Portland Observer, July 14, 1982 Page 3
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A variety of summar programs can help channel that energy into
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(Photos: Richard Brown)
Summer time at work and play
by C. Eddie Edmondson
For a while it looked like a mod
ern news program in June about ref
ugees in the Falkland Islands, or in
Beirut, Lebanon, or whereever na
tions stand toe to toe settling dis
putes with guns instead of butter di
plomacy.
What it was was young people,
varying in ages from 14 to 21, repre
senting every kind of ethnic and na
tional group in inner Northeast
Portland, coming by twos and
threes and more to the King Neigh
borhood Center, looking for jobs.
In their hands were job applica
tions, handwritten and typed
resumes, newspaper want-ad clip
pings, letters of recommendations.
And tight faces of despair for there
arc obviously too few jobs for too
many people.
“ We have four times the number
of applicants who have applied for
the positions we are going to fill,”
said James Mason, coordinator with
Renee Watson o f (he Urban
League’s youth summer program.
O f the eight organizations and
agencies with offices at the King fa
cility, at least five have hired young
people. At least 187 youths work for
the organizations with offices at
King, many in programs operated
there.
“ I t ’s been hectic,” said Judy
Maszy, facility secretary, who is re
sponsible for day-to-day manage
ment of the building while the facil
ity director, James Loving, is on va
cation.
W ith very little o f July being
cooled by the Portland rains, and
very few jobs for the thousands of
young men and women seeking
summer employment, what's avail
able for those who can't find work
or are too young?
''W e ll, we have the swimming
programs,” said Gail Meredith, in
formation manager for the Portland
Bureau o f Parks. "T h e re are 14
pools— all healed— throughout the
city which will be open through Au
gust.”
In addition there are many neigh
borhood parks with staff on hand
between 9 n.m. and 8 p m., provid
ing games and crafts available for
the children of all ages up to 18, she
said.
For youth between 12 and 18,
Meredith pointed out the new bas
ketball program which is being
sponsored by City Commissioner
Charles Jordan and Congressman
Ron Wyden. A t least 500 kids are
involved in 3-on-3 basketball, in
three basketball leagues.
Young people in inner Northeast
w ill find games close to them at
Woodland Park, (N E 11th and De-
kum), Irving Park, (NE 7th and Fre
mont) and at the M a tt Dishman
Center, (77 NE Knott).
Musical entertainment is a big
highlight. Meredith said that there
are several summer concerts being
sponsored by the Park Bureau. The
most prominent, she said, is "O kla
homa," which will open at the Rose
Garden Aug. 22nd. And there is the
Washington Park schedule which
begins July 23rd.
" W e ’re only scratching the sur
face,” City Commissioner Charles
Jordan said, admitting that more
young job seekers are finding less
and less opportunity for em ploy
ment this summer. "B u t perhaps,
coupled with the recreation and lei
sure activities available throughout
the city, we can provide an active
and meaningful summer for those
whom we are to serve.”
The Portland Urban League,
which is operating a summer youth
employment program, has several
contracts to provide youth employ
ment opportunities: One contract
with Multnomah County provides
employment opportunities for 93
youth; 20 youth will receive employ
ment with T ri-M et through a city-
funded program; the Metropolitan
Private Industry Council will place
20 young men and women in private
industry positions, and the Urban
League's "casual labor” program
provides employment for 5 to 7
young people a week who are under
14 years of age.
Mason said that the "casual
labor” program involves youth un
der 14 who are seeking employment.
The Urban League recruits job as
signments from community resi
dents and sends the young people,
who are too young to qualify for the
federally-funded or -subsidized
youth employment programs, to
do such time-honored chores as cut
ting grass, painting houses and
fences. (The lowest age to qualify
for federally-funded or -subsidized
summer youth employment is 14.)
The city’i C E T A program is o f
fering employment opportunities
for over 1,000 youth, and. Mason
said, the M ayor's youth program,
which is also operated through
C ETA , is providing employment for
400 additional youth.
Ted Johnson, an aide in the
mayor's office, confirmed that a re
quest would go before the C ity
Council on Wednesday to add an
additional 400 to 500 jobs to the
mayor’s summer youth program—
70 per cent of which would go to mi
norities.
"W e have to recognize that these
are very d iffic u lt tim es,” Jordan
said. " W e have many adults who
are also unemployed.” Noting the
recent Channel 6 TV show on unem
ployment, the Commissioner con
tinued: " W e are going to have to
employ the efforts o f both the pri
vate and public sector. But certainly
the city cannot do it alone.”
Mason said (hat these low-income
jobs, generally paying the minimum
wage or less, don’ t really benefit
people who need jobs to earn
money. The summer employment
jobs that they go after, he explains,
are generally governmental and so
cial services programs. Most last
only two months, Mason said.
"A fter eight weeks, they go back
to a year of idleness. It's like a stay
o f execution, if you w ill," Mason
said.
" T h e (paycheck] money turns
over so fast,” Mason said, "that it
primarily benefits the private sector
is likely that many more children
would have become ill with some se
rious health effects as a result.”
Measle symptoms include: 1) a
generalized rash beginning on the
face or head lasting more than three
days; 2) a temperature of 101 °F or
higher, accompanied by one or
more of the following—a cough, a
runny nose, eye irritation or light
sensitivity.
Any person presenting these
symptoms should contact their fam
ily doctor or local county health de
partment and avoid contact with
non-immunized people.
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Measles cases reported here
Five cases of measles have been
reported to the State Health D iv i
sion. A ll cases are in the greater
Portland area. Four o f the cases
have been laboratory confirmed and
the fifth is a case resulting from con
tact with one of the other children.
Two other suspected cases are pend
ing final laboratory test results. Six
of the seven young children had not
been immunized.
Kristine Gebbie, Health Division
Administrator, stated: " I f this out
break of measles had occurred last
year, prior to the implementation of
the new school immunization law, it
who provides entertainment, fast
foods and gasoline."
The federally-funded summer
• youth employment programs are of
value to those youth who are 14 to
18 who haven't worked before, M a
son said. But for those over 18
with high school diplomas and some
work experience, "This is not an ap
propriate avenue for seeking em
ployment.”
W hat is not happening, Mason
said, is that black people, both
young and old, turn to government
and social service agencies seeking
employment rather than going to
the private sector for work.
" I t ’ s an inter-generational
thing,” Mason said.
" I would suggest that in March or
April (of next year] that young peo
ple start asking private sector em
ployers for summer jo b applica
tions. Even if they say they are not
hiring for the summer, fill out an
application in case they set funds
aside," said Mason.
"M ost large corporations do hire
for the summer,” he said. “ Apply
for those jobs!"
" I remember when I was a youth,
I got a job with John Deere (Tractor
C o rp .] and I got almost as much
money as I'm getting now,” he said.
" A ll I'm saying is get out of being
satisfied with minimum wage jobs.”
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