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T he P ortland O bserver • J une 15, 1994
Coast
Industries
Awarded
$3.4 Million
Donald Named
New Vice
President At
Monsanto
New O rleans native Arnold
)onald, 39, has been named the new
xoup vice president and general
nanager of the Americas Division of
he Agricultural Group at St. Louis-
»ased Monsanto Company. In his new
»osition, Donald has responsibility
or all crop products in the United
States and Canada, which represents
tearly half of the revenues of the AG
Troup. D uring his 15 years at
Monsanto, he has held management
io sitio n s across several o f the
:ompany’s divisions, including the
Detergents and Phosphates, Specialty
Chemicals.
Prior to this appointment, Donald
was vice president and general man­
ager of the worldwide Crop Protec­
tion Products Division. He and his
wife, Hazel, live in Town & Country,
Missouri, and have two daughters.
PCC Schedules
Class On Child
Sexual Abuse
Coast Industries Inc. announced
today that the firm has been awarded
a $3.4 million contract to provide
roads and grounds, environmental
protection, hazardous waste handling,
and custodial services to the NASA
Michoud Space Facility in New Or­
leans.
The two-year contract, beginning
July 1, marks several milestones for
Coast Industries. This is the firm ’s
first contract with both NASA and
space industry giant Martin Marietta
Technologies. In addition, the rev­
enues push projected annual sales to
the highest in the Portland firm ’s 37-
year history.
Herman Grimes, President, stated
that Coast Industries, Inc. was se­
lected by Martin Marietta because it
was rated number one in manage­
ment and technical capabilities over
other contractors. This award con­
firms Coast Industries as the Premier
Services Contractor.
Coast Industries will add more
than 100 em ployees serving the
Michoud contract to its current roster
of more than 500 personnel in five
other states, including Oregon, Cali­
fornia, Tennessee, Indiana, and
Florida. Other operations of the wholly
minority-owned firm include custo­
dial, grounds maintenance, and secu­
rity services to government and com­
mercial clients as Coast Janitorial
Service and Empire Security Service.
Portland Community College
vill offer a four-week class, “Surviv-
ng Sexual Victimization,” designed
For parents and others who are inter­
ested, starting Thursday June 23 in
Room 102, Jackson Hall on the PCC
C ascade
C am pus,
705
N.
Killingsworth St. The class will meet
from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $20.
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Grant Program Aimed At Teachers
The Meyer Memorial Trust an­
nounced the creation of a program
that awards grants to elementary,
middle, and high school teachers for
creative approaches to classroom
learning.
T he p ro g ram , S u p p o rt for
Teacher Initiatives, will make grants
up to $2,000 to individual teachers,
and up to $7,000 to teams of teachers
in Oregon and Clark County, W ash­
ington. The Trust is allocating ap­
proximately $500,000 a year to the
program for the first two years.
Although the schools face chal­
lenges in funding and reform, the
Trust explained in its program guide­
lines, an essential ingredient in edu­
cation is “the initiative and imagina­
tion teachers employ to engage the
minds of students.”
The Trust cited the need to “en­
courage and support the ingenuity of
the individual teacher in establishing
productive relationships with stu­
dents.” The new grant program also
hopes to promote new ways for teach­
ers to serve students by working with
parents, other teachers, and the
broader community.
“This program reinforces the
Trust’s belief in the importance of
teachers on the front lines of educa­
tion,” said Charles S. Rocks, execu­
tive director of the T rust. “We want to
contribute to the efforts of teachers
whatever direction education reform
eventually takes in Oregon.
“ We also hope this program
will be a m orale booster to teach ­
ers,” Rooks added. “ They have
been ham m ered on a lot o f fronts
the past year or so, and we w ant to
send a signal that th eir effo rts are
a p p re c ia te d . T h ese g ra n ts are
m odest, but they rew ard and su p ­
p o rt the kind o f teacher in itia ­
tives that m ake a lot o f difference
in the lives o f children.
The deadline for the first round
of teacher initiative grants this year is
October 1. Initial grant recipients will
be announced by early December.
Submission deadlines thereafter will
be April 1 and October 1.
Application material and further
information on Support for Teacher
Initiatives can be obtained by writing
the Meyer Memorial Trust, 1515 S.W.
Fifth, Suite 500, Portland, Oregon
97201, or by calling 228-5512.
The Meyer Memorial Trust, with
assets of over $300 million, is the
largest foundation in the Pacific North­
w est The Trust has been making
education grants under its general
grantmaking program since it was
founded in 1982.
The Trust was created from the
personal estate of Fred G. Meyer who
died in 1978. Although Mr. Meyer’s
fortune was derived from Fred Meyer,
Inc., the retail chain he built, there is
no relationship between the company
and the Trust.
Save More At Saf ewa
The largest weekend used book
sale in Oregon, a fundraiser for the
Multnomah County Library, is ex­
panding to bigger quarters.
The 1994 Friends of the Library
Annual Book Sale will be held at
Eastport Plaza, Oct. 1 and 2, with a
Sept. 30 pre-sale for Friends of the
Library members.
The expansion into spacious
quarters brings a great cry from the
scores of volunteers who hand sort
books for the sale, “We need more
books, now!”
A book drive will make it easy for
library lovers to donate their books.
During the last two weeks in July,
books can be dropped off at any branch
county.
You can recycle your books now
by giving to the friend s book drive
and make room on your shelves for
books to buy at the book sale in Octo-
tv r Donations are tax deductible.
— B -i/
o/l ten
Library Friends
Mount Book
Drive
library.
Books the friends are looking for
include art, photography, travel, cook­
books, nature, gardening, environ­
ment, children’s, young adults, com ­
puter, bio- and autobiographies,
Northwest and Oregon. Audio and
video tapes are also needed. Text
books more than six years old are not
wanted, neither are Reader s Digest,
condensed books, ragged and abused
books or magazines. If your donation
is too large to take to the library, who
can call 248-5439 for assistance.
The proceeds will help buy new
books and pay for special library
events. Whatever the friends’ project,
it wouldn’t happen without the sup­
port of book donors from all over the
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PSU Opens Business Outreach
Center In North Portland
Portland. PDC has hired private con­ land Community C ollege’s Small
sultants to provide the new businesses Business Development Center.
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“If I find that a business is better
with technical assistance, but PSU’s
Business Administration.
served
by someone else, I send them
Basic information about the rights
Zeiber already is working with a presence will be more informal.
there,”
Zeiber says. “PSU and PCC
of people who are in nursing homes, helf dozen businesses, some of which
Zeiber believes the OSU Busi­
share
information.
It’s less important
adult foster homes and residential
are members of the Orgon Associa­ ness Outreach Program goes far be­
that
we
compete
with
PCC or anyone
care facilities is now available in
tion of M inority E ntrepreneurs yond technical assistance, young com­
English, Spanish, Korean, Russian, (OAME). PSU business student teams panies need to know how to connect else than to help the business.”
The Outreach office is normally
Vietnamese, Rumanian, Cambodian,
are available to help fledgling busi­ with key sources of help and business
Lao, Hmong and Mien. ‘T h e number nesses with market research, busi­ peers so they can avoid learning on a open Monday, Wednesday and Fri­
day mornings from 8:30a.m. to noon,
of non-English speaking residents in
ness plans, accounting systems, in­ trial-and-error basis, he says.
these facilities is growing. This pam­ ventory control, training and other
“W e’re here for the long term, at 280-0884. In addition, Zeiber can
phlet gets information to people who
unlike private consultants who’ll pop be reached at his PSU business school
business basics.
office at 725-3705. Graduate-level
may be cut off from other sources
“It’s a reciprocal arrangement,” in for a project, them leave. W e’re
because of a language barrier,” said says Sam Brooks, president and chair trying to build long-term relation­ business students at the business
school also can be reached to provide
Penny Davis, an attorney at Legal Aid
of the Portland-based OAME. “A lot ships with these busiensses,” says
assistance
at 725-3699.
who wrote the English version of the
of our businesses are looking for the Zeiber.
For
now
, Z eiber is basically a
brochure.
For allotech, a small scientific
type of expertise that PSU can readily
one-m
an
o
ffice
at the O utreach
The brochure is entitled “What
provide, and PSU students can gain research company also headquartered
C
e
n
te
r’s
north
P
ortland locale.
You Should Know if You Live in a
in Cascade Plaza, Zeiber is connect­
some valuable case work.”
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v
en
tu
ally
,
it
w
ill
be open full
Care Facility.” It describes the differ­
Zeiber currently is helping Fran ing the young company with the PSU
tim
e
as
ad
d
itio
n
al
funding
is e s ­
ences among nursing homes, adult
Jaegar, president of Elite Electronics, physics department, which has ma­
tablished.
foster homes, residential care facili­
come up with a marketing plan. chinery that could be of use to allotech
Outreach program funding needs
ties and assisted living facilities. It
Jaegar’s five-year-old firm porduces for its air testing work.
total
about $ 100,000 in first-year seed
explains the rights residents have, cable harnesses and machinery cable
PS U also is providing marketing
money.
how people pay for care, and where to
used to connect computer networks. research for a Sherwood-based, na­
Precision Castparts Corp., first
get help.
The 16-person operation is just a tive American-owned business that
Interstate
Bank and West One Bank
People interested in receiving a
couple of doors down from Zeiber s installs and services cable systems,
have
already
provided some of the
copy of the brochure in any of the ten
Outreach office, having recently fiber optics and computer networks.
amount.
Thye
PSUY School of Busi­
languages may contact the local Area
Other Outreach clients include a north
moved out of Jeager’s home.
ness
Administration
is raising the
Agency on Aging or legal services
“It’s like having an informal, Portland janitorial firm seeking as­
office, or call the Office of the Longer professional adviser,” Jaeger says of sistance on financial statements and rest from local corporations, founda­
tions and government agencies.
Term Care Ombudsman, 1-800-522-
the Outreach program. “The ques­ financial planning, a northeast Port­
Once the program is o ff the
2602.
tions I may have change from day to land-based insurance branch office, ground, PSU hopes to establish a fee
Multnomah County Legal Aid
and a water taxi company that will
day.”
schedule based on the size of business
Service wishes to thank the Better
The PS U Business Outreach Cen­ serve working ships on the Willamette
being served, says PSU’s AhlbrandL
Nursing Home Care Fund of Oregon
ter recently entered into an informal River.
“This type of program could ex­
Community Foundation for funding
The Outreach office can help
agreement with the Portland Devel­
pand
to other parts of Portland,” says
this project.
opment Commission (PDC) to pro­ small businesses connect to the right
Ahlbrandt.
“This is an experiment.
s:s< vide mentoring services with nine agency or person, Zeiber adds, he
W
e’ll
see
how
this works and how we
new enterprises that will form a new keeps close ties, for example, w ith the
can
tie
in
our
students
and faculty to
business center in the former Walnut Portland Development Commission,
widen
its
scope.”
Park Fred Meyer building in north Oregon Enterprise Forum, and Port-
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PCC Announces
Language Class
For Trekkers
“Nepali for Travelers,” a Port­
land Community College summer
class, has been designed for sojourn­
ers and trekkers bound for Nepal.
Daya Shakya will teach the eight-
week class from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednes­
days, starting June 22, in Portable
Building 4 on the Cascade Campus,
705 N. Killingsworth St. Course work
will cover Basic Nepali vocabulary
and simple phrases. Cost is $36.
Guide For
Elderly In
Nursing
Homes
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