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your answer grid. (It’s too easy to skip
a question on the test and forget to skip
one on the grid!) Check every five
questions to see that numbers on your
answer grid and question booklet match
up.
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miss almost half the questions and still
get an above average score. (If worse
comes to worst and you feel you are too
4. There is a penalty for incorrect
answers, so don’t guess wildly. How­
ever, if you can eliminate at least one of
the five answer choices, the odds are in
your favor.
5. Pace yourself. Don’t spend too
much time on any one question. Place a
mark in the question booklet beside the
puzzlers and come back to work on
them only when you’ve completed the
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“ Downsizing” The Military Will
Reduce Black Opportunity
PCC Offers Home
Buying Class to
First-Time Buyers
Competition for Civilian Jobs Could Weaken Employment
Packwood To Discuss
Social Security
Legislation
(Taken Form 1991 April issue of Focus magazine)
In order to help individuals buy
their own homes and to facilitate lend­
ing in inner-city neighborhoods, Port­
land Community College, in conjunc­
tion with First Interstate Bank’s Com­
munity Lending Center, offers Buying
Your First Home, a two-hour work­
shop, to be held in May.
The first class meets on Tuesday,
May 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Whitaker
Community School, 5700 N.E. 39th
Avenue. The second class meets Thurs­
day, May 30, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Grant
High School, 2245 N.E. 36th Avenue.
Both classes are free of charge.
Instructor Ralph Nickerson, man­
ager of the Community Lending Cen­
ter, said the class will address the fol­
lowing topics: how to budget money
for closing, how to prepare for increased
cash requirements, how to evaluate home
financing programs and availability,
and how to prepare for home mainte­
nance.
A goal of the PCC class and First
Interstate Bank’s lending center is to
meet the needs of as many inner-city
neighborhood home buyers as possible.
For more information on Buying
Your First Home, please contact PCC’s
Community Education Center, 244-
6111, ext.5205.
The planned reduction of military
forces that was delayed by “ Desert
Storm” will likely reduce the number
of black Americans in the armed serv­
ices by from 100,000 to 110,000 over
the next five years. This reduction,
which the military plans to achieve
primarily by cutting recruitment, will,
in combination with a recession in the
near term, significantly reduce oppor­
tunities for blacks currently in the mili­
tary and the next generation of black
high school graduates looking to mili­
tary service as a ladder of upward mo­
bility.
The planned reduction will cut a
total of 500,000 personnel from all
branches of the service by mid-decade.
While the reservists who served in the
Gulf can be expected to return to wait­
ing civilian jobs, Shane points to two
groups in particular that will suffer the
greatest dislocation as a result of the
downsizing: those forced out by the
reduction and young people wishing to
pursue a military career that may no
longer be open to them. Since blacks
currently comprise 20 percent of the
military and face substantial civilian
unemployment rates, they may suffer
most from these cutbacks.
Older Workers Should Not Be
Punished For Working
by Senator Bob Packwood R-OR
ings limit gradually to $11,400 in 1994.
I supported proposals in the Senate last
year to change the eamings limit. Just as
I supported the legislation then, I sup­
port it today. It is my hope that this year
Congress will soon change the eamings
limit law.
As some of you may recall, the
eamings limit law was enacted during
the Depression to encourage older
Americans to leave the workplace and
open jobs for younger individuals. To­
day, many sectors of the economy are
facing a labor shortage, and the experi­
ence of older Americans is needed. The
eamings limit discourages people from
working after the age of 65. Obviously
times have changed since this law was
created.
I believe many older Oregonians
want to work. Many have told me of
their unhappiness over the eamings limit.
I think this legislation will encourage
many of them to get out in the workforce.
In fact, I think it will encourage thou­
sands, from all over the country.
I believe Social Security is a pro­
gram to supplement the retirement plans
of older Americans and guarantee them
a measure of security. Social Security
benefits should help them, not limit them.
Legislation eliminating the eamings limit
would help guarantee this.
They say you are only as old as you
feel. For many Oregonians, staying young
means getting out, working in the com­
munity, and getting paid for their contri­
butions. Yet our country now punishes
those who continue working after the
age of 65 by taking away some of their
Social Security benefits.
I’d like to change that. A bill I have
recently cosponsored in the U.S. Senate
will helpdo just that. Undercurrent law,
many people over 65 have their Social
Security benefits cut back if they make
more than $9,720 in wages. For every
$3 above this limit, they lose $1 in So­
cial Security benefits. As many of you
know, this discriminatory practice is
called the earnings limit.
Many older Oregonians support
themselves and their families. Many
who don’t work, would like to work.
Older Oregonians have valuable skills,
such as wisdom and practical experi­
ence, that make them truly valuable
employees. However, under today's law,
many feel penalized for being produc­
tive.
Our bill will take some important
steps toward changing the earnings limit.
Under this bill, the limitation would be
altogether by the end of 1996.
President Bush has supported a
change in the limit on eamings. He
presented a proposal to raise the earn­
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potential, ask the test supervisor for a
cancellation form, fill it out immedi­
ately, and return it to him or her before
you leave the testing center.)
Students or their parents wishing
more information on the SAT or test
preparation are invited to call the Port­
land Kaplan Center at 222-5556. PS AT/
SAT and ACT reviews are available
year-round and the Center is open days,
evenings, and weekends.
The McDonald’s Corporation broke
ground April 15 for a new 4,300-square-
foot, 110-seat restaurant at the Port of
Portland’s new Port Center office park.
Port Center is a riverfront office/com-
mercial development located on Swan
Island-one of the region’s major indus­
trial centers.
“ National fast-food chains normally
place their restaurants in high traffic
retail business and residential area,”
said Terri Deskins, the Port of Port­
land’s real estate manager. “ This res­
taurant’s proximity to major ship re­
pair, transportation, and manufactur­
ing activities, instead o f a more tradi­
tional retail trade area, represents what
amounts to a ‘test case’ for the fast-
food giant.”
Swan Island, actually a 600-acre
peninsula on the Willamette river near
the city’s downtown core, is comprised
of 125 companies employing some
12,000 people. The area’s industrial
employment base combined with em­
ployment from the adjacent office park,
represents an underserved, captive
For blacks, writes Shane, the civil­
ian labor force is “ decidedly less friendly
to them than to others.” This contrasts
with the military, which he describes as
“ the closest thing we have to a true
meritocracy.” He writes, “ Nowhere
else has black leadership been accepted
as fully or black accomplishment more
greatly rewarded.” Shane notes that
recnlistmcnt rales for blacks stand at 62
percent, higher than for any other group.
Shane advises that federal, state,
and local governments as well as po­
tential employers must act decisively
to open up greater opportunities in
civilian employment and to ease the
transition to civilian life for service
personnel displaced by downsizing. He
cites the Army Career and Alumni
Program, which provides job counsel­
ing and referrals to departing Army
personnel and a recent agreement be­
tween the Army and the Florida educa­
tion department as promising ap­
proaches. He concludes by calling on
policy makers to assure that those dis­
placed from the military “ must be given
the same opportunities they would have
had in the military. This is double true
for black Americans.”
Oregon seniors will have the chance
to question Senator Bob Packwood about
legislation he has introduced that would
repeal thediscriminatory earnings limit
on Social Security recipients. Those
meetings will take place in Springfield
on Tuesday, April 30, Lincoln City and
Seaside on Wednesday, May 1 and
Scappoose on Thursday, May 2.
In addition, Packwood will meet
with Norma Purdy on May 2. Purdy, a
senior citizen, wrote Packwood about
the earnings limit. Packwood used
Purdy’s letter during his testimony about
the earnings limit before the Senate
Finance Committee. She works at Di­
ary Queen in Beaverton.
Packwood’s legislation would
repeal the artificial earnings limit placed
on Social Security retirees. The limit
was imposed during the Depression to
compel Americans to retire so that their
jobs would he available for younger
workers. Currently, a retiree loses $ 1 in
social Security benefits for each $1
they earn over the limit.
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sands of workers each day either choose
to bring their meals with them or leave
the area for a greater selection of dining
facilities than exists there now, Sher­
wood believes this new outlet will offer
an attractive dining alternative.
To make the dining experience at
the new McDonald’s more memorable,
the Port of Portland has furnished the
company with historic photographs of
Swan Island for interior wall display,
including pictures taken in the 1920s
and 1930s when the island was the site
of Portland’s only airport.
The building‘s exterior will also
deviate from the McDonald’s norm,
featuring exposed red brick to comple­
ment the adjacent Boise Cascade Corp,
research and development headquar­
ters. Additionally, the Swan Island
eatery, tentatively scheduled for com­
pletion on July 18, will feature a park­
ing lot capable of handling up to nine
60-foot trucks, as well as 45 other
vehicles, in order to properly serve
both the automobile and truck traffic
on Swan Island.
African-American
Brotherhood To
Hold Open Forum
The African-American Brotherhood
Alliance Youth Organization will be
holding an open forum to discuss re­
cent local attacks made against the Af­
rican-American Baseline Essays. This
forum will contain students and pro Es­
says supporters who will be discussing
ways in which students can locally and
nationally take a stand to defend the
legitimacy of the Essays.
Any time you have to attend this
event would be appreciated.
Place: Martin Luther King Facility
Address: 4815 N.E. 7th Ave
Date: May 2,1991
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Contact Reginald Pryer at 281-
9597 if you have any questions.
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Commission Meeting
Date: May 8,1991
Place: King Neighborhood Facility
4815 N.E. 7th Ave.
Portland, OR
Time: 930 a.m.
Commission meetings are open to
the public A complete agenda is
available at PDC. Call 823-3200.
PDC is the City of Portland's urban
renewal, housing and economic
development agency.
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McDonald’s,” said Deskins.
According to Bob Sherwood, re­
gional real estate manager for
McDonalds’ Portland properties, the
success of the new Port Center/Swan
Island operation will be closely moni­
tored by the regional real estate manag­
ers to determine whether or not similar
restaurant locations in other cities should
be considered.
“ Industrial areas, such as Swan
Island, present McDonald’s with new,
untapped markets,” said Sherwood.
‘ ‘Other McDonald’s real estate manag­
ers will be looking at this venture as a
barometer to determine the viability of
putting new restaurants in this type of
self-contained commercial/industrial
area.”
Sherwood said he believes that so
few national fast-food chains have con­
sidered locating in industrial areas such
as Swan Island because of the lack of
“ pass through” automobile traffic and
market limited generally to the people
who work there. Yet, because thou-
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