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(Elje ^Llnrtlanb (Obstruer April 24, 2002 Vera Pool Runs For Multnomah County Sheriff Vera Pool has announced that she will run for Multnomah County Sheriff. With 31 years o f service in the M ultnomah County S h eriff s Office, Pool isclearly prepared to lead. She has extensive knowledge, edu cation and experience incrimi nai justice, which has prepared her to meet the challenges fac ing M ultnom ah County. She has proven leadership skills com bined with an action plan to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the S h e riff s Office. As its new leader, she will make apositive difference. V era Pool has an outstand ing record o f success in crimi nal justice, corrections, and ad m inistration. Her thirty-one years o f di verse service in the M ultnom ah County S h eriff s Office boasts twenty-six years in supervision administration. F ort w o-and-a-half years, she served as the M ultnom ah County Division Commander, in which she was the acting sheriff in the absence of the Vera Pool County Sheriff. She currently m anages a team o f over 100 deputies and employees. She served for five years as com mander of the Resti tution Cen ter, an all-male inmate facility, and two years as m anager of an all-women correctional fa cility. Currently, she is a shift commander at the Multnomah County Justice Center. Pool is com m itted to im proving the overall effective ness o f the S h e riff s office in serving the people it protects. She believes in working with community, public and private co n stitu en ts. As the new county sheriff, she in tends to review the pro posed occupancy o f Wapato Jail and sources for operational funding. Pool will work with vari- ous partn ers tow ard m oving mentally im paired inmates outofjails and/or expand the exist ing mental health ser vices provided at the Jus- tice Center. Pool will seek support in relocating the en forcement office closer to unincorporated areas to ensure a more rapid response. O ther priori ties include form ing a task force to assist in the Multnomah County Cor- rectio n al F acility at Troutdale to accom mo date future grow th uti lizing an existing site. Page A5 Back to School at Portsmouth As part of Back to School Week. Portsmouth Middle Schoo, is host ing its 5th annual Family Literacy Night on Thursday, April 25th, from 6p.m . to7:30p.m . The purpose o f the event is to bring the com m unity and school together in an environm ent of learning. C om m unity agencies and o r ganizations will participate to fos ter the idea o f literacy in a broad sense: e n v iro n m e n ta l, health , safety, identity, culture, art, and m usic literacy. “W e w ant to provide the op portunity fo r m em bers o f our school and com m unity to enhance their understanding o f the world around them ,” school officials said. In addition, there will be food, gam es, m usic and lots o f free books to give aw ay. For m ore inform ation, call P o rtsm o u th P rin c ip a l V elm a Johnson at 503-916-5666. Some banks make you keep a m inim um balance for free checking. PCC Hosts Annual Job Fair Public campus event draws more than 50 employers W here else can you find more than 50 employers and 100 different kinds of jobs all in one place? The extraordinary gathering will take place in the gym nasium at Portland Com munity College’s Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsw orthfrom 11 a.m .to3:30p.m .on Tuesday, May 7. The 6th annualevent is free and open to the public. Besides the employers, participants can enjoy em ploym ent w orkshops offered in R oom 106 o f the C ascade L ibrary, lo cated in Student C enter. The workshops will focus on topics like: “Resum e Success: Building a Resume for the Digital Age,” at noon with Mark Johnson (Tektronix); “Interview Like a Pro,” at 1 p.m. with Kristin Staver, career consultant with W ise Transitions; and “Job Search Strategies for T oday’s Tighter Job M ar kets,” at 2 p.m. with Frank Brown and Tina Cruz, with the Regional WorkforceTraining Team at PCC. B usinesses that will be attending in clude A m erican M edical R esponse, Fred M eyer- IT Services, K aiser Perm anente. Mt. H ood N ational Forest, O regon L ot tery, the Portland Fire and Police Bureaus, Providence Health System , Salem H ospi tal, Tektronix, Underwriters Laboratories, VA M edical C enter and X erox C o rp o ra tion. These com panies are looking for full- and-part-tim e w orkers and are recruiting for sum m er jobs. “W e place a heavy em phasis on inviting companies related to medicine and science, and business and government because of the num ber o f professional and technical pro grams offered in these areas at Cascade,” said Kay Coryell, coordinator with Career Services at the Cascade Campus. For more information, visit the fair's web site www.pcc. edu/cascadeiobfair, or contact Cascade Career Services at 503- 978-5600. à I So where's the free? It's at Washington Mutual. Where free checking means exactly that. No required minimum balance. No mandatory direct deposit. No hidden fees or service charges. Free access to tellers and customer service telephone lines. Free 24/7 access to your account at our ATM's. Even a free VISA check card. So if you've been wondering where's the free in your so-called "free" checking account, come to Washington Mutual. We're where it's at. 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