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Bank Em ployees To Swap B rief Cases For Tool Boxes
Expanding Your Liv ing Space with a
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Sonic 800 Key Bank o f Oregon
employees will trade in their brief
cases and suits for tool boxes and
coveralls. Sept. 14. From Portland to
Eugene. Key Bank branches and of­
fices will close their doors at 1pm so
that employees can donate time to
dozens o f neighborhood volunteer
projects.
Armed with paint brushes, tools,
buckets and good will. Key Bank
employees will work on nearly 60
volunteer projects in their com m uni­
ties. Efforts will range from park clean­
ups to yard work for the elderly, to
donation sorting at homeless shelters
and tutoring school children
“We could not survive without
volunteers. We are constantly looking
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for and recruiting volunteers because
there’s always more things to get done
that we just do n 't have the time or the
manpower to do,” said Jon Wood,
director of Kendall Community Cen­
ter in Portland Ten Key Bank volun­
teers will paint and prepare meals at
the center, which prov ides emergency
assistance for the homeless
“W hen a group like Key Bank
comes in and lends many hands, it’s
truly am azing how much can be ac­
complished,” Wood said
The Oregon volunteer effort is
part of a v olunteer day at Key Bank
branches and offices nationw ide.
C a lle d “ N e ig h b o rs M ake T he
Difference,"the volunteer day is de­
signed to give something back to local
P ortland G eneral Electric S eeking
Perm ission To Raise Custom er Prices
Neighborhood
Party
H o u sin g O ur F a m ilie s, a
grassroots, non-profit com m unity
developm ent corporation, held a
neighborhood party on Sunday Au­
gust 22 to kick-off their latest com­
munity revitalization project The
event celebrated Housing Our Fami­
lies’ recent acquisition of the Colo­
nial Park Apartments at 4061 N Kerby.
The women’s organization plans to
rehab and manage the complex as
well as work with the tenants and
surrounding community to develop
innovative approaches to increasing
the liv eability of the area.
The event was at U nthank Park
from 1 to 4pm. Featuring, live enter­
tainment. food, activities for kids,
and a raffle, it w as free and open to the
public. Participants had an opportu­
nity to nominate their house to be
painted for free in the Housing Our
Families' upcoming Paint-a-Thon.
There was also a “Name the Apart­
ment Complex” contest in which
neighborhood residents helped select
a new name for Colonial Park.
Speakers at the event included
Chief of Police Charles Moose, Rep­
resentative M argaret C arter, and
Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury. The
event was sponsored by Portland Gen­
eral Electric and Pacific Power and
Light, with additional donations from
Red Lion Hotels, McDonalds, O r­
egon Food Bank, Timbcrline Lodge,
and Lloyd Center Ice Pavilion.
communities in the nine states w here and Lancaster in Salem, Eugene Main
on Oak Street, Albany Main on SW
Key Bank has offices.
“ We call ourselves A merica's 3rd Avenue, Lcbanonand Harrisburg
Key Bank of Oregon, with more
Neighborhood Bank,’ and this is one
way we can show that we mean it,” than $1.8 billion in assets, has 71
savsTed Winnowski, president of Key branches throughout the Willamette
Bank o f Oregon "So on Sept 14, we Valiev from Portland to Eugene. Key
will be stepping out from behind our Bank is a subsidiary o f KeyCorp
desks and teller windows to pitch in to (NYSE KEY). With assets of more
than $32 billion, KeyCorp is a multi-
help our neighborhoods ”
A handful o f Key Banks through­ regional bank holding company head­
out the state will remain open for quartered in Albany, New York. As
business that afternoon. These strate­ "A m erica’s Neighborhood B ank,”
gically located branches are Gresham. KeyCorp pursues a middle-market
Estacada. Milwaukie drive-up. Tigard target, concentrating its resources in
Towne Square. Beaverton, Lake Os­ cities and smaller communities of the
wego, Hillsboro, Head Office on SW northern tier of states, thus avoiding
5th Avenue in Portland, Hood River, ov ercrow ded marketplaces and single
M cMinnville, Woodburn, State Street industry loan exposure.
Portland General Electric Co.
(PGE) is seeking permission from
the Oregon Public Utility Commis­
sion (OPUC) to raise its residential
and small farm customer prices an
average of 7.9 percent effective Oct.
1. The increase is a direct result
of
The
B o n n e v ille
Pow er
A dm inistration's (BPA) nearly 16
percent hike in rates.
“Northwest consumers arc be­
ginning to feel the impact of our
evolving regional power situation,”
said Dick Rcitcn, PGE president. "The
protection of fish, the acquisition of
new generating resources, and re­
gional water conditions arc impact­
ing BPA and nearly all northwest
electric utilities.”
Under the proposed increase.
PG E’s average residential customer
using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month
will pay $53.53, an increase of about
$3.90 per month.
Commercial and industrial cus­
tomers will not be directly impacted
by type proposed price increase.
Under provisions in the Regional
Power Act. PGE residential and farm
customers have received lower prices
since 1981. By exchanging power
with BPA, PGE can pass some of the
benefits of lower-cost federal hy dro­
electric power to our customers. BPA
credits PGE the difference between
ouravcragccostofpovverand BPA ’s”
priority firm rates.” PGE passes these
credits, or savings, directly to our
affected customers. BPA’s price in­
crease reduces our custom ers’ power
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T h e p o te n tia l re w a rd s and
challenges of stepparenting will be
the focus of a five week series of
group sessions beginning. Thursday,
October 7 from 7 to 9pm at the Bea­
verton Office o f Lutheran Family
Service
U nder the leadership of Art
E llickson. L icensed Professional
Counselor, the group will explore
topics outlined in S trengthening
Stepfamilies. by Linda Albert, syndi­
cated columnist and author of the
award winning The Stcpfamily Liv­
ing. Loving, and Learning
With Strengthening Stepfami-
lics. Albert and Einstein have com ­
bined their expertise to produce a
program that helps remarried fam i­
lies builda rewarding family life The
p ro g ra m is o r g a n iz e d a ro u n d
Strengthening Your Stcpfamily. in­
formative hand book that helps step­
parents better understand the prob­
lems and opportunities unique to
stcpfamily living
Included among the topics that
will be covered during the course of
the group are:
• The myth of instant lov e
• The difficulties children face in
sharing a parent and acquiring
new stcpsiblings
• How to recognize and overcome
u n r e a lis tic or in c o m p a tib le
expectations about new stcpfamily
relationships
• Dealing with a nonrcsidential par­
ent
• The discipline dilemma
• Starring o u t-h andling finances,
deciding where to live
•
Building a solid couple relation­
ship
• The question of an "ours" baby
• The "unmentionables’ -p a st rela­
tionships. stcpfamily sexual tty
In addition to the information in
the handbook, the group leader will
assist stepparents in dev eloping com­
munication and listening ski 11s. a pro­
cess for rcsolv ing conflicts and mak­
ing decisions, a way to structure
family meetings, and methods for
building new family traditions
An important feature of the course
is the support participants receive
from each other As one stepparent
says. "Just learning that my secret
worries arc okay was invaluable " Or
another who stated. "This was great'
I realize even with all our uniqueness
we have problems that arc normal
In addition to the reassurance
stepparents receive at group sessions,
they learn how others have dealt with
difficulties that they are now facing.
These experiences help them work
ont similar issues in their own fam i­
lies.
The program also provides at-
home activities—where the entire
stepfamily gathers to get to know
each other better, to listen to needs
and feelings, and perhaps more im ­
portantly. tojust have fun As another
participant reports. “Strengthening
Stepfamilies taught me how to know
my family.”
I he group will meet at the Bea­
verton Office o f Lutheran Family
S e rv ic e . 8925 SW B e a v e rto n -
Hillsdale Hwy For more information
call 297-6263.