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Portland Observer, April 3, 190F Page 3 NOTARY METROPOLITAN BONOEO J A M T A Y L O R A ASSOCIATES BOOKKEEPING & INCOME TAX SERVICE LICENSED TAX CONSULTANT • TAX PLANNING • • PROFESSIONAL TYPING JOE TA Y I OK Tax (o n w lta n t PPIC launches "Think Young" campaign (503) 249-0023 by appointment 5*21 N .E . W h A v*. Portland. OK 9 T 2 II by Lam ia Duke G R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W . — W ith a beautiful spring day as their springboard, city, school and business officials introduced a “ Think Young” campaign to combat youth unemploy ment with tax credits and wage reim bursements for area businesses who hire Portland's youth. Administered by Portland Pnvate Industry Council (P P IC ), the “ Think Young” campaign will funnel 2.5 mil lion into providing jobs for up to 2,000 youths. The “ Think Young" campaign is an agenda item o f the Leaders' Roundtable, an informal group o f government, business and educa tional leaders, who combined existing youth resources to coordinate em ployment, training and educational Services. “ By providing a comprehensive group o f services to Portland’s youth, the program will be able to address some o f the major barriers to em ployment These barriers include attitude/m otivation, basic skill train ing. labor market orientation and racial prejudice." Linder the heading o f comprehen sive services, P P IC said youths will spend one-half day in class and the other at work. For high school drop outs, a G E D course will be offered. Vern Ryles, chair o f the P P IC board, said, " It's a dollar and cents approach offering Portland’s youth a larger variety o f employment, train ing and educational opportunities." Roger Breezley, chair o f the Busi ness Youth Exchange o f the Chamber o f Commerce, added, "Employers don't have (he time to train a young person lacking basic educanonal skills. For that reason, the comprehensive approach makes sense from the em ployer’s point o f view.” Announcing wide area paging coverage without the wide area price. The paging people who have always brought you selection and service now bring you one of the widest coverage areas in Portland. Plus one big advantage Our competitors charge you for "extended coverage " RAM includes it as standard bill of fare Premium coverage without a premium price. Because at RAM. we believe your pager Is only as good as the area it reaches Latetha Thomson addraasas the audtanca at cara- mony to kick off PPIC’a naw youth amptoymant Matthew Prophet. Superintendent o f the Portland Public Schools, said society’s transformation from an industrial society to an informational one, eliminated jobs. “ And since Ronald Reagan took office, many resources targeted to assist young people were eliminated. W e are still faced with cuts, but we are very opti mistic about our "T h in k Young" campaign," he added. Laletha Thomson, a 17-year-old Jefferson High School student, was the M .C . for the campaign. “ I can still remember how hard it was for me to find my first job. I know other youths will appreciate iheir first job the way I d id ,” Thomson said. Song Vang, mlddla, translates for Muang Chang Saa Chao and nurse Practitioner. Mike Chewnlng. Translator aids patient Imagine yourself new in this coun try. You arc still getting accustomed to the area and only speak Laos or Hmong. Suddenly you develop a bad sore throat and call a local hospital's outpatient clinic. But the person at the other end o f the telephone does not understand you — until he or she hands the telephone to someone who can: Song Vang. Fortunately, you can set up an appointment because you have called Emanuel Hospital's (kitpatient Clinic. Song Vang, the interpreter for the outpatient clinic, has just picked up the telephone. Vang arrived from Laos in 1976. realizing that one year o f English classes would not be sufficient to get by in (his country, she studied English several more yean while in California. She has worked at Emanuel since 1983 and is the only translator in the outpatient clinic. She speaks two lanaguages. Laos and Hmong. The hospital employs her because the outpatient clinic sees between 130 and 160 Southeast Asian refugees a month, more than any other ethnic group. "These patients can’t talk to the doctors so I'm glad to help them,” Vang said. All the patients who need Vang's assistance are scheduled between 10 a.m. and 2:20 p.m She sees an average o f five patients a day. "Some days there are a lot o f pa tients. I have to work late, sometimes until 3 or 3:30 p.m. I f they are sick and I go home no one else can help them while they see a doctor. . .so I wait until they are done before I go home,” Vang said. If another section o f the hospital needs help with a patient, it calls her. “ Sometimes someone in pediatrics or surgery needs my help. But most o f the time I stay here because I have to be available to talk to patients on (be phones." she said. When she isn’t translating she helps pull charts or puts together new charts. If a patient speaks a language other than Laos or Hm ong, there are two alternatives. The hospital keeps a list o f employees who speak second lan guages and can help. O r they often bring their own translator. " I f they cannot understand Eng lish, they usually bring their own translator. I f they speak Laos or Hmong, I'm glad to help them ," Vang said. program. Saa tad are (l-rl Vern Ryle«. M a tth e w Pro phat. Bud Clark and Margaret Strachan. (Photo: Richard J. Brownl 2 2 6 -1 5 0 7 RAM Broadcasting of Oregon, In c ,713 S W 12th Avenue 3 -A Ybu’ve come a long way, baby VIRGINIA SUMS 1 1 ' ■ ' k At " i t s liw > if 1 f Menthol and Lights Menthol Business basics class offered The basics o f business will be o f fered in a five week Saturday class at Portland Comm unity College Cas cade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth, starting April 6. Introduction to Business will be taught by Joe Markunas. The four credit hour class includes topics such as business environment, manage ment, organization, marketing, fi nance, accounting and data process ing. Class meets from 8 a.m . to 4 p.m. each Saturday. Registration should be completed at the Cascade business office, or any other PCC registration area, prior to the start o f class. 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