N ew s A round T own
Commissioner Announces Awarding of First
Contract for Alcohol, Drug Treatment Beds
County C om m issioner G
Gretchen
r e tc h e n
Kafoury. Board Liaison for Justice Serv
ices, today announced the awarding of the
first contract for residential alcohol and
drug treatment beds called for under the
public safety levy approved by the voters
last fall.
“ I m excited that the Volunteers of
America is going to be the provider of the
first 40 beds in out 120 bed project. It looks
like we will be up and running October 1,
1990. I ’m particularly pleased with the
speed of our community corrections staff in
getting this effort underway. These treat
ment beds are an important element o f the
levy package. We need to address the fact
that 70%-75% of the arrestees in our sys
tem have substance abuse problems. The
goal of this program is to reduce their
recidivism .”
The program will target sentenced
offenders identified by the courts, proba
tion officers, or presentence investigators.
Length o f stay is anticipated to be ninety
days followed by six months of aftercare.
Each client will receive a thorough
assessment and individual treatment plan.
Program activities will occur seven days a
week. At a minimum, each week clients
will be scheduled for one hour o f individual
counseling, fifteen hours of structured thera
peutic group counseling, and ten hours of
classes or self-helf groups.
Security procedures will be appropri
ate for a substance abusing offender popu
lation. These include tests for drugs (uri
nalysis) and alcohol (breathalyzer) and
random searches for contraband. Residents
will only be permitted to leave the facility
with the written approval of their counselor
and probation officer. The facility will be
locked to outside entry at all times. Entry
and exit will be supervised. There will be
twenty-four hour supervision by paid secu
rity staff.
Every client will have a discharge plan
focusing on housing, employment, and family
Support. The six months o f aftercare will
Include weekly group counseling and sup
port sessions and drug testing. Fees may be
charged the offender to support the after
care program.
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"W ith the help of the courts and _
proba
tion officers in enforcing a ninety day stay,
we expect that 70% of the enrollees will
complete the program and meet the major
ity of the objectives in their treatment plan,”
noted Cary Harkaway, program manager of
the Community Corrections Division.
Volunteers of America, has operated
the W omen’s Residential Center, a 52-bed
treatment program for felons in portland,
for the last two years under contract with
the county’s Community Corrections Divi
sion. "T he Volunteers of America has a
national reputation for excellence and a
demonstrated record of achievement with
our community corrections staff,” Kafoury
noted.
Commented Jim LeBlanc, Director of
VOA, "W e're proud to be selected as the
Firestone Celebrity
Guest at Blazer
MVP Banquet
The Portland Trail Blazers have an
nounced that four-time Emmy Award win
ning broadcaster Roy Firestone will be the
keynote speaker at the Seventh Annual
Miller Lite Trail Blazer MVP Banquet on
April 12 at Memorial Coliseum.
Firestone, an NFL commentator for
ESPN and host of that netw ork’s
“ SportsLook,” has performed as a stand
up comedian on “ Late Night with David
Letterman” as well as in various comedy
clubs in Los Angeles. A three-time ACE
(Award for Cable Excellence) Award win
ner, Firestone is an accomplished impres
sionist who specializes in impersonating
the voices of sports stars and television
personalities.
Tickets for the banquet, scheduled to
begin at 6:30 p.m., are available at G J.
Joe’s locations and at the Memorial Coli
seum box office. Fans that wish to vote for
their Miller Lite Portland Trail B lazer Most
Valuable Player need to stop by wherever
Miller Lite is sold, pick up an entry blank
and send it to the Trail B lazer offices at 700
N.E. Multnomah Street, Portland, OR 97232.
All entrants will receive a Blazer caricature
poster, compliments of Miller Lite.
SBA Presents $150,000 Grant to Minority Group
Portland Community College and the
Oregon Association of Minority Entrepre
neurs accepted a $149,774 award from th
U.S. Small Business Administration Jan.
24 to improve the success of minority-
owned businesses throughout Oregon.
Representatives from PCC and OAME
were on hand at Portland City Hall to re
ceive the grant from SBA officials. Those
Furniture Giveaway
Security Pacific Bank and United Way
of the Columbia-Willamette have resched
uled an office furniture giveaway to mem
ber agencies for Friday and Saturday, March
30 and 31. The original distribution in
February was canceled because of bad
weather.
The event will take place in a Portland
warehouse at 4454 SW Macadam Ave.
present include OAME Executive Director
Sam Brooks, PCC President Dan Moriarty,
SBA Regional Administrator Harold W olf
and Erline M. Patrick, SBA Minority Small
Business and Capital Ownership Develop
ment Associate Administrator from Wash
ington, D.C. Patrick oversees all of the
agency’s programs to assist the growth and
development of minority-owned small
businesses.
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provider for this program, and we thank
Commissioner Kafoury and the other
members of the board for their efforts in
making these treatment beds part of the
levy. We look forward to providing profes
sional and effective treatment. The nature
of the substance abuse problem with the
offender population mandates a compre
hensive approach, including sanctions, treat
ment, and aftercare. Commissioner Kafoury
has provided leadership in developing this
strategy, and other community corrections
initiatives.”
“ The more we can do to reduce the
dependence of these offenders on alcohol
and drugs,” said Kafoury, “ The more we
do to promote public safety and reduce
crime. " I ’m grateful to the voters of
Multnomah County for approving this
program.”
A Group for Parents with
Drug-Affected Infants
(0 -6 m os.)
Tuesdays 9 a . m . - l p .m .
B re a k fa s t & L u n c h S erved
L im ite d ch ild c a re &
tra n s p o rta tio n
* Come be with other parents and in
fants in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
* Share your frustrations and your joys.
* Learn how to help your child with his/
her special needs.
* Leam how to take care of yourself
and meet the battle of staying clean for you
and your baby.
Contact Karen Bensen or Donna Krass-
man, 284-6267, Parent Child Services, 909
N.E. 52nd, Portland, OR 97213.
Volunteers Needed
Y o u th G an g s P ro g ra m
2 4 8 -4 1 1 2 o r 2 4 3 -7 9 1 0
VOLUNTEER TODAY!
In one of our volunteer areas:
* Business Mentors: Serve as Mentors
for youth at-risk.
* Facilitators of Telephone Banks: Prent/
Volunteers in this area will work at desig
nated schools where Telephone Banks are
located.
* Community Based Trainers; Take an
active role in educating community and
parent groups in recognizing gang behav
iors and activities.
* Chaperones. Have the opportunity to
serve as Chaperones at school events and
work directly with youth at-risk.
Benefits Agencies
(nearH am iltonStreet)from 9a.m . to4p.m .
each day. This project continues the bank’s
participation in various United Way activi
ties. In addition to an award-winning cam
paign in 1989, the company also gives away
tickets through United Way to such events
as Portland Beavers baseball games and
operates a United Way in the workplace
Program within its organization.
^ C /S T
“Dash For Youth”
Launches Park Bureau
Track Season
Portsmouth Community School, in
cooperation with Nike, Inc., will host a
track season warm-up for students in grades
6-8 at Roosevelt High School, April 6. The
“ Dash for Youth” will run from 1 p.m. -4
p.m. and include three events: 100 meter
dash, 200 meter dash and 4 x 100 meter
relay.
Everyone wins at the “ Dash for Youth."
Participants can run in one or all of the
events, but only in one heat of each. Race
officials will award ribbons for 1st, 2nd and
3rd place finishers in each heat and Nike
will supply hats to all participants.
Registration is not necessary. Runners
simply need to report to race officials at the
time of the event. For more information on
the event, contact Portsmouth Community
School, 280-5671.
Portsmouth Community School is a
cooperative effort of the Portland Park Bureau
and Portland Public Schools.
Senior ’s Property Tax
Deferral Application
Period
SALEM -Property tax deferral appli
cations for lower income senior citizens
should be filed with county assessors be
tween now and April 16, reminds the De
partment of Revenue. Oregon homeowners
age 62 or over who meet all the require
ments may delay paying property taxes on
their residences. The taxes must eventually
be paid, with interest, when the owner dies,
moves, or sells the property.
Application are available at your county
assessor's office. If your application is
approved, the State of Oregon will pay your
property taxes for you. Once you have been
accepted into the program, you don’t have
to apply for the following years. The de
ferred taxes paid by the state become a first
lien on your property, except for the liens of
mortgages or trust deeds that were recorded
before the deferred taxes.
To qualify for the deferral you must
meet the following requirements:
* You must be 62 years old by April 15
of the year in which you file your applica
tion.
* You must have a recorded deed to the
property or be purchasing the property under
a recorded sales contract. Contact your
county assessor for more details.
* You must live on the property (except
for an individual required to be absent by
reason of health). If the property is owned
by two or more persons, not husband and
wife, each owner must apply, live on the
property, and be age 62 years or older.
* Your total household income must be
less than $18,500 for the preceding year.
New legislation requires that once you
are in the program, you must meet an
annual income limit not to exceed $24,000
federal adjusted gross income to continue
having your taxes deferred.
Contact your county assessor if you
need an application or more information.
Neil Kelly Resigns as
PDC Commissioner;
Dorothy Hall Named as
Replacement; Doug
McGregor to be
Reappointed
QuaCity Used Carpets
The month of April marks the twelfth
anniversary of Portland Public Schools and
Young Audiences’ collaborative RUN FOR
THE ARTS. Portland school children will
be collecting pledges and running to raise
money to bring professional performing
arts programs into their schools. The RUN
helps schools in the Portland metropolitan
area fund carefully designed performing
arts assemblies, workshops and residen
cies. The artists who appear in the Young
Audiences roster are highly skilled, profes
sional dancers, musicians, singers, story
tellers and theatre artists.
More than 12,000 Portland students
collected pledges from over 135,000 spon
sors during the 1989 RUN FOR THE ARTS.
This year, students will begin collecting
pledges from friends and neighbors on March
29 in preparation for the individual jog-a-
thons held from April 11 -18 on each school
campus. Contributions to the RUN FOR
THE ARTS are tax-deductible and help
enrich our schools’ cultural arts programs.
We are pleased to announce that Z100
FM 's Little Ricky Rocko and the Jammin
Salmon will once again co-chair the RUN.
Along with RUN FOR THE ARTS T-shirts
and winners’ ribbons, incentive awards have
been donated by Ski Bowl’s Alpenslide, the
Portland Timbers, Burger King and the
Salem Trophy Company.
Mayor J.E. Bud Clark announced to
day that he is appointing Dorothy Hall of
Hall Tool Company to the Portland Devel
opment Commission, the C ity’s agency for
urban renewal and economic development.
Hall replaces Neil Kelly who is resigning
for short-term medical reasons. Kelly’s
resignation is effective March 22, 1990.
Hall’s appointment is expected to be voted
on by City Council at their March 28 meet
ing. Hall will fulfill Kelly’s term through
July 1991. Also at the March 28 Council
meeting, Commissioner C. Douglas McG
regor is expected to be reappointed to an
other three-year term.
Mayor Clark praised K elly's work with
the Commission since he was first ap
pointed in may 1985. “ Neil Kelly has been
a tremendous asset to the Commission and
I am pleased he has indicated a willingness
to serve the city again in the future.” Kelly
is owner and Chairman of the Board of the
Neil Kelly Company, designers/remodelers,
located in Portland.
Hall Tool Company has been run by
members of the Hall family since it was
founded in Portland 55 years ago. Dorothy
Hall has shared the responsibility for man
agement of the business with her husband
Dick for the last 10 years. The company is
a distributor of industrial tools and equip
ment and has 12 employees. Hall Tool
Company is located at 1724 S.E. Grand,
within the Central Eastside Urban Renewal
Area.
Public Service
Announcement
Alpha Kappa Alph a Sorority wants you
to know that March is Job Corps Month. If
you are between the ages of 16-21, eco
nomically disadvantaged, and in need of
your G.E.D. or vocational training, give the
Cleveland Job Corps a try.
C a l! l-(8 0 0 )-3 3 1 -6 8 1 9
Ageism, Sexism,
Racism
America’s Little Miss
Pageant Photo Contest
S a tu rd a y , A p r il 14, 1990
“ The Official America’s Little Miss
Pageant" announces their 1990 photo contest
in three divisions: Birth to 2-ycars old, 3- to
12-years old and 13- to 18-years old.
They are looking for beautiful twin
kling stars to fill their pageant sky. Whether
she can sing, dance or just smile and look
pretty, that’s all that is needed. Each photo
will be judged on beauty, pose and cover
girl potential with over $5,000 in cash and
prizes awarded at the finals.
For a free official entry form and addi
tional information please send a long busi
ness, self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
The Official America's Little Miss Pag
eant, 54 Ridge Rd., Phoenixville, PA 19460.
10 :00 A . M . to N o o n
Will be the subject of the Portland
Chapter of the Older W omen's League
(OWL) monthly meeting. The speaker will
be Jeannette Pai, Executive Director of the
Metropolitan Human Relations Commis
sion.
League meets at the Willamette Ath
letic Club, 4949 S.W. Landing Drive, is
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NO ADMIS
SION CHARGE. No-host coffee available.
Ample parking; Tri-Met Bus #35, with bus
and handicap access entrance on Macadam.
For directions or information, call OWL
(245-4271).
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EXCEPTIONAL EXPO '90
The ARC-Multnom ah an d co-sponsors
Portland Public Schools, Multnomah Education
Service District a n d Multnomah Special Olympics
present a resource fair of services and information
for individuals with developm ental disabilities
an d their families.
April 6, 1990
4 to 8 p.m.
Whitaker Middle School
5700 N.E. 39th
Call M yra or Elaine a t ARC-M, 223-7279
for m ore information or to volunteer.
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