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J anuary 18, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver
Host Families Needed For Exchange Students
Seminar Offered On
Small Businesses
In a highly com petitive market
place, q u a lity is a distinguishing, per
haps even unique, characteristic that
the co m p e titive stature o f sm all and
m id-sized com panies and organiza
tio n s in O re g o n and S ou th w e st
can help businesses large and small,
W a s h in g to n , th is c o rp o ra tio n is
funded in part by a grant fro m the
new and established, set themselves
apart form their com petitors and build
a strong, loyal customer base.
On F rid a y, January 20,1995, the
Oregon Q uality In itia tive (O Q I) and
First Interstate hank w ill o ffe r a h a lf
day seminar called “ G etting Started:
Oregon E conom ic Developm ent D e
partm ent and by mem ber dues and
fees fo r products and services.
ASSE International Student E x
change Programs (ASSE) is seeking
local H O S T Families fo r boys and
g irls from Scandinavia, France, Ita ly,
Spain, Portugal, Germany, H olland,
These personable and academ i
ca lly select exchanges students speak
english, are b rig h t, curious, and anx
ious to learn about th is co u n try
B rita in , Poland, Czech R epublic,
Slovakia, Switzerland, M exico, Ja
attending h igh school, and sharing
th e ir o w n cu ltu re and language w ith
their n ew ly adopted H ost F a m ily.
The students are sponsored by
A SSE, a n o n p ro fit, p u b lic benefit
organization, founded by the Swed
ish M in is try o f Education. Asse also
pan, A ustralia, New Zealand, B razil,
Canada, and the N e w ly Independent
States o f the former Soviet Union, 15
to 18 years o f age, com ing to this area
fo r the upcoming high school year.
cooperates w ith the Canadian Pro
v in c ia l M in is trie s o f Education and
is approved b y the A u stra lia n and
The Oregon Association o f M inority
Entrepreneurs, OAME, Center
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„ * invites von to its
A n Introductory Executive Forum on
Q uality fo r Small Business.”
“ One true d iffe re n tia tio n fo r any
type o f business is the a b ility to
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N ew Zealand Departm ents o f E du
cation. ASS E is the o n ly o rganiza
tio n w ith these credentials.
FUNDRAISER
SUPER HOWL PARTY
consistently meet o r exceed its cus
tom ers current and future expecta
tio n s ," sa id Jo h n D e lle r, F ir s t
Interstate’ s senior vice president fo r
service q u a lity, “ and O Q I consis
Q U A L IT Y D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E IT E M S
* New
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* H o u s e w a re s
# Lamps # F latw are
* R eturns * O v e rs to c k
Bedding * C lo th in g # Rugs *
# Tools * Toys * E le c tro n ic s *
* Auto A ccessories * And Much More
COST CUTTERS - wapehouse outlet
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DOUBLE TEE PRESENTS
U S A F R IC A A I R W A Y S
nt the OAME/Caseade Plaza
Business Incubator
(4134 .V. I aneouver Avenue)
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te n tly provides top-notch program s
and services on q u a lity .”
The program w ill be held from
7:30 am to 1:00 pm in T w o W o rld
Trade Center in dow ntow n Portland.
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(2:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
>!«• SPECIAL GUESTS
The presentation is designed to o f
fer company owners, chief executive
COST
officers, general managers and other
senior executives an opportunity to dis
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A LL YOU C A N E A T & S O F T D R IN K S
NO HOST BAR
cover the relevance o f quality to small
and mid-sized businesses and to become
fam iliar with the common sense prin
ciples o f quality management
9PM ♦ I I & OVER
B U Y TIC KETS E A R L Y
CALL O A M E (5 0 3 ) 24 9 -7 7 4 4
There is an $80.00 registration
fee fo r O Q I members: non-members
m ay attend fo r $120.00. The regis
tra tio n fee in clu d e s a ll program
m aterials, a continental breakfast
LISCENSED IN OREGON SINCE 1975
and a n e tw o rk in g lunch.
S in g le s & S e n io rs , I can h elp yo u !
M ore in fo rm a tio n about the p ro
gram and O Q I is available by c a llin g
the In itia tiv e ’ s o ffic e , 503-224-4606.
“1st Class Guarantee”
A-ZEBRA
“ W e ’ ve been able to see the ben
efits o f applying Total Q uality M an
agement principles w ith in the bank,”
said F irst Interstate’ s Linda Tubbs, a
senior vice president and the bank’ s
senior com m ercial lending o ffic e r in
through liv in g as part o f a fa m ily ,
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R e a lty Inc.
3 0 0 NE M ultnomah, Suite #27
Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 3 2
George A. Hendrix
MBA. GRI, Broker
( 5 0 3 ) 2 3 0 - 1 3 9 0 • (R e s .) 2 8 7 - 6 8 3 7
Portland, “ and this O Q I program al
lows us to w o rk w ith other companies
com m itted to m aking quality an es
sential part o f their operations.”
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