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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.
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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.
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