Portland. Oregon
VOLUME XX • NUMBER 51
100 Public Housing
Communities Share $2.4 Million
Count Committee
To Help Youth Avoid Drug Use
Grants totaling $2.4 million for new or
expanded sport and recreational programs
w ill mean expanded positive opportunities
for youth in 100 public housing comm uni
ties across America, Secretary o f Housing
and Urban Development Jack Kemp an
nounced today.
"Sports and other competitive activi
ties can be important in preventing children
from being lured into drugs and crim e,"
Secretary Kemp said. ’ ‘Too often, children
in public housing communities are exposed
to the destructiveness o f drugs and violent
gangs, and too infrequently exposed to the
challenge o f sports and team activities."
Secretary Kemp has pledged to em
power fam ilies in public housing to help
them rid their communities o f the scourge
o f drugs. Kemp believes that a local youth
sports club is just one o f many ways local
governments, public housing residents, and
the Federal government can work together
to provide positive role m odels and activi
ties for America's youth.
In an effort to m a l» s o n everyone h i
Portland b counted in fee 1990 census.
Committee members represent a broad
cross section o f the community. They in-
chub Congressmen Lea Aucoin, State
Chairperson o f the eam nthtoeb Kath
leen Saadat, Director o f Affirm ative Ao-
tion fo r fee State o f Oregon.
“ The success o f the 1990 census count
land), C ounty C h a ir G ladys M cC o y; Sam
B rooks, Sam B rooks and Associates; Rev.
T .L . L e w is, M o rn in g Star B aptist Church;
Frank D ix o n , N eighbors W est/N orth-
west Review Board; Pam Arden, N o rth
on csnsus population totals, but large amounts
o f federal and state hinds are returned each
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B o g b said i f everyone b not counted,
Portland could receive "less d u n our fair
Share” o f three funds.
According to Bogle, die cammittoe
w ill undertake an intensive public <
household on M arch 2 3 ,1 9 9 0 , w ith pread-
draaaad envelopes to be mailed back by
A p ril 1. In some areas, census workers w ill
piofc d u n
The committee w ill focus on groups
believed to be underrepresented in foe 1980
Portland C itizens C om m ittee; F rank Lepp,
Bast Portland N eighbors; B ill M a rkw a rt,
Central Neighbors N o rth ; Ron Herndon,
N ortheast C o a litio n erf Neighbors;
G retto G rim ala , Southeast U p lift; John
M ille r , Southwest N eighborhood In fo rm a
tio n , In c .;N a n c y B ia s i, O ffic e o fN e ig h b o r-
hood Associations; Jean DeMaster, Burnside
Projects, and Blanche Schroeder, P ortland
C ham ber (rf Commerce.
W o rkin g w ith the com m ittee to iden
t if y ways o f assuring pa rticip a tio n b y the
homeless are D iane Hess and M a rcia
M o s k o w itz o f M e tro p o lita n C o m m unity
A ctio n .
T he com m ittee w ill be staffed b y p o
litic a l liaiso n Faye B u rch o f C om m issioner
B o g le ’ s o ffic e , and J im C laypo ol o f the
P lam fog Bureau. They w ill coordinate their
e ffo rts w ith H a rvey L o cke tt, d ire cto r o f the
lo ca l Census Bureau.
count, such as the 1
SBA Funds Statewide
Minority Business
Assistance Program
The U.S. Small Business Administra
tion recently announced the award o f
$149,774 to the Oregon Association o f
Minority Entreprenucrs (OAM E) and the
Portland Community College (PCC) to fund
a business assistance program targeted at
disadvantaged businesses located through
out the state. This award was a result o f a
competitive process in which profit and
non-profit organizations were asked to
develop innovative programs the would
provide for management and technical
assistance to disadvantaged firms. The
winning proposal for this area teamed the
Oregon A ssociation for Minority Entrepre-
nuers with the resources o f the Portland
Community C ollege’s Small Business
Development Center.
Under the contract, OAME/PCC w ill
provide eligible firms with one-on-one
business consultation as w ell as workshops
and seminars covering a variety o f business
topics. Special emphasis w ill be placed on
matching the needs o f the private and pub
lic sector with disadvantaged firms capable
o f providing those goods and services. It is
anticipated that these services w ill be ac
cessible throughout the state through the
use o f a circuit rider program and a coop
erative arrangement with the twenty Small
Business Development Centers located
throughout the stole.
Firms interested in receiving assistance
should contact the OAME Center at (503)
2 36-1190 or the PCC Small Business D e
velopment Center at (503) 273-2828.
Charles Jordan
Appointed
Many o f the applications are supported
by national, collegiate, or local sports fig
ures.
The $2.4 m illion was awarded on a
competitive basis to localities in 36 states,
including Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia. The grants, up to a maximum of
$25,000, w ill help the local governments
provide sport, social, educational or cu l
tural programs for youth in H UD sponsored
public housing developments.
H U D 's grant funds are being matched
by contributions from local public and pri
vate resources.
Program participants will include public
housing authorities,, resident management
organizations, city recreation departments,
police and sheriff departments, Boys and
Girls Clubs and YW CA’s and YW CA’s.
Activities w ill focus on creation o f recrea
tional facilities, sports clinics and team
building activities and self improvement
and developm ent programs.
Metropolitan Human Relations
Commission To Hold Sixteenth
Annual Awards Luncheon
TV
Congress and in the State Legislature rest
JANUARY 3,1990
“ The Eyes and The Ears of the Community”
Kathleen Saadat Appointed
To Special Complete
is vitally important to die c ity ’s future,"
Bogie stated, “ not only does our commu
nity’s political representation in the U.S.
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Give Another Chance.
Give Blood.
Celebrate Martin Luther K ing’s Birth
day a special way this year. Sign up to
donate blood at the Martin Luther King
Memorial B lood Drive on Monday, Janu
ary 1 5,1990, at O.B. W illiams Convention
Center, 220 N.E. Beech, 10:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. Call Christine Robinson, 285-0493,
for more information.
The sixteenth annual Metropolitan
Human Relations Commission Awards
Luncheon w ill be held Friday, Jan. 12, at
N oon at the Red Lion Hotel, downtown
Portland on Southwest Lincoln. The event
is $ 1 2 .5 0 per person, and open to those who
make reservations by January 9. Call MHRC
o ffice, 796-5136 to obtain reservation in
formation.
The awards luncheon is held every year
in commemoration o f the spirit and work o f
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. During
the luncheon, individuals and organiza
tions who have made outstanding contribu
tions in the field o f human rights and rela
tions w ill be honored.
The Russell A . Peyton Award, named
for the first executive director o f the MHRC,
is presented to individuals who have made
notable contributions in their advocacy o f
human and civil rights. The 1989 award
Census Bureau Opens
District Office
The U.S. Census Bureau is getting ready
for the Big Count in 1990 with the opening
o f a district office in Beaverton. There w ill
be a total o f five district offices in the state,
located in Portland, Salem , Eugene, Bend,
and Beaverton.
The Beaverton census office is located
at 3800 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Approxi
mately 100 persons will be employed at the
district office, which w ill be the nerve
center for census activities in a seven county
area. Hiring for approximately 600 field
census jobs throughout the district w ill
begin in January.
Throughout the state, the Census B u
reau w ill recruit and hire enough people to
fill som e 3,400 temporary census p osi
tions, with an econom ic contribution to the
state o f $10 million.
The effort to achieve a complete and
accurate count o f the state's residents is o f
critical importance to Oregon and to each
community.
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w ill be given to Rabbi Joshua Stampfer of
Congregation Neveh Shalom.
The Sonja Hilton Award is given for
the advocacy o f the rights o f disabled per
sons. Kitty Purser, chair o f the Metropoli
tan Human Relations Commission A dvi
sory Committee for the Disabled from 1987
through 1989, will receive the award.
The Special Recognition Award will
be presented to the Albina Ministerial A lli
ance.
The facility is wheelchair accessible
and the program will be signed for the
hearing impaired and deaf. For more infor
mation about accessibility, call Jan Campbell,
MHRC Disability Project Coordinator, 796-
5210. The TDD number is 796-5393.
M H R C Mission Statement
The M etropolitan Human Relations
Comm ission believes in the dignity and
worth o f a ll human beings. M H RC's m is
sion is to fo s te r mutual understanding and
respect, an d to protect the human rights o f
all economic, religious, ethnic, racial, na
tional origin, disability, age, sex, and sex
ual orientation groups in Multnomah County.
Be Planner-For-A-Day At
Growth Conference Jan. 10
Citizens can help shape the future of
the region at a conference entitled, “ Plan
ning a Livable Future: Growth Strategies
for the 21st Century." The event will be
from 8 ajn. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10,
at the Lloyd Center Red Lion.
The conference is co-sponsored by the
Metropolitan Service District, Portland
General Electric and the League of Women
Voter» (Columbia River Region Interleague
Organization). Registration fee, including
lunch, is $25. Advance registration is re
quired. The conference is open to the pub
lic.
John DeGrove and Neal Peirce, na
tional experts on regional growth issues,
are featured speakers. DeGrove will pres
ent the keynote address on “ Framing the
Issues in 1990.” He is director of the Flor
ida Atlantic University/Florida International
University Joint Center for Environmental
and Urban Problems.
Peirce is a nationally syndicated col
umnist (appearing locally in The Oregonian)d,
TV commentator and author. His luncheon
speech, “ A Tale of Two R egions,” will
explore growth problems in the Puget Sound
region o f Washington compared with the
Portland metropolitan area.
Arnold Cogan, of Cogan Sharpe Cogan,
w ill give a talk and slide presentation on
growth management issues facing this region
today. A panel discussion, "Strategies for
Livability," will be moderated by Ed Whelan,
PGE, and feature Metro Councilor Mike
Ragsdale, Grubb & Ellis; Henry Richmond,
1000 Friends o f Oregon; and Earl Blume
nauer, Portland city commissioner. POE
President Kay Stepp w ill also be among the
conference speakers.
The afternoon workshops, moderated
by Metro Councilor Jim Gardner will fea
ture small-group discussion o f planning
strategies for the region.
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♦ A.K
Charles Jordan
Commissioner Mike Lindberg announced today he has appointed Charles Jordan in the
permanent position o f Superintendent o f the Bureau o f Parks and Recreation effective
immediately. Jordan has served as acting Superintendent for the Bureau since December 11,
1989 and has successfully completed the required civil service process. Jordan's salary is
$ 6 3 3 7 8 a year.
Commissioner Lindberg w ill authorize reimbursement o f Jordan' s relocation costs. The
$9.805.08 w ill be funded through the existing Park Bureau budget
For the last five y e a n , Jordan has served as Director o f Parks and Recreation in Austin,
Texas. Prior to his tenure in Texas, Jordan served ten y e a n as a City Commissioner in the
City o f Portland.
"Throughout this process, I have had one goal: to hire one o f the most talented Parks
Superintendents in the country to manage our city’s parks system ,’ ’ Commissioner Lindberg
said. "1 am elated that this goal has been realized.”
Goldschmidt Urged Senior
Health Insurance Freeze
At Governor N eil Goldschmidt’s sug
gestion, senior health insurance premiums
have been frozen until sometime next spring
by Theodore Kulongoski, Oregon Insur
ance Commissioner.
Premiums for the private health insur
ance sold to supplement Medicare are
expected to increased as companies move
to pay benefits that the federal government
no longer covers. This follows repeal o f the
Catastrophic Coverage Act by Congress
last month. The repealed program was funded
by a controversial premium charged to all
Medicare beneficiaries. Last week, the Social
Security Administration announced that it
will be unable to reprogram its computers
to stop taking those premium deductions
from benefit checks until at least May 1990.
In a letter to Kulongoski, Goldschmidt
said the charge is unfair. He also said the
delay by the Social Security Administra
tion will create “ a great amount o f confu
sion among our retirees as to what actual
medical coverage they have and how much
that coverage costs."
Goldschmidt suggested a moratorium
on all Medicare supplement rate increases
until the federal government reprograms its
computers. According to Goldschmidt, the
decision " w ill give regulators and the in
surance industry more time to evaluate the
effects o f repeal of the Catastrophic Health
Care Act."
Kulongoski announced a freeze M on
day on Medicare supplement premium
increases until the government deductions
stop. The Governor’s suggestion and many
letters o f concern from Oregon seniors
prompted Kulongoski's decision.
He pointed out that individual seniors
are not in a position to ask the federal
government to stop the deductions. H ow
ever, he argued that ’ ’Insurance companies
have the time, money, and power to im ple
ment cost containment and to lobby the
federal government to refund the repealed
Catastrophic Coverage Act premiums.”
Kulongoski's order applies to only the
individual Medicare supplement policies
held by Oregon seniors. It does not apply to
policies purchased on a group basis be
cause the insurance Commissioner does
not have authority to approve or deny rate
changes on group plans. Kulongoski asked
companies that sell such plans to voluntar
ily comply with his moratorium.
Kulongoski urged his fellow insurance
commissioners across the country to join
him in imposing the moratorium, “ and in
protecting seniors from unfair and exces
sive charges.”
Black College Satellite
Network to Telecast
“The State of Black
America 1990“ Press
Conference
The Black College Satellite Network
will telecast live the press conference on
the release o f ‘ ‘The State o f Black America
1990, Tuesday, Jan. 9, from 10 to 11 a.m.
from the National Press Club in Washing
ton, D.C.
The press conference, conducted by
John E. Jacob, President and Chief Execu
tive Officer o f the National Urban League,
will also be received by other satellite net
works, cable stations, as well as homes with
private satellites with receive capabilities.
Individuals who have KU-BAND or
C -B A N D and satellite receive capabilities
will be able to pick up the press conference.
The satellite coordinates for the KU-BAND
will be Satcom R-2 transponder number 6B
(vertical) channel 9 o f 30, downlink fre
quency o f 11876.5 Mz and audio frequency
o f 6.2 o f 6.8. Those with C-BAND will be
able to receive the program through Westar
IV, transponder 6D (horizontal) channel 11
with downlink frequency o f 3920 Mz and
an audio frequency o f 6.2 o f 6.8.
For further technical information and
to register as a downlink site, contact Dr.
Walter Barwick at Black College Satellite
Network at (202) 737-2405.
"The Slate o f Black America 1990 is
the most authoritative annual document
examining the current status and conditions
of African Americans in America. The State
of Black America is a publication of the
National Urban League.