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M ay 12, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
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Washington Mutual
Officer To Receive Award
For Community Service
In The Secretary 's Seat -
Curing the first "Take Our
Daughters to Work "event,
Yafhette Isom, 15 (seated at
the secretary's desk), and Nia
Shaw. 13, discuss the day's
activities with HHS Secretary
Donna E. Shalala, whom they
“shadowed” all day, and Avis
LaVelle (L). assistant
secretary-designate for
public affairs. The two
Washington students were
among nearly 3,000 young
women who gained work
experience in HHS offices
across the country. (HHS
photo X by
S J Cris Smith)
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"Take Our Daughters to Work" a huge success
Nearly 3,000 of the more than a
half million young girls who partici­
pated in the first “Take Our Daugh­
ters to Work” educational campaign
were hosted by the Department of
Health and Human Sen ices, 300 of
them in the W ashington, D.C.-M et­
ropolitan area offices.
H HS S e c re ta ry D o n n a E.
Shalala, kick-off speaker in W ash­
ington for the national campaign
sponsored by the Ms. Foundation for
Women, also spoke to the “daugh­
ters” gathered at HHS- Hubert H.
Humphrey Building
Two of the young w omen from
Washington, Nia Shaw, 13, Field
School, and Yafhette isom, 15,
Banneker High School, “shadowed”
Secretary Shalala all day. They at­
tended her morning senior stafTmeet­
ing, went with her to Capitol Hill to
testify before a Senate Committee,
met the President and Mrs. Clinton
when they visited the white House
with Secretary Shalala for the an­
nouncement of a new drug policy di­
rector, and joined her in other activi­
ties.
By 2pm, Nia, who wants to be a
sports writer, and Yafhette, a 10th
grader planning to become a pediatri­
cian, weren’t sure they could keep a
work place such as the secretary's, but
she assured them they would be able to
do it.
fouth Track
Meet Set
For May 19
The ARCO
HE CITY OF Jesse Owens rec­
reational youth
track meet is set
for W ednesday,
M ay
19,
at
H u d so n ’s Bay
ANCOUVER H igh S ch o o l.
G irls and boys
om between 1979 and 1986 may
nter.
Registration is from 4:15 to 5:15
,m. Competition begins at 5:30pm.
articipation is free.
Games include softball throw,
igh jum p, long jump and running
50-1500 meters).
Local qualifiers will advance to
he District Meet, June 5, at Aloha
Tigh School in Aloha, Oregon. The
ncet is sponsored by ARCO and coor-
linated through the City of Vancou­
ver Parks and Recreation Department.
Secretary Shalala agreed with
Marie Wilson, president of the Ms
Foundation for Women, that the event
was a huge success.
The day-long activity for girls
ages 9 through 15 was designed to
"focus national attention on girls as
fui 1 participants in the future workforce
and to make them visible, valued and
heard.”
Research information suggests
that girls too often emerge from ado­
lescence with a poor self-image, low
self-esteem, relatively low expecta­
tions from life and much less confi­
dence in themselves and their abilities
than do bovs.
MAYCAP Sam
Pierce Honored
Members of the northeast Port­
land co m m u n ity w ill g a th e r at
Maranatha Church Friday, May 14 to
recognize the accomplishmentsof Sam
Pierce, one of the founders of the
Minority Concerns Action Program
(MYCAP). MYCAP provides coun­
seling, education ad employment op­
portunities for gang-involved youth.
Beginning at 5:00 p.m., com m u­
nity leaders, service providers, friends
and youth will thank Pierce for help­
ing at-risk youth establish productive
lives. After five years as MYCAP
director, Pierce decided to leave the
day-to-day operations to pursue na­
tional implementation of the MYCAP
model.
This celebration will also be an
opportunity to introduce Tim Holt as
the new MYCAP director. Holt has
been the program and education di­
rector for MYCAP for three years.
Maranatha Church is located at
4222 N.E. 12th.
West One
McCallum To
Board Directors
Schools that officially partici
pated in the "daughters” activities at
HHS w ere B rent E lem entary’,
Jefferson Junior High, Amidon El­
ementary, Eastern Senior High,
Leckie Elementary and Bell Multi-
Cultural Senior High.
Students from other schools
were brought by parents or other
individuals and HHS employees.
At the end of a day of shari ng in
the workplace experiences, hearing
inspirational talks and information
about job/career opportunities, the
young women were presented HHS
“Take our Daughters to Work” cer­
tificates.
on the boards of West One Bank,
Washington, the Seattle Symphony
Orchestra and the Eastside Literary
Council.
McCallum has a Bachelors de­
gree in Business Administration from
the University of W ashington and a
Master of Science in financial ser­
vices from American College, Bry n
Mawr, Pennsylvania.
West One Bancorp, a diversified
financial services company and the
second oldest bank west o f the
Mississippi, has $7.1 billion in assets,
employs 4500 people and operates
from more than 200 banking offices in
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Utah.
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Douglas W. McCallum has been
elected to serve on the board of
West One Bancorp.
McCallum has been in the busi­
ness community in Bellevue, W ash­
ington for 30 years and is currently an
Owner of First Financial Resources,
Inc., a national insurance brokerage
and marketing organization He sen es
Artist Creates Whimsical “Bedroom
Community” at Square
Pioneer /courthouse Square, of-
n referred to a "Portland s living
Kim,” soon will look more like
ortland’s bedroom, thanks to artist
ay Slusarcnko
Commissioned to create the art
istallation for the Square’s ninth
rinual Festival of Flowers. Slusarcnko
¡sponded with a tongue-in-cheek
Festival of Flower Beds." Beginning
lay 28. the Square will be covered
ith 25.000 flowers and five huge
ids including a poster bed with a
anopy concert posters and a mattress
f flowers, a sod-covered Hollywood
cd. and a tiled “water bed" inhabited
y live fish and water lilies
S lu sa rc n k o . th e c h a ir o f
Mary Ihurst College’s art department
has completed 17 public art commis­
sions in the Northwest and lias exhib­
ited works in several group and one-
person shows. During her tenure at
Marylhurst, the art department has
grown from five art majors to more
than 200. and h as g am ed a le p u la tio n
for innovation
The festival, which continues
through June 6. also includes free
weekday noon concerts fcaturingblues,
classical, jazz and ethnic music. On
June 5, a garden fair will present
displays by a variety of Portland gar­
dening groups, and on June 8, all
25,000 flowers will be sold to the
public in a massive one-day flower
sale.
The festival is sponsored by M or­
gan Park Properties, Nordstrom and
Melvin Mark Properties
Although it takes place in down­
town Portland, the festival draws on
organizations throughout the metro-
politanarca. Rcincckcr Nurseries, near
Forest Grove, again has grown all of
the festival’s flowers, using seed do­
nated by Ball Seed and flower pots
piovidcd by Gage Industries of Lake
Oswego. The flowers arc fed. watered
and groomed twice a day while at the
Square by horticultural students from
Vancouver’s Clark College.
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Bob Flowers
In recognition of his commitment
to the A frican-A m erican com m u­
nity— from coaching track and field
to developing summer education pro­
grams for inner city youth— Seattle,
WA resident Bob Flowers will re­
ceive the prestigious Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity President’s Award
F lo w ers, a m em ber o f the
fraternity’s local Zeta Pi Lambda cliap-
tcr since 1967, will accept the award
duringtheorganization’sannual Black
and Gold Ball May 1 at the Stouffcr
Madison Hotel Grand Ballroom in
dow ntow n Seattle. The award presen­
tation will begin at 8pm. follow ing a
dinner banquet.
“Bob has an endless amount of
energy that he consistently devotes to
projects that better our communities,”
said Dr John German, president of
the Zeta Pi Lambda chapter. “Bob’s
position as a successful business leader
with W ashington Mutual is also an
excellent role model for kids.”
A senior vice president and man­
ager of commercial real estate with
Washington Mutual Flowers se n e s
on numerous civic boards and organi­
zations including the Seattle Housing
Resources Group, Rotary Boys & Girls
Club. Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle
Sports Council, African American
Heritage Foundation and the South
Central Athletic Association.
“Bob is extremely committed to
our communities and our youth, a
commitment the bank shares,' said
Kerry Killinger. Washington Mutual’s
president, chairman and chief execu­
tive officer.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.,
founded in 1906 in New York, is
the oldest African-American frater­
nity in the U S. Nationally, its mem­
bership has included, among others,
Dr. M artin Luther King Jr and The
Honorable Thurgood Marshall. Mem­
bers of the local chapter, which was
founded in 1905. include Mayor
Norman B rice. Rep. Jesse Wineberry
and th e R everend Sam uel B.
McKinney.
Serving the financial needs of
Pacific Northwest consumers since
1889, W ashington Mutual is the larg­
est independently owned, locally man­
aged bank headquartered in Wash­
ington and the largest consumer bank
in the Northwest.
National Mental Health Care Reformed
BY LIAM CALLEN, PH.D.
I am deeply disturbed by continu­
ous slanderous reports by "watch dog
organizations” such as Citizens Com­
mission on Human Rights (CCHR)
regarding psychiatric care. Psychia­
trists and mental health professionals
arc highlighted as villains interested
in defrauding insurance companies;
keeping patients against their will in
mental hospitals; and intentionally
committing patients
There may be some practitioners
of mental health care who may take
adv antage of consumers and the sys­
tem as in any other industry-let’s not
forget the rising cost in medical carc-
-blaming the soaring expense of in­
surance totally on mental health care
is ludicrous
Over the years, Oregon State
H ospitals have been dow nsizing
Therefore, community-based mental
h e a lth c are f a c ilitie s lik e the
Garlington Center were established.
The philosophy behind commu­
nity mental health care is to diver,
individuals with persistent, severely
disabling mental illness form hospi­
talization, to ensue that these indi­
viduals can live healthy and produc­
tive lives within the community . Com­
munity mental healthcare has proven
its cost-effectiveness in reducing the
high cost of health care. Costs are
considerably less than in patient stay.
As a result, tremendous tax dollars
have been saved! However, negative
and biased statements made against
and influencing the non-support of
mental health care will impact its
quality affordability and availability
Community mental health care is
a crucial part of our health care sys­
tem. One in three adults will face a
mental health or substance abuse dis­
order in his or her lifetime Suicide,
the eighth leading cause of death in
the United States is a potential out­
come of mental illness and mental
disorders.
Apparently under the National
Health Care Reform package inde­
pendent business owners will no, be
given the choice or the option to ex­
clude mental health care from the
basic benefits package It is alleged
that mental health care has the poten­
tial of breaking a small business and
sending insurance costs through the
roof Once again, it is evident, oppo­
nents have opted to overlook the ris­
ing expense of medical care.
Employee Assistance Programs
with mental health care inclusion
can be of great value to any employer
It is an effectiv e inv estment and can
assist employees in prevention and
intervention of low and high risk
problems such as depression, anxi­
ety, stress, suicidal and destructive
tendencies to themselves or others.
As a result, employers will witness
higher productivity and save sub­
stantial dollars.
In restructuring the health care
system, we should use common sense
and review the importance and effec­
tiveness of mental health care as a
whole Mental health care is very
fortunate to have supporters such as
Tipper Gore to urge its inclusion.
This much needed service is essential
to the survivability of people with
mental illness
Overall, if the added expense is
an issue perhaps we should take a
stronger look at furthering the devel­
opment of cost-effectiv e Community
Mental Health Care