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P age A4 Education N ovember 27, 1996 • T he P ortland O bserver Local teachers awarded grants to E.T.C. Ed-Tech Centers FUNDS RAISED DURING TCI'S FALL EDUCATION CAMPAIGN RESULT IN FREE “FIELD TRIP” FOR TEACHERS O ' Brian V ojtek, D ire cto r o f Instruc tion. Oregon C ity School D istrict; Jo y c e A K n o w lto n , T e a c h e r, Seven teachers w ith in the Port Gladstone High School. fh e school districts chose these educators to attend the center based land, Gladstone, Oregon C ity. Bea verton, Vancouverand B attleG round School D istricts have ben awarded grants to attend one o f the leading technology education fa cilitie s in the United States. The grants were pro vided to the school districts as a result o f funds raised during T C i’ s recent Fall Education Campaign The Grant winners are Judy Van Scoter, Teacher, West Tualatin View ; Bruce Russell, Executive C oordina to r, V a n co u ve r P u b lic S ch o o ls; K risten Felde, Teacher and Educa tion Technology C oordinator, Pleas ant V a lle y P rim ary; K e lly Kuntz, Instructional Technology Specialist, Beaverton School D is tric t; Susan M cE lroy, A c tiv ity C oordinator, West Sylvan M id d le School; RoseAnne on their high degree o f interest in educational technology. They also posses the leadership qualities re quired to return to the district and share their newfound knowledge and experience w ith their colleagues. The teachers w ill attend a specially- constructed, 2 1/2 day course at the ETC Ed-Tech Center in Littleton. Colorado. They w ill learn a variety o f instructional technologies, including cable-del ivered video and data resourc es, Internet, information retrieval, vid eo and computer networks, multime dia and electronic publishing Grant winners form the community w ill jo in other teachers selected from around the country to attend training. I he ETC Ed-Tech Center, locat ed at T C I’ s national d ig ita l te le vi sion fa c ility in L ittleton, has trained more than 1,000 teachers on ad vanced technologies since it opened in May 1994. E T C ’ s new training fa c ility w ill open in m id-O ctober o f 1996 in W ashington, D C. T C I’ s Portland M e tro systems serve over 240,000 customers in Portland, West Linn, Oregon C ity, G la d s to n e , C la c k a m a s C o u n ty , Washington C ounty and the com m u nities o f T ualatin V alley, Vancouver and C lark county. Through T C i’ s philanthropic efforts, over 3 16 K -1 2 schools in the local area have been w ired to receive com m ercial-free educational programs via cable. T C I is the nation’ s largest cable television company, serving compa ny, serving 14 m illio n U.S. house holds in 49 states, w ith operations in several foreign countries. Governors’ School Seeks Applicants The Oregon G overnors’ School (O G S) is currently accepting a p p li cations from high school students throughout Oregon fo r its sixth an nual Institute. OGS is a year-round, tw o-part program that begins w ith a three- week, residential Summer Institute, to be held this year on the campus o f W illam ette U niversity in Salem from June 22 to July I I, 1997. The In sti tute focuses on critical thinking ski I Is, com m unication, c o n flic t manage ment and team -building as w ell as diversity training and project devel opment. Students also meet w ith key leaders in the state and participate in an intense out-doors experience du r ing the three weeks. F o llo w in g the Institute, students participate in a series o f follow -up training sessions and opportunities to w ork on both individual and group service projects w ith other youth to address the needs o f their com m uni ties T h is phase o f OGS is known as “ Y oung Initiatives” and takes place regionally throughout the state. "W e seek youth who represent diverse ethnic, academic and socio economic back-grounds from all cor ners o f Oregon,” says Dr. M arilyn Johnston, executive director o f OGS. “ We strongly encourage young peo ple who feel they have untapped nat ural leadership potential and who w ould like to gain confidence and skills as a leader in their school and com m unity to apply.” To be e lig ib le , students must be entering th e ir sophomore, ju n io r or senior year in either a traditional high school o r an alternative education program in Fall 1997. S ixty p a rtici pants w ill be chosen to participate through a com petitive process. A p plications are due by March 15, 1997, and are available through Oregon p u b lic and p riva te high sc h o o ls , o u r W eb site ( H tt p :/ / w w w .w illam ette.rg/ogs), o r by con tacting the OGS o ffic e directly: O re gon G overnors’ School, c/o W il lamette U niversity, 900 State Street, Salem. OR 97301; phone (5 0 3 )3 7 3 - 3335; fax (503) 373-3220; e-m ail: m johnsto@ w i llam ette.edu. Is Your Property Tax Assessment Fair? Do You Plan To Appeal? How Will You Do I he Required Research To Find Comparables? l ake time off from work, travel to the Assessment & Taxation office in downtown Portland and stand in line waiting for the microfilm machine OR Use a computer to gather information to present to the Board of Equalization'’ Use it at any time in your home, office or the local library. Your choice? Sorry, there is No choice! Why doesn’t the Multnomah County Assessment and Taxation Division want citizens to have access to public property tax records on Multnomah County’s Internet Server? Find out here at http://www.maesolve.com/multco/default.html Multnomah County holds no greater power over its citizens than its ability to assess property values. Property tax payers must have equal access to information to effectively challenge arbitrary decisions or errors made by faceless bureaucrats. Fairness demands that citizens be provided with the information they need in a timely and easily accessible manner in order to have an equal voice in any challenge to disputed assessments. Multnomah County’s current property tax information delivery system is outdated, inadequate and burdensome on the citizens that must use the system to justify their claim. Contact • Bev Stein, the County Chair and your Commissioner • Beverly Stein, County Chair, 248-3308 mult.eliair@co.multnornah.or.us • Commissioner Dan Saltzman 248-5220 Dan.S.Saltzman@co.multnomah.or.us • Commissioner Gary Hansen 248-5219 G.D. Hansen@co.multnomah.or.us • Commissioner Tanya Collier 248-5217 Tanya.D.Collier@co.multnomah.or.us • Commissioner Sharron Kelley 248-5213 Sharron.E.Kelley@co.multnomah.or.us Tell them you want access to public property tax records made available on the Multnomah County Internet Server, NOW. Please fax or give this to another property tax paver. Slavery’s Buried Past In 1991, New Y o rk C ity construc tion workers were digging a founda tion for a skyscraper when they un earthed an 18th Century slave grave yard containing the remains o f 427 bodies. It was a m ajor news story — and a p o litic a l fig h t --as A frica n Americans in New Y o rk sought to preserve a sacred place. A fterm onths o f negotiation, the skeletons were sent to Washington D .C .’ s Howard U niversity fo r study. Today the re sults are in: enslaved A fricans not only b u ilt early New Y o rk, they were lite ra lly worked to death. Host B ill K urtis and the Peabody A w a rd -w in ning The N ew Explorers document the dig, the controversy, the research and the results. “ S lavery’ s Buried Past” airs on PBS stations nation wide on Wednesday, December 18 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). The N ew E xp lo re rs w ith B ill K urtis is p roudly sponsored by the United State Postal Service. M oving south o f the New Y o rk burial grounds, The N ew Explorers team jo in s historical archaeologists at C olonial W illia m sb u rg , V irg in ia , and the Hermitage, A ndrew Jack son's home in N ashville, identity and their rights, slaves held on to their traditions, practiced in secret. Dr. M ichael Blakey, a b iological anthropologist at Howard U niversi- ty ’ s C obb Laboratory, heads the re search on the skeletons found at the burial ground in N ew Y o rk C ity. H a lfo fth e m were children, and many o f those were infants under 6 months old. This evidence o f high infant m o rta lity tells researchers that the early 18th Centery. A ndrew Jackson’ s home, the H er mitage in N ashville, yields unique finds from the 1820s: Dr. Larry M cK ee is the scientist w ho is exca vating slave cabins on Jackson’s plan tation -- and here there is a d iffe r ence. The Hermitage was a wealthy plan tation where A ndrew Jackson treat ed his slaves “ w e ll,” as a showcase fo r the institution o f slavery. But even there, the slaves held on to a personal, hidden culture. Am ong oth enslaved A fricans at this site were kept in very, very poor conditions. M ark Mack and other scientists at Cobb Laboratory have been study ing defects in muscle attachments and fractures on the remains o f the buried slaves w hich show that peo er sym bolic artifacts, M cK ee has found a charm in the image o f a fist, ple were” pressed to the very mar gins o f human physical capacity.” In W illiam sburg, V irg in ia , The New Explorers team examines the w ork o f M aria Franklin, and historic a rc h a e o lo g is t w h o e x c a v a te d Richneck, a slave quarter dating back reflective o f the m ysterious life that the slave holders could neither con tro l nor understand. In S lavery’ s B uried past, the New Explorers w ith B ill K urtis shows how to the m iddle 1700s. She has found a co llection o f d rille d spoon handles, artifacts she believes were w orn to attract good spirits, indicating that the enslaved A fricans incorporated science is tryin g to piece together a history that was never w ritten. The documentary sheds new lig h t on one o f the most elusive stories in A m e r ideas o fth e past in shaping their new people held as slaves. B y e xa m in in g tin y things that someone at one tim e thought were im portant, either s p iritu a lly o r fo r practical use, science is learning that ican history, the personal lives o f identity in Am erica. A t the James R iver A rchaeologi cal Institute, also in V irg in ia , Garrett Fessler has excavated a slave quarter on a plantation iro n ica lly called U to pia, where he also found artifacts suggesting that A fricans kept their native spiritualism alive during the enslaved people stayed true to their own culture in spite o fth e systematic e ffo rt to eradicate th e ir sense o f iden tity and ties to th e ir homeland. New Manager of Multnomah County Library’s North Portland Branch L ib ra ry A ssociation and the M ic h i gan A frica n -A m e rica n Librarians group. The N orth Portland Branch L i M ultnom ah County L ib ra ry has hired Patricia Welch as the new manager o f the N o rth Portland Branch Library. Welch, who has moved to P ort land from D etroit, most recently served as a reference librarian at D etroit Public L ib ra ry and as a re search specialist at M IT S , the U n i versity o f M ich ig a n ’ s free-based inform ation service. W elch replac es Cathie H elm ick, who has jo in e d the s ta ffo f the San Francisco Public Library. Welch has also been a reference librarian at the U n ive rsity o f M ich- igan Graduate L ib ra ry and was a reference/m arketing librarian for the U n ive rsity’ s M - L IN K project, in w hich she provided reference services to businesses, local g o v ernments and com m unity agencies th ro u g h a n e tw o rk o f p u b lic libraries. brary, located at 512 N. K illin g s - w orth, serves a population o f ap p roxim ately 60,000 in a m u lti-e th nic urban neighborhood. The clas sic Carnegie library, b u ilt in 1913, also houses the Black Resource Cen ter, a special collection o f materials relating to the A frica n -A m e rica n experience. The Center also contains w orks by A frica n and Caribbean w riters. Additional col lections include Span P a tric ia Welch, B ranch m a n a g e r, N o rth P o rtla n d L ib ra ry ish language and Vietnamese lan W elch is a graduate o f Towson State U n ive rsity and the U n ive rsity o f M ichigan School o f Inform ation. She has studied at the U n ive rsity o f Ghana, West A fric a and completed guage materials. The N o rth Portland Branch L i brary is open Tuesday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m .; and Friday- Saturday from 10 a.m .-5:30 p.m. N orth Portland Branch L ib ra ry is the M ichigan Leadership Academy. She has been active in the M ichigan closed Sunday and M onday. 3 -------------------- 7 A fish for Christmas would be nice ENTER TO WIN O r w ould a rod be better? 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