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July 7, 1999
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Fairview Training Center
Closure Plan on Schedule Deregulation Bill
Employees Facing Layoffs Getting Job-Search Help
Fairview T raining Center in Sa
lem is shrinking on schedule. The
S tate’s largest residential training
center for persons with developm en
tal disabilities from all over Oregon
now has 138 residents, few er than
h a lf the num ber who w ere w hen a
m ajor dow nsizing started early in
1998. Fairview will close in 2000.
As residents move to small com
munity-based group homes around the
state, Fairview staffing also continues
a steady decline, following a plan de
signed to maintain services and help
■ departing employees find other work.
Since M ay 1998, 480 workers
facing possible lay o ff have found
other jobs or retired. O f those, 135
have found em ploym ent in-group
hom es, and m any are caring for the
same people they w orked w ith w hile
at Fairview. O nly nine em ployees
have actually lost their jobs.
This w eek another 400 em ploy
ees will receive six-m onth layoff
notices. In June jobs w ill be phased
out for another 186 w ho received
sim ilar notices in D ecem ber 1998.
“ W e continue to w ork hard to
avoid layoffs by helping em ployees
find other opportunities or plan for
retirem ent,” says Fairview Superin
tendent Jon Cooper.
“ Fairview em ployees have done a
fantastic jo b o f continuing to provide
high-quality care for residents dur
ing this difficult transition,” Cooper
says. “ Some who have unique skills
even returned to do em ergency work
when needed.”
A n em ployee transition team has
been w orking since 1997 to help
em ployees w ith interviewing skills,
resum e w riting, retirem ent counsel
ing and to find resources or training
forother jobs. Several state agencies
agreed to give transitioning Fairview
em ployees special consideration for
jobopenings. A total o f 203 em ploy
ees have found jobs w ith various
divisions o f the state D epartm ent o f
H uman Resources, including those
who w ent to w ork in group homes.
Cooper says m ore than 900 em
ployees remain at Fairview, a num
ber that will drop to few er than 150
by December. T he transition team is
asking em ployees. Em ployers with
questions can call (503) 986-4881
for m ore information.
The institution is on schedule to
close early in 2000, following a national
trend to move people with developmen
tal disabilities from large institutions
into community-based gn »up homes that
house five or fewer residents.
Salmonella
Traced To Juice
H IL L S B O R O , O R E G O N — At
th e ir re frig e ra to rs are b ein g told
le ast fo u r p eo p le in W ash in g to n
C o u n ty h av e now been infected
w ith sa lm o n ella. The infection has
b een trac ed to oran g e ju ic e d is
trib u ted by S un O rchard o f T em pe,
A rizo n a. T he ju ic e is m arketed
u n d er th e “ A lo h a Juice C om pany”
an d “ Z u p a n ’s M a rk e ts" lab els.
C o n su m ers w ho have the ju ic e in
to d isc ard it or retu rn it to the p o in t
o f p u rch ase. A sim u lta n eo u s o u t
b rea k o f the sam e in fec tio n has
b een id e n tified in the S eattle area.
S y m p to m s o f sa lm o n e lla p o is o n
ing... including diarrhea, fever, and
v o m itin g ... d ev elo p w ith in o n e to
fo u r d ay s afte r co n su m in g con-
ta m in a ted fo o d o r drink.
A group ofw ell established minor
ity advocates claims Portland’s pub
lic schools are in an “education em er
gency”. Its members are pledging to
turn up the heat on parents and teach
ers, as well as students, to bring grades
up. Ron Herndon o f the Black United
Front says the goal is to have at least
95- percent o f all students perform ing
at-or-above grade level. T hey’re also
organizing volunteer teams to go into
schools to help out. And they w ant
parents to make sure their kids have
homework, and that they’re doing it.
Military
Recruiting
Education Crisis
Bill
Advances
SALEM , O REG O N — Despite a
prom ised veto by G overnor John
K itzhaber, the O regon H ouse has
moved to require school districts to
allow military recruiters on high school
campuses. The state’s largest district,
Portland, banned recruiters in 1995.
Tw o years later the Oregon legisla
ture passed a bill to allow recruiters at
high schools. But Kitzhaber vetoed
that bill, saying the recruiting issue
should be up to local district control.
Twist To Transportation Plan
The fight overstate spendingonhigh
way projects in Oregon has gotten more
complicated. Senate President Brady
Adams says he ’ 11 permit j us t one vote on
a transportation package that includes a
boost in the gas tax and higher vehicle-
registration fees. Chair o f the Senate
Transportation Committee. Republican
Manlyn Shannon ofBrooks, says she’ll
push to make sure the bill includes a
repealofthe weight-mile tax for truckers.
Shannon says it could take most o f this
week to come up with a transportation
proposal for her committee to consider
SALEM - The O regon H ouse o f
R epresentatives on Friday passed
an energy deregulation bill allow
ing com m ercial and industrial power
custom ers a choice o f suppliers b e
ginning O ctober 1,2001.
R esid e n tia l users m ay ev e n tu
ally get a sim ilar choice, but not
u n til the p u b lic U tilities C o m m is
sio n has had a ch an ce to study
deregulation and determ ine its ben
efits to custom ers. U nder SB 1149,
the PU C w o u ld rep o rt back to the
L eg islatu re b y Jan u ary 1 ,2 0 0 3 .
v a tio n , r e n e w a b le e n e r g y r e
so u rces d ev elo p m en t and lo w -in
co m e w e a th e riz a tio n rem a in in
p la ce , a 3 p erc en t su rch a rg e w ill
b e add ed to ra te p a y e r’s b ills.
Rep. W elsh said, “this bill m akes
O reg o n the 23* state to d ereg u late
its electric m arket. I t’s n ot the final
p iece o f legislation b ut it is the first
m ove from a m onopoly system to a
free m ark et.”
T he bill has alread y p a sse d the
S en ate and w ill now go to the g o v
e rn o r fo r his sig n atu re.
R e sid e n tia l co n su m ers, b e g in
n in g O ct 1, 2 0 0 1 , w ill be g iven a
ch a n c e to c h o se b etw een fix ed
rate s o r rate s b ased on th e open
m ark et. T h e PU C w ill co n tin u e to
re g u la te th e in d u stry for resid e n
tial p o w er cu sto m e rs in O regon.
T he b ill’s carrier in the House,
Rep. Jim W elsh, R-Elm ira, called it,
“ a m ade in O regon product that pro
tects the sm all ratepayer and offers
them benefits from an open m arket.”
T o in su re th a t “ p u b lic p u rp o se”
item , su ch as p ro g ra m s for co n ser
Popular Ferry Reopens
Ju st a w eek afte r d ecid in g to
clo se p o p u la r ferry se rv ic e across
the W illam ette R iv er for at least a
m o n th , M a r io n a n d Y a m h ill
C ounty o ffic ia ls h av e an n o u n ced
the re-o p en in g o f th e W h eatlan d
Ferry. Y am h ill C o u n ty has c o o r
d in ated w ith the U -S A rm y C o rp s
o f E n g in eers to acq u ire an “ em er
g en c y " d red g in g p erm it, w h ich
allo w ed a m in im al am o u n t o f m a
terial to be rem o v ed from th e riv e r
to allo w the ferry to o p erate. L ow
riv e r lev els forced the ferry in to
S h ak esp eare. Ray L ich n er is th e
a u t h o r o f th e n e w b o o k ,
“ S h ak esp eare F or D u m m ie s.” A l
th o u g h
he
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th a t
S h a k e sp e a re ’s sen ten ce s tru c tu re
m ay seem b ack w ard s at first, h e
say s i t ’s n ot hard to u n d e rsta n d
w ith a little tra in in g . H e sa y s
S hakespeare actually w rote “p o p u
lar e n tertain m en t” for the m a sses
o f his tim e, and n o t fo r th e e d u
d ry d o ck la st w eek. T he d red g in g
w as co m p le te d F rid ay aftern o o n
an d the ferry resu m ed n o rm al o p
era tio n s S atu rd ay . T h e ferry o p e r
ates b etw e en M aud W illiam so n
s ta te P a rk a n d B ro o k s in th e
W i lla m e t te
V a ll e y .
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