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Page 3 Portland Observer JULY 27,1989
News Around Town
BURGER KING
INITIATES
CHILDCARE/
ELDER CARE
SUBSIDY
PROGRAM
THROUGHOUT
PORTLAND
METRO AREA
All Burger King Restaurants in
the Portland metropolitan area have
initiated a childcare and elder care
subsidy program, it was announced
tqday by Candace Gonzales, director
of marketing.
The subsidy programs are avail­
able to all hourly team members in
the 27 Burger King Restaurants in
the Portland metropolitan area, all of
which are owned and operated by
Restaurant management Northwest.
The subsidy program will expand to
include 29 restaurants in August, 1989,
with the addition of new restaurants
in Beaverton and Gresham. The child­
care program is available to hourly
team members who are the parent or
legal guardian of a child less than 10
years of age.Eligible employees are
able to enroll their child in the daycare
of their choice.
The elder care program is avail­
able to hourly team members who
are the sole provider of support for a
parent that requires care. The sub­
sidy can be used to defray any costs
incurred by these employers in car­
ing for a parent as required. This in­
novative program is believed to be
the first of its kind in the state. It is
anticipated that this type of program
will become more common as em­
ployers face the demands of an aging
population.The subsidy may equal
up to $50 per week, per employee.
Restaurant Management Northwest
is believed to be the only company in
the Portland metropolitan area to offer
childcare and elder care subsidies to
its employees. Restaurant Manage­
ment Northwest, with approximately
1500 employees, is ranked 50th in
the State of Oregon based on this
number.
BURGER KING
ANNOUNCES
EDUCATION
LOAN
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
All hourly team member employ­
ees of Burger King Restaurants in the
Portland metropolitan area are now
eligible for low interest education
loans, it was announced today by
Candace Gonzales, director of mar­
keting.
The 27 Burger King restaurants in
the Portland metropolitan area are
owned and operated by Restaurant
Management Northwest. Restaurant
Management Northwest will extend
the education loan program to in­
clude the two new Burger King res­
taurants in Beaverton and Gresham,
due to open in August of this year.
Eligible hourly team members of
Burger King are entitled to borrow
up to $25,000 per year. The maxi­
mum cumulative loan is $100,000.
The funds may be used for the educa­
tional expen ses of employees or their
family members including tuition,
room and board, fees, books, equip­
ment, computers and other related
expenses. The student may attend
any accredited institution of learning
including undergraduate, graduate or
professional schools. Private elemen­
tary and secondary schools are also
permissible.
To be eligible, hourly team
members must be: a U.S. citizen or
permanent resident; over 18 years of
age at the time of application;and
creditworthy or have a cosigner. There
is no family income test and being
disqualified from a federal loan pro­
gram is o f no consequence.
The college loan program is a sig­
nificant benefit to Burger King em­
ployees who wish to further their
education and career opportunities.
GRESHAM
CHILDREN’S
FESTIVAL
The City of Gresham is once again
rolling out the carpet in preparation
for the 7th annual Gresham Chil­
dren’s Festival! This year’s event
will take place on Saturday, Septem­
ber 23 at Dexter McCarty Middle
School in Gresham.
The festival welcomes cither booths
or displays which either encourage
children’s participation through hands-
on activities, or which represent
Gresham’s heritage and culture. A
special promotional effort is being
made this year to attract middle school
and high school aged youth.
Civic clubs or service organiza­
tions who are interested in partici­
pating in this year’s festivities are
invited to call the city’s festival co-
chairpersons: Sherry Connolly at 669-
2546 or Kimberley Coxen at 669-
2342.
LSAT REVIEW
COURSE
Taking the September 23,1989 Law
School Admissions Test (LSAT)?
Portland State University’s Division
of Continuing Education is offering
a LSAT Review Course this fall that
is designed to maximize your per­
formance on the LSAT. Revised to /
reflect the new LSAT content and
format and taught by an experienced
instructor, the course focuses on
strengthening basic academic skills
tested by the LSAT and helping stu- '
dents develop effective LSAT test
taking strategies.
The Fall LSAT Review C ourse.
meets Saturdays 9AM-5PM, August
19,26, and September 9 and 16 in
Cramer Hall 103 on the Portland
State University campus, 1721 S.W.
Broadway. Tuition is $225.00.
To register, send a check payable
to Portland State University, P.O.
Box 1393, Portland Oregon 97207 or
phone 464-4832 with your Visa or
Mastercard Number. For additional
information, contact David Allen at
464-4812.
FINANCIAL
ABUSE AND
CRIMINAL
VICTIMIZATION
OF THE
ELDERLY
One of the concerns of the Gover­
nor’s Commission on Senior Serv­
ices is the financial abuse and crimi­
nal victimization of the elderly. Vir­
tually every day some older Orego­
nian is the victim of some form of
scam, fraud, or scheme. These come
in many forms and may be by some
unscrupulous salesperson, mislead­
ing or false advertising, unreason­
able contract terms or dozens of other
methods to victimize the elderly.
It is the responsibility of every in­
dividual to become educated so as to
becom e a w ise and careful
consumer.Organizations that are es­
tablished to deal with the concerns of
older persons can provide programs
and assist in the enlightenment and
increase the awareness of the con­
sumer pitfalls to avoid. An example
of such programs available to the
citizens of Oregon is one provided by
the office of the Oregon Attorney
General. Jan Morgosian of that O f­
fice (378-4732) conducts an excel­
lent overview of many of the ways
that the older persons are being
“ ripped o f f ’ and suggestions o f how
to avoid being a victim.
Another example is a slide-tape
presentation which is available from
A ARP and is titled “ Caveat Ven­
dor. “ This provides a good lesson for
consumers. Many other programs are
available and the Commission en­
courages every organization and group
on the S tate with concerns for seniors
to participate in the fight against this
form of abuse of the older Orego­
nian.
BAN
APARTHEID!
“THE BITE, A TASTE OF
PORTLAND”
IS SET FOR AUGUST 11-13 AT TOM
McCALL WATERFRONT PARK
The recipe calls for: tasty specialties from 30 restaurants, tasty licks from
60 of the area’s top bands; a lacing of fine Oregon wines and a liberal
measure of hard work and dedication by some 500 volunteers from the
Oregon Special Olympics organization. The result is “ The Bite” , Port­
land’s premiere food and wine tasting festival and musical entertainment
showcase. It’s set for August 11,12, & 13 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park
and admission is free.
Thirty restaurants will dish up their signature cuisine and the Oregon
Wine pavilion will offer award-winning wines from 20 Oregon Wineries.
Throughout the weekend, over 60 bands perform on two separate stages
delivering a musical smorgasbord to please every taste: big band, acoustic,
folk, jazz, country, rock and show bands. The new “ Small Fry Theater”
sponsored by Oscar Maeyer will present performances of family entertain­
ment. There also will be an exhibit on the Oregon Convention Center’s
potential economic impact on restaurant and night club business presented
by the Oregon Lottery.
“ At the Bite, everyone wins” says Ken Dale, executive director of
Oregon Special Olympics, “ you taste great food and wine, enjoy great
entertainment and it all benefits a terrific cause. The bite makers it possible
for us to stage year around athletic training and competition in 16 different
sports for the mentally impaired children and adults in our community” ,
continued Dale. More than 185,000 people turned out for “ The Bite” last
year and Oregon Special Olympics realized a net profit of $80,000+.
This year’s goal is even higher.
“ The Bite’s ” 1989 major sponsors are: Oregon Lottery, Portland Dis­
tributing Company, Seagram’s Coolers, Pepsi Cola, The Oregonian, KOIN
TV6, and 1190 KEX and Z100 radio.
CONTACT: Terry Amato or
Cheryl Tonkin
(503) 228-1151
PASCHALL IS NEW UO
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
DIRECTOR
Diane Wong Paschall of Cambridge, Mass., is the University o f Oregon’s
new director of affirmative action.
Pascahll, an attorney and member of the Massachusetts Bar Association,
will assume the full-time post in mid-August. She currently is special
assistant to the president for human resources and affirmative action at
Roxbury (Mass.) Community College, where more than 90 percent of the
students are minority group members, and many are recent immigrants.
‘ ‘I am delighted that the university has been able to attract a person of Ms.
Paschall’s caliber to head our affirmative action office,” said UO President
Myles Brand.
“ She is bright, articulate and has the kind of background and experience
this university needs to continue its work in recruiting a more diverse
faculty, staff and student body,” he observed. “ She will help us to make
sure the university is a place where individual differences are respected and
where our employees and students all are given an equal and full opportunity
to excel in their work and study.”
Paschall, 43, was selected after a five-month national search that at­
tracted 75 applicants. Alison Baker,executive assistant to the president,
chaired the 10-member search committee.
Brand reviewed the credentials of four finalists recommended to him by
the search committee before he became the university’s 14th chief execu­
tive on July 1. He had recommended Paschall’s appointment to Paul Olum,
now UO president emeritus, before Olum left office.
Paschall replaces Bean Comrada, who took a position with the UO
Foundation as director of special projects. Anita Johnson was acting
affirmative action director during the 1988-89 academic year.
As director, Paschall will report to and advise the president and the
university’s senior administrative, staff on affirmative action and equal
opportunity issues. She will help develop and coordinate the university’s
affirmative action plans, and she will head a staff responsible for imple­
menting and monitoring those programs.
Before beginning her Roxbury Community college assignment, Paschall
worked from April 1986 to July 1988 as an attorney in the Enforcement
Division of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission in Boston. While
there, she also monitored employee screening and hiring efforts as the
agency’s affirmative action manager.
During 1987, she was a member of the Cambridge Human Rights
Commission. For 18 months beginning in March 1984, she worked at the
Massachusetts Advocacy Center in Boston as a policy analyst specializing
in children’s rights issues and as an advocate representing children and
parents in school related cases.
Paschall is a 1983 graduate of the Harvard Law School. She was an
honors graduate o f Cleveland (Ohio) State University in 1980, earning a
bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in Spanish and history.
Donnie James
517 N.E. Killingsworth
Portland. Oregon 97211
L O C A L DESIGNER SPOTLIGHTED
Please join us Sunday, July 30th a t 517 N.E.
Killingsworth a t 6p.m..
Elizabeth Hart will b e preview ing the new
q ue e n size line 'IN XS‘ o f
Shrine Football
Squads Open
Camp, Game set
for Saturday,
July 29
North and South squads for the
North-South Shriners Hospital All-
Star Football Game opened camp
this week and except for a few minor
ailments the two teams of AAA high
school graduated seniors appeared
ready for battle.
The 42nd annual edition of the
benefit game kicks off at 7p.m. Sat­
urday, July 29, at Portland Civic Sta­
dium. South goes into the series with
two consecutive wins and an overall
edge of 21 to 17, with three ties.
South Head Coach Thurman Bell
of Roseburg took his squad to the
practice field at Concordia College
in Northeast Portland. Of 40 original
selections, he sustained only one drop­
out, Sean Carter of North Eugene.
North Head Coach Bill Dressel of
Benson in Portland quartered his team
at Lewis & Clark College in South­
west Portland, a change from recent
years. His squad has lost two. Dan
Kilgras of Forest Grove had not re­
covered sufficiently form an injury
and Chris Kaleikilo of Hillsboro opted
for a summer of baseball.
A shift in the South coaching ranks
brought in Jim Hellyer of North Sa­
lem in the Assistant ranks, which
also includes Jim Nagel of Ashland
and Larry Walker of South M edfo"1
LOCAL WOMAN
ATTENDS
RENDEZVOUS
STAR WATERS of
NORTH
PORTLAND
Is “ Stepping into the ’90s” as an
“ UndercoverWear Woman.”
UndercoverWear, Inc. recently
held its 12th annual “ Rendezvous”
sales convention in historic Boston.
All UndercoverWear guests stayed
at the Sheraton Boston Hotel and
Towers.
Highlighted in the four-day ex­
travaganza were fashion shows, a
wild, wild west party featuring inter­
national foods, introductions to new
sales and marketing techniques and,
for the finale, a gala dinner dance
which was held in the Sheraton Hotel
Grand Ballroom.
UndercoverWear, Inc. introduced
lingerie fashions from four interna­
tional designers-M onique of Paris,
Bobby Zee of Los Angeles, Mario
Vallieri of Florence and Gordon
Sterling of London. Each piece of
exclusive designer lingerie will be
featured in the 1989 Undercover-
Wear catalog that will be circulated
to thousands of women around world.
UndercoverWear, Inc..located in
Wilmington, Massachusetts, was
founded in 1977 by the husband and
wife team of Walter and Tiffany
James. The company boasts 60,000
sales Agents from the United States,
Canada and the United Kingdom and
caters to women of all sizes, ranging
from petite to tall and queen and
majesty.
PORTLAND
STATE
UNIVERSITY
RETURNING
STUDENT
WORKSHOP
People who either want to return
to college or else begin college life
after a long absence from the class­
room are invited to attend a special
free program Saturday, Aug. 12th at
Portland State University.
PSU’s “ Returning Students’ Ori­
entation” is scheduled to begin at
9:00 a.m. in Room 338 of Smith
Memorial Center (located on s.w.
Broadway between Montgomery and
Harrison Streets.)
Returning students should also
review enrollment restrictions as noted
in the new PSU Fall Schedule of
Classes.
The brief Saturday program prom­
ises to be as informative as it is
informal. Participants will be able to
ask questions of individual concern,
and can also join in discussing topics
of interest to the group.
Free parking and free child care
are available during the orientation.
Parking in unreserved stalls may be
found in any of three university multi­
level structures (two of which are
located on s.w. BroadwayO, and chil­
dren may be brought to the orienta­
tion meeting room. No advance child
care arrangements are necessary.
Teens Lose
Driving Privileges
More than 700 Oregon teenagers
were denied their driving privileges
in the first six months of 1989, ac­
cording to the Motor Vehicles Divi­
sion. This figure represents a four
percent decrease when compared to
the first six months of 1988.
Under the law, first offenders are
denied driving privileges for one year
or until the person becomes 17, which­
ever is longer. Repeat offenders are
suspended or denied for another year
or until the person becomes 18, again,
whichever is longer.
The 715 denials were based on
court convictions or determinations
involving alcohol or drug posses­
sion, use or abuse. Courts then order
DM V to suspend licenses or deny the
privilege to apply for a license or
permit. Driving privileges may bei
denied even when the offenses are
not related to driving a motor ve­
hicle.
There were 592 denials for pos­
session of alcohol or drugs. This
accounted for 83 percent of the total.
There were 11 denials for having an
open container of alcohol or drinking
in a motor vehicle, 95 for intoxica­
tion, one for driving under the influ­
ence of intoxication, one for driving
under
the
influence
of
intoxicants(DUll) and 16 for miscel­
laneous alcohol and drug offenses
such as theft, delivery or manufac­
turing of a controlled substance.
Males accounted for 565 o f the
denials, or 80 percent.
DMV statistics show that there
were 94 second denials, 16 third
denials, two fourth denials, one fifth
denial, and one sixth denial.
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STYLE
125 NE Killingsworth
289-6448
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