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ige 6...The Portland Observer...February 5, 1992
‘Dr. Mom’ Speaks to Portland Parents
She’ll bring her practical wisdom
and supportive philosophy as a wife
and mother of five, and will offer sug­
gestions to help parents set priorities,
restore balance to their hectic lives,
and reduce their children s misbehav­
ior by enhancing self-esteem.
Dr. Neifert will be available to
sign her books from 6 to 7 p.m. that
evening. Montgomery Park is located
at 2701 N.W. Vaughn Street, Port­
land.
While in Portland, Neifert also is
taking part in a conference for medical
professionals on breastfeeding. Neif­
ert is associate clinical professor of
pediatrics at the University of Colo­
rado School of Medicine, and medical
director of the lactation program at St.
Luke’s Hospital in Denver, Colo.
Parents can learn how to ‘ * Keep the
Fun in Parenting” w hen nationally known
pediatrician. Dr. Marianne Neitert, vis­
its Portland on Thursday, February 6,
for an informative and humorous eve­
ning at Montgomery Park.
Her talk will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
Tickets are $5 and pre-registration is
required. To reserve tickets, call 229-
8081. The talk is co-sponsored by
Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and
Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical
Center, part of Legacy Women’ s Health
Services.
Neifert is best known as ‘‘Dr. Mom,
the author of a parenting column in
M cCall’s magazine and two popular
child care guides: ‘‘Dr. Mom, and the
newly released ‘‘Dr. Mom’s Parenting
Guide.”
“ What’s Behind
the PC Hype?
PDC
PORTLAND
What began as a right-wing politi­
cal campaign in support of campus
conservatives has become a full blown
movement to silence leftists and other
critics who speak out against discrimi­
nation and government repression. Join
Radical Women in a discussion of the
history and politics of ‘‘Political Cor­
rectness” hysteria and how to counter
it. Everyone’s welcome.
Radical Women will meet on
Thursday, February 2 0 ,1992,6:30p.m.
at Standard Plaza, 1100 S.W. 6th Ave­
nue, Third Floor Conference Room A.
A delicious supper is available for $4.00.
For more information call 289-
7082.
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' COMMISSION
Com m ission M eeting
Date: February 12,1992
Place: Portland Building
1120SW Fifth Ave., 11th FI.
Portland, OR
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Commission meetings are open to
the public. A complete agenda is
available at PDC. Call 823-3200.
PDC is the Q ty of Portland's urban
renewal, housing and economic
development agency.
Low-Income Tax Benefit
Explained at Malls
federal tax credit can bring a refund of
as much as $2,020 to low-income work­
ing families regardless of whether they
had taxes withheld from their wages
last year.
Eligibility for earned income credit
includes earning less than $21,250 from
a job and having a child living with you
for more than six months.
Portland Mayor Bud Clark has
proclaimed February 15 as Earned
Income Credit Day in Portland to alert
citizens of this benefit.
Most area grocery stores are also
promoting this credit this week through
fliers, advertising and grocery bag
messages.
Tax help booths will be at four
Portland metro malls on Saturday,
February 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to
assist area taxpayers with their federal
and state income tax returns.
Beaverton Mall, Eastport Plaza,
Jantzen Beach, and Clackamas Town
Center will have special tax booths
staffed by federal and state tax employ­
ees from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Addition­
ally, Tax Aide and Oregon Enrolled
Agent volunteers will be there to assist
in preparing tax returns for low-in-
come, elderly, non-English speaking,
and taxpayers with special needs.
Special efforts are being made to
promote the earned income credit. This
Oregon Selected for Welfare
Reform Study
Multnomah and Washington coun­
ties have been selected to participate
in the federal government’s evalu­
ation of ‘‘welfare reform” programs
across the country. These programs,
set up under the federal Family Sup­
port Act of 1988, provide people on
public assistance with education and
training to help them become self-suf­
ficient.
The evaluation will be conducted
for the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services by the nonprofit
Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation (MDRC). The two Ore­
gon counties make up one of the eight
study sites across the country selected
from 45 locations which were nomi­
nated.
‘‘This selection recognizes that
we have one of the most advanced and
progressive programs in the nation,”
AFS Administrator Stephen Minnich
points out. “ It is an honor for our
agency and in particular for the many
partnerships which make up our pro­
gram.”
The evaluation will gather reli­
able information on the effectiveness
"FLAGGERS TRAINING”
of the various means of helping welfare
clients gel and keep jobs that pay a
living wage. It will also study the effect
of these programs on children in wel­
fare households.
Oregon’s welfare reform program,
known as JOBS For Oregon’s Future,
provides education and job preparation
activities for welfare recipients across
the state. The program is a cooperative
effort between AFS, other state agen­
cies and local providers of education
and training services. Approximately
7,500 welfare recipients are currently
enrolled; almost 21,000 are expected to
be served during the 1991-93 bien­
nium.
The study, to begin in March, will
encompass only the Washington and
Multnomah County area, which serves
30 percent of the state’s welfare popu­
lation. MDRC will follow welfare re­
cipients in the study for five years,
gathering information on their educa­
tion, employment and the amount of
welfare they receive.
MDRC will issue periodic reports
on its findings during the course of the
evaluation.
CONSTRUCTION
WORKSHOP
M inorities and Women Needed
The construction industry will need more labor flaggers in 1992. Attend the state
approved flagger workshops sponsored by Project 2000 NE. Positions pay
between $11.00 and $15.00 per hour. Become a certified flagger. Job referral
information available. Fees must be paid in advance.
CALL (503) 282-2180 to confirm workshops attendance <£ m ail your enrollment
fee to P.O. Box 3561, Portland OR 97208.
WHEN:
SAT. February 15, 1992
TIME:
8:30am to 12:00pm
WHERE:
3117 NE M. L. King Blvd.
COST:
Enrollment Fee $25.00
SPONSORED BY PROJECT 2000 NE
Urban League of Portland Board Votes To
Support School Board Election From Zones, and
Defend Civil Rights Ordinance
The Board of Directors of the Urban
League of Portland has voted to sup­
port local initiatives to elect Portland
Public School board members from zones
and protect Portland’s new Civil Rights
Ordinance from repeal.
At its January meeting, the Board
voted to support the Portland Rainbow
Coalition’s appeal to Portland Public
Schools’ Board of Education to change
the system of voting for school board
members to election from zones. The
League’s Board agrees that the current
system of electing school board mem­
bers at-law fa vors candidates w ith more
money and name recognition and may
be a violation of the Voting Rights Act
of 1965 as amended. Election from
zones would require less money, allow
more grass roots campaigns and pro­
vide ethnic groups and neighborhood
and local school activists a chance to
win a board seat.
The League’s Board agreed with
the Rainbow Coalition that zone elec­
tions would help Portland Public Schools
move toward more local school deci­
sion making by creating a board more
representative of local school clusters.
In another decision, the League’s
Board voted to support and become a
member of the Portland Fairness Coali­
tion, which was formed to oppose the
Oregon Citizen Alliance’s (OCA) ef­
fort to repeal Portland’s Civil Right
Ordinance passed last October. The
broadbased ordinance protects all people
in Portland from discrimination in em­
ployment, housing and public accom­
modations.
The ordinance is under attack by
the non-Portland based OCA, which
has initiated a campaign to preclude
the city from enacting ordinances which
protect lesbians and gay men and will
repeal sexual orientation from the list
of protected characteristics in the ordi­
nance. A lawsuit filed by the OCA
against the city would also eliminate
source of income as a class protected
by the ordinance.
The League’s Board agrees with
the Portland Fairness Coalition that the
ordinance helps protect all the city’s
people from discrimination and should
not be repealed in any form.
Cold-weather goods needed
As winter nears, blankets, heavy coats and other
cold-weather clothing are once again atop our list of
desperately needed items. Among the other needs:
workboots, rain gear and tents (for the homeless),
blankets, pillows, bedsheets, baby blankets, pots,
pans, dishes, kitchen utensils, tables and chairs,
chests of drawers.
For details: 284-6878.
McMurphy’s
Appliance Center
Creative
Catering
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H arden’s In te rio rs S p e cia ltie s
Your community floor covering contractor
here to meet your needs
Call 284-1324
4011N.E. Union Ave.
Portland Oregon 97212
288-3233
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