Page 8 Section II Portland Observer, September 8,1982
Guardian Angels leader visits Portland
by Nathaniel Scott
Curtis Sliwa, founder/president
o f (he Guardian Angels in New
York City, will be in Portland on
Thursday and Friday, September 16
and 17, for two days o f meetings,
according to Michael A. Stoops, co-
founder o f Baloney Joe’s.
Stoops adds that Sliwa will have
private meetings with Sheriff Ed
Pierce and Chief Ron Still in addi
tion to some open forums.
Stoops said Sliwa will speak at
Lincoln High School and possibly
one or two other high schools in the
greater metropolitan area and, if
schedules permit, he will meet with
city and county commissioners.
In addition, a special meeting will
be held for those interested in be
coming Guardian Angels. Anyone
State offers
handicapped
program
The State Department o f Educa
tion is holding a series o f public
hearings to discuss plans for region
al programs for the education of
handicapped children — visually
impaired, hearing impaired, ortho-
pedically impaired and autistic.
The plan, as directed by the 1981
Legislature, is to ensure that all
handicapped children in Oregon, re
gardless o f the area o f the state in
which they live, w ill have access to
quality educational programs. Cur
rently there arc inequities based on
area o f residence, age, eligibility re
quirements, type o f disability, ser
vices available, funding and admin
istration.
Programs for handicapped chil
dren have grown haphazardly, ac
cording to needs and resources.
Currently only seven programs re
ceive federal, state and local money
— and they are located in Portland,
Eugene and Jackson County. Oth
ers receive only federal and local
money. In 1981 a mid-Oregon pro
gram was initiated to serve 19 coun
ties, but it is only for the visual and
hearing impaired.
The new plan is to ensure that ev
ery child whose handicap is within
one or more o f the four categories
will be provided educational ser
vices. Services must be available
from when the disability is diag
nosed until age 21 and can be pro
vided for parents o f children under
age 3.
Under the plan, if adopted by the
1983 Legislature, the State Depart
ment o f Education will divide the
state into six regions; will guarantee
access; will set standards, guide
lines, eligibility requirements; will
orovide evaluation; will guarantee
due process.
Students will remain the responsi
bility o f their local school districts.
The state will contract with local
school districts and educational ser
vice districts for administration o f
the programs which will include
budgeting, supervision, staff train
ing, monitoring and working with
local advisory committees. Where
possible, existing programs will be
used.
The plan includes a $17 million
budget request for the biennium
which includes $12 million from the
state general fund and $5 million on
federal funds. The estimated cost o f
the program is $24 million.
Iranian
students
demonstrate
On the occasion o f the 18th anni
versary o f the formation o f the Peo
ple’s Mojahedin Organization of
Iran, M.I.S.S., the Oregon chapter
will hold a picket-line and mock exe
cution on September 9 and 10, 1982,
at 11 a.m. These activities will be lo
cated in downtown Portland, in
front o f the Multnomah County L i
brary. They are meant to protest the
atrocities being committed by Kho
meini’s regime and to bring to the
attention o f the American people
that 20,000 people have been exe
cuted and that the lives of 30,000
political prisoners being held in
Khomeini’s jails are in danger.
The picket-line participants will
be urging the public to sign petitions
asking the United Nations to take
immediate steps to end the flagrant
violations of human rights in Iran.
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interested in becoming an Angel
should contact Stoops at 231-7138
or 238-0603 for additional informa
tion.
Stoops recently invited Sliwa to
Portland to look into the possibility
o f setting up a chapter o f the Angels
here. A t that time. Sliwa met with a
number o f city officials. Stoops
hopes that this visit w ill result in the
formation o f a chapter of the An
gels in Portland.
In a recent interview, Stoops said
his conception o f the first use of
such a group in Portland would be
“ along the Transit Mall and the
Burnside area.” He added that the
Angels would serve as a deterrent to
crime in the city and aid and assist
people who may need help who do
not require law enforcement.
The Guardian Angels, founded
and based in New York City, has
formed a number o f chapters
throughout the country and at leats
one in Canada.
Easy to identify by the beiets they
wear, the saying has it that the An
gels have been successful in reducing
the crime rate, particularly in the
area o f crimes against persons.
Stoops would not comment on
the likelihood o f a chapter being
formed here, but he did say he is op
timistic and he advises those who
are interested in seeing the city be
come a safe place to live and work
to attend the forums that are being
formed.
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NEW SPEED EQUIPMENT?
As you must've heard by now,
Tri-Met mechanics have installed some
very special equipment on all 650
Tri-Met buses.
Equipment like you’ll find on no
other buses in America. Only in Europe
Equipment that treats riders
like adults, giving them a little re
sponsibility and considerable benefits.
SELF-SERVICE
MEANS SPEEDIER SERVICE.
Is this some kind of turbo
charger for the engine or exotic
new suspension for flatter
cornering?
Uh, not quite. What it is, is self-
service fare equipment.
Namely, a ticket Validator and
a ticket Dispenser. If this sounds a
bit anti-climactic, press on. The
gtxxl part is yet
to come.
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HANDY NEW 10-RIDE
SPEEDING TICKETS.
What these new machines do
is let the rider concentrate on ticketing,
and the driver concentrate on driving.
For example, instead of a ticket
book, you can buy 10-Ride Tickets.
Each one is handy to carry and gtxxl for
ten rides. Just walk on the bus and stick it
in the Validator. Whap, bam! It’s auto
matically “punched” and imprinted with
date, time and zone.
If you transfer buses,
this validated ticket is your
transfer. No need to get a
special slip and no need to
board the front door of the
second bus.
CASH FARES AND PASSES
.MOVE FASTER TOO.
But how can you board
the rear doors you ask?
Same way you’ve been
boarding the front doors all
these years. One step at a time. Because
now all our buses have doors that open
front and rear for boarding.
Which means passholders can board
back there too. That’s right, no need to
show the driver your pass!
As for cash-paying custom ers, they
must still board the bus up front, tell the
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driver their destination (or what zone
they are traveling to), and drop the exact
amount into the farebox. He’ll punch a
button and the ticket Dispenser will issue
a single ride ticket
complete with date,
time and zone.
(This, too, doubles
as a transfer.)
ENTER THE FARE
INSPECTOR.
So who’s going
to check and make
sure everyone’s
keeping honest?
Fare In
spectors. They’ll
be boarding buses at random,
frequently, to check for "Proof of
Diyment.’’ Those who don’t
have it won’t be thrown in solitary
confinement, but they could be
tabbed for a $20 surcharge fare.
NEW DIRECT ROUTES MAKE
OUR BUSES EVEN FASTER.
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Besides these major im-
provements in the buses, we’ve
made some equally major im
provements in our routes. Especially
east of the river and in the north and
northwest areas.
More buses, more service, more
direct routes. So at last you can travel
straight across town without ever going
downtown. If you wish.
TAKE A FREE
SPEED RIDING COURSE.
Does all of this mean riding the bus
is going to be difficult? No. Just different.
In fact, once everybtxly gets the hang qf
it, these really will be the fastest buses in
the country. Not only in boarding, but
eventually in traveling time; because we’ll
be able to cut minutes off many routes.
To make it all happen, of course,
each rider needs to know his or her own
zones, routes, tickets, etc.
The best way to get all the nitty
gritty information is to send for our free
Speed Riding Manual. Just clip the
coupon below and mail it in. Fast.
That way, when you climb aboard
he bus, you’ll already be up to speed.
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PORTLAND HAS AMERICA’S FASTEST R O S E S I
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