Volume X X V Number 11
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Join In Celebrating Our
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surprise in lhe Boys TA Siale
High School Tournament.
March 15, 1995
Dancers
Set Series
Of Shows
The highly acclaimed Jefferson
Dancers are hack fo r a series o f
performances.
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Spring Break
To See Curfew
Enforcement
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Hatfield Push May
Backfire
Bureau.
Voters are likely to admire Sen. Mark
Hatfield, R-Ore. for voting according to
his conscience rather than the Republican
Party line on the Balanced Budget Amend­
ment, says University of Oregon political
scientist PriscillaSouthwell. Southwell also
says a threat to withhold GOP election
funds from Hatfield is virtually meaning­
less because candidates today don’t de­
pend on the party for campaign funds.
Ron Brown Criminal
Probe Sought
The enhanced focus on juvenile cur­
few is part ofthe police department’s effort
to provide a safe and responsible environ­
ment during spring break. The school va­
cation period will also see an added em
phasis on traffic safety'.
The added enforcement and educa­
tional efforts begin Thursday and continue
through March 26, officials said.
The effort is being made to reduce the
problems associated w ith minors on public
streets. A similar curfew operation was
conducted during Spring Vacation last year
Portland’s curfew law makes it illega
for children under 18 to be out on any
street, park or other public place between
10:15 p.m. and 6 a m. before a school day
The curfew hours are midnight to 6 a m. on
nights when there is no school the follow
ing day.
For minors under the age of 14. the
curfew is between 9:15 p.m. and 6 a m. on
school nights, and 10:15 p.m. to 6 a.m
when there is no school the next day.
The law does not apply to children
accompanied by a parents, guardians or
other persons 2 1 years of age or over who
are authorized by the parent or by the law
to have care and custody o f the minor
Children engaged in a school activity or a
job that might make it necessary to be out
in public during the curfew periods are
also given an exception.
Officials said children taken into custo­
dy for curfew violations will be taken to the
Northeast Precinct where they will meet
with counselors from Juvenile Court. Par­
ents will then be contacted to pick them up.
The Police Activities League also has
planned a variety' o f spring break trips and
activities for youth. These include basket­
ball, swimming, roller skating and trips to
the beach. OMSI and Mt. Hood.
For additional details, you can call
the Police A ctivities League office at
823-5786.
N ortheast E yesore T o G et F acelift
Rep. William F. Clinger Jr., R-Pa. has
outlined what he said were 16 violations of | Ground breaking cerem onies were h eld last w eek fo ra Portland Habitat For H um anity project to turn the former S h a g s Arena
criminal law by Secretary o f Commerce
building into a H om e Housing Center. The renovated building, a t northeast 15th a n d Killingsworth, would give the ecum enical
Ron Brown. Clinger has been one of the
Christian housing group new offices, a carpentry shop, sp a ce for h o m e m aintenance cla sses, a con feren ce room kitchen
(Photo by Donn ThOmas)
facilities a n d dormitory for up to 10 college students.___________
leaders of a group of Republicans trying to
force Brown from office because o f his
personal business dealings and financial
disclosure reports. Brown has refused to
respond to the Republican charges, but his
lawyer labeled the campaign “a partisan
Bv P romise K ing
the hope enclave of SEI, he has personified
effort to influence the investigation."
success as surmountable forthe willing-heart­
rowing up amidst poverty in
ed
the ragged streets of Alberta
Foster Labels
Hopson worked as a head basketball
did not deter young Tony
coach, coordinator, motivator, teacher, and
Opponents Extremists
H opson fro m
e n h a n c in g h is
counselor, after graduating in psychology
President Clinton’s nominee for Sur­
potentials.
and sociology from Willamette University in
geon General has suggested his opponents
Nor did life's frustrations drive him into
Salem.
are extremists. “I ask for your help and
drugs. He sorted through the travails of life,
On the other hand, he was organizing
prayers in working with me to fight the
and today, Hopson is sitting at the helm of
basketball summer camps for neighborhood
latest attacks from white right-wing ex­
Self Enhancement. Inc., a S1.7 million annu­
kids. It was through this vision that Self
tremists that are using my nomination to
al budget agency and dining with top corpo­
Enhancement Inc. was born in 19 8 1.
achieve their radical goals,” Dr. Henry
rate and political leaders.
“SEI began as an effort to deal with
Foster said. The opposition to Foster is
I le looks back with nostalgia to his strug­
Afro-America athletes who were pursuing
coming from conservatives and anti-abor­
gling days, when it was him and his friends in
the dream ofthe N. B. A. We were an outlet for
tion groups. The White House has main­
the Fellas. Ray Leary. Gregory Brown. Don
them to realize their full potentials. No one
tained its support for Foster, but tried to
Lewis, Carl Berd and R. Cole.
was talking to them about academics." Hopson
distance itself from the suggestion that
Hopson said the group gave him hope
recalled.
those leading the attacks were racists.
Portland’s Tony Hopson, director o f
and strength to get along positively.
Under the auspices ofthe Albina Minis­
S e lf E nhancem ent, Inc.
“We had good academic intentions and
terial
Alliance. SEI started as a one week
Bosses Who Sabotage
good athletic abilities and everybody in our
in Hopson, as you begin to sift through his
summer camp committed to improving colle-
Your Career
group went to college," Hopson recalled.
life’s accomplishments. And from the hoops
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It happens more often than you think,
The determination to succeed runs great
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at Jefferson High School in the earlv 70s, to
bosses who sabotage the careers of their i
employees. According to University o f |
Oregon professor Marianne Koch. the most
insidious sabotage may come from a boss
who knows an employee is making him or i
m M ichael L eighton
come with rent and purchase subsidies based
her look good and w ho doesn' t want to lose
on income.
that advantage. If attempts to resolve the
group representing north,
Rep. John Schoon. chair of the Ore­
Leaders of the east side organization
problem fail. Koch advises you to find
n o rth e a s t and s o u th e a s t
gon House Comm ittee on State and School
opened negotiations with city council mem­
another job. “Don't let yourself be victim­
Portland has found fault in a
Finance, promised Portland Rep. Marga­
bers over the plan with a meeting this w eek at
ized,” she said.
city
plan calling for the construction
ret Carter 10 years ago if he ever became
Holy Redeemer School in Northeast Port­
of thousands of new homes and
chair of the committee, he would intro­
land.
Family Income Stagnant
condominiums in the Union Station
duce a tax credit bill for employers of
Rev. John Rodgers, a member of the
area of northwest Portland.
gang-affected youth.
Since ‘69
coalition and pastor of Vernon Presbyterian
At issue is what the Portland Organizing
Carter, a Democrat who represents
Church, said his group wants new commit­
According to the latest government
Project calls “balanced development for the
inner north and northeast Portland, said
ments to affordable, mixed-income housing
figures, when inflation is considered, the
whole city, not just downtown districts.”
this year. Schoon. a Republican, assumed
I average income of black American fami-
"across the city" and to jobs and job-training
The Portland City Council’s River Dis­
the chairmanship and made good on that
tied to family wages and benefits.
| lies has not risen in nearly 25 years. The
trict Plan would eventually bring 5.500 new
promise.
Rodgers said too many area residents
Census Bureau said that during the period,
units ofhousing for 15.000 people to the west
right
now are suffering financial hardships
the real, inflation-adjusted income o f Afri-
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side inner city. Some ofthe housing would
I can-American families remained stagnant
because housing costs continue to increase.
I while that for white families rose by 9
percent.
Hopson: Portland’s Prince Of Hope
G
Gang Youth
Employment Bill
Supported
Group Says River Plan Ignores Rest Of City
A
Melee Follows Shooting
Dozens of young blacks took to the
I streets in Paterson, N J. recently to protest
the police shooting of a 16-year-old high
school student fhe youth was unarmed
and not posing any threat when he was shot
and critically wounded by a rookie officer.
Fhe protests led to rock and bottle throw­
ing and scattered looting. Mayor William
Pascall Jr. met with the angry students and
promised a grand jury investigation.
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urfew violations and traffic
safety is getting a boost in
p r io r ity , a c c o rd in g to
o fficia ls of the Portland Police
while incomes have not.
For example, he said, 107,000 people in
Multnomah County make $8 per hour or less,
while rents and housing purchase prices hav e
risen about 50 percent over the last three
years.
“Our families are being crucified in this
income,housing squeeze," Rodgers said.
The organization has issued a proposal
called “Covenant for he Common Good,"
which calls for housing equity .
The group is comprised o f 18 churches
in southeast, north and northeast Portland
with 7,000 member families.
See related sto ry on Housing,
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County Names New Juvenile Justice Head
lyse Clawson, an assistant
Beverly Stein. "H er extensive p ro fes­
d ire c to r of the O regon
sional experience in both adult and j u ­
Department of Corrections,
venile corrections make her uniquely
has been hired as the new director
of
qualified
to lead our d iv isio n .”
the M ultnom ah C ounty Ju ve n ile
Stein said Claw son would be called on to
Justice Division.
help the county adopt to the changes brought
E
Clawson replaces Hal Ogburn who
retired in Decem ber
“ We are very fortunate that Elyse is
willing to take this challenging posi­
tion," said M ultnomah C ountv C hair
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on by Oregon’s new anti-crime initiatives
and the increased inv olvement ofjuveniles in
the adult justice system.
“ She shares our com m itm ent to a
balanced approach to ju venile justice.
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protecting public safety while working
to rebuild the lives o f troubled youth,”
Stein said.
Prior to coming to Oregon, Clawson
worked in Utah, primarily as the director of
two private agencies providing social servic­
es and treatment programs to corrections and
juvenile justice agencies.
She was appointed by the G overnor
of Utah to serve as a m em ber o f the
Com mission on Crim inal and Juvenile
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Justice and as chair o f the Juv enile Ju s­
tice Delinquency Prevention Board.
Clawson has also worked as a special
assistant to the administrator ofthe Oregon
Children's Services Div ision and as a thera­
pist in the Utah State Prison and as a teacher
and counselor for emotionally disturbed chil­
dren.
The Multnomah County Juvenile Jus­
tice Division has more than 200 employees
and a budget of about S16 million
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