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April 22, 1992...The Portland Observer...Page 3
NEWS AROUN
Signing of Contact for
Enforcement of the
Civil Rights Ordinance
Portland Schools Offer
Early Introduction to
Kindergarten
The contract for enforcement of
Portland’s recently-passed Civil Rights
Ordinance was signed on Wednesday,
April 15, in the City Council Chambers,
at the end of the Mayor’s weekly forum
cable broadcast.
Participating in the signing was
Oregon Commissioner of Labor and
Industries Mary Wendy Roberts; Donna
Butler, Director of the Fair Housing
Council of Oregon; and Portland City
Commissioner Mike Lindberg.
Portland’s Civil Rights Ordinance,
passed in October of 1991, called for
utilization of the Bureau of Labor and
Industries (BOLI) as the enforcement
arm, recognizing BOLI’s long and es
tablished history of enforcement of state
civil rights law.
In addition, the City of Portland
will contract with the Fair Housing
Council of Oregon for testing services
supporting the enforcement services of
BOLI.
C ity
C o m m issio n er
M ike
Lindberg, commenting on the unique
arrangement for this enforcement pack
age, said, “There is no doubt that the
public supports our approach in utiliz
ing BOLI services to enforce the City’s
ordinance. Not only does this action
take advantage of the already-trained
staff at BOLI and the Fair Housing
Council, but it saves thousands of dol
lars for citizens interested in greater
govemmentcooperationandefficiency.
I am extremely pleased with this ar
rangement.”
Portland Public Schools offers early
registrations and introductions to kin
dergarten for five-year-olds and their
parents during the next two weeks (April
20-May 1).
Portland School District’s 62 el
em entary schools hold an annual
“roundup” allowing parents of children
who will be five years old on or before
September 1 to register early for this
fall’s kindergarten classes.
To register, parents must provide
documents c iting their child’s birthdate,
up-to-date immunization record and
other information relating to the child’s
home address and emergency contacts.
While registrations may be pro
cessed at any time during and following
the roundup at every school, these Port
land clemcntarics also have set aside
special time periods for parents and
five-year-olds to tour schools and meet
with Kindergarten teachers:
Alameda: 2732 N.E. Frem ont
Street... April 29... 9 a.m.
Applegate: 7650 N. Commercial
St.... April 24... 10:30 a.m .-l:30 p.m.
Astor: 5601 N. Yale St.... April
21.. . 8:30 a.m.
Ball: 4221 N. Willis St.... April
23.. . 10:00 a.m. (pre-kindergarten)
Boise-Eliot: 620 N. Fremont S t.-
April 28-29... anytime
Irvington: 1320 N.E. Brazee St....
April 23... Pre-K 6:30 and Kind. 7:15
p.m.
Rice (Rose City): 6433 N.E.
Tillamook St.... April 24... 9 a.m.
Rigler: 5401 N.E. Prescott S t.-
April 21... 9:30 a.m.
Scott: 6700 N.E. Prescott St.... April
23... 1 p.m.
Sitton: 9930 N. Smith... April 20...
welcome all week
Parents may learn which local el
ementary schools serve their neighbor
hoods by calling 249-2304.
Gospel
Extravaganza
When: Friday April 24, 1992 7:00 pm
Where: Celebration Tabernacle
1854 N. Lombard Portland OR
(Between Interstate and Denver)
Purpose: Gospel Extravaganza -
Musical Fundraiser
“ A Night Of 88 Keys”
Legal Aid Office Opens in North/Northeast Portland
The K103 Children’s
Museum Family
Cruise!
Friday, May 8,1992
Join the K 103 Children’s Museum
Family Cruise on the Columbia Gorge
Stcrnwhcclcr up the Willamette River!
Sniff the spring air. Look for ducks,
geese and herons. S ing along w ith the T
& O Railroad Band!! Bring your own
picnic orenjoy the Stem wheeler’s snack
bar.
For parents,grandparents, kids and
friends, this cruise is sure to mean a
wonderful time and some very special
memories.
Departure is at 3:30 p.m. with 5:00
p.m. return to dock. Boarding starts at
3:00 p.m.
Proceeds benefit the programs of
the Children’s Museum.
Tickets arc now on sale: $7.50 per
child and $8.50 per adult. Museum
members receive $2 discounts! Call
823-2227 with your Mastercard and
Visa in hand.
Skin Care and the
Elderly
A presentation for caregivers and
health professionals, “Skin Care and
The Elderly: Preventing and Treating
Skin Breakdown,” will be held at Good
Samaritan Hospital and Medical Cen
ter on Wednesday, May 20,7-9 p.m. in
Peterson Hall Auditorium, 2255 N.W.
Northrup.
The presenter will be Priscilla King,
a registered nurse who specializes in
the treatment of pressure sores and
wounds. King will discuss the causes,
prevention and treatment of skin break
down, as well as practical tips and
strategics for maintaining healthy skin.
Local vendors will display products
used for skin breakdown.
For more information, please call
Good Samaritan Education and Family
Support Services at 229-7348.
Multnomah County Legal Aid Ser
vices, Inc., (Legal Aid) will open a
North/Northeast Community Office on
Friday, April 24th. The new office will
make legal services forcivil cases avail
able free of charge to low-income people
in Portland’s Albina neighborhood. The
opening of the new office follows 13
years of not having a legal aid commu
nity office in that area. The opening
also follows a decade of cutbacks in
legal services programs nationwide;
federally funded legal services have
been cut back by one third in the last ten
years, and the closing of free legal aid
offices has been a familiar occurrence
nationally.
The new Legal Aid office will be
located on the Cascade Campus of Port
land Community College, 705 North
Killingsworth (Student Center Build
ing, Counseling Center, Room 115).
Office hours are Fridays from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome; appoint
ments can be made by calling 295-9494
(Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.).
Attorneys and paralegals from the
Downtownofficeof Multnomah County
Legal Aid will staff the new North/
Northeast community office on a rotat
ing basis. They will provide legal a d
vice and/or representation free of
charge for low-income individuals
and groups on civil m atters such as
government benefits, landlord-ten
ant law, civil rights, consum er issues,
divorces, d riv er’s license issues, and
more. Potential clients must be eligible
under Federal poverty income guide
lines.
Leading efforts to serve the resi-
Summer Plus Program
The Northeast YWCA invites you
to attend Summer Plus Program June
15-July 17, Ages 6-11.
Register at: Northeast YWCA,
5630 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Phone: 223-6281 ext. 3057 or 3058.
Society opened its first community le
gal aid office at 59 N.E. Stanton Street.
The office-serving the Model Cities
neighborhood and Northeast Portland-
-was in the old War on Poverty-spon
sored “Neighborhood Multi-Service
Center” which houses community ser
vices such as Job Training, Planned
Parenthood, as well as Legal Aid. Its
operation was funded by the Office of
Economic Opportunity and United
Good Neighbors (precursor to United
Way). In 1968, Legal ?Aid moved from
M ulti-Service C enter to 517 N.E.
Killingsworth. During the 1970s, Legal
Aid also coordinated a night clinic in
the Albina neighborhood (first at N.
Williams and then at N.E. Union) which
was staffed by volunteer attorneys.
During the “budget-crunch” years
of the 1970s, Federal funding for legal
services programs waned and program
efforts began to stagnate. First, Legal
Aid closed its East County and South
east offices and then the Albina night
clinic in 1976. Finally, the Northeast
office was closed in 1979.
Funding for the new office is made
possible in large part by The Campaign
for Equal Justice. This annual giving
campaign among members o f the O r
egon State Bar is an effort to stabilize
funding and to decrease the depen
dence of Multnomah County Legal Aid
ad other legal services program s
throughout the State on uncertain Fed
eral support. The Campaign for Equal
Justice seeks to raise $750,000 over
there years to support the State’s legal
services program. The Meyer Memo
rial Trust awarded the campaign a three-
year matching grant of $750,000.
dents of North/Northeast Portland is
Terry Ann Rogers, Executive Director
of Multnomah County Legal Aid.
Rogers, a graduate of New York Uni
versity School of Law, has been a legal
aid lawyer and lobbyist since 1980. In
explaining the need and value of the
new Legal Aid office in Portland’s
North/Northeast area, Rogers said:
“With the new office we will be able to
serve the minority community of Port
land belter than we have been able to
serve them in the past.”
Rogers further commented: “The
legal system should be accessible to
every citizen. Legal Aid makes that
possible for the poor and minority popu-
lalions-and the new office makes it
convenient.” The location of the new
office pleases Rogers who cited the
PCC/Cascade Campus’ central loca
tion and easy access as important to the
success of the neighborhood Legal Aid
clinic.
Dan Saltzman, Chairman of Port
land Community College’s Board, noted
mutual satisfaction in the new relation
ship between PCC and Legal Aid. He
said, “We look forward to our associa
tion with Legal Aid and welcome you to
your new home. Wc are committed to
making education and social services
easy for people to reach. We are glad to
share our space at the Cascade Campus
with other programs which help the
community. PCC is pleased to be a part
if bringing Legal Aid services to the
residents of North and Northeast Port
land.”
Legal Aid is not completely new to
North and Northeast Portland. In 1966,
the then Multnomah County Legal Aid
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