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PORTLAND OBSERVER
Volume XVI, Number 3
November 20, 1985
25C Copy
Two Sections
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Initiative
w ould ban
m andatory
measured
phone service
Zn H n / t - r l I tilh m n
Haskers ot an in itia tiv e cam paign
to p ro h ib it the O regon Public I tilily
l o m m is s io n Ir o m o rd e rin g m an
datotv local measured telephone set
vice kicked o tt their cam paign M on
day
I tic in it ia t iv e
i
i i
Sabin dispute continues
Zn A’oZ»i'Z I nthian
li appears that the c ity 's system ot
neig hbo rho od associations w ill base
10 liv e w ith the S ab in Ir v in g to n
lie In N e ig h b o rh o o d Association,
at least lo t the nine being.
I tie new a s s o c ia tio n , led by ns
pie idem , Hetty G arne r, was created
in a spin fro m ihe Sabin ( om m u m lv
A s s o c ia tio n (St A t G a in e r said
rece ntly th a t in spite o t o p p o s itio n
and charges against hei ot d iv id in g
ilie neighborhood, the croup w ill con
lu iiie w ith its plans
I lie s itu a iio ti has p e rp le xe d c ity
neighbor hood o ffic e oftieials because
11 is th e t ir s i lim e a n e ig h b o rh o o d
asso cia tion has fo rm e d under those
circum stances ( hanges in the rules
govei mug neighbor hood associations
o rg a n iz e d io hase a s tre e tlig h t in
stalled on their street The " I6 lh An
rx'ople" were successful m getting ihe
streetlight installed and in organizing
iw o N e ig h b o rh o o d W atch groups as
pari ot a d im e prevention e tto rl. said
G a rn e r, a le tle r s o n H ig h S chool
te.ic her
Sire de scrib ed a gra ssroo ts el to r i
that threatened ihe leadership core ot
ihe S i A. w tio resiste d, sh e said
" T h e y to ld Us in no wav s h o u ld a
n e ig h b o rh o o d a s s o c ia tio n lig h t
crim e .”
H lo u n l had no p ro b le m w ith ihe
streetlight, hut tie was unhappy w ith
the wav G ainer allegedlv worked out
side the a s s o c ia tio n cha nn els io
pressure citv oftieials
G a rn e t was elec led p re sid e n t ot
mas be in the o ilin g .
M eanw hile. Ihe I its M in i lies s o t
tic e said re c e n tly th a t p e n d in g ap
p ro sa l o t Sabin Irv in g to n H e ig h t's
s i \ Hi November 19X4 alter packing
the election meeting w ith tier suppor
lets, accoiding lo Hlounl G ainer said
het s u p p o rte rs were a ll Iro m Ihe
neig hbo rho od and the re fore entitled
bv laws, there is nothing legallv stall
din g in the was o t the new g ro u p
calling itselt a ne ighborhood associa
lio n
Hut ii re m a in s a q u e s tio n
whether G a rn e r's gro up w ill be able
lo receive binds and be accorded Ihe
f u ll sta tu s o t a n e ig h b o rh o o d
lo vole
O ne ot G a rn e r's p ro te c ts as
president was io organize a door lo
d o o r canvas lo ed uca te ih e com
m u n iiv ab ou t streetligh ts and crim e
prevention I ach canvasser was paid
$20 bv an o r g a n iz a tio n ca lle d Ihe
Garner, former president of s i A.
and supporters split Iro m the SI A at
let she charged leaders ot that group
w ith d e n y in g her access to the
association bank account and records
I lie tw o groups hase been wrangling
lor oser a sear, and the w rangling is
not likely to end soon
I tie area ill q u e s tio n is b o u n d e d
, o u g h ts bs Si I
I 4 lt i and 22nd
V e n u e s b o rn I re in o n i lo U s gain
Streets
" I lie m in e , Ihe m e rrie r,” G arner
aid about ihe new assixialio n. " lu s t
lease us alone, lei us do our w o rk ,
she sa id , d e s c rib in g her a ttitu d e
in w a rd the m em bers o t the o rig in a l
a s s ix ia lio n , w ho she said have been
c a llin g , d is r u p tin g m eetings and
e n g a g in g
in
o th e r
fo rm s
ot
hairassment.
Hut
the
S ab in
C o m m u n ity
A ssixialion, led bs its president, Don
H lo u n l, the O ffic e ot N e ig h b o rh o o d
\.s ix i.iiio n s , and com m u nity leaders
have c ritic iz e d the new g ro u p to r
dividing the neighborhood
H lounl said Garner was d isrup tive,
d ictato r lal and did not fo llo w neigh
b o rh o o d a s s o c ia tio n rules as SI A
president " I t 's got to be H etty’ s wav
or not at a ll, " he said "S he needs to
learn process.”
S ta rtin g a new gro u p is the w ro ng
was io resolve Ihe c o n flic t, according
io H lounl, a real estate broker " I t it s
re c o g n iz e d . I 'm g o in g to be very
d is a p p o in te d in the system W e ’ re
g o in g to have lit t le n e ig h b o rh o o d
associations all over the pla ce ."
I he d isp u te sta rte d when G a rn e r
and h e neighbors on N I 16th Ave
S tre e tlig h t le v y , and the e t t o r l
raised $41X1 to r " t h e a s s o c ia tio n
Hlounl sacs Garner kepi the $400 lo r
tier new g ro u p I tie iw o groups ate
still wrangling over ihe money
When a dispute arose over con tro l
ot ihe assixia lio n bank account. Gar
ner withdrew io lo rm Ihe new group
H lo u n l said G a rn e r w ith d re w when
Ilie SI \ board called tier on what tie
described as a series o t d iv is iv e ac
tivitie s that w e ie n 't approved bv Ihe
board. "S he alienated virtu a lly everv
m em ber ot the b o a rd ” w ith her un
conventional methods, Hlounl said
" t h e y ’ re just a s ix ia l c lu b ," said a
m em ber o t the new g ro u p ab ou t
Si A "H e tty outshined them "
H lo u n l and o th e r SI A m em bers
went to a S ab in Ir v in g to n H eights
meeting to try to in itia te a dialog, tie
said " T h e c h a ir, Hetty G a rn e r,
looked me square in the eye and ad
lo u rn e d the m e e tin g ." He c ritic iz e d
the g ro u p fo r m e e tin g o u ts id e the
c o m m u n ity
at Ih e
la d e West
restaurant.
Garner said SI $ tried to slack one
ot her meetings to elect their ow n ot
fic e rs and have harrassed the new
group in other wavs.
H lo u n l w a nts the tw o g ro u p s to
jo in . " I w o u ld like to see her get in
volved m SI A again She's got great
energy and id e a s ," he said a b o u t
( iar ner
Hut G a rn e r w a n ts n o th in g to do
w ith SI A I tie new group just wants
to get on w ith its a ctivitie s, she said,
which include organizing m ore crim e
w a tch g ro u p s and s ta rtin g a com
,nunity center in a form er laundrom at
near 15th and Prescott.
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is sp o n so re d bv
fo r A ffo rd a b le P ho ne
Service, a lo ilil e tto rl ot Ilk National
fe d e r a tio n ot In d e p e n d e n t Husi
nessex, and the (b e g u n Slate P ub lic
In te re st R esearch G r o u p It w o u ld
p r o h ib it the P u b lic I li lil ie s I om
m issio n t l ' l I I Ir o m
re q u irin g
telephone custom ers lo pav lot local
service b . r d u p o n n u m b e r, length,
distance or tune ot calls
Hackers ot the in itia tiv e sav that
m a n d a to rs in e a su ie d service w ill
mean higher bills i ■■ customers and
higher p ro fits lor phone companies
ord in g to I im Her nau, a lot«
bv i lo r the ( ire g o n cha pter o t the
N ational le d e r a ii o n o t Independent
Husinesses, the cu sto m e r
w ith
m easured service w o u ld break even
w it Ii six five m in ute d l l ' a dav , but
w ill, ten d l ls the b ill gix's up 40 per
cent
Measured serv i
v id
i
tre m e n d o u s o p p o r tu n ity lo t the
ph on e com p an y to increase its
revenues and p to lils at the ex|X-nse ot
the u s e r," said I ric N lacho n, u tility
program dues tot tor ( IN PI KG
According to Her nau. ihe Pt ( an
n o un ced its in te n tio n to re q u ire
m easured
service
ot
O re g o n
businesses over a sear ago, but resem
ded its d e c is io n in m id N o vem b er
Hernuu said th a t c itiz e n pressure
caused the P l (
to change its
p o s itio n , and that pressure needs to
be kept up ot the P l I could change
back again
Husiness o w n e rs and regular
customers have no guarantee that Ihe
P l ( and P a c ific N o rth w e s t H ell,
w orking together, w ill not attem pt to
force mandators measured service on
the public in Hie tuture
He said m an da to ry measured set
vice w o u ld cause h a rd s h ip lo t sm all
businesses " I tie m ils way lo eltec
liv e ly p re ve n t the P u b lic U t ilit y
C o m m is s io n e r
Ir o m
h a rm in g
( ire gu n's econom y is to have a state
law preventing him Irom doing so ”
" I his is Ihe only resource we have”
in the c itiz e n e t t o r l to keep m an
d a to ry m easured service o u t ot
( begun. Her nau said ot the initiative
Staehon charged that the P l l and
Pacitic N orthwest Hell have to r seats
wanted to force customers to pav lo i
a ll calls the same wav they pav to r
long distance.
He said the cu rre n t in itia tiv e is in
the t r a d itio n o t recent O re g o n
in it ia t iv e ca m p a ig n s th a t have
p r o h ib ite d u tilitie s Ir o m c h a rg in g
customers fo r u n b u ilt power plants,
th a t re q u ire d a n u c le a r waste
d e p o s ito ry b e fo re a n o th e r n u cle a r
power plant can be b u ilt in the state,
and th a t c a lle d lo r c re a tio n o t a
Citizens' I tilitv Hoard
Hernau said his g ro u p lists ap
p ro xim a te ly 12,700 O regon business
ow ne rs as m em b ers. He c a u tio n e d
that the cam p aign is not against all
m easured phone service, o n ly man
datory measured service He said the
service should be kept as an op tion
f a"?
la s t Thursday a n d Friday w o re tu n days tor y o u n g ste rs at
tiim iM l w itti .1 p u p jie t s tio w
tin- N o rth P o rtla n d B ra n c h I itira ry
library use a n d e n c o u ra g in g th e k ills to read tx x ik s
The kid s w e re enter
n u n h o t w tin ti w as tiased on
(Photo Richard J Brown)
Youth services
to change
<n J e m (turner
I tie P o rtla n d P riv a te In d u s try
( o u tic il I P P K 1 is p la n n in g on
c h a n g in g the m e th o d in w h ich
luvenile o llen de rs amt non oltenders
texcise toll training and placement
I nder the new plan, non ollenders
and o lle n d e rs w ill have in it ia l
screening a m i e v a lu a tio n at the
D o n a ld I
I ong H o m e , and |o b
training and lu rth e r education at tin
$ o u th I m ploym ent In s titu te I inlet
tile present plan all this is done at the
D o n a ld l I ong facility
M atne lla Hingham M oslev, super
visot ot the Y o u th I m p lo ym e n t In
s titu te ( V I I I. sta le d th a t Ihe new
[n o p o s .il t’ v P P K
w ill m ake it
po ssib le lo serve m o re y o u th s and
a d u lts Site a lso said the new p la n
w o u ld a llo w non o lle n d e rs seeking
service Iro m Y I I to receive then |ob
tra in in g or e d u c a tio n at the Y o u th
I m ploym ent Institute
"H a s mg I tie kids attend education
and )ob (ra in in g at the D o n a ld I
I ong Home is a ( iiin o lt to many kids
I he env ir nu trie n t at the In s titu te is
m ore c o n d u c iv e to le a rn in g As a
parent, would sou want your child to
be trained at a detention center o i at
the Y outh 1 m ploym ent In s titu te ’ "
Several < ounty o ffic ia ls criticize d
Ihe new pla n
Dave M c N a n n y ,
A ssista n t D ire c to r o t the I o u n ty
Juvenile ( o u rt, said that juvenile ot
te n d e rs w ill not m ake it at the In
stitute “ It represents everything these
kids are running awav Irom
V I I is a s tric t goal o rie n te d In
stitute It has been in op era tion since
F e b ru a ry o t th is year Since th is
p e rio d , 145 souths have e n ro lle d in
the In stitu te . 60 are already w o rk in g
and 24 are currently seeking work
M ultn om a h ( ountv District A ttor
ney M ichael Schrunk was one o t the
several county o ftie ia ls who said that
any changes w o uld rum a successful
youth em ploym ent program
D e nn is ( o le . P re sid e n t o t P P K
said that the plan w ill not decrease the
services available to youth ollenders
C o u n ty and C ity o lfic ia ls were also
c ritic a l o f the process that led to the
proposed change ( ole said the plan
was approved by the lu ll P P K Hoard
at a retreat tw o weeks ago.
Another meeting w ill be held at the
Y o u th
P m p lo y m e n t
In s titu te ,
Nov. 26. at 6:00 p m. II the plan goes
in to e ffe c t, tw o s ta ff members Iro m
the D o n a ld I I ong H o m e w ill be
placed a, Y IT
T
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Rainbow coalition formalized
S u p p o rte rs
ot
the
R a in b o w
I oalilion gathered this week in N in th
east P o rtla n d to renew the n co m
mitment lo ihe movement begun w ith
ihe Rev lesse la c k s o n s 19X4 can
dul.icv lo i Piesidenl About '**• people
met lo to rm a h ze Ihe local R ainbow
l o a lilio n
in to
a m e m b e rs h ip
o rg a n iz a tio n , lo discuss th e ir goals
and plan lo t tuture political action
In Ins keynote address, ( o a lilio n
co chan Ron H erndon challenged the
n o tio n th a t the p u b lic is b e co m in g
p o litica lly m ore conservative, no ting
Ilie (datively strong showing bv lesse
lackson in ihe 19X4 O regon prim ary
and ih e success o t o ilie r lo c a l can
d id a te s and b a llo t m easuies w h ic h
went against ih e " c o n s e rv a tiv e
trend " H erndon encouraged those in
a tte n d a n ce to c o n tin u e to w o tk lo
unite activists in disparate movements
Id isa r m a tn e til, w o m e n 's rig h ts ,
Hl.icks and o ilie r people ot c o lo r, en
onm eniahsis am i o i tiers) be hind a
v it
com m on p ro gra m lo t social change
In particular H erndon noted a need lo
c o n fro n t le a d in g c a n d id a te s in ih e
cui reni < frego li ( lo ve rn o r's
Ihe R a in b o w c o a lit io n 's
stressing Ihe c iu c ia i ro le
Rainbow constituency could
race w ith
ag en da ,
lh a l Ihe
plav in a
close comesi
In a re fe re n ce to Ihe recent
m eeting between Rev la c k s o n a n il
Soviet le .id e i M ik h a il G o t bue lies .
H erndon and others in ailendance ex
pressed salisi.ic lio n that Ihe Rainbow
( o a lilio n has been rep rese nted in
( leneva
In a d d itio n lo the 19X4 la c k s o n
c a m p a ig n ,
Ilie
lo c a l
R a in b o w
( o a lilio n lias been as live in Ihe cam
p a ig us o t S ia le K e p i esentai iv e
M a re a ie i ( a rle r. I itv < o u tic il ia ti
d id a te H e rb ( a w lh o rn e and m ost
recently in s u p p o rt o t S o n ili A lric .i
divestm ent le gislatio n ill the (fre g o li
legislature
NAACP: 40 years in Portland
Zn \u lh u n iel
Si n i l
I or alm ost 40 seals the P o rtla n d
branch ot Ihe N a tio n a l A ssociation
to r the A d va n ce m e n t o t ( o lo re d
People |N A A( P l has been m eeting
on the third Sunday ot ihe m onth ai 4
p m I tie general meetings are held al
d itle re n i churches A t most meetings
a guest speaker is in v ite d lo speak
about w ti.it lie or she is doing in Ilie
fie ld ot c iv il rig h ts . S u n d a y's lo ca l
meetings al A n tn x h M issionary Hap
tlsl ( liurch, '915 N M innesota Ave .
was no d i t l e r e n i: M ic h a e l I Hen
la m ili was the guest speaker
H e n ja n n n and A ssociates are
ir n v id in g P o r ila n d 's p o lice bureau
w ith cross c u ltu r a l tr a in in g
Ih e
cross cultural training is taught in live
areas
H la c k , H is p a n ic , N a tiv e
American, Asian and white
H e n ia m in said M ic h a e l I Hen
la m ili and A ssociates have a six
m o n th c o n tra c t to p ro v id e cross
c u ltu r a l tr a in in g w ith P o r tla n d 's
P olice Hureau Ih e 40 h o u r course
provides eight ho urs o t tra in in g per
w ivk
Heniam in said one ot the tilings tie
explores is “ the m yth that we are all
alike " Heniamin aid what llicv hope
to a cco m plish is lo de velop am i ex
[i.im l w lial cross cu ltu ra l iram iug is all
about
lo increase the o f f ic e r 's
know ledge about v arious la d ie s am i
b e lie fs , and lo
le a tn sp e cific
lc\ hniques [xilice o ltic e is can use
• \\i
be gin
bv
e liin in a lin g
stei eoi v (x 's ," tie sani "Y$e talk about
the po pulation changes lh al are taking
place
In a d d itio n lo H e n ia m in ' . r o-
c u ltu r a l tr a in in g w ith the p o lic e
bureau, the meeting also stressed the
need tor a membership drive
I n o t tier areas, ( fre g o li s I iq u o i
( o n tr o l l o m m is s io n 's p o s itio n on
Dr M a rtin I ulliei King It
blillulav
h o lid a y c e le b ra tio n was discussed,
am i ludge ( harles lo h llso n o l Neat
tie, Y$ A received Ihe su p p o rt o t tin
b ra n d i tor national board member
Y o c a tio n .il V illa g e , *1)4(1 N I
M ilw a u k e e , w h ic h o tte rs
an ex
c e lle n t o p p o r tu n ity lo r v o c a tio n a l
tra in in g ." also received Ihe support ot
the branch
Ih e dale and place where Ihe next
general m eeting w ill be held w ill be
announced at a later dale