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Committed to cultural diversity.
DEC. 30, 1997
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Lewis & Clark College Arts Alive Series
Keep Living the Dream
Oregon's largest Martin Luther King,
Performance artist Dan
Froot and guest artist
David Dorfman to perform
on Jan. 23 and 24
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“IDan Froot! is n storyteller of
genuine presence. I m not sure where
Froot is heading, hut I 'd follow him
anywhere. ”
-Dance Magazine
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Minimum
Wage Goes Up
January 1
ureau o f Labor and Industries ol
licials remind Oregon employers
that the stale minimum wage rate
goes up to $6.(Ml per hour beginning January
I. 1998. rhis is the second o f three minimum
wage hikes approved by Oregonians through
the initiative process in 1996. I lie first in
crease was to $5.50 an hour January I. 1997;
the third takes place January I. 1999 O regon
Inis the highest minimum wage o f any state.
Only the District o f Columbia has a higher
rale o f $6.15.
A ll Oregon employers must comply with
the new state wage rate. The only employers
exempt from the requirement are federal gov
ernment employers who can continue to pay
the current federal minimum wage ol $5.15
an hour.
Other important aspects ol (Oregon's mini
mum wage law:
• There is no tiperedit. Employers may not
count tips when calculating an employee's
wages.
ward-winning performance
artist, saxophonist and dancer
Dan Froot w ill present a collec
tion ol short solo pieces and perform a duet
with special guest artist David Dorfman at
Lewis & Clark College in January.
Froot w ill present two performances: one
Friday, Jan. 23, and another Saturday, Jan
"Dan Froot is both imaginative
and unclassifiahle.. a dancer, story
teller and actor who couhl he puck
ish one moment and poignant the
next. ”
The New York Times
24. at 7:30 p in. on the Fir Acres Theatre
Main Stage, Lewis & Clark College. 0615
S.W. Palatine H ill Road. Front’s perfor
mances are part o f the College's Ai ls Alive
series. KBOO 90.7 is co-sponsor.
Froot's performance work bridges the
disciplines o f dance, music and theater. He
eceived a New York Dance and Perfor
mance Award, a.k.a Bessie, for his music-
theater piece, "Seventeen Kilos o f G arlic"
in 1991. Front’ s shows at Lewis & Clark
w ill mark lus first headline performance in
Portland.
The program w ill feature "Ltwip,” a saxo
phone-dance, and “ Knee Deep in a Kiss," a
live-part set ol theatrical alto saxophone
solos, which incorporate vocal sounds, stag-
ng and movement.
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• Overtime pay is due after 40 work hours
m a week. Employees must be paid tune and
one-hall the regular rate o f pay when they
work more than 40 hours in a week Some
employees, for example agricultural w ork
ers, are exempt from the overtime require
ment.
• Payroll deductions can be made for the
benefit ol the employee, with the employee's
authorization Examples include deductions
lor savings, insurance premiums, and chari
table donations Employers must provide an
itemized list ol deductions with each pay-
check.
• A ll employers must post a state minimum
wage poster. Posters are available at all bu
reau offices. Employers may also order the
poster by sending $7.50 mailing and han
dling lee to: BO LI, 800 N.E. Oregon Street,
#32, Portland, OR 97232 . Posters dated Janu
ary. 1997 are still current
Employers with questions about the law
can call the bureau’ s employer assistance
line in Portland. 5O3-73I-4O73 ext 4
Dan Froot
Don Willner Honored For Services
on S. W illner, a senior partner in
the Portland law firm o f W illner
Keaney Mata i t U'ren I I P. has
been honored by Portland State University
lor Ins years o f support on behalf o f the
university.
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W illner was recognized for his work by
Portland State President Dan Bernstine and
“ //<’ wr/.v able to show that boost
ing the status o f Portland State
was beneficial to quality o f life not
only fo r Portland but also fo r the
entire state. ”
Jr celebration at Jefferson High School
Center for the Performing Arts on 5 2 10 N.
Kerby. The program w ill be held on M on
day, Jan. 19 at noon until 6 p.m. The entire
program w ill be simulcast on KBOO radio
(90.7 FM) and Paragon Cable. The pro
gram w ill feature civic and community
leaders followed by dance, performance,
dramatic vignettes, authentic African drum
mers, jazz bands, gospel music and much
more Call Raina Beavers at 249-172 I or
Ken Berry at 916-5666 or 727-8755.
United Way Needs
Volunteers
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others at a reception Dec. I I at the PSU M i liar
Library.
Willner. who served as a state senator from
1963 to 1973, was instrumental in draw ing up
legislation that changed the designation of
Portland State College to Portland State Uni
versity. University status, attained in 1969,
enabled Portland State to expand its graduate
and doctoral programs while meeting the
longstanding need for a full-lledged stale
W illner led the debate to strengthen Portland
State's status, draw more prestigious faculty
and help boost enrollment He has continued
to be a vocal proponent o f Portland State's r u n ia n u o w e rresiaem uan aernstme (left) greets Marjorie Bums, PSU professor of
urban mission and stature among Oregon's English, and her husband Don Willner at a recent reception honoring Willner for his
longtime support of PSU.
institutions o f higher education.
It took six years." W illn e r to ld a
B ra n fo rd M illa r (P S U ’ s president from
and things he could do on the in s id e " to
group o f about 100 at the M illa r L i
1959 to 1968) and I were close friends.
make u n iv e rs ity status a rea lity
brary. " I t 's fittin g that w e 're in the
D u rin g those six years, there were things
"W hat Don W illn e r d id c o u ld be
M il l a r L ib r a r y on th is o c c a s io n .
as a le g is la to r I could do on the outside
termed heroic, given the sentim ents o f
The Metropolitan Human Rights Cen-
2r w ill sponsor a free diversity training
As a state senator, he was in s tru
m ental in w ritin g le g is la tio n that c re
ated the Oregon Scenic R ivers A ct,
Oregon Consum er D eceptive Trades
A c t, and Oregon R ecreational Frails
A ct. He also was an ardent supporter
o f c iv il rig hts and m ig ran t w orke r le g
islatio n.
W illner is past director o f the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, past president o f
the Consumer Federation of America, and
former director of the National Institute ol
Consumer Justice He was named Citizen ol
the Year in 1971 by the Oregon Division of
Izaak Walton League, and has vv ritten several
articles about environmental ami consumer
law.
Report Provides New Insights Into Suicide
uicide and S u icid a l thoughts by
from death ce rtifica tes It describes not
O reg on ian s." a new ly released
o nly the characteristics o f O regonians
Oregon H ealth D iv is io n report,
who have com m itted suicide, but p ro
provides a firs t o f its kind , in-depth
¿'all Rochelle Henniger at 226-9357 or
vides a d d itio n a l, new analysis o f the
SI E M IS S IO N S : ( om m unitv
Bella Nissen at 226-9351
e xam ination o f suicide in Oregon.
behaviors and dem ographic ch aracte r
( alcndai infoi illa tio n w ill be given
The study is based upon 1994 data
istics o f others who have seriously co n
p rio ri!) i i dated
l« it weeks
Portland
Center
Stage
gathered from the H ealth D iv is io n 's
sidered suicide
' before
the event
The
play. Valley
Song date.
by Athol Fugard A d u lt B ehavior Risk Factor Survey and
Oregon is the first state in the nation
v ill be playing from Jan. 10 through Feb.
L For tickets and information, please call
he Portland Center Stage box office at
¡74-6588
Free Diversity Training
some leg isla to rs I rom various parts oI
the state at that tim e ," recalled Slate
Sen. Tom H artung R -D ist 3). "H e
was able to show that boosting the
status o f P ortland Slate was b e n e fi
c ia l to q u a lity o f life not o nly fo r
Portland but also fo r the entire state.'
Form er Slate Sen and retired Or
egon Supreme C ou rt Justice Betty
Roberts said W illn e r was the "L e g is
lative c a ta ly s t" that was needed to
w in statew ide support o f Portland
State's u n iv e rs ity status. "H is deter
m ination and endurance, plus his a b il
ity to w ork w ith a ll kinds o f people,
made it happen."
W illn e r has been active in c iv ic
a ffa irs and p u b lic service to. more
than 30 years.
states
A c c o rd in g to the rep ort. O re g o n 's
suicide rate has clim b ed o ve r the past
several decades For nine o f the past ten
years. O re g o n 's suicide rate has e x
ceeded the nation s bv at least 25 per
cent; in 1994 the state's rate was 42
percent hig he r than the n atio na l rate
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