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Clark County hires new
Community Development Director
B ill B a ro n , C la r k C o u n ty A d ­
m in is tr a to r , h a s a n n o u n c e d th e
a p p o in tm e n t o f R ic h a r d C a rs o n
to th e p o s itio n o f D ir e c to r o f
C o m m u n ity
D e v e lo p m e n t.
C a rs o n , w a s s e le c te d fro m fo u r
f in a lis ts f o llo w in g a n a tio n a l
se arch .
H e r e p la c e s C ra ig
G r e e n l e a f w h o le f t th e C o u n ty
in M ay 1998 to ta k e a p o s itio n
w ith th e O re g o n D e p a r tm e n t o f
T r a n s p o r ta tio n .
A s c o m m u n ity D e v e lo p m e n t
D ir e c to r , C a rs o n w ill o v e r s e e
a n u m b e r o f f u n c tio n s in c lu d ­
in g la n d u s e p la n n in g , d e v e lo p ­
m e n t r e v ie w a n d i n s p e c t io n ,
b u ild in g in s p e c tio n , a n im a l
c o n tr o l, th e f ire m a r s h a l ’s o f ­
f ic e , a n d c o d e e n f o r c e m e n t .
T h e d e p a r tm e n t h a s a s t a f f o f
a p p r o x im a te ly 130 e m p lo y e e s .
C a rs o n w ill r e p o r t to th e B o a rd
o f C o u n ty C o m m is s io n e rs
th r o u g h th e C o u n ty A d m in is ­
tr a t o r .
C a rs o n is c u r r e n tly th e C o m ­
m u n ity D e v e lo p m e n t D ir e c to r
fo r th e c ity o f O re g o n C ity , a
p o s t he h a s held s in c e 1994.
P r e v io u s ly , he h e ld p la n n in g
p o s itio n s w ith th e s ta te o f O r­
e g o n , th e P o r tla n d m e tr o p o li­
ta n S e r v i c e D i s t r i c t , L a n e
C o u n ty , O r e g o n , a n d p r iv a te
s e c to r p la n n in g firm s .
He
h o ld s a M a s te r s D e g re e in P u b ­
lic A d m in is tr a tio n fro m L e w is
a n d C la r k c o lle g e a n d a B a c h ­
e lo rs in G e o g r a p h y a n d U rb a n
S tu d ie s fro m P o r t l a n d S ta te
U n iv e r s ity .
B a rr o n e x p r e s s e d h is p le a ­
s u re th a t th e b r o a d b a s e d , m u lti-
p h a s e d r e c r u itm e n t p r o c e s s r e ­
s u lte d
in
so m eo n e
w ith
C a r s o n ’s e x te n s iv e b a c k ­
g ro u n d . A lth o u g h th e s e a r c h
w as n a tio n a l, th e p r o c e s s f o ­
c u s e d on s ta te s w ith g r o w th
m a n a g e m e n t la w s a n d r e q u i r e ­
m e n t s s i m i l a r to t h o s e in
W a s h in g to n . B a rro n s ta te d th a t
C a rs o n e m e r g e d as a to p c a n ­
d id a te b e c a u s e o f h is b a la n c e d
e d u c a tio n a n d p r o f e s s io n a l e x ­
p e r ie n c e in b o th p la n n in g m a n ­
a g e m e n t. “ R ic k b r in g s j u s t th e
r ig h t m ix to d e a l w ith th e p e r ­
tin e n t is s u e s w e fa c e in C la r k
C o u n ty ,” B a rr o n s a id . “ I am
v e ry e x c ite d a b o u t w h a t I f e e l
w ill b e h is p o s itiv e im p a c t o n
o u r e n tir e c o u n t y .”
C a rs o n , 5 1 , w ill s ta r t on
J a n u a r y 4 , 1 9 9 9 , a n d p la n s to
r e lo c a te to C la r k C o u n ty . H is
s a la r y w ill b e $ 8 1 ,7 2 4 in th e
n ew p o s itio n .
Grant will help educators get
Special Education Training
E U G E N E , O R - Educators who
w ant to enroll in special education
classes at the university o f Oregon
m ay be eligible for tuition support.
The program will provide grants
for K-12 classroom teachers and
early intervention specialists en­
roll in UO classes that broaden
their ability to w ork w ith children
who have diverse educational needs
such as com m unication disorders,
physical challenges o r behavioral
problem s.
The grant provides tuition sup­
port for educators who m ay design
their ow n m odules or take advan­
tage o f a group o f three to four
courses. S pecial ed u cato rs, for
exam ple, m ight learn m ore about
general education curriculum d e­
sign. G eneral educators m ight pur­
sue classes that w ill help them pro­
vide m ore effective behavioral and
other learning supports to students
w ith an advanced learning needs.
C lassroom assistan ts can sam ple
som e introductory courses lead­
ing to an advanced degree or teacher
licensure.
Up to 50 percent tuition support
is available for qualified applicants
through a three-year $195,000 fed­
eral grant, R eform ing C ontinued
P ro fessio n al D ev elo p m en t P ro ­
grams. For m ore inform ation and
an application, contact Project C o­
o rd in ato r, G in ev ra R alph, 346-
2 4 9 2 ; e -m a il g ra lp h @ o re g o n -
.uoregon.edu
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always gave her encouraging words.
She also accredits her stepm other
and her father w ho always m otivated
her to do her very best in all things,
and that her father also taught her
not to be angry w ith anyone when
they do you wrong, but to pray for
them. She says he w ould talk to her
about situations before they hap­
pened ju st to protect her.
Aprilla is no stranger to hard work,
she has been w orking full and part-
tim e since the age o f 15. H er hob­
bies are m usic, w riting poetry, act­
ing and M exican dance. In addition
to her hobbies she reads an average
o f 4 books a month. A prilla has a
heartfelt need to save the children
o f the com m unity and the world.
She begun show ing how m uch she
cares by sponsoring an A frican child
from U ganda for the past year and
plans to adopt other hurting and needy
children in the future. A prilla’s ad­
vice to other young people is to set
goals for them selves, be indepen­
dent and not dependent, believe in
yourself, and above all, believe in
God. She says she has paid attention
to positive and negative situations
that has happened in her life and
m ade choices and the right deci­
sions not to let the negative things
influence her life. A ccepting this
Scholarship A w ard is one o f the
m ost positive things that has hap­
pened in her life. W e, The R ogers’
Oregon Credit Union League
Announces Annual College
Scholarship For Hearing Impaired
The Oregon Credit Union League
and the Oregon Credit Union League
Educational Foundation is pleased to
announce the creation o f the annual Lois
M. Hartley Benenfit Scholarship for
hearing impaired college students. The
Hartley Scholarship is for any member
o f an Oregon credit union who is cur­
rently enrolled in an undergraduate pro­
gram and has some form o f hearing
impairment.
The annual $4,000 scholarship was
established by Lois M. Hartley, a retired
school teacher and member o f Forest
Product Credit Union in Klamath Falls,
OR.
According to Danielle Brown, Di­
rector o f Education for the Oregon
Credit Union League, “As part o f our
continuing efforts to support education,
the communities we serve, and Oregon’s
credit unions, we are pleased to make
this very special scholarship available to
members o f Oregon’s credit unions.”
Applications are now being accepted
for the first Hartley scholarship. The
deadline for applying is M arch31,1999.
The Scholarship winner will be an­
nounced in May 1999, and the award
granted for the fell o f 1999. Any under­
graduate student, who is an Oregon credit
union member, enrolled full-time at an
accredited institution and has some form
o f hearing impairment is eligible to
Anyone interested in obtaining more
information on the scholarship, or an
application, should contact their credit
union or the Oregon Credit Union
League EducationalFoundation,PO Box
1900, Beaverton, OR 97075.
The Oregon Credit Union League is
the statewide trade association for
Oregon’s 125 credit unions.
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o f A prilla for being chosen for this
award.
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Cleveland High School Chosen as a
recipient of the Ron Herndon
Scholarship award
A prilla R ogers, a senior at C leve­
land High School, w as one o f three
recip ien ts o f T he R on H erndon
Scholarship Award. T he aw ard was
presented at T he B lack U nited Fund
o f O regon’s C om m unity U nity Ban­
quet on N ovem ber 19th, at the Port­
land H ilton, the recipients were
chosen based on their w ritten ex­
p ression, academ ic achievem ent,
participation in school activities and
com m unity involvem ent. A prilla’s
essay on bettering a com m unity was
“w ell thought out” and had to be 200
words or more. In addition to her
w riting ability, she has been actively
involved in the Project Plus Pro­
gram at PSU under the direction o f
Inez Freem an and M ark T urner, w ho
also have been involved w ith her
a c a d e m ic c a r e e r a t C le v e la n d .
A prilla plans to attend one o f three
colleges, PSU , The U niversity o f
Oregon or possibly Spelm an U ni­
versity. She says she plans to visit
M exico and Japan to learn m ore
about the culture o f the tw o coun­
tries and learn to speak the languages
more fluently than she already does,
especially since she has taken Japa­
nese for three years and Spanish for
5 years. She plans to take G erm an
w hen she enters college. W hen I
asked A prilla who have been some
o f the m ost influential people in her
life, she said her S ocial S tudies
teacher, Mr. M cK enna because he
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