Page 10, P ortland O bserver, December 30, 1987
New Law
1987 Remembered
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• Avel Gordly is appointed Assi­
stant Executive Secretary for the
Pacific Northwest Region, Amen
can Friends Service Committee;
• Robert Phillips is appointed Af
firmative Action Officer, Multno
mah County;
• IFCC presents an exhibit and
sale of African American paintings
and prints from the collection of
Mattie Goings of Fine Arts of Los
Angeles. The works of Jacob Law
rence, Romere Bearden and Eliza
beth Cotlett are included in the col
lection;
• The 1987 Emerald Awards are
presented by Zeta Sigma Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha So
rority, Inc. The featured speaker
fo r^ ie evening is Ms. Regina Tyner,
PuSic Affairs Director of Contel in
Bellevue, Washington. Recipients
of the awards are: George Bell (Go­
vernment), Thomas Vickers (Educa­
tion), George Hendrix (Community
Service), Jimmy Walker (Father),
Antoine Stoudamire (Youth), Tyner
E. Shelton Hill (Senior Citizen),
Edward Ward (Medicine), Trevol
Mason (Religion), Roosevelt Robin­
son (Law), and Carl Talton (Cor­
porate);
• Connie Carley is appointed Exe­
cutive Director of the Northeast
YWCA;
• The Association of Oregon
Black Lawyers sponsors the sixth
annual Ebony and Ivory Scholar
ship dance;
• State Representative Margaret
L. Carter is elected Regional Coun­
cil President of Blacks in Govern­
ment;
• Multnomah
County
Chair
Gladys McCoy is the featured
speaker at the dedication of the
Black Resource Center in the North
Portland Branch of the Multnomah
County Library;
• Raleigh Lewis assumes job as
administrator in the Oregon Civil
Rights Division of the Bureau of
Labor and Industries;
• Violet Michelle Larry is one of
two Blacks to graduate from Linn
field-Good Samaritan School of
Nursing in McMinnville;
• The Matt Dishman Community
Center 8th Grade Boys Basketball
team wins the Oregon State AAU
Championship, qualifying to repre
sent the State of Oregon at the
National AAU finals;
• Carolyn M Leonard is elected
president of the Pacific Northwest
Region of the National Council tor
Black Studies;
• Commissioner
Dick
Bogle
speaks out against the use of drugs
and drug abuse at the Feel n It
Jam";
• Rev. John Jackson is given a
special award for his long-standing
community leadership;
• Dr. Matthew Prophet, Portland
Public Schools Superintendent, and
Ronnie Herndon debate whether or
not Portland Public Schools is edu
eating African American students;
• The "Rap Sheet," the official
publication of the Portland Police
Association and the Oregon Council
of Police Association, accuses the
Portland Observer of participating
in deception in exchange for $500;
• A reception is held for KUSA
SA: African-American Artists ex­
hibit at the Graystone Gallery. Ex­
hibiting their works are: Charlotte
Lewis, Richard Brown, Mark Little,
Kathy Pennington, Michael Grice,
Kathy Millard, Sherrian Haggar,
Tom Unthank, Charles Tatum and
Al Goldsby;
• Monica Little is elected to Port­
land Community College's Board of
Directors;
• Nathan L. Jones, Principal,
Jefferson High School, is named
one of 52 outstanding secondary
school principals in a unique na­
tional project to honor quality edu­
cators;
• Former Portlander Ethelda Dor
sey Burke became the first woman
and first woman of color to become
principal at a four year high school
in Tacoma, Washington;
• Faye Burch joins Portland City
Commissioner Dick Bogle s staff as
a commissioner's assistant;
• At the annual NAACP banquet,
held at the University of Portland,
Senator Bill McCoy, Avel Gordly,
Martha Jordan, Charles Maxey,
Rev. O.B Williams and Billy White
were honored for their contributions
to the Black community;
• Rep. Margaret Carter intro­
duces House Bill 3007 which pro
hibits any party in a criminal trial
from exercising peremptory jury
challenges solely because the chal­
lenged juror belongs to a recogni­
zable group with respect to race,
color, religion, national origin or
sex. The bill passes in the House
by a majority vote;
• Ruby Reuben is elected presi­
dent, National Council of Negro
Women, Portland Chapter.
In spite of negative characteri­
zations by the print and electronic
media, Portland's Black community
is alive and well. The accomplish­
ments of its Black citizens, in 1987,
should be remembered, document­
ed and passed on to future genera­
tions as a source of pride, history
and reference.
Thank you Black Oregonians, for
a job well-done!
Next week: We will review the
accomplishments of Black perform­
ing artists during 1987.
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groups based on such character­
istics as eye and hair color, the
children are asked at the end of the
day to describe their feelings about
being separated by differences.
In another simulation session,
pupils are divided into two groups
A and B - with different arm
bands or collars. Group A is treated
as a privileged group, as if they are
better students,
workers and
friends.
Group B is criticized
wherever possible. The next day
the roles are reversed.
"How did it feel to have special
privileges?" the children are asked.
"How did it feel to have your rights
taken away?"
The manual also contains a biblio­
graphy of children's books on cul­
tural, ethnic and racial differences
providing teaching material on
handling special needs.
The manual advises teachers: "If
we cherish democracy, we have a
responsibility to communicate this
to our children by working against
the adoptive father of a newly adop
ted child under six years of age.
• "Parental leave of absence' or
"parental leave” means an em­
ployee’s absence from work, paid or
unpaid, allowed under ORS 659 360
and these rules based upon the em
ployee's status as a parent.
• "Days" means calendar days,
and when enumerated, as
90
days," means consecutively occur
ing calendar days.
• "Child" includes children in the
event of multiple contemporaneous
births or adoptions, but only one
12-week period would apply to such
instances.
• "Paid leave" means an excused
or allowed period of absence from
work during which the employee s
normal compensation as an em­
ployee continues uninterrupted.
• "Unpaid leave” means leave
without pay, that is, an excused
or allowed period of absence from
work during which the employee s
normal compensation does not con­
tinue.
• "30 days in advance of an
event” means 30 calendar days be
fore the occurence of the event,
excluding the day of the event.
• "Timely request" means a
written notice to a covered employ
er that the parent intends to take
parental leave beinning on a date
certain more than 30 days from the
date of the request. The request
shall state: The anticipated date of
birth of the parent's child, or the
anticipated date that the parent will
obtain physical custody of the new
ly adopted child under six years of
• Where the parent fails to make
a timely request, the employer may
reduce the total parental leave re­
quired by the statute by a total of
three (3) weeks. The employer may
also delay the parental leave for up
• It shall be the responsibility of
to three (3) weeks from the date of
a parent working for a covered em­
any late request; however, in the
ployer to make timely request for
case of a birth, the mother's paren­
leave of his/her employer.
tal leave shall commence at the birth
« Reinstatment after parental
of the child.
• Where the employer chooses
leave shall be without loss of senor-
to reduce or delay the commence­
ity, vacation credits, sick leave cre­
ment of parental leave under this
dits, service credits under a pension
rule, it shall provide written notice
plan or any other employee benefit
of such action to the parent within
or right accrued at the time of the
seven days of the receipt of the un­
beginning of the parental leave, ex­
timely parental leave request.
cept that benefits earned and ac­
• In the event of an untimely
crued at the time of the beginning
request,
total leave for both parents
of the parental leave may be re­
combined
may be limited to nine
duced by the amount of such bene­
weeks
by
the
employer.
fits used during the parental leave.
• Nothing in these rules shall be
• It is unlawful for an employer to
construed to prohibit an employer
use the elimination of the former
from granting more parental leave,
job of a parent on parental leave as
paid or unpaid, than is required by
a subterfuge to avoid the purpose of
ORS 659.360.
the parental leave statute.
age, and the dates when the parent,
or if both parents request parental
leave, the dates when each parent
will commence and terminate his or
her portion of the parental leave.
the early formation of attitudes that
are in direct conflict with demo­
cratic principles . . younger child
ren are relatively more open to new
experiences and change. Change is
not easy, but through our efforts
we can teach children to work to ­
ward a society in which there is
justice for all."
Copies of "Teacher, they called
!" are available at
me a
$12.50 each from the Publications
Department, Anti Defamation Lea
gue, 823 United Nations Plaza, New
York, NY 10017.
More Students Have to File
Income Tax Returns
Tax iaw changes will require a lar­
ger number of students than ever
before to file income tax returns.
These changes affect students who
have unearned income like interest
and dividends and whose total in­
come for the year exceeds $500.
The Tax Reform Act of 1986
changed the rules determining per­
sonal exemptions and standard de­
ductions. For 1987, if you can be
claimed as a dependent by another
taxpayer, your standard deduction
is limited and you are not allowed
a personal exemption on your re-
turn
This will result in many students
being underwithheld for the first
time. Many students who had to
pay no tax in the past will have to
pay for 1987.
The standard deduction for a
child who can be claimed as a de­
pendent on another return is limited
to the greater of:
• $500, or
• the child's earned incom e,
but not more than the allowable
standard
deduction
(generally,
$2,540).
Generally, students whose in­
come is greater than their standard
deduction, the child will have to
file a 1987 tax return and will have a
tax liability. For example, a student
who has a savings bank account
and earns over $500 by babysitting
or doing odd jobs, would be re­
quired to file a federal income tax
return for 1987.
The personal exemption is worth
$1,900 for 1987.
Another change requires children
under age 14 who have unearned in­
come over $1,000 for 1987 to also
file an additional tax form. Form
8615. This taxes unearned income
at the parent's rate if the child
would otherwise have a lower rate.
It is important to be aware of
these changes and adjust withhold­
ing to cover any tax liability in the
future. Free IRS Publication 922,
"New Tax Rules for Children and
Dependents," contains detailed in­
formation. It can be obtained by
calling 1-800-424-FORM (3676). In­
formation is also available by calling
IRS Taxpayer Assistance at 221-
3960 in the Portland area, or 1-800
424-1040 elsewhere in Oregon.
JOBS & CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
INVITATION FOR BID
M ULTNO M AH COUNTY
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids for the Science Library Asbestos Abatement project will be re­
ceived by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education at the University of
Oregon Physical Plant Department, Conference Room 2, 1295 Franklin Bou
levard, Eugene, Oregon 97403, until 2:00 PM PST, January 5, 1988.
Briefly the work will consist of the removal of asbestos from existing
suspended ceiling system and lighting fixtures, and sprayed-on 'nsulabo
material on concrete pan ceiling system, including overspray on mechamca
system.
For more information, contact:
Physical Plant
University of Oregon
Phone 686 5243
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids for construction of interior improvements for one 2bedroor"
cottage, vehicle storage building apartment, and gatehouse for the Oregon
Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, Oregon will be received by the Ore
' on State Board of Higher Education until 4:00 p.m. PST^Thursday Janu_
ary 14, 1988, in Conference Room 2, UO Physical Plant Department. 1295
Franklin Blvd., Eugene, OR 97403-1276.
For further information, contact.
UO Physical Plant
Phone: 686-5243
PUBLIC NOTICE
MINORITY REP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Oregon State Health Division AIDS Program will soon initiate a
state wide AIDS education program aimed at members of racial or et me
minority groups in Oregon. Any private, non profit organization experienced
in educational outreach programs for racial or ethnic minorities is encouraged
to apply for funding under this program Copies of the request for proposal
(RFP) may be obtained by calling the AIDS Program at 229^5792 Deadline
for submission of completed proposals will be February 1, 1988.
CALL FOR BIDS
NEW VISITOR BOOTH, MCCF
Bids Due: January 19, 1988 at 2:00 P.M.
Bid No. B61 100 1835
The Housing Authority of Portland is requesting bids for the Purchase of
pickup trucks, vans and mid-sized trucks. Specifications are available Janu­
ary 8 1988 at 8910 N. Woolsey Avenue, Portland, Oregon between the ours
of 10:00 12:00 a m. and 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Call 283-4602 x 29 regarding any
questions.
Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Purchasrng^
P ttrrh a s in o Section 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97202 tor.
structing Visitors Area. Includes demolition of a masonry wall. c° nstruct,ng
a stud sheet rock wall with relites and phones, electrical and plumb g.
Plans and Specifications are filed with the Purchasing Director a" d c°P'es
may be obtained from the above address for a $5.00 non refundable fee^
CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS ONLY. Plans and Specifications will not
be mailed within the Tri-County area.
PRFOUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS: Pursuant to the Multnomah County
Public Contract Review Board Administrative Rules (AR 40 030) Prequa i •
cation shall be required for this project for the following class(es) of work.
CITY OF PORTLAND
INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS
PROPOSALS DUE 2:00 P.M. ON VARIOUS DATES
Sealed Proposals will be received at the Bureau of Purchases ,and S’ ores4
Room 1313, Portland Building, 1120 SW Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97204
for the Projects detailed below until 2:00 P.M. on the dates indicated.
Plans and Specifications may be obtained at the above address. For addi­
tional information, telephone Buyer at number listed.
Building alteration
Preaualification applications or statements must be prepared during the
period of one year prior to the bid date. Prequal.ficat.on application or proof
of prequalihcation by the Oregon Department of Transportation must be
actually received or postmarked to Multnomah County by not later than
Unless otherwise stated in the individual proposals listed herein, no proposal
or bid will be considered unless accompanied by a bid surety for an amount
not less than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate amount of the proposal
days prior to bid opening.
to understand and participate in formal bidding processes.
Details of compliance are available lion, .be Po-chasing Secfioru
of General Services, 2505 S.E 11th Avenue. Portland, OR 97202, <50.11 248
NON DISCRIM INATIO N: No proposal or bid will be considered unless the
bidder is certified as an EEO Affirmative Action Employer as prescribed by
5111.
MINORITY AND FEMALE BUSINESS UTILIZATION
All bidders are
hereby specifically advised that these conditions require a mm,mum of 10 o
Of the total bid amount for Minority Business Enterprise participation in one
or more of the following subcontract areas: bidders option, and 0 /o of the
bid amount for Women Business Enterprises participation in one or
more of the following subcontract areas: bidders option.
NONDISCRIM INATIO N: Bidders on this work will be required to comply
with the provisions of Federal Executive Order 11246 The requirements for
Bidders and Contractors are explained in the Specifications.
The City encourages bidding by MBE's and FBE's and will assist such firms
Chapter 3.100 of the Code of the City of Portland.
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No bid w ill be received or considered unless the bid conlalns,
the bidder as part of his bid that the requirements of 279 350, 279.352,
279.355 and 279 356 shall be met.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a check payable to
Multnomah County, certified by a responsible bank, or in lieu thereof a
surety bond for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the a3 ^ g a t e p
posal The successful bidder shall furnish a bond satisfactory to the Board in
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the full amount of the contract.
Multnomah County reserves the right to reject any or all bids
PORTLAND OBSERVER
"The Eyes and Ears of the Community
2 8 8 -0 0 3 3
FRANNA RITZ, ACTING DIRECTOR
PURCHASING SECTION
December 30. 1987
OPENING
DATE
BID NO DESCRIPTION
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Construct SE Relieving Interceptor Phase 4. Call
Michele Ackerman, 796 6854. Prequalification in Class
8 Sewer Lines & MBE & FBE Use Required.
1/7/88
Construct Flavel Street Interceptor. Call Michele Acker­
man 796 6854 Prequalification in Class 8 Sewer Lines
1/5/88
& MBE & FBE Use Required.
Construct Burnside Basin Interceptor. Call Michele
Ackerman, 796 6854. Prequalification in Class 8 Sewer
1/12/88
Lines & MBE & FBE Use Required.
Construct Brooklyn Altamead Interceptor. Call Michele
Ackerman, 796 6854 Prequalification in Class 8 Sewer
Lines & Class 10 Sewer Pump Stations & MBE & FBE
1/19/88
Use Required.
Washington Park Concrete Repairs. Call Michele
Ackerman, 796 6854 Prequalification in Class 32-Spec
1/14 88
ial Water Required.
Improve SE Harney & SE Flavel Street Main. Call
Michele Ackerman, 796 6854 Prequalification in Class
1/14 88
11 Water Lines £t MBE Use Required.
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