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County employee recognized
fession It is administered by the
National Institute of Governmental
Purchasing. Inc., under the auspices
of the Universal Public Purchasing
Council Candidates must meet spe­
cific criteria established by the coun­
cil including employment, education,
purchasing and supervisory experi­
ence.
"Earning the designation dem­
onstrates Lawrence’s commitment
to education and leadership within
the purchasing profession." said
Sharon Seekms, president of the
National Institute of Governmental
Purchasing.
Watch for Parks and Recreation brochure
The City of Vancouver's winter
Parks and Recreation brochure will
be mailed Wednesday. December
11 to over 72.(MX) homes in the
Vancouver area. The brochure lists
classes forevery age and skill level
Most classes begin the week ol
January 6.
Activity sections include pre­
school. teens, youth, over 50. swim­
ming. tennis, sports and special
events.
Most classes meet at Marshall
Center. Bagley Center. Luepke Cen­
ter and schools in the area. People
can register lorclasses by phone, fax,
mail or walk-in. Visa and Mastercard
are accepted.
City of Vancouver residents pay
a lower fee for classes because their
taxes directly support the city's
Parks and Recreation Department.
Residents in the newly-annexed ar­
eas will be eligible lor lower in-city
rates starting January I.
Check the brochure for registra­
tion information and class details.
"It I don’t fear you, then forget
you."
The above remark seems to put
the problem between black men and
women in a nutshell. No matter how
we dress up the issue, it can be
reduced to the feeling in many by
people that makes them want the
person they can't have and not want
the person who is attracted to them.
One might say, in other words,
"when I fear you. or fear being re­
jected by you. it messes with my
ego. it makes me feel inferior to you.
It makes me feel inadequate as a
human being. Even though I am
angry with you for rejecting me, I
can’t feel good about myself until
you accept me as a friend by giving
me your phone number or by asking
me for mine."
On the other hand, "when you
Winter break program keeps kids busy If you don’t
Kids ages six and 12 can perk up
school break with fun opportunities
from the Vancouver Parks and Rec­
reation Department. Classes meet at
Bagley Center meet at Bagley Cen­
ter. 4100 Plomondon.
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Catch the wave at Clacka­
mas Aquatic Park. Meet at Bagley
Center. Bring a sack lunch and $4 for
locker. Monday, December 30.10:00
a m. to 4:00 p in . $30 ($20 city resi­
dent).
•W inter Wonderful at Lloyd Cen­
ter. Meet at Bagley Center. Bring a
sack lunch. Introductory skating les­
sons, games, make a snowman. Fri­
day, December 27, 11:00a.m. to4:(X)
p.m. $30 ($20 city resident).
Enhance motorcycle skills in city classes
M otorcycle riding and street
skills classes for beginners and those
who need a skills endorsement to
get a license is set at Bagley Center.
4100 Plomondon. The class runs
three days, February 27, March I
and 2 or March 13, 15 and 16. Class
times are Thursdays from 6 to 9
p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Motorcycles are provided. Bring
a valid driver’s license or Washing­
ton permit Required dress includes:
over-the-ankle shoes (high tops),
long-sleeve shirt and long pants. Class
is sponsored by the Vancouver Parks
and Recreation Department. Fee is
$50.
Experienced riders can sign up
for two-day safety course. Meet at
Bagley Center on Thursday, March
6 .6 - 10p.m. and Saturday. March 8.
8 a.nt.-2 p.m. Must provide own
motorcycle in good working condi­
tion and certificate of insurance.
Fee is $50.
Call 696-8006 to register.
lank Of America Travel Card
Bank of America announced a new
VISA credit card that offers a variety
of free travel rewards, including air­
line tickets, hotel accommodations,
vacation packages, cruises, weekend
getaways, and car rentals.
Called Travel Choices, the new
card enables cardholders to earn one
poinl for every dollar in purchases
charged, including points lor balanc­
es transferred from other cards.
"We designed the new Travel
Choices VISA card to provide cus­
tomers with a wide range of travel
benefits and choices," said Stephen
B. Galasso. President and CEO of
the bank’s credit card subsidiary.
Bank of America NA. “With travel
rewards that start as low as 4,0(M)
points, out customers will be able to
take advantage of more affordable
vacations."
Bank of America is introducing
the new Travel choices card on a
limited basis through applications in
Oregon. Nevada and San Diego, with
plans to expand the card to other
markets beginning next year. The
bank is also testing the card through
direct mail solicitations.
For as little as 4,000 points,
cardholders earn a free one-day car
rental from Hertz or Alamo Rent A
Car.
Rewards for free hotel stays range
from 5.000 points for one night at
Marriott Fairfield Inns to 10,(MM)
points for free weekend nights at
Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Court­
yard by Marriott or Residence Inns.
Airline rewards range from 25,(MM)
points for a free ticket on flights
within the continental U.S. to 50,000
points for a free ticket to Europe. All
airline travel is booked on major
U.S. airlines.
At 5.000 points, cardholders can
earn a free cruise for any third or
fourth person on Royal Caribbean
Cruise Line or up to two children free
Al
1, 1997 • T he P ortland O bserver
Coping: “I Fear You”
(0hs£rlring
Lawrence Weaver. Clark Coun­
ty purchasing manager, was recent­
ly awarded the Certified Public Pur­
chasing Officer (CPPO) certifica­
tion designation
Obtaining the CPPO designa­
tion is the highest form of recogni­
tion in the public purchasing pro­
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give me your phone number or ask
me for mine, you are actually telling
me that you want to get to know me
and be my friend This means that
you think that I am better than you.
This makes me feel superior to you
and makes you inferior to me. No­
body likes inferior people. I know 1
don't. Therefore, I don’t like you or
want you. I only want people who are
superior to me."
If you don’t understand this sim­
ple psychology, you are going to
have a lot of trouble in the real world
of romance. Most people, of course,
do understand this psychology and
have turned it into a game. They feel
that you are going to play it on them,
so they play it on you first.
Thus, many people actually try to
make you feel inferior to them by
snubbing you, ignoring you. acting
as if they are not interested in you,
Let's
Talk
failing to give you the phone num­
ber, failing to ask for the phone
number, telling you only the good
things about themselves criticizing
you or simply playing “hard-lo-gel".
I could goon and on. It’s basical­
ly a war with few rules and few
winners Most people play it. Those
who don’t get hurt. Even most of
those who play the game get hurt
because they want you only as long
as you reject them; only as long as
they can’t have you.
Unfortunately, you are basically
the same way. You want the other
person only as long as they reject
you. As soon as they submit to you,
you don't want them anymore. It's a
“crazy" psychology for insecure
people. The name of this psycho­
logical game is "I love you, if 1 can’t
have you. but I don’t like you, if I
can have you.”
Learning
Together
Works
w ant to fi
housing
discri
for ye1
do it for
your kids.
Don't just find another apartment, call
another mortgage lender, or talk with a
d iffe re n t insurance agent Ig n o rin g
housing discrimination won't make it go
away. You need to report it. It's illegal to
consider race, color, religion, national
origin, sex, disability or family status in
rental, sales, lending or homeowner's
insurance decisions.
with two paying adults on Carnival
Cruise Lines. Accumulating 40,(MM)
points earns a f ree three-night cruise
for two on Carnival Cruise Lines,
Norwegian Cruise Line or Royal
EQUAL HOUSING
Caribbean Cruise Line.
OPPORTUNITY
Cardholders can earn up to a max­
FAIR HOUSING IS THE LAW!
If you suspect unfair housing practices, contact
imum of 60.(MM) points annually and
HUD or your local Fair Housing Center.
simply call a toll-free number to re­
U S Department of Housing and Urban Development
1 800-669-9777 • TDD 1-800-927-9275
deem rew ard s
In a d d itio n ,
cardholders receive $ 150,000 of free
travel accident insurance.
The introductory rate on the new
Travel Choices card is a f ixed rate of
9.9 percent APR for the first six
months f rom the date the account is
opened, af ter which the rate is ad just­
ed quarterly based on the Wall Street
Journal prime rate plus 9.99 percent­
The first machine-made paper
age points. The annual fee for the
bags
were created in the 1860s.
card is $25.
* * *
consumers may call 1-800-349-
lit - is e d u c a te d w h o k n o w s
BofA (I-8OO-349-2632) to receive
or complete an application for the w h e r e to f i n d o u t w h a t h e
d o e s n 't kn o w .
Travel Choices card.
Gl
When you were a kid, did one of
your friends ever help you with a
m ath problem ? O r m aybe it was
your friend, leaning over to you in
a science class to say, “Hey, I don’t
get this. Do you?” You did get it, in
fact, and you helped your friend to
understand it, too. Indeed, those
scenarios happened in virtually all
o f our school lives. Although it was
informal, it was tutoring. It happens
alm ost naturally with children in
school— whether or not they have
been instructed to tutor.
Now, in a booklet of compiled
research, Tutoring: Strategies fo r
S u ccessful Learning, author Je n ­
nifer Fager describes what might he
a typical scene in a classroom today
with a purposeful tutoring program,
and a trained student tutor:
One child sighs in frustration as
he a tte m p ts a c h a lle n g in g m ath
problem. He can't seem to figure it
out and looks to the group member
next to him. She leans over to see if
she can help. She takes him through
the problem step by step u n til it
"clicks" and h e ’s o ff and running
on his own. Once he seems to get it,
she only checks o c c a sio n a lly to
make sure he is doing it right.
Because research shows that an
organized tutoring process can be a
p o w e rfu l le a rn in g tool fo r all
involved, many educators across the
N orthw est are putting this tool to
use. To help others who would like
to know more, Fager pulled togeth­
er a brief “Northwest Sampler” of
tu to rin g pro g ram s from A lask a,
Id ah o , M o n ta n a , O re g o n , and
Washington to tell how they work.
The booklet first p ro file s the
three types of tutoring:
Peer T utoring: The tutor and tutee
are about the same age, grade, or
a c a d e m ic sta tu s. B oth stu d e n ts
“speak” the same language, so in
general they tend to feel com fort­
able with this process.
C ross-A ge T u to rin g : The tutor is
an o ld e r stu d e n t; the tu te e the
y o u n g e r. T h is a rra n g e m e n t has
many of the benefits of peer tutor­
ing. and it tends to confer status on
the younger student who now has
an older, higher-status friend.
P a re n t/V o lu n te e r T u to rin g : The
tutor is an adult from outside the
school. Because adult-student pairs
are not as likely to become distract­
ed as stu d e n t-stu d e n t p airs, less
supervision is needed by the teacher.
While schools and organizations
don’t implement tutoring programs
in the same ways, there are some
common elem ents that need tend­
ing so that they are successful. And
w hether tutors are kids in fourth
grade, or adults well into their for­
tie s, it is c ritic a l th a t th ey a re
trained properly. W hile there are
many benefits to tutoring, there can
be some pitfalls, too.
This colum n is p ro v id e d as a
p u b lic se rv ic e by the N o rth w e st
Regional Educational Laboratory,
a nonprofit institution working with
schools and communities in Alaska,
Id a h o , M o n ta n a , O re g o n , a n d
Washington.
— G e o rg S in u n el
MicroAge announces full
technical scholarship
The growth of Microsoft W in­
dows NT. Microsoft's Network and
Desktop Operating System, is out­
running the number of individuals
fluent enough in the software to in­
stall and maintain the technology.
Microsoft estimates there are approx­
imately 2.500 Microsoft Certified
Systems Engineers (MCSEs) world­
wide. The number of MCSEs needed
is expected to grow to 150.000 by
turn of the century
For that re a so n , M icro A g e
Infosystent Services is establishing a
series of scholarships for individuals
in the Pacific Northwest who w ish to
pursue careers as Microsoft Certi­
fied Systems Engineers(M CSEs) and
Microsoft Certified Product Special­
ists (MC’PSs). MicroAge is a nation­
al systems integrator and technical
training provider specializing in Mi­
crosoft networking and application
training. The MicroAge Scholarship
program is awarding 10partial schol­
arships to individuals seeking MCSE
or Product Specialist certification.
Applicants may apply for these schol­
a rsh ip s by contacting MicroAge di­
rectly. MicroAge can be contacted
directly by calling 206-637-1056ext.
232 or taxing to 206-637-1079. There
are a limited number of applications
and scholarships available so inter­
ested parties should apply as soon as
possible.
Sunset transit center garage topped out
Crews completed concrete work on the thud level of the 592-space
parking garage at Sunset Transit Center. Only minor concrete work,
facades and lighting remain to be finished by Drake Construction Co. The
garage will be open for bus commuters this March, with route 89/Rock
Creek providing service to downtown Portland. An attendant will be
stationed at the garage for security. At the transit center, crews are building
the glass block elevator walls, installing canopies over the MAX platform
waiting areas and finishing stairways.
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Higgins] Clark is a real
pro, and one of the few
writing today who
knows how to con­
struct a holiday-time
story th at’s genuinely
thrilling and sus­
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