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Summer Babysitting Courses
Offered In June & July For Boys
And Girls Entering Grades 6 to 9
B a b ysittin g courses for boss and
g irls e n te rin g grades 6-9 in the fall
w ill be ofTered in June and July b> the
P o rtla n d Area C ouncil o f Camp Fire
The re g istra tio n deadline for June
courses is June 15; fo r July courses,
July 8. The Cam p Fire Babysitting
course covers:
H ow to prevent emergency situ­
ations and w hat to do in an emer­
gency.
How to handle behavior prob­
lems, ch ild re n who are afraid, bored
o r lonely
H ow to play creatively w ith d if­
ferent age groups o f children
The differences between babies,
toddlers, preschoolers, and school age
ch ild re n
H o w to m a ke y o u r o w n
B a b ysittin g Resource K it
How to fin d jobs and w hat '‘being
in business" is a ll about
B a b ysittin g courses w ill be held
at the fo llo w in g locations:
St. L u ke ’ s Lutheran Church
6835 SW 46th (45th & Vermont),
Portland
Friday-Saturday, June 25-26*
10a.m.-2pm. Take a sack lunch.
T rin ity Lutheran Church
507 West Powell, Gresham
M onday-Tuesday, July 19-20**
10a in -2pm Take a sack lunch
F re m o n t U n ite d M e th o d is t
Church
2620 N E Fremont, Portland
Monday-Tuesday, June 28-29*
10a m -2pm Take a sack lunch
G ra ce M e m o ria l E p is c o p a l
Church
1535 NE 17th Avenue, Portland
Wednesday-Thursday, July 21-
11**
10a m -2pm Take a sack lunch.
Participants receive a handbook
and a certificate upon com pletion, and
they w i ll be entered in a jo b bank for
possible referrals The cost is $17 per
participant. To register, please ca ll
the Portland Area C ouncil o f Camp
Fire at 224-7800 by June 15* fo r June
courses. July 8 * * fo r July courses.
The purpose o f Camp Fire is to
provide, through a program o f in fo r­
mal education, opportunities fo ryo u th
to realize th e ir potential and to func­
tion effectively as caring, self-directed
in d ivid u a ls responsible to themselves
and others; and, as an organization, to
seek to im prove those conditions in
society w h ich affect youth. Accep­
tance and participation in Camp Fire
are the same for everyone w ith o u t
regard to race, color, national o rig in ,
sex or disability.
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At Risk Teenage Girls
Need “Big Sisters"
Volunteers o f A m erica's K le tzcr
H a ll is seeking women to sign up now
as volunteers for their B ig Sister Pro­
gram The volunteers w ill spend ap­
proxim ately 10 hours per m onth be­
com ing role models and caring friends
for a t-risk teenage girls.
K le tzcr H a ll w ill host a Big Sister
volunteer tra in in g June 15, 17 and
22nd from 6:00 Pam. - 8:30 Pam.
Those interested in volunteering as a
B ig Sister need to attend all three
meetings To register please call 234-
9211.
K le tzcr H all provides short-term
shelter for adolescent g irls who come
from unstable home environments.
Volunteers o f Am erica is a nation­
wide social sen ice organization w ith
branches in over 200 comm unities.
As w e ll as K le tzcr H all, Volunteers o f
Am erica Oregon, Inc. senes the com ­
m unity throughchildcare, fam ily pres­
e n ation programs, a shelter for home­
less women w ith children, a senior
center, senior health c lin ic , adult day
care program, residential substance
abuse fa cilitie s for adult felons, and a
Christm as Assistance Program
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120 n i Knott. Portland
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• Certified Teacher • Scholarships funded bg
• Child Centered
The Black United Fund of Oregon
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The Oregon M useum o f Science
and Industry (O M S I) and T e ktro n ix
Foundation announce the recipients
o f the 1993 A w ard fo r Excellence in
Teaching Science and Mathematics.
A $5,000 cash award is given to
each recipient fo r personal enrich­
m ent o r program im provem ent re­
lated to his/her in d iv id u a l pursuit o f
excellence in the teaching profession
The purpose is to recognize, reward
and encourage excellence in teaching
and the im provem ent o f educational
programs in Oregon and C lark County,
W ashington. N ow in its tenth year,
the O M S I/T e ktro n ix A w ard fo r E x­
cellence in Teaching has aw arded over
$250,000.
A ceremony to be held today,
Wednesday, M ay 26 at O M S I w ill
recognize the w inners, w ho are nom i­
nated by their peers fo r outstanding
educational achievement. Oregonian
newspaper colum nist Jonathan N i-
cholas w ill emcee the ceremony, and
Portland M ayor Vera Katz w ill present
the awards The five recipients o f the
A w ard fo r Excellence in Teaching
are:
• Nancy Bailey. Kraxberger M id d le
School, Gladstone, OR
• M ic h a e l B ro w n , Seaside H ig h
School, Seaside, OR
• D ennis Corliss, C o rva llis H ig h
School, C orvallis, OR
• Don K irk w ood, N o rth Salem H igh
Young Professionals
Host Membership
Socials
The Urban League Y oung Pro­
fessionals w ill host a series o f M e m ­
bership Socials du rin g th e ir annual
membership drive in M ay and June
Events include:
M ix e r/D in n e r at D o ris ’ Cafe--
Friday, M ay 28, at 6pm, corner o f N E
Russell and N E M L K Jr. B lvd D is­
counted dinners at Portland s top soul
food bistro, w ith special guests State
Rep. A vel G ordly and C arnell C rum ,
chair o f the B lack D o lla r Days Task
Force.
R ip City Dance—Friday, June 28,
at 9pm, 3100 N E Sandy B lvd., age 21
and over only N ig h t club dance hosted
by Oregon Black Professionals There
is a cover charge.
Happy H o u r at C le o -L illia n ’ s
School, Salem, OR
Social C lu b -F rid a y , June 25, at 6pm
• Mary O ’ M alley, Harrisburg U nion 3041 N W illia m s , age 21 and over
H igh School, Harrisburg, OR
only.
The O M S I/T e k tro n ix A w ards
Mem bership applications w ill be
have become a national model for available at a ll events A nnual mem­
cooperation between the private sec­ bership dues arc $25, w hich includes
tor, a regional science center and the membership in the Urban League o f
education com m unity . The awards Portland The Urban League Y oung
are open to a ll fu ll-tim e math and Professionals is an auxiliary o f the
science teachers o f grades 7-12 in Urban League o f Portland created to
Oregon and C lark County. W ashing­ provide a forum fo r professional de­
ton.
velopment, netw orking and com m u­
Public Notice
have those jobs available.
In its second year, the C om m u-
nitv/Business Partnership is the out­
growth o f com m unity concerns about
the imbalance in unem ploym ent be­
tween N orth and Northeast Portland
and the rem ainder o f the m etropolitan
area Its goal is to b rin g unem ploy­
ment in N o rth and Northeast Portland
to comparable levels in the general
population.
The program drew im m ediate
response fro m the com m unity du rin g
its first year. The o rig in a l goal was to
place 300 youth into unsubsidized
employment. In fact, approxim ately
586 youth were placed in jobs through
this effort and 84 new jobs fo r youth
w ere created. A d d itio n a lly, 700 youth
received assistance in jo b readiness.
The experience clearly indicates that
there are more youth ready and w ill­
ing to w ork than there are jobs
Spearheaded by the N /N E Eco­
nom ic Development A lliance, p a rtic i­
pants in the C om m unity/B usiness
Partnership include the C ity o f P ort­
land through the Portland Develop-
Starting Your
Business Basics
T he “ S ta rtin g Y o u r Business
Basics” seminar w ill be presented
Tuesday, June 8, from 6 to 8pm at the
Small Business Development Center,
123 N W Second Ave., Suite 321, in
Portland
T h is free tw o-hour class is an
introduction to the fundamentals o f
going in to business It is a must fo r
every' new entrepreneur T h is class is
a prerequisite to the five-hour S tarting
Y o u r Business W orkshop and to the
free Business A d visin g fo r firs t-lim e
business owners.
T o register or for additional in ­
form ation, please call the Small B usi­
ness Development Center at 273-2828
n ity service.
Wholesale to the Public 35% to 50% off
100% Human Hair 16" from $15.95
braiding and weaving
Wigs and Beauty Supplies
We will meet or beat
anyone’s prices.
New & used books
on Business, Music,
& African-American
Studies
Sales and Promotional items excluded.
707 N.E. Fremont
Portland, Oregon 97212
(503) 281-6525
Open; 11:30 - 6:00 Tues thru Saturday
Ms Oil Service
heating oils
Best Cash Prices
104 N E Russell
Portland, O R 97212
282-5111
POWELL’S
CITY OF BOOKS
police officer.
For further details regarding the
L E T program, contact O ffice r D o r­
othy E lm o re -L E T Coordinator, (503)
796-3200.
handle jo b orders. The employers
h otline number is 228-8617. B Y E has
also set up an afternoon tra in in g ses­
sion fo r supervisors o f youth. The
session w ill be June 3 fro m 1:00 to
5:00 p m. at the Portland Chamber,
221 N W Second Avenue. Interested
businesses can ca ll the employers
h otline fo r more inform ation. The
Portland Chamber and the Associa­
tio n fo r Portland Progress are urg in g
members to f ill summer jobs through
this project Through th e ir efforts last
year, more than 80 companies oftered
summer jobs through the program.
Oregon Outreach w ill coordinate
the job-seekers side o f the program in
coopei ation w ith other agencies in
N orth/N ortheast Portland w ho are
w o rkin g w ith youth. Oregon Outreach
is located in the K in g N eighborhood
F a cility, 4815 N E Seventh Avenue.
The Outreach H o tlin e is 281-8817.
The program w ill also prov ide jo b
preparation assistance in cludi ng help­
in g youth obtain docum entation such
as b irth certificates, w o rk perm its,
food handlers cards and photo id e n ti­
ment Com m ission, Portland M e tro ­
politan Chamber o f Commerce and its
affiliate the Business Y outh Exchange,
Association fo r P ortland Progress,
State o f Oregon E m ploym ent D iv i­
sion, Oregon Outreach and the P ri­
vate Industry C ouncil. The effort has
also been jo in e d by a number o f p ri­
vate companies.
“ The benefits from th is program
flow in tw o directions,” said Owen D.
Blank, chair-em eritus o f the Portland
Chamber and partner in the law firm
o f Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marm aduke
and Booth. “ A young person has the
opportunity to engage in productive
activity and learn about the w o rk ­
place. The employer reaps the benefits
o f having a hard-w orking, energetic
employee w h ile at the same tim e con­
trib u tin g to the overall welfare o f the
com m unity.” B lank related that in his
fir m ’ s case, the program placement
worked so w ell last year that they
invited the student back d u rin g w inter
break to cover fo r people on vacation.
The firs t year o f the program was
so successful that this year the pro-
gramhasbecnexpanded Tw o hotlines
w ill be available; one fo r employers
w ish in g to place jo b orders and one fo r
youth seeking employment. The E m ­
ploym ent D ivisio n and the Business
Y outh Exchange are team ing up to
fication
A n y interested business, regard­
less o f size, is encouraged to p a rtic i­
pate. For more in fo rm a tio n, contact
any o f the partner ship members or call
the employers hotline.
A Forum On Homelessness
A Forum on Homelessness and
its Im pact on Inner Southeast P ort­
land-public safety concerns, educat­
in g the com m unity and developing
creative solutions to alleviate the prob­
lem o f homelessness
Sponsored by the Inner South­
east C o alition, a comm ittee o f the
Southeast U p lift Neighborhood Pro­
gram
O n Tuesday, M ay 25th fro m 6:30
to 9:30p.m., the Inner Southeast Coa­
l it io n w i l l s p o n so r a fo ru m
on homelessness and its impact on
inner Southeast Portland neighbor­
hoods and b u sin e ss d is tr ic ts .
Panel members in c lu d in g M a rily n
M ille r, director o f Portland Im pact;
D o u g S tro h o f P o rtla n d R a d io
Supply (business); C. W. Jensen o f the
P ortland Police Bureau,; fo rm e rly
homeless and c u rre n tly homeless
citizens w ill be speaking about the
issue from th e ir in d ivid u a l perspec­
tives Panel discussion w ill be m oder­
ated bv Chuck C urrie o f the Burnside
Advocates Group Facilitated small
group sessions addressing personal
and common concerns, and w hat ac­
tio n in d ivid u a ls w ill take to help a lle ­
viate the problem w ill im m ediately
fo llo w .
Local area church members, so­
cial service agency s ta ff and clients,
neighborhood and business associa­
tion members and homeless in d iv id u ­
als and fam iIies w ill attend the forum.
Inform ation tables and resources
on the many agencies and groups who
are w o r k in g in th e area o f
hom elessness w il l be a v a ila b le
throughout the evening. Participants
w ill be encouraged to become in ­
volved w ith a current program and/or
start th e ir own effort.
The forum w ill be held at the St.
Francis D in in g H all at 330 SE 11th.
Soup and conversation w ill begin the
evening at 6:30p m ., form al program
runs from 7:00p.m. to 9 :15p.m., des­
sert w ill fo llo w fro m 9:15p m. to
9:45p.m.
V a n n & V a n n
D IR E C T O R S
Fam ily Owned a n d Operated Since 1954 Serving
the City o f Portland f o r over 3 7 years In your
hour o f need Vann & Vann are there to serve.
9 am - 11 pm Monday though Saturday
9 am - 9 PM Sundays
Used books bought every day till 8:30
pm
On the #20 Bus line • One hour free parking
Speedy
Service
Friendly
Call for Quote!
are not police officers.
A lth o u g h seven LE Ts were hired
today, there are ten authorized L E T
positions and three additional LE Ts
are expected to be hired w ith in the
next several weeks. The Police B u ­
reau expects to add another ten posi­
tions in the next fiscal year, b rin g in g
the total number o f authorized posi­
tions to twenty. The position, w hich
pays $ 10.63 an hour, is a one year paid
temporary position and upon com ple­
tio n o f the program, i t ’ s envisioned
that the L E T candidate w ill m aintain
an interest in law enforcement and
score high enough on a future police
exam to be permanently appointed as
ment.
The L E T w ill also assist precinct
personnel in the co m p ila tio n and
maintenance o f neighborhood statis­
tical inform ation, attend com m unity
meetings and participate in ride alongs.
The L E T w ill wear a uniform
w hich is d istin ctive ly different from
regular sworn police officers. The
u n ifo rm w ill be w orn, depending upon
the assignment, but it is not expected
that the L E T w ill wear the u n ifo rm
w h ile on a ride along. They do not
F U N E R A L
Mrs. C’s Wigs and Beauty Supply
have any law enforcement authority
beyond that o f a private citizen, they
selection process.
Law Enforcem ent Trainees w ill
be given a broad exposure to law
enforcement and w ill participate in
comprehensive education and tra in ­
ing Through th e ir exposure w ith the
bureau, they w ill gain an understand­
ing o f the Police Bureau’ s Com m u­
nity P olicing philosophy and problem
solving efforts and answer citizens
questions as they relate to law enforce­
Kickoff Of Summer Youth
Employment Project
The C om m unity/Business Part­
nership today announced the k ic k o ff
o f its sum m er yo u th em ploym ent
project for 1993. The project w ill help
b rin g together qualified youth seek­
ing summer jobs w ith companies that
Lee Omen Stone Preschool is registering students tor
$5,000 OMSI/Tektronix Award
Recognizes Outstanding Science
And Math Teachers
D uring a h irin g ceremony held at
the Justice Center, the Portland Police
Bureau appointed seven candidates to
the p o sition o f Law Enforcem ent
Trainees.
The goal o f the LE T program is to
tra in candidates to enhancetheir skills
for the next Police O ffice r E xam ina­
tion in order to im prove their a b ility to
score w ith in h irin g range on the next
test It is hoped that this can be accom­
plished through assignment to v a ri­
ous units and divisions w ith in the
Police Bureau, as w ell as im p ro vin g
basic test taking and study skills.
Candidates w ho arc selected for
this program must have previously
participated in the police o ffice r ex­
am ination process w h ic li includes the
w ritte n exam, w rilin g skills exam and
the oral exam, A L E T candidate docs
not have to pass each o f these phases
to be selected, but their performance
in these areas is considered d u rin g the
Things are goin on
at Lee Owen Stone.
tall Ute be closed tor summer, so now s the time Io
register There's art. dance, ggm and music, tor kids
age 2 1/2 to 5. Register now tot some seraustun1
The residents of Del's Care Center celebrated national Nursing
Home Week May 9-14 with many activities, but one of their favorites
was our “Neighborhood Parade."
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Portland Police Bureau
Establishes LET Program
1005 West Burnside Street
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503/281-2836
228-4651
5211 N. Williams Portland, OR 97217