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Employees Honored
At Recognition Event
In keeping with the goal o f
continuously improving its servic
es to citizens, the City o f Vancou
ver conducted its 1995 Employee
R eco g n itio n A w ards program
Wednesday, May 3.
H ighlight o f the event was the
announcement o f the Employee o f
the Year.
C ity employees nominated
over 100 fellow employees for a
variety o f awards including Team
work, Great ideas. Keeps Us Smil
ing, Community Involvement and
Unsung Heroes. Aw ards were
granted based on representative
employee votes. There were also
five length-of-service recognition
categories - five, 10, 15, 20 and
25-plus.
Master o f ceremonies for the
event was C ity Manager John
Fischbach.
“ When I reflect on how much
progress we have seen together, I
know that none o f it would have
been possible without the hard work
and professionalism o f city staff,”
he told the group o f over 400 city
employees in attendance.
A ls o in a tte n d a n c e was
M a yo r Bruce E. Hagensen and
m embers o f the V ancouver C ity
C o u n cil.
Lindia Stanton, senior program
coordinator forthe Vancouver Parks
Department was selected as Em
ployee o f the Year. Stanton was
lauded for being pleasant, approach
able and respectful o f co-workers
and citizens. Her nomination said
“ she has a consistent can-do atti
tude.”
O f special note was Stanton’s
innovation in special programs o f
fering recreational and educational
opportunities for people age 50 and
older. Recent key accomplishments
include conducting over 630 activ
ities last year at Luepke Senior Cen
ter, soliciting over $160,000 o f in-
kind goods, and launching the T V
series “ Elder Court” on C VTV-47,
which focuses on issues pertinent to
senior citizens.
The luncheon event was con
ducted at the Red Lion Inn at the
Quay.
House Passed Parental
Responsibility Bill
The Oregon House HB 2884 has been passed . The b ill, introduced by
Representatives M ike Lehman (D-Coos Ray) and Bryan Johnston (D-
Salem), is the centerpiece o f the two bills known as the “ Parental Respon
s ib ility A ct” .
HB 2884 would allow law enforcement officials to cite parents o f
children under the age o f 15 who engage in criminal acts or fail to attend
school. The b ill provides for parents to be notified on the first offense and
allows jud icia l discretion to prescribe parent effectiveness training course
upon a second offense. On the third offense parents could be fined up to
$1,000.
We are starting to see a significant increase in problems associated
with young people , said Lehman. “ Kids are bringing guns into school.
Teen pregnancy and related problems are on the rise. The high school
dropout rate is increasing. I believe it is time to recognize that parents have
a responsibility to supervise their children. The vast m ajority ofparents w ill
have no problem with this law. It is aimed only at those parents who turn
♦heir kids loose on society with out any supervision.”
C iting a parent under the proposed law would not be mandatory. It
would however, provide law enforcement officials with a clear tool to hold
to parents responsible for the activities o f their children which does not exist
under current law.
“ This b ill doesn’t relieve kids o f their responsibility for the acts they
commit, Johnston said, what it does, is hold the parents to a standard for
their actions.”
I he b ill passed on a 46-12 vote and now moves to the Senate for
consideration.
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Governor Creates Food Processing Council
Governor John Kitzhaber an
nounced that he has created the Food
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tive order. The council, which w ill
consist o f as many as 12 members,
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council; Frank Dulcich o f Pacific
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