Portland Observer. July 21. 1982
METROPOLITAN
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PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM
MONDAY EVENING, JULY 19,
ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO UTILITY POWER
SALES CONTRACTS.
Park supervisor's work
has its own rewards
by Nathaniel Seutt
“ I love working with kids. I like
io sec progress. I like Io see a young
ster who has lim ited abilities make
something out o f his or her lif e .”
said W illia m D a rre ll D ickson,
( ouch Park supervisor with the city
parks and recreation department for
the summer.
D ickson , a native o f El Paso,
lexas, is no stranger to park super
visory work. Before moving to Port
land he worked for two years with
the city parks and recreation depart
ment in El Paso, Texas.
As supervisor at Couch Park, he
says he organizes all the games in
cluding arts and crafts and keeps the
children involved in activities that
will help them in the future. " I con
centrate on discipline and self-re
spect.” he added.
During the course o f a day, Dick
son said, between 75 and 80 c h il
dren, ranging in age from four to 19
years old. will use the p ark’s facil
ities.
D ic k s o n ’ s supervisory task is
made easier with the help o f three
teenagers. James I.. Jackson. 18 is a
C E T A worker. Antonette “ T o n y ”
O ffo r d , 19, is by courtesy o f the
M a y o r’s Summer Em ployment For
Teens Program; and Tam my Grum-
bo, 15, is a volunteer who wandered
in and was asked to stay. According
to D ickson, “ A ll have been a big
help.”
Couch Park is in close proximity
to the M etropolitan Learning Cen
ter in N o rth w est P o rtla n d , o f
which, Dickson says, many o f the
children involved in the park's sum
mer program attend school at M L C .
Couch P a rk , the same as some
other parks, justifiable or not, has a
stigm a. A re p u ta tio n . A thorn o f
d erelictio n . A n oth er one o f D ic k
son’s duties is to sec that the “ dere
lict»” d o n ’t interfere with the chil
dren. Children that congregate from
the o u tlyin g areas o f the N o rth ,
Northeast, Southeast, as well as the
N o rth w e s t. The p a rk , he said, is
open to anyone.
Dickson said he has eight years o f
teaching experience and hopes to be
come a substitute teacher with the
public schools this fall.
But for now, during the summer
months, he is concentrating on get
ting children eight to 12 years old in
the p ark’s softball league, devising
games fo r inclem ent w eather and
even choosing which books to read
stories from.
Another one o f Dickson’s chores
seems to be that o f counselor. ” 1
have had to counsel approximately
20 kids,” he said. The problems are
usually fa m ily -re la te d or involve
just general mischief.
He thinks the park's program is
good “ in the sense (hat if a young
person is given a chance to partici
pate in organized sports, it will help
them in later years."
One other feature o f Couch Park,
Dickson said, is the Tuesday night
pot luck, “ Bring enough food for
four or five people and enjoy the en
tertainm ent,” he said. I l all begins
at 6:30 p.m.
Rankins receives
scholarship
Lisa Joellc R ankins is the 1982
recipient o f the Northwest Region
W estern states G o lf Associations
College Scholarship Award.
Each year the W S G A awards
$ 1,000 to a student in each o f its 5
d ifferent regions. Lisa was recom
mended by the local Leisure H o ur
G o lf Club, Jerome Polk, President,
and approved by the Northwest Re
gion’s area Vice President, M r. Fitz
gerald Beaver, o f The Facts news
paper, in Seattle, Washington.
Lisa was the 1982 Rose Festival
Princess from Lincoln High School.
She is the daughter o f George and
Constance Rankins and will attend
the University o f Oregon in Septem
ber to study communications.
Drunk driving
can be
deadly
Nearly one-half o f the 93 people
between 15 and 20 years old who
died in Oregon traffic last year had
been drinking.
T h at figure and others released
Wednesday by the M o to r Vehicles
D iv isio n continue to show why
d rin k in g drivers are considered a
m a jo r highw ay safety p ro b lem ,
D M V officials said.
Forty-two o f the 93 people under
(he legal drin king age had blood al
cohol readings at the time o f their
deaths.
Fifty-four per cent o f the 645 traf
fic victims had been d rin k in g and
when drivers alone are considered
that figure climbs to 56 per cent o f
(he 384 drivers killed.
Most o f the blood alcohol read
ings, taken by m edical examiners
and reported to the division, were
well above the level at which a per
son is considered legally under the
influence— ten-hundredths o f one
per cent— in Oregon.
T w e n ty -fo u r per cent had read
ings o f twenty-hundredths or more;
13 per cent had readings between
0.15 and 0.19; and 716 per cent had
readings between 0.10 and 0.14.
BAC (blood alcohol content) lev
els were even higher for drivers than
for all victims which included pas
sengers, pedestrians, bicyclists and
motorcyclists.
The statistics are available in a re
port tilled, “ The Role o f Alcohol in
Oregon T ra ffic Fatalities— 1981.”
Single copies are available from the
M o to r Vehicles D iv is io n , Salem ,
Oregon 97314.
Mother visits
Vickers
M rs. A lice W . V ickers o f West
Palm Beach, Florida, has been visit
ing her son and d a u g h te r-in -la w ,
M r. and M rs. Thomas R. Vickers.
M rs. Alice Vickers was a visitor to
Bethel A .M .E . Church. She is an ac
tive m em ber o f Payne C hapel
A .M .E . C h urch in West Palm
Beach and has served many years as
organist and leader o f both ju n io r
and senior choirs. She is an accom
plished pianist and teacher o f music,
having received her degree from Ed
ward W aters C ollege in Jackson
ville, Florida.
Mrs. Alice Vickers was enroute to
Juneau, A laska to visit M r . and
M rs. W a lte r Law son, sister and
b ro th e r-in -la w o f D o ro th y and
Thomas Vickers, when word was re
ceived that M r. Lawson had been
killed in an a u to m o b ile accident
while on business in California. A f
ter a tten d in g the fun eral o f M r.
Lawson in Seattle, Mrs. Vickers will
return to Florida.
Bonneville Power Administration's
-¡¡"»V c^tomers have until August
28,1982, to accept new contracts
ottered a year earlier
Various customer groups filed law
suits challenging the contracts as
offered and later proposed sev
eral contract amendments
Bonneville has agreed to consider
ottering the customers' proposed
amendments in order to settle the
lawsuits and achieve full imple
mentation of the Pacific Northwest
Electric Power Planning and Con
servation Act.
We welcome your comments,
either orally at a public meeting or
in writing until July 26,1982.
For information on the utility power
sales contracts and proposed
amendments, call our Public In
volvement Coordinator toll-free in
Oregon, 1-800-452-8429; in other
Northwest states, 1-800-547-6048.
Parka and recreation: Jamaa L. Jackson. Tammy Grumbo. Wil
liam Darrell Dlckaon and Antoinette “Tony” Offord keep Couch
Park a aummer program running amoothly. (Photo: John L. Smith)
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