Portland Observer, September 14, 1983 Page 3
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Jim Gardner, candidate for nomination to Secretary of Stata
(right), taika with Stata Chairman Dick Calai.
State Democrats support 'sales tax ban'
S E A S ID E — The Democratic
Party o f Oregon State Central Com
mittee meeting Sunday. Sept. I I
adopted a resolution calling for a
Homestead Property Tax Exemp
tion and Sales Tax Ban initiative
petition in the event the special legis
lative session fails to propose a
property tax relief plan. The spon
sors o f the resolution were Dave
McTeague. Democratic National
Committeeperson and Sen. W alt
Brown, both o f M ilw aukie.
The resolution is as follows:
" I n accordance with existing and
adopted Democratic Party o f Ore
gon Legislative Priorities, we ask
the Democratic members o f the
Legislative Revenue Committees to
introduce a proposed constitutional
amendment establishing a Hom e
stead Property Tax Exemption
funded by income tax reforms,
based on the Hendrickson/ H ostica
concept, and prohibiting a general
sales tax to finance any state expen
ditures.
Further, we ask the Democratic
members o f the Oregon Legislature
to reject any proposal for a state
sales tax in accordance with existing
and adopted Democratic Party of
Oregon Legislative Priorities. In
stead, we urge our Democratic Leg
islators to vigorously support the
Homestead Property Tax Exemp
tion as the best solution for much-
needed property tax relief for O re
gonians.
Further be it resolved, that in the
event the Legislature fails to present
and adopt a property tax relief plan
(excluding, o f course, the sales tax),
the Democratic Party o f Oregon
agrees to cosponsor a Homestead
Property Tax Exemption and Sales
Tax Ban initiative petition in con
junction with organised labor,
Oregon State Tenants Assn , the
United Seniors, Oray Panthers.
Oregon
State Grange, Oregon
Farmers Union, and other progres
sive organizations that support the
Homestead Exemption and oppose
the sales ta x ."
The Homestead Property Tax
Exemption proposal being consid
ered calls for a $20,000 exemption
on homeowner occupied homes with
equivalent renters relief. As Sen.
Margie Hendrickson pointed out
during the Central Committee de
bate. her income tax reform propos-
al funding mechanism could actual
ly reduce income taxes for two-
thirds o f Oregonians by recapturing
funds from the Reagan administra
tion's upper income tax breaks.
The J.C . Napier Aw ard is the
League's highest award for a gov
ernment official.
Governor Spellman drafted and
requested a bill in the last session o f
the Legislature that created the new
noted that the largest stale contract
to have been awarded since the pass
ing o f the law and the creation of
the office (Clallam Bay Prison) was
granted to “ the only firm that met
the new M W B E requirements."
state M W B E office, which enforces
the law's provisions requiring a
share o f state goods and services
contracts be awarded to women or
minority businesses.
in remarks preceding the presen
tation o f the award, the governor
He also had special praise for
M W B E O ffice Director Carolyn V.
Patton for her "speedy and effec
tive action" in implementing the
new law in time for the Clallam Bay
project. Director Patton reports di
rectly to the governor.
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Barbering option for mother
by Nathaniel Scott
Edwins Arceneaux, the mother of
two boys, ages IS and nine, became
the second Black woman to gradu
ate from M oler Barber College in
the past 20 years, manager/owner
Gordon Scarbrough said. Moler
Barber College, 5 1S SW Third Ave
nue, is the only barber college in
Portland.
The college opened in 1910, he
said. The original site was on Burn
side. But in I9SS, they moved to
their present location.
A fter attending the college in
I9S4, Scarbrough returned some
four years ago and bought the busi
ness. " I came back to haunt my
self," he said, with a wide grin.
Scarbrough contends there has al
ways been a demand for M oler stu
dents. Adding that even during this
recession/depression, M oler's nine-
month classroom and floor-work
program has been placing students
in professional positions. Neverthe
less. he pointed out, acquiring a bar
bering position upon graduation, is
not a guarantee. " W e place gradu
ates, but we can't guarantee a job to
anybody," he said. " W e have al
ways had jobs to send our people
out on.”
The cost o f the nine-month pro
gram, including tools, is $2,630,
Scarbrough said. They teach every
thing related to barbering except
manicuring and facials.
Their clientele, he said, include
diamond broken, attorneys, doctors,
and at least two Black men who
have been coming in for 30 years
plus. The price o f a haircut, in these
highly inflated times, is $3. A style
cut. including a wash and blow dry,
is $6.
The student gets a well-rounded
education in hair care, he said,
adding that Arceneaux was one of
the finest people to ever graduate
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In a preferential poll o f potential
candidates for president, W alter
Mondale was first with 73, followed
by John Glenn with 50. Jesse
Jackson was in the middle o f the
pack with 10.
Spellman receives NBL award
Washington Governor John Spell
man was presented the highest rec
ognition awarded by the National
Business League, a minority busi
ness and economic development
group formed in 1900 by Booker T .
Washington.
The N B L ’s " J .C . Napier Govern
ment M an o f the Year A w a rd " was
presented to the governor in recog
nition o f his sponsorship and imple
mentation o f the state's new M in o ri
ty and W om en’s Business Enterprise
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from M oler. She, too, was excited
about her graduation, claiming,
"th e experience was exciting" and
vowing to continue learning . .and
"better m yself."
Arceneaux, who plans to begin
her new career at Whips A Waves
(1314 N E Dckum) on September 13,
brings to the world o f barberism,
wit, charm, and a desire to learn.
" I like men and money, that’s
why I chose to be a b arb er," is how
she explained her interest in shears
and scissors.
" I am not into soap operas. M ay
be a little gossip: but no soap," is
what forced her to seek employment
to fill the void o f loneliness.
“ I am a barber stylist," she
claims, noting that " e v e r/ Black
person has a different texture of
h air.” Adding that the main d iffe r
ence between a Black person's hair
and a white person's hair is, "Black
people's hair is curly and whites
have straight h a ir."
" I like to work with people; espe
cially Black people," she said.
"Y o u learn something every d a y ."
Adding with the ghost o f a smile:
Each person has a different story
to te ll." Which is a fitting introduc
tion to another story, one that was
narrated by Gordon Scarbrough:
"Years ago, when we sent out our
laundry, the bundles would be re
turned wrapped in paper and tied
with string. Someone (at M oler)
started saving the string; rolling and
wrapping the pieces into a b a ll."
Over the course o f years, "Believe it
or N o t" said the ball grew to an esti
mated 2,000 pounds and measures
approximately 60 miles. Believe it or
not, the ball o f string hangs in the
window o f M oler's Barber College.
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