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a rs it y. Christmas Around The W orld Peyton Award Page7 B lack/black crime Page 2 Cooper paces Blazers Page 9 ■M MBM M M M Ui tU HMM PORTLAND OBSERVER December 15. 1982 Volume XIII, Number 10 25C Per Copy Three Sections USPS 959-680-855 Ivancie gives police to Schw ab P o rtla n d M a y o r F ra n k Iva n c ie announced T uesd ay th at he is tu rn in g the Po lice Bureau over to Commissioner M ildred Schwab. Ivancie said he is releasing the b u reau to d evo te fu ll tim e to developing jobs for unemployed city residents. When asked by a reporter if the move was politically m otivat ed, Ivancie said the question was in appropriate. However, a commonly held o pin io n is th at Ivancie is u n loading a political "trick bag.” Iva n c ie to o k the Bureau fro m Commissioner Charles Jordan fo l low ing J o rd an 's dism issal o f tw o police officers who had thrown op- posums in fro n t o f a black-ow ned business. The Burger Barn. The Po lice U n io n , a strong p o litic a l sup porter o f Ivancie, held a n o -c o n fi dence vote on Jordan. A t the same time revelations were being made re gard ing police c rim in a l a c tiv ity , drug d e a lin g , p la n tin g drugs and falsely o btain ing search w arrants. One such falsification resumed in the shooting death o f a police o ffic e r, David Crowther. Iva n c ie nam ed a new P o lic e C h ie f, Ron S till, and regularly an- POLICE COMMISSIONER SCHWAB nounced that police m orale and e f fectiveness had improved. However, Portland continued to climb higher on the F B I crime statistics. Ivancie responded w ith a " w a r on crim e” directed at petty thefts, harassment and vagrancy in the downtown area. His proposed ordinances were called unconstitutional by civil libertarians and the City Attorney. A continuous series o f lawsuits have been filed charging abuse, dis crimination and denial o f civil rights by police officers. The City has set tled a number o f these cases out o f c o u rt, in c lu d in g a 1 6 9 ,0 0 0 se ttle ment to Vernon Powe, owner o f the Burger Barn. Commissioner Schwab w ill have the Police Bureau as well as the Fire B u reau , Em ergency Services and Planning. This is the first time that F ire and P o lic e , b oth m a jo r b u reaus, have been under one commis sioner. Ivancie said he will devote his a t te n tio n to creatin g job s fo r u n em ployed P o rtlan d ers. In light o f the passage o f legislation requiring that city employees live in (he city (referred to the voters by the C ity C o u n c il). Ivancie may have some success. His previous experience in jo b developm ent includes creating an office of economic development, then disbanding it before it could complete its plan targeting N o rth east Portland Hazel Hays wins N AACP election H a ze l G . H a ys won a lan dslid e victory over Bernard Richardson in the N A A C P , P o rtla n d B ranch's election for president. Mrs. Hays w ill take office in Jan u ary. C u rre n t president Lucious Hicks IV did not seek re-election. M s. Hays has pledged to return the branch to leadership in the civil rights struggle. A d d itio n a l o ffic e rs are: G eri W a rd , firs t vice president; Isaac Payne, second vice president; Sher- Senior citizen Christmas planned Seniors and handicapped persons o f the near Northeast are invited to the A n n u a l A lb in a C h ristm as Dinner and P arty to be held W ed nesday. Decem ber 2 2 , 1982 fro m 11:30 a m. to 2:00 p.m . at the M att D ishm an C o m m u n ity C e n te r, 77 N .E . Knott Street. T he d in n e r, a tra d itio n since 1969, has been a volunteer com m u nity service p ro ject o f the A lb in a H u m a n Resources A d u lt F a m ily Services s ta ff under the leadership o f M rs . J u a n ita W oods and M rs . Josephine G a n t. Its broad com m u nity support has enabled nearly 400 persons to enjoy the dinner and pro gram each year. Due to extrem ely heavy w o rklo a d s , the A lb in a H u man Resource Center s ta ff v o lu n teers were unable to carry out the p ro je c t. T h e y ap proached the Northeast D istrict A dvisory C o m mittee of the Area Agency on Aging who agreed to sponsor the project. The District A dvisory C o m m ittee, the m ajority o f whom are senior ci tizens. is responsible fo r recom m end ing , m o n ito rin g , and ev alu atin g the program s and ser vices o f the U rb a n League Senior Adult Service Center and communi cates the needs and interests of near Northeast senior residents. M r. Jim Tufts is District Advisory C o m m it tee Chairman. (Please turn to page 5 column J) rian E. H agg ar-W arren , secretary; C .C . McCorvey, treasurer. Members elected to the executive b oard are: C a rrie C a n n o n , U .P . Cannon, Ainslee Vicker-C lark, Jan et C le m m e r, Kenneth C . D ixs o n , L .C . Ellison, Bobbi L. G a ry , John F. H e flin , Lorna J. M arp le, O ra L. Lunley, Bobbie Nunn, Dr. Clarence O . P ruitt, Harvey L. Rice, H arry C. W a rd , G a il E. W a s h in g to n , and Betty L. W hite. Retiring from his position as trea surer after many years o f service is L .C . E llison. Ellison w ill continue to serve on the Executive Board. " I look forward to appointing ap p ro p ria te com m ittees and getting the branch involved actively, letting people know w e’ re back in busi ness,” Mrs. Hays told the Observer. "O ne o f the first things I'd like to do is have a good church committee — to work closely with the churches. " A ls o , we w ill concentrate hard on memberships. M em bers are the lifeblood of the N A A C P .” Students from Holladay Cantar visit Santa Claus. (Photo: Richard Brown) Nero wins performance award Nero and Associates, Inc., a Port lan d , O regon-based m anagem ent consulting firm , was presented with an award for Outstanding Perform ance by the United States A ir Force in re co g n itio n o f the c o m p a n y ’ s work over the past two years provid ing operating and maintenance ser vices at A F Plant 42 in Palmdale. N ero and Associates is a w holly m in ority-ow n ed firm , certified by the Small Business A dm inistration as a Section 8(a) co n tractor under provisions o f P u blic Law 95-507. T he 8(a) P ro g ram , named a fte r a section o f the Sm all Business A c t, allow s the SBA to serve as prim e c o n tra c to r fo r fe d e ra l goods and services purchased by federal agen cies. The Act provides that the SBA, in turn, may subcontract the federal w ork to sm all firm s owned by so cially and econom ically disadvan taged persons. T h e firs t year con tract award to Nero and Associates am ou n ted to a p p ro x im a te ly $4 .7 m illion and was extended for a sec ond year in the amount o f $6.3 m il lion. This presentation is believed to be the first such award to a m in ority- i owned sm all business fo r m an agement o f a facility o f the size of A ir Force Plant 42. The award was received by D a v id M . N e ro , J r ., C h ief Executive O ffic e r, on behalf o f N e ro and Associates, fro m C o lon el James W a ite , D epu ty for C o n tra c tin g and M a n u fa c tu rin g . A e ro n a u tic a l Systems D iv is io n , W rig h t-P atterso n A ir Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. N ero and Associates, In c ., was originally awarded the A F Plant 42 contract beginning January I , 1981. The A ir Force has exercised the third and fin a l option fo r the one- year period beginning January I , 1983. Approxim ately 150 full-tim e employees o f the com pany are en gaged in p erfo rm in g the required services. A c co rd in g to M r . H a ll, N e ro and Associates has d em o n strated the value o f the SB A 8(a) Program designed to assist small m i nority firm s in entering the highly co m p e titiv e fed eral co n tractin g market. Their outstanding perform ance during the past two years under the A F contract provides clear evi dence that socially disadvantaged Firms can produce with effective re sults when given the opportunity to participate. N e ro and Associates provides operation and maintenance o f all fa c ilitie s and eq u ip m en t on the A ir Force installatio n except those be longing to the tenant contractors. These services also include procure ment o f m aterials and supplies re quired to perform the maintenance and operational services as well as design, aw ard and supervision o f C a p ita l-T y p e R e h a b ilita tio n p ro jects. The staff at Plant 42 provides fire p ro tectio n and crash rescue; maintenance o f buildings and struc tures, grounds, pavem ents, ru n ways, taxiways, various mechanical and electrical systems, and mainten ance o f vehicles including firefig ht ing vehicles and equipm ent. O ther duties include procurement and sup ply; accounting and Finance, sewage and water facilities; plant security; civil, mechanical and electrical en gineering; contract adm inistration and management; plant publication library; and plant management and adm inistration. Logistics, schedul ing and coordination o f day-to-day and long-term activities are also part o f the contract. DAVID NERO
