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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.
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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