D ecember 7, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age A4
Report Card Due On Prison 'Boot Camp'
which uses military discipline, com
m unity-based labor projects and in
tensive treatment programs to reha
bilitate offenders. Non-violent per
sons between the ages of 18 and 40,
plus those under 18 who are con
victed after remand from juvenile
court, are eligible.
The PSU Center for Urban Stud
ies and School o f Urban Affairs re
ceived a $32,000 contract from the
Urban studies researchers at
Portland State will do a detailed
evaluation of O regon’s new prison
boot camp.
The camp called Oregon SU M
M IT (Success Using M otivation,
Morale. Intensity and Treatment) is
based at the Shutter Creek Correc
tional Institution in North Bend. Male
and female inmates volunteer for the
highly structured six-month program,
D epartment of Corrections to com
plete the analysis. The report, due in
March, will cover the cam p’s cost
effectiveness and impact on the in
mates enrolled.
“This project is a first for PSU
and the Department of Corrections,”
said Perlstein. “In the 23 years I’ve
been here this is the first time the
departm ent has totally opened up its
records for us This is significant not
only for this project, but also for
future corrections research and learn
ing.”
The research will com pare per
form ance goals w ith boot cam p
records. Also, the PSU team will
evaluate how boot cam p participants
fare in the real world after they’re
released and check to see that the
program has com plied with the law
and service delivery goals.
The Lessons From Los Angeles:
Q uestions a b o u t
RECYCLING?
Did We Learn Anything? II
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So it is that our enemies can label us
"welfare parasites” who have con
tributed nothing to wealth o f this
nation. The sons and daughters o f
slaveholders know better, o f course,
but we don’t have to go back that far
to answer their drivel, dowe?
Since it is perfectly obvious that
there could not have been any cogni
tive genetic change in the black pop
ulation over such a short period o f
time, we search for another interven
ing factor -- and we find one, equally
obvious. Following both these eras
o f significant black economic gains
there has been an almost simulta
neous response from the majority
population. It is often referred to as a
“backlash", though it usually involves
more subtle refinements than cus
tomarily associated with the term.
We refer to control o f commer
cial real estate sales and leases, allo
cation o f “name-brand" franchises
andothertrade opportunities, includ
ing financing o f inventories (reserved
for whites, native-born and Europe
ans). This response was locked in
immediately following that tum-of-
the-century surge o f African Ameri
can pride and accomplishment. Now,
that development o f a sizable black
economic infrastructure in the city o f
Los Angeles ( 1954-1974) lost its di
rection and momentum as soon as the
establishment discovered what was
happening and quickly moved to cir
cumscribe the action.
Those who followed my August
series, “The Geography ofN owhere :
P rof . M c K inley B i rt
The Republicans, breathing hot
and heavy on our tails since the elec
tions (welfare), have resumed the
arguments o f Rudyard Kipling, the
poet laureate o f imperialism, in the
very first stanza o f his most famous
apology for white supremacy, “Take
up the White m an’s burden... Go,
bind your sons to exile to serve the
captive's need. ..your new-caught
sullen peoples, half devil and half
c h ild ! ” , he so u n d s lik e R ush
Limbaugh leading the charge o f the
Far Right.
O r, lik e P re s id e n t T e d d y
Roosevelt who conveniently forgot
who it was that got him up San Juan
Hill in one piece (the black “Buffalo
Soldiers” in the Spanish American
W ar) He thought Kipling was “a
poor poet, but made good sense from
the expansion point o f view” (in
W eston. 1972, p.35). Now, what
has all this to do with that Los Ange
les experience o f African Americans,
that intense phase o f economic learn
ing and accomplishment? Or, for that
matter, the incredible gains at the
turn o f the century ?
For one thing, it is very difficult
to defend against the onslaught o f the
Right W ing’s vicious rhetoric and
polemics (affects legislation) when
one cannot even recall or cite one’s
own relevant history. Some cannot
rem em ber Bill C osby’s powerful
tape, “Black History, Lost, Strayed
or Stolen” . (And none o f this young
est generation has even heard o f it).
Locating Minority Business” (or read
the book by the same name), thor
oughly understand how this system
works; From the displacement o f
black populations and the seizures o f
their properties by virtue of Model
Cities and other Urban Renewal pro
grams (this includes curtailing the
growth o f black business districts),
to the various “City Clubs and Focus
G roups” where th e ' real’ urban plan
ners design and control A m erica’s
infrastructure. You may also consid
er a number o f exclusive cocktail
lounges.
Interesting calls and letters fol
lowed last w eeks’ article, including a
bank. That w asn’t very clever to beg
the issue by citing new black-orient
ed programs for financing housing -
- nationwide the government is on
your case ’like w hite-on-rice’, forc
ing you to ‘ unass ’ some o f those tens
o f billions o f African American de
posits youv’e used for decades to
make interest and loan to white folks
(I read those bulletins from T rea
sury, the Comptrol ler o f the currency
and other banking regulators). The
real issue, o f course, was and is to
what extent the financial institutions
o f any given American city work
with (connive?) The business and
real estate communities to control
the economic developm ent o f mi
norities. Is there a relation to crime,
unemployment and welfare?
g ram , a c c o rd in g
to C h u ck
Brinkerhoof, research analyst for the
corrections department. In the sec
ond six-month "platoon” group, of
the original 75 enrolled, 27 com
pleted the program. A third platoon
group is now under way, with 76
enrolled.
Hall said he expects this to be
the nation’s most com prehensive
evaluation of a state boot camp.
The camp was modeled after a
similar program in New York state
At least 18 states were employing
these hardline discipline rehabilita
tion programs as of 1990. But the
camps have had a mixed record of
success so far, according to Perlstein.
In Oregon, 66 persons were en
rolled in the first six-months o f the
camp, which concluded in Septem
ber. Thirty-one completed the pro
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Fault Is Not In The Stars, Charley
Brown ”
Bank Of America Introduces
Secured Credit Card In Oregon
Bank o f America today intro
duced a secured credit card for con
sumers with little or no credit history,
such as young people and those re
cently divorced or widowed.
The new BankAmericard Se
cured Card is available through the
b ank’s 84 branches in Oregon.
The card is secured - or backed
-- by a BofA savings account in an
amount equal to the credit line, which
can range from $500 to $5,000. The
principal balance can’t be withdrawn
while the customer has the card. If a
card m ember fails to repay the debt,
the bank collects from the savings
account.
“The new BankAmericard Se
cured Card enables us to meet the
credit needs o f our customers who
may not otherwise qualify for our
credit card,” said Jim Barri, BofA
Oregon vice chairman o f Retai 1 Bank
ing. “Once customers build a good
credit history or re-establish credit
after economic hardship, we hope to
graduate them to our classic card.”
According to Barri, the card is
competitively priced and enables the
bank to strengthen customer rela
tionships.
The rate on the new secured
card, currently set at 18.15%, is a
variable rate, which is adjusted quar
Stein, Katz
Honored
As Leaders
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty c n a i r
Beverly Stein and Portland Mayor
V era Katz have been named "1994
Public Officials o f the Y ear" by G ov
erning magazine. A formal presenta
tion will be made during a dinner in
Jan. 19 in W ashington, D C.
The trade magazine for state and
local governments is published by
Congressional Quarterly.
It praises the Oregon pair for
success in government cooperation
and their support for community
benchmarks to drive public policy.
The transfer of23 Multnomah Coun
ty S h e riffs deputies to the city police
force is mentioned as an examples of
cooperation.
“ Beverly and I quickly recog
nized that we would be far more
effective if we worked with each
other instead o f against each other,”
said Katz. “This kind o f cooperation
makes us more responsible to our
community needs and more account
able to the people we serve.”
Stein said the award notes "the
importance o f collaboration for ef
fectiveness in government.
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terly and is based on the prime rate as
published in the Wall Street Journal
plus 10.9%. The annual fee o f $18 is
waived if the customer has a BofA
checking account. Accounts have a
25-day grace period on purchases
before interest is charged.
To apply for the secured card,
c u sto m e rs m ust be at least 18
y e a rs o ld , have a U .S. a d d re ss,
n e v e r have file d for b a n k ru p tc y ,
and all c re d it a c c o u n ts m ust be
c u rre n t. A fte r 1 8 m onths o f c o n
tin u o u sly m aking pay m en ts on
tim e, c u sto m e rs w ill be e lig ib le
for a B a n k A m e ric a rd w ith o u t the
re q u ire d sav in g s d e p o sit
Kevin ChrisIensen/?676/Lotto/Kirkland
Linda Riffle/?676/Lotto/Renton
Anthony Kem/?1,000/Quinto/Gig Harbor
David Ike/?1,000/Qunto/Ethel
Barbara Bell/$839/LottoZVancouver
George Paquette/$5,000/Scratch/Ednionds
John Lazaga/$1,500/Keno/Seattle
Martha Ranta/?700/Lotto/Westport
Barbara Ott/?647/Lotto/Tacoma
James Johanson/?839/Lotto/Hansville
B. Mike Hale/?755/Lotto/Kalama
Lobay Groves/? 1,000/Quinto/Ferndale
Brenda Eberhart/?647/Lotto/Bellevue
Eugene Woods/? 1,000/Quinto/Port Townsend
Gary Chumbley/?839/Lotto/Brush Prairie
Maureen Johnson/$700/Lotto/Bothell
William Stahl/?2,500/Keno/Seattle
Port Tuley Jr./?21 Million/Lotto/Spanaway
Jam es Haniilton/?700/Lotto/Molalla
Ella Mae Smith/iLOOO/Scratch/Battle Ground
Harry Vogel/? 1,000/Quinto/Marysville
Carolyn Beverly/?676/Lotto/Seattle
Sharon Hyder/$684/Lotto/McKenna
Audrey Rhodes/? 1,000/Quinto/Shelton
Charles Bussart/?1,001/Quinto/Ridgefield
Dena Decker/$10.000/Keno/Bow
Jerry Mendenhall/? 1,021/Qulnto/Milton
Clifford Wood/?8,000/Scratch/Everett
Brigitta l ’yleman/?842/Lotto/Lynnwood
Nicholas Malkow/?647/Lotto/Kent
Robert Weyerts/?839/Lotto/Port Orchard
Don Hesselgesser/?700/Lotto/Kelso
Gary Murphy/? 1.001/Quinto/Belllngham
Randy Sauer/? 1,000/QuintoA’ashon Island
Alec Calisewski/?1,000/Keno/Tacoma
Nestor Mejia/? 1,000/Quinto/Bremerton
Doan Trang Tran/?681/Lotto/Centralia
Scott Valencia/?676/Lotto/Oak Harbor
Todd Callow/?839/Lotto/Aubum
Thomas Krueger/?68l/Lotto/Fife
Brad Weishaar/?839/Lotto/Camas
Carmelita Signor/?839/Lotto/Mukilteo
Steve Fultz/?681/Lotto/SeaTac
Bill Krantz/?681/Lotto/Port Angeles
Mary Webber/?8,000/Scratch/Vancouver
John Whitney/?1.000/Quinto/Burlington
Linda Brown/?1,000/Quinto/Mercer Island
Randy (Tark/?700/Lotto/Sumner
Martha Skinner/?681/Lotto/Silverdale
Donna Bowers/? 1.000/Quinto/Elma
Lonnie Pietz/?700/Lotto/Yacolt
Rolando Rubi/?8.)9/Lotto/Snohomish
W. L. Howell/?681/Lotto/Mlll Creek
Dano Lewis/?681/Lotto/lssaquah
The W a sh in g to n S tate L o tte r j. Do jo u fe e l In c h ?
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