Page 3 Portland Observer OCTOBER 5, 1989
News Around Town
LOCAL FORUMS FOR
CONFERNCEON AGING
Plans are currently in the works
for the 1990 G overnor’s Conference
on Aging. It will again be held in
Eugene at the Eugene Conference
Center on March 11-14,1990.
Once again it is time to call to­
gether local advocates for the elderly
to identify issues that need action by
the 1991 Oregon State Legislature.
The Commission on Aging is seek­
ing organizations who are willing to
sponsor local forums. If you are in­
terested, here is a list of things you
would need to do:
1. Call PMCoA office (796-5269) to
request a local forum sponsor
pack et
2. Plan to hold your local forum
before November 24th. Develop
an agenda, choose a facilitator
and recorder (details are included
in local forum sponsor packet).
3. Publicize your forum. (If you’d
like your location to be included
in a Multnomah County Local
Forums on aging press release get
the dale, time, and place to PMCoA
by October 15th).
4. Hold the forum and return the
GOVERNOR'S
Local Forum Issues Report and
delegate applications to us by No­
vember 30,1989. Issue papers re­
ceived after that date will not be
included in the District Issues
Report forwarded to the State­
wide Governor’s Conference.
There will be approximately 250
delegates to the 1990 Governor’s Con­
ference on Aging. Forty-five will be
selected by PMCoA to represent
Multnomah County. Delegates with
a knowledge o f the legislative proc­
ess arc being sought. Delegates will
be selected to represent as closely as
possible all segments of elders in the
County. Funds will be available to
assist in covering expenses where
necessary.
Applications can be obtained at a
local forum or by calling PMCoA.
Applications must be returned by
November 30, 1989 to be consid­
ered.
As an organization that serves
seniors, the Commission on Aging
encourages your participation in
sponsoring a local forum so that your
view can be heard.
"LIVING WELL" PROGRAM AMIMED AT
PEOPLE WITH DIABETES
Living Well With Diabetes, an
all-day informational seminar for
people with diabetes and their fam i­
lies, will be held S atu rd ay , Nov. 4,
1989 at Portland State University,
Smith Memorial Center. Registra­
tion begins at 8:15 a.m.
The program, presented by the
Oregon Diabetes Educators and the
American Diabetes Association,
Oregon Affiliate, Inc., will feature
diabetes care professionals who will
provide valuable information on some
of the common concerns o f people
with diabetes. In addition, represen­
tatives from diabetes product com ­
panies will give presentations on dia­
betes products.
Topics to be covered by the health
professionals include “ Surviving Sick
Days” , by Dr. Robert Mecklenburg,
a diabetes-care specialist with the
Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, Wash.;
“ Revealing Hidden Low Blood Sug­
ars” , by Dr. David Calder, MD, with
the Diabetes W ellness Center in
Eugene; “ Nutrition Management for
a Busy Lifestyle,” by Jan Huffman,
Registered Dietitian, Certified Dia­
betes Educator, McLean Clinic,
Oregon City; and “ Exercising with
Physical Lim itations,” by fitness
specialist Joan Young, CTRS, The
Diabetes Institute, Portland.
In addition, diabetes products and
food products appropriate for people
with diabetes will be displayed.
The program is free to American
Diabetes Association members and
families. Non-members may attend
for $3 each or $5 per family. The reg­
istration fee will be waived for people
who join the American Diabetes As­
sociation upon registration.
For more information or to regis­
ter, call Diana Hayes at the Oregon
Affiliate office, 228-0849, or (800)
234-0849, Oregon toll-free.
Diabetes is a disease in which the
body does not produce or properly
use insulin, a hormone needed for
daily life. In Oregon, an estimated
160,000 people have diabetes and
nearly 70,000 o f these people don’t
know it. Diabetes can lead to heart
disease, kidney disease, stroke, blind­
ness, and severe infection leading to
gangrene, and foot and leg amputa­
tion.
Headquartered in Portland with
20 chapters statewide, the Oregon
Affiliate sponsors research activities
to find a cure and preventive for
diabetes, works to alert Oregonians
to the seriousness of diabetes, pro­
vides educational programs and lit­
erature to diabetes, provides educa­
tional programs and literature to
diabetes patients and health profes­
sionals, and works to improve the
lives of all people affected by the dis­
ease.
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URBAN CONSERVA­
TION CORPS
County Commissioner Rick Bau­
m an, County Chair Gladys McCoy,
and Mayor Bud Clark will announce
today that the Portland metropolitan
region is one o f 23 regions around
the country that has received a $10,000
planning grant to create an urban
conservation corps. The announce­
ment will be made at a press confer­
ence scheduled for October 2nd at
10am in the Blue room of the Mayor’s
Office.
The grant from Public/Private Ven­
tures, a Philadelphia based organiza­
tion, will give the region the oppor­
tunity to start up a full time, year
round corps serving up to 200 youth
per year. Bauman said the region
could be able to qualify for further
grants if it becomes one of 15 finalist
regions under the P/PV program.
“ The Urban Youth Corps is a
single solution to two pressing prob­
lems: reclaiming innercities and dis­
enfranchised urban youth,” Bauman
said.
Already, in cities such as San Fran­
cisco, Philadelphia, Boston,.and New
York, crews o f corps members are
renovating abandoned homes, build­
ing accessibility ramps for disabled
individuals, and assisting homebound
elderly.
As McCoy noted, “ By teaching
corps members about the needs of-
the community and how they can
meet these needs, they can develop a
strong sense of their own capabili­
ties. Equally, this teaches the com ­
munity to appreciate young people
in a new way. It can have a tremen­
dously revitalizing effect.”
County and City officials will be
joined at the press conference by
other members o f the Urban C orps’
Task Force. As well, Carl Lieman, a
member of the original Civilian
Conservation Corps will be in atten­
dance to speak about the corps’ ap­
plicability in the 1930’s and the 1980’s.
County Human Services will
administer the program during its
initial months but, Bauman says, the
Urban Youth Corps will then be­
come a non-profit corporation.
The program will hire youth 18 to
23 to perform needed work in the
community. The focus will be on out
o f school youth who are having diffi­
culty finding a niche in the labor
market.
“ These kids may already have a
job, but not the skills for advance­
ment or long-term employment. The
Corps will teach them to work hard,
get an education, and abide by the
rules including a strong prohibition
against any drug use,” Clark said of
the program.
Bauman said he is excited about
the corps’ future, but added that
funding is important.
‘‘T he L e g isla tu re approved
$250,000 a year last session for fund­
ing ‘community service corps’. We
feel optimistic that our Urban Youth
Corps will qualify for a grant from
the state. But our need for additional
funding is crucial, and we will use
this grant in part to find business and
community partners that will join J
with us to make this program a suc­
cess,” Bauman said. Money from
this planning grant will also be used
to design the corps program and re­
cruit and hire program staff.
Clark says the corps hopes to put
youth to work by June, 1990. Ini- ‘
tially, they will begin with 2 crews of
10 youth and phase in additional crews
over the next two years.
“ Its an ambitious program ” ,
McCoy states, “ but w e’re ready for
it”
HERTZ EQUIPMENT
RENTAL NAMES
KRIS D.CROWTON
BRANCH MANAGER
IN PORTLAND
SECRETARY OF STATE ROBERTS CALLS
FOR INVESTIGATION
when he provided the file to W ie­
deraenders.
Secretary of State Barbara Roberts
Dix left the elections office and
asked the Oregon Stale Police to assist
Jack Graham, Director o f Elections, returned with the missing page. The
Kris D. Crowston was recently
in the investigation o f the removal of returned page had been tom from the
appointed Manager of the new Hertz
a public document from the state file and folded.
The page removed from the elec­ Equipment Rental facility in Port­
elections division.
tions
division differed from the page
land, Oregon. The announcem ent
The missing document was page
faxed to Oregonian columnist Steve of his appointm ent was m ade by
two of a campaign finance report
Duin by Representative Dix the night Peter G ladis, Region Vice President
filed by the Oregon House Demo­
before.
Page two of the report sent to with Hertz who said, “ Kris is a sea­
cratic Caucus for the November, 1988
Duin Monday night contained a soned equipment rental professional
general election.
$ lO.OOOcontribution from Rep Hedy who has demonstrated superior sales
Early Tuesday morning, Septem­
Rijken to the House Democratic and management expertise. I am con­
ber 19, 1989 Carl W iederaenders,
Caucus. The report on file in the state fident that under his direction our
Democratic House Caucus Adminis-
elections division did not contain this new Portland facility will flourish.”
tri tor, asked to review the file con­
contribution.
Crowston holds a Bachelor’s
fin in g all o f the general election
The theft of a public document is degree from Oregon State Univer­
campaign reports filed by the House
a Class A misdemeanor subject to a sity, and started his career with Hertz
Democratic Caucus
maximum penalty of $2500 and one in sales in the firm ’s Seattle branch.
Larry Bevens, elections staff, re­
year in jail.
A native of W ashington, Crow ­
viewed several reports with W ie­
In addition to this criminal inves­ ston now resides with his family in
deraenders ar.d left Wiederaenders
tigation by the state police, Secretary St. Helens,Oregon.
to study the file at the counter. Ap­
o f State Roberts ordered a complete
In Portland, Hertz Equipment
proximately five minutes later W ie­
inspection of the two political action Rental services the construction and
deraenders left the office, leaving
com m itteesof the House Democratic industrial sectors in the Portland and
the file on the front counter. Elec­
Caucus and the Democratic Party of Vancouver areas. The branch is lo­
tions staff refiled the reports.
Oregon. The secretary o f state asked cated at 4939 Northeast Columbia
Later that morning Representa­ Bill Miles, Director of Audits to assign
Blvd.,telephone (503) 287-5789.
tive Dave Dix requested the same a team of certified public account­
A wholly-owned subsidiary of The
file. In reviewing the reports Dix dis­ ants to conduct this inspection. All Hertz Corporation, Hertz Equipment
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covered that page two of the second bank statements, canceled checks and Rental
Corporation rents and leases heavy,
pre-election special report was miss­ receipts o f the House Democratic
ing and asked elections staff where it Caucus accounts and the Democratic equipment to the construction, in­
was. Bevens told Dix that the page Party c f O regon’s accounts will be dustrial and government markets: The
company maintains more th an -80-
was in the report earlier that morning subject to inspection.
branches throughout the United States-
and Europe and is based in Park-.
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COMMUNITY POLICING PLANNING PROCESS Ridge, New Jersey. . .
Thursday, September 21, 1989
T he P o rtlan d Police B ureau process, and urges a more unified
Community Policing Planning Proc­ approach to problem solving.
The second report is from the
ess has sent two more preliminary
reports to the M ayor’s office and city community policing menu com m it­
council dealing with the community tee, and is a problem-solving hand­
book for police officers and citizens.
policing planning process.
As with the previous released pro­ It offers a variety of strategies to
ductivity and work load analysis, these solve the various problems that a
are also preliminary, or first draft, re­ community may face.
ports.
Due to the length of these reports,
The two reports represent the ef­ complete copies will not be repro­
forts o f over 40 citizens, police offi­ duced. Copies will be available for
cers, city, county and state officials review at the PIO ’S office, and also
of the criminal justice and social with Kathy Dimond at the M ayor’s
office.
service agencies.
Again, it should be emphasized
The first report deals with the
criminal justice preliminary progress that these are not final recommenda­
report. This tells how the criminal tions or positions of the police bu­
justice system would need to work reau. These recommendations repre­
together under the community polic­ sent the first step in reviewing our re­
ing concepts. The report recommends lationship with other elements of the
the police bureau work at involving criminal justice system, and the final
judges, the district attorney, social recommendations may represent
service agencies, and other police different or additional issues to be
agencies in the community policing considered.
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PAULA ABDUL WINS
EMMYAWARD FOR
CHOREOPRAHYFOR
THE TRACEY ULL-
MAN SHOW
Multi-talented Virgin recOiding'
a rtist Paula Abdul has won her first'
Emmy Award for her original chore­
ography for “ The Tracey Ullman
Show ” . Abdul had also been nom i­
nated for an Emmy for her work with
the show last y e a r-sh e ’s been the
program ’ s sole choreographer for all
three seasonsdhat it’s run.
The Emmy joins a host of awards
Paula has won for her work as both a
choreographer and performer. Re­
cently, she ¡picked up four MTV
Awards for her .groundbreaking
“ Straight Up” video. In 1987, Paula
won her first MTV Award for her
choreography for Janet Jackson;she
was also given a Soul T rain Award
for the choreography.
Paula’s latest single hit the ch arts^
is “ (It’s Just) The Way That You
Love M e,” which follows hot on the. -
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Your G irl,” and “ Cold Hearted” .
HERTZ EQUIPMENT
RENTAL OPENS
Hertz Equipment Rental Corpo­
ration recently opened a branch in
Portland, Oregon under the direction
of Branch Manager K ris C row ston
and is now supplying the construc­
tion and industrial sectors in Port­
land and Vancouver with equipment
rentals.
According to Krowston, the new
branch is comprised of 4,000 square
feet with a 1.7 acre equipment yard
and two bays.
In addition, the professional Hertz
sales team in Portland is comprised
of Sales Representatives Brian Mch-
enry and Jeff Rasmussen, as well as a
full staff of sales coordinators, driv­
ers, mechanics and yard men.
In Portland, Hertz Equipment
Rental is located at 4939 Northeast
Columbia Blvd., telephone (503) 287-
5789.
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