Portland, Oregon
ERVER
AUGUST 24, 1989
VOLUME XIX NUMBER 33
Minority business enterprise
ADT Security Systems and the National Crime
Prevention Council ’’Spotlight” Local Portland Citizens
for Crime Prevention Efforts
ADT Security Systems and the
National Crime Prevention Council
(NCPC) recently “ Spotlighted” six
local citizens’ efforts to reduce crime
and improve community life in the
Portland area.
Since 1985, ADT and the NCPC
have spearheaded a major effort to
bring crime prevention information
to communities and corporations
nation-wide. This joint partnership
has enabled millions of Americans to
learn how to help themselves and
others. The Portland “ Spotlight
Awards” ceremony was the seventh
in a series of such events, designed to
honor local crime prevention efforts.
The “ Spotlight Awards” winners
featured left to right arc: front row,
Tony Hopson for the Self Enhance
ment Program; Bob Thompson, Re
gional Manager o f ADT Security
Systems;citizcn Irine Tate; Susan
H unter foe. the Council for Prostitu-»
lion Alternatives; citizen Alan
Lashbrook; and Fred Shekel for
Regional Drug Initiative.
Pictured in the back row arc:
McGruff, the Crime Dog (partially
hidden); award winner Ray Leary for
FOURTH ANNUAL MEET THE LENDERS
CONFERENCE TARGETS THE FASTEST GROWING
BUSINESS SECTOR IN THE STATE: WOMEN-
OWNED BUSINESS
The target of the conference to be
held Wednesday, September 20,1989,
will be women-owned businesses,
the fastest growing sector of Ore
gon’s economy. This fourth annual
one-day conference, whose theme is
the Capital Connection, will be held
at the Holiday Inn-Airport. It is spon
sored by the United States Small
Business Administration, Meet the
Lenders, Inc., a coalition of women’s
business and professional organiza
tions and Lenders. The conference is
aimed at women who own small
businesses.
New this year are one-on-one ap
pointments with bankers or small
business counselors from the Small
Business Administration and the Small
Business Development Centers.
Workshops will address the financial
needs of start-up and expanding busi
nesses, including basic information
on how to apply for a loan and writ
ing a business plan. The cost o f the
conference is priced at $50.00 before
September 8 or $60.00 after, includ
ing lunch.
The conference features keynote
speaker Barbara Sue Seal, owner and
founder of Barbara Sue Seal Proper
ties, Inc., employing 90 people. In
five years’ time, her company has
expanded to include five offices and
West Coast Mortgage Center, founded
in 1987.
A “ Lenders’ Fair,” giving busi
ness owners a chance to meet with
Lenders to discuss their specific fi
nancial needs will be held from 7:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Banks, governmen
tal agencies, venture capital firms
VII. Good faitn requirement sustained by Circuit Court
Judge Bagley Affirms state's right to document good faith,
by Stephen E. McPherson,
the Self Enhancement Program; Po
lice Chief Richard Walker; award
winner Roy Ciappini for “ Project
Payback;’ ’ Jack Calhoun, Executive
Director of the National Crime Pre
vention Council (partially hidden);
and Allie Bird, NCPC Director of
Corporate Initiatives. Kneeling in front
is Portland Mayor J.E. Bud Clark
I
Clackamas County Circuit Court re
cently ruled that the state has the
right to insist that contractors docu
ment good faith efforts to include
disadvantaged persons in the bidding
process for public works. This ruling
will go far to offset the negative
impact made by decisions of both the
Federal court in Oregon and the United
States Supreme court with regard to
Minority Business Enterprise set
asides.
Last month, Anna McNeil, a buyer
for more than eight years in the state
purchasing department rejected the
apparent low bid of the Brackamp-
Jaeger Corporation for the construc
tion of the Department of Transpor
tation building at LaGrande because
they had failed to show that a reason
able effort had been made to gain the
participation of women and minori
ties. Instead, the $2.5 million con
tract was awarded to the McCor
mack Construction Co. which in Mrs.
McNeil’s view was the lowest re
sponsive bid. The Brackamp-Jaeger
Corp, sought an injunction which
was denied in Judge Bagley’s court.
The question of whether the sate
could legally require firms to make
any special effort to include women
and minorities in bid proposals was
placed in a state o f confusion after
the Hoffman construction Co. won a
decision in Federal court with regard
to the awarding of a contract to build
a correctional facility in Northeast
Portland. Such special set asides
were further complicated by the fact
that the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in
favor of the Croson Construction Co
in Virginia.
Since then all set-aside programs
had been abandoned in the state based
on a very narrow interpretation of the
attorney g eneral. The only program
left viable was the one established by
the Metropolitan service oistnct unoer
ordinance 87-231.
In response to this dilemma. Gov
ernor Neil Goldschmidt convened a
task force to explore other avenues
which would lend support to disad
vantaged persons.
One concept, that of an * ‘emerging
small business’ ’ was considered and
rejected because according to the
American General Contractors who
were plaintiffs in both of the afore
mentioned cases, more than half of
their membership would be eligible
to participate. Despite this fact
HB3001 establishing such a unit was
sponsored by Representative Marga
ret Carter. It is interesting to note,
that although she was a member of
the governor’s task force, she never
participated in any of the delibera
tions and the final report of the task
force was never released.
Last week the Governor’s office
announced that SB 1189 had been
signed into law establishing an
Emerging Small Business account
for a pilot program in the Depart
ment of Transportation. The amount
deposited for the biennium was es
tablished as $2.2 million. Now that
the concedpt of an emerging small
business has been chisled into law, it
is very likely that it will erode the
WBE/MBE program practiced by the
Metropolitan Service District
It is very encouraging to observe
that Mrs. Anna McNeil had the good
sense to protect those gains made
under a loosely constructed “ good
faith effort” .
SEI GETS BOOST FROM FRED MEYER
CHARITABLE TRUST
and private financial and manage
ment companies will offer their ex
pertise at the fair.
To close the conference, Meet the
Lenders will hold a special reception
to enable informal networking among
small business owners, speakers and
sources of capital.
Meet the Lenders, Inc. is a non
profit organization established to assist
women and to bring together small
businesses and capital resources. It
serves Oregon and southwest Wash
ington businesses in all stages of de
velopment.
For more information and prereg
istration, contact the Small Business
Administration (503) 221-2682 or
Jeanne Whitbcck (503) 656-4447.
Halim and Khaleelah Rahsaan Earn National Honors
Halim R ahsaan,academ ic advi
sor specialist at Sylvania Campus,
and his d aughter, Khaleelah, 12,
were spotlighted on separate national
stages during July.
Halim, chairman of the Desegre
gation Monitoring Advisory Com
m ittee of the Portland Public
Schools.was a featured speaker at
the 10th annual National Black United
Front Convention July 20-23 in Chi
cago. Halim’sprcscntation was titled
“ Models of Educational success for
African-American Youth.”
Twenty-eight Black United Front
chapters across the country have
adopted the African-American
Baseline Essays curriculum in areas
of language arts, science, social stud
ies, music, art and math. Halim said
the curriculum, known throughout
the educational world as “ the Port-
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land Model,” was developed by
Portland Public Schools at the urging
of the Desegregation Monitoring
Advisory Committee and Black
United Front
Khaleelah, meantime, won mul
tiple honors at a national baton twirl
ing competition at the Louisville,
Ky., convention center July 15-22.
She was on the nine-member Oregon
team which won first place in one
category and third overall.
Individually, Khaleelah received
a first place trophy for her two-baton
routine, was seventh out of 30 you ng-
slers in strut competition, fourth place
in solo, fifth in dance twirl, ninth (out
of 20) in national pairs and won two
seconds and a third place award in
marching categories. Halim’s wife,
Fran, and their son, Karim, accom
panied the two liminaries on the trip
cast.
By Jim i Johnson
Self Enhancem ent Incorporated
received a $654,000 grant from the
Fred Meyer Charitable Trust. This
grant will enable SEI to hire addi
tional staff, including a Parental
Coordinator which is “ critical” ac
cording to Joy Cross, Curriculum
Specialist. SEI will expand services
to include more students and parents,
for the purpose of increasing chances
for success in life added Cross.
SEI Co-Directors; Tony Hopson
and Ray Leary hope that SEI will be
an on going positive instrument in
aiding Urban Youth. Hopson and
Leary feel that networking with com
munity agencies to provide more serv
ices for our youth is a must during
these crucial limes.
Self Enhancement served over 6(X)
second thru twclveth grade students
throughout the school year and sum
mer months. The curriculum included
Drug/Alcohol problems, Peer Assess
ment, Communication, Human Sexu
ality, Employment Skills, Positive
Mental Attitude (P.M.A.) and Health.
These subjects were taught at vari
ous schools throughout North/North-
east Portland. “ The Curriculum ar
eas will be adjusted appropriately for
each grade level” , stated Ms. Cross.
in addition to the academic cur
riculum students arc given a chance
to participate in basketball camps
and other activity based programs.
“ The name Self Enhancement
reflects a sense of self-esteem which
makes our youths feel worthwhile” ,
remarked Ms. Cross.
“ The most important and effec
tive tool in working together with
staff and students is a committed and
collective vision as well as the estab
lishment of positive relationships” ,
stated Cross. “ If you want to impact
effectively a child’s life,you must be
there with them, ar.d be a consistent
part of their lives, particularly Afri
can-American students” . Cross con
tinued.
Education is the foundation upon
which dreams become reality and we
commend the SEI staff for their com -
mitment and dedication to Urban
Youth.
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