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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.”
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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.
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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.
Registration hours at Cascade are
8 a.m . to 8 p .m ., April I - April 4,
and 8 a.m . to 5 p .m ., April 5.
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