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NAACP Welcome for New Membership
The next general membership
meeting o f the Portland Branch,
NAACP, is scheduled for Saturday,
Sept. 30, at 10:00 AM at Bethel
AME Church, Northeast 8th and
Jarrett.
The General Membership meet-
ings are normally scheduled for the
fourth Saturday ofeach month. How
ever, the September meeting will be
held on the fifth Saturday because of
an NAACP regional meeting on Sep
tember 22-23.
Y our participation is welcome and
needed. If you are not yet a Portland
NAACP member, you can join at the
meeting, or receive membership
information.
Messages can be left on the
NAACP’s phone message line at
284-7722
Come to The Scholarship Workshop for your most valuable lesson yet!
This is a must attend event for Juniors, Seniors, parentsor assisting relatives.
Job Fair Target: 'Bridge To the Future’
A banner goes up above Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard to advertise the Third Annual Interstate Job
Fair, to take place Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the Jantzen Beach SuperCenter. “Helping Bridge Your Future"
is the theme of this year's event, which will draw more than 70 businesses from both Washington and
Oregon.
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Business Group Endorse Carter, Kafoury
Associated Oregon Industries, the
state’s largest business association,
has endorsed Margaret Carter for
Senate District 8 and Rep. Deborah
Kafoury for House District 18.
“While we may not see eye to
eye on all issues, Ms. Carter and
Rep. Kafoury have always had an
open door policy for Associated
Oregon Industries," said Richard M.
Butrick, president of AOI.
“We also believe that both have
demonstrated the ability to be a qual
ity legislator,” he added.
All 60 seats in the House are up
for grabs, as are none contested sen
ate seats.
AOI has endorsed 62 legislative
candidates, and one statewide can
didate.
In her session with the Oregon
House o f Representatives, Carter
had a 51% business voting record
with AOI. Kafoury had a 43% voting
Margaret Carter
Deborah Kafourv
record with AOI.
Ratings are published in the AOI
Business Viewpoint after each leg
islative session, with descriptions of
each vote used in the ratings. These
ratings are an important part of the
AOI process of evaluating candi
dates.
This interactive seminar is designed to
help high school, college and graduate
s tu d e n ts c o n d u c t a s u c c e ssfu l
scholarship search from the research
involved in finding money to the essay,
interviews and strategies involved in
w inningthem .
In The Scholarship W orkshop presentation, author/speaker
M arianne Ragins who was featured in Ebony tor winning
m ore than $400,000 in scholarships while
still in high school will prove that it is not
always the student with the best grades or
th e h ig h e s t S A T s c o re s w ho w in s
scholarships, but those students who exhibit
the best preparation. Registrants will also be
eligible to apply for the Ragins/ Braswell
National Scholarship
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When: 9 a.m .-12:30 p.m., Saturday,
Sept. 30,2000
Where: Self Enhancement Inc.,3920
N. Kerby, Portland
Cost: *$10/person; $5 w/student ID
■ Includes continental breakfast
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H O W C A N I G A IN A C O M P E T IT IV E E Ì7 G E ?
Westside Max Exceeds Expectations
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Ahead of Target
hanfcs for riding
Tri-Met General Manager Fred Hansen speaks at the Westside MAX
light rail two-year celebration.
Tri-Met celebrated its two year
anniversary of the Westside Max
light rail line last week by thanking
their riders.
Mementos were handed out to
commuters at both the Westside and
Eastside Max stations. Free tickets
to ride Max or the buses, along with
Starbucks Coffee coupons were also
provided.
The event was held to highlight
the success of light rail.
Sixteen million trips have been
taken on Westside Max, since it’s
opening in September 1998.
Officials said the new line has
already exceeded the transportation
agency’s seven-year goal.
Eastside Max ridership is also
growing strong.
Tri-Met officials say Max takes
44,800 car trips of our roads, adding
up to 14.5 million fewer car trips
each year.
“The tremendous ridership re
sponse from the community reaf
firms how well Max works, whether
it’s getting people to work or to
community events and popular at
tractions," said Tri-Met General
Manager Fred Hansen.
Russell Named Development Commissioner
Mayor Vera Katz has named
John Russell C om m issioner to
the Portland Development Com
mission. Russell will till a posi
tion left vacant by Jim Atkinson,
who has been on the commission
since 1998.
Russell is currently President
of Russell D evelopm ent C om
pany, Inc. Prior to forming his
company, he served as General
Manager and printer with Melvin
Mark Properties.
“ John is an in n o v a to r in
Portland’s real estate and devel
opment industry. His experience
and outlook will prove invaluable
as PDC begins implementing many
o f the plans and projects currently
on the drawing board," said Katz.
"In particular, his work on trans
portation issues, a key component
o f many o f PDC’s projects, will
add a new dimension to the Com
m ission."
Russell currently serves on nu
merous Boards and Commissions,
including: the Oregon Transpor
tation Commission, the Mayor's
Business Roundtable, the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and the As
sociation for Portland Progress
He is a graduate o f the Webb
Institute of Navel Architecture and
received an MBA from Harvard
Graduate School o f Business Ad
ministration.
Russell joins four other citi
zens on PDC’s volunteer board:
Chairman Marty Brantly; Carl
Taiton (Portland General Elec
tric); Doug Blomgren (Managing
Partner. Preston Gates Ellis) and
Noell Webb (President o f Webb
& Assoc.).
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