Page A3 July 7, 1999 (Ttje ^lorUauò ©hßeruer i Passes Energy 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 a d m its 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 . -2 8 - ‘ S h a k e s p e a r e F o r D u m m ie s ’ (C O R V A L L IS ) — A C o rv a llis m an has w ritte n a new b o o k d e­ sig n e d to h elp so -ca lle d “ d u m ­ m ie s " b e tte r u n d e r s ta n d cated elite. a Iw l V i V Airport Construction PROFESSIONAL BARBERS PORTL AND, O R E G O N — More car-and-foot-traffic congestion is ex­ pected as 400-M illion dollars-worth ofconstruction gets underway at Port­ land International Airport. Projects include expanding the south terminal, building a light rail terminal, putting up a weather canopy betw een the not- yet-finished garage and m ain termi­ nal, remodeling the main terminal and widening Airport Way. 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