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Volumn XXII, Number 5
.lamían 29, 1992
“The Eyes and Ears of the Community”
(Elje vœ 11 a n h ODlì^eruer
Piedmont Foot Patrol Celebrates
Its Second Year Of Patroling
Nero and Associates, Inc. Names
Wright President
res Wright
Capt. Alan Orr, commander of the North Precinct, talks with members of the Piedmont Neighborhood
Watch as they prepare to go out on a walking patrol.
Since January 20, 1990, teams of four to 10 volunteers have walked the neighborhood watch concept by
being a visible presence in the area.
BY JOE FITZGIBBONS
While most residents in the Piedmont neighborhood of
Northeast Portland are settling in for an evening of televi­
sion, down at Nancy Lee's house a dozen men and women
are huddled together in the back of her garage, testing
flashlights and two-way radios.
The night is cool, and several in the group blow warmth
into their hands before donning bright orange jackets and
caps with the Piedmont neighborhood logo. With calls of
“good luck," they break up into pairs and head out into the
darkness for a walking patrol of the neighborhood.
“We don’t want people to think o f us as vigilantes or
crime fighters,” says Betsy Radigan, one of the foot-patrol
organizers. “ Instead, we see ourselves as the mobile eyes
and ears of the neighborhood. We are here to reassure
ourselves and others that this neighborhood belongs to us.”
When the patrol spots criminal activities, Radigan
says, they call into their base unit, which in turn relays the
information to the police. Mostly, though, the patrol is out
walking two or three times a week trying to make friends
with neighbors and helping instill pride in the neighbor­
hood.
This evening, the Piedmont patrol will cover a 10-
block area paralleled by Martin Luther King and North
Vancouver boulevards. Most of the homes they pass are
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The Private Industry Council
Elects 1992 Board Officers
The Private Industry Council, a
private, nonprofit employment and
training organization, has elected offi­
cers to its board of directors. The offi­
cers. who will serve until January 1,
1993, will lead a 30-member board
representing private business, educa­
tion. labor, community-based organi­
zations, local governments and the pub­
lic sector. The board will oversee The
Private Industry Counc i f s comprehen­
sive employment and training programs
for youth and adults in Washington and
Multnomah Counties.
Bill Scott will again serve as chair
of the board. Scott is president of Pa­
cific Development, Inc., a real estate
development subsidiary of Pac ificCorp.
He participates on the Portland Leaders
Roundtable as well as a number of local
boards including the Association for
Portland Progress, George Russill Com­
munity Service Foundation, and the
Portland M etropolitan Cham ber of
Commerce. Scott has been a member of
The Private Industry Council's Board
of Directors since 1988 and was the
chair in 1991.
Jim McAllister,presidentof MCA.
The Human Resource Company, has
been re-elected vice-chair. McAllis­
ter, former chair of the board's Adult
Services Committee, has been an ac­
tive participant on the board since
1987. He is also a member of the New
Jobs Task Force, the State Welfare
Reform Committee, and Kiwanis In­
ternational.
Rex Bybee. appointed to the board
of The Private Industry Council in
1989, has been re-elected to the posi­
tion of secretary-treasurer. Bybee is
the chief executive officer of Indus­
trial Laundry Service. He is former
presidentof the Beaverton Area Cham­
ber of Commerce and chairs Pacifi­
Care of Oregon’s Board of Directors.
Board chair Bill Scott appointed
members to direct the council’s sev­
eral committees. In an effort to expand
the leadership base of the board, a co-
chair system was adopted. The Ad­
ministrative Committee will be co-
chaired by Rex Bybee and Lolita
Perspectives
Crime and
Punishment in
America
Burnette, owner of A chievem ent
Architects. The Community and Em­
ployer Relations Committee will be
co-chaired by Ed Cooper, owner of
People of Every Stripe, and Sharon
Wylie, private consultant. The Coun­
cil's Adult Services Committee will
be co-chaired by Tim Weyer, Person­
nel Manager of NEC America, Inc.,
and Jean Stryker. Northern Region
Manager for Adult and Family Ser­
vices. The Youth Services Committee
will be co-chaired by Phil Conti, CEO
and General Manager of LWO Corpo­
ration, and Frank McNamara, Man­
ager of Intergovernmental Relations
for Portland Public Schools. All offic­
ers and committee chairs will partici­
pate in the council's Operating Com­
mittee.
All members of The Private In­
dustry Council’s Board of Directors
are appointed by the area’s elected
officials— the chair of the Multnomah
or Washington County Board of Com­
missioners or the Mayor of the City of
Portland, depending on the area the
member will represent.
Derek M. Nero
David M. Nero, Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Nero and Associates, Inc. (NAI) has named
Les Wright as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Portland, Oregon based professional services company.
In the same announcement Derek M. Nero was made Vice President in charge of special projects for NAI to include Job
Corps, technical studies and training.
Successful Program For Women and
Children Opens up 250 Additional Slots
guidelines.
Child’s Path, a Commodity Sup­
plemental Food Program operated by
Oregon Food Bank, has been so suc­
cessful in providing food and nutri­
tional education to its North and North­
east Portland clients that the State just
authorized 250 additional caseload
openings to serve people in the commu­
nity. The program may now serve
1,225 clients per month.
Located at 3724 N. Williams Av­
enue in Portland, this program distrib­
utes free nutritious food to low income
pregnant women, women up to one year
postpartum, and children under age six
who are not on WIC and live in North or
Northeast Portland west of 82nd Av­
enue. If you receive welfare, energy
assistance, social security or other pub­
lic assistance, you are automatically
eligible to participate in the Commod­
ity Supplemental Food Program. Oth­
erwise, families must meet income
Eligible tamilies should
call 281-3113 for an enrollment ap­
pointment.
At the time of your appointment,
bring the documents listed below. You/
your child will be screened for program
eligibility and can pick up food on the
same day.
1. Proofofcurrentaddress(current
rental receipt, utility bill, checkbook,
etc).
2. Verification of current income
(pay stubs, welfare check, Food Stamp
I.D. cards, current welfare medical
card.)
3. Proof of age for children under
six years old (birth certificate, immuni­
zation record, or other official card or
document with birthdate shown on it.
4. Pregnancy verification from
your medical provider.
Child's Path is operated much as a
small, hometown grocery store. Vol­
unteers help fill orders of approximately
50 lbs. of food per client, while children
amuse themselves with toys in the play
area.
USDA milk, juices, canned meat,
fruit, vegetables, cheese, butter, corn­
meal, infant formula and cereals are
some of the foods offered by the pro­
gram. Child’s Path also strives to edu­
cate its clients on good nutrition. The
program publishes a monthly newslet­
ter and holds food demonstations using
the commodities.
Partially funded by federal Com­
modity Supplemental Food Program
monies. Child’s Path is supported in
balance by contributions made to O re­
gon Food Bank.
With the nation's focus on child­
hood hunger, this program has become
especially relevant so that children in
the community receive adequate nutri­
tion for growiing to their full potential.
ODA Responds to Consumer Reports: Is Fish Safe to Eat?
The February edition of “ Consumer
Reports” magazine, which is now hit­
ting the newsstands, offers some unset­
tling information about the fish and
seafood U.S. consumers e a t However,
claims of an unsafe supply of fish are
being questioned by those who rou­
tinely inspect food in Oregon.
“ In my review of the report, I
think it tends to mislead people,” says
Jim Black, administrator of the Oregon
Department of Agriculture’s Food and
Dairy Division. It is that division which
is charged with checking food proces­
sors, warehouses, and retail food facili­
ties in the state to make sure what
consumers buy and eat is safe. Black
says there are two issues involved in
the “ Consumer Reports” article that
need to be separated: the quality of
seafood vs. the safety of that seafood.
“ Because a product may not be
number one in quality does not make it
unsafe,” says Black, who has a lot of
questions about the article. “ For in­
stance, with salmon, we don’t know
where it came from. Based on our test­
ing in past years, we have not found
salmon caught on the Pacific Coast to
contain any levels of dangerous chemi­
cals. If, in fact, all the samples were
taken out of the Great Lakes, it’s gener­
ally know there arc problems with the
fish that swim in the inland waters.”
The article advises pregnant women to
avoid eating salmon and for healthy
consumers to limit the eating of salmon
to just once a week.
The “ Consumer Reports” article
says people handling fish are not keep­
ing it cold enough or clean enough. The
report also fingers the retailer as the one
putting fish quality most at risk.
“ We check temperatures,” says
Black. “ If temperature is the allega­
tion, you do find violations at times of
borderline temperatures in food cases.
O f course, consumers need to realize
any perishable food needs to be stored
at 45 degrees or less at all times.’ ’ If any
perishable food products, such as fish,
are stored at temperatures above 45
degrees, food safety inspectors can cite
the retailer and have the product pulled.
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Kid Talk
News
The Trail Blazers Are
Half Way Home
Vernon Elementary
School
Matthew Prophet Receives
Award
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