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Portland Observer, August 31, 1963 Page 5 From The Boardroom by Gladys M cC oy M ultnom ah County and the City o f Portland are co-owners o f the 53.3 million dollar Justice Center building being constructed on the downtown block between M ain and Madison Streets and Second and Third Avenues. W ork began on the site in 1980 and will be completed by the end o f 1983. The building has sixteen floors above ground and will rise to about the same height as the Federal Office Building across Madison Street to the south. The building has a total o f 472,038 square feet. The building will be one of the first downtown highrise buildings to conform to the new life safety (fire) code requirements and the 1980 handicapped accessibility require ments. The Downtown Detention Center (D D C ) occupies floors I through 10, with parts of the lobby floor shared with retail space. SCISSORS - HAIRDESICN STUDIO M ultnom ah Countv Commissioner I he remaining eight floors will be the next home of the Portland Police Bureau, replacing Central Precinct, the State Crim e Laboratory, and other bureau offices presently locat ed at the Second and Oak Street building. The D D C is a multi-purpose cor rectional facility with appropriately designed spaces for all typical cor rectional functions except long-term incarceration o f sentenced felons M ultnom ah County intends to oper ate the D D C as an •‘accredited” adult local detention facility under standards o f the American Correc tional Association's Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. It will be such a vast improvement over existing facilities that compari sons are not useful. The facility's rated capacity of 430 is comprised o f 384 general and 46 special housing rooms designed for individual occupancy Most are in pre-sentenced status or awaiting judicial action. The remainder will be holds and sentenced prisoners. The average length o f stay for those not released prior to sentencing is expected to be about 90 days. Prisoners in general housing will spend most o f their time in the hous ing module which includes cells, dayroom, dining, library, and multi-purpose space Prisoners will be transported to outdoor and in door recreation, learning centers, and the main visiting area located on other floors. Each floor has ac commodations for the handicapped. Each floor has, in addition to the housing modules: a sick call room, program office, attorney visiting rooms, one large and two small severies. the floor control office, two staff toilets, laundry rooms, janitor storage room and service area. A T-shaped hallway in the center provides efficient circulation. The fourth floor is designed for those who cannot, or should not be placed in general housing for any o f several reasons: medical problems, psychiatric problems, extreme or problematic behavior, protective custody or other special require ments. The third floor in the Justice Center will expand court space, im prove security and consolidate serv ices for greater efficiency. A courts holding area, four courtrooms and associated space, court services and corrections administration will be housed on the third floor. This multi-purpose Justice Center will be completed in October with a move in o f November I . 1983. How - ever, there will be an open house Permanent Waves R«0 •45“ Now '25°° Curls Reg *50“ Now *25°° Including Cut and Style X/ Designer - Joyce Benbo 2733 N.E. Broadway • 288-5438 With this coupon only • Expiration date September 10, 1983 DR. BRADY’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR SAVING TEETH before that. Do watch for it because you will want to see the "Slate of the A r t" in jails. FOR FAMILY DENTISTRYAT LOWER COSTS Hunger: The global food equation by Franz Schurmann Food is again in the news. Presi dent Reagan has discovered hunger in America. Crop damage in the scorched midwest may send food prices up this fall. And the disas trous drought in the southern hemis phere means people there will have to rely heavily on food imports, es pecially from the United States. These current news items point to two stark aspects o f the world food situation - thre is not enough o f it, and it is getting more expensive. Though world food output has improved over the last few years, food remains scarce for many people. This scarcity can be traced to a 200-year old process, the one way migration o f people from farms and villages to cities. In most o f the world, rural food production has not kept up with city population growth. Food is now becoming expensive because modern agriculture consumes a lot o f energy -- and energy costs have gone way up. For the four billion plus humans o f this world, this means one o f two things: either most o f us eat well enough while a small number starve to death, or most o f us eat well, with malnutrition in various forms spread over the w orld. A ll signs indicate the latter course. Famines in which millions died used to occur frequently in countries with vast populations like China and India. Today, outright starvation is non-existent in China and rare in India. And while many in Africa today face fam ine, few will die as modern distribution systems have made it possible to rush food to threatened regions. So we are spared ihe sight of starvation-shriveled corpses. Yet m alnutrition remains. We recognize it immediately when we see photographs o f children with distended bellies. But nutritionists tell us much m alnutrition is invisible - a condition as vague, yet real, as “ illness.” And experts debate whether people in poor countries need more calories or more protein for healthy development. But we do know something o f the world's food producing capabilities. Over the last two dcnturies, we have moved from subsistence agriculture to greatly expanded grain production to - starting in the U.S. in the 1900s - growing vast amounts o f forage crops for livestock. Today, U .S. agriculture is mostly geared to the production o f hugh amounts o f grains and meats. Some 40 per cent o f that output is exported. But Americans, and other "advanced" peoples, are now going though another dietary revolution. We are learning to avoid starches and fat and cholestorol, and moving to a stress on natural foods and greens. I f this trend continues, if we consume more and more from rejuvenated local farms that produce vegetable and specialty crops, U.S. agriculture will exist increasingly to serve people abroad. But serving the world has not served the U.S. farmer that well. Overproduction has reduced farm income, and rising costs of operation have put farmers deep in debt. The glut could be reduced if other nations bought more food — but with the dollar at an all-tim e high, and the world still struggling to get out o f the 1981-1983 recession, food-short countries must buy only what they must — particularly the poorer countries. The developed nations - mainly Japan, the U .S .S .R ., China — are better customers But political factors, especially with the Soviets, have cut down purchases in the past, and farmers worry they could do so again in the future. There is no short-term solution to this dilemma. 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S.W 3rd 4 Yamhill Downtown-PORTLAND SALEM 110’ i Commercial N E 581 8699 228-7545 S tre e t B eat b y L e n ita D u k a a n d R ic h a rd B r o w n .The 1983 March on Washington is. now history. The Street Beat team asked some segments o f Portland's Black population, " I n the long run, how significant do you think the march was in achieving the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King?" Japan visits reserved for whites by Nathaniel Scott Portland, Oregon and Sapporo, Japan are sister cities; there was an accord signed to that effect on N o vember 17, 1959. For the past six years there has been a youth “ Sister C ity ” program. Portland's youth program provides an opportunity for Portland public school students on an alternate year basis, to visit Sapporo, Japan. The first year the program was in effect it was for high schoolers only. The second and third years, eligibili ty was extended to the middle schools. School participation in the program is at the discretion o f the principal. Likewise, the criterion and the process by which the chil dren arc selected, which is sup posedly a competitive endeavor, varies from school to school. The only uniform ity seems to be the de fraying o f the cost. The school dis trict and the City o f Portland each pay one third o f the students' cost. During the Goldschmidt administra tion, when the youth program was incorporated into the "Sister C ity " agenda, a stipend-fund o f $40,000 was set aside by the C ity Council for that purpose. Each year a City Council person goes with the stu dents: Charles Jordan in '79; M ike Lindberg in *81; and Margaret Strachan in '83. Their expenses were paid by the City. The school dis trict’s cost varies. This year, for example, two school officials, deemed co-leaders, had half o f their expenses paid by the Portland School District. The school district and the City said their estimated ex penses for the three trips equaled $75.000. $30,000 and $45,000, re spectively. These things may or may not be questionable, depending on which •' . ¡ ' 'M r side o f the fence the observer is on (during these times o f economic cuts and "b itin g the b u lle t.") But the Rose City's lack o f color in the dele gates who have spanned the Pacific certainly is questionable. Sixty plus children have gone to the "Sister C ity ,” and o f that number, one was Black. Blacks comprise 15 percent o f the school population, and mino rities in general are 27 percent. Yet, not one Native American, not one Hispanic, and until this year, not one Asian had made the trip. Two Japanese Americans went on the 1983 trip. Ron Herndon, Co-Chairm an of the Black United Front, said, "They (school and city officials) should be aware that there is a sizable Black population in Portland and that population should be represented in the C ity ." Adding that since City money is being used, “ That oppor tunity should be given to the Black children.” School District Assistant Superin tendent Edwin Schneider said, " I t is desirable to have m inority represen tation in any program " in which the district is involved He added. "W e will try to bring some racial bal ance.” And therein lies a problem o f monumental consequences. Maureen Yandle, assistant to the mayor, was at the airport when the delegation arrived home from Japan. She said, " I t (was) an excit ing thing because these kids came back partly Japanese ” Leroy Patton, administrative spe cialist for the school district’s dis trict-wide programs, explained the lack of participation o f minority students in this cultural experience. "M ino rities, by and large, do not enroll in foreign language pro grams.” Consequently, he said, mi nority students do not associate with people in those programs and they are not "m ade aware" o f (he value o f culture awareness. "Since we have been busing kids.” he said, "there has never been a major effort to integrate kids into those programs. In some cases "kids don't know those programs exist." The selection process does not en courage minority participation. In terested students must write a brief statement on why they want to par ticipate and have a teacher's recom mendation. The district requires delegates and alternates to take a six-month, three hour per week course in Japanese and to attend workshops about cul ture and problem solving. Many members of Portland’s minority communities believe a belter process should be devised in order to more equitably reflect a di verse student population. Ron Herndon said, " I t doesn't surprise me that the Black people are not involved that reflects the racism in this c ity ." Jeray Bell Aaslatent Manager " I think it was. We are able to work together and things like that march brought a lot of people together. People in my day and age are able to get along better. When I have chil dren I want (hem to be in an en vironment where people can get together and have a good time. SBA funding creates jobs M ore than 1100 small business jobs have been created or maintained in three northwestern states during the first six months of 1983 under a special SBA guaranty loan program according to SBA Regional Adm inistrator Stephen J. H all. Thirty-tw o project loans were approved impacting 1188 jobs in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The projects are funded under the SBA's Certified Development Company Program, called the "503 program ". VO N /H • » « e . Sandra Ja'Bell O w ner of Beauty Shop " I n the long run, it will get people united. We are going to come together and respect each o ther." Paul Rivera Student " I t will never be the same. People are not as interested in civil rights now as they were then." Judy Proctor Shipyard W orker Rebecca Danaby Claims "People now doesn't seem to have a purpose of goals as they had then. I just hope the long term effects are positive." " I think things are better now than they were People can go apply for jobs now without feel ing uptight. Marches help let people know who we are and what we are concerned ab o ut." i f f ’* Tam m i Bell Student “ I believe that the march will help us later on when we need help. Il will help with getting a job , education and more money.”
