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Portland Observer, August 11, 1982 Section II Page 13 *4 City exceeds minority purchase goals Follow ing a report that the C ity o f Portland has exceeded its fiscal 1981- 82 goal for purchases o f sup plies, services and construction w ork fro m m in o rity and fem ale- owned businesses, the Portland City C o u n c il this week set an o ffic ia l goal o f making more than $10 m il lion in such purchases during fiscal 1982- 83. A report from the Bureau o f Pur chases and Stores, which is overseen by Commissioner Margarat Strachan, indicates that for the 1981-82 fiscal year com pleted June 30, the city made 10.9 per cent o f all its con struction, service and supply p u r chases from city-certified m inority firm s , w h ile the goal was 7 .3 per cent. In actual d o lla rs , the p u r chases from m inority firms totaled $4,389,000 in fiscal 1981-82. A t the same time, the C ity had a 1981-82 goal o f making .3 per cent o f all its purchases from certified fe m ale-owned businesses. The total was far exceeded— reaching 10 per cent, fo r a to ta l d o lla r am ount o f $4 million. " A s o f June, 1982, we had 238 m in o rity firm s and 130 fem ale- owned firms certified to do business with the city. O u r m inority and fe male Business Enterprise Program appears to be making steady strides, Barbara, of Friday's Beauty Salon (N.E. 16th and Frsmont). Has many roles p a rtic u la rly in the fem ale area, where we have significantly raised our goals for the current fiscal year. While the City certainly must strive in many other areas to ensure a ffir m ative a ctio n , this a rea — one in which our C ity dollars are put d i rectly in to the hands o f m in o rity and female entrepreneurs— is m ak ing a s ig nificant c o n trib u tio n ,” Commissioner Strachan said. Under the C ity ’s m inority Busi ness Enterprise Program, contract ors receiving awards on any C ity construction contracts o f more than $100,000 are required to spend at least 10 per cent o f the con tract amount on minority subcontractors. In other areas o f city purchasing, such as supplies and services, p u r chases by city bureaus are not re quired to be from m inroity and fe male firm s , but goals are set and actively pursued. T o become certified with the City purchase pro gram, a firm must be at least 31 per cent owned by m inorities or fe males. The fiscal 1982-83 goal set this week by the C ity C o un cil fo r minority and female purchases was 9.39 per cent o f all purchases from certified m in o rity firm s and 2 per cent from female firms. Oollarwise, these percentages represent about $10.2 million. Cosmetologist A hairdresser job is not just sim ply dressing hair. The cosmetologist has many roles. They arc part o f a multi billion dollar industry. Besides being highly trained in a variety o f beauty services, these would include h air co lo rin g , hair conditioning, permanent waving, haircutting, hair styling, m anicur ing, facial massage, and make-up; you also know how to deal effective ly with the public. Since you are a beauty professional, you are not so much selling services as you are ad vising your clients on what is best for them to im prove their appear ance. You are, so to speak a "beauty doctor.” I f you become a salon ow ner or manager, you must also become well versed in business practices. How to buy most eco n o m ically, how to m aintain accurate records and how to get and keep loyal em ployees— these will be part o f your required abilities. Hairdressers with outstanding talent are often asked to become p la tfo rm artists. Here agian, you must widen your skills and take the necessary training to become a public speaker or at least a very good dem onstrator. Talented persons are also called upon by magazines to do hair style and what are known as technicals, detailed procedures or professional tech niques such as cu ttin g , colorin g , conditioning, and permanent wav ing. This means you must know how to work in front o f a camera or for a camera. You should also be able to a rtic u la te the hows and whys o f what you are doing. The entertain ment industry, theatre, film s, and television, the world o f couturiers and fashion, the big hair color and cosmetics m an ufactu rers, the beauty publications for the profes- ion and fo r the p u b lic — all these huge commercial activities require the artistry o f the professional hair dresser and cosmetologist. It is ob vious that the op p ortu n ities are highly rewarding. But how far you go and how much money you make depends on you. Some hairdressers never make more than a modest in come, and not in freq u e n tly they prefer it that way. Some attitudes might be: “ I don’t want the respon sibility o f running a salon.” **l like living in a sm all com m unity and serving the women I know ,” ” , en joy my work but I like a co m fo rt able, easygoing schedule.” O r another hairdresser might say: ” , have a small salon— just two other operators and m yself. I t ’ s big enough: I make an a ttrac tive in come, there’s no strain, no pressure. I ’m happy just as I am .” These are some o f the viewpoints and certainly they are valid ones— that usually m ilitate against one’s ever attaining a large salary or high profits. One o f the attractions o f a hair dressing carreer— and this is import ant— is that you can be as small as you like or as big as your talent and im ag in atio n w ill a llo w . A n o th er plus for beauty culture as a career is age, sex, color, or creed. Any man or woman, regardless of age, can go that no discrim ination exists as to to a beauty school, put in the re quired num ber o f hours and eventually a fter passing the State Board Examination, get a license to practice. This presupposes o f course that the person has the academic background required by the state; in most states it is quite modest. Men and women are equally welcome in (his field. Statistics no doubt w ill show that m any m ore women are practicing hairdressers; at the same time another set o f statistics will in dicate that o f the w orld’s most out standing stylists, the m a jo rity are men. The color o f the skin is o f mi nute significance in the w o rld o f hairdressing. M any black hair dres sers, o f course, open salons in pre d o m in an tly black com m unities. M any beauty shops, however, are com pletely in teg rated , both as to personnel and the clients they serve. Taste, talent and personality— perhaps more than in most voca tions— are the determ ining factors in a hairdresser cosmetologist’s de sirability to employers and clients. O f course, not everyone is tempera mentally suited to becoming a hair dresser. x> O KAREN G. SLOAN Sears names new manager Karen G. Sloan, form erly mana ger o f Sears, Roebuck and C o .’s re tail store in Longview, Washington, has been named manager o f the co m p an y’s V ancouver store, an nounced Robert S. Foster, general manager o f the com pany’s Pacific Northwest retail district. Sloan replaces Rudy H . Steiger, who left the company. Sloan jo in ed the com pany as a salesperson in the Salt Lake C ity , Utah, store in 1972. After a brief as signm ent in personnel, Sloan be came a managem ent trainee in Boise, idaho. She managed a number o f m er chandise departments in Boise and M urray, U tah, before being named as personnel m anager in Ogden, Utah in 1977. The fo llo w in g year, Sloan was prom oted to assistant manager in Moscow, Idaho. She was appointed manager in Moscow in 1980. In 1981 she advanced to L o n g view as manager, the assignment she held prior to being named as mana ger o f Vancouver. Active in the community in Long view , Sloan was on the Board o f Trustees o f United Way and a mem ber o f Altrusa and the Chamber o f Commerce. A native o f Minneapolis, M inne sota, she attended schools in U tah. She graduated from the University o f U tah w ith a degree in P o litical Science. & CAR TELEPHONES Marina Air Reserve Corporal Gregory Solas, of 6247 N.E. Killings- w orth. Portland. Ora., racalvaa diploma upon graduation from a tw o-w eek m ilitary pollca coursa given at Saddlaback Community College, Miaalon Viejo, Ca. Solas la attached to Marina Air Base Squadron-46, Detachment A, Whldbey Island, We., as a military po liceman. In civilian life ha works for Columbia-Edgewater Golf and Country Club. THE BEEPER PEOPLE. 7 1 3 S . W . 1 2 th S tre e t C a ll 2 2 4 - B E E P f o r a fr e e d e m o n s tr a tio n . July 20 - 31 The City of Portland is now accepting applications for OFFICERS Approximate monthly pay rate: $1648 starting $1856 after one year -— $2094 after three years $2349 after five years ¿a zW To qualify applicants must: - Be a high school graduate or have passed the GED eqivalency test - Have completed 90 quarter or 60 semester hours of liberal arts curriculum at an accredited college 01 university or must do so within 5 ’A years of appoint ment - Be at least 21>years of age by their date of employment - Be a U.S. citizen by the date of their employment - Possess a valid Oregon Driver's License - Not have been convicted of a crime, the punishment for which could have been imprisonment in a State or Federal Prison For further information contact: Portland Police Bureau-Personnel Division 222S. W. Pine Portland, Oregon 97204 Paul M a x e y (503) 248 5653 The City of Portland Civil Service Board 510 S W. Montgomery St., Portland, Oregon 97201 248 4352 for applications.
