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V oinnin XXIII, N um ber 17
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usiness Week Magazine Executive To
Highlight Conference, Trade Show
W aco The Final C u rtain
According to ni ne Branch Davidians
survivors the FBI tanker started the fire.
Their account differs from the FBI’s
version which stated the cult members
started the fire. The surviving cult mem­
bers says the tanker hit a propane barrelle
and spilled the contents, and also turned
over lit camping lanterns as it went. In
40 to 45 minutes 86 lives, including 17
children were taken and nothing but the
residue remained.
Cesar Chavez
Passes On
Cesar Chavez, a former migrant
worker who organized the first Farm
Workers Union back in the 60s is gone.
He fought for over 30 years to help
Hispanic migrants have better working
and living conditions.
School Budget G ets
Approval
The budget received approval from
the State Senate Subcommittee. The
budget contai ns more money for the next
school year, but still won’t provide fore­
casted cuts.
The Navy “Tailhook”
Scandal D ocum ented
A 10 month investigation documents
sexual assault involving 140 officers at
the 1991 Tailhook Convention. The 300
page document includes reports of pic­
tures and graphic details of assaults on
more than 83 women and 7 men.
Thousands
D em o n strate For Gay
Rights
Hundreds of thousands of gays and
lesbians and friends marched on W ash­
ington, D C. for their rights and for
increased funds for Aids.
Tulsa, O klahom a
A fte rm a th
Rescuers found at least seven per­
sons in the rubbish as survivors collected
their strewn belongings after the twister
hit them on Sunday, April 25th.
James Ellis, senior writer and bureau
chief of Business Week magazine, will be
featured luncheon speaker at the 1993 Oregon
A ssociation o f M inority E n trepreneurs
(OAME) Entrepreneurship Conference and
Trade Show. More than 700 small business
owners, community leaders and government
officials are expected to take part in the
event on May 7 at
This year's theme the Oregon Con­
v e n tio n C enter.
o f "Empowerment This year’s confer­
ence is sponsored
Through
by
US W est,
Bank of America,
Partnerships ” is
M cD onald’s and
well-timed,
NIKE, Inc
Sam Brooks,
considering the
executive director
ofOAME, saysthat
many new
this year’s theme of
challenges facing “ E m p o w e rm e n t
Through Partner­
minority and
s h ip s ” is w ell-
timed, considering
women-owned
the many new chal­
lenges facing m i­
businesses in
nority' and women-
owned businesses
Oregon.
in Oregon.
“To call 1993 a pivotal year for small
business in America is almost an understate­
ment.” said Brooks. “A new federal adminis­
tration; economic fluctuations and changing
social trends are just a few of the trends informed and equipped to meet those chal­
impacting entrepreneurs today The OAME lenges.”
Ellis, based at Business Week’s Chicago
Conference and Trade Show offers businesses
bureau,
is a 17-year veteran of the new s media.
from across the state an opportunity to stay
Alternative Programs Earn Recognition
Two Portland School District alternative
programs, Portland Night School at Grant and
Metropolitan Learning Center, are among
some 20 programs across the country featured
in Phi Delta K appa’s Exemplary Practice
Series.
The programs, selected as examples ol
“Restructuring Through Curriculum Innov a­
tion,” result from 20 years of dev clopinent in
Portland Public Schools of the “school-w ltlnn
-a-school” structure for delivering education.
PageNet Names New Vice
President In Oregon
B lazers S ta rt P la y o ffs
Blazers start National Basketball
Association playoffs. Their star guard
Clyde Drexler, at this printing, is still on
the injured list. Drexler m ayor not start-
-depending on the decision ofDr. Robert
Cook.
Clinton Potpourri
Health & Human Services Secre­
tary, Donna Shala speaks up for free
vaccine plan for children; Accused of
irresponsibility in Waco affair; To im­
prove trade sanctions on European Com­
munity; Economic stimulus program
slaughtered by Senate Republicans.
Brad Terry
“PDC O ffe rs 0% In te re s t Sew er
Hook-up”
E ach applicant receives expert assistance
by being p a ired with a P D C fin a n ce advi­
so r and housing specialist who help the
hom e-owner through every step o f the loan
FOOD
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Paging Network, Inc announced that it has
named Brad Terry as vice president and general
manager of Paging Network of Oregon. Inc.
Prior to joining PageNet, Mr Terry serv ed as
vice president of operations for Windsor Court
Capital.Inc, a furniture retailer in Mill Valley. Calif
PageNet the largest and fastest growing pro­
vider of paging services in the United States, opened
its newest sales and service office in Oregon March
22. The company provides full service local, regional
and nationwide paging cov erage
“PageNet hasachiev cd its leadership position in
the paging industry by competitively pricing its
services while providing excellent customer service
and state-of-the-art transmission facilities." noted
Mr. Terry . "Our technical superiority allows us to
offer reliable coverage at a low cost to the consumer.
The Oregon market will certainly benefit from this
strategy."
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Investigators Conclude Koresh
Followers Started Fire
UPI - A team of arson investigators said
Monday the fire that destroyed the Branch
Davidian compound a week ago. apparently
killing David Koresh and 85 of his followers
was set by persons inside the building.
Paul Gray, assistant chief investigator for
the Houston Fire Department, said experts
from around the country found that the inferno
started inside the building in at least two
separate locations and at about the same time.
“Further evidence indicates a presence of
flammable liquids inside the building which
contributed to an unnaturally rapid fire spread.
The team believes this fire was intentionally
set by persons inside the compound,” he said
The fire broke out as the FBI was using an
armored v ehicle to spread tear gas inside the
wood-frame building to force a surrender of
the Koresh and his followers. One of the
survivors had claimed the tank knocked over
a can of fuel.
During the news briefing. Gray said the
experts investigated that possibility and found
it was impossible because the last assault by
the tank appeared on videotape to be at least
four minutes before the fire actually broke out.
Gray also said the investigators found the
building, called "Rancho Apocalypse” by
Koresh. to be full of flammable items includ­
ing bailed hay. v arious fuels, large amounts of
paper and a “remarkable" number of firearms
E arlier M onday at Houston, one of
Koresh’s advisers surrendered to federal au­
thorities as investigators pressed on with ef­
“ASB’s Commitment To Help
Improve MLK Jr. Blvd.”
“O re g o n S h a k e s p e a r e
F e s tiv a l A n n o u n c e s 1 9 9 3 -9 4
..b ig banks don’t have a commitment t o , or a
stake in inner cities or the normal business
borrowers who live here or earns his living
P o rtla n d S e a s o n ”
here.
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AUTOMOTIVE
After four years at the St Louis Post-Dispatch,
E llis joined B usiness Week in 1980 as
a correspondent. He quickly advanced
within the magazine’s executive ranks, and
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BI
forts of identify' bodies recovered from the
burned out ruins of the cult leader's fortified
compound.
Paul G. Fatta, who was attending a gun
show Feb. 28 when federal agents raided
Koresh’s Branch Davidian compound, sur­
rendered to U S. Marshals at Houston to face
a charge of conspiracy to possess illegal fire­
arms.
Fatta. 35, had been sought in a nation­
wide manhunt since March 6 when he was
charged by federal officials at Waco.
Although he was not inside the fortified
compound during the 51 -day siege, Fatta said
he did not believe Koresh and his 85 followers
wanted to die as they did in the funous inferno
that burned their camp to the ground April 19
“I believe the people there wanted to live,
especially David. He had a burden to give a
message to the world the Seven Seals. And
that was his No. 1 goal in life.” he said
Fatta said he did not believe the FBI had
given the public a true account of the events
and he said Koresh would never have set the
fire that consumed his “Rancho Apocalypse’
as the FBI alleges
Fatta said the sect collected guns because
they often received threats and feared a pos­
sible attack because of their beliefs. He said
they also sold guns to raise funds He denied
women and children were trained to fire weap-
ons
The fifth and fin a l production is "Ja r The
Floor," a new comedy about fo u r genera­
tions o f African American women confront­
ing their shared history.
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Sports
Arts & Entertainment
MetroLife
Housing
prOC£SS-
The Exemplary Practice Series is pub­
lished by the Center for Evaluation, Develop­
ment and Research (CEDR). Each v olume in
the series offers educators information about
successful techniques, and programs concern­
ing a particular aspect of the educational
process.
For more information, contact David
Mesirow, director. Portland Night School at
Grant, 280-6486 or Pat Burk, principal. Met­
ropolitan Learning Center, 280-5737.
7o call
1993 a
pivotal year
fo r small
business in
America is
almost an
understate­
ment, a new
federal
administra­
tion;
economic
fluctuations
and chang­
ing social
trends are
just a few o f
the trends
impacting
entrepre­
neurs
todav- ”
w as named Bureau Chief in 1984. Ellis’ cov­
erage of the business scene earned him the
1992 M cGraw-Hill Editorial Excellence
Award.
“We are pleased and honored to have a
business journalist of James E llis’ caliber
coming to Oregon,” Brooks said. “He’s a
noted expert in his field, and will offer a
unique perspective on small and minority
businesses The worldwide reputation ofBusi-
ness Week magazine speaks for itself. To have
one of its senior executives joining us should
make our conference appealing to the entire
business community.”
In addition to the luncheon session with
Ellis, the OAME conference will feature a
wide range of informational workshops for
business owners The trade show component
will be an exhibition of goods and sendees
available from minority entrepreneurs across
Oregon.
OAMF is a non-profit organization
formed to promote and develop minority en­
trepreneurship and economic development in
the state of Oregon. It functions as a partner­
ship betw een ethnic minorities, entrepreneurs,
education, government and established busi­
nesses Approximately 460 minority-owned
firms access ihe technical assistance, finan­
cial resources and business opportunities di­
rected by OAME.
Trade show and conference registrations
are still available, according to Brooks. Booth
space can be reserved for small companies
with 25 employees or less, public and non­
profit agencies and large businesses/corpora-
tions. For more information please call Sam
Brooks, OAME, at (503) 249-7744.
“Trail Blazer’s Terry P o rter
Recieves Honnor For
Community W ork”
Porter along with K ersey and the Trail
Blazers, provided more than 1,000 tickest
to disadvantaged you rh...
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