J uly 06, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
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Lam Opens Vancouver Facility
THIS SATURDAY, COME TO A PLACE
OF FUN, SENSAtlON AND WONDER.
AND IT'S NOT IN PORTLAND.
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Lam Research Corporation an ­
nounced that it has opened a new
sales and service office in Vancouver
to support increased dem and for its
products and to provide value-added
services that better m eet custom er
requirem ents in the Pacific N orth­
west region.
The decision to open the V an­
couver office was driven by the grow ­
ing popularity of L am ’s advanced
plasm a etch system s in the area. “O ur
priority is top-level custom er service
and support,” said Rick Friedman,
director o f W estern Field Operations.
“Custom ers depend on us for more
A powerful regional presence is a key
elem ent o f this strategy. O ther expan­
sion sites include offices in Tempe,
Arizona, Austin, Texas, W ilm ington,
M assachusetts, and San Jose, C ali­
fornia. Recently, Lam also announced
than just product offerings. They re­
quire immediate field service, pro­
cess support, and spare parts. Lam
can now respond to their needs more
quickly by ensuring that service and
spare parts are available locally.”
Opened in the first quarter o f
1994, L am ’s new office is located at
600 SE M aritime Avenue, Ste. 120,
Vancouver, Washington. Phone (206)
m ajor expansions in E urope and
Southeast Asia.
Lam Research C orporation is a
leading supplier o f wafer processing
equipment to the w orldw ide sem i­
conductor industry. The com pany’s
broad product offerings are focused
on etch and deposition, tw o o f the
most vital areas in the fabrication of
current and future integrated circuits.
694-6383.
The brand new Vancouver office
is part o f a corporate expansion strat­
egy designed to meet increased cus­
tomer dem and for L am ’s advanced
semiconductor processing equipment.
Student Art
Beautifies
Construction
Site
New Chief Assistant
City Attorney Tapped
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Searching For Athena
T h e G re a te r V a n c o u v e r
C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e ,
W o m e n in A c tio n a n d M e tr o
B u ic k -O ld s , I n c ./S a tu r n o f
V a n c o u v e r h a v e l a u n c h e d th e
s e a rc h fo r C la rk C o u n ty ’s
firs t a n n u a l A th e n a A w a rd
re c ip ie n t. T h e a w a rd h o n o rs
p ro fe s s io n a l w o m e n w h o
d e m o n s tra te e x e m p la ry c o m ­
m itm e n ts to le a d e r s h ip a n d
a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s in b u s i n e s s
a n d c o m m u n ity .
T h e a w a r d is a n a tio n w id e
p ro g ra m d e s ig n e d to h o n o r
w o m e n w h o s tr iv e to w a r d th e
h ig h e s t le v e l o f a c c o m p lis h ­
m e n t, n o t o n ly e x c e llin g in th e ir
c h o s e n f ie ld b u t a ls o c r e a tin g
p a th s s o th a t o th e r s m a y f o l ­
lo w .
“ T h e A th e n a A w a r d p r o ­
g r a m w o r k s h a n d in h a n d w ith
th e g o a ls o f W o m e n in A c tio n .
N o t o n ly a re b o th c e le b r a tin g
a n d ta k in g in s p ir a tio n f r o m th e
a c c o m p lis h m e n ts o f w o m e n , w e
a r e p r o m o tin g th e a b ilitie s o f
lo c a l w o m e n w h o a re p r o f e s ­
s i o n a l l e a d e r s , ” s a id C i n d y
H o r e n s te n , p r e s id e n t o f W o m e n
in A c tio n .
S in c e th e p r o g r a m ’s c r e ­
a tio n in 1 9 8 2 , th e A th e n a A w a rd
h a s b e e n p r e s e n te d to o v e r 1 ,5 0 0
w o m e n n a tio n w id e w h o h a v e e x ­
c e lle d in c o m m u n ity c o m m it­
m e n t a n d m e n to r s h ip o n b e h a l f
o f b u s in e s s a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l
w om en.
T h e p r e s e n ta tio n o f th e
a w a rd w ill b e h e ld a t th e
c h a m b e r ’s a n n u a l b a n q u e t in
S e p te m b e r . A 1 9 9 4 O ld s m o b ile
h a s b e e n d o n a te d to th e r e c i p i ­
e n t f o r o n e m o n th b y M e tr o
B u ic k - O ld s I n c /S a tu r n o f V a n ­
c o u v e r.
N o m in a tio n fo rm s a re a v a il­
a b le a t th e G r e a te r V a n c o u v e r
C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e , 4 0 4 E.
15 S t., S u ite 1 1 , V a n c o u v e r .
D e a d l i n e f o r n o m i n a t i o n s is
A u g . 1.
Judy Zeider, a 13-year city em ­
ployee, was selected the new C hief
A ssistant City A ttorney for the City
o f V ancouver on Friday, June 24.
Z eider has recently been concentrat­
ing her w ork in civil m atters ranging
from advising the C able C om m is­
sion, Fire and Police Pension Boards,
C lark R egional C o m m unications
A gency, building departm ent and
other agencies to em ployment-related
legal issues. She is a graduate o f the
U niversity o f W ashington and the
W ashington U niversity School of
Law. She has a broad background in
many areas o f m unicipal law.
E f f ic tiv e A u g . 1, M ic h a e l
K a rb e r w ill jo in the law d e p a rt-
m e n ta s an a s s is ta n tc ity a tto rn e y .
K a rb e r has w o rk e d fo r th e Law
D e p a rtm e n t sin c e 1992 as a le g a l
in te rn . H e is a g ra d u a te o f the
U n iv e rsity o f A riz o n a an d N o rth ­
w estern S ch o o l o f L aw , L e w is and
C la rk C o lle g e . K arb er w ill a s s is t
w ith b o th c rim in a l p ro se c u tio n s
an d c iv il w ork in c lu d in g e n v iro n ­
m e n ta l law issu e s.
Both appointm ents were made
by Ted Gathe, city attorney, who re­
placed Jerry King as the city’s top
lawyer in May.
Kids Fitness Program Launched
An energy-packed fitness pro­
gram for children 5 -12 years old kicks
off Tuesday, July 5 at Bagley Center,
4100 Plom ondon. Kids will learn
positive fitness habits in a non-com ­
petitive environm ent. C lasses are
Tuesday and Thursday. The 5 to 8
year old group meets from 9:15 to
10:00am and 9 to 12 year olds meet
10:30 to 11:15am. C ost is $23 ($19
in-city) for the 45-m inute class.
Em phasis o f the class is on fun
while learning body awareness and
building self-confidence.
C o n stru c tio n o f V a n c o u v e r ’s
new E a st S id e W a s te w a te r T r e a t­
m e n t P la n t is a b it e a s ie r o n the
e y e s th a n k s to th e a rt o f stu d e n ts
fro m n in e a re a sc h o o ls. S o m e 25
b rig h tly p a in te d fo u r-b y -e ig h t-
fo o t p ly w o o d p a n e ls d e c o r a te th e
fe n c e s u rro u n d in g th e c o n s tr u c ­
tio n s ite at M a rin e P a rk .
T h e p a n e ls d e p ic t w a t e r - r e ­
la te d s u b je c ts , w h ic h th e s t u ­
d e n ts h a d p r e v io u s ly s tu d ie d in
c la s s . O v e r 5 3 0 s t u d e n t s in
g r a d e s tw o th r o u g h e ig h t p a r ­
tic ip a te d in th e p r o je c t. T h e
p a n e ls c a n b e v ie w e d f r o m th e
c o n c r e te w a lk w a y le a d in g to
n e w M a rin e P a rk w e tla n d s
o v e r lo o k . T h e y w e r e e r e c te d
Ju n e 23.
Portland Metro
C rim e S t o p p e r s
Bad checks
The Beaverton Police D epart­
ment, W ashington County S h e riffs
O ffice, and other law enforcement
agencies, in cooperation with Crime
Stoppers, are asking for your help in
identifying and apprehending two
subjects, who have been passing “bad
checks” in an area from Portland to
Seattle.
On May 10,1994, two m en, one
claim ing to be 54-year-old W ahid
Aly Raafat, with a date o f birth of
030340, and the other claim ing to be
36-year-old A m ir Azdaz Tukladis,
with a date o f birth of 061658, ob­
tained identification cards form the
W ashington State D epartm ent o f
M otor Vehicles.
The two men claim to be from
Egypt, but there is no record of them
having entered the United States un­
der the Raafat or Tukladis names.
The pair used fraudulent docu­
ments, showing international driver’ s
licenses, to obtai n id en tif cation cards
from the Oregon DM V. They then
surrendered the Oregon ID cards to
obtain the ones from W ashington.
W a h id A ly R a a fa t
A m ir A z d a z T u k la d is
To date, investigators know o f at
least four bank accounts that have
been opened by the subjects. On just
tw o o f the accounts, under the Raafat
name, over $48,000 worth o f “bad
checks” have been passed. In most
cases, com puters or jewelry was pur­
chased.
The subject, know n as W ahid
Aly Raafat, is described as 5 ’8", 200
pounds, with brown hair and brown
eyes.
The subject, known as Amir Azdaz
Tukladis, is described as 5T0", 210
pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Crim e S toppers is offering a cash
rew ard o f up to $1,000 for inform a­
tion, reported to the Crim e Stoppers,
that leads to an arrest in this case, or
any unsolved felony crime, and you
can remain anonym ous. Call Crime
Stoppers at 823-HELP.
Washington Mutual Lets Public
Putt For Education
or her name will be entered into a
Did you know golfing can im ­ greens will travel to 67 W ashington
draw ing for tw o tickets (a $30 value)
prove schools in O regon and South­ M utual Financial Centers through­
west W ashington? For the second out O regon and Southwest W ashing­ to the W ashington Mutual Pro-Am at
year in a row , W ashington Mutual ton from June 4 through July 30. See the Fred M eyer Challenge Aug 21 at
will offer Putt for Education, and the attached schedule for local con­ the Oregon G olf Club in W est Linn,
Ore. W inners will be drawn at the end
innovative putting contest that lets tests.
Schools will be the real winners o f the day at each financial center.
participants w in a $50 contribution to
K now n as th e F rie n d o f the
the school of his or her choice by during the Putt for Education contest.
F
a
m
ily , W a sh in g to n M utual is the
sinking three out o f three putts on one People who make three out of three
sp o n so r o f the P ro -A m a t T he
o f the bank’s traveling putting greens. putts can name any public or private
F re d M ey er C h a lle n g e and is a
elementary
school,
middle
school,
W ashington Mutual is sponsor­
le a d in g su p p o rte r o f e d u c a tio n in
high
school
or
university
to
receive
a
ing the putting contest as part of its
th e N o rth w e st. W a sh in g to n M u­
$50
contribution.
Schools
can
use
the
involvement in the annual Fred Meyer
tu a l o p e ra te s 231 fin a n c ia l c e n ­
m
oney
to
purchase
m
uch-needed
Challenge golf tournament. Last year,
te rs in W a sh in g to n a n d O regon
equipm
ent
and
supplies
for
their
stu­
P u tt for E ducation raised nearly
an d is the N o. 1 hom e len d er in
dents.
T
here’s
no
limit
to
the
num
ber
$50,000 for schools. The contest is
the N o rth w e st.
o
f
people
who
may
participate
in
the
free, open to anyone (including chil­
For more inform ation, call Terry
dren) and all equipm ent is provided. co n test
J.
O
nustack
at (206) 461-8696.
For each putt a person m akes, his
Fifteen nine-foot, kidney-shaped
Juvenile
Justice
Summit
A M ultnomah County delega­
tion o f 12 will attend a statewide
“Sum m it” on the future o f Oregon
juvenile justice system in Eugene.
T h e y w ill jo in m o re th an 4 0 0
children’s advocates, public officials
and othercitizens, w ho will try to find
a common direction for the juvenile
justice system.
The M ultnomah County group
includes Richard Brown, Black United
Front; Jack Cunningham , G resham
Police; Steve Doell, Parents of M ur­
dered Children; Bob Kouns, Crim e
Victim s United; M ark M cDonnell,
D is tric t A tto rn e y ’s O ffic e ; H al
O gbum , Juvenile Justice Division;
Pam Patton, Morrison Center; Macceo
Pettis, C hildren’s Services D ivision/
Coalition of Black Men; A. Halim
R ahsaan, Y outh G angs Program ;
Helen Smith, D istrict A ttorney’s O f­
fice; Timothy Travis, Juvenile Rights
Project; and Bill W ood, SherifTs O f­
fice.
“O ur delegation is diverse and
reflects the range o f opinions in the
county about the strategies forchange
in juvenile just program s,” notes Hal
O gbum , M ultnomah County Juve­
nile Director, “ we look forward to
sharing our perspectives with our
colleagues from around the state. W e
want to help craft a state system which
reflects the balanced approach o f pro­
tecting the com m unity while giving
all young people the best opportunity
to have a productive life.”
Issues to be discussed include
w aiver o f juveniles to adult court,
boot cam ps, incarceration and treat­
ment resources, offenses involving
w eapons, juvenile records, identifi­
cation procedures and parental re­
sponsibility.
L e g isla tio n w ill be d ra fte d to
re fle c t a g re e m e n ts m ade a t the
su m m it fo r the 1995 L e g isla tio n
to c o n s id e r. In fo rm a tio n r e g a r d ­
in g the o th e r issu e s d isc u sse d ,
w here a g re e m e n t w as not p o ssib le,
w ill a lso be m ad e a v a ila b le to
la w m a k e rs to a id th em in th e ir
d e lib e ra tio n s .
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