June 1, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 13
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efforts whose objective shall be to enhance the public image of I.B.E.W./N.F.C.A.
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and publicize the quality product we market.
Facts and figures define the I.B.E.W. electrician as the best trained, most pro
ductive electrical worker in the nation today. Our joint objective is to make use of
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that skill and promote that talent.
Since the first meeting between Jim Brooks of the Urban League and the Metro
Electrical Apprenticeship Committee in 1964, many Blacks, women and other mino­
rities have been recruited and employed in the electrical construction industry. Be­
cause of this cooperation, Charlye Molden and Donna Hammond were two of the
first Black women in the nation to be trained as journeymen electricians.
Black Scientists Help Improve Food
and Fiber at USDA Research
Center
Seibles. “ If we understand these
W YNDM O O R, PA — In a s n a il
c lu s te r of b u ild in g s ju s t beyond
the c ity lim its o f P hiladelphia,
s c ie n tis ts at the U.S. D epartm ent
of A g ric u ltu re ’s Eastern R egional
R esearch C enter are at w ork on
p ro je c ts ranging from new w ays
to tan leather to c o n tro llin g crop
diseases. D espite the w id e range
of su b je cts, all o f these in vestiga­
tio n s share the sam e goal: im ­
proving the q u a lity o f food and
fib e r fo r A m ericans.
Dr. Thomas Seibles is a c h e m is t
at the research c e n te r’s plant
science laboratory. S eibles co n ­
d u c ts basic and a p p lied research
on fru its and vegetables and th e ir
p ro d u c ts , in c lu d in g in v e s tig a ­
tio n s of the pro p e rtie s of plant en­
m echanism s, w e ’ll be on the road
to fin d in g prevention and b e tte r
c o n tr o l fo r th is d e s tr u c tiv e
disease."
S iebles has been co n d u c tin g
research at the ce n te r fo r 30
years. Asked how he likes his jo b
as a USDA research s c ie n tis t,
Siebles is unequivocal: "I th in k
it ’s great. It requires d iscip lin e ,
but to me it's a very rew arding
p ro fe ssio n .”
zymes.
S eibles cu rre n tly stu d ie s black
rot in potatoes, a fu n g u s disease
that dam ages p o ta to crops.
“ W e are loo kin g at how black
rot w orks, how it invades the
p o ta to , w hat has to happen
Johanna M. Holden Moore is a
before it attacks, and w hy som e
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is t in the research ce nter's
potatoe s resist the fu n g u s," says
People
Make a Difference .
in Mental Health
Operated by
these products.
In his current investigatio n,
D ouglas can draw on over tw o
decades of experience in food
Oregon State Employment Division
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te chnolo gy and biochem istry. H is
past research in cludes stu d ie s of
chem ical changes in m ilk during
processing and w ays fo r e n rich ­
ing m ilk w ith iron com pounds.
D ouglas joined USDA in 1959
as an analyst in the Dairy Pro­
d u cts Laboratory in W ashington,
D.C. He was a key m em ber o f a
USDA team of s c ie n tis ts that
researched rem oval of stront-
ium-90 from m ilk. In 1964, the
team received the USDA Award
fo r S uperior Service fo r its work.
D o u g la s tr a n s fe r r e d to th e
E a s te rn R e g io n a l R e s e a rc h
C enter in 1974. He holds an
u n d e r-g ra d u a te
d e g re e
in
ch e m istry from N orth C arolina
C ollege, and perform ed tw o years
of graduate w ork in organic
ch e m istry at the sam e university.
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Today. Mental Health Centers employ people of many skills and training. Some
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examples include:
Social Workers
Medical personnel
Psychologists
Clerical personnel and Support Stan
Occupational and Recreational Therapists
Administrators
Nurses
Geriatric Specialists
Financial Managers
‘Clearly m en.., he.hh wo.it “
v ork in the service-oriented professions, we encuur»«
Menial Health Specialist.
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people of all races and cu ltu res, is in clu d ed
in a ll areas of th e P ortlan d School D istr ic t’s
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anim al biom aterials laboratory.
M o o re h a s s tu d ie d s e v e ra l
aspects of hide preservation and
tanning. The goal of th is research
is to fin d new w ays of tanning
leather that are e ffic ie n t and safe
fo r the environm ent.
Frederic W. Douglas Jr. is a
ch e m ist at the ce n te r’s plant
science research unit. D ouglas
cu rre n tly stu d ie s retention of
n u trie n ts and storage s ta b ility of
processed fru its and vegetables.
The aim of th is research is to
m axim ize the n u trie n t value of
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