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Volume XXI, Number 16
The Mourning of
Men in Blue Fails to
Stir Public
Sympathy for Gates
PartHI
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Blazers Prepare for
Sacramento by
Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
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Why I Work to
Prevent Blindness
by Harry Belafonte
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Excellent Role
Model Keijo at
KGW's Teen Hotline
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Re
BSERVER
Tektronix names William R. Spivey
as Vice President For Computer
Graphics Group
T
ektronix named W illiam R.
Spivey as Vice-President for its
Computer Graphics Group, which is
based in W ilsonville, Oregon.
Spivey, 44,
has a broad back
ground in engi
neering, m arket
ing and business
a d m in is tr a tio n
within the elec
tronics industry.
He has held nu
merous m anage
ment positions at
Honeywell, Inc.,
w here he h a s
w orked
since
1978.
S pivey
m ost re c e n tly
served as Vice
P re sid e n t and
General manager
William R. Spivey
o f Honeywell’s
Keyboard Division. From 1979 to 1986,
he held a variety of positions in engi
neering, marketing and planning at the
Micro Switch Division. Prior to H on
eywell, Spivey worked for the Semi
conductor Products Division of Gen
eral Electric Co. from 1970 to 1978.
At Tek, Spivey will be responsible
for managing the newly named Com
puter Graphics Group, which includes
the Network Display Division and the
Graphic Printing and Imaging Divi
sion. He also will have strategic and
operational responsibility for com m er
cializing promising new display tech
nologies now under developm ent in
TEK LABS.
Jashua I. Sm ith, current Chair of the Bush Administration and founder of
MAXIMA Corporation, will be Key note speaker at the OAME annual
minority Entrepreneurship conference on May 16.
Major sponsors o f OAM E Annual
Conference are U.S. W est Com m uni
cations, First Interstate Bank, and U.S.
Bank. Inform ation about the confer-
ence may be obtained by calling OAME
office; 236-1190 or writing to: OAME
Center, 847 NE 19th Suite 245, Port
land, Oregon 97232
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April 17,1991
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
Oregon Association of Minority
Entrepreneurs Annual Conference
he Oregon Association o f Mi
nority Entrepreneurs (OAME)
annual minority entrepreneurship con
ference is set for May 16,1991 at the
O regon Convention Center.
The one-day event begins with
an opportunity for ow ners and m an
agers o f small business and those
developing or researching entrepre
neurial opportunities the chance for
sem inar-type training in critical busi
ness skills, later in the day a trade
show networking reception will oc
cur.
“ O ur program includes financ
ing options, legal considerations, ad
vertising and m arketing, contracting
with local and federal government,
insurance and other basic know ledge
a person needs to know to start, as
well as, be successful in business,”
explained Sam Brooks, Executive D i
rector o f OAME.
Key note speaker for the event is
Joshua I. Smith, current Chair o f the
Bush A dm inistration’s Com m ission
of M inority Business Development,
and founder o f the M AXIM A Corpo
ration, an information m anagem ent
com pany with revenue exceeding $54
m illion yearly and the 9th largest A f
rican-American business in the United
States.
The OAM E conference began in
1989, it is open to business people.
“ O ur nam e indicates minority entre
preneurs, but OAM E stands for all
businesses. W e work to create net
works between business, large and
sm all, minority and non-m inority,
Brooks noted.
To strengthen that network,
OAM E is publishing a Minority Busi
ness D irectory, that will be available
during the May 16 Conference, re
source for purchasers and contracting
officers to obtain minority businesses
services,” Brooks explained.
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“ W e are extremely fortunate to
have Bill join us at Tek. He is well
respected in the industry,” says Jer
ome J. M eyer, Tektronix President and
CEO.
“ His experience and leadership
ability will fit well with our business
strategies,” Meyer added. “ Bill’s a
strong people m anager and a team
builder, attributes which are very im
portant at T ek.”
Spivey earned a B.S. in physics
from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh
(1968) and an M.S. in physics from
Indiana University in Indiana, Penn
sylvania (1969). He received his Ph.D
in administration -management from
Walden University in Minnesota (1990).
He is a board member o f the Com puter
and Business Equipment M anufactur-
ers Association.
Portland Schools Offer
Early Introduction To Kindergarten
For more information, please con
tact Bill Garbett, director o f public
information and com m unication, 249-
3304, Pordand Public Schools.
Portland Public Schools offers early
registrations and introductions to kin
dergarten for five-year-olds and their
parents during the next two weeks (April
15-26).
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CSD to Cut 1,500 Families and Children From Services
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Housing Special
Ralph Nickerson
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Peninsula Little
League '91'Jamboree
The Children’s Services Division
will serve 1,500 few er families and
children, reduce the slots in juvenile
corrections and cut personnel in order
to balance its post-M easure 5 budget.
CSD officials spent eight days in
mid-March presenting their budget to
the W ays and Means C om m ittee’s Hu
man Resources sub-committee.
“ My feelings is that it went very
w ell,” said Bobby Mink, deputy ad
ministrator, “ Generally they’re very,
very concerned about the cuts to our
programs.”
The division’s total budget for 1991-
93 is $325.5 million. W hile that’s an
increase from the 1989-91 budget, it is
a cut of $ 19 million from the * ‘continu
ing level” budget drawn up before
Measure 5 passed in November.
Nearly all of that reduction -$17
million-is in general fund revenues.
Major savings in Gov. Barbara
Roberts’ proposed budget include:
* $5 million saved by eliminating
some children’s access to preventive
and protective services, based on a
priority scale
* $3 million saved by limiting
juveniles to 12 months o f parole, limit
ing custody to youths under 19, and
reducing the number o f beds in the
training schools and camps
* $7 million saved by transferring
day treatment and psychiatric programs
to the Mental Health and Developmen
tal Disability Services Division
* $1.3 m illion saved by eliminat
ing the migrant day care program, which
subsidized care for 2,300 children of
migrant farm workers, (The program
may be partially refunded by a Child
Care & Developm ent Block Grant.)
In addition, the division is elim i
nating 15 positions in the central office
in Salem, 11 administrators and four
represented positions, according to docu
ments presented to the legislature.
Mink said m em bers o f the Ways
and Means subcommittee were dismayed
at the level o f cuts to som e of the
programs. “ T hey’re very concerned
about the cuts to our care providers,
and the cuts in the juvenile corrections
system, particularly the community
safety aspect o f closing cottages at
MacLaren or Hill C rest,” Mink said.
“ They’re concerned about what’s going
to happen to those youth-will they be
back in the community or will they be
put in adult com t ions. ”
The Legislature’s budget analyst
for CSD agreed with M ink’s assess
ment.
“ I think there's an overall frustra
tion,” said Ann G laze o f the Legisla
tive Fiscal Office. "T h ey d o n ’t really
like what they see, but the general fund
isn ’t there to cover up those holes.”
The two major issues in C SD 's
budget arc the reduction in service to
children on a priority basis, and the
juvenile corrections cutbacks.
House Bill 2540, proposed by CSD,
will allow the division to target services
based on risk o f future harm to the
child, and based on available money.
The bill would:
1. Allow CSD to determine which
abuse reports to investigate, based on
the use of “ risk assessment” techniques;
2. Limit the courts’ ability to commit
children to CSD, by allowing CSD to
determine by administrative rule who
will be served.
3. Change the length o f time and
age requirement for youth who receive
Juvenile Parole services.
CSD currcndy uses a screening
process to determine which allegation s
of child abuse and neglect to investi
gate. But courts can override the proc
ess and order investigations o f cases
that do not meet strict legal definitions
o f abuse or neglect.
Under HB 2540, the court could
still commit children to CSD for acts
which would be crimes if committed by
adults; or if the parent or guardian have
“ abandoncd...failcd to provide...the sup
port or education required by law,
subjected...to cruelty or depravity or to
unexplained physical injury or failed to
provide the care, guidance and protec
tion necessary for the physical, mental
or emotional well-being o f” the child.
In other cases, children would be
placed in CSD custody only if there was
money available. These include chil
dren beyond the control o f parent or
guardian; whose behavior, condition or
circumstances may endanger the child’s
or other’s welfare; and runaw ays.
The governor’s budget also calls
for limiting custody and parole o f youths
to those under 19, and lim iting parole
to 12 months unless otherw ise recom
mended by the c o u rt
The age lim it would save CSD
$258,000 through elim ination of four
parole staff. There currently are 211
youth on parole who are 19 and older;
they would be released w ithout CSD
supervision.
There are 19 in this age group in
institutions. They include tw o m urder
ers, three convicted o f rape, five con
victed o f m an-slaughter and four con
victed o f sexual abuse. These likely
would remain incarcerated until their
com m itm ent is com pleted, probably
age 21.
Limiting parole to 12 months would
save CSD $833,000, including elim i
nation of four parole officers. Phasing
out o f residential treatm ent and other
post-release programs w ould save an
additional $645,000.
This would affect 176 youths cur
rently on parole for 1 months or more,
who would be released without super
vision.
The budget also would close the
Picture House work/study camp located
at the Donald E. Long facility in Port
land. Picture House contains the Juve
nile Corrections A ssessm ent Center,
which is the intake facility for the sys
tem.
The closure would save $1.5 m il
lion and eliminate 28 positions.
The intake facility would be moved
to Hillcrest or MacLaren, which would
mean eliminating 20 general correc
tions beds at the institution.
Mink said the W ays and Means
subcommittee wants to talk about op
tions and alternatives to the cuts when
it holds work sessions in April.
One idea that has been floated by
various legislators is to scour other
agencies' budgets to glean money for
CSD and other Human Resources agen
cies’ top-priority needs.
“ T here’s also hope that the May
revenue forecast is positive and more
funds will be available for social serv
ices,” said the fiscal office’s Ann Glaze.
The divisions are being asked to put
their needs in priori! lor refunding if
more money becomes available.
Deputy administrator Bobby Mink
said, “ They’re very, very concerned
about our cuts. They do n ’t like them
any more than we 1 ike them . O ur budget
is definitely a service cut to people
w e’re serving now. If the governor’s
budget passed now, there are people on
our case list who arc being served today
who w on’t be served tom orrow .”