Page 3 Portland Observer JULY 20,1989
News Around Town
WORLD FAMOUS
ARTIST AND
SCULPTOR
VISITS ALBERTA
STREET
FESTIVAL
LEGISLATURE
OKs PLAN FOR
COMMUNITY
HOUSING
On the next to last day of the leg
islative session, the Oregon Legisla
ture approved a bill supporting the
creation and expansion of Commu
nity Developm ent Corporations
(CDSCs) in Oregon.
Sponsored by Rep. Beverly Stein,
D-Portland, House Bill 3285 author
izes the State Housing Agency to set
up a program to help non-profit or
ganizations interested in expanding
local capacity to develop housing for
low and moderate income people,
the elderly, migrant workers, and
others.
“ During the past decade, federal
housing funds have been reduced by
more than 70 percent,” said Stein.
“ Throughout the country, Commu
nity Development Corporations have
been leaders in packaging creative
financing options for local develop
ment.”
Because of their non-profit status
CDCs are in an excellent position to
take advantage of financial partner
ships with the public and private sec
tors, including the financial commu
nity and foundations, Stein explained.
CDCs are locally controlled by
community members who study and
respond to the community’s needs.
“ In my district, REACH Commu
nity Development Corporation has
helped revitalize southeast Portland
neighborhoods with housing projects
and related social services,” Stein
said.
The Housing Agency is author
ized to set up a Teachers Assistant
program and make grants to commu
nity-based organizations to establish
and develop CDCs.
In Oregon, CDCs could address
the vacant and abandoned housing
problem in Portland, substandard
housing stock in rural communities,
and the desperate need for new hous
ing stock in smaller cities, according
Lorenzo Ghiglieri, world-famous
artist and sculptor visited his long
time friend, Thom Boothe, who with
Jeff Parks, co-sponsored the Alberta
Street Festival. The festival was con
sidered a huge success by all who
attended. The event was well organ
ized and centered around the festivi
ties was the celebration of Jeff Parks’
birthday.
Afternoon entertainment included
a pro-am women’s wrestling exhibi
tion sponsored by the Lady Hawke
Gym in the Wellness Club building
located at 1829 N/E/ Alberta Street.
In addition to several outstanding
local wrestlers including Lady Brandy
Hawke, wrestlers travelled to Port
land from other cities including Los
Angeles, California.
During the evening Thom Boothe
and Lorenzo Ghiglieri provided a
free-form musical jam session at the
newly remodeled Royal Esquire
Community Service Center Building
located at 1625 N/E/ Alberta Street.
The event was attended by many
including guest of honor, Jeff Parks.
In addition to the wrestling exhi
bition and jam session there were a
variety of concessions offered which
provided festival visitors with every
thing from custom designed jewelry
to Lady Hawke’s world-famous fudge
candy. Other concessions included
superb home-cooked items, outstand
ing art displays, reading material and
clothing. The Talking Drum Book
store held an open house and there
was a street dance for the young
people who attended the festival.
There had been rumors, even some
from the neighborhood associations,
who feared there would be problems
with violence at the Alberta Street
Festival due to the problems that had
to Stein. “ CDCs can grow to be self-
been experienced at the Rose Festi
sufficient, locally controlled organi
val Fun Center.All rumors proved to
zations
which provide local capacity
be unfounded and the festival was
for
a
variety
of development proj
orderly and well-controlled. The
ects,”
she
added.
theme centered around the celebra
tion o f Jeff Parks’ birthday, and of
course no one would consider mak
ing Jeff unhappy..... especially on his
birthday. The only reported act of
violence involved someone attempt
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ing to eat spare ribs with most of their i
teeth missing. The festival commit
tee may consider a drawing for a free
set of dentures during next year’s
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July&
celebration.
Those unable to attend the first
annual Alberta Street Festival can
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make plans now to attend next year’s
festivities, or as Thom Boothe sug
gests, stop by and acquaint yourself
M.rt —
with the recently opened Royal Es
quire Community Service Center
located at 1625 N/E/ Alberta Street.
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OREGON RECEIVES
Oregon has received $1 million
from the Secretary of Labor’s Dis
cretionary Funds to supplement the
assistance the state provides to wood
products industry workers who have
lost their jobs. The funds will be ad
ministered by the Oregon Economic
Development Department’s Job Train
ing Partnership Act Administration
FUNDS TO HELP
JOIN THE FUN AT CAMP
ROSENBAUM!
The positive energy is beginning to surge as the Housing Authority of
Portland (HAP) and the Oregon National Guard gear up for the 19th year of
Camp Rosenbaum. This year, 130 low income children from public housing
will spend a week at the coast learning about a whole new world. Join in their
discovery by attending V.I.P. Day August 17,1989 held at Camp Rilea, near
Astoria.
Camp Rosenbaum 1989 hosts 100 children from the Housing Authority
of Portland. Almost one half of the campers come from the Colombia Villa
area. The Housing Authority of Salem and the Housing Authority of
Yamhill County are also sending 30 children from their housing develop
ments to camp this year.
On V.I.P Day, media representatives will join government and commu
nity leaders such as Secretary of State Barbara Roberts and former Oregon
Governor Vic Atiyeh at Camp Rosenbaum. They’ll spend the day with the
campers spray painting T-shirts, tooling leather crafts, and cooking over a
campfire.
Camp Rosenbaum’s V.I.P. Day is a great opportunity to focus on the
needs of low income children and the promotion of self esteem needed to
help them grow toward a positive future. A National Guard helicopter or
travel bus will be available to transport media representatives to Camp
Rosenbaum for this special day
Please contact Camp Information Officer Carol Jelinek at 249-5514 for
more information and to reserve a transportation space by August 9,1989.
SEE YOU THERE!.
ADVERTISING ON A SMALL
BUDGET
“ Advertising On A Small Budget” will be offered Tuesday, July 18 from
9:00am-12:00 noon at the Portland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
In this seminar you will leant how to stretch your advertising budget:
target customers, choose media and low-cost advertising.
“ Advertising On A Small Budget” is co-sponsored by the PCC Small
Business Development Center, The Portland Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce, and the Small Business Administration.
The cost of this seminar is $25. for Portland Chamber members and $35
for non-members. To register and for more information, contact the Small
Business Development Center, 273-2828.
HOW TO PREPARE A BID
“ How To Prepare A Bid” will be offered on Thursday, July 20 from
6:30-9:30pm, at the Oregon Association for Minority Entrepreneurs. The
Center is located at 847 NE 19th, Suite 245 in Portland.
The procedures for preparing bids for federal, state and local contracts
will be discussed. Topics include identifying contracts and computing your
budget and costs.
This seminar is co-sponsored by the PCC Small Business Development
Center, the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs, and Small
Business Administration.
The cost of the seminar is $15. To register and for more information,
contact the Small Business Development Center, 273-2828.
BUILDING YOUR MARKETING
PLAN (PART I)
“ Building Your Marketing Plan - Part I” will be offered Wednesday,
July 19 from 8:30am -12:00 noon at the Portland Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce.
This workshop is offered in two parts, the second being offered on
Thursday, July 27. In these classes you will learn that a marketing plan can
be your roadmap to success. Find out how to identify your target market,
select the most effective media and plan to get the most sales for your
marketing dollar. Students will also prepare a draft of a marketing plan for
use in their own businesses.
This seminar is co-sponsored by the PCC Small Business Development
Center, the Portland Metro Chamber of Commerce, and the Small Business
Administration.
The cost of this class, both parts, is $37 for Portland Chamber members
and $50 for non-members. To register and for more information, please
contact the Small Business Development Center, 273-2828.
DISLOCATED WORKERS
(JTPA).
These funds will enable JTPA to
provide retraining, job search assis
tance, and support services if they
have been, or are about to be, laid off
from a company in the forest or wood
products industry, or a business that
is directly dependent on the wood
products industry.
The project will operate from July
1,1989 through December 31,1991
through local private industry coun
cils across the state. Funding is cur
rently inadequate to help the number
of workers dislocated by timber in
dustry shutdowns.
The projected shortfall of timber
supply threatens a long term loss of
STC SUBMARINE SYSTEMS, INC.,RECEIVES
RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN
MINORITY HIRING
The Portland Development Commission (PDC) today presented an award to STC Submarine Systems, Inc.,
for their contribution to the city’s economic development efforts by providing increased employment opportu
nities for unemployed city residents.
STC Submarine Systems participated in the JobNet program, a public/privatc partnership established to
coordinate training and employment services for businesses in the Portland metropolitan area. Of the 36
employees referred and hired through JobNet, STC Submarine achieved a minority hiring level of 41 percent,
with half of those hired being residents of North/Northeast Portland. In addition, 17.6 percent of the new work
ers are African-American and 35 percent arc women.
STC worked with the Private Industry Council (PIC),State Employment Division and Portland Community
College (PCC) for employee recruitment, interviewing, testing and training. These program activities were all
based in Northeast Portland in order to be accessible to area residents. PDC, which staffs the JobNet program,
also recognized the State, PIC and PCC for their role in helping STC to achieve these hiring goals.
According to Thomas Cristie,STC Project Manager who accepted the award the company has a firm
commitment to hiring minorities and North/Northeast area residents. ‘ ’The quality of Portland’s work force was
a major factor in STC’s decision to locate a manufacturing plant in Portland. W e’re very pleased to receive this
recognition and to be a contributor to Portland’s economy.”
STC Submarine Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of fiber-optic underwater transmission cable, recently began
production at their $30 million plant located in the Port of Portland’s Rivcrgate Industrial District.STC
Submarine, a subsidiary of STC PLC.London, England, selected Portland as its first fiber-optic underwater cable
manufacturing facility outside the United Kingdom. STC constructed heir 155,000 square-fool plant on a 15.7
acre site in Rivcrgate and expects to employ 200 at full production capacity.
Portland Development Commission is the city’s urban renewal and economic development agency.
i
5,000 to 10,000 industry jobs in Ore
gon. Most of the job losses are ex
pected to occur in logging, sawmill,
and plywood mill operations in South
western Oregon and the Willamette
Valley. The announced layoffs to
date total nearly 2,000. Many of those
people arc already receiving assis
tance through the state’s various dis
located workers programs.
ARTQUAKE
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
Artquake, Portland's Premier event
linking the public with performing
and visual arts, is quickly approach
ing. About 300,000 people attend the
three days of Artquake,held on La
bor Day weekend, Sept.2-4. They
feast their senses on a wide variety of
quality visual arts, theater, dance,
music and food.
700 volunteers are needed to stage
Artquake. Volunteers put up tables
and tents, paint faces, usher, serve as
M.C.’s, sell popcorn and Pepsi, staff
information booths, ant) do many other
jobs.
To volunteer for Artquake, sim
ply call the volunteer line at 274-
4759. Artquake will send out a flyer
listing all the festival jobs, along
with a volunteer registration form.
BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN TO
SPONSOR NEW
EVENT
Benjamin Franklin Savings and
Loan has agreed to sponsor “ Blue
Monday” as a new addition to Jazz
Week. “ Blue Monday was one of
those ideas that surfaced in a conver
sation between Don McIntire and
myself,” said Bob Dematteis, Jazz
Week Chairman. “ We were both
aware that Jazz Week, as a commu
nity celebration, was limited in what
it offered to those under 21 and we
wanted to do something to change
that,” added Dematteis.
“ Benjamin Franklin was ap
proached because of their involve
ment with our Youth At Risk com
mittee. Their interest was immedi
ate,” according to Carol Mageehon,
Gresham Arca Chamber of Commerce
Executive vice President
One of Portland’s hottest new soul-
fusion-funk groups, Linn, will head
line the July 31 show. Linn is a six-
piece band featuring sisters Mary
and Margaret Linn. The group com
bines jazzy vocals with funk and pop
melodies. Relatively new on the local
music scene, the group has been well
received in both club and concert
venues and was a featured band dur
ing the recent Rose Festival celebra
tion. “ Linn is a hot group,” com
mented Dematteis. “ They are well
choreographed and have a great light
show to go along with their excep
tional music performance,” he added.
Blue Monday will be held on July
31 at the Gresham Armory from 8 to
11 p.m.
Admission will be $2 or free with
a Jazz Week button. Only those under
21 will be admitted.
EDUCATION -
INVESTING IN
THE FUTURE
The Registry, a U S WEST Com-
m unications-sponsored business
education partnership program, has
awarded 30 cash scholarships total
ing $30,000 to juniors and seniors in
Portland Public Schools for the 1988-
89 school year.
Implemented during the 1987-88
school year with Portland Public
Schools as part of the Portland In
vestment of the Portland Leaders
Roundtable, the program was designed
to positively impact and redirect the
academic performances of achiev
ing students.
Sponsors who provided additional
resources to The Registry program
include: CBI/Equifax (scholarship),
business Youth Exchange, Ameri
can Society for Training and Devel
opment, NW Portland Area Indian
Health Board, Nordstrom, Portland
Public Schools, U S Bank, KATU-
TV, Portland Chamber of Commerce,
Private Industry Council, Portland
Leaders Roundtable and Portland State
University,
According to Bill Prows, educa
tional relations manager of U S WEST
Communications, “ The Registry
program supports academic perform
ance three ways. It provides student
scholarships ;to make the concept of
attending college a reality, employ
ment in meaningful jobs that stu
dents might not otherwise be able to
locate, and mentoring with success
ful role models so students know
people in business care about them
as individuals.”
The Registry program is currently
offered at Grant, Jefferson and Roosev
elt high schools. Students participate
with their mentors in highly struc
tured workshops designed to give
t
PCC OFFERS
SUMMER
CLASSES ON
HOW TO
SUCCEED IN
COLLEGE
Counselors at Portland Commu
nity College will offer the popular
series, “ Prep for College Success,”
again this summer at the PCC Sylva
nia Campus in Southwest Portland.
The three-week package of classes
was designed to help students with
time management, study skills, ca
reer goals and attitudes for success.
The classes are titled “ College Sur
vival and Success,” “ Career Devel
opment and * ‘College Learning and
Study Skills.”
Students of all ages are encour
aged to enroll for individual classes
or the series. The curriculum may be
especially valuable for older-than-
average new students, according to
the author of the series, Bemadine
Gilpin, a 10 year PCC counselor and
instructor.
The series will be offered twice
this summer evenings July 24 - August
10, and mornings and evenings August
1 4-31. Each class carries one trans
ferable college credit.
Textbook for the courses is “ Time
for College ...When you work, have
a family and want more from life,”
was written by Gilpin and A1 Siebert,
who is nationally-known for research
he has done on the survivor personal
ity.
The how-to book will deal with
effective studying, doing well on test,
getting good grades, gaining family
support, obtaining financial help,
overcoming fears and anxieties,
handling stress and balancing work,
home and school demands.
Siebert has a Ph.D in psychology
from the University of Michigan and
has taught adult and continuing edu
cation classes for over 20 years. He
publishes ‘ ‘The Survivor Personality
Newsletter
Gilpin, the mother of five chil
dren, describes herself as a ‘ ‘recycled
adult,’ ’ who started college after age
35. Another of the books she has
written is “ Teaching College suc
cess for Older Students.” Gilpin has
a bachelor’s degree in elementary
education from Oregon State Uni
versity and a master’s degree in
counseling from Portland State Uni
versity
BAN
APARTHEID!
eoucational experiences outside of
traditional classroom instruction.
1989 scholarship recipients include
Roosevelt High students Jenny En
twistle, Tigisti Tesfaldet, Walter
Cooper, Tung Tran and Gia Whit
ney. Jefferson students arc Nalaika
Smith, Angela Polk, Lanphi Nguyen,
Kristenia Strawdewr, Darlene Wash
ington, Carla Montgomery, Sunshine
Guzman, Shawntria Reid, Candace
Green, Dcmika Gay, Lynn Delorme,
Alinh Hue Hong, Angelique Wither
spoon, Christen Richard and Huynh
Hien Hue. Scholarship recipients from
Grant High are Shalom Montgom
ery, Sharonettc Briggs, Katina Wil
liams, Yolanda Taylor, Valentina
Davis, Zalika Milton, Maia Wolfe,
Candance Van Blaricom, Aki Spicer
and Cheryl Mason.
In 1990 the program will expand
to include Cleveland and Madison
high school students.