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Clark County Regional
9-1-1 Center
THIS SATURDAY. COME TO A PLACE
OF FUN, SENSfltlON AND WONDER.
AND IT’S NOT IN PORTLAND.
Now Can Communicate In 140 Different Languages
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1 15 North, City Center Exit, leit on 6th St.
OPEN SATURDAY 1 0 -6
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RSVP To Hold Annual Golf Tournament
If someone shoots a hole in one at
the upcoming Retired and Senior
V olunteer Program (RSVP) Jim
Chriss M em orial/B udw eiser golf
T o u rn a m e n t they co u ld win a
Urban
League
Leads The
Way
City Council
Fattens Own Pay
Continued from Front
high schools. The Urban League of
Portland is an affiliate of the National
Urban League. It is a membership
organization whose mission is to help
A frican -A m e rica n s and o th ers
achieve parity and economic self-suf­
ficiency through advocacy, commu­
nity problem-solving partnerships,
and by conducting programs designed
to strengthen the growth and devel­
opment of individuals, families and
communities.
For more information about the
Rainbow Program, call Shala Moaydei
at the Urban League, (503) 280-2644.
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cannot com m unicate effectively
with c a lle rs .”
“ I am pleased to say that we
are m oving tow ard erasing the
language b arrier in C lark C ounty
and im p ro v in g th e q u a lity o f
em ergency services we p ro v id e,”
B radshaw said.
H e r e ’s h ow th e sy s te m
works:
W hen 9-1-1 d isp atch ers re ­
ceiv e an em erg en cy call from
som eone who d o e sn ’t speak E n ­
glish, they call L anguage L in e’s
to ll-free 800 num ber and an in ­
terp reter is added to the c o n v e r­
sation. In m ost cases, an in te r­
p reter is a v a ila b le w ithin m o­
m ents. This enab les disp atch ers
to quickly assess the situation and
send ap p ro p riate units, w hether
they be police, fire or param ed­
ics.
“ The first step tow ard help­
ing people is being able to com ­
m unicate with them ,” Bradshaw
said, “ S itu atio n s th at require an
in terp re ter are on the increase;
not ju s t in m etropolitan areas, but
throughout the country. More than
20 m illion people living in this
country speak a language other
than E nglish and 40 m illion v isi­
tors from o th er cou n tries travel to
the U.S. each y ear.”
For m ore inform ation about
the new L anguage Line, please
call T hera Bradshaw at 737-1911.
Fireworks and Music Planned
For July 4th Event
F ire w o rk s w ill b e la u n c h e d
from a b arg e on C o lu m b ia R iv e r
ju s t u p s tre a m fro m th e In te r ­
s t a t e B r i d g e to c u l m i n a t e
V a n c o u v e r’s J u ly 4 th c e le b r a ­
tio n . T h e b ig b o o m sh o w b e g in s
at 10 p .m . T h e p re v io u s la u n c h
site at P e a rs o n A ir P a rk w as
a b a n d o n e d b e c a u s e n ew to w n
h o u s e s w e re b u ilt n e a rb y .
The firew orks display will be
synchronized with m usic b ro ad ­
cast on KISN-Fm (97.1) and last
a little less than an hour.
O ther activ ities lined up for ch e stra and V ancouver V oices
the day long 32nd annual July 4th USA.
A bout 50 vendors will offer
firew orks ex trav ag an za include
artw
ork and handcrafted item s for
fam ily fun, food and m usical e n ­
sale
at A rtw orks, along E ast E v ­
tertain m en t. The ev en ts w ill be
held at the F o rt V ancouver N a­ ergreen B oulevard.
The G rant H ouse F olk Art
tional H istoric S ite. A dm ission is
C enter, 1101 O fficers Row, will
free.
E n te r ta in m e n t o p e n s th e be open, as will the Pearson Air
events at 11:45 a.m . The list o f M useum , 1105 E. F ifth St.
C ity parking m eters w ill be
p e r f o r m e r s in c lu d e A rm o n ia
free.
B uses operated by C -Tran
L a tin a , th e D ale V an W om er
and
T
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et w ill once again offer
Band, the country group Q ueen,
Rain: A T ribute to the B eatles, free service to the dow ntow n and
the V ancouver S ym phonic O r­ fort areas.
Turning Sawdust into Gold
T
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to
L
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D
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POTATO CHIPS
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in c lu d e g o lf c a r ts , a s s o r te d
B udw eiser and Pepsi golf acces­
so ries, p rize s, re fresh m e n ts, a
luncheon b uffet and aw ards.
T o u rn a m e n t s p o n s o rs are
B u d w e ise r, P ep si, S e b a s tia n i,
Fred M eyer, C lub Green M ead­
ow s, K-VAN and Ft. V ancouver
Days.
RSVP matches people 55 and
older who want to volunteer with
volunteer positions in non-profit and
public agencies and civic and com­
munity groups throughout Clark
County. RSVP volunteers donated
125,000 volunteer hours in the county
Continued from Front
in 1993.
For more information on golf
tournament
registration or about the
The largest cost-of-living wage
RSVP
program
call the RSVP office
increase in recent years was 5.5 per-
at
696-8221.
centin 1989. However, former Mayor
Bud Clark in 1991, lobbied success­
fully to put a one-year freeze on coun­
cil salary.
The federal cost-of-living index
has served as a guide for council
salary adjustments in the past.
Commissioner Charlie Hales told
the Oregonian that it would be “sen­
sational, but inaccurate” to say the
council was raising its salary. He was
the only commissioner who com­
mented on the council salary increase.
Caribbean cruise or a Ford Windstar
van. The 13th annual tourney, which
will take place Friday, June 24 at the
Green Meadows Golf Course, is a
fundraiser for RSVP. Cascade Travel
and Vancouver Ford will donate the
prizes.
Entry fees are $60 per person
or $240 per team . Play form at
w ill be four-person scram ble with
a shotgun start at 8 a.m . Fees
C lark C o u n ty ’s R egional 9-
1 -1 C enter can now provide em er­
gency assistan ce in 140 d ifferen t
languages thanks to an over-the-
phone in te rp re te r serv ic e. The
service is provided by AT& T L an­
guage Line S erv ices, 9-1-1 D i­
rector T hera B radshaw said. Just
like 9-1-1, w hich operates round-
the-clock, the in terp reter service
is now on line 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
“People who do not speak E n ­
glish w ell ex p erien ce fru stratio n
calling for em ergency services.
A nd t h a t ’s u n d e r s ta n d a b l e ,”
Bradshaw said .” At the sam e tim e,
our d isp atch ers are hin d ered in
their efforts to help when they
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t wasn't all that long ago when
get rid of. Dee Forest Products
the potential in hardboard
“teepee" burners outside the
makes a variety of hardboard
production and purchased the
mills throughout the northwest
products. From casebacks tor
operation. A $25().(XX) Lottery-
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were used by the mills to get rid cabinets to paneling. Dee Forest
Products lets nothing go to waste.
of the scraps created by the mill.
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YOUR NOT-SO-ORDINARY GROCERY STORE
SPECIALS EFFECTIVE TUESDAY through MONDAY
RIGHT TO LIMIT
QUANTITIES
JU N E 28 through JULY 4, 1994
funded loan - long-sinee repaid
- helped the operation get
going. Now more efficient and
Oregon, that would be like
"gold in them thar' hills."
productive. Dee
watching money go up in smoke.
Operating at a loss for years, the
Forest Products is
former Champion plant closed its
running non-stop:
sawdust, ply trim, and ground up
doors in 1985. In 1987, a group
three shifts a day,
pallets that mills once burned to
of New Zealand investors saw
seven days a week.
Using mill leftovers such as
WE HESERVE THE
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MEMBER OF UNITED GROCERS
FOR YOUR NEAREST KIENOW'S STORE CALL. 659-5220
HOME DELIVERY IS AVAILABLE CALL: 245-4595
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