has to do with competition fo r jobs and resources. The Hispanic population should not suffer fo r economic poli cies in the U .S .," Gale C a stillo o f the Hispanic Political Action Com mittee added. For Ramon R am iriz, Gale Cas tillo , and the other representatives o f the C o a litio n , yesterday was a very special day. R a m iriz com m ents, “ M ay 5th, 1982 marks the 120th anniversary o f the M exican A rm y ’ s v ic to ry over French occupation forces. Fot Mex ican people throughout the w o rld , the F ilth o f May celebrates freedom and reaffirm s the spirit o f resistance against threats to freedom ." CITY COMMISSIONER liifi&zvfzvivbw ££ d u c a /tc ru i/ a r u / i / m s n / ¿'eeület 1639 N.E. A lb e rta PORTLAND. OREGON 9721 1 234 7997 — RE-ELECT MILDRED— sœhîlb EXODUS APPEAL MOTHER GOOSE POI PUZZLI ow loqd is a bou’s f it s t g a if o f 8 The House o f Exodus Clean Team requests your support! lo r ç ^ paries? The Exodus Clean Team is P ortla nd’ s only to ta lly voluntary group o f citizens who teach children to practice respect, courtesy and responsibility through regularly scheduled classes: and by cleaning property within the neigh borhood. ovz / ls ~ ¿7 Zz/Z/ó 1 i9 A native Portlander, educated in Portland Public Schools. Lawyer, businesswoman, with a lifetime commitment to a belter Portland. Nine years a City Commissioner A responsible leader who gets results Keep the best releel Mildred Schwab 25t 5. y 10 y 11 I« JC 30 •e 1Ö it •,$ tfl Û 24 I Aicnuntahihty lo r o lir lu x (liillurs • Straight answers from government • I llicicncy A I conomy m ( ìiy ( iovcrnmcnt • An independent voice on the ( ’ouneil • llirin g I ik al pcople (or In c ili |ohs • ( 'ullural opportunities lor all Portlanders • Ini rvusc'd l'inplos in c ili .im i progrums lor Senior ( ìti/c iis • ( 'ittzen participation in decisions • Incrcuscd rvvenucs hy nnprnveil biikling proceilurcs • Human dignity lor all people. Respect and responsibility is all that your dollars can buy for youth at the House of Exodus, but we believe that respect and responsibility is all that our youth really need to become an asset to our communities, rather than a liability. -SHE GETS RESULTS! P . l l i l |i » l l l \ Ht i lllltin l \ I II , I M tlllli (I A S» ||U ,ll) I l I I ( | | \ ( l t l I I I I IlS S t t t i l i I ( l » l l l l l l l l l l l I ‘l i s i i n »Il ( , l l l l l l II < II.IIHIl.III l( ( K ili llv.islllvl Hl/SVK 111«»,lt l\A .1 s P hii I. iih I < lu p iin '> /’U5 We estimate that it will cost about $500,000 per year to operate a Drug/Alco hol prevention and aversion program for youth; plus the on-going community responsibility training for neighborhood youths. We believe this initial budget is quite small when compared to the direct costs of vandalism, thieves, burglaries and other property damages and losses caused by irresponsible youths; plus, when you add those losses to the cost o f building and maintaining jails, correction facilities and prisons, plus the cost o f maintaining police and judicial systems. The truth is the cost of irresponsible youth is stag gering. Your Voice on City C o u n c il. . . • The Exodus Clean Team’ s motto is: “ A clean spirit, a clean mind, a clean body and clean property w ill produce a clean citizen who lives in a clean com munity, and we will make it so. ” # 1 Register and Vote Give what you can and join the many supporters o f the Exodus Clean Team. Make your checks payable to the: EXODUS CLEAN TEAM P .O .B ox 11345 Portland, Oregon 97211 (•M 'J
