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Volum e X X , Num ber 40
October 17,1990
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
Oregon Remodelers Association and
Emmert International Donate Home
Walden New
Assistant Pastor of
faith Tabemcle
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Kool Skool
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OPBS Presents Local
Color
ortland, Or. ~ the Oregon
R e m o d e le rs
A sso c ia tio n
(ORA) announced today it has arranged
for a house to be donated to a local
housing advocacy group, Homes One
Street at a Tim e (HOST). ORA moved
the house to the Oregon Convention
Center where it will be remodeled during
the 1990 Home Improvement & Re
modeling Show with donated materials
and services. Emmert International, a
specialized heavy hauling firm in Clacka-
mas, donated the house to HOST.
“ W e’re proud to be part o f this
project to revitalize a Portland neigh
borhood,” said Rodger Spring, 1990
Home Improvement and Remodeling
show chairm an. “ W e hope it will be
the first o f m any successes for HOST. ’ ’
HOST plans to create home ow n
ership opportunities for low to m oder
ate-incom e families by rehabilitating
abandoned houses and by sponsoring
new house construction in deteriorat
ing residential neighborhoods in Port-
land.
The house will anchor H OST’S
first project and will be moved to the
House to be Remodelled at Home Improvement and Remodeling Show
block and then arrange low -cost loans
for their buyers, keeping the monthly
ow nership costs equal to m arket rent.
HOST has targeted transitional neigh
borhoods where vacant o r deteriorating
houses have begun to create problem s
but where it is still possible to create
value through cost-effective acquisition
and improvement.
By rehabilitating houses on both sides
of a street, HOST hopes to create a sup
portive mini-community for its new home-
owners. HOST anticipates its projects
will:
♦ provide home ow nership oppor
tunities for families who otherwise might
never be able to afford a house;
♦ create strengthened neighborhoods
with owners m otivated to m aintain them;
and
♦ increase private real estate val
ues and activity as community percep
tions o f the neighborhoods change.
Em m ert International President
Terry Em m ert said: “ HOST is giving
hope to fam ilies that might otherwise
never have a chance to buy a home.
W e’re extrem ely pleased to be a part of
this win/win program .”
O RA , founded in 1952, is dedi
cated to prom oting and assuring ethical
standards in sales and service for Ore
gon remodeling consumers. ORA pur
sues positive, instructive support for
consumer protection programs.
The 1990 Home Improvement &
remodeling Show will run from Octo
ber 17 to 21 in the Oregon Convention
Center. The show hours are: W ednes
day, O ctober 17, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00
p.m.; Thursday, O ctober 18,6:00 p jn .
to 11:00 p.m .;Friday October 19,11:00
a.m. to 10:00 p.m .; Saturday October
20, 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Sunday
October 2 1 ,1 1 :0 0 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The Home Improvement and re
modeling show is one of the West Coast’s
largest home improvement shows.
EMPLOYMENT IN OREGON
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Local Boy in
Operation Desert
Shield
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Business Profile now
on the new Business
page, this weeks
profile on Roy Jay
regon unemployment rate (sea
sonally adjusted) 5.9% up 0.4 from
August National unemployment rate (sea
sonally adjusted) 5.7% up 0.1 from Au
gust.
O regon’s economy has reached a
plateau, with employment growth stop
ping and unemployment on the rise, ac
cording to figures released today by the
Oregon Employment Division.
Oregon’s September seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate of 5.9% rose
0.4 from the August rate. W hile 5.9% is
a relatively low rate for Oregon, based
on levels since the 1970s, it is the state’s
highest rate since January 1989 and is
nearly a full percentage point higher
than rates recorded earlier this year.
Seasonally adjusted employment in
September is nearly the same as the level
six months ago. And after taking out the
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ness were two nondurable goods indus
tries which have been strong contribu
tors to Oregon’s economy in recent years.
Several pulp and paper products mills
decreased their payrolls, combining for
a loss o f 200jobs. And rubber and plastic
producers showed no job gains from a
year ago-this in an industry that has
averaged 400 additional jobs per year
since 1984.
Even food and kindred products,
which had been booming this summer,
recorded a September employment de
cline. Activity in this sector is still brisk.
Canning and preserving employed 19,700
in September, and even though it lost
1,600jobs over the month, it still is 1,300
above the year-ago level.
The trade sector, which declined by
4,100 in September, deserves mention.
Because o f the timing of the Portland
area food stores strike in August, both
temporary replacement workers and
regulars returning after the strike were
counted as employed. September’s 4,400
employment drop in food stores was
entirely attributable to A ugust’s double
count
Construction, adding 200 jobs, pro
vided one o f the few bright spots in the
September employment statistics. Most
sectors within construction held steady
or increased slighdy.
Pamela A. M attson, Employment
Division Administrator, said, “ Unfortu
nately, it may be time for my division to
begin preparing for an increase in the
demand for its services, as the slowdown
in the nation’s economy begins to show
itself in O regon.”
NO ON 4
COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP
SURGES TO
OVER 40,000
MEMBERS
T
he NO on 4 Committee an
nounced that over 40,000 O re
gonians have joined the campaign com
mittee to oppose Measure 4, which would
shut down the Trojan nuclear electricity
p la n t
“ The 40,000 Oregonians who have
joined the NO on 4 Com m ittee come
from all walks o f life and from all parts
o f the state,” said Roy Hemmingway,
Campaign M anager for the NO on 4
Committee.
“ These numbers show how broad
the opposition is to M easure 4 around the
state,: said Hemmingway. “ These O re
gonians are concerned about the damage
the shutdown of Trojan would do to our
power supply, our electric rates, and our
environm ent.”
The NO on 4 Com m ittee was formed
in late A ugust to oppose M easure 4. At
that time the founding committee was
announced, made up o f 66 scientists,
physicians, farmers, business people, labor
leaders, environmentalists, and other civic
leaders.
Rescue
Mission
Seeks
Donations
W ith the cold w eather and
holidays fast approaching, Portland
Rescue Mission urgently needs warm
winter clothing, blankets and food for
homeless men, women, and children.
Turkeys, hams, and toys will also be
needed for holidays.
Donated items can be deliv
ered to the Mission at 111 W. Burnside
or you can call 227-0421 for pick-up.
Cash donations can be m ailed to Port
land Rescue Mission, Box 3713, Port
land. OR 97208.
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effects o f the tem porary em ploym ent of
U.S. Census workers, seasonally adjusted
employment has remained nearly con
stant in each o f the last seven months.
In September, total nonagricultural
employment rose 3,600. But this growth
was 7,000 less than that normally ex
pected at this time o f year.
Manufacturing employment declined
in every major sector. In lumber and
wood products, closures and cutbacks
continued to be the most prevalent news.
Six mills cut back em ploym ent sig
nificantly and made up the bulk of the
800 employment decline in this sector.
September marked the sixth straight month
o f seasonally adjusted em ploym ent de
clines in lumber and wood products. The
sector now em ploys 4,000 fewer than it
did one year ago.
Adding to the manufacturing w eak
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YCAP (Minority Youth Con
summer.
Referrals to M YCAP are approxi
cern Action Program), a proj
ect funded by CSD and is fastly im mately
pact 65% from MaClaren and the re
ing the Northeast Community with its mainder from parents and encouragingly
innovative youth gang diversion pro some walk-ins.
Once referred, youth are involved in
gram. Less than three months old,
counseling,
job referrals, GED educa
MYCAP is currently listing forty youth
who are former gang members, or tion and sports activities.
M YCAP currently has a staff of
“ W anna B ’s ” , who are now actively
three, assisted by 10 volunteers.
involved in diversion activities.
Tuesday and Sundays are devoted to
M YCAP is the brain child of six
community activists heavily involved intervention m eetings with Sundays also
in youth gang diversion. The six (Lon designated as family day.
M Y CA P’s uniqueness has triggered
nie Jackson, Kathy Martin, Sam Pierce,
Roger W ilder, Jim i Johnson and Luther inquiries from Detroit, W ashington
Irving) met informally at MaClaren D.C..New York, Virginia, Chicago, and
school for boys some three years ago other states.
In addition to Sam Pierce, other
and decided to attack the surging gang
problem in N/NE Portland through more staffers are W arren Ogden, live-in super
positive efforts, such as direct contact. visor, and Steve Hoffman, activities co
After months o f negotiating with ordinator.
MYCAP is seeking donations for
public agencies, funding for MYCAP
was finally secured thru Childrens Serv office supplies and equipm ent and to
ices Division in the amount of $100,000. bring the program up to its full contin
Executive Director Sam Pierce gent of youth which is 100.
Donations may be mailed to the
states the program was extremely lucky
to secure quarters in inner Northeast Main Branch YW CA, which is the
Portland and after some improvements, umbrella agency.
officially opened for business this past
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L-R Carlos Minor, Left, Volunteer mentor is shown with original board members and MYCAP founders, Kathy
Martin, Sam Pierce, Roger Wilder, and Lonnie Jackson.
Mentors,
Family and
youth
gather at
recent
“Family
Day" activi
ties at
MYCAP
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