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r »■H U I Portland Observer, March 27, 1985, Page 3 Cascade N aturopathic Clinic METROPOLITAN 819 N. Killingsworth presents Free, Inform ative Talks • Open to the Public DATE Neighborhood shows concern about new gas station, store by l.anilu Duke The 50th Anniversary of Robert and Essie Wood was held at the Holiday Inn Airport Thirty nine relatives were in attendance along with over 200 friends A song written by Mr Robert James Wood was sung by Harold Giffin, entitled. "Ear Away in the Blue " It was a festive occasion. (Photo Robert J. Brown) Special Coupon NEW STYLIST M arch Coupon Special $E00 COUPON Manager Stylist Sharon Jerry Duckett, Stylist • Terry, Stylist No Check* CURLS *30°° Reg $35 00 Relaxers Perm $20.00 I JANAE HAIRSTYLE 4711 N. Interstate 249-8440 GRASSROOT NEWS. N W. — The prospect o f another convenience store operated by ARCO, an Atlantic Richfield company, is not welcomed by the Eliot Neighborhood Associa tion or existing businesses in the area. James Valentini, a real estate de veloper for Atlantic Richfield, said the intersection o f Union and Fre mont was, " A hell o f a location. The access is g ixxl and the strip needs economic development We are w ill ing to take the risk o f going in to change the area and encourage other businesses to move in .” Valentini said the site would have two gas pumps and a 24-hour conven ience store Peggy Rush-Williams, co-owner o f the Gingerbread Book store, welcomed the idea o f a gas station but said it would serve the community better if it was full service. Williams and other members from the Eliot Neighborhood Association agreed that the area did not need another liquor outlet. "W e have five liquor outlets w ithin five blocks o f one another. The area is saturated,” she noted. Williams also expressed a concern about the existing businesses to com pete with a large multi-national cor poration. "A R C O w ill compete with a city project — Union Square — which does not need competition from a major corporation, especially in the convenience store category,” she added Valentini said businesses in the area were afraid o f competition. “ Let the marketplace dictate where gas and food stores are located. I t ’s an unfair assumption to say we will lower our prices just to drive out competi tion.” Larry Wilson, proprietor o f Con venient Food Mart in Union Square, said he was not alraid o f competition, but that ARCO had a history ol being Urban League announces finalists The search committee o f the Port land Urban League has announced the following finalists for the position o f president o f the Portland Urban League. The finalists in alphabetical order arc: Leonard Benton, Chief Executive Officer o f the Oklahoma City Urban League, Herb Cawthorne, City o f Portland, and Lawrence Lakey, Chief Executive Officer o f the Tulsa Urban League. The three candidates w ill be inter viewed in Portland w ithin the next two weeks. Any questions concerning the search should be referred to l.inda Rasmussen, 238-6666. M ath festival slated Thirty-six high schools and .30 mid die schtxtls in the Portland Com m un ity College district have been invited to participate in the college's fifth annual Math Festival slated for Sat urday, A pril 27 at the PCC Sylvania Campus. The festival begins at 8:30 a.m with a contest involving five cate- goris: Open, algrebra II, geometry, algebra I and non-algebra. Contest will be structured in the manner o f the state contest, and the top 10 per cent from each contest category will be invited to the State Math Compe lition scheduled for May 11 at Oregon State University. The festival is being organized by PCC mathematics instructors Sue O ’ Rielly and Kathy Butts-Bernunzio. For further inform ation contact them at PCC. 244 6 1 I I . Alumni dinner set The Girls Poly James Monroe Alum ni Association w ill hold their annual reunion, A p ril I, 1985, at the Elks Temple Lodge, 1515 S.W M o r rison St.. Portland. Oregon. Registration w ill be between 6 - 7 p m ., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. A ll former students and graduates are in vited. For inform ation, please call Iris Fry, 252-4708, or Beverly Michael. 774-5259. Please do not call Elks Lodge for inform ation. insensitive to the needs o f communi ties. "L o o k at the ARCO on Ains worth and Albina. There arc bars all around, their gas prices are higher and in the summer an armed guard lets people come in three at a time. It has done nothing for this community other than bring in minimum wage jobs while taking money o u t.” Wilson added that he was con cerned with community employment offered by ARCO. ARC O told the neighborhood association they would hire from the community. Valentini said, "W e do not have trained people in the area now. But they can move from gas attendants, to cashiers and maybe managers. ARC O does not want to create an image o f a big bully, but they also do not want their prop erty to lose value. We are taking a risk.” On March 26. the Eliot Neighbor- hixxj Board drafted a list o f concerns and expectations for ARC O to meet: — I Recruit and tram all positions from the immediate area. —2. Employ a litter patrol. — 3 Have the building design re flect the historical contributions o f the area. —4. Implement a full-service gas station. —5. Invest profits from site into the community. —6. Keep prices competitive with area. —7. Restrict liquor sales and rot- gut wine The association stopped short o f advocating a boycott if their concerns fell on dcat ears at ARCO. However, strategies are currently being developed to combat corporate arrogance and to prevent their neighborhixxl from turning into a commercial concen tration camp ARCO is expected to go before City Council for liquor license approval within the next two weeks. APRIL SCHEDULE Apuli 7 30pm kllro Io Whokalcc Hsakny April 15. 7 30pm 'Intro to WholntK. Heaimy Apr« 4. 7 30pm What rs Naturopathy? ' Apri 18. tX p m What is NaiuropathyZ LOCATION Presentation! wiM ba hatd at iha Casc aci« Clime 81$ N Kllllngawortti ’ h u » talks ama ria held al ih» North Portland Pubke Icbrary 512 N Kllhngaworth Ground Beef *4 3 9 LESS than 20% FAT TO I R S CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES and AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO KNOW OF ILLEGAL ACTIONS ON THE PART OF THE IRS 1 K I I O O M N e w s lo u r n .il s re c e n t t am p a ig n a s k in g c u r r e n t a n d f o r m e r em p lo yees o f th e IKS to to m e f o r w a r d and be in te rv ie w e d has b ro u g h t a tre m e n d o u s response In f.n t. th e i a m p a ig n has been so successful th a t a c o a litio n o f IRS w h is tle b lo w e rs has re c e n tly been fo rm e d , in d u d m g n o t o n ly c u r r e n t and fo r m e r e m p lo ye e s w h o k n o w o f abuses w ith in th e agent y, b u t all citiz e n s and g ro u p s w h o feel th a t th e IRS is ab u sin g th e rig h ts o f A m e rica n s O v e r the past 17 years. F R E E D O M N e w s lo u r n a l has gained n a tio n a l re c o g n i lio n fo r its e xclu sive exposes o f IRS abu sive and ille g a l a c tiv itie s Based on in te rv ie w s w it h IRS ag en ts and em p lo yees, and taxp ayers, and in fo r m a tio n fr o m in te rn a l IRS d o c u m e n ts (som e rece ive d a n o n y m o u s ly ) th a t d e ta il the agency s sec ret polic les, f Rf F IX ) M has fo u n d tha t • I he IRS w o u ld n o t s e ttle tax d isp u te s acco rding Io its m an ua ls, if "acceptance o f an o tte r o f c o m p ro m is e w o u ld re s u lt in u n fa v o ra b le p u b lic ity due to th e n o to r ie ty o f th e ta xp a ye r, even th o u g h th e g ro u n d s f o r acceptance o f th e o f f e r m ig h t w e ll be c o m p le te ly valid. • T he IRs w o u Id pa v in d iv id u a l jo u r n a lis ts " up to 150 per cen t o f th e ir n o rm a l salaries to p la n t six to 1 2 p ro IKS s to rie s a year in va rio u s p u b lic a tio n s . • I he IKS abused and harassed its o w n em ployees and forced th e m e ith e r to lease o r s u b m it to in t o le r a b le w o r k in g c o n d itio n « . • In at least one in sta nce , a fte r an em p lo yee le ft, the IKS m o u n te d a v ic io u s sm ear cam paign ag ainst her to d is c re d it her a n d m in im iz e the c hances to i e x p o s u re o f agenc v c rimes • I he IRS dilectecJ its em p lo yees in a sec re t m a n u a l sup p le m e n t to c o n s id c i sue h th in g s as re q u e sts th a t re fu n d checks be m a ile d to Tost L Mtic e box or ( ,ener al I Jeliv e ry addresses in c lu s io n o f an in care of p ro v is io n in th e address o r n o ta tio n s th a t th e ta x p a y e r s o ccu p a tio n was an o ffic e m a n a g e r o r bookkeeper as red fla g g e d in d ic a to rs th a t the taxp ayer s h o u ld be in v e s tig a te d to r lac fra u d • I in IRs .In c , ted its agents to go on w h a t one fo rm e r agent de scrib ed as tish m g e x p e d itio n s a u d itin g th e books o f such businesses as tu r n e r s , te w e le rs. ant iq lie shops, tra v e l agenc les and in te r tor dec or a to r s to lc»c ate nam es o f c ust rim e rs to be ta rg e te d fo r in v e s tig a tio n 1R I I D O M th e in d e p e n d e n t lo u rn a l p u b lis h e d by th e ( hurc fi o f St le n to lo g v , is in te re s te d in in te r v ie w in g a n y o n e w ith in fo r m a tio n on ille g a l and d is c r im in a to r y IRS po licies and practices o r evide nce ot h a r.issive and th re a te n in g m easures ta ke n by th e IRS ag ainst I.IC pavers I R| I D O M is p a rt ic u la r ly in te re s te d in in te r v ie w in g c ur re n t o r fo r m e r IRS em p lo yees w h o have w o rk e d in th e ( rim in a l In v e s tig a tio n D i v is io n or th e I m plove e Plans and I x e m p t O rg a n iz a tio n s D iv is io n If you have k n o w le d g e ot u n c o n s titu tio n a l ac Is o r vio la tu rn s o t the law c o m m it le d by th e IRS a g a in st taxpav er s. g r o u p s or ev en th e ir ow n e m p lo yees and vou teel it is tim e to r these acts to be exposed, and o u r tax system ov er h a u le d and t ur ned in to an ec,tillab le one c ontac t FHJiEDOM 141.3 N B erendo S treet Eos Angeles, ( A *70027 (213) 66.3-205H
