July 1, 1992...The Portland Observer...Page 5
Washington Mutual To Hold A Seminar For
First Time Home Buyers
Washington Mutual will hold a
July 11 seminar for first-time home
buyers and other people who wish to
purchase a home with just a five per­
cent down payment.
The four-hour seminar will be held
from 9 AM to 1:00 PM at Washington
Mutual’s HollywoodFinancial Center,
4333 NE Sandy Blvd. in the Holly­
wood district.
The program is designed for low-
to middle-income families who are a
good credit risk, but lack the funds for
a traditional down payment. Under the
program’s guidelines, two percent of
the five percent down payment may be
a gift or funds borrowed from a non­
profit agency.
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A $15 per-family fee will include
textbook, credit report and refresh­
ments. Pre-enrollment is required and
seating is limited. Interested parlies
may call Washington Mutual’s Holly­
wood financial center at (503) 280-
5939 to enroll.
“ Because we believe people who
belter understand the home purchasing
process are a better risk, qualified buy­
ers who attend these seminars are able
to make lower down payments than
would normally be required,” said Su­
san Fillman, managerof the Hollywood
financial center.
“The seminar takes people through
the complete process of buying a home:
creating a monthly budget, determin­
ing how much home they can afford,
qualifying for a mortgage loan, and
closing the transaction. We include
guest speakers who explain credit re­
ports, price negotiations, and the im­
portance of a structural inspection,”
Fillman said.
The seminar is sponsored by Wash­
ington Mutual, in conjunction with GE
Capital, a private mortgage insurance
corporation. GE Capital will under­
write mortgage insurance for people
who complete the four-hour certifica­
tion program and then successfully
qualify for a five percent down pay­
ment loan.
The program does have some re­
strictions: Properties must be owner-
occupied, a family’s gross income can­
not exceed $44,850, and the borrower
must meet some credit requirements.
With assets of approximately $8
billion, Washington Mutual is the
Northwest’s premier consumer bank,
operating 118 financial centers and 18
home loan centers in Washington, O r­
egon and Idaho.
FINALLY...
A USER-FRIENDLY MORTGAGE
FOR LOW- TO MIDDLE-INCOME HOMEBUYERS!
Washington Mutual invites you to attend a homebuying seminar on Inly 11
from 9AM to I PM at the Hollywood Financial Center. 4333 NE Sandy Blvd.
Those who attend will learn basic surv¡val skills tor buying a home and may
qualify for a special financing program which features a low-down payment
and more flexible qualifying guidelines. The cost is $15 per tamily. includes
textbook, credit report, and refreshments. Seating is limited!
Call 280-5939 to enroll or to obtain further information.
tl 111) Washington Mutual
The friend of the family
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lender
Deposit-, at Washington Mutual, a Federal Savings Bank, and Washington Mutual Savings Bank are insured hv FDIC___________________________
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4th Celebration To
Include Food Drive
Most churches plan their canned
food drives for the winter holiday sea­
son. But this year the Church of
Scientology Celebrity Centre Portland
is celebrating the 4th of July with the
Spirit of 76 by combining a picnic in
Willamette park with a canned food
drive for Fish Emergency Service.
“The Church of Scientology here
in Portland has been a vital force in this
community for many years," said Gwen
Mayfield, spokeswoman for the Church.
“I know that many of the emergency
food services in town are often forgot­
ten about this time of year. When I
received Fish’s newsletter and saw that
they needed canned fruit and jars of
peanut butter, I decided to do a special
food drive just for them and include it as
part of our July 4th celebration.”
FISH Emergency Services is a non­
profit food and clothing bank in South­
east Portland that regularly publishes a
“wish list” in their newsletters.
The canned food drive is not the
only unique thing that the Church will
have in Willamette park on the 4th of
July. They will also be the only Church
in the state of Oregon with a six foot tall
volcano. The prop is intended to repre­
sent the volcano that has marked the
cover of Dianetics; The Modern Sci­
ence of Mental Heakn for close to the
last four decades. The volcano has been
used in more recent years in the Dianetics
Foundation television ads. The self help
book, written by L. Ron Hubbard in
1950, has sold over 15,000,000 copies
and continues to hit the top-ten bestseller
lists around the world.
“We aren’t going to set off the
volcano this year, “ Mayfield stated.
“We thought that people would be able
to find us easier in the crowd this way.”
The picnic will be from 4 pm to 8
pm on thc4th of July at Willamette park
and is open to the general public. Any­
one wishing to participate is asked to
bring a can of fruit or a jar of peanut
butter for FISH Emergency Services.
For more information on the canned
food drive or the picnic, contact Helen
Burke at the Church of Scientology
Celebrity Centre at 228-0116.
Library To Be Closed
July 4
Holiday Safety Tips
Multnomah County Library will
be closed Saturday, July 4, Indepen­
dence Day.
“The Great Summer Escape” Con­
tinues At Your Library
It’s not » o late to make “TheGreat
Summer Escape,” with Multnomah
County Library’s summer reading pro­
gram , going on now through September
1. Join us for events, activities and
drawings for kids and young adults at
all branch libraries. Everyone whocom-
pletes a reading contract cams a coupon
for a free meal* at select Red Lion
Coffee Shop restaurants. For details,
see your librarian.
* Free meal when another meal of
equal or greater value is purchased.
Just Call “Read”
Library news by telephone? It’s
available by calling News Now at 244-
4444 and entering the extension 7323
(Read). Listeners can request library
news in three categories: library ser­
vices, branch library events and Central
Library e v e n t s . _______ —
Have a safe
Fourth of July!
The Fourth of July holiday is upon
us. Motorists are reminded to take extra
care when driving in areas where chil­
dren are likely to be playing, such as
parks, schools, playgrounds, and resi­
dential neighborhoods.
Right turns at red light can be
particularly hazardous. Motoristswatch-
ing for other traffic may not notice a
young pedestrian in a crosswalk.
Parents can hclpcnsurcasafe holi­
day by making sure their children know
how to be safe pedestrians. Children
can reduce the risk of accidents by:
• Choosing a route with the few­
est streets to cross.
• Crossing only at comers.
• Looking in all directions before
crossing any street, every time.
• Obeying all traffic laws and
signals.
• Walking across streets. Give
yourself plenty of time.
• W atching for vehicles that
might turn into your path.
• Facing traffic when walking on
roads without sidewalks.
• Wearing something white or
reflective and/or use a light if
you must walk near traffic when
it is dark.
Portland Gray
Panthers
Gray Panthers Annual Meeting, 10
a.m. Saturday, June 20, 1992 at North­
west Service Center, 1819 N. W.
Everett. A potluck luncheon will fol­
low at noon. Bring friends and a dish!
Open to all!
Fireworks Can
Frighten Pets
TheOregon Humane Society urges
pet owners to take special precautions
to protect their pets during the Fourth of
July holiday. Animals are often terri­
fied of the fireworks that people enjoy
so much.
The number of animals lost around
the Fourth of July far exceeds any other
time of the year. Pet owners should be
especially careful to see that their dogs
and cats are suitably confined, particu­
larly during fireworks events.
All pets should be wearing their
identification tags just in case they do
run away. Current ID tags will help
ensure that lost pets are quickly re­
united with their families. A new pet
identification option now available in
the metro area is the AVID microchip
implant which provides permanent ID.
People interested in the names of vet­
erinarians providing implant services
can call the Humane Society at (503)
285-7722 ext. 215 or AVID at 1-800-
336-AVID. Anyone losing apet is urged
to contact the Humane Society for in­
formation on how to find their missing
animal.
The Oregon Humane Society is
located at 1067 NE Columbia Blvd. and
is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Satur­
day and Sunday. Telephone 285-7722.
Pauline Kelly
June Operator of
the Month
Blumenauer Oulines Savings to
Goldschmidt Task Force
City C om m issioner Earl B lu­
menauer today announced a set o f rec­
ommendations he has made to former
Governor Neil Goldschmidt to restruc­
ture state and local government that
could save taxpayers &9.8 million dol­
lars.
Pauline Kelly was selected as Tri-
Mets Operator of the month in an
awards ceremony held June 17,
1992
Congratulations!!
Dew-Claw
Reading Series
Oregon poets Peter Jensen, Erik
Muller, and David Johnson will read
from their new book of poetry,
Confluence, published by Walking Bird
Press. Peter Jensen, an English teacher
at Lane Community College in Eu­
gene,, has produced several previous
books of poetry including This Book Is
Not A mask For Tear Gas, and twenty
years of his collected poems make up
the volume When Waves Sprout Birds.
Erik Muller, also a teacher of English at
Lane, is an editor of Fireweed and
author of the books The Rainfall Re­
gime and Entering Eastside. David
Johnson is acontributing editor at Whal’s
Happening, a Eugene weekly, and au­
thor of Eleven Poems for Julie Ellen
and Butch Beneath the Stars.
Confluence is a unique achieve­
ment, in which, as Vcrn Rutsala notes,
“the poems cooperate, each voice dis­
tinct yet join ing the others in something
akin to the intricate close harmonics of
certain kinds of folk music.” The poets
will present an interactive encounter
with the book, a dynamic reading in the
key of what many might consider “per­
formance art.”
Powell’s monthly dew-claw read­
ings are free and open to the public.
“Most of these proposals are steps
state and local officials can take now to
cut spending,” said Blumenauer. “We
should return these savings to the pub­
lic by providing new public safety ser­
vices and reducing costs to the tax­
payer.”
Blumenauer outlined the propos­
als this morning at a City Hall news
conference. He discussed the ideas
privately last week with Goldschmidt,
who is chairing a task force to scruti­
nize local services in Multnomah,
Washington and Clackamas counties
for overlapping functions and duplica­
tion. The group is to report to Governor
Barbara Roberts in August.
“ I su g g ested to G o v ern o r
Goldschmidt that the task force look
hard at three areas,” said Blumenauer.
“First, we should eliminate unneces­
sary layers of administration between
government and community agencies.
We should award state contracts, such
as those for mental health programs,
directly to community agencies instead
of through the counties, and abolish
county programs that p/ovide the same
service state-wide, such as elections,
tax collection, and property assessment
These two steps would improve ser­
vice, cut administrative costs in half,
and save taxpayers $5.4 million.”
“Second, we should continue the
consolidation begun with Resolution A
which assigned urban services to Port­
p
land and corrections and human ser­
vices to Multnomah County," said Blu­
menauer. “We could put 60 more
police officers on the streets of Port­
land by using an existing agreement to
transfer S heriffs Deputies to Portland
from Multnomah County. We should
also eliminate overlapping municipal
and county services in road and bridge
maintenance and cable television.
Together these changes could save $2.9
million.”
“Finally, we should regionalize
water and sewer services in the tri­
county area,” said Blumenauer. “We
don’t need 31 local water districts and
30 sewer agencies. Combining them
into one regional government would
improve service and lower administra­
tive costs. Reducing existing admin­
istrative expenses for water and sewer
by just 10% — a very conservative
estimate of the potential savings —
would save ratepayers $1.5 million.”
“These are just a few of the areas
where I think savings can be achieved,
said Blumenauer. “And the ideas be­
hind them — eliminating middle-man­
agement between state government and
community agencies, consolidating
local and county programs, and com­
bining key services such as utilities
into regional agencies — could be ap­
plied to other areas too.”
“As someone who has fought hard
— and successfully — to eliminate
waste in government and consolidate
public services, I know from firsthand
experience how difficult the job can be.
But this year I also think we have a
unique opportunity to make the kinds
of critical changes which will provide
long term benefits for everyone.”
Planned Parenthood
of the Columbia/Willamette
proudly announces the opening of our new
N.E. PORTLAND CENTER
at 4326 N.E. Killing.worth, Portland
Opens Wednesday, July 1
Clinic open Tuesday through Saturday
Walk-in pregnancy tests available
H ir.h co nim i «ersices • Annua! txam s • H IV testa • In testi«,, test, 4 treatm ent
Cali 288-8826
Have a safe
Fourth of July!
Free Screening Offered
By The Comprehensive
Cancer Program
Early detection and prevention of
oral cancer is the goal of a free screen­
ing offered by the Comprehensive Can­
cer Program at Good Samaritan Hospi­
tal & Medical Center.
The screening will be Thursday,
Aug. 6 ,2 - 6 p.m. in the lower level of
theComprehensiveCancerCenter, 1130
N. W. 22nd Ave.
Otolaryngologists (ear, nose and
throat physicians) will conduct the
screenings and provide information on
self-exam, risks & prevention.
Screening appointments, which
take approximately lOminutcs,are lim­
ited so pre-registration is required. For
more information or to pre-register,
please call Legacy Physician Referral
and Health Information at 335-3500.
Motorists Prepare for
Fourth Of July Holiday
Fourth of July travelers need to be
prepared for their trip to ensure a safe
and pleasant holiday. Careless motor­
ists can cause problems not only for
themselves, but also for other motor­
ists. Drivers may be preoccupied with
their destination or plans and in a hurry
because they have not allowed enough
time to make their trip comfortably.
In order for motorists to have a safe
trip, keep these tips in mind:
• The driver should be well rested
and ready for the trip.
• Comfortable clothing makes a
long drive more enjoyable.
• Travelers should plan enough
time to reach their destination
without rushing.
• Take rest breaks every couple
of hours.
• Be ready for possible changes
in weather.
• Watch carefully for informa­
tional and regulatory signs when
driving in unfamiliar areas.
• Be sure your vehicle is in proper
running condition.
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