Page 3 Portland Observer A p ril 6, 1989
News Around Town
OREGON
NURSING
SHORTAGE
PROMPTS
OFFERING OF
ADDITIONAL
CLASSES
In response to a near-crisis need for
nurses in Oregon, the School o f Nursing
at O regon Health Sciences University
is offering its rotating m aster’s degree
program in the m id-W illam ette Valley.
* ‘T he situation in this state is critical,
said Dr. Carol Lindem an, dean o f the
School o f Nursing. “ The shortage of
nurses across the nation has hit Oregon
and is now having a direct impact.
O pportunities for career developm ent
are critical for retaining nurses in the
w orkforce and recruiting nurses to an
area.”
The 1988 national vacancy rate for
nurses was 11 percent, in Oregon it is
now estim ated at 15 percent. The
shortage is most severe is such specialty
areas as intensive care and mental health.
OH SU plans to offer the advanced
degree as part of a tw o-year rotating
master’s program in Oregon. La Grande
has been chosen as the rotation site for
the 1989 program, but in response to the
large dem and o f nurses, OHS U decided
to add an additional program for a least
40 students in the Eugene/Corvallis area
starting in the fall o f 1989.
The rotating m aster’s program was
started in Ashland in 1987 to meet the
needs o f nurses w ho w ant additional
education but are unable to leave their
fam ilies and jobs. By bringing the
classes to their local com m unities the
nurses can obtain advanced degrees and
continue working.
OH SU offers the only m aster’s and
doctoral nursing degrees in Oregon.
The first students to graduate from the
A shland program will receive their
degrees in June.
Inform ational m eetings concerning
the program will be held at a variety of
locations throughout O regon,
(see
attached sheet) N urses interested in the
mid-Willamette Valley program can call
OHSU at 279-7893 or 279-7725 for
more details. Those interested in the La
G rande program can call 963-1646.
•'B y providing nurses with a program
to continue their education we not only
offer them opportunities for career
advancement but we improve the quality
o f health care,” Lindeman said. Statistics
show at least 70 percent o f students who
graduate with advanced degrees stay in
their com m unities and provide clinical
care.
N O TICE!
Please join us on Sunday April 9th at
1 a.m. for service and at 2 p.m. for our
! uncheon at the First African M ethodist
episcopal Zion C hurch at 4304 North
Vancouver for W om en’s Day.
ROCK AGAINST
RACISM
PCC Classes Aim at Small Business
Concerns
Recent news headlines highlight the
growing activity of hate-groups in
Portland, Oregon. Police reported 56
incidents associated with skinheads and
other hate-group activities over the past
13 months in Portland. Thirty five (35)
incidents have occurred in the 12 weeks
since the November 13, 1988 brutal
beating to death of M ulugeta Seraw.
Racial hate flyers and graffiti also started
to appear in the Southeast neighborhoods
within the last couple o f months. There
is no question that hate-groups activities
are on the rise in the Portland
M etropolitan area.
In response to this upsurge o f skin­
head activities a coalition of student
groups at P.S.U. and the newly-form ed
“ Coalition for Human D ignity” are
sponsoring an event that needs a broad-
based support from diverse groups in
our com m unity including city, county,
and state governm ent elected and
appointed officials and the cham ber of
com m erce. W e urge everyone to come
and join us for a “ Rock Against Racism”
which will be held at Pine Street Theater
on April 14, 1989.
This concert will counter a skinhead
gathering at the Aryan Nations in Hayden
Lake, Idaho, the next day.
Small Business Services of Portland Community College announces the
following classes scheduled in April at several Portland locations:
How to Work with Your Banker, one session, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April
11, at W ilson High School, 1151 SW Vermont St. Instructor Rich Garlock
will cover types o f loans, collateral, repayment terms analysis of loan
proposals and cash flow projections. C ost is $4.
Credit and Collections for Small Business, three weeks, 7 to 9:30 p.m.,
starting W ednesday, April 12, at Grant High School, 2245 NE 36th Ave.
Instructor Jean Drew will present an organized, sound management approach
to the business person’s credit and collection m anagem ent function. Cost
is $10.50.
Home Business: Food Preparation, one session, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 17, at G rant High School. Instructor Shirley Van Garde will
discuss physical requirem ents, safety, sanitation, state inspections and
labeling requirem ents for a hom e-based food business. Cost is $3.
Advertising on a Small Budget, three weeks, 7 to 9 p.m., starts Tuesday,
April 18, at PCC Sylvania Cam pus, 12000 SW 49th Ave. Instructor Harry
Godsil will offer tips on the econom ical use of radio, television and print
advertising. Course includes how to lay out brochures and flyers. Cost is
$8.50.
Basics o f Importing and Exporting, one session, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
W ednesday, April 19, at PCC Sylvania Campus. Instructor Brent Carlson
will discuss forms, docum entation, tariffs and custom s from domestic and
foreign perspectives. C ost is $4.
Planning for Profits, one session, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at
PCC Sylvania Campus. W orkshop will be presented by representatives o f
M anagem ent Group, Inc. Cost is $2.50.
Product Developm ent, one session, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 22,
in the Town Hall, Building 2 o f PCC Rock Creek Campus, 17705 NW
Springville Rd. Instructor Brent Carlson will discuss patents, trademarks,
marketing, selling and what m akes a winning idea. C ost is $11.
FOR M ORE INFORM ATION CALL:
ABDI HASSAN
BLACK STUDIES DEPARTM ENT
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
(503) 464-3472
(or) C huck Sullivan
(503) 228-9741
Friday, April 14 at the Pine Street Theatre,
221 SE 9th
W ith:
Dub Squad
8:00
Zoom orphics
9:00
The U ntouchable Crew
10:00
Dial M emphis
11:00
Rancho Notorious
12:00
Lew Jones Band
1:00
Plus G uest Speaker:
Ron Herndon
9:45
Poetry:
STATE FAIR
ANNOUNCES 1989
ENTERTAINMENT
A total o f 10 big-nam e entertainers
have been booked for the 1989 Oregon
State Fair. This year the Fair runs from
A ugust 25 through Septem ber 4. All
acts are subject to change.
The following is the line-up with
dates o f appearance.:
Johnny Cash and June Carter, Aug. 25;
the Everly Brothers, Aug. 26; Tanya
Tucker, Aug. 27; Kenny G, Aug 28; to
be announced, Aug 29; Kenny Loggins,
Aug 30; The Oak Ridge Boys, Aug. 31
and Sept. 1; Paul Revere & The Raiders,
Sept. 2; W illiam s & Ree, Sept. 3; The
Tom Grant Band, The Michael Harrison
Band and The Street C om er Singers,
Sept. 4 (Labor Day).
All acts w ill appear in the L.B. Day
Amphitheatre and are free with the price
o f general Fair admission; there are no
reserved seats.
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE
TO HELP A SHRINER
HELP A CHILD
Ä N O COST SCREENING CLINIC
To determ ine if children
are eligible fo r treatm ent
at
SHRINERS HOSPITAL
AND OUTPATIENT CLINIC
Shrlners care tor a wide variety of orthopaedic and burn scar deformities,
including:
> Scoliosis
> Dislocated Hips
> Club Feet
> Cerebral Palsy
> Cleft b p or Palate
• Fractures
• Head Injuries
> Absent Arm or Leg
> Myelodysplasia
• Short Legs
• Rickets
> Legg Perthes Disease
• Hand Leg or Back
Problems
1 Sports Injuries to Bones
Muscles or Tendons
■ Burn Scars
1 Osteogenesis Imperfecta or
Brittle Bone Disease
■ A Variety of Neuromuscular
Diseases
PCC Announces Retail Clerk Training
Classes
Portland Community College will offer two classes this spring to prepare
people for entry-level jobs with departm ent, chain and specialty stores.
The Retail Clerk Training Program will consist o f two 2-week sessions May
15 - 26 and June 12 - 23. Participants may attend morning or afternoon
sessions for the 30 hours of training.
Course work will include segments on custom er relations, work ethic and
habits, communication with supervisors and co-workers, retail mathematics,
selling m erchandise, inventory control and handling, getting a jo b and cash
register training.
Sandy’s Camera Shops has donated two cash registers for use in the
Portland Com m unity College has started accepting applications for fall,
1989, entry into PC C ’s Emergency Telecom m unications Training Program.
Interested persons have until May 31 to apply for the program, which trains
30 students a year to be 9-1-1 dispatchers. The program is housed on the
PCC Cascade Cam pus, 705 N. Killingsworth St.
G raduates can expect to find jobs in Portland M etro-area dispatch
centers, which offer excellent salaries and benefits, said program coordinator
Don W estfall. PCC will assist graduates in job placement.
The program awards certificates o f com pletion to all men and women who
successfully com plete 45 hours o f training spread over three college terms.
Heating Oils
IN CONCERT
Volunteer Literacy Ttitors to Meet at
PCC Svlvania
A T T E N T IO N : G raduate Students and professionals interested in political
careers. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation is currently
seeking applicants for its 1989-1990 Congressional Fellows program.
W rite Fellows Coordinator, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation,
Inc. (CBCF), 1004 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., W ashington, D.C. 20003
or call (202) 675-6730. Deadline for applications is April 30, 1989.
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im portant, W estfall said.
Candidates must pass an entrance exam ination that includes a written
background check, oral interview and live com puter simulation tests.
Further information is available from W estfall at PCC Cascade Campus,
SW 49th Ave.
The day-long conference, hosted by the coalition, will include in-service
training w orkshops for tutors and a luncheon honoring these volunteers who
work throughout the Portland m etropolitan and W ashington County areas.
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104 N.E. Russell St.
Portland, OR 97212
(503) 282-5111
hours a week at an em ergency dispatch center.
The program is open to high school graduates, or equivalent, who meet
the requirem ents for em ploym ent in the 9 - 1 -1 field, including good physical
condition and high moral standards. Good reading and writing skills also are
The expert services at the Shrmers Hospital and Outpatient Climes are ottered free of charge
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The program is approved for veterans.
Required courses are an introduction to law enforcement, concepts of
crim inal law, family crisis intervention, a survey o f com puting, introduction
to fire protection, stress managem ent, a first responder course, oral
com m unication and technical report writing. In addition, students will gain
cooperative work experience at selected occupational sites, including 12
Three hundred volunteer tutors of the Portland Literacy Coalition are
expected to attend a recognition and literacy awareness conference Saturday,
April 15, at the Sylvania Cam pus of Portland Community College, 12000
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Oregonians who understated the
withholding tax listed on their Forms
1099 when filing their 1985 federal
income tax return need to take action by
April 15,1989 to obtain their unclaimed
refund. According to the 1RS, taxpayer
action is needed by April 15 because
the three year statute of limitation for
refunds expires on that date.
The 1RS explained that its internal
procedures in 1985 did not automatically
provide a mechanism to notify taxpayers
who had failed to claim all of their
withholding tax from their Form 1099
information documents.
M ost income tax withholding is
reported on Forms W -2 and W -2P.
However, tax withholding is also
sometimes reported on Forms 1099
information documents, such as the Form
1099R w hich reports lum p sum
distributions from pension plans and
the tax withheld on those distributions.
The 1RS said it is more likely taxpayers
could overlook tax withholding on Form
1099 than on Forms W -2 or W -2P.
However, only five percent o f the
in fo rm a tio n d o c u m e n ts sh o w in g
withholding are Forms 1099. A lso ,1RS
screening o f 1985 returns shows that
taxpayers generally reported tax
withholding from Forms 1099 correctly
on their returns.
Procedures have been issued by the
1RS for taxpayers who may have
understated the tax w ithheld on their
1985 return.
Taxpayers will receive further
instructions about the tax year 1986
matching program when the 1RS
completes a review of its records to
determine the best way to give taxpayers
DAD’S OIL SERVICE
IF YOU KNOW CHILDREN, UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, WITH ANY OF THESE
MEDICAL PROBLEMS, BRING THEM TO:
SALVATION ARMY. MOORE STREET CORPS.
COMMUNITY CENTER
5335 N WILLIAMS AVE.
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1989, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
the additional credits they may be due
for that year.
In the information document matching
program, the IRS compares the returns
taxpayers send to the IRS with
information received from third parties,
such as Forms W-2 reporting wages and
Form s 1099 reporting income such as
interest, dividends and lump sum pension
distributions. The matching program
for tax year 1985 is com plete and the
program for 1986 is in progress.
Matching for 1987 returns will begin
later this year with the revised procedures
in place.
Taxpayers should review their 1985
returns, especially if tax withholding
was reported on a Form 1099. If taxpayers
find that they have not claimed all their
withholding for 1985 they should file a
claim.
To make such a claim , taxpayers
may but are not required to use IRS
Form 1040X, “ Amended U.S. Individual
Income Return,” or Form 843, “ Claim” .
O r they can send the IRS a statem ent
explaining that the taxpayer is entitled
to additional withholding credits for tax
year 1985. At the top of the pate,
clearly identify the claim by entering
the notation “ 1985 IN C O M E TAX
W IT H H O L D IN G C L A IM .” Include
copies o f the Forms 1099 and other
withholding documents, if available to
help the IRS substantiate the withholding
which was not claimed on the original
return.
T he claim s m ust include the
taxpayer’s name, address and social
sedilrity number and be signed and dated.
O regonians should mail these special
claims to: Ogden Service Center, ATTN:
Problem Resolution Officer, Mail Stop
1005, Ogden, Utah 84201.
Taxpayers who think they may not
have claim ed all their withholding but
do not have copies o f their 1985 tax
records may still file a claim by April
15,1989. This can be on Form 1040X,
Form 843 or a signed statement. If the
am ount o f refund is not known by the
taxpayer, they should indicate that a
“ refund of one dollar or more, as allowed
by law, is due”
IRS ALERTS
OREGONIANS TO
CHECK THEIR
1985 FORM 1099
WITHHOLDING
program.
C ost will include $50 tuition and a S10 laboratory and materials fee.
C lasses, limited to 20 students each, will be at the Job Opportunity Bank,
2710 NE 14th Ave. The training is open to anyone desiring to com plete it.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 8 , 1 9 8 9
8 :0 0 PJM.
L ,, . -ill .
TICKETS: $10, $12, $15
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: PCPA BOX OFFICE, AND ALL
TICKETM ASTER OUTLETS
FUNDED IN PA RT BY FRED M EYER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE
RED SEA RESTA U RA N T AND )PA
PA I CIFIC POW ER & LIGHT
N 0 T I C
M E E T IN G
DESEGREGATION MONITORING ADVISORY COMMITTFF
DATE:
WEDNESDAY,
TIME:
7 :0 0
PLACE:
FRANKLIN
A PR II
12,
p .m .
HIGH SCHOO1
5405 SE W oodward
P o r t l a n d , OR
9 7 206
C a fe te ria
Phone:
2 8 0 -5 1 4 0
1989