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Page 4, Portland Observer, November 20, 1985 Portland man helps protect labor convention in El Salvador METROPOLITAN delegates from 14 affiliated unions, by d ozens o f fra te rn a l unions rep resen tin g over h alf o f El Salvador's 200,<MM) organized workers and by international delegations from North America, South America and Europe The them e o f the Z Z V.4.S'Z Zf .-I S' co n v en tio n called for tra d e u nion freedom and dialog and negotiations to end El S a lv a d o r's civil war Recinos and other leaders also called for a new national patriotic front of all S alv ad o ran w o rk ers, p ea san ts, students, Christians, refugees, small business and any other organizations who could agree with a unified plat form lor peace negotiations, for bet ter working and living conditions, and ag ain st the rep ressio n o f the I S backed Duarte government A local Idler carrier, along with 35 o th e r U .S. tra d e u n io n ists, helped shield an historic labor convention in El S alv ad o r last week “ We were there to keep the m ilitary and their d ea th sq u ad s on good b e h a v io r," declared Jamie Partridge, member of the Portland letter carriers union and ch a irm an o f the P o rtla n d L ab o r Committee on Central America I he N atio n al U n io n fe d e ra tio n ol Salvadoran Workers (/ fc V4.SZZC4.S) held its first open, above ground con vention in five sears Nov. 7 and 8. Also attending the convention was I I S alvador's Nobel Prize nom inee, the popular opposition leader. Hector Recinos Returning home after lour years in jail an d on e in exile, ZZ \Z SZZG1.S' Secretary-General was cheered at the co n v e n tio n by 3(8) brought to vou ev e n week bv AM ERICAN STATE BANK M IM M I* «ICXXA1 M X O S I’ MSUKANCI COXFOXATK)* There are more than 3,000 varieties of tea. A chameleon's tongue is as long as its body. Model railroad delights community hi Robert / olhmn One weekend remains lor viewing the popular tnoilel railroad exhibit at the ( olurnbia Gorge Model Railro.nl ( lub h e a d q u a rte rs. 2505 N Van couver Ave I he 60 m em ber club labored lor two years Io create an IK) scale lav out ol the ( olurnbia ( iorge trom P ort land to AA isliram, east ol I he Dalles I he members take shills and operate trains lhal start at a scale model ol Union Station, and then move on Io Iroutdale. past the Vista House and Multnomah I alls, and Hood Rivet Over 40 different tov height and passenger trams chug along 22(81 leel ol track, through tunnels and over trestles, and through gorge scenery featuring handm ade rocks and trees that are works ol art in themselves I he exhibit will be open Saturday and Sunday, Irom I 30 a m . to 6 p in Admission is $1 Ml loi adults and loi children. Over 3(881 people have lined up to view the exhibit each weekend, and ovei ‘8881 total were expected to have attended by Sunday night, said show chairman Doug Auburg " I l 's a com m unity th in g ," said Auburg. who was dressed in a vintage dark blue Southern Pacific conduc tor’s uniform. Mike Nolan and Isaac Harpole are two club m em bers Irom the com munitv who contributed mans hours to the project N olan, 37, a sell em ployed linoleum and carpet laser, made all 8 ' switches lo r the layout. He has ano th et 4 't) to m ake b elo re the exhibit is com pleted several se ats from now, he said N olan also co n trib u ted Ins han diwork to the logging railroad section, building scale model logging equip merit, bridges and trestles from Neighborhood murals in bad shape and have no place to hang bv \alhaniel \< oil I he murals hang silenrlv awaiting the next phase in the process ol change All th a t's left in rem em brance ot the Albina H um an Resource ( enter at '0 2 2 N Aancouver Ave are two murals I lie resouice center recently moved lo the AA alnut I’atk H uilchng.it N k illin g sw o rth and I moil Ave I hom as I D arhv, m anager ol the ceutei said, the murals do not belong to the state, Iheteloie we had to leave them I he murals ate two ol six murals, live paintings and one wood carving, that were unveiled in 1978 And even though it hasn’t been that long, all ol the murals must be reconstructed I he two m urals that ate hanging, and the ones stored, must he recon slructed belore Hies can he rehung, Isaac Shamsud Din said According lo Sham sud Din, Ihe murals are Ihe results ol a ( I I A grain he received in 1977 78 I hrough ihe gram m o n ey , some $50,188) plus d o llars, live [vaultings and tin w ood carving were com pleled, Sham sud Dm said AAeathei proved lo he the maioi factor in the early deterioration ol the six works ol ait I bus, som e six years a lte i the dedication, the murals must be revolt slructed H ow ever, reco n stru ctin g the murals is not the onls problem, fund mg is a problem too Sham sud Din m aintains ilia, the < I I A grant inonev has been sjvent In tact, he said finding money to pav for storage space has been som ew hat ol a problem Another problem associated with the murals is finding another building where they can be hung " I l we can gel ihe binding lo reconstruct Ihem ," Sham sud Dm said. " |l h e m urals should he| placed on one building I herelore, three things musi be ac complished I irsl, laciliiv lo store Ihe murals must he found I hen binding to restore them to their original stale must he secured and finally, a bu11diitg, possibly m the A lbina district, must be found I he themes ol the murals are: " I he Civil Rights E ra " by Henery I rison; " I he I arlv M ig ratio n bv A frican American to A a n p o rl" and " I h e A anporl I lo o d " by Sham sud Din; "I atlv Homesteaders in the AAest" bv I rison, " I he M iddle P a ssa g e " by lennv lle ta ta . and ( li.ples I alum 's wood carving, which is about the ship vatds in Portland, Shamsud Dm said. S ham sud Dm estim ates the cost ol reconstructing the murals will run between $3,(88) and $ 5 ,(0 ) per mural M oreover, he said, it will take six to nine m onths to com plete the recon struction |ob Shamsud Din said reconstructing the murals will make them stronger and by using new b o ard s and chemicals tor w eatherproofing, the m urals should last longer th an Ihe first tune I bus, the moving ol the Albina resource center has left the A lbina neighborhood without a sp o tto hang the murals hut. the netghborhtxxl still retains six murals designs he researched ill railro ad magazines "Mv lather, he loves tram s," said N olan " W h e n I was a kid I had trams pushed ill mv lace all the tune " Now his son H.miani, 6. is picking up on Ins ta lh ei's and grandlathei's eil thusiasm. Nolan said Harpole, a street cleaner operatoi lor the citv ol P o rtla n d and like N olan, a lifetim e train en th u sia st, contributed six boxes ol model rolling stock Io the exhibit Irom Ills collection ol Ml engines and M81 cars His job was one ol the most ini|vor taut building the risers which hold the track at a special grade " I ’ve alwavv had a tram set. said llaipole. who continues to live in the neigh b o rhood he grew up near I rnanuel Hospital He keeps busv with a large tram lavoul at hom e " I have two ap a rtm en ts I live in one and mv railroad lives m the o t l i e i h e said Both men said lliev were hooked on model railroading because the hobbv oilers a tun and creative outlet Nolan spends about tom hours a dav on his hobbv " I'm alwavs doing som ething every d a v ," he '.lid “ 1 h a t’s the tun p ail ol model i.iilro ad in g when vou can build slull Irom scratch and stand back and look at it I he showpiece ol the exhibit is an authentic scale model ol I nion Station built bv architeCuial modeler ( Ila I Hoc kel and his w ile ( ileuda using o rigin.il b lu ep in its lliev spent 518) hours on the m odel, which will feature a working dock in the lowei when completed H arpole said that m ans women p articipated in creating the exhibit and are m em bers ol the club " I verybodv takes a d ille re n l p att, that wav H’s mass produced II works reallv well.'' said Nolan Educational vouchers proposed A hill recently in tro d u ced ill ( on g iess with the hacking ol ihe AA lute H ouse and ihe I S Dep.u imeni ol I ducabon would stub $3 > billion m g ia n ts lo i rem edial ed u catio n to i the underprivileged from local school districts to patents directly under a voucher system ( haptei I binds, as lliev ate called, cinienllv provide support lo public schools lot remedial programs in such subjects as math and reading Under the hill p ro p o sal, funds would he duecilv given lo needs lamilies in the lorm of vouchers varying Irom $2(8) to $11(81 a yeat, averaging $6)0 P aren ts could use the money to send their children to private schixils, including religious schools, which raises issues ol couslilulionalitv vis ,< vis the issue ol church and slate separation. I atlv predictions indicate a slim chance ol passage lot this and other factors including opposition bv the public education lobbv, and the fact that the bill is seen as anolhei phase ol ihe ongoing e llo tls ol the Reagan a d m im sitab o n 's attem pt to dism antle the D epartm ent ot I ducabon, oi at least Inuit its policv making activities M aune ( aha. D nector ol (H ants Management tot the Portland Public Schools, commeiiled lhal though ex Iremelv uulikelv, passage o l the voile het bill would devastate the pub lie sch o o ls, w here the < h ap ler I programs have the best lecotd ol anv I edeial activities ( aba believes use ol (he vouchei s lo lake child ten out ot the public schools and place them in parochial schools would tendei the hill unconstitutional even il passed Ihe most likelv henelicianes o l the voucher svstem ate considered to he tinanciallv h aid pressed ( aiholis schools hi inner cilv areas "A loafer always has the correct time." — Kin Hubbard The Motel Inn in San Luts Obispo, Calif., was de signed by A rthur Heinman, w ho originated the word "motel" in 1924 W e d o o o t d o b u s in e s s w it h S o u th A fr ic a American State B a n k H e ld Office 27 ¡7 N E Union Port jn d . Oregon 97212 No Need to Fear Low Prices are Here! 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