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Contract Awarded for Tobacco
Awareness Campaign
T he O reg o n H ealth D iv isio n
an n o u n ced th at a c o n tra c t fo r the
S tatew id e A w a re n e ss and E d u ­
c a tio n C am p aig n , an im p o rta n t
c o m p o n e n t o f the T o b a c c o P re ­
v en tio n and E d u catio n P ro g ram ,
has b een aw ard ed to the O reg o n
T o b a c c o P r e v e n tio n A llia n c e
(O T PA ).
“ I am p le a se d th a t we are able
to p resen t this h ig h ly v isib le e d u ­
ca tio n a l p ro g ra m to h elp in fo rm
O re g o n ia n s o f the d an g ers to to ­
b a c c o ,” said G ary W eeks, d ir e c ­
to r, D ep a rtm e n t o f H um an R e ­
v e rtisin g and R ogers & A sso c i­
ates Public R elatio n s (L o s A n g e ­
les) and H ouston H erstek F avat
A d v ertisin g (B o sto n ), n a tio n a lly
re c o g n iz e d leaders in to b a c c o
aw aren ess ed u c a tio n e ffo rts.
“ This is the first m ajor tob acco
aw aren ess cam p aig n to h ap p en
in O reg o n , and we have tak en
great care in our se le c tio n o f the
firm that w ill do this w o rk ,” said
E linor H all, H ealth D iv isio n a d ­
m in istra to r. “ We are c o n fid e n t
that O TPA can d eliv er and e ffe c ­
tive pro g ram for u s.”
s o u rc e s . “ S tu d ie s fro m o th e r
sta te s show that m edia and p u b ­
lic relatio n s are an im portant part
o f a c o m p re h e n siv e to b acco p re ­
v en tio n p rogram .
T his cam paign, com bined w ith
the o th e r to b acco p re v e n tio n a c ­
tiv itie s tak in g place th ro u g h o u t
the state, w ill help red u ce to ­
b a c c o c o n su m p tio n and im prove
the h ealth and p ro d u c tiv ity o f
O re g o n ia n s."
T he O TPA is led by P o rtland-
b ased Pac/W est C om m unications
and in clu d es A sh er/G o u ld A d­
HUD Initiative Supports Oregon’s
Successful Welfare-to-Work Efforts
The latest U S. Department o f
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) Neighborhood Networks
center in Oregon opened the newly-
named Margaret Carter Apartments
on Thursday, January 29 from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m. the ceremony was
held in the Neighborhood Networks
center at 626 NE Brazee St., Apt.
#47, in northeast Portland
Launched in September 1995 by
HUD, Neighborhood Networks is
a com munity-based initiative that
provides residents o f HUD-insured
and-assisted housing with on-site
access to computer technology, re­
sources and job training skills as a
vehicle to im proved self-suffi­
ciency.
More than 330 Neighborhood
Networks centers nationwide offer
housing residents a variety o f re­
sources such as computer training,
Internet access, job readiness sup­
port, microenterprise development,
GED certification, health care and
social services, adult education
classes and youth services.
Representative Margaret Carter,
after whom the Neighborhood Net­
works center is named, spoke at the
grand opening along with repre­
sentatives from the local Portland
HUD office and Housing Our Fami­
lies, the nonprofit owner o f the hous­
ing development.
The Neighborhood Networks cen­
ter at Margaret Carter Apartments
will provide nine computers for about
75 families. The developm ent is
owned by Housing Our Families
(HOF), a nonprofit organization dedi­
cated to empowering low-income
families, with special support for
single parents.
Ten Neighborhood Networks Cen­
ters Now Open in Oregon
On January 27, a Neighborhood
Networks center also opened at 3983
N. Mississippi Avenue in Portland.
This new center serves more than
200 residents o f several nearby hous­
ing complexes, including the Betty
Campbell, Albina Plaza and C.A.
W hite developm ents. Five other
Neighborhood Networks centers are
open in Portland: Avenue Plaza apart­
ments, Estates Plaza Apartments,
Emerson Plaza Apartments, Alberta
Street A partm ents and K irkland
Union Manor III.
Neighborhood Networks centers
are also in operation at Glen Ridge
Apartments and Glen Ridge Terrace
in Medford and Aloha Park Apart­
ments in Aloha. With the addition o f
the centers opened this week, ten
Neighborhood Networks centers are
now in operation in Oregon. Plans
are underway for at least a dozen
more Neighborhood Networks cen­
ters in the state.
“The Neighborhood Networks
centers that are developing through­
out Oregon are giving HUD-insured
and-assisted housing residents an
opportunity to learn computer skills
that they need to compete for jobs
in this technological age,” said Port­
land HUD director Tom Cusack.
“These and other HUD welfare-to-
work initiatives complement the
highly successful efforts o f the
state.”
Welfare caseloads in Oregon
have dropped more than 54 percent
since January 1993, the fourth high­
est reduction in the nation behind
only Wyoming, Idaho and Wiscon­
sin, according to U S. Department
o f Health and Human Services sta­
tistics.
B ecause N eig h b o rh o o d N e t­
w orks re c e iv e s only m inim al
fed eral fu n d in g and re lie s p r i­
m arily on local su p p o rt, cen ters
develop strong p a rtn e rsh ip w ith
lo c a l b u s in e s s e s , n o n p ro fits ,
e d u c a tio n a l in stitu tio n s, faith -
b ased o rg a n iz a tio n s, fo u n d a ­
tio n s, h o sp ita ls, and fe d e ra l,
c o u n ty and state g o v ern m en ts.
lalmer To Speak At Political
Science Inaugural Lecture
Donald G. Balm er, who has
served on the faculty o f Lewis &
Clark College for nearly half a cen­
tury, will present the U.G. Dubach
Professor o f Political Science Inau­
gural Lecture, “Notes from a Jour­
nal,” Sunday, Feb. 22, 4 p.m., in
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis &
Clark College, 0615 S.W. Palatine
Hill Road. The lecture is free and
open to the public.
Balmer, who came to Lewis &
Clark College in 1951, is widely
recognized and respected for his
teaching, his public service and his
persistent interest and astute analy­
sis o f the political and electoral
process.
“Professor Balmer is a pillar o f
the institution and more,” said Curtis
Johnson, dean o f social sciences
and professor o f political science.
“He has helped to elevate the Col­
lege too its present stature as a
liberal arts college o f top rank na­
tionally. His guidance, wisdom,
time, and dedication have been in­
valuable.”
The U.G. D ubach P rofessor­
ship in Political Science is nam ed
for U lysses G rant D ubach, whom
The O regonian nam ed in 1951 as
one o f 100 men who had made the
greatest contribution to the de­
velopm ent o f O regon in its first
Donald G. Blâmer U.G. Dubach Professor o f Political Science
100 years. D ubach was professor
and chair o f Lew is & C la rk ’s po­
litical science d epartm ent from
1947 to 1958.
He joined Lewis & Clark retir­
ing as dean o f men and chair o f the
political science department at Or­
egon State University.
Employment Department increases fraud
convictions in 1997
The Oregon Employment Depart­
ment cracked down on unemploy­
ment insurance fraud in 1997, in­
creasing convictions by 46 percent
over 1996. The department received
convictions on 82 individuals who
illegally collected money from the
state ’ s unemployment coffer, result­
ing in $363,576 in restitution to be
paid to the unemployment insurance
trust fund. In addition to restitution,
20 individuals were sentenced to jail
time for up to 105 days. Most o f
those convicted were sentenced to
probation, and several also received
fines, community service, and work-
crew assignments.
The unemployment insurance trust
fund consists o f taxes paid by Oregon
employers for the purpose o f paying
unemployment benefits to workers
who lost their jobs through no fault of
their own. Last year, the Employment
Department paid more than $380 mil­
lion in unemployment insurance ben­
efits to more than 170,000 people.
In a regional breakdowns, the Em­
ployment Department received con­
victions in 17 o f the state’s 36 coun­
ties in Clark County, Washington.
The most conviction were in Mult­
nomah County (26), followed by nine
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each in Land and Marion counties,
seven in W ashington County, and
five each in Linn, Josephine, and
Clackamas counties. Clackamas and
Jackson counties took a hard line on
sentencing individuals convicted o f
unemployment fraud; o f the nine con­
victions in those countries, seven in­
dividuals received jail time.
In 1996, the department received
convictions against 56 individuals,
returning nearly $250,000 to the trust
fund. Unemployment insurance fraud
is a Class C felony, punishable by a
maximum fine o f $ 100,000 and five
years in prison.
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