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Volume XXI, Number 29
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July 17, 1991
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
Mariah Taylor: A Health Care Provider
“‘This is (four L ife ”
(History o f the NPCHC and Its Executive Director)
Birdie L e t Taylor
Pboto by Veronica Green
tn case you missed your invitation ,we are cordially inviting friends and
family to attend the 81st 'Birthday Celebration o f Birdie Lee Taylor
ariah A. Taylor, the clinic’s
works as a Pediatric Nurse Practitio­
ner, and the NPCHC is one o f very few
N ursePractitioner and Ex­
such clinics in the State o f Oregon,
ecutive D irector, holds a Bachelors
providing primary care to indigent fami­
Degree in Nursing from Southern
lies within the Portland M etropolitan
O regon State College (A shland), and
area.
In the past, pediatric clinics have
a M asters D egree in N ursing and
been
run exclusively by physicians.
C ertification as a Pediatric Nurse
The
difference
between Pediatric C lin­
Practitioner from the U niversity of
ics
operated
by
physicians and Nurse
Colorado H ealth Sciences U niver­
Practitioners,
probably
lies in the kind
sity (D enver). Ms. Taylor began the
and
degree
o
f
care
offered
and the
Nurse Practitioner Community Health
am
ount
of
tim
e
spent
with
patients.
In
Clinic (N PCH C) in N ovem ber 1980,
Ms.
T
aylor’s
view
,
doctors
arc
trained
and has served since then as its D i­
with an em phasis on illness curing and
rector and C hief Health Care Pro­
pathology, w hile Nurse Practitioners
vider.
are trained with an em phasis on health
The NPCHC first opened its doors
m aintenance, wellness, and treatment
at 15 N. M orris Street, in Dr. Phil
o f m inor acute illnesses. Ms. Taylor
R eynold’s clinic; she later m oved the
also sees N urse Practitioners as having
clinic to its present location (the site
more tim e to spend with their patients.
o f Dr. R eynold's first clinic), at 5311
Ms. T aylor has dem onstrated the
N. V ancouver Avenue.
Nurse Practitioner arts through long
Ms. T aylor is a pioneer in her
M
hours o f dedicated work, making long
distance house calls, and working non­
stop continuously through weekends,
except Sunday. For her efforts, M ar­
iah has merited outstanding recogni­
tion from the com m unity. The nurse
Practitioner provides efficient Primary
Care to cultural and ethnic sensitivi­
ties o f various populations while ful­
filling the needs of individuals com ­
ing from fam ilies that are truly indi­
gent.
NPCHC Services include:
Physical Exams, T reatm ent of
Com m on Problem s, Health Educa­
tion, Immunizations, Early Childhood
Screening, W ell Child Care, N ew ­
born Care, C ounseling and Referral
to Social A gencies, G roup Clinics,
Pediatric Walk-In Service, House Calls,
and Com m unity Education Classes,
and is w heelchair accessible.
Economic Development Proposal For
North/Northeast Portland Promises
Commuinity Foundation For Prosperity
The Portland D evelopm ent C om ­
mission’s request for federal funds, which
passed a critical hurdle with the ap­
proval by a U.S. Senate appropriations
subcom m ittee announced July 11 by
U.S. Sen. M ark Hatfield, w ill enable
the City o f Portland to bring new vital­
ity to N orth/N ortheast Portland.
Through the funding in this pro­
posal, which is supported by a solid
array o f com m unity and business lead­
ers as well as state and city agencies,
Portland will com bine housing, eco­
nomic developm ent and social strate­
gies and will dem onstrate that inner
city neighborhoods can be revitalized.
“ W e ’re deeply indebted to S ena­
tor Hatfield for his success in getting
this proposal written into the subcom ­
mittee bill,' ’ said Mayor J.E Bud Clark.
“ The plan will have a profound im pact
on N orth/N ortheast Portland. It prom ­
ises to help change the face o f a part of
our City in need o f this kind o f boost.”
A total o f $4.37 m illion was ap ­
proved by the Senate subcom m ittee for
a N ortheast Portland Revolving Loan
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INDEX
News
Religion
Entertainment
News
News
Health Special
Classifieds
Classifieds & Bids
Bids & Sub-bids
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Fund in a Fiscal 1992 federal spending
package. The fund would be adm ini­
stered by PDC. The total approved is
more than 14 tim es more than the
$300,000 in N ortheast econom ic de­
velopment funds now contracted to PDC
from the C ity ’s Com m unity D evelop­
ment B lock G rant Funds for Fiscal Year
’91-92.
The econom ic developm ent strat­
egy which would be implemented under
this proposal will uniquely combine
three interrelated elements: capital for
business developm ent, a job training
loan fund and technical assistance.
• A business development loan fund
would provide the necessary incentive
dollars to encourage job-generating
business developm ent and to bring new
investm ent into the N/NE area. Low-
interest loans, ranging from $30,000 to
$250,000, would be available to busi­
nesses creating perm anent “ family
w age” jobs or im proving key blighted
properties. Particular efforts would be
made to work with new or emerging
small businesses in the area. All firms
receiving assistance would be required
to enter into a First Source Em ploy­
ment A greem ent requiring the com pa­
nies to hire from among qualified can­
didates recruited by P D C ’s JobNeL
• A job training loan fund would
be earm arked for businesses w ho lo­
cate or expand in or near the N/NE
Enterprise Zone. Uniquely, a pro rated
portion of a loan from the fund will be
forgiven for each resident o f the N/NE
Enterprise Zone hired, trained and re­
tained for at least six months in regular,
full time em ploym ent. Average loans
o f $60,000 are anticipated. If, for ex­
am ple, a business receiving a typical
loan trains 20 m anufacturing opera­
tors, ten o f whom are residents o f the N/
NE Enterprise Zone, as much as $30,000
o f such a loan could be forgiven.
• A technical assistance program
would provide aid on business plan de­
velopm ent, loan packaging, identifica­
tion of co-lenders and equity partners,
m arket and feasibility studies, assis­
tance with state and regulatory issues
and other assistance.
For yo u r better health
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see our health special on pages 7, 8, & 9
Judy 20,1991
6pm to 10pm
(Bitty TXkbb s ‘Ettis Lodge
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(Portland Oregon
“Hands Across
Portland”
On Friday July 19th from 12:30 to
1:30 p.m. children will come together
at Sellw ood Park from all across the
metro area to join together to sing & to
play and to help those that need it. The
children are day cam pers from the
YM CA’s Summer Discovery Days Pro­
grams. They com e from as close in as
downtown and as far out as W ilson­
ville, from Lake Oswego and Portland’s
Inner N ortheast com m unity. There will
be about 500 children at the park. They
will play gam es, sing songs, and each
bring a can o f food for Portland’s Sun­
shine Division. Together we will make
a human chain and pass the food along
through each child’s hand ending in the
back o f the Sunshine D ivision’s truck.
Each o f the 500 students will con­
tribute a hand print on a large banner to
com m em orate the event.
Summer Science
Institute
‘Blasted Off’ At
Columbia Tag Center
A space-mission simulation planned
by some 40 fourth-and fifth-graders at­
tended a Summer Science Institute high­
lighted an open house July 12th at the
Columbia TAG Center, 716 N.E. M a­
rine Dr.
Students from Irvington and Sabin
elementary schools were selected to
participate in the institute co-sponsored
by Portland School D istrict’s talented
and G ifted (TAG) Education Program
and M athematics, Engineering and
Science Achievement (MESA) Program.
The institute is part o f the G rant
Cluster Alliance to encourage and stimu­
late minority student interest in science
and related fields. Students used com ­
puters, scientific equipment and research
to examine the solar system and design
and build a space station during the
three-week program.
Blacks In Government to hold
National Training Conference
Blacks In G overnm ent (BIG) will
hold its 13th Annual National Training
Conference July 31 through A ugust 4,
1991, at the W ashington Hilton Hotel,
W ashington, D.C. The them e o f the
Conference is “ Em pow erm ent A Strat­
egy For The 9 0 ’s.”
BIG is a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization concerned with enhanc­
ing the quality o f public service by
promoting equal em ploym ent opportu­
nity and the professional and career d e­
velopment o f governm ent employees.
It includes governm ent workers at the
Federal, State, and local levels in 150
chapters nationwide.
The conference will present na­
tional experts from around the country
in more than 40 w orkshops and sem i­
nars on issues of concern to govern­
ment workers. The sessions are d e­
signed to enhance personal and profes­
sional skills in the workplace and in the
community. W orkshop topics include:
“ Empowerment: Strategies for the
90’s;” “ Career Developm ent;” “ F i­
nancial Planning;” “ Com puter A ppli­
cations;” and “ M ale/Female R ela­
tions.”
Marion A. Bowden, National BIG
President, said the conference them e is
designed to focus attention on how
individuals can acquire the personal
assets they need to overcom e inequi­
ties. deal with discrimination, and maxi­
mize their potential.
“ We will focus on resources and
needs and how to bring the two to­
gether to em pow er individuals in the
workplace, in the com m unity, and in
the fam ily,” he said.
The BIG conference has been
endorsed by Federal, State, and local
governm ent agencies. Registration a f­
ter June 29 will be $260 for mem bers
and $295 for nonm em bers. For more
information, call Aretha W illiams, Con­
ference C hair, at (202) 667-3280.
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