*<*■» '* ** • •> V < * •■** • • > f * •■■ • » * fcV w *’• O ctober 2,1991...T be P ortland O bserver...Page 9 Crime And Punishment In America, Part 2 i Portland Observer CLASSIFIEDS COUNSELING Clinical Supervisor C-V Salary $1800 - $2000 mo. + benefits. CODA Inc. seeks Clinical supervisor for Alpha House Adult Residential Treatment Facility to administer daily program operations, pro vide clinical supervision to 5 counselors, coordinate client admissions, diagnosis and treat ment, .- consult and . - - with j, probation . , parole officers and develop and implement policies. To Qualify: a master's degree in a human serv ices discipline plus 2 years super vised human services experience or equivalent required. Advanced training or experience in addi tion, pregnant addict, criminal justice client and residential treat ment required. To apply submit standard CODA application form including screen ing question responses to ad dress below. Application materials available at CODA Inc., 210 NE 20th, Portland, OR 97232. Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer Counseling Counselor III Alpha House Residential On-Cali Backup Worker $6 Per Hour CODA Inc. seeks On-Call back- upworker to provide sole facility and client supervision at our residential treatment facilities. Experience with drug and alco hol clients in residential setting required. Variable shifts. To apply submit standard CODA application form including screen ing question responses to ad dress below. Application materials available at CODA Inc., 210 NE 20th, Port land, OR 97232 Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer Custom er Service Northwest Natural Gas Company has an immediate opening for a Meter Reader based out of the Portland-Metro Area. Recent customer service/relations experience essential; meter read ing background preferred. Accu racy in recording statistical data required. Recent physically ac tive work experience and/or non work activities desirable. A valid local driver's license with an excellent driving record is re quired. Start wage is $1815/month with a full benefit package. Only those to be considered will be contacted. Please send resume identifying your interest in this position by O cto ber 4, 1991: Northwest Natural Gas Company P.O. Box 3410 Portland, Oregon 97209-3410 asl week we observed that ‘ western civiliza tion is fun- dementally viole nt’ ’ and you (may have asked “ so, what else is new?” Not very much, but what we m ight do is begin to view this fo lk opera (C rim inal Justice Sys tem) as we would any other stage pro duction. A principal problem is that society is in a M E D IA -D R IV E N FREE F A L L ! On a given night, on 50 m illio n televi sion screens across the country, the message is clear, deliberate and frig h t ening: “ NEWS A T F IV E -B L A C K GANGS A T S IX-SPO R TS A T TH E TOP OF TH E H O U R .” Besides the psyche-crunching impact upon African Americans in particualr, the populace is further manipulated w ith the presenta tion o f numerous “ ghetto specials” designed by white program managers who have little comprehension o f the real estate dynamics that created the traumas. (And i f they brought such in sight to programming, they would be fired before m orning.) You may cry, “ cheap shot” or “ they’re too lazy or budget conscious to develop ‘ real images’ o f Am erica,” but you’ ve got to remember this is a BU S I NESS, yet! A classic example o f the “ Ghetto Special” and absolute proof that “ the medium is indeed the mes sage” was a network broadcast at the beginning o f Desert Storm. Cameras and news crews had taken over the emer gency ward o f the m ajor innercity hospi tal in Washington, D.C. Planned and scanned was a vast panorama o f black folks on stretchers, operating tables and even the floor. Blood and guts were everywhere as the news commentator L Public Works Road Maintenance Supervisor Counseling (Paving) ($2878 - $3500 per month plus benefits) Responsible for supervision and coordination of road maintenace paving, patching and bituminous surface treatment activities, pro grams and material supplies. Planning and scheduling work of subordinate employees and coor dinating operations with other units of road maintenance division, Public Works Department, other agencies and vendor contractors as required. Inspects work in prog ress, investigating service requests for repair work, and prepares estimates of labor, material, and equipment requirements as nec essary. Six (6) years of experi ence in road maintenance and repair work including at least two (2) years as a lead worker, crew chief, foreman, or superintendant; OR, any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities. Valid State of W ash ington Driver’s License, State of Washington Traffic Flagging Card, and First Aid Card, are required for employment. Candidates for employment may be required to pass a pre-employment physical examination prior to being hired. No resumes accepted. To re quest application by mail, send self-addressed, stam ped (29 cents) legal envelope indicating job title. A completed application must be returned to Snohomish County Personnel, 1st Floor Ad ministration Bldg, 3000 Rockefeller Everett, WA 98201 by closing date of October 11,1991. Equal O p portunity Employer. Salary $1232-$1350 m o.+ benefits. CODA Inc seeks Counselor III for Alpha House Adult Residential chemically dependant treatment program to diagnose and treat caseload of clients, conduct indi vidual and group counseling, coordinate therapeutic activities, maintain plant records, monitor the milieu. Position works Tues- Sat. Conventional hours except Wednesday which is 1 -9pm. To qualify: bachelors degree In human services discipline and at least 2 year relevant experience or equivalent required. Residen Courier/Mail Clerk tial treatment experience very City of Eugene strongly preferred. CPR capabil Hourly rate: $4.99 - $6.76/hr ity required.To apply submit stan Temporary, on-call position assists dard CODA application form in in delivering mail and supplies be cluding screening question re tween City departments. Must be sponses to address below. A p able to lift supplies and paper up to plication materials available at 70lbs. General office experience CODA Inc., 210 NE 20th, Port desirable. CLOSING DATE: Octo land, OR 97232. ber 4, 1991. Obtain application Equal Opportunity/Affirmative packet at City of Eugene, Human Action Employer. Resource & Risk Services, IT! Pearl St., Rm 101. Eugene, OR 97401. Portland/Oregon Visitors AA/EOE Association described how competent the personnel was at treating “ bullet wounds.” A fter a fu ll 60 seconds o f scanning the carnage, accompanied by inane pat ter, a camera focused upon the piece de resistance-- a statuesque blonde in a British army uniform. She was in this country on an “ errand o f m ercy” the narrator gushed, studying these B A T T LE F IE LD C O N D ITIO N S in prepara tion for her mission o f setting up field hospitals in Saudia Arabia. In his most dramatic style and with grimaces to match, he confided that her o ffic ia l M.O. was “ Triage Specialist.” (Webster defines triage as: “ The sorting and allocation o f treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a sys tem o f priorities designed to maximize the number o f survivors.” ) Our point is that in order to reform the “ justice” system, one must be able to see the “ stage” clearly - and this is d iffic u lt when the dancers obscure the dance. Occasionally, the p lot is clearly seen as when, two weeks ago, a non network channel, 12, aired a documen tary on crime w ith a different perspec tive. The nation’s physicians, law en forcement people, school administrators and sociologists stated the greatest number o f crimes and the greatest use o f drugs is by W H IT E Y O U T H - and occurs in suburbia and in rural areas. Then, previ ously misled here by that “ medium-is- the-message” media circus, it could well be that we have been equally “ snowed” in respect to the origin, purpose and real socioeconomic significance o f the “ ghetto.” Let us see i f that is not true; first a modem day scenario. I have selected Los Angeles for an exposition because not only can I speak from first hand experience (1954 - 1964), but because early on this urban mael strom exhibited at one time all o f the hopes, dreams, shocks and pathologies o f an “ upwardly m obile” race o f people ( “ Free at last, Free at last. Free at last’ ’). That is, a fu ll T H IR T Y YEARS AGO this city was a model or metaphor for any o f the urban behaviors and traumas we think new. I have furnished some insights gained from personal experi ence - and further would have you note that A M N E S T Y IN T E R N A T IO N A L is just now getting around to investigating a spate o f fatal shootings and the vide otaped beating o f Rodney K ing. They are 30 years late in this town where street gangs were invented. To give my account a degree o f substance and va lid ity let me point out that during most o f this period I was a public accountant w ith an “ interracial” practice that ranged the length and breadth o f the c ity - retailers, contractors, small manufacturers, laundries, machine shops, and the like. Interestingly, I w ill use two innercity “ reta il” establishments as a point o f departure; “ Ish’ s Sportsman’ s Cafe’ ’ and the ’ ‘ Western Avenue D rive- In .” The first location was a popular cocktail bar where that “ upwardly m obile” black middle class hung out. The lawyers, the doctors, engineers, teachers, c iv il service, ballplayers - and my cocktail buddy, “ Tom Bradley,” Precinct Captain at the 77th (later to be Mayor o f Los Angeles). The second location was a restau rant account o f mine that turned out to be the w o rld ’ s largest drive-in drug re tailer. 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