O ctober 5, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age AS
Achievers Effort
Debuts
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role model,
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Mark Young, CEO of the YMCA
Columbia Willamette.
A Black Achievers Program is
being introduced to the Portland area
by the North/Inner Northeast Branch
of the YMCA.
The program is part of the na
tional Black Achievers Network and
will be housed at the .Matt Dishman
Community Center, 77 N.E. Knott.
The program’s principle focus
is to help middle and high school
youth develop career and educational
goals.
The objectives of the program
are accomplished by recognizing
adult black achievers in various oc
cupations. Adult achievers serve as
role models and counselors to the
youth who are selected to participate
in the program.
The effort involves several
com ponents, including com pany
and organization sponsorships,
speakers bureau, shadow ing p ro
gram , career/entrepreneur day,
careerclu sters, youth w orkshops,
Maxine Fritzpatrick, Black
Achievers board chairperson.
D epend
USWEST
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YOUR ROLES.
Curtis Scott, Black Achievers
director.
in d u s tr y
a w a re n e s s to u rs ,
m entoring and college tours.
For more information contact
the YMCA North/Inner Northeast
Branch at (503) 294-3355.
for the year, putting it at 16 percent
ahead of last year. August also was
the 28th consecutive month that the
airport as established a monthly
record.
“Reaching one million passen
gers in August is significant because
it demonstrates PDX’s continued
advancement as one of the top air
ports in the country,” said John
Brockley, Port of Portland aviation
director. “The next milestone is 10
million passengers in one year. We
have a good shot of reaching that one
this year.”
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Police To Enforce Seat Belt Law
Portland police this week joined
other law enforcement from Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia in
a campaign to increase seat belt us
age in the Pacific Northwest.
This is the third time this year
that such a joint mission has been
conducted. The other campaigns were
in February and July when Portland
police issued 1,688 citations and
warnings for seat belt violations.
The compliance rate rose from
about 75 percent to nearly 83 percent
munity. And we view our most
limmest
School Health Centers To
Host Candidates
Many of Oregon’s 19 school-
based health centers will hold an
open house for policymakers from
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Oct. 6. The
purpose of the open house is to pro
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based health centers work and to
demonstrate how the centers can help
build healthy communities in Or
egon.
“Young people often shun con
ventional health providers,” said Dr.
Grant Higginson, Acting State Health
Officer and Director of the school
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“Students can find comfort and help
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IN ALL
Portland Airport
Sets Record Again
Portland International Airport
reached two milestones in August as
it handled more than one million
passengers and 18,000 tons of air
freight in a month, each records
achieved for the first time in its 54-
year history.
Portland’s August 1994 passen
ger count was 1,073,161, a 14 per
cent increase over last year and nearly
80,000 more passengers than in July,
which was the airport’s previous
record for a single month.
The august’s activity lifted Port
land to over six million passengers
on
between February and July. The com-
pliance rate is estimated by an actual
count of drivers in selected locations
during a specific period. Officers
will be monitoring vehicles for seat
belt and child safety seat usage. While
the emphasis is on education and
voluntary compliance, vehicle occu
pants can be cited.
Pbr more information about ve
hicle restraint systems for children,
contact the Child Safety Resource
Center at I-800-722-1315.
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