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Putting Safety On Patrol
Continued from front
Scroggy. “ Certified Safety Specialist
Kern Austin w ill be driving the van
and performing at least 50 job site
inspections per month.”
The brightly-painted van has
been in operation since October 25,
and is equipped w ith First A id Kits,
hard hats, face shields, protective eye-
wear, and other required safety equip­
ment. “ We start w ith the Occupa­
tional Safety and Health A ct (OSH A)
codes, and we take them even fu r­
ther,” said Austin. “ Our company is
committed to safety. It’ s our corpo­
rate responsibility to protect the em­
ployees, as well as the comm unity.”
In addition to the safety equip­
ment, the van w ill also transport post­
ers and bulletins to keep the site well-
marked, and updated safety reference
manuals. A portable TV and VCR arc
on board along with various injury pre­
vention videos for the crews to view.
“ As far as we know, we are the
only electrical construction company
in the region w ith a Safety Van oper­
ating and a full-tim e C ertified Safety
S p e c ia lis t,” said L in d a M ille r
Woodall, head o f Business Develop­
ment at EC. “ As a fu ll service con­
tractor, our strength comes from d i­
versity and innovation.”
“ We pride ourselves in the fact
that union electricians are required to
stay up tocode, but this type o f a safety
program takes that one step further,”
said Ed Barnes, Business Manager at
IBEW Local 48. “ We encourage this
kind o f innovative and responsible
service."
EC is a member o f the National
Electrical Contractors Association
(N E C A) Oregon-Columbia Chapter
and a signatory o f the International
Brotherhood o f Electrical Workers
(IB E W ) Local 48. EC’ s journeymen
and apprentices arc trained through
the M etro Electrical Training Center,
one o f the nation’ s top training pro­
grams and facilities.
DIABETIC FO O T STUDY
Portland Diabetes & Endocrine Associates
are a cce p tin g d ia b e tic p a tients w ith fo o t ulcers
fo r p a rticip a tio n in a Phase III clin ica l stu d y of an
inve stigatio nal w o u n d -h e a lin g drug.
If y o u a re e lig ib le to b e in th e s tu d y , y o u w ill
re c e iv e s tu d y -re la te d tre a tm e n t a t n o c h a rg e .
Y o u m u s t ha ve d ia b e te s a n d a n u lc e r o n th e
b o tto m o f y o u r fo o t.
For more information, call
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N a t io n a l R a in b o w C o a l it io n
Our Current Concerns: “le The Party Over?'
that w ill provide referrals for local
resources and services. That local
agency may be able to direct callers to
services such as adult day care, sup­
port groups, homemakers or chore
services, senior citizens lunch groups,
delivered meals, home health care,
hospice programs, legal services, or
transportation.
These resources are urgently
needed:
• African American families provide
most o f the care needed by
older relatives.
• A p p ro x im a te ly seven m illio n
Americans already are caring for
elderly relatives and loved ones.
And the fastest g ro w in g s e g m e n t
o f our society is the age group
over 85.
r.
What Does Being A Democrat Mean?
The Senate must hold statehood
K aptur, M ann, S tric k la n d ; OR-
Brcwster, English, McCurdy; PA- hearings in 1994, and any Demo­
Holden, Kanjorski, K lin k, Murphy; cratic senator who voles against state­
RI-Reed; SC-Derrick, Spratt; SD- hood (it w ill probably have lobe a vote
Johnson; TN-Clem cnl, Cooper, Gor­ on an amendment attached to another
don, Lloyd, Tanner; TX-Andrcw s, b ill, given the filibuster prospects)
Brooks (organized T X delegation should not receive Rainbow support
against DC), Chapman, Coleman, dc in 1994 or 1996.
Democrats now are consistently
la Garza, Edwards Frost, Geren, Hall,
NOT
supporting traditional Demo­
Laughlin, Ortiz, Sarpalius.Stenholm,
crats
or
traditional Democratic is­
Wilson; UT-Orton, Shepherd; V A -
sues.
THE
R AIN BO W WONDERS
Bouchcr, Byrne, M oran, Payne,
W
HETHER
THERE IS A DEM O­
P ickett, S isisky; W V -M o llo h a n ,
C
R
ATIC
PARTY
TO SUPPORT?
Rahall, Wise. Two Democrats (Wash-
Next
year
the
Democratic
Party w ill
ington-TX & H all-O H) were absent,
try
to
rally
their
base
around
the fear
but they had indicated their support.
o
f
losing
a
Democratic
majority
in
One Republican voted “ For” calling
Congress
in
1994.
Currently,
even
it a “ dignity vote” - Gilshrest-MD.
The Rainbow was N O T Pleased w ith Democratic majorities and a
with what President Clinton did on President, they have not honoredcom-
DC Statehood. We want Clinton to: mitments they made in 1992. The
(1) appoint VP Gore as his official Rainbow has not been able to counton
statehood liaison to Congress; (2) do Democrats; now Democrats can no
a local mass rally w ith the disenfran­ longer automatically count on the
chised residents ol the District in Rainbow! There must be no more
support o f statehood; and (3) use the blind loyalty to the Party.THE R A IN ­
bully pulpit o f the presidency to teach BOW W IL L PROTECT ITS INTER­
the country about the lack o f democ­ ESTS A N D FIGHT DEMOCRATS,
racy at the heart o f our democracy - in R E P U B LIC A N S OR IN D E P E N ­
DENTS.
the nation’ s capital.
For the first time, DC statehood
was debated on the House floor, and a
vote was taken. Statehood lost 153-
to-277 because Democrats abandoned
their base, their leadership, their plat­
form and their self-interest. The vote
represented progress, but not victory!
DC still cannot vote and still is not
represented in Congress.
Democrats voting “ No” included:
A L -B evill, Browder, Cramer; AZ-
Coppersmith, English; AR-Lambert,
T h o rn to n ; C A -C o n d il, D o o le y,
Lehman, Schenk; CO-Skaggs; FL-
Hutto, Johnston, Peterson, Thurman;
GA-Dardcn,
Deal, Johnson, Rowland;
the general and won.
ID-LaRocco;
IL -L ipin ski, Poshard,
A Democratic President lorced
Sangmeister;
IN
-Ham ilton, Roemer;
an anti-worker N A F T A down the
IA
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m
ith
;
K
Y
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ae sler, B a rlo w ,
throats o f a m ajority (156) o f anti-
Mazzoli;
LA-Hayes,
Tauzin; M D-
N A F T A Democrats. A Democratic
Hoyer;
M
I-Barcia,
Carr,
D ingell (es­
President is pledged to oppose other
pecially
bad,
gave
2
very nasty
Democrats i f opposition to N A F T A
speeches);
MN-Peterson;
MS-Mont-
becomes a 1994/96 campaign issue.
gomery,Parker,Taylor,
Whitten;
MO-
W hite Democrats, south and north,
Danner,
Skelton,
Volkm
er;
M
T
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il-
dependent on Black votes fo r elec­
tion, bote and campaign as i f there is liams; NE-Hoagland; NJ-Huges; N Y-
no B la c k p o litic a l in v e s tm e n t. Ackerman, Hochbrueckner.LaFalce,
Blanchard in MI, Mabus in MS, Fowler M cNulty; NC-Lancaster, Neal, Price,
in GA and Florio in NJ neglected Black V a le n tin e ; N D -P o m e ro y ; O H -
Applegate; Fingerhut, Hall (absent);
voters - and were defeated.
It ’ s hard to know anymore what
it means to be a Democrat. A fter
1948, it meant supporting c iv il rights.
In 1993, 105 (plus 2 absentees), o f a
258 majority Democratic House, voted
against c iv il rights (DC statehood)
A N D their own self-interest (three
more Democrats in the Congress)! In
1993, David Dinkins was the only
Democrat in N Y to lose — W hite
Democrats abandoned David Dinkins;
and Carrie Saxon Perry defeated a
W hile Democrat in the prim ary in
Hartford, C T, who then ran against
her as an Independent Republican in
In an effort to continue to meet
the diverse needs o f the changing
marketplace, U.S. Bank has intro­
duced a new bi-lingual informational
brochure that describes basic banking
services in both English and Spanish.
Available at all U.S. Bank branches,
the brochure provides information on
checking and savings accounts, safety
deposit boxes and general educational
information about interest rates and
establishing credit.
“ This bi-lingual brochure is an­
other example o f U S. Bank’s com-
Caregivers need help. T hirty-five
percent o f caregivers to the elderly
are over age 65 themselves. The
average caregiver to the elderly is
45 years old, a woman and married.
More than one in four caregivers
also have paid jobs and one in three
also have children at home.
O W L is a national membership
organization that works for policies
and programs to improve the status o f
m idlife and older women. Through its
First Line o f Defense project, O W L is
w orking w ith health professionals to
inform caregivers o f resources avail­
able in their communities. Generous
funding from the Florence V. Burden
Foundation and the U.S. Adm inistra­
tion on Aging make this project pos­
sible.
mitment to service the diverse needs
o f oür customer,” said John Eski ldsen,
president o f U.S. Bank o f Oregon.
“ W e have a long c o m m itm e n t o f
service to the H ispanic co m m u ­
n ity . In fact, we were honored
this year by the Oregon C o u n cil
fo r H ispanic A dvancem ent w ith
th e ir A m istad A w a rd fo r our sup­
port o f H ispanic businesses and
co m m u n itie s .”
U.S. Bank o f Oregon, Oregon’ s
largest bank, is a subsidiary o f U.S.
Bancorp, the largest bank holding
company headquartered in the North­
west. W ith assets o f S21 billion as o f
September 30,1993, U.s. Bancorp is
one o f the nations largest bank hold­
ing companies, and has consistently
ranked among the top tier o f these
companies in performance and capi­
tal strength. Other U.S. Bancorp bank
subsidiaries include U.S. Bank o f
Washington; U.S. Bank o f C alifor­
nia; U.S. Bank o f Nevada; U.S. Bank
o f Idaho; and U.S. Bank (Canada).
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Bi-Lingual Services Brochure
When An Older Relative Needs Help
Thanksgiving week has been de­
clared National Caregivers Week in
support o f families caring for older
relatives and loved ones. Tw o to ll free
numbers can give African American
and other families who are caring for
fra il elderly relatives directions to
community and national resources that
can provide support. Caregivers can
call the Older W om en’ s League’s
(O W L ) to ll free num ber—1-800-
T A K E -O W L -to request at free fact
sheet and a resource list o f national
organizations that offer free or low ­
cost resources.
The Elder Hotline (1-800-677-
1116) w ill provide callers with a local
phone numberforacommunity agency
that w ill provide callers w ith a local
phone number for a community agency
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$ 3 0 I n t e r io r D e ta il
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$112.95
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• November 26th through December 7th.
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the Cadin Galvel Upper School is holding an open house on Sunday; December 5, from 1 to 3 pm.
You'll see our campus through the eyes of our seniors as they take you on a tour. You can also
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meet some of our teachers. Their insight will enable you to learn about the small student-to-
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on attending our open house. It’s a decision
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