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Startin g Your B u s in e s s
The “ Starting Your Business"
seminar will be presented Tuesday,
October 15, from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
at the Beaverton City Hall, Room 2C.
In this workshop you will leant the
essentials of going into business.
This seminar is co-sponsored by
the PCC Small Business Development
Center and the U.S. Small Business
Administration. The cost is $17. To
register or for additional information,
please call the Small Business Devel­
opment Center at 273-2828.
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OFFICE OF TH E GOVERNOR i
STA TE OF OREGON
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Governor
Barbara Roberts
☆ Gutters a Windows a Roofs * Storm Windows
a Sidewalks a Awnings a Patios a Doors
a M oss Removal a Skylights a Driveways
a Parking Lots a Screens a Leaf Removal
* Pruning of Plants, Trees
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Bonded
T h ro u g h D iv e r sity
he in no vative spirit a t SAFECO
is bu ilt on tho id e a tha t in volve­
m ent in several a re na s not only
e xp a n d s our o p tio n s —it exp an ds
yours. This ph ilo sop hy is as true in
our p ro d u c t q n d service offerings
as it is in our a p p ro a c h to re w a rd ­
in g every em p lo yee. As o n e of
A m erica's largest diversified fin a n ­
c ia l corp ora tions, w e offer e xce l­
lent salaries a n d a n in no vative
benefits p a c k a g e .
T
O ur co m m itm e n t to in no vation
a n d diversity is also re fle cte d in
th e u n iq ue b le n d of cultures a n d
customs in our pe o p le . By ta kin g
a n a c tiv e role in e q u a l o p p o rtu ­
nity efforts, w e c a n m ore re a d ily
m eet the needs of an increa sing ly
co m p le x m a rke tp la ce . To th a t end.
w e p a rtic u la rly invite minority, sen­
ior. a n d d is a b le d a p p lic a n ts to
e xp lo re e m p lo ym e n t op po rtu nitie s
in a re a s such as claim s, u n d e r­
w riting. a n d c le ric a l support.
In return for your efforts, you c a n
e xp e ct a very c o m p e titiv e starting
salary, an exce lle nt benefits p a ck-
' a g e . a n d saldry increases b a se d
on pe rfo rm an ce. Please forw ard
your resume to SAFECO Insurance
C om pa nie s. Attn: Personnel, 4101
S.W. Kruse Way. Lake Oswego. OR
97035.
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Federal Contractor Of The
Year Named
The Minorily Business Opportu­
nity Committee of the Portland Federal
Executive Board has recently selected
Luis Rincon, President of Rincon Re­
forestation, Inc. of Independence, Ore­
gon as the 1991 Minority Business
Contractor of the Year for the State of
Oregon.
This award is given annually to
honor an outstanding minority-owned
business for its superior performance on
Federal Government contracts.
Rincon Reforestation, Inc. performs
reforestation work throughout the State,
specializing in tree planting, tree thin­
ning and fire fighting services on public
and privately owned forest lands. In the
past year approximately 86% of the
firm’s revenues was generated from
various Federal agencies.
Mr. Rincon established his firm in
1984, starting with three full time em­
ployees. Over the past seven years, the
firm’s revenues have increased to over
$1.2 million per year, and the firm’s
workforce has increased to over 80
employees.
The firm was nominated for this
award by the Bureau of Land Manage­
ment (BLM) in recognition of the out­
standing work that this firm had per­
formed for that agency.
“ The firm has contracted with our
agency for four years and has accom­
plished all work in a timely manner.
Work performance has been excellent
on all projects,” said Robert Hansen,
Chief of Procurement for the BLM.
The Portland Federal Executive
Board is an organ ization of top offic ials
from the local Federal agencies. This
Board was created in 1961 by President
Kennedy for the purpose of improving
Federal management activities in ma­
jor metropolitan areas nationwide.
The award will be presented at the
Annual Minority Enterprise Develop­
ment Week luncheon on October 3,
1991 at the Red Lion Hotel, Jantzen
Beach.
WHEREAS:
WHEREAS:
WHEREAS:
WHEREAS:
WHEREAS:
NOW ,
THEREFORE,
The p u b lic p o lic y o f O re g o n Is th a t all b ra n ch e s o f state
g o v e rn m e n t b e lead ers within th e state in p rovidin g to its
citizens a n d e m p lo y e e s fair a n d e q u a l opportunities for
e m p lo y m e n t a n d a d v a n c e m e n t in program s a n d services a n a
in the a w a rd in g o f contracts; a n d
The State o f O re g o n supports th e aspirations o f minorities a n d
w o m e n to e n te r th e m ainstream o f O re g o n social, political,
a n d e c o n o m ic life; a n d
The O r e g o n Legislative Assem bly has fo u n d th a t opportunities
for full p a rtic ip a tio n in our free enterprise system b y minorities
a n d w o m e n a re essential; a n d th a t g reater e c o n o m ic
op p o rtu n ity for minorities a n d w o m e n must b e e n c o u ra g e d ;
Pam P r o c to r ,
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M in ority -ow n ed businesses c o n tin u e to e m e rg e as a d y n a m ic
a n d vital fo rc e in our state - - bringing innovative ideas,
p ro d u cts a n d services to our e c o n o m y a n d providing b o th jobs
a n d training for thousands o f O regonians; a n d
The c o n tin u e d su ccess o f O re g o n 's e c o n o m y d e p e n d s o n the
full p a rtic ip a tio n o f all citizens a t every level, for O re g o n takes
g re a t p rid e in the a cc o m p lish m e n ts o f our minority
en trepreneurs a n d their tre m e n d o u s efforts a n d ach ie v e m e n ts.
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I, B arb ara Roberts, G o v e rn o r of th e State of O re g o n , h e re b y
p ro c la im S e p te m b e r 22-28, 1991 as
MINORITY ENTERPRISE D EVELO PM ENT WEEK
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in O re g o n a n d e n c o u r a g e all citizens to join in this
o b se rv a n ce .
IN WITNESS W HEREOF, I h ereu n to set my
h a n d a n d c a u s e the G re a t Seal o f the
State o f O re g o n to b e affixed. D o n e a t
the C a p ito l in th e City o f Salem a n d the
State o f O re g o n , on this d ay, S e p tem b er
12, 1991.
T hey D id T heir J ob - and M ore
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" W hen you strap that gun and badge
ON, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’ RE FACING,"
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says O fficer A lan J ohnson ( l ), with
HIS PARTNER, VERNICE BROWN. "B U T
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HERE’S HOW WE CAN HELP:
you ' ve got a job to do .”
WO OFFICERS who
THE OFFICE OF
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saved a woman from
being raped at gunpoint
and then shot her as­
sailant dead in a gunfight in Pompano
Beach, Florida, have been named to
receive the Police Officer of the Year
Award, presented annually by the
International Association Chiefs of
Police (IACP) and PARADE maga­
zine. Following the shooting, the two
policemen, Vemice Brown and Alan
Johnson turned the comer, he said, he
Johnson, helped head off a potential
saw the muzzle of the gun pointing at
confrontation as a crowd of more
him and quickly fired three shots. The
than 600 gathered in the damp April
assailant fell to the ground, one lung
night
pierced by a bullet.
The award, which recognizes the
By the time Brown got there, the
efforts of the nation’s 500,000 police
gunmen,
Homer Davis, Jr., was dead.
officers, will be presented to Brown
Just
five
days
earlier, the muscular 31-
and Johnson in Minneapolis on Oct. 8
year
old
had
been
released from a Flor­
at the IACP’s annual convention.
ida
state
prison
after
serving four years
“ 1 thank the Lord that the police
of
an
eight-year
sentence
for aggra­
came,” the 26-year old victim said
vated
assault
and
kidnapping.
He left a
later. “ He was going to rape me,
bitter
legacy
in
Pompano
Beach:
a string
shoot me and leave me there naked.
A few days after the shootout.
Brown and Johnson, both 33, were
commended in a petition signed by
38 residents of the inner-city neigh­
borhood where the shooting occurred.
“ Clearly, their past efforts to build
rapport and trust in the community
paid off.” said Police Chief Stanley
Tipton.
Brown and Johnson were about
to go off-duty at 12:30 a.m. last April
6 when a witness showed them where
the woman was being attacked in an
alley next to an apartment building.
As the two officers shouted a warn­
of violent crimcs-including sexual bat­
ing, the suspect shoved the shrieking
tery, burglary and threat with a deadly
woman toward them, fired three shots
weapon--which had landed him in jail
in their direction and fled.
four times over 13 years.
The suspect then scaled a 5-foot
Minutes after the shootout, more
fence topped by barbed wire and ran
than
600
onlookers converged. The threat
off, with Johnson in pursuit while
of
a
riot
always hangs heavily after a
Brown circled the apartment build­
police
shootout.
“ Just chill out,” Brown
ing. The suspect eluded Johnson, but
told
an
onlooker
who seemed particu­
Brown saw him running about 50 feet
larly
concerned
about
the event.
away and fired, shooting him in the
Other officers fanned through the
leg.
crowd, explaining that “ V.” and “ A.J.”
“ He’s dow n!" Brown yelled to
had shot a man and that the circum­
his partner. But the suspect bounded
stances were being investigated. Soon,
back up and sprinted past a church­
the word was going around that the
yard. Johnson meanwhile, was firing
shooting had been justified. Not long
on the run.
afterward, the crowd dispersed.
The assailant slipped behind a
As one bystander said, “ Il was a
house and climbed onto a fence, where
battlefield.
He was a bad guy. Vemice
he set up a crude ambush. But as
and A.J. did what they had to do.”
“ I thought it was extremely
strange that no one was around,”
recalled Lt. Dan Murray, who arrived
a half-hour after the shooting. “ I’ve
worked this area for 19 years. W ill i a
police-involved shooting, a lot of
people head to the scene, and they
can get enraged and try to start trouble
bv spreading facts that aren’t true. ’
Brown and Johnson belong to
the police department’s 16-member
tactical unit, established by Chief
T he crow d co u ld easily have
becom e enraged, b u t V em ice
B row n a n d A la n J o h n so n -
Police O fficers o f the Year -
kept cool.
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Tipton in 1989. It has significantly
reduced street crime, according to the
department.
Since the April shootout, Ver-
nice Brown’s wife, Sherril, calls her
husband at work every day via his
beeper “ to tell him how much I love
him,” she said, especially now that
she realizes “he might not come home
one night.”
As for the dangers they face daily,
Alan Johnson, the father of two, puts
it this way: “ When you strap that gun
and badge on, you know what your're
facing. But you’ve got a job to do."
“ On the street,” he adds, “ the
important thing is surviving, Going
home everyday. Slaying alive."
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STATE
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