J une 1, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
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Attorneys
Helping
Seniors
R e v ie w Team Looks a t
V ancouver C h arter
V a n co u v er’s C ity C h arter is
like a b lu ep rin t. It o u tlin es the
c ity ’s o rg a n iz a tio n a l s tru c tu re
and re sp o n sib ilitie s o f the m ayor,
city co u n cil, city m anager and
city d ep artm ents. It also lays out
the ru les on elec tio n s, in itiativ es,
referen d u m s and recalls.
Every five years, a citizen group
re-evaluates the charter. A Charter
Review Committee has been ap
pointed by Mayor Bruce E. Hagensen
and approved by the city council. The
committee is examining the charter
and will recommend any changes or
amendments to the council. The coun
cil will decide if recommendations
should be put on the ballot.
The committee’s first meeting
was May 17. Ceci Ryan Smith was
elected vice chairperson and Arch
Miller, chairperson.
Future meeting agendas are as
follows:
• The mayor, city council and
city manager were scheduled to dis
cuss proposed charter amendments
and present issues for discussion at a
May 31 m eeting. That includes
amendments as well as what works
well now.
Future meetings are as follows:
• June 28 - 6 p.m. City Council
Chambers, 210 E 13th St. - This is a
public hearing. Citizens are encour
aged to suggest charter amendments
by the committee. All city residents
are invited.
• June 14, July 12, and July 26,
at 7 p.m. in the City Training Room,
1405 Broadway St. Citizens are in
vited to all sessions.
Yacht
Launch
Alters City’s
Marine Park
Boat Access
A m otor yacht built by
V a n c o u v e r-b a s e d
Christensen M otor Yachts
Corp, w ill be launched on
T u e sd ay, M a y 31 and
Wednesday, June 1 at M a
rine Park Boat Launch.
Two and one-half of the
Five launch lanes w ill be
closed.
The other lanes w ill re
main open for public ac
cess.
D-Day Commemorative Dinner,
Navy Ship Visit Scheduled
A dinner commemorating the
jrmandy Invasion of 1994 and hon
ing WWII veterans and their fami-
¡s is set for Saturday, June 4 at the
nerican Legion, Smith-Reynolds
ist 14. Highlights include guest
eaker, Colonel Joe Jackson, USAF
Let.), vice president of the Congrcs-
înal Medal of Honor Society and
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veterans who participated in the
Normandy Invasion. Make reserva
tions by calling the American Legion,
696-2579. Cost is $8 per person.
Another component of the D-
Day is arrival of the U.S. Navy Vessel
Cape Flattery on Saturday, June 4.
The ship, with a crew of 40 (including
one Vancouverite), will tie upat Van
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couver Landing. On-board tours of
the ship are not allowed. However,
the public can view the ship and its
e q u ip m e n t from th e la n d in g ,
which is w est o f the R ed Lion Inn
at the Q uay. A ccess if from C o
lum bia Street. The ship departs
June 7 to particip ate in P o rtlan d ’s
Rose Festival.
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students and one teacher each, were
flown out to Walt Disney World and
competed on April 30, 1994. Over
200 people attended the tournament,
including family, friends and spon
sors. Each student was awarded a
scholarship; the winning participants
from S l Cloud High School in Or
lando, FL were awarded S1,000 schol
arships; the second place students,
from H.W. Grady High School of
Atlanta, GA received S500 scholar
ships; and the remaining participants
were awarded $250 scholarships.
The tournament, sponsored by
Burger King Corp., and in associa
tion with Walt Disney World and
Grolier Books, was developed to in
crease the education and ethnic aware
ness in African-American communi
ties nationwide. Burger King Corp, is
also a sponsor of the board game and
has contributed a significant amount
of commercial time on TV, radio and
in print media to assist in launching
the BAOA game to retailers and con
sumers nationwide.
Cynthia Pinckney, manager of
diversity affairs of Burger King Corp.,
said, “Burger King’s involvement in
the “Black Americans of Achieve
ment” School Tournament further
illustrates our commitment to sup
porting the youth of America through
education. This game teaches ethnic
pride, self-confidence and motiva
tion through an awareness o f the
achievements of fellow Americans.”
Louis Corbo, president of BAOA,
said, “I am extremely pleased with
the excitement and acceptance this
first annual tournament has receis ed.
The gam and tournament succeeded
in demonstrating to both the students
and audience that education and fun
can go hand-in-hand. This game pro
vides a forum for education and an
appreciation of black history, not only
on an annual basis, but throughout
the entire year.”
BAOA, Inc. specializes in cre
ative products for education and en
tertainment. The company developed
and market, Black Americans of
Achievement, ‘The Game’, which is
curTendy being sold at fine retail stores
including selected Wal-Mart, Toys-
R-Us and Target stores. BAOA is also
in development of a nightly half-hour
TV quiz show tobe launched this fall,
as well as licensing an interactive
electronic version of the board game
with additional merchandise to fol
low. The company recently announced
that it has entered into an agreement
with Affinity Partners, Inc. one of the
nation’s largest affinity and co-
branded credit card marketing firms,
to market a “Black Americans of
Achievement” credit card.
Rose Festival Fireworks Spectacular starts
Friday, June 3 at 9:45 p.m.
Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park
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The Senior Law Project has pre
sented awards to two attorneys and
one legal organization for offering
free legal services to seniors in Mult
nomah County.
Geoffrey Bernhardt, Richard
Deich and the Gus J . Solomon Ameri
can Inn of Court received the recogni
tion May 25 at the Multnomah Bar
Association’s annual dinner at the
Benson Hotel.
Each year volunteers in the Se
nior Law Project see about 1,200 cli
ents, either at local senior centers, the
client’s home, in nursing homes, hos
pitals or the attorney’s office.
Bernhardt, a recent law school
graduate, undertook the representa
tion of an elderly woman who trans
ferred her home to a relative in ex
change for one dollar and the promise
she would be able to remain in her
home with the relative’s assistance. A
short time later the relative sold the
hom e and ev icted the w om an.
Bernhardt donated more than 120
hours to time in a successful effort to
recover the client’s home.
Deich has been a Senior Law
Project volunteer for more than 11
years. He is always supportive when
asked to donate time to the program.
The Gus J. Solomon American
Inn of Court is a mentoring society
which matches inexperienced attor
neys with more experienced attor
neys. In Dec. 1992, the members of
the inn offered to guarantee that an
attorney would be available at the
Senior Law Project’s North Portland
site for one year and in Dec. 1993 the
inn reaffirmed its commitment for
another year.
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L anita D uke , G rassroot N ews
For
THE DUKE REPORT
Award Of Excellence
Best Of The Northwest
Video Festival 1994
RCC, OIT And Intel To Train
Displaced Defense Workers
Displaced defense workers will
have an opportunity to get retraining
assistance at Portland Community
College this fall. The college has
teamed up with the Oregon Institute
of Technology and Intel Corp, and
will offer 10, $1,500 scholarships to
indiv ¡duals to study for a career in the
semiconductor industry.
David Hata m icroelecri onics
instructor at PCC and an employee at
Intel, said the training opportunity is
the result of funding form the Ad
vanced Research Projects Agency, a
federal agency. OIT will administer
the project.
“We are asking individuals to
contact us now fora fall-term starting
date,” Hata said.
Hata said that the semiconductor
industry is growing. Intel alone has
opened two new fabrication facilities
in Portland-metro area in the last four
years and projects that 150 techni
cians will be needed in Oregon next
All Senior Citizens Are
Invited To Attend The
22nd Annual
Fishing Derby
Sponsored by The Urban
League of Portland’s Senior Ser
vice Department. June 24, 1994;
9:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.; Sauvie Is
land
Registration Fee: S5.00. For
more information, contact Bob
Barner or Pauline Reed, 248-5470,
Ext. 4545
year, noted Hata.
“The work is specialized (in the
semiconductor industry) and training
is critical in order to prepare workers
for this growing industry,” he said.
“We must make every effort to capi
talize on the opportunities for Oregon
workers.”
The three-year grant from ARPA
funds the recruitment, assessment and
placement in PCC’s associate degree
program in Microelectronics Tech
nology; and funds industry intern
ships that lead to careers. It also helps
set up a seamless educational path
from PCC’s program to a bachelor’s
degree in manufacturing engineering
technology at OIT.
Interested individuals may call
725-3066 at the Oregon Institute of
Technology and request the displaced
defense worker scholarship applica
tion packet.
IN T R O D U C IN G
A R e v o l u t io n a r y
BAN K I NG
King Corp. “Black Americans Of
Achievement” National School Tournament
B AOA, Inc. which develops and
censes innovative products for spe-
ialty and ethnic markets, recently
eld the First Annual Burger King
'orp. “Black Americans of Achieve-
lent” National School Tournament
t Walt Disney World in Orlando,
lorida, where Burger King Corp,
resented six high school finalist
jams with scholarships. BET (Black
mtertainmentTelevision) filmed the
vent and featured BAOA and the
jumamenton its national cablechan-
el in a two-part news special on May
0 and 11,1994.
The tournament is a spin-off of
lAOA’s board game called Black
Americans o f Achievement, ‘The
Jame’ and has been widely distrib-
itcd to more than 4,500 m iddle schools
ind high schools throughout the U.S.
ly a major publishing company. The
1 AOA game which was launched in
anuary 1994, is an educational and
nformative question and answer
;ame researched with the assistance
>f African American studies groups
it Harvard and Columbia Univcrsi-
ies.
T he “ B lack A m erican s o f
Achievement” Toumamcnt began two
nonths ago and has involved over
’,000 high schools across the nation
jompeting against one another. The
¡ix finalist teams, made up of two
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