November 20, 2002
Youth Employment Buys Building
continued
from Front
Grant supports local job training
program serving high-risk youth
Location is everything and for
youth interested in getting educa
tion and employment services to
help them succeed, they know
where to go.
For 17 years, the Youth Employ
ment Institute has operated out of
the same rented building in north
east Portland. In July, through gen
erous grants of $250,000from Meyer
Memorial Trust, $250,(XX) from the
Bill and M elinda Gates Foundation
and $25,000 from Spirit Mountain
Community Fund, YEI was able to
purchase the building at 1704N.E.
26* Ave.
From this building, YEI operates
all o f its programs for youth. The
Youth Employment Institute offers
distinctive programs and services
for youth 14-21 years, ranging from
summer jobs to GED training and
testing to childcare services.
A nearby building located at 2525
N.E. Broadway was also purchased
and following major renovations, it
will house the Parents in Training
Program for teen parents who at
tend YEI’s Out of School Program.
The Youth Employment Insti
Fifteen more people file molestation suits against church
Sexual abuse and the clergy have returned to the Oregon spotlight, with
15 people filing new lawsuits in Marion and Multnomah counties. More
than 130 plaintiffs have now filed lawsuits in Oregon since 1999,
accusing more than 30 Catholic clergy of molesting them from the 1930s
to the 1980s.
tute was established in 1985 as a
non-profit youth organization that
provides youth from high-risk,
underserved areas with education,
employment and training services.
YEI has made a mission of pro
moting self-sufficiency and life
long learning by nurturing personal,
educational and career develop
ment o f young people throughout
Multnomah County by addressing
the needs of youth with barriers to
education and employment.
For more information on YEI,
stop by of visit the website at
www.yei.org.
Graffiti Artist in Corvallis Sprays Homage to Mobster
A graffiti artist in Corvallis has been leaving a mysterious calling card
all over town: a spray-painted portrait o f Frank Nitti, a notorious
Chicago gangster from the Prohibition Era. Pictures o f Nitti have been
painted on various locations in downtown Corvallis, and police don’t
know why.
Women Get Naked for Peace
C oncerned that war against Iraq is im m inent, 50 w omen took o ff
their clothes in the cold rain and lay end-to-end in the grass to spell
out P-E -A -C -E in a baseball field in Point Reyes Station, CA. The
unusual protest was organized in ju st a few days by artist D onna
Sheehan, 72, w ho w anted to convey the desperation she said
w om en in particular feel about the com ing m ilitary action.
Penny Prank
Youth Employment Institute
Executive Director Bennie
Boggan stands in the
entryway o f the recently
purchased YEI job training
building at 1704 N.E. 26th
Ave. The organization will
also renovate a building at
2525 N.E. Broadway to
house YEl's Parents in
Training Program for teen
parents attending an out of
school program.
To settle a court-ordered tab o f $ 1,853.87, M atthew M okanyk dug
into his pocket for an extra $ 1,000 to finance an elaborate prank on
his form er landlord, Powerhouse Gym. He hired a delivery crew with
a truck and forklift to deliver 74 14-pound boxes of pennies -185,387
pennies - to Pow erhouse Gym. Fortunately, relatives o f P ow er
house G ym ow ners happen to be coin collectors.
It’s a Library Card, Not a Credit Card
photo by M ark
W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Ashcroft Praises Surveillance Ruling
Bob Moser Recieves Racial Justice Award
The YWCA has honored Bob
Moser for 30 years of leader
ship in working to end racism.
Moser played an integral role
in the development of the local
Seafarer’s International Festi-
Poor Spend More
«
The num ber of low- to m od
erate-incom e working families
spending m ore than half their
earnings on housing rose by
over 67 percent betw een 1997
and 2001, according to a study
released T uesday by a co ali
tion o f affordable housing ad
vocates.
val and Clark College’s Cel
ebration of Harmony and Di
versity. He has also been an
adamant supporter of the Affir
mative Action Office and the
W omen’s Studies Program at
Clark College.
YWCA officials present the
honor annually to people whose
life and work demonstrate lead
ership in working to eliminate
racism by exhibiting significant
involvement in the struggle for
peace, justice, freedom and dig
nity for all people and the dem
onstration of commitment to self-
determined social change for all
people.
Renter’s Hotline Needs Your Help
The Community Alliance of Ten to deal with landlords. The group
ants is looking for volunteers to counsels and gives referrals to
dozens of tenants a day, many of
staff its Renters’ Rights Hotline.
Based in northeast Portland, the which are at immediate risk of los
hotline gives renters from through ing their housing.
Volunteers will thoroughly leam
out the state accurate and detailed
legal information about their rights about renter rights under the law.
and practical suggestions on how The time commitment i s j ust 4 hours
A California man lost his library privileges for three years after adm it
ting he stole more than 3,000 books and videotapes. In December,
sheriff s deputies raided the home of 85-year-old Ernest Heyneman and
found an estimated $26,000 worth of material from two libraries. As a
condition o f his probation, Heyneman is not allowed to own a library
card or go to any library.
a month.
The next volunteer training will
be Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 from 1 p.m. to
6pm.
For an application or more infor
mation, contact Ari by calling 503-
4 6 0 -9 7 0 2 o r by em ail at
cat@ aracnet.com
A federal court ruling ensures that the Justice D epartm ent can take
full advantage o f broad new surveillance pow ers to track su s
pected spies and terrorists, A ttorney G eneral John A shcroft says.
Some fear this decision will give the governm ent far greater ability
to listen to telephone conversations read e-m ail and search private
property.
Gate Closes on Rangeland Studies Major
Since 1949, Oregon State University has taught the science of being
a cowboy in its Department of Rangeland Resources, a college of
agriculture specialty that focuses on soils, watersheds and the ecology
of grazing. But a lack of money— partly due to a failure to attract outside
grants — has forced the school to abolish the department and major.
Shark Attack Victim Gets to Shore Safely
A shark tore open the flesh of a California woman off the shore of a Maui
resort, but she bravely swam to safety without being seriously hurt.
Julie Glance, a 34-year-old bank executive from San Diego, said she had
been in the water about 10 minutes on Sunday morning when an 8 to
10 foot long shark bumped into her and bit her right shoulder, forearm
and wrist.
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