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W E Q U IT !
After 28 years of pleasure in serving the good people of
Oregon and Washington, we are no longer able to com
pete against the forces of big business. We are eternally
grateful to those of you who supported us to the end and
hope you are able to visit us during these final days.
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Good Sarfiarltan
Hospital Presents
Discussion On
Depression
“ Depression: A M o d e l fo r B eating
the B lues,” a program fo r caregivers and
health professionals, w ill be held at Good
Sam aritan H o sp ita l & M e d ic a l Center
on W ednesday, January 2 0 ,7 -9 p.m . in
Peterson H a ll A u d ito riu m , 2255 N .W .
N orthrup.
The presenter w ill be M a rk D . T ilso n ,
P h .D ., a c lin ic a l p s y c h o lo g is t w ith
Legacy R e h a b ilita tio n Services. T ils o n
w ill discuss w h y people get depressed;
how to p in p o in t w hat is causing a person ’ s
depression and practical methods to com
bat depression and im p ro ve m ood.
F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n , please c a ll
G ood Samaritan E ducation & F a m ily
S upport Services at 229-7348.
Promote Black
Businesses
"C irc u la te The B la c k D o lla r” is
the theme fo r Ja B e ll’ s B eauty and B a r
ber Supplies 1993 C alendar. N o th in g
prom otes s e lf s u fficie n cy as o w n in g
yo u r o w n business. R e ly in g on b lack
d ollars to m aintain and operate a suc
cessful proud bla ck business, Jabell’ s is
considered one o f the o ldest B la ck Re
ta il Businesses located in the heart o f
the c o m m u n ity catering to the b lack
consumer. Jabell’ s as w e ll as other black
businesses are stru g g lin g to survive.
W e are c a llin g on yo u to help m aintain
o u r pride. W e are launching this cam
paign to save o u r pride. W e are launch
in g th is cam paign to save o u r b u si
nesses. Please circu la te the b la ck d o l
lar. Stop b y Jabell’ s and ask fo r yo u r
1993 Calendar.
Police Recruit For Job
Openings, Step Up
Minority Recruiting
The Portland Police B ureau is lo o k
in g fo r candidates to apply fo r the p o s i
tio n o f p o lice o ffic e r and is stepping up
IBEW Local 4 8 / NEC A /
METRO Donate $1,000
to the Northeast
Emergency Food
Program
A $ 1,000.00donation to the N o rth
east E m ergency Food Program (N FFP )
made by the International B rotherhood
o f E le c tric a l W orkers (IB E W ) L o ca l
4 8 , the O re g o n -C o lu m b ia C hapter,
N a tio n al E le ctrica l C ontractors A sso
c ia tio n (N E C A ) and the M e tro E le c tri
cal T ra in in g T ru s t (M e tro ) made it pos
sible fo r N E F P to serve fa m ilie s in need
d u rin g the holidays.
Form ed in 1983, N E F P helps meet
the needs o f fa m ilie s in N ortheast P o rt
land. O perating out o f a sm all house on
N E K illin g s w o rth , N E F P serves an a v
erage o f 600 people each m onth. T h is is
made possible through donations from
groups such as IB E W /N E C A /M e tro ,
g ra n t m o n e y and h e lp fro m lo c a l
churches.
T h is $1,000.00 donation is part o f
an on g oing c o m m itm e n t by IB E W L o
cal 48, N E C A , and M e tro to support
and help various groups and agencies
w ith in the c o m m u n ity.
m ately p la y a v ita l p a rt in th e ir h a p p i
Personal values, honesty and per
sonal in te g rity , m o ra lity - c a ll it w hat
ness and success.
A c to r M ich a e l Roberts (R ainm an,
B a rre lta , e tc.), w h o founded R ig h t
you w ill. C h ild re n need to be taught the
difference between rig h t and w rong.
T h a t’ s a lesson we have learned the
hard way.
A fte r m any educators decided in
the 1960s that teaching clear m oral
lessons was w rong, schools tended to
get out o f the m orals business. Texts
w h ich had strong m oral messages such
survey found, fo r instance, that tw o -
thirds o f high-school students said they
w o u ld lie to achieve a business o b je c
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as n o t stealing o r w o rk in g hard to
achieve goals were replaced.
The result was a m oral vac uum that
is a ll too evident today. One recent
ALLSHOESAND
CLOTHING
CLOSE
Teaching Right And Wrong - A Lost Art?
tive. alm ost h a lf (47% ) w o u ld cheat on
an im portant exam. N o t to m ention the
fact that A m e rica has among the h ig h
est drug abuse, teenage pregnancy and
ju ve n ile crim e rates in the in d u stria l
ized w o rld .
Teaching values in schools is now
m aking a comeback. Even liberal groups
are urg in g that schools teach “ safe”
values such as honesty, respect, perse
verance and re sp o n sib ility - values
that are d iffic u lt fo r anyone to argue
T hey need to discover, one way o r
another, that the values they hold u lti
R obotics, S ketching From Nature, A n i
m ation W orkshop, Reptiles and A m
phibians, and T ra ve lin g Through T im e .
Supported b y in d iv id u a l and corporate
co n trib u tio n s, grants and tu itio n , Satur
day A cadem y has tu itio n assistance on
request. I t is o u r p o lic y that no student
w ill be turned away on the basis o f
in a b ility to pay tu itio n .
T h is w in te r there are thirty-seven
classes in c lu d in g A v ia tio n , C reative
makes a ll the d ifference. In studying
the book, ch ild re n com e to realize that
liv in g a m oral life is n ’ t som ething they
schools and m illio n s o f students. A n d
many businesses are now m aking a r
rangements to re p rin t the b o o klet and
d istrib u te it to th e ir customers. Some
private schools now even use the b o o k
le t as a part o f th e ir cu rricu lu m s. A n d it
Saturday A cadem y is a n o n p ro fit educa
tional program hosted by Oregon G radu
topics is broad w ith classes in c o m p u t
ing, math, engineering, science, co m
m unications, hum anities and the arts.
drugs is part o f it, but m oral values
in vo lve fa r m ore than ju s t this. The
m ost e ffe c tiv e to o l I ’ ve come across fo r
teaching m oral values to children is the
booklet, “ The W ay T o Happiness” w r it
ten by A m erican author and h um anitar
ian, L . R on Hubbard.
“ The b o o klet is in m any ways qu ite
unique,” says Roberts. “ It is possibly
the firs t m oral code ever w ritte n that is
based e n tire ly on com m on sense. T h is
and developing standards o f w hat is
“ rig h t” and “ w ro n g ” (64% ).
B u t to be taught e ffe c tiv e ly , m oral
values m ust make sense to children.
W ritin g , H ig h Tech C om m unications,
Physics o f Sound, Graphic Design, Lan d
scape A rch ite ctu re , Program m ing in C.
w ith in the co m m u n ity.
H eld after school, evenings and on
weekends, classes are sm a ll, fu n and
feature hands-on learning. The range o f
between rig h t and w rong, but also w h y
they should do rig h t. S laying away from
do fo r other people. I t is not ju s t some
th in g they should do because it is w hat
th e ir parents o r teachers or society e x
pects. Rather, they com e to see that
their ow n s u rviva l is influenced by the
m oral values they set fo r them selves.”
A fte r a record breaking e n ro llm e n t
F a ll term , Saturday Academ y is pleased
to announce its W in te r 1993 session.
provide 6th - 12th grade students access
to the expertise and resources available
Foundation.
“ I spent a num ber o f years ta lk in g
to kids in schools in m y spare tim e ,
try in g to p ro vid e a role m odel fo r them
and to teach them to say no to drugs,”
says Roberts. “ B u t a fte r a w h ile I re a l
ized that w asn’ t enough. C h ild re n need
to be taught not ju s t the difference
w ith .
A n d parents themselves by and
large do w a n t schools to teach m oral
values. A recent G a llu p P o ll survey fo r
Phi D elta K appa fo u n d that when p a r
ents were asked to rank the relative
im portance o f 25 educational goals, the
top 2 item s where developing the a b il
ity to speak and w rite co rre ctly (66% )
Saturday Academy’s Winter 1993
Session For 6th - 12th Grade Students
ate In stitu te o f Science and T e c h n o lo g y.
The purpose o f Saturday A cadem y is to
T ra ck, an a an ti-d ru g program once
active in hundreds o f schools, today
w orks w ith The W a y T o Happiness
Classes are held-at-sites throughout the
P o rtland/V ancouver M e tro p o lita n area,
such as at businesses, agencies o r u n i
versities.
Y ou are an im p o rta n t resource fo r
p ro vid in g parents and students w ith cu r
rent Saturday Academ y in fo rm a tio n . As
a n o n p ro fit o rg a n iza tio n , i t is d iffic u lt to
reach the students served in the fo u r
county m e tropolitan area. A lis tin g o f
the classes o r a short announcem ent o f
our w in te r session w ill help ensure that
students w h o w ish to participate have
the o p p o rtu n ity.
For ad d ition a l in fo rm a tio n o r a class
catalog m ailed to the home ca ll Saturday
Academ y at 503/690-1190. F o r yo u r
convenience.
The b o o klet has inspired the an
nual “ Set A G ood E xa m p le ” C ontest
w hich to date has in v o lv e d over 7000
is very successfully being used in p ro
gram s to re h a b ilita te ju v e n ile o ffe n d
A c c o rd in g to The W a y T o H a p p i
ness F ou n d a tio n , o ve r 10 m illio n cop
ies o f “ T h e W ay T o H appiness” have
been d is trib u te d in th is co u n try alone.
T h is has been a grass-roots a c tiv ity to
w h ic h thousands o f parents and b u si
nesses have con trib u te d . A n d acclaim
fo r the b o o k le t continues to g ro w each
year.
B u t s till not enough c h ild re n are
being exposed to the b o o klet. A n d as
parents have less and less tim e these
days to spend w ith th e ir ch ild re n , schools
tend to become the predom inate educa
tio n in flu e n ce in k id ’ s live s. So that is
where “ T he W ay T o H appiness” should
be, in schools - a ll schools.
Parents co u ld do m uch to urge
schools to use the b o o k le t m ore than
they do already. T h e y c o u ld w rite le t
ters. T h e y co u ld g iv e copies o f the
ca ll 823-4169 (inside m etro area) o r 1-
503-823-4169 (outside m etro area).
Portland P olice C h ie f T om Potter
said the increased e ffo rts at recruitm ent
go tow ard goals in the adopted Hum an
goals statement o f the Bureau, nam ely;
“ T o make the P o lice Bureau a m odel o f
equal o p p o rtu n ity fo r a ll regardless o f
race, c o lo r, sex, re lig io n , age, national
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b o o kle t to the teachers o f th e ir ch ild re n .
A n d in d o in g so, they w il l fin d that the
results in using the b o o k can be qu ite
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spectacular.
I t was Theodore R oosevelt w ho
said, “ T o educate a person in m in d and
not in m orals is to educate a menace to
so cie ty.” W e have seen the tru th o f this
in recent decades. A m o ra l vacuum has
g ive n us a generation o f youngsters
w ho have fe w real values. M a n y o f
them are blatant c rim in a ls . A n d m any
m ore are lo st in a sea o f confusion.
D ro p p in g the teaching o f m orals in
schools was a serious m istake. A n o u t
rig h t tragedy re a lly. B u t i t is a m istake
o u r ch ild re n shouldn ’ t have to continue
to liv e w ith .
F o r fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n w rite The
W ay T o Happiness F oundation, 6324
Sunset B lv d ., Los A ngeles, C A 90028.
O r c a ll (213) 962-7906.
Laughter Workshop
Laughter is a w o n d e rfu l s k ill to use
in m a in ta in in g health, to help in p ro b
lem so lvin g , and in dealing w ith lif e ’ s
problem s. V o lu n te e rs are being re
cruited by D r. L in fla Ladd, Hom e E co
nom ics agent w ith O S U Extension Ser
vice, to attend a tw o-day w orkshop
w h ich w ill prepare them to d e liv e r
laughter program s throughout W ash
ington, M u ltn o m a h , and Clackam as
tra in in g are 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m . The
tra in in g w ill be held at the O S U E xte n
sion Service (2 5 4-1500) located at 211
o w n business o r organization o r m ay
choose to be available to w o rit w ith
p u b lic groups. V olunteers are also en
couraged to attend m o n th ly updates
w h ic h w ill p ro vid e them w ith the o p por
tu n ity to discuss th e ir program s and to
learn a d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n .
C ost o f the tra in in g is $5.00 fo r
m aterials. V olunteers w ill also be devel
o p in g th e ir ow n “ laughter k i t ”
People w ho are interested in this
tra in in g are encouraged to c a ll Francine
at the O S U E xtension Service at 254-
1500 to receive an a p p lica tio n fo r the
tra in in g . R egistration is lim ite d to 15
S.E. 80th A venue in Portland.
people.
counties.
On February 25 and 26, each v o l
unteer w ill receive ten hours o f tra in in g
w h ich w ill enable them to give a one to
tw o hour program on laughter in the
co m m u n ity. T im es fo r both days o f
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F o llo w in g th e ir tra in in g , volunteers
w ill g ive six to e ig h t laughter program s
in the m etro counties o ve r the next year.
V olunteers m ay choose to w o rk in th e ir
its e ffo rts at m in o rity re cru itin g to meet
its goal o f m aking its w o rk fo rc e repre
sentative o f the co m m u n ity. A p p lic a
tions w ill be accepted fro m Tuesday,
January 19, 1993, through M on d a y,
February 1, 1993; preparatory w o rk
shops w ill be held on Tuesdays, T hurs
days and Saturdays (register at 796-
3200,1-800-262-9529 o r 800-248-9529.
A p p lic a tio n s are available at C ity
H a ll, Personnel Services, 1220 S.W .
5th A venue, R oom 100. I f candidates
cannot p ic k up an a p p lic a tio n , o r i f they
have questions, they are encouraged to
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