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(Clfr ÿlortlanh (ßbscruer August 13. 2003 Page A3 Failing Oregon Schools List Released continued fro m F ro n t abilities and children who don’t speak English, said Gene Evans, a spokesman for the Oregon Depart ment o f Education. The list now includes some o f the s ta te ’s b est-reg ard ed high schools in its wealthiest enclaves, including Lincoln High in Portland, Lake Oswego High School and Ashland High School. proficiency levels on reading and math tests for a school to avoid being tagged with the "needs improvement" label. But by 2014, 100 percent o f students w i 11 be expected to meet the targets. Statewide, most schools on the list were there because o f the The Associated Press contrib performance ofstudents with dis uted to this report. Coalition Shines Light on Community Health The Coalition hopes to raise $30,000 at the walk to sustain bo th a4 -m ilean d l-m ileroute. wellness programs already in place. The local health coalition is “W e're bridging the gap,” said one o f only 44 national REACH Me Keever, who is w alking in the (Racial and Ethnic Approaches event. toCom m unity Health) programs To sign up for one o f the walks, selected by the Centers for Dis send a $ 15 registration fee to A fri ease Control and Prevention to can American Health Coalition, Inc. develop community-driven strat 2800 N. Vancouver Ave., Suite 100 egies to improve minority health. orcal!503-4l3-l850. continued photo by M ark W ashincton /T he P ortland O bsery er Grass fields occupy some of the 30 acres o f land on the west bank of the Willamette River where a $1.5 billion city-sponsored development of new businesses and housing is proposed. Minority and women construction workers say current plans leave them out o f contracting opportunities. fro m F ro n t Waterfront Plans Sidestep Disadvantaged prenticeship programs. One o f Leonard’s aides chas Leonard, and othercity officials, tised Baugh for bringing the matter Contractors. said they sympathize with Baugh's to council without first approach His comments appeared to spoi I concerns, but aren’t inclined to ing heroffice. Similarly, PDCoffi- C ity C o m m issio n e r R andy slow up the process to accom mo cials feel the matter should be ad L eonard’s announcem ent o f an agreement with the Metropolitan Alliance to provide affordable jobs on the project. “I’m not against this develop ment,” Baugh told council. “But we want opportunities to get minori ties onto the work force that will receive the wages.” The coalition o f minority groups is asking that 35 percent o f the w o rk fo rce be m in o ritie s and - Builder Andre Baugh representlngminority contractors wom en, with 20 percent being people o f color. date them. d ressed , but the developm ent O neofB augh’scomplaints.long “W e’re seeking to have workers agreement should not be altered to voiced by African-American con get prevailing wages and there are reflect it. tractors, is that minorities have dif no conditions under which that ‘‘They’re offering us promises o f ficulty gaining places in union ap shouldn’t happen,” Leonard said. something happening in the future continued fro m F ro n t Very’ few o f us will be able to afford the housing that will be built here, but at least we can get some benefit from it by helping to build it. and w e’ve had a bag full o f those," Baugh complained. “W e’re spend ing a lot o f public money on this project and who is the beneficiary? Very few o f us will be able to afford the housing that will be built here, but at least we can get some benefit from it by helping to build it.” C ontractor Jam es Posey has been raising this issue for 20 years. "This is an attempt to solidify the unions’ hold on city contracts,” he told the Portland Observer. “Pre vailing w ages’ is a smoke screen. Almost everywhere it has been used, the end result has been that women and minorities have been excluded from work.” Posey said just a handful o f mi nority apprentices have graduated to ji^im eym an in Portland and maybe two o f those workers are sti II in the system. Judge ‘Busted’ for Misconduct The Oregon Supreme Court Stebbeds in the bar area o f a has ce n su red a M ultnom ah Beaverton restaurant with two County Circuit Court judge for friends. She walked over to him, her conduct in ordering a man poked him in the shoulder and said whom she had put on probation ’You’rebusted’ and ordered him to to leave a bar. leave the bar, the Supreme Court Judge Dorothy Baker super said. vises a program that closely moni Stebbeds said he believed he tors convicted drunken drivers could be in the bar as long as he was in an effort to reduce repeat of only eating and not drinking alco fenses. hol. The disciplinary case before A waitress said she believed she the high ourt involved Lawrence was witnessing a domestic distur Stebbeds, a repeat drunk driver bance. who Baker had earlier ordered The court said Baker admitted not to go to bars. that her conduct violated several B a k er h ap p e n ed to see judicial rules. NEW S E A S O N S A M ATCH matte in heaven! TO M ATO ES & B A S IL T h is w e e k e n d w e ’ll h e lp y o u s a tis fy y o u r c ra v in g s fo r to m a to e s . 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