Volumn XXIV, Number 14
"Serving the community through cultural diversity."
April 06. 1994
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Police Battles North-East Hood Crime
With “Operation Street Sweep”
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The Community
Learning Center
Located At 4212 NE Prescott Will
Be Sponsoring The Following Pro­
grams During April 94. Limited Space
So Call 281-8596 To Register.
HEALTH SEMINAR ON
BREAST CANCER
Sunday, April 10th; 3:00 PM;
Presenter: Theresa Stoudamire, Man­
ager O f NE Health Center.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
WORKSHOP
April 18. 20, 25, & 27. 6:30 PM.
Presented By The Private Industry
Council.
LEGAL ISSUE: ‘CHILD
SUPPORT”
Tuesday, April 19th. 6:30 PM.
Presented By Karen Berkowitz, At­
torney With Mult. Co. Legal Aid.
Kaiser Permanente
Offers Classes
Parenting A Child W ith A t­
ten tio n Deficit H y p e ractiv ity Dis­
o rd e r: 6:30 to 8:30pm T hursdays
starting April 14.
H ow To L ow er Your C h oles­
tero l-B e g in n in g Level: 10am to
noon M ondays, Starting April 18
Call (503) 286-6816 for m ore
inform ation
P romise K ing
HE BUREAU OF POLICE, PORT­
LAND HAS PUT TOGETHER ALL
IT S MIGHT TO TAKE A REAL
BITE OUT OFCRIME IN THE AREA OF N. E.
15TH A N D A LB E R TA ST. W ITH IT ’S
OPERATION STREET SWEEP.
And this operation has the stamps of the
consenting Northeast Neighborhood Coali­
tion, the Black Club Owners Association and
the Texas II Restaurant and Lounge.
The Police, in this operation, says it will
depend on resources form North Precinct,
Gang Enforcement Team, Tri-Met Police,
Drugs and Vice Division, and Adult Parole
and Probation Officers to disrupt, and elimi­
nate targets - the unwanted and dangerous
criminal behavior in the area.
The operation is as a result of an agree­
ment signed on the 30th of March 1994
between police, neighbors and business con­
cerns, operating in the area.
Under the agreement:
• The Portland Police Bureau will make rou­
tine walk-throughs on a regular basis, call
codes;
load permitting;
• will strictly enforce curfew and littering
• will regularly exchange information with
codes.
owner and employees;
W hile the neighbors will:
• enforce criminal trespass on persons who • Maintain an activity log, communicate with
are named on the 86 list;
North Precinct Neighborhood Response
• will strictly enforce all traffic and parking
Team, theDistrictOfficer, and The Vernon
violations;
Neighborhood Association regarding vio­
• enforce all public drinking, and urination
lations to this agreement.
Cinco De Mayo
King And Queen
Coronation Friday
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Poet To Visit Lewis &
Clark
Poet Lynn Em anuel will read
form her works, Thursday, April
1 4 ,8pm , at The Seitz Lounge ,0615
SW Palatine Hill Road, L ew is &
Clark C ollege, adm ission is free.
National Minority
Cancer Awareness
Week
The National C ancer Institute
has designated April 17-23 as N a­
tional M inority C ancer A w areness
W eek. Inform ation is available at
the C an ce r In form ation C en ter
Serivcc, at l-8(X)-4-CANCER or
1-8OO-ACS-2345.
Commander Orr of the Portland Police Department, North APrecinct, looks on
as Jeff Panks the first to sign the community policing contract
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HEY’RE READY TO CROWN
THE QUEEN, BUT IT’S NOT FOR
THE ROSE FESTIVAL.
Portland-Guadalajara Sister City As­
sociation and Hispanic Parents for Port­
land Schools will host Portland’s first An­
nual Cinco de Mayo King and Queen
Coronation Friday, April 8, from 6:30-
8pm at the Jefferson High Auditorium,
5210 N. Kerby.
Ten male and female candidates from
Portland-area high school recently were
selected based on their academics, written
essays, involvement in the community and
school and pride in their ethnicity, as
“Rey” (king) and “Reyna” (queen), the two
students will represent the Hispanic com ­
munity at Cinco dc Mayo festivities, make
appearances at other formal events and
visit with elementary students to discuss
the importance of education.
The purpose of the event is to promote
local awareness of the heritage of the Latino
population and understanding of the sig­
nificance of Cinco de Mayo.
• Maintain an activity log, and communicate
with the Texas II owner, or managers,
about, ongoing problems.
• Report all crimes, and suspicious activities,
in and around premises to the police.
Business under the agreement will:
• Cooperate with the police to prohibit drug
activity and alcohol abuse.
• Report all crime and suspicious activities in
and around premises to the police.
• Maintain an open dialogue, and exchange
of criminal information between police,
management, and other B.C.O.A. member.
• Share problem client list with each other
and the police (86 list) to which everyone
adheres.
• Keep the parking lot, and adjacent side­
walks to street, free of debris and litter.
• Develop, and enforce, a dress code for
patrons of the club.
• Employees shall monitor outside activity,
and maintain special vigilance, to keep the
sidewalks clear of crowds and congestion.
• Club owner, and employees, will talk with
the customers, advising them against creat­
ing congestion on the streets and s ide walks.
This agreement, the parties said “shall be
reviewed in three months, and every six
months” to ascertain it’s workability.
The “Brothers From the East” a public
relation concern managed by Noah Jackson
and Derek Rasheed, has united the Portland
Black Club Owners, for the purpose of social
sanity when they brought the group together
in October of last year.
The public relation duo suggested to the
elubowners the glory of putting more security
agents on hand in order to create an atm o­
sphere for profit maximization.
It was Jackson and Rasheed that suggested,
that the adoption of an agreement among all, will
alleviate this disturbance.
Children Awaiting New Parents
f - , BONY AND OTIS, A DELIGHTFUL,
I— ( OUTGOING SISTER AND BROTH-
■ IL -J f ER PAIR, ARE TWO OF APPROX­
IM ATELY 180 CHILDREN IN OREGON
C U R R E N T L Y A W A IT IN G A D O P T IV E
FAMILIES.
Seven-year-old Ebony is friendly and
cooperative, with a sweet and affectionate
nature. She is very sensitive and her feelings
are easily hurt. When frustrated, she can
become angry and moody. Ebony likes to be
helpful around the house and enjoys helping
in the kitchen. Quiet activities such as draw­
ing and reading books appeal to her. She
enjoys cartoons, and situation comedies which
feature African-American casts. Ebony loves
to dress up and clothes that match are impor­
tant to her. She enjoys attending Sunday
School and singing at church.
Carming Otis, age 5, has a positive view
of himself, and readily displays his emotions.
Otis is very active, and his hunger for accep­
tance along with his impulsiveness can make
him a challenge to parent at times. However,
he is curious, eager to learn, and affectionate.
He docs well in a structured, fairly quiet, calm
environment. Big wheels, bicycles, and bas­
ketball are Otis’ favorite activities. He likes to
Ebony and Otis
color and draw and enjoys helping Ebony play
with her dolls. He, too, loves music, shows a
talent for singing, and enjoys attending church.
Ebony and Otis are very attached to each
other, and get along well. They need parents
who can provide structure, consistency, pa­
tience, and gentleness. If you enjoy spunky,
enthusiastic children, please look into these
two!
To learn more about the children who
wait and about the adoption process, call the
Special Needs Adoption Coalition at 222-
9661, or call your local Children’s Services
Division.
Friends Of Gladys McCoy To Kick Off Fund Drive
For Scholarship In Her Name
- r — , RIENDSOFGLADYSMCCOYWILL
GATHER THURSDAY TO KICK
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OFF A $300,000 CAMPAIGN TO
UND AN ENDOW ED SC H O LA R SH IP
IA M E D IN H O N O R O F TH E LA TE
1ULTNOMAH COUNTY C O M M IS SIO N
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The announcem ent w as held at 10:00
.m ., T h u rsd ay , M arch 31, in the C oun-
il R oom at C o lu m b ia V illa, 9009 N.
Jana, in P o rtlan d .
M cC oy, w ho served on the P ortland
ichool B oard, tau ght at local co lleg e s,
ind served on the M ultnom ah C ounty
Com m ission, w as a staunch advocate
or social p ro g ram s and d ev o ted years
if her life to im p ro v in g the lives o f
Oregonians. The G ladys M cC oy S chol-
irship w ill be aw arded to e th n ic a lly
liverse grad u ate stu d en ts from O regon
ind so u th w est W ash in g to n atten d in g
’o rtlan d S tate U n iv e rs ity ’s G ra d u ate
School o f S ocial W ork, w here M cCoy
earn ed a m a ste rs d eg ree in 1967.
“ O ne o f the reaso n s I ’m so ex cited
about th is sch o la rsh ip is that i t ’s an
o p p o rtu n ity to m e m o ria liz e G la d y s
M cCoy in a liv in g w a y ,"sa id Kay T oran,
ca m p aig n ch a ir. “G lad y s M cC oy w as
co m m itted to m aking it a b etter place
for ev ery o n e w ho lives here. And this
sch o larsh ip in h er nam e w ill bring b e n ­
efits to the co m m u n ity for g en e ratio n s
to co m e.”
G lad y s M cC oy and her fam ily once
lived at C o lu m b ia V illa, w here the fund
drive k ic k o ff took place. As a county
co m m issio n er, she p layed a key role in
brin g in g m any o f the c o u n ty ’s social
service a g e n cies to the re sid e n ts o f C o ­
lum b ia V illa. “ H er w ork w ith C o lu m b ia
V illa w as very im p o rta n t,” said S usan
F ranks, p re s id e n to f the C olum bia V illa/
T am arack R esident C o u n cil. “ G ladys
Gladys McCoy was
committed to making it a
better place for everyone
who lives here .
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M c C o y ’s w ork to bring those agencies
here m ade a d ifferen ce, b ecau se a lot o f
them w o u ld n ’t he utilized if they w e ren ’t
here. H er effo rts have m ade a p o sitiv e
im pact on p e o p le 's liv e s.”
T he tw o -y ear. $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 cam p aig n
d riv e w ill resu lt in the G lad y s M cC oy
S ch o larsh ip , w hich w ill be aw arded to
qualified students at the G raduate School
o f S ocial W ork at P o rtlan d S tate U n i­
v ersity .
“G lad y s M cCoy ex ten d ed a stro n g
and steady hand to the poor, unem ployed,
p eo p le o f co lo r, w om en and p eo p le w ith
d iv e rse c u ltu re s ,” said Jam es W ard ,
D ean o f the G ra d u ate S chool o f S ocial
W ork. “ She b elieved that ed u catio n held
m any an sw ers for this v u ln erab le p o p u ­
latio n . T his b e lie f and her love o f le a rn ­
ing arc tw o re aso n s P o rtlan d S tate U n i­
versity had beg u n the $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 G lad y s
M cCoy en d o w ed sch o larsh ip drive.
“G lad y s w as one o f a k in d , but we
hope to use th is endow ed sch o larsh ip to
support g rad u ate stu d en ts w ho h av e the
p o ten tial o f fillin g her sh o e s,” D ean
W ard said.
G ladys M cC o y ’s long career in p u b ­
lic serv ice w as m ark ed by a c o m m it­
m ent to ed u catio n , a p assio n for c h il­
dren and fam ilies, and a d e d ica tio n to
m ak in g O reg o n a b etter place for all its
resid en ts. A fter g ra d u atin g from P o rt­
land S tate w ith a m asters d eg ree in so ­
cial w ork, M cC oy w ent on to b eco m e
D irecto r o f S o cial S erv ice for P ro ject
H ead S tart in V an co u v er, W ash in g to n .
In 1970, M cC oy w on elec tio n to the
P o rtlan d S ch o o l B oard. S he w as re ­
elected in 1974. D uring the 1970s, she
also tau g h t so cio lo g y and so cial w ork
co u rses at P o rtlan d -area c o lle g e s and
served as the state o m b u d sm an for G o v ­
ern o r R obert S trau b .
McCoy was first elected to the M ult­
nomah County Commission in 1978, where
she served until 1984, when she resigned and
made an unsuccessful bid for the Portland
City Council. In 1986, she was elected chair
of the Multpomah County Board o f Com mis­
sioners, an office she held until her death in
April 1993.