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V olum n XXII, Num ber 2 8
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“The Eyes and Ears of the Com m unity”
(Llie ^ n r t lanh CDh^eruEr ™
Those above are participants in the Jefferson High School Step Program. STEP is a nationwide program, created for low-inccome children. It is now in
over 100 cities. Serving children between 13-16 years old. The program has been in existence since 1985. STEP offers tutoring, sponsors events both
social and educational and provides a stipend for those enrolled in the program. The Portland schools participating are Jefferson, Grant, Marshall,
Roosevelt and Franklin.
PDC Names New Senior
Loan Officer In Economic
Development
James M. Taylor has joined the
Portland Development Commission
(PDC) as a senior loan officer in PDC’s
Economic Development department.
Taylor will be responsible for the
financial assistance programs of the
Economic Development Department
and will coordinate the various PDC
financial resources available to assist
business developm ent in Portland.
These include the Industrial Develop
ment Revenue Bonds Program, the
Housing and Community Development
Block Grant Northeast Loan Fund, and
the Economic Development Adminis
tration Loan Program. He will also
coordinate the participation of piivate
lenders in PDC financial economic de
velopment projects.
Taylor comes to PDC from the
Bank of America (formerly Security
Pacific Bank Oregon) where he was
Vice President - Account Officer. Prior
to that he was the Business Develop
ment Officer for the Oregon Economic
Development Department in Salem. He
also spent six years with U.S. National
Bank in international marketing and
commercial lending.
Taylor has a BA in Business/Mar-
keting from Linfield College where he
also played three years of varsity foot
ball. He resides in Portland with his
wife and two daughters.
Summer Jobs Campaign
Attracts 700 Youths; Federal
Funding Boost Announced
After announcing in early June a
c o m m u n ity /b u sin ess p a rtn e rsh ip
aimed at increasing summer youth
employment, over 700 young people
have signed up and arc anxious to find
work. The campaign begun as a re
sponse to the recent riots in Los Ange
les. .
The North/Northeast Economic
Development Alliance in cooperation
with Portland civic and business leader
formed the Community Business Part
nership with three goals: youth em
ployment, adult employment and eco
nomic development in N/NE Portland.
Alliance Chairman Ron Herndon
will announce on Monday, July 6 a
new public service campaign created
by advertising agency Cole and Weber
aimed at area employers.
An announcement will also be
made that Portland will receive 5 1.4
million in new federal funding for the
summer jobs program through the Port
land Private Industry Council.
Speakers will include: Ron Hern
don; Dennis Cole, President Portland
Private Industry Council; and Beckie
Black, Executive DircctorOrcgon Out
reach.
For more information,contact: Ron
Herndon Albina Head Start, 282-1975.
Disabled Citizens Summer Dance
Sponsored By Portland Parks
And Recreation
The Disabled Citizens Recreation
program of Portland Parks and Recre
ation is sponsoring its last monthly
dance of the summer for people 16 and
I
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older with disabilities. The dance is
Friday, July 10th, 7:3O-9:3Opm, at Mt.
Scott Community Center, 5530 SE
72nd. The cost is 51 per person.
New Center Opens In
Northeast Portland
Portland - Planned Parenthood of
grant from Portland’s Collins Founda
the columbiaAVillamette proudly an
tion.
nounces the July 1 opening of the
The center is Planned Parenthood’s
agency’s new Northeast Portland Cen
fifth in the Portland-Vancouver area.
ter.
Others are in Southeast Portland, Gre
The 2,200-square-foot building is
sham, Beaverton and Vancouver. Ac
at 4326 NE Killingsworth St. Services,
cess to these clinics often is difficult for
offered on a
Northeast
s lid in g -fe e
P o rtlan d
sca le , w ill
resid en t,
of the Columbia/Willamette
in c lu d e
s a i d
birth-control
P la n n e d
counseling and supplies, pregnancy tests
Parenthood Executive Director Allie
and counseling, annual gynecological
Stickney.
exams, cancer tests such as Pap smears,
“More than l,700residentsof North
diagnosis and treatment of sexually
and Northeast Portland are already pa
transmitted diseases, and testing and
tients at Planned Parenthood’s South
counseling for the HIV virus. Walk-in
east Portland clinic,” she said. “But it’s
pregnancy tests also will be offered.
often hard for patients to travel across
Partial funding for the center is
town for our services. The best way to
from a three-year 5325,000 grant from
get medical care to people who need it
the Meyer Memorial Trust and a 525,000
is to have a clinic where they live.”
o
Planned Parenthood
National Association Of
Blacks In Criminal Justice
To Hold Nineteenth Annual
Training Conference
R o y Ja y
Limousine At Your Call, received
the highest ratings of any of the local
limousine services that provided trans
portation during the NBA Finals and
the re c e n t T o u rn am en t O f The
America’s held in Portland last week.
Oregon Business Network’s Lim
ousine At Your Call and Celebrity Lim
ousine And Transportation Services
were rated the best for promptness and
profcssionlism by both NBC passen
gers as well as the various NBA stars,
both companies, which are operated by
local Black business entrepreneur Roy
Jay, are the “new kids on the block” in
Portland’s highly competitive limou
sine and personal conccige services.
Jay explained that perhaps the rea
son the operations were favored was
primarily due to the persona) service
that he requires of his chauffeurs.
“By being the only operation to
develop a computerized communica
tions system for reservations and schcd-
On July 12-16, 1992, the National Association of Blacks in Criminal
Justice will hold then- nineteenth annual training conference in Portland,
Oregon. The theme for this year’s conference is “Approaching Today’s
Problems: Searching fo r Solutions’.
The conference will be held at the Red Lion Hotel/Lloyd Center.
Workshops to be offered include:
Police Sensitivity and Cultural Awareness
Management Development for Women and Minorities
The Psychodynamics of Rage and Violence in America
Successful Community Corrections Programs
Partnership with the Media
Aids Education and Prevention
Male Responsibility: The Rites of Passage Program
Young W omen’s Advocacy and Prevention Program
A Holistic Approach to Treating the Chemically Dependent Youth
...and several other exciting and contemporary topics presented and staffed
by locally and nationally recognized leaders in their respective disciplines.
For further information, please contact Lieutenant Vera Pool, Com
mander, Multnomah County Restitution Center, 248-5141.
The Portland Art Museum North
west Film Center is pleased to announce
the appearances in July and August of
five film and vidcomakcrs presenting
documentariesandcxperinièntal/avant-
changes, we are able
to respond to customers
needs within minutes,
than hours, said
.’’Jay’s network was
con tinuall y put to the test
over the past month as
NBC and the NBA were
making schedule and
transportation changes
as much as 4 times per
hour.
“ J a y ’s o p eratio n
was quick to let players,
their families and others
know ab out A frican
A m erican and o th er
businesses in the city that
would appreciate their
patronage.”
Whether it was se-
getting M agic
Johnson to dinner or to
Cinemas to see
M urphy’s new
'movie or filling a pre
scription, late evening
for NBC Present, Dick Ebersol...Oregon
Business Network’s Lim ousine-At-
Your Call and Celebrity Limousine was
handling the project and dem onstrat
ing the professionalism that any Port
land business would be proud of.
Nearly every NBA Star, A n
nouncer and coach were passengers of
the Black owned operation during the
past month. Aside from the pride in
personal service, he attributes the surge
in business to strategic around the clock
marketing networking, promotions and
some good public relations. “W e have
a healthy respect for our competitors
and they now have the same for us,
says Jay.
We are making limousines afford
able for nearly everyone whether it’s
for an anniversary, concert, wedding or
any other event or special occasion. We
encourage people to call us and com
pare .
636-6113,24 HOURS-A-DAY.
Blumenauer to
Recommend New Garbage and
Recycling Rates
Portland Art Museum Film Center
Welcomes Visiting Artists
gardc works. The Visiting Artist scries
will feature Dcbordh Fort (July 16), Pal
Baum (July 30), Sharon Genasci (Au
gust 5), Stephen Roszcll (August 20),
and Peter Lipskis (August 23).
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Black Owned Limo Service
Receives Praise During
Basketball Tournament
City C om m issioner Earl B lu
menauer will hold a news conference
Tuesday, July 7, to announce his rec
ommendations to the City Council for
new residential garbage and recycling
rates.
Blumenauer will speak at 2:00p.m.,
Room 321, City Hall, 1220 SW Fifth
Avenue. The City Council is scheduled
to vote on new garbage and recycling
rates on Wednesday, July 8, after it
hears public testimony beginning at
9:30 a.m.