M en Page 2, Portland Observer, May 22, 1905 T - 'f lin T t - '- r O l lr '- ’ ¿ s -h ' y * ’ •■>* «t» Mt. St. Helens after 5 years by Robert Lolbtan William Y. Nishimura. Ragionai Housing Com missionar (cantar) prasants tha Minority Contractor Utilisation Award to Dick and CIMI Paul of Paul Paul Brothers. while Mika Shaw daft), project coordina tor for Paul Brothers, and Bill Hunter (right), of Port land Housing Authority, look on. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) rothers receive award by l amia Duke Paul Brothers, the recipient o f this award, used five MBEs to complete work Iasi year on a renovation project in Columbia Villa in North Portland Paul Brothers sub-contracted $187,055 to MBEs. W illiam Y. Nishimura, Regional Housing Commissioner, also praised the efforts o f W illiam Hunter, execu tive director o f the Portland Housing GRASSROOT NEWS, N .W . — While the m ajority o f prime and gen eral contractors complain that they are unable to find qualified minority businesses, a Boring, Oregon, con tractor ssas awarded one o f 26 na tional Housing and Urban Develop ment’s M in o rity Business Utilization awards. Mature years forum offered "Financial and Personal Inde pendence in the Mature Years" is the topic o f a forum scheduled for May 31. Mayor Bud ( lark w ill deliver the keynote address at 1:30 p.m Two panel dis< ssions are planned for the afierntxin. Portland Attorney Rees Johnson w ill provide a legal perspective on wills, trusts, probates, and estates as part o f the first panel. The second panel w ill focus on community resources. Architect Mark Bellinger w ill talk about living en vironments, housing choices, and interior space. Staying active and healthy through creative use o f time will be explored by writer Betty Un derwood. The P orlland/M ultnom ah Com mission on Aging and the Area Agen cy on Aging, co-sponsors o f the event, encourage the public to attend. The forum will be held in Conference Room C, second floor o f the Port land Building and is free o f charge. Attention Shoe Lovers! stacyadams® are now in portland So . ... African Day Saturday put your Flörsheims and your Peddle Pushers to rest and step mto some fresh vz<z< vadams* today1 W E A L S O SELL K ID S C LO TH ES. H A N D B A G S Corner of Union b Frem ont (503)249 8646 STEWART CLEANERS Dry Cleaning Special 2 pc. suits. 43.99 Pants, skirts, b sweaters, $1.99 Corner of 7th b N.E. Knott 281-4372 fo r the thirteenth year Portlanders committed to freedom and justice will be supprting A frican I iberanon Day by participating in a march and rally on Saturday, May 25, 1985 from noon to 6 p.m. The march will begin at 12:00 nixin in the parking lot o f the King fa c ility lix'aied at NE 7th Ave. and Wygant St. and prixced to A l berta Park on NE 22nd Ave. and Killingsworth St. The rally will fea ture speakers, entertainment, food, btxtihs and activities for children. The worldwide struggle for libera tion and self-determination is not an isolated one. On African Liberation Day people throughout the world publicly demonstrate and reaffirm their faith, solidarity and support for the freedom fighters o f the African continent and throughout the African diaspora. The theme for this year's march is “ South Africa W ill Be fre e ." fo r further inform ation contact the African Liberation Day Planning Committee at 284-9552. Hughley hired 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 conijxrtltors 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 2 2 6 -1 5 0 7 A uthority. Nishimura proudly po in t ed to the continued partnership o f federal, local and private opportun ities for MBEs. C liff Paul said the award was an unexpected honor and added that the utilization o f MBEs was never a prob lem “ I l ’s not enough just to advertise in the newspaper. You have to go »Hit and use an M BE directory," Paul said. Bill Hunter said the MBE utiliza tion program operated out o f an awareness and acknowledgement o f MBEs, noting that "There's an awareness that there's an inequality and it's acknowledged that it w ill take a concerted effort on all parties to bring about economic parity. The Paul Brothers went beyond numbers and made sure all MBEs had access.” With possible federal cuts on the horizon. Hunter said, “ It will d im in ish work because there will be lewer work orders and opportunities for M B E s." Nishimura said there may not be a mass production o f public housing, but the existing quality level will be mz named “ S e e fie- RAM Broadcasting of Oregon, Ire , 713 S W 12th Avenue Dr. Robert Hughley has been hired as principal o f St. Andrew Commun ity School in Northeast Portland, St. Andrew School Board Chairman, Carolyn La/enhy, has announced. Hughley began work at St. Andrew May 15. He w ill be responsible for registration fo r the 1985 86 school year, and will meet with parents and returning staff members. He will as sume fu ll responsibility in the fall, lazenby said. Hughley, 59, first worked as a teacher in 1950, when he taught high school in Tuscaloosa. Alabama Since then he has taught in the Portland School District (1957-62), was direc tor o f community services in the Port land School District (1965 66), and has worked in school programs in Texas and California. Most re- cntly, Hughley worked for five and one-half years for the M u lt nomah County Division o f Assess ment and Taxation His last job there was as a tax collection manager, Hughley is a member and past- president o f the Albina Rotary Club. Research from the M l. St. Helens volcano could help save many lives in fuiure volcanic eruptions, according io Dr. Don Swanson, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Swanson is a member o f the team o f scieniists m onitoring the volcano and blast effects. He reported on some o f the re search at a public meeting, " M t St. Helens, Five Years L a te r," at the Western forestry Center, May 16. Swanson said that scientists moni toring earthquakes and the 800-foot- high lava dome can now predict erup tions at St. Helens fairly accurately. They also learned, although trag icallv. he said, that when an erupting volcano develops a huge bulge on its side it is likely to tail “ catastrophical ly " in a huge blast o f the type that oc curred at St. Helens. The massive mud flow that devas tated the Toutle River Valley occurred many hours after the eruption, which calls for vigilance by public safety officials for a considerable time alter an eruption, said Swanson. Mud flows around volcanoes are common and should be considered in planning for towns, roads and bridges, he said. Whai scieniists have learned from St. Helens, according to Swanson, could save hundreds or thousands o f lives when eruptions threaten, espe cially in Third W orld countries where people often live and farm on the slopes o f volcanoes. Scientists had watched the huge bulge for almost two months, he said, but they thought it would break up and relieve pressure underneath slowly. "There was an outside chance that the bulge would fail catastroph- KaJly, and ul course the .xnsxle chance was the one that occurred,” said Swanson. "Rem oving the lid to th<- bulge was the equivalent to removing the lid on a pressure cooker.” Fifty-seven people were killed in the blast and 150 square miles o f foresi land devastated It took 1300 feet o ff the top o f the mountain and left a jagged, horseshoe-shaped shell where there once had been a perfect cone. The volcano is now a national m on ument drawing thousands o f people each year to take pictures o f sand blasted slumps and wrecked cars surrounded by cyclone fences. Dr Joseph Means, a biologist with the U.S. Foresi Service, said that life is returning to the blast zone. His slides showed mountain wildflowers like fireweed and lupine poking up through cracks in the volcanic mud. Mice, gophers and some trees and plants survived because they were protected by snow, but almost 100 percent o f the fish in the zone died, he said. v a slow process. said Means, but t i t , plant and animal communities arc gaming a fixithold. "T h e eco systems ha e had to start from scratch,” he said. " I t really is a th rill to see it. . .creation happening before our very eyes." Wheelchair wash Care Medical Equipment w ill be holding a free wheelchair wash on Saturday, June I, 1985, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m ., at 1877 N.E. 7th and H a n o x k , Portland. Power and manual wheelchairs will be cleaned, and minor adjustments made Free transputtation is available within the Portland area. For more inform ation call (503)288-8174 ^ULLETIN .1 Police Union vs Herndon Are you tired of your hair being a part of a science project? Does it look like a classroom experiment? by la m ia Duke GRASSROOT NEWS, N .W . — Stan Peters, president o f the Police Unmn, broke his silence on the actions and reactions relating to the Tony Stevenson tragedy by publicly criti- nzing Ronnie Herndon, co-chair ol the Black United Front. Peters called Herndon a vulture, a racist opportunist and accused hint o f turning the Stevenson tragedy into a Black-white incident. Herndon denied Peters’ allegations and added, “ At no time did Peters mention a single lie that I told or point to a fact which caused racial tensions. We had a march where both Blacks and whiles felt Tony's death was u n fa ir." Peters added that he was sick and tired ot seeing Portland Police O ffi cers publically slandered, libeled and detained But throughout the de mands for justice in the Stevenson tragedy, Herndon and others pub lically stated that they were not con demning all police officers. “ There's an element in the force who are irre sponsible, poorly trained and tar nishing the image o f the enure de partm ent," Herndon interjected at various public appearances. Herndon said Peters’ statements surprised him because, in eat her p ri vate conversations, Peters nev r made those observations. He noted that Peters’ assertions reminded him o f a saying coined by his grandmother: "Never get into a urinating contest with a sku n k." Peters has filed a grievance with Police Chief Penny Harrington, who fired two police officers who created and sold the infamous "D o n ’ t choke em. Smoke ’e m " T-shirts in the park ing lot o f East Precinct on the same afternoon Stevenson was buried. "A s far as I'm concerned, those officers are o ff the force," Harnng- ’ ton said. Peters called their termina tion "in a p p ro p ria te ." Hughley said that, “ The new job will give me an opportunity to use my training and experience in a way that w ill be helpful to the commun ity ." He said he would like to empha size good parent-school relationships, and to work in a ctxiperanve manner to meet all the goals o f the parish. St. Andrew is a community school o f 80 students that is sponsored by St. Andrew Catholic Church and the Archdiocese o f Portland in Oregon. The school is located at 4919 NE 9th. The school’s current principal, James Harrison, will remain as St. Andrew’s principal during a transition period. Lazenby said. Well — Lashay's has the answer to your problems. They have the best line of products to suit your needs, also a courteous professional staff that will take care of your hair care needs. 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