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OREGON
C(eo 's ‘Kitchen
What's legal-What's
not?
M W 1 \ W T H IS Y E A R !
On the Job "Learning"
is Important Too
By Professor McKinley Burt
We are all of us familiar with the
term “ on-the-job training” and we define
it as a program to develop on-site the
necessary skills required for a worker to
carry out the specific tasks for which he
will be responsible. But, here, I wish to
explore the concept that there is much,
much more to be gained from one’s
presence and involvement with a par
ticular w orkplace-in a plant or office,
or in the field.
I have spoken in this column of
certain “ learning” experiences that
occurred in various workplaces over
the years. The situations described
clearly exceeded the scope of activities
necessary to enhance performance of a
specific job. Rather, be it an individual
plant, office, or transportation facility,
it was seen that an appreciation or ex
amination of the “ human factors”
around me resulted in the creation of a
number o f innovative projects. The
point I wish to make in this essay is that
all of us are surrounded by such oppor
tunities wherever we work, regardless
of specific expertise or background. It
is only a matter of degree.
Since I have spoken so often of the
“ Harvey Aluminum Plant” at the Dal
les, Oregon (now "Martin-Marietta Co.),
let us use this operation as a model for
expanding one’s workforce presence.
It is to be noted from my description of
the computer/communications project
that won the National Science Founda
tion Prize, that I involved people on the
job (moonlighting school teacher-tech
nicians w ith related jobs), and people in
the community to whom this personnel
had ties (other teachers, students, par
ents, and businessmen/invcstors). Il is
found that though you consider the origi
nal and basic project idea to be your
own, the fact is that the seed was planted
and nurtured during a score of unre
lated conversations and lunchroom dia
logues. This mix produces results in a
classic m anner-a growing comprehen
sion of what could be accomplished if
everything and everyone could be
brought together.
So it is that you have ‘ ‘ learned ’ ’ on
the jo b -n o t “ trained” on the job. The
world is about people, yes it is. It is not
to be overlooked that your employer
will be quite aware of your “ extracur
ricular activities” . In most cases not
only will you find management to be a
willing and helpful contributor to the
project (it enhances the corporate pro
file), but you yourself will be seen in a
new perspective-quite often promo
tions or favorable reassignments will
result.
Another thing I have found is that
one project inevitable seems to lead to
another. It is not at all certain which of
a number of factors brings this about.
Obviously, you will gain a great deal of
self confidence, and your interpersonal
skills will have developed to match.
Also, even without any media exposure
you will find that word-of-mouth com
munications in the workplace, in the
neighborhood, and within other organi
zations that have interfaced with your
project will have brought both admira
tion and requests for your skills and
services.
False Allegations
By Frank Renard Lockett
I’m making this statement in hope
that it will open the eyes of the Blacks
in the North and Northeast community
to the rude awakening that awaits us
simply because w e’ve sat and allowed
the authorities to feed into the media
these dangerous stories involving the
black youth. They’ve taken this four
letter word and extended it wherever
they feel they that they could pass it off.
“ GANG”
I make this statement because I too
was a victim of the four letter word. I
was released from the Oregon State
Penitentiary, Friday, June 15th after
serving 32 months. No where on my
record does it show any Gang involve
ment. Upon my release I was set up to
look like I was a key Gang member that
was supplying Crack and Cocaine to
not just one gang, but in fact to two op
posing gangs.
As a result of this plot the Gang
task force raided my home, knowing
that I wasn’t at home. Knowing that
there’s never been any drugs sold from
my home, these people broke into my
home with machine guns and large caliber
pistols, pulled on my wife and kids.
They totally destroyed my home from
top to bottom, and as a result of their
search they found nothing to confirm
the allegation and accusations. The
headlines on the news said I was sup
plying both gangs. It was me this time,
it may be you the next.
CREED OF THE BLACK PRESS
The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from social and
national antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color, or
u n it . full human and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, the Black
Press strives to help every person In the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone
to held back.
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Now, in the particular case of the
Dalles aluminum plant, one of the ‘ ‘in
vestors” in the compulcr/communica-
tions project was a prominent rancher
in the county who also ow ned a “ Coin-
operated Amusement Device Company”
in town. Located across the stieet from
my residence, this distributor of juke
boxes and pinball machines maintained
a warehouse \\ hich was simply a treas
ure trove of small electronic and met han-
ichal parts. My personal relationship
with the owner-combined with new
skills gained on the job by a reassign
ment to the electrical instrument serv
icing department—made it possible to
obtain an endless supply of compo
nents for the design and construction ol
science models fora kid’s science club;
from rotation of the earth io a model of
a hydroelectric dam (just as you may
see at OMSI today-this was 1967).
Well, there you have it. T his is a
rough, almost simplistic sketch ol what
can be done on the job, but this exercise
is “ real” , and the process is not that
difficult. What I hope for is to get as
many minorities as possible busy at this
approach to bringing a new and rele
vant vista to their “ ghetto-bound”
children. As I have cited innumerable
times, in this world that now requires
scientific and technical literacy of almost
all of us, every possible “ educational”
advantage needs to be advanced and
exploited. What African Americans
can “ bring home” from the plant or
office will be of tremendous leverage in
the race for survival. Learn on the job!
Black Journalist
Recalls that
Friendship with
White Southerner
in Sixties Was
“ Daring”
Describing his friendship with a
white Southerner, which began in 1967,
as “ daring for that time” , Black jour
nalist Wallace Terry, who is from the
North, recalled that he grew up in Indi
ana “ afraid of the South.”
But, Terry writes in an article to be
published this Sunday in Parade maga
zine, the character o f Zalin B. Grant
made him forget his accent. “ He told
m e,” Terry recalled, “ that when Har
vey Gantt, the first Black to enter
Clemson, arrived on campus in 1963,
he had gone to sit with Gantt in the
dining hall when no one else would. ”
Grant, who is also a journalist, was
a correspondent for TIME magazine, as
was Terry, during the war in Vietnam,
where Teny says many Blacks and whites
discovered a common bond.
“ Over the years,” Terry said,
“ Black friends and relatives who vis
ited my home for the holidays, birth
days, graduations and funerals would
wonder who that white fellow w a s-
sitting right in the middle of this family
of Black people and being treated like
blood-kin. We call him Zip, and many
an eyebrow would be raised when the
Southern accent escaped his lips Ev
eryone would wonder, 'W hat was this
white Southerner doing in the Terry
home?’”
The answer, Terry said, lies in the
brotherhood and self-sacrifice Gram ex
hibited in Vietnam. “ Janice (Terry’s
wife) believes that were it not for Zip,
she would be a widow. That’s why we
love him. But I’ve never our told our
three children to love Zip because he
kept me from getting k illcd I ’ \ e nev er
told them to love this man despite all
the absurd distinctions society would
make between us-B lack and white,
North and South. They love him be
cause he has always been there for
them .”_____________
Don’t miss the>u lw.il u a j Tii
A discussion on Nelson
Mandela will be led by the head
of the local chapter of the Black
United Front, at 7 p m next
Tuesday
at
the
King
Neighborhood Facility.
The Second Annual Cascade
Blues Muddies Awards ai. on
July second at Erickson s Saloon.
Call 224-0660 for more into
Children must be 54" tall and/or 12
years old to buy legal fireworks in
Oregon.
There is up to a ONE THOUSAND
HOI l AR REWARD for informa
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tion of persons Selling or Manufac
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devices, fireworks Task Force Toll
Free number 1-800-962-7369.
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Chicken
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Ox tails
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12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Jefferson High School
Class of 1970 is
holding their 20 year reunion
August 10,11,12.
Pre-registration by June 30, 1990
Any questions contact 282-8144
PORTLAND
POLICE BUREAU
CONTINUE
LOCKS
PROGRAM
I he Portland Police Bureau’s Commu
nity Policing Division is continuing
the Locks program for low-income
senior citizen home-owners. For those
who are eligible, the Locks program
services include the installation of
deadbolt locks, metal screening on
basement windows, and the drilling
and pinning of first floor windows.
All services will be free of charge to
the homeowner.
i tic eligibility requirements are:
1 (Owner occupancy. The owner must
live in the house. Rentals are not
eligible.
7 ) Age requirement. The owner must be
60 years of age or older.
3) Low Income. Income level must not
exceed government guidelines
To apply for the program, contact the
Community Policing Division of the
Portland Police Bureau at 796-3126.
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